Someone posted the following picture, glorifying the practice of attempting to observe Old Covenant sabbaths:
Indeed, the sabbaths were merely signs.
But what need do we have of signs, now that we've arrived!
Why would you want to go back and visit the signs, now that you've already got the real thing.
Where would you rather be:
here...
or, here!! :)
:) :)
The sabbaths were a regular reminder to Jacob's disobedient descendants that they desperately needed a sanctifier. But we now are in a state of having been actually already sanctified by Jesus.
Despite Joshua giving them a form of rest, the Psalms later declared that there was still an as-yet unobtained rest for God's people. God's true people - all who believe - have entered that true state of rest, thanks to Jesus.
We have forever ceased from the works of the Law, just as God forever ceased from His work from the seventh day onwards.
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God didn't resume His work of creation again on the first day of the second week. It was finished. On the seventh day He entered a permanent state of rest.
Similary Christ said, "It is finished". Then from that moment on all who believe do once and forever enter into God's state of permanent rest. Delivered from our dead works, never again needing to keep the works of the Law. By one offering sanctified forever in Jesus!
We don't read in the Bible that the patriarchs observed regular sabbaths. The sabbaths were something God later gave to the disobedient house of Jacob as regular reminders to them of their desperate need for a Sanctifier. They had signs pointing to sanctification, but we've arrived at sanctification, in our Jesus - never to leave!
So what would you rather do - regularly trudge back to the sign? or just stay and relax here at the beach!
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