“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” (Exodus 20:8)
The Sabbath day observance finds its origin in the creation week. Any commandment whose origin predates the Law carries a principle that goes beyond the mere observance of rules.
“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” (Genesis 2:2-3)
The Sabbath day carries two principles – one spiritual, the other physical. Let’s start with the spiritual one.
On the seventh day, the day of perfection, God rested from His work. This seventh day symbolized the end of the work. This is purely prophetic.
Before God started the work, the earth was without form, and was dark and void. This is itself a symbol of the helpless and deplorable state of humanity without God. It was on the seventh day that God declared His entire work finished.
When again did God say, “It is finished?” It was the day Jesus took our place on the cross. No wonder Jesus referred to Himself as the Lord of the Sabbath ( Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5 ). In Him, we also rest from all our toil in trying to restore our relationship with God.
“Now we who have believed enter that rest…
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.” (Hebrews 4:3, 9-10)
Having faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and trusting Him for our full salvation is therefore the means by which we enter the Sabbath rest of God.
God willing, we shall take the physical aspect of the Sabbath next week.
Remain inspired!
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