How does the moving of the Sabbath observance from the last to the first day of the week after Christ's resurrection maintain the same principle regarding the believer's day of rest?

How do each of the four forms of Sabbath observance testify of deliverance from "darkness"?

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

- Genesis 2:3

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath Day.

- Deuteronomy 5:15

And upon the first day of he week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

- Acts 20:7

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

- Hebrews 4:9

• The dedication of the new temple - life with God - on the eighth day (II Chronicles 7:9)

• Special convocation days - signifying renewed life with God - to take place on the eighth day (Ezekiel 43:27; Nehemiah 8:18; Numbers 29:35)

These "new life" examples all point to the commemoration of the great "new life" day, Jesus' resurrection from the dead which secured "new life" for His entire Church.

6. The "rest" earned by Jesus Christ marks the end of Old Testament, but the beginning of New Testament times. The Church's deliverance, its rest, was accomplished at the end of the Old Testament time period, but at the beginning of New Testament times. The placement of the weekly Sabbath Day points to this fact. The Old Testament church lived looking forward to Christ and the deliverance and rest He would accomplish at the end of the Old Testament. To reflect this, the Old Testament rest day was the last day of the week. The New Testament church looks back upon and lives out of the finished work of Christ which took place at the beginning of its time. To reflect this, the New Testament rest day is the first day of the week.

This truth is illustrated in the timeline below: