Hebrews 4:11

Hebrews 4:11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

This warning is based on the history of the children of Israel who were not able to enter into the good land of Canaan because of their lack of faith and their disobedience to God’s word. Their history is a warning for us. God saved the Israelites and brought them out of Egypt, and He placed the promised land of Canaan before them because He wanted them to go in and enjoy rest there. But they did not believe, and they disobeyed His word. Consequently, they fell in the wilderness and were not able to enter and enjoy the blessings in the land. Similarly, God saved us out of the world, and He has placed the promised kingdom of glory before us because He wants us to enter into it and enjoy the rest there. Therefore, we should not be unbelieving or disobedient to God’s word. We must be diligent to enter into the kingdom rest; we must pursue it diligently lest we fall behind and are unable to enter into it. If we have an evil heart of unbelief and do not obey God’s word to diligently pursue, we will forsake the living God and lose our portion in Christ in the kingdom. We will not be partners of Christ (v. 14), and we will not enter into the kingdom rest. If this is the case, we will receive a great punishment from God, and we will lose the highest blessing in God’s salvation.