The different Sabbaths were to be revered as a shadow of the Christ who was to come (Colossians 2:16–17) who would give mankind rest from their labors in trying to make themselves acceptable before God. For if we rest in the work of Christ on the cross, then we can cease from our own works or self efforts in trying to make ourselves acceptable before God (Hebrews: 4:9–11), however the weekly Sabbath was still to be kept even after Jesus' ascension (Matthew 24:20). Originally, Sabbath-breakers were officially to be cut off from the assembly or potentially killed (Exodus 31:15).