Deuteronomy 12:9
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9 because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.
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1 Kings 8:56
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56 “Praise the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses.
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Psalm 95:11
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11 So in my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”
Deuteronomy 25:19
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19 Therefore, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!
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1 Peter 1:3-4
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The Hope of Eternal Life
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.
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Hebrews 4:8-9
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8 Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. 9 So there is a special rest[a] still waiting for the people of God.
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- 4:9 Or a Sabbath rest.
Micah 2:10
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10 Up! Begone!
This is no longer your land and home,
for you have filled it with sin
and ruined it completely.
1 Chronicles 23:25
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25 For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live in Jerusalem.
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