23 Bible Verses about Rest, Eternal

We are actually entering into that rest, we who have believed, as God has said,??n my wrath I swore??They shall not enter into my Rest

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise."

I will return and will take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be also.

but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

And afterwards we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. So comfort one another with these words.

Yet you have a few names in Sardis that have not defiled their garment; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

For this they are now before the throne of God, and are serving him day and night in his temple. "And He who sits on the throne Will spread his tabernacle over them.

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

"'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.'

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne Will shepherd them, And will lead them to fountains of living water; And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

And he showed me the river of the Water of Life, clear as crystal, Flowing out from the throne of God, and of the Lamb, In the middle of the broad street of the City. On each side of the river was a Tree of Life, Bearing twelve kinds of fruit, Each month yielding its own fruit. And the leaves of the tree Were for the healing of the nations.

For truly God's justice must render back trouble to those who are troubling you, and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels,

And with a loud voice they cried, saying, "O Master, holy and true, How long dost thou not judge And avenge our blood On those who dwell on the earth?" And there was given to each one of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for yet a little time, until the number should be completed by their fellow slaves and their brethren who were about to be put to death as they had been.

And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it. For the Good News is come to us just as it did to them. But the message they heard was of no benefit to them, because they did not share the faith of those who gave heed to it. We are actually entering into that rest, we who have believed, as God has said,??n my wrath I swore??They shall not enter into my Rest

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."

"For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.

And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power.

They hunger no more, Neither thirst any more; Neither will the sun strike upon them, Nor any scorching heat; For the Lamb in the midst of the throne Will shepherd them, And will lead them to fountains of living water; And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

And there will be no more curse But in it will be the throne of God and of the Lamb.