What Is The Sabbath / Does It Matter? - Part 10

Third and Final Meaning of the Sabbath?

This third and final meaning of the Sabbath has a future significance, a significance that, like the second one related to redemption, would never have come about if man hadn’t sinned. Before sin, the purpose of the Sabbath was to commemorate creation. After sin, the Sabbath still commemorated creation, but it also took a new and very important role of pointing forward to redemption. The beautiful third dimension of the Sabbath is that it points forward to the end of time when God will create a new heavens and a new earth….which is another task that became necessary through the entrance of sin into the world. You can read about this in Isaiah 66:22-23. Without a doubt these verses are talking about the new heaven and the new earth. The new moon in this verse marks the beginning of each new month for the Hebrews. The months are lunar months, so the months are reckoned by the moon just as the days are reckoned by the sun. Notice how this verse doesn’t say “from one Sunday to another”. Also missing is any statement about “all Jews coming to worship before me”. The Bible is very clear from one Sabbath to another, and one month to another, all flesh (that means every living person) will come and worship before Him. So the Sabbath, which is not for just the Jews alone, will be celebrated every week in the new earth.