It is critical that we revisit what the wilderness wanderings represent as we continue to look at true rest for the Christian. The wanderings in the wilderness are the experiences of believers who will not claim their spiritual inheritance in Christ, who doubt God’s Word and live in restless unbelief. We can be sure, God is with us in the wilderness, as He was with Israel; but we will not enjoy the fullness of God’s blessing. With this background, we can now better understand one of the key words in chapter four—rest. The writer of Hebrews mentions God’s Sabbath rest when He ceased from His creation activities. (This word for rest is the Greek word sabbatismos—”a keeping of a Sabbath”—and this is the only place in the New Testament where this word is used.) We have already looked at the rest offered in Canaan, but today we want to look at the rest that is pictured in the Sabbath rest. The rest in Canaan pictures the rest of submission; while the rest of the Sabbath pictures the rest of salvation.