The Mark of Yahweh!
*Sign is Word #226, Hebrew Dictionary, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, meaning mark, token, sign, consent, flag, evidence of consent.
Exodus 31:13-17, "Speak also to the children of Israyl, saying; Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for they are a *sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh Who sanctifies you, and makes you holy"....16-17, "Therefore the children of Israyl shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israyl forever, for in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the Seventh Day He rested and was refreshed."
Ezekiel 20:12, "Moreover, I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a *sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh Who sanctifies them."
*Sign is Word #226, Hebrew Dictionary, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, meaning mark, token, sign, consent, flag, evidence of consent.
Isayah 56:1-7, "This is what Yahweh says: Keep the judgments, and do justly; for My salvation is near, soon, to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it; who keeps the Sabbaths without polluting; defiling, them; and keeps his hand from doing dany evil. Do not let the son of the Gentile, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying; Yahweh has utterly separated me from His people. Nor let the eunuch say; Behold, I am a dry tree. For this is what Yahweh says: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose those things which eplease Me, and hold fast to My covenant: I will give to them, in My House, even within My walls, a place and a Name equal to that of sons and of daughters; I will give them the Name of The Everlasting: YAHWEH; which will not be cut off. Also the sons of the Gentile who join themselves to Yahweh, to serve Him, and to love the Name of Yahweh, to be His servants--everyone who keeps the Sabbaths without polluting; defiling, them and who holds fast to My covenant--I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My House of prayer..."
Romans 9:6-8, "However, it is not as though Yahweh's plan had failed. For it is not everyone who is a descendant of Israyl who belongs to Israyl. Nor, just because they are his descendants, are they all Abraham's children; but: In Isaac will your seed be called. That is, it is not those who are the children of the flesh who are Yahweh's children; but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's seed."
Galations 3:28,29, "Is there not the Yahdai as well as the Greek; Gentile? Is there not the slave as well as the freeman? Is there not the male and the female? For all of you must be in unity in Yahshua Messiah. And if you are in Messiah, then
you are a seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise."[/QUOTE Yes they are a token,of something else that is the object of their meaning. So what is the object the sabbath points to? The scripture you quoted says "so you will know that It is I the lord that sanctifies you" Jesus said all the law and prophets point to him and he opened the apostle hearts to see this. The Law was a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ.The true rest that the Sabbath points to is Jesus.We can and must rest in him every day to be saved. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ. When you sit you are resting ,taking the load off."The carnal man is not subject to God neither indeed can be." Cor. The way out is to be baptized into his death so that the excellency of the life in us may be shown it is of God and not of us. We must die to the flesh. Paul said he was delivered unto death daily.Entering in to the rest that is in Christ , where we cease from our own works , Is the fulfilling of the law. This is the rest that the Sabbaths point to. Before the law this was Gods intent. Israel did nothing to free themselves from Egypt. It was all God doing.Their food ,water clothes, victories, Leading was all from God. But that was not enough ,they tempted God. Ex:3314 And he said, my presents shall go with thee and I shall give you rest. Ex 16:4 Behold I rain bread from Heaven, and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them ,whether they will walk in my law or not. And on the sixth day they shall gather twice as much as usual. I don't think the word sabbath was used prior to this in the bible.This was a test whether they would obey him , not the keeping of the sabbath.Which was added latter as a Sign, because they could or would not obey him. Now all this hasled to the pesant ,to Christ. Heb. says that there is a rest remain for us, because those that should have entered did not ,because of unbelief. And that we should labor to enter that rest. And that he that has entered into that rest has ceased from his own works. And enter into Christ finished work for us. For this is the work of God ,that you believe on Jesus. Now sunday is an ok day , everybody almost has the day off. But it nor Saturday is the Sabbath in respect to God working now in the Church. Maybe he is still using it to lead some to Christ. I don't know.