Resting from Labours

DYING IN THE LORD: SALVATION… THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS?

Re 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may <rest from their labours>; and their works do follow them.

Ro 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Nu 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Re 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Ac 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Re 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Re 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Mt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Ps 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God <bringeth back the captivity of his people>, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Isa 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Ro 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

Da 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Re 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

RESTING FROM THEIR LABOURS: SALVATION… FINDING REST AS THE BODY IS REDEEMED FROM ITS OWN WORKS?

Labours can be viewed as sharing the gospel of Faith in Christ. Resting from the labours then could be viewed as those who are resting in Christ as they cease from their own works.

Re 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may <rest from their labours <2873>; and their works do follow them.

Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Heb 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour <2873> is not in vain in the Lord.

1Th 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour <2873> of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

1Th 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour <2873> be in vain.

RESTING FROM THEIR LABOURS (TROUBLE, WEARINESS ): SALVATION… ELECT COMING OUT OF TRIBULATION OR TROUBLE?

Re 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may <rest from their labours <2873>; and their works do follow them.

Hab 3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

2Ch 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Ps 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Isa 33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Ps 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Mr 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours <2873>, in watchings, in fastings;

Jer 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Mic 4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

1Th 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour <2873> and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The Bible appears to be confirming that resting from labours (Re 14:13) is the language of a collective salvation. It is looking primarily at the redemption of the church at the revelation of Christ. This is the time when the elect who’d been waiting for God to judge Babylon find deliverance in Christ as they come out of tribulation.