Relevance of the 4th-Commandment for the Christian in the Age of Grace and relevance of the Sabbath honored in the Millennial Kingdom? What about the Genesis Sabbath as well?
The 4th-Commandment was given solely to Israel’s children and sojourners with them for sanctification purposes beginning in Exodus 16 (Ezekiel 20:12). The Sabbath edict, the Torah Law, will be re-instituted in-part during the Millennial Kingdom; this, not to glorify Israel but as a historical example of what Elohim has done to provided humanity a Path to righteousness through the Gospel, a Gospel of grace through faith that is foreshadowed throughout the Torah and ultimately fulfilled in Messiah Jesus.
For the Christian who seeks wisdom through the Spirit, the Sabbath foreshadowed Messiah’s rest from an arduous and demanding Law Covenant that could never provide a covenant of peace with the Father through righteousness as the Law Covenant demanded absolute perfection in word and deed in order to attain righteousness through it (James 2:10), but the “law of sin and death” (Torah Law, Romans 8:2) only cursed the one who sought covenant with the Father via obedience (Galatians 3:10); this, due to the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 3:23; Isaiah 64:6) as Torah Law defines sin but provides no form of acceptable atonement (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16); therefore, concerning the Christian, Messiah Jesus IS our Sabbath’s rest, both the Genesis Sabbath and the Sabbath edict given Israel beginning in Exodus 16.
Christianity and the Sabbath,
When one honors Jesus by faith, they honor all that the Sabbath edict given Israel and the Sabbath Day of Rest in the Genesis foreshadowed (Colossians 2:16; Matthew 11:28-30); therefore, when the Christian honors Jesus as Messiah by faith, they honor the 4th-Commandment and they honor Elohim’s example of “rest” on Day-7.
