Hebrews 4

1  THEREFORE, WHILE the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it.2  For indeed we have had the glad tidings [Gospel of God] proclaimed to us just as truly as they [the Israelites of old did when the good news of deliverance from bondage came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) by those who heard it; neither were they united in faith with the ones [Joshua and Caleb] who heard (did believe). 3  For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. 4  For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. 5  And [they forfeited their part in it, for] in this [passage] He said, They shall not enter My rest. 6  Seeing then that the promise remains over [from past times] for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience,7  Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts. 8  [This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, He [God] would not speak afterward about another day.9  So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God;10  For he who has once entered [God’s] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. 11  Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell].12  For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.13  And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.14  Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him].15  For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.16  Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].

HEBREOS 4

Entrada en el descanso ofrecido por Dios

1 La promesa de entrar en el descanso ofrecido por Dios sigue en pie. Pero es preciso estar muy alerta, no sea que alguno de ustedes pierda la ocasión de entrar.t 2 Porque la buena noticia nos ha sido anunciada* tanto a nosotros como a ellos; sólo que a ellos de nada les sirvió haberla oído al no estar unidos mediante la fe a quienes la escucharont.

3 Nosotros, en cambio, los que hemos creído, podemos entrar en ese descanso del que Dios ha dicho:
No entrarán en mi descanso
tal como lo juré lleno de enojo.
Bien entendido que sus obras concluyeron cuando dio fin a la creación del mundo,t 4 pues así ha quedado dicho del día séptimo en cierto lugar de la Escritura: Y el día séptimo descansó Dios de todos sus trabajos.t 5 Pero volvamos a nuestro pasaje: No entrarán en mi descanso. 6 Eso quiere decir que algunos sí han de entrar en él. Y como los primeros en recibir la buena noticia no consiguieron entrar debido a su actitud rebelde,

7 Dios vuelve a señalar un día: el “hoy” del que habla David mucho tiempo después en el pasaje citado más arriba:
Cuando hoy escuchen la voz del Señor,
no cierrem herméticamente el corazón. t
8 Está claro que Josuét no introdujo a los israelitas en el descanso definitivo, pues, de haberlo hecho, no se aludiría a “otro día” de descanso después de todo aquello.t 9 Por consiguiente, el pueblo de Dios está aún en espera de un descanso, 10 ya que de haber entrado en el descanso de Dios, también él descansaría de todos sus trabajos lo mismo que Dios descansó de los suyos.

11 Esforcémonos, pues, nosotros por entrar en el descanso que Dios ofrece para que nadie perezca siguiendo el ejemplo de aquellos rebeldes.

Todo está patente ante Dios

13 Ninguna criatura se le oculta a Dios; todo está desnudo y descubierto a los ojos de aquel ante quien debemos rendir cuentas.

Jesús, sacerdote excepcional