The Sabbath is a weekly committment to Gods Ideal of Eden

In Eden, God provided trees that bore fruit. The humans did not have to toil to make things produce fruit. Everything just produced. Every day, all humans had to do was "tend the garden. Not sure what that was, but the garden did not need much. As I learned later in the Bible, on the sixth day in Eden we would have gathered double, so on the 7th, no need to gather. The humans trust God to provide all security, all health and a wonderful environment and He dwells with us in the garden. Tragically,  Adam and Eve rebelled and lost the eternal Sabbath. God commanded that we remember the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the practice of trusting God. If on the 7th day ,I do not work, God will provide, If I do not gather on the Sabbath, God will provide, if I do not sow, God will provide. 

The Sabbath's  fulfilment  looks forward to the time in the future of the end of the age. Living in the present, I practice what I believe the whole story is moving towards the future. Preparing myself for something that is so important. The weekly Sabbath is a foretaste and practice of the New Creation.

The weekly Sabbath, the 7th day (in Hebrew the words Sabbath, Rest and Seven all share the same letters)  is what God has given us for the rhythm of time and also the key to understanding the other festivals and the pattern for understanding the mission of Jesus. The Sabbaths are the timetable for the year of Jubilee which is a more detailed description of the restored Eden life, which is what Jesus initiated. Everything Jesus did was to launch the eternal Jubilee, the super Sabbath. (Luke 4:16-21)

Of course there is a lot more, but these are my thoughts this Sabbath morning. 

What does the Sabbath mean to you?