The Spiritual Practice of Sabbath

Sabbath begins in the beginning, where God ‘rested from all his work’ (Genesis 2:2). Having created existence in six days, ‘God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating he had done’ (Genesis 2:3). This follows his creation of humanity ‘in his own image’ (Genesis 1:27), connecting our nature to his nature. This is the first clue that the Sabbath is deeper than a time-bound, old-covenant-determined reality. Read more here