Exodus 31: 12-18, “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”
Even though the Lord had been telling Israel, through Moses, how they were to follow their ceremonial regulations and how to make the hardware necessary for them, He returned to the true purpose of His plan. God has created us so that we might rest in the security of His love. The weekly Sabbath day was to be a constant reminder of the rest that we were created to enjoy. Even though we sinned and brought tension, restlessness and anxiety into the world, the Lord always remembered that we were created to know His rest and He put this reminder regularly before us. As long as the earth remains there will seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter and day and night (Gen 8: 22). As long as there is day and night, there will be a seventh day and there will be the reminder of the true rest that the Lord has in store for us when He finally makes the new heaven and the new earth.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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