The Old Testament states that Yahweh gave Israel the Sabbath as a sign of the MOsaic covenant to test Israel’s loyalty and to remind Israel that God is the one who sanctifies them. Yet Christian interpretation of this, for the New Testament believer, ranges from apathy to judgemental zeal in an attempt to asnwer the question ‘Is the Sabbath still required for Christians?’. To fully engage this question, Beau M. Landers engages with the whole narrative of Scripture. The crux of the issue, and the key aspect of this study’s contribution, lies in the exploration of how Jesus fulfils this Old Testament law (Matt 5:17). By tracing the biblical-theological theme of Sabbath throughout the biblical canon, and it’s climax in Christ, we are invited to consider the implicatinos for the church today.
