The saints have nothing in the world; they are crucified to it. To them resurrection is the beginning, and, withal, the substance and end of their hope and life. The first day of the week, in which Jesus rose from the dead, is the living witness to them, in joyful service, of the rest that remains to them, and a day of remembrance of that through which it was purchased. This rest they have now in spirit, and go forth from that to toil yet awhile in the world in which they are living. It is not to them creation and earthly rest, but redemption, resurrection and the hope of heavenly rest. Therefore it is enjoyed, not on the day of God’s rest in creation, but in the day of the resurrection of Jesus, the beginning of blessing and glory as head of the church, “the firstborn from the dead,” in which He rested, as to the work of redemption. Thus in this double type the whole millennial rest is taken in, heavenly or resurrection, and earthly or rest for the flesh.
J. N. Darby