Q: What is the fourth commandment?
A: The fourth commandment is, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” (Ex. 20:8)

Q: What does the Sabbath signify?
A: The Sabbath was given to the nation of Israel as a remembrance that God gave them rest by bringing them out of slavery in Egypt (Deut. 5:12-15), and as a sign of the Mosaic covenant between God and Israel (Exo. 31:16-17), and as a type and shadow of the rest that has come in salvation through Jesus Christ (Col. 2:16-17) and that will come in the final state (Rev. 21:3-4). Jesus Christ is our Sabbath rest, having given us peace with God (Heb. 4:9-11).

(Eric Bryant)