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1. Gen. 2:2
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God rests on the seventh day and
sanctifies the Sabbath
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And on
the seventh day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work which he had made.
-Genesis 2:2
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| 2. Ex. 16:4-5 |
The Sabbath a TEST COMMANDMENT to prove
whether one will walk in God's Law or not.
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Then said
the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain
bread from heaven for you; and the people
shall go out and gather a certain rate every
day, that I may prove them, whether they
will walk in my law, or no.And it shall come to pass, that on
the sixth day they shall prepare that
which they bring in; and it shall be twice
as much as they gather daily.
-Exodus 16:4-5
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| 3. Ex. 16:23 |
God reveals to Israel the CORRECT DAY to
keep the Sabbath after they have been in Egypt for 400
years.
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And he
said unto them, This is that which
the LORD hath said, To morrow is the
rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake
that which ye will bake to day,
and seethe that ye will seethe; and that
which remaineth over lay up for you to be
kept until the morning.
-Exodus 16:23
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4. Ex. 20:8 - 11
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Sabbath a part of the Decalogue, the TEN
COMMANDMENTS engraved in tablets of stone by the very
finger of God. Shows the Sabbath is a memorial of God's
creation.
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of
the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: For in
six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
-Exodus 20:8-11
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5. Ex. 31:13-17
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Sabbath is a SIGN of God's people. We
of the faith are spiritual Israelites; children of
Abraham (Gal. 3:7)
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Speak thou also unto the children of Israel,
saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep:
for it is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that ye may
know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify
you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore;
for it is holy unto you: every one that
defileth it shall surely be put to death:
for whosoever doeth any work therein, that
soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Six days may work be done; but in the
seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the
LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the
sabbath day, he shall surely be put to
death. Wherefore the children of Israel
shall keep the sabbath, to observe the
sabbath throughout their generations, for a
perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me
and the children of Israel for ever: for in
six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and
on the seventh day he rested, and was
refreshed.
-Exodus 31:13-17
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6. Deuteronomy
5:12-15
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Sabbath again included as part of the
Ten Commandments. Emphasizes that the Sabbath is a day
of LIBERTY.
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Keep the
sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy
God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt
labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh
day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine
ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates; that thy
manservant and thy maidservant may rest as
well as thou. 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 5:12-15
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7. Ezekiel 20:12
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Sabbath a SIGN of SANCTIFICATION
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Moreover
also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign
between me and them, that they might know
that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
-Ezekiel. 20:12
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| 8. Ezekiel 20:20-23 |
The breaking of the Sabbath a primary
reason Israel went into CAPTIVITY and was scattered.
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And
hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign
between me and you, that ye may know that I
am the LORD your God. Notwithstanding the
children rebelled against me: they walked
not in my statutes, neither kept my
judgments to do them, which if a man do, he
shall even live in them; they polluted my
sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my
fury upon them, to accomplish my anger
against them in the wilderness. Nevertheless
I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my
name's sake, that it should not be polluted
in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight
I brought them forth. I lifted up mine hand
unto them also in the wilderness, that I
would scatter them among the heathen, and
disperse them through the countries.
-Ezekiel 20:20-23
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9. Mark 1:21
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Jesus Christ teaches on the Sabbath.
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And they
went into Capernaum; and straightway on the
sabbath day he entered into the synagogue,
and taught. -Mark
1:21
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| 10. Luke 4:16 |
Jesus Christ faithfully attends the
synagogue on the Sabbath as His custom or habit was. We
are to walk in His steps (I Peter 1:21)
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And he
came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up
for to read.-Luke
4:16
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| 11. Mark 2:27-28 |
Sabbath was made for MAN, not just for
the Jew. Jesus Christ is LORD of the Sabbath.
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And he
said unto them, The sabbath was made for
man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore
the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
-Mark 2:27-28
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12. Matthew. 24:20
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Show Sabbath was still to be observed in
later times.
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But pray
ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day.
