Sabbath Rest and Freedom
Moses repeated the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel at the end of their forty years of wilderness wanderings. Here the Sabbath stands as a memorial of their redemption from slavery: “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). Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 present two powerful reasons for observing the seventh-day Sabbath—this day is both a memorial of God’s work of creation and a promise of His ability to redeem from the bondage of sin.