The Rest of the Sabbath.—The rest of the holy Sabbath is not mere cessation from physical labor. "God is Spirit." "His law is spiritual." His rest was spiritual rest, refreshing and delightful. Ex. 31:17. He sanctifies and blesses by placing within the thing sanctified His own presence. 2 Cor. 3:16, 17. So the hallowed bread—the showbread—was literally the bread of the presence. Christ was the angel of God's presence, because God was in Him. So the Sabbath is "the holy of the Lord" (Isa. 58:13), "holy to the Lord" (Ex. 31:15). The rest of the Sabbath is, therefore, spiritual rest, the rest of Christ's presence in the Sabbath, which faith alone appropriates. Men came in contact with Christ, but saw and knew only the Man Jesus. But faith saw in Him the Lord of life, and drew from Him life-giving virtue. Many come in contact with the Sabbath; they see in it but a day as other days, or a day of casual rest, but faith sees in it the sign of the ever-living Creator and Redeemer, finds in it the presence of Christ, and appropriates the blessing God has promised. This is the rest of the holy Sabbath to the Lord. Then indeed is it "a delight."