<p>4:9 <i>There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God</i>- God's people are not therefore the same as Israel after the flesh. Israel were not given &quot;rest&quot;, their temporary possession of parts of the territory promised to Abraham was hardly entering the Sabbath rest. For they were removed from that land and did not permanently possess it, neither did they inherit the entire territory promised from the Euphrates to the river of Egypt.</p>