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The sign of the [Old] covenant was the weekly Sabbath day (Exodus 31:13). Every seventh day the people of Israel were to rest from physical labor (Exodus 20:8-10). They would remember that God created everything there is, and that there was once a time when humans were at rest with God in his creation (Exodus 20:11-12). They would remember that humans rejected God's reign over them and became alienated from Him.
The Israelites would also remember that they had been slaves in Egypt, crying out under forced labor with no rest (Deuteronomy 5:15). By resting from work on the seventh day the Israelites experienced a taste of the divine rest- what life would be like if humans believed God and trusted in Him for everything, if they were again at rest with their Creator.
The weekly Sabbath was the sign of God's covenant with Israel. The body and blood of Jesus Christ are the sign of God's covenant with everyone who believes the gospel (John 6:53-57; Luke 22:19-20; Hebrews 10:19-20). The weekly Sabbath was a foretaste fo the divine rest in Christ (Colossians 2:16, 17). Through faith in Him, we enter the divine rest (Hebrews 4:3).
-The Christian Sabbath - Divine Rest in Jesus Christ - by J. Michael Feazell, Worldwide Chruch of God
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