After six days of working, God rested on the seventh day. He rested not because He was tired but because He had finished the work. Jewish celebrated Saturday as Sabbath until now. It is the rest of creation. Men fell into sin, and it shook God’s rest. God started work again to redeem the men until Jesus finished it on the cross. God found His rest again in redeeming us, and this time His rest can not be shaken.
Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week. He appeared from Sunday to Sunday to His disciples. The first church gathers together every first day of the week and continues until now. Sunday is the rest to celebrate redemption. Christians celebrate Sunday as Sabbath. Every time we go to church on Sunday, we celebrate His resurrection. The pattern of redemption is entering God’s rest and then working for 5-6 days, while the pattern of creation is working 5-6 days and then resting. With this understanding, we enter His rest on the first day every week before we work during weekdays.
Observing Sabbath nourishes relationships within our family and friends. Going to church regularly grows us spiritually and replenishes our souls. We cannot be alone in our spiritual journey. There are corporate blessings and anointing that we cannot access individually. Psalm 92:13 says, “They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God”. We flourish by being planted in a local church.