Part 1 - Creation: The Foundation of the Gospel

Figure 1b: Hebrews 4:3 shows how the work of creation and the creation of Israel are types of Christ's redemptive work.

Jesus the Creator

God's Work
in Creating the
Heavens and Earth

God's Rest

The Sabbath Rest

God's Work
in Creating
Israel

God's Rest

Israel's Rest

God's Work
in Creating
the Church

God's Rest

The Believer's Rest

"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." Heb. 4:3