And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a sabbath unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. Exodus 16:25-27
Man has little heart for God’s rest. His nature is bad. He can neither rest with, nor work for, God. If God makes a rest for him, he will not keep it; and if God tells him to work, he will not do it. In this Chapter, Israel at least to a certain degree refuse the Sabbath as a gift.
The Sabbath, the day of rest, here suddenly reappears after a silence of more than 2,000 years. Redemption being accomplished, the Sabbath a gift to Israel.
The Sabbath was to be a day of “rest,” symbolising the “rest” which one finds in Christ, and only in Christ. Hence He says “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Mat. 11:28.
Since the”Sabbath” is only a symbol of the “rest” that one finds in Christ, once the reality had come, the symbolism is no longer needed. Hence, the strict observance of this ritual was not carried over into the New Covenant. And yet, when one accepts Christ, following Him by placing one’s Faith entirely in Christ and the Cross, this is the same as “keeping the Sabbath,” because the Sabbath prefigured Christ and the Rest. Hebrews 4
LET’S PRAY
O Lord, by Your Divine Mercy and Favour open the ears of my heart to Your Word with clear understanding for inspiration and revelation concerning my situation to do Your Will in Jesus Name.
BENEDICTION
And the very God of peace SANCTIFY you (me ….) WHOLLY; and I pray God your WHOLE spirit and soul and body be preserved BLAMELESS unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you (me …), who also will DO it.
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