Exo 31:13-16 | KingComments | STEP | The LORD has almost finished speaking with Moses. For the seventh and last time we read in His speech to Moses: “The LORD spoke …, saying.” And this seventh time is the introduction to the sabbath, the seventh day of the week, the day of rest for Israel. This day looks forward to the rest of the millennial kingdom of peace. There all the work of God and all that has been done for Him ends up. God wants to remind His people of this. He also wants them to remember this constantly and to observe that day. Working on that day means not taking God’s commandment into account. It is punishable by death. The sabbath is the sign of the covenant between the LORD and His earthly people. God has set that day Himself after He has completed His creation work. On that day “He ceased [from labor], and was refreshed”. God wants His people to share in it with Him. That is a great grace. This is the end of the LORD’s speech to Moses.

‏ Exodus 31:13-16

The Sabbath

The LORD has almost finished speaking with Moses. For the seventh and last time we read in His speech to Moses: “The LORD spoke …, saying.” And this seventh time is the introduction to the sabbath, the seventh day of the week, the day of rest for Israel.

This day looks forward to the rest of the millennial kingdom of peace. There all the work of God and all that has been done for Him ends up. God wants to remind His people of this. He also wants them to remember this constantly and to observe that day. Working on that day means not taking God’s commandment into account. It is punishable by death.

The sabbath is the sign of the covenant between the LORD and His earthly people. God has set that day Himself after He has completed His creation work. On that day “He ceased [from labor], and was refreshed”. God wants His people to share in it with Him. That is a great grace.

This is the end of the LORD’s speech to Moses.