Another scripture to contemplate:
Hebrews 4:10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
This is telling me that I am now in His rest, the Sabbath day, the 7th day
What is your take on this?
I believe this is a two-fold prophecy:
1) We have peace of mind in Christ when we come to a knowledge of the Truth. In this respect, we HAVE entered into His rest.
2) But this is also a prophecy of the great Sabbath Rest (day seven) true believers will enjoy when they inherit the earth, at the time of the first resurrection:
"And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." (Rev. 20:4,5b,6)
Only the elect will enter into this rest. But where are the unrighteous during this period of time?
"But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished." (Rev. 20:5a)
There is no seventh day of rest for the unrighteous. They remain in outer darkness (the grave) during the millennial kingdom age. And the author of Hebrews goes on to explain quite nicely why some DO enter into this rest, while others DON'T:
"Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
'So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,'
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: 'And God rested on the seventh day from all His works'; and again in this place: 'They shall not enter My rest.'
Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, again He designates a certain day, saying in David, 'Today,' after such a long time, as it has been said:
'Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.'
For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience." (Heb. 4:1-11)
The consummation (I Cor 15:28) will mark a new beginning (day eight):
"And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd." (John 10:16)
I might be wrong, but this is currently the way I see things.
Peace