Sabbath and Rest: Gregory of Nyssa on Eternal Rest
Teaching on Sabbath and Rest from Gregory of Nyssa: Gregory of Nyssa on Eternal Rest
This is a spiritual discipline on eternal rest and eschatology, drawing on Hebrews 4:9-11, Revelation 21:3-5 and Isaiah 65:17-25.
Gregory of Nyssa (d. c. 394) meditated on the Sabbath as a pointer to the eternal rest of heaven. He taught that each weekly Sabbath is a participation in and anticipation of the final rest when God will be "all in all." Gregory wrote: "If, then, the goal of nature is blessed rest, and that rest is the divine embrace, then the Sabbath is not merely a commandment but a revelation of our destiny."…
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