What does it mean that God "rested" when his work of Creation was completed? The idea of completion is key to understanding the idea of Sabbath. God "rested" because the Temple of his Creation was fully formed and functioning thus setting the stage for God to sit upon the throne of heaven and begin his rule over what he had made. It is in that vein that Jesus fulfills the Sabbath (and the whole Law of Moses) by completing God's work of redemption, after which he ascended at sat down at the right hand of the Father, thus also indicating that the final victory was forever won.
How do we "rest" by honoring God as Gentile Christians? We let go of our own vain belief in our independence and accept that God is fully and completely in control, that his will for us is perfect, and that he will finish the work that he began in us on the other side of death. In other words, we can rest any time of any day by fully trusting in God.
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