Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Some time ago I promised to address the issue of the Sabbath as being a sign as described in Exodus 31:13. As I said then, it is but a sign, from us, to God, that we remember and honor that sanctification.
If you remember sanctification is a setting aside, to separate, related to holiness, hallowed, consecrate, and saint. So why do I begin with this quote from Jeremiah if I am to explain in more detail the meaning of Sabbath?
Simply put there was no 8th day for God. It was an end of His labors, He had done all that was needed. As an example of what that means to us, let us look at the first use of Sabbath to better understand God’s expected end for us.
Exodus 16:23-26 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
This is in reference to the Manna from heaven.
John 6:33, 35 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.