Sermons

Sabbath as a Foretaste: Anticipating Eternal Rest 

Hebrews 4:9-11; Revelation 21:3-4 

November 16, 2025 

Dr. Brad Hoffmann, pastor 

 Hebrews 4:9-10 ESV: So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 

 What pieces of the future does Sabbath place in our hands today? 

 A Glimpse of Rest 

 Hebrews 4:9-10 ESV: So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 

 Matthew 11:28 ESV: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

 A Glimpse of Wonder

 Revelation 21:3 ESV: And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 

 A Glimpse of Joy 

 Psalm 92:1-4 ESV: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, 3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. 4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.  

 A Glimpse of Community 

 Exodus 20:10 ESV: But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 

 A Glimpse of Renewal 

 Romans 8:18-21 ESV:  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 

 A Glimpse of Hope 

 Revelation 21:1-4 ESV: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”  

 Tomorrow Starts Here 

 Hebrews 4:9-11 ESV: So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.  

Speaker: Brad Hoffmann

November 16, 2025

Hebrews

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