[Col 2:16-17 KJV] 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.
In Christ we have liberty and are not under the bondage of the law (Galatians 4:3 4:9 5:1). We do not have to observe the sabbath seeing it was a shadow of Christ.
[Mat 5:17 KJV] 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Christ fulfilled the Sabbath and being under the law observed it (Mark 1:21 8:2 Luke 4:16).
[Exo 20:11 KJV] 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.
God rested from his work on the seventh day.
[Exo 23:12 KJV] 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
God also commanded Israel to rest from their work.
[Exo 31:17 KJV] 17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
The sabbath was a sign between God and Israel that there would be a rest for Israel.
[Heb 4:9-11 KJV] 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Israel was still offered a promised rest; Israel was to cease from obtaining righteousness from their own works (Romans 10:3) just as God did from his.
[Heb 4:3 KJV] 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Believing Israel will enter into the promised rest. God finished the required works (Jeremiah 24:7 30:22 31:33) and will fulfill his covenant with Israel.
[Psa 132:11-16 KJV] 11 The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. 14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
The rest promised to Israel will culminate in the Davidic kingdom on earth. Israel will find rest in the kingdom.
[Jhn 20:31 KJV] 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
To enter the rest of the kingdom on earth Israel had to believe on the name of Jesus; they had to believe Jesus was Christ, the Son of God.
[Mat 4:23 KJV] 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Israel had to believe that the promised kingdom on earth was at hand.
[Luk 13:24 KJV] 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
[2Pe 1:10-11 KJV] 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Israel had to labor to enter the kingdom (Hebrews 4:11) and endure to the end (Matthew 24:13) to realize their rest.
[Mat 11:28 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[2Th 1:7 KJV] 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
We find, as does believing Israel, our rest in Christ Jesus.
In Christ we have liberty and are not under the bondage of the law (Galatians 4:3 4:9 5:1). We do not have to observe the sabbath seeing it was a shadow of Christ.
[Mat 5:17 KJV] 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Christ fulfilled the Sabbath and being under the law observed it (Mark 1:21 8:2 Luke 4:16).
[Exo 20:11 KJV] 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.
God rested from his work on the seventh day.
[Exo 23:12 KJV] 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
God also commanded Israel to rest from their work.
[Exo 31:17 KJV] 17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
The sabbath was a sign between God and Israel that there would be a rest for Israel.
[Heb 4:9-11 KJV] 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Israel was still offered a promised rest; Israel was to cease from obtaining righteousness from their own works (Romans 10:3) just as God did from his.
[Heb 4:3 KJV] 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Believing Israel will enter into the promised rest. God finished the required works (Jeremiah 24:7 30:22 31:33) and will fulfill his covenant with Israel.
[Psa 132:11-16 KJV] 11 The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. 14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
The rest promised to Israel will culminate in the Davidic kingdom on earth. Israel will find rest in the kingdom.
[Jhn 20:31 KJV] 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
To enter the rest of the kingdom on earth Israel had to believe on the name of Jesus; they had to believe Jesus was Christ, the Son of God.
[Mat 4:23 KJV] 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Israel had to believe that the promised kingdom on earth was at hand.
[Luk 13:24 KJV] 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
[2Pe 1:10-11 KJV] 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Israel had to labor to enter the kingdom (Hebrews 4:11) and endure to the end (Matthew 24:13) to realize their rest.
[Mat 11:28 KJV] 28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
[2Th 1:7 KJV] 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
We find, as does believing Israel, our rest in Christ Jesus.
