Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Deuteronomy 5:12-15
by: Dale Rood.
Do you notice the different rationales for keeping Sabbath here and in the Exodus 20:8-11 passage? In Exodus, the focus is Creation—resting as God did at the end of His creative process. In Deuteronomy 5:5, the focus is on salvation—God bringing His people out of Egypt and the bondage of slavery. Because His people were now free, they had the opportunity to rest. This also pointed forward to the rest from slavery to sin that Jesus would bring and, ultimately, to our eternal rest in heaven. Both are valid for God’s people today. The Sabbath is both the opportunity for rest now and the symbol of rest yet to come.