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Typology · typological · Confidence: high · curated

Sabbath → Spiritual Rest in Christ

Cited scripture

  • Exod 20:8 — Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  • Exod 20:10 — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger tha
  • Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
  • Gen 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  • Gen 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Affirmed by

3 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

Historic voices touch this

14 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

  • Catechism of the Catholic Church · 5 passages
  • Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 1 passage
  • City of God · 1 passage
  • Epistle of Barnabas · 1 passage
  • Commentary on Genesis · 1 passage
  • An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith · 1 passage
  • On the Creation of the World (De Opificio Mundi) · 1 passage
  • Theology of the Body · 1 passage
  • Against the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos) · 1 passage
  • Large Catechism · 1 passage