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God’s Redemptive Story includes resting on the 7th day beginning in Genesis 2:2
In Exodus 16 God tells His people to rest on the sabbath. This is a command that is given even before Moses goes up to Mount Sinai in Exodus 19 and recieves the 10 commandments in Exodus 20.
Hebrews 4 speaks of A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God and Jesus the Great High Priest.
Jesus is “our Sabbath rest.” His finished work on the cross frees us up to rest, to stop striving and trying to earn His approval and favor
God/Jesus is revealed as the Bread of Life
Exodus 16:10 The Glory of the Lord appeared in the Cloud
The manna can be described as the Bread of Life. Jesus is the bread of life in John 6:
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
In fact, Jesus tells us here that the entire Old Testament is about himself:
Look at John 5:39, “You search the Scriptures,” Jesus says, “because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.” The word Scriptures here refers to the Jewish Scriptures, what we call the Old Testament, which is another word for Old Covenant.
John 5:46 If You Believed Moses, You Would Believe Me, for He Wrote of Me Resource by John Piper
Names of God – Jehovah – Nissi
In Exodus 17:15 Moses says “The Lord is my Banner” . “The Lord is my Banner” is the translation of the Hebrew Yahweh-Nissi.. The Lord is my Refuge. God is victorious.