Rest In His Love

John 5:16, "And therefore did the Jews
persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him
because he had done these things on the
sabbath day."

John 5:16-27
The Sabbath was first mentioned in Scripture
in Exodus 16, when the Lord started
miraculously providing the children of Israel
with manna in the wilderness. The Israelites
were commanded to gather twice as much
manna on the sixth day because God would
not provide any on the seventh day.

Shortly after this, the Lord commanded the
observance of the Sabbath day in the ten
commandments that were given to Moses on
Mount Sinai on the two tablets of stone
(Exodus 20:8-11).
In this command, God connected this Sabbath
day with the rest that He took on the seventh
day of creation.

As revealed in Colossians 2:16-17, the
Sabbath was symbolic.
According to Exodus 23:12, one of the
purposes of the Sabbath was to give man
and his animals one day of physical rest
each week.

Today's medical science has proven that our
bodies need at least one day of rest each
week to function at our peak.

Deuteronomy 5:15, also clearly states that
the Sabbath was to serve as a reminder to
the Jews that they had been slaves in
Egypt and were delivered from bondage,
not by their own efforts, but by the
supernatural power of God.

However, in the New Testament, there is an
even clearer purpose of the Sabbath stated.
In Colossians 2:16-17,
Paul reveals that the Sabbath was only a
shadow of things to come and is now
fulfilled in Christ.

Hebrews 4:1-11, talks about a Sabbath rest
that is available to, but not necessarily
functional in, all New Testament believers.

This New Testament Sabbath rest is simply
a relationship with God in which we have
ceased from doing things by our own efforts
and are letting God work through us
(Galatians 2:20; Hebrews 4:10).

The Sabbath is not a day, but rather a
relationship with God through Jesus.
Rest in His love.