Our Sabbath- Rest and Worship?
"And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." ( Deuteronomy 5:15 ) It is significant that God's Ten Commandments are found twice in the Bible ( Exodus 20:3-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 ). In fact, "Deuteronomy" means "the Second Law." The two are worded identically, with a few exceptions. The most significant of these changes is in connection with the reason given for obeying the fourth commandment, to "keep the sabbath day." In Exodus, the reason given is: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day" ( Exodus 20:11 ). Here in "the second law," the reason given is that God saved Israel out of bondage in Egypt, and now was about to enter the Promised Land.