Sabbath Banner

This banner celebrates the Sabbath which, for the New Testament believer, is Christ. It is in him that we rest and delight. We are exhorted to “taste and see that the Lord is good,” directing all our senses to him. The label echoes Christ’s own exhortation, “[that] the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath (Mk 2:27).” 

Many banners have decorative fringes at the bottom edge which recall the tzitzits on prayer shawls (tallits). Tzitzits serve to remind the wearer of the commandments and his obligation to obey the law. Here I have substituted watches for the fringes or tzitzits to remind the New Testament believer not only that  “…if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law” but also that “…now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation (2 Cor 6:2).”