30 Bible Verses about Eternal
Most Relevant Verses
And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)
Father, as to those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Christ » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Christ » Priesthood of » Eternal
where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
death » Eternal » Foretold
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
And Jehovah will also give Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me; the army of Israel also will Jehovah give into the hand of the Philistines.
Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my commandment at the waters of Meribah.
Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples.
death » Spiritual death » Eternal
let him know that he that brings back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.
but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
death » Eternal » Gates of
Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:
And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Dominion » Christ's » Eternal
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Election » Of saints, is » Eternal
according as he has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
Eternal » Kingdom » Eternal kingdom of God and Christ
for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you.
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages.
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.
Eternal » Punishment » Future
For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished;
And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages, and they have no respite day and night who do homage to the beast and to its image, and if any one receive the mark of its name.
And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Compares the suffering of, to fire
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness; and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
Eternal » Glory » The glory will be endless
For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed:
being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other allusions to
For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.
and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Described as banishment from God
and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness.
but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest. He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up, that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.
He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
Eternal » Hope » The soul's sure anchor
that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
Eternal » Hope » Cheers the dying hour of the saints
The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.
Eternal » Hope » A heavenly treasure
on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world
And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee. And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit
For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life:
Eternal » Hope » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell
For if God spared not the angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Self-sacrifice
He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
Eternal » Hope » Anticipates Christ's coming
awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Eternal » Hope » Assures of immortality
having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God
And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Glory » Christ's » Eternal
For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed:
being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints
But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground:
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.
When the Christ is manifested who is our life, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.
Glory » Eternal » Saints called to
But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground:
whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Glory » Eternal » The bodies of saints shall be raised in
who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of the power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.
It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by present afflictions
For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
Glory » Eternal » Accompanies salvation by Christ
For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Glory » Eternal » Procured by the death of Christ
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings.
Glory » Eternal » Of God's people shall be rich and abundant
And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led to thee. For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the cypress, pine, and box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Glory » Eternal » Saints afore prepared to
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
Glory » Eternal » Present afflictions not worthy to be compared with
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed to us.
Glory » Eternal » Saints shall be, of their ministers
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? are not ye also before our Lord Jesus at his coming? for ye are our glory and joy.
Glory » Of God » Eternal
The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
Glory » Eternal » Afflictions of ministers are, to saints
Wherefore I beseech you not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by afflictions
For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
Glory » Eternal » Saints prepared unto
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
God, Glory of » Described as » Eternal
The glory of Jehovah will endure for ever; Jehovah will rejoice in his works.
God » Is declared to be » Eternal
Thy refuge is the God of old, And underneath are the eternal arms; And he shall drive out the enemy from before thee, And shall say, Destroy them!
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.
And the four living creatures, each one of them having respectively six wings; round and within they are full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come. And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving to him that sits upon the throne, who lives to the ages of ages, the twenty-four elders shall fall before him that sits upon the throne, and do homage to him that lives to the ages of ages; and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
God » Mercy of » Eternal
But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Hope » Eternal » In God
Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,
Hope » Eternal » The soul's sure anchor
that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil,
Hope » Eternal » Cheers the dying hour of the saints
The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.
Hope » Eternal » A heavenly treasure
on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
Hope » Eternal » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
Hope » Eternal » Anticipates Christ's coming
awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Hope » Eternal » Assures of immortality
having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.
Life » Eternal » General references to
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
But now, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.
and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life.
keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Mercy » Eternal
But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Priesthood » Of Christ » Eternal
where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
Punishment » Eternal
And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.
whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
Redemption » Described as » Eternal
nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, has entered in once for all into the holy of holies, having found an eternal redemption.
Rest, spiritual » Eternal
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.
Salvation » Described as » Eternal
and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Eternal
how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God?
but which has now been made manifest, and by prophetic scriptures, according to commandment of the eternal God, made known for obedience of faith to all the nations --
Topics on Eternal
Eternal Blessing
2 Samuel 7:29and now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Eternal Death
Psalm 1:6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Eternal Deliverance
Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Eternal Evil
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
Eternal Existence
1 Corinthians 15:42Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
Eternal Judgement
Psalm 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Eternal Judgment
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
eternal life, experience of
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
eternal life, gift of
John 5:39-40Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;
eternal life, nature of
John 17:3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Eternal Loyalty
Psalm 131:3Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from henceforth and for evermore.
Eternal Perspective
2 Corinthians 5:8we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
Eternal Possession
Genesis 17:8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.
Eternal Praise
Romans 9:5whose are the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Eternal Punishment
Revelation 20:10And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.
Eternal Security
John 10:28-29and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
Eternal State
Hebrews 10:34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one.
Eternal World
Ecclesiastes 1:4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.
God's Kingdom Being Eternal
Psalm 145:13Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations.
God, The Eternal
Nehemiah 9:5And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let men bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Man's Eternal Attributes
Psalm 112:3Wealth and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness abideth for ever.
Rest, Eternal
Hebrews 4:3-4For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world.
The Eternal Covenant
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.