Rest, Ye Weary

Jesus is the better Moses, the better Joshua, and his Church receives the better promise land, which is the whole earth, Mathew 5:5, and a we receive a better rest, not one which perseveres perhaps for a generation, but one that lasts throughout all eternity, though all believers of the old covenant do share in this rest.

We see here Joshua was a type of Christ, leading the people faithfully and victoriously, keeping them until the end of his life, but Jesus keeps us til the end of the age he says, through the darkest valleys, the highest mountains, his Epic of redemption will leave no stone unturned, no nation unconquered, no heart unexposed by the sword of the word faithfully proclaimed and obeyed by his body, the Church.