-Matthew 24:20
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| 13. Luke 23:56 |
Holy Spirit inspires N.T. writer Luke to
affirm that the Sabbath was still a COMMANDMENT. Luke
was written around 60 AD. Almost 30 years after
Christ's death.
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And
they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the sabbath day
according to the commandment.
-Luke
23:56
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| 14. Hebrews 4:9 |
There remains a SABBATISMOS (Greek-"A
keeping of the Sabbath") to the people of God. The
Sabbath is a picture of the rest we have in Christ and
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There
remaineth therefore a rest to the people of
God. -Hebrews 4:9
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15. Acts 13:14-15
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Paul teaches in Antioch in the synagogue
on the Sabbath.
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But when
they departed from Perga, they came to
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
And after the reading of the law and the
prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent
unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if
ye have any word of exhortation for the
people, say on. -Acts
13:14-15
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| 16. Acts 13:42-44 |
Paul teaches to BOTH Jews and Gentile on
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And when
the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles besought that these words might be
preached to them the next sabbath. Now when
the congregation was broken up, many of the
Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul
and Barnabas: who, speaking to them,
persuaded them to continue in the grace of
God. And the next sabbath day came almost
the whole city together to hear the word of
God.-Acts
13:42-44
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17. Acts 16:12-13
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Paul teaches in a strictly GENTILE area
in Philipi on the Sabbath.
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And
from thence to Philippi, which is the chief
city of that part of Macedonia, and a
colony: and we were in that city abiding
certain days. And on the sabbath we went out
of the city by a river side, where prayer
was wont to be made; and we sat down, and
spake unto the women which resorted thither.
-Acts 16:12-13
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18. Acts 17:1-4
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Paul teaches on three consecutive
Sabbath to Jews and Greeks.
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Now
when they had passed through Amphipolis and
Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where
was a synagogue of the Jews: And Paul, as
his manner was, went in unto them, and three
sabbath days reasoned with them out of the
scriptures, Opening and alleging, that
Christ must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this Jesus,
whom I preach unto you, is Christ. And some
of them believed, and consorted with Paul
and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great
multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
-Acts 17:1-4
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19. Acts 18:1-4
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Paul works six days as a tent maker and
teaches in the synagogue every Sabbath.
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After these things Paul departed from
Athens, and came to Corinth; And found a
certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately come from Italy, with his wife
Priscilla; (because that Claudius had
commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and
came unto them. And because he was of the
same craft, he abode with them, and wrought:
for by their occupation they were
tentmakers. And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and
the Greeks.
-Acts 18:1-4
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20. Isaiah 56:2-7
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A MILLENNIAL reference to God's Sabbath
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Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the
son of man that layeth hold on it; that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and
keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Neither let the son of the stranger, that
hath joined himself to the LORD, speak,
saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me
from his people: neither let the eunuch say,
Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the
LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
and choose the things that please me, and
take hold of my covenant; Even unto them
will I give in mine house and within my
walls a place and a name better than of sons
and of daughters: I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join
themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to
love the name of the LORD, to be his
servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath
from polluting it, and taketh hold of my
covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy
mountain, and make them joyful in my house
of prayer: their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine
altar; for mine house shall be called an
house of prayer for all people.
-Isaiah
56:2-7
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21. Isaiah 58:13-14
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We are to turn away from doing our own
pleasure on the Sabbath and call the Sabbath a DELIGHT.
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If
thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath,
from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and
call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the
LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not
doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then
shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and
I will cause thee to ride upon the high
places of the earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth
of the LORD hath spoken it.
-Isaiah
58:13-14
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22. Isaiah 66:23-24
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Sabbath to be kept after the time of the
NEW HEAVENS and the NEW EARTH.
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And
it shall come to pass, that from one new
moon to another, and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship
before me, saith the LORD. And they shall go
forth, and look upon the carcases of the men
that have transgressed against me: for their
worm shall not die, neither shall their fire
be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring
unto all flesh.
-Isaiah 66:23-24
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