I have been thinking about different themes through Scripture and one theme is the creation/redemption theme. We are all God's children in the sense that He created us but those who are believers are also God's children in that He redeemed us.
In the Ten commandments we read in Exodus 20:8 - 11, "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping 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, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy." Here we see that the basis of the Sabbath is that God is the creator.
However in Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15 we read that the basis of the Sabbath is redemption, "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 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, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day."
This dual theme creation/redemption is throughout all Scripture. In Colossians 1 we read that Jesus is the Creator but He is also the redeemer reconciling all thing to Himself.
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