But the seventh day is still the Sabbath. It is still just as sanctified as when God blessed it on the seventh day of Creation. (Gen 2:2) It is still the best day of the week to set aside our own work or pleasure and “retune our hearts back to The Holy.” It is a day of lifting our focus from earth and the chores of making a living, to remember the perfection, the glory, of Creation while it was still “very good.” (Gen 1:31) As we remember that first Sabbath and the perfect world it represents, we can refocus our spirits upon His Spirit and rededicate ourselves to being led by His Spirit. Thus we are empowered to “labor to enter into His Rest” (Heb 4:11), the true Sabbath Rest which lasts for a thousand years.

So you see, God did not make a mistake in allowing the church to “lose” the Sabbath back at the time of Constantine. Corporate worship, as important and wonderful as it is, can still be “work,” especially for the leaders. Moving that to Sunday, for some at least, was a good thing. That leaves the entire Sabbath free for those who truly love the Lord to seek His face, to refocus their attentions from the things of earth back to The Holy, and to rest from all the chores of life in order to enter into the completed works of the Author of Life.

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