thought on the meaning of the Sabbath
To me the Sabbath is God's way of showing us a spiritual truth through a law. The truth I get is that it is okay to let the Holy Spirit lead us. We are meant to have balance in our lives which means that times to rest and appreciate God are the most important part of life. Jesus said that when the bridegroom is here that is when we are to rejoice just like Jesus told Martha that it was better to spend time with Him than to work when he was there. It is basically that it is okay to do what we WANT when what we want will bring us closer to God, but also that to keep what we want we will have to work when this time is over. The six days of work are what allows the one special day to be so special- because we have worked to make it the best it can be. It does not matter which day the sabbath is celebrated on, only that it is our offering to God of the fruits of our labors. It can be spread out over the whole week. We should offer the friuts of our labors to God about 1/7 of the time. The offering of our labors to God is that we are able to glorify Him through our living and make others want what we have and be like us. We need time just to enjoy the fellowship of others and enjoy the fruits of our labors for God's sake because He made us to enjoy life to the fullest. Hard work helps us enjoy the harvest of our labors even more because we can feel that we took part in bringing glory to God through the Christian life.