The Origin of
the Sabbath
Part l
Obviously, the place
to start is at the beginning of the
Bible! The very first book of the
Bible tells us that God created the
world we live on and our sector of
the universe – And this was
accomplished in Six Days, and then
GOD CHOSE TO REST ON THE SEVENTH DAY!
God said, “LET THERE BE
LIGHT,” and there was Light,
that it was good… God
called the light DAY, and the
darkness NIGHT.Moreover, the evening
and the morning were the FIRST DAY.On
the SECOND DAY, he divided the waters
above and below the firmament which
God called HEAVEN, then on the THIRD
DAY God created the dry land and the
seas and planted grass and trees
– On the FOURTH DAY God created
the sun and the moon… On the
FIFTH DAY God brought forth birds and
fish – and then God made man and
woman on the Sixth Day – And
then God Blessed the Seventh Day and
He Rested on it! (Genesis 1:3-2:3)
THE SEVENTH-DAY
SABBATH HONORS THE CREATOR OF OUR
PLANET, our “MOTHER
EARTH”! That is why God
instituted this weekly event, so
wewould REMEMBER and honor THE
CREATOR OF MANKIND AND OUR WORLD!
BIRTH
CERTIFICATE
THE EARTH
IS
HEREBY
CREATED
AND GIVEN
LIFE
BY GOD.
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READ EXODUS 20:11 AND 31:17
The SABBATH
COMMANDMENT is the FOURTH
commandment of the Lord’s TEN
COMMANDMENTS – It says,
“REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO
KEEP IT HOLY. SIX DAYS SHALT THOU
LABOR, 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 THE
STRANGER THAT IS WITHIN THY GATES:
FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE
HEAVENS 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:
God gave to MOSES
the TEN COMMANDMENTS… THEY
WERE WRITTEN WITH GOD’S OWN
HAND! They are the Lord’s
ETERNAL and UNCHANGABLE
Laws! We are told not to MURDER,
not to LIE or STEAL,
not to covet our neighbor’s wife
or belongings, not to commit ADULTERY
or worship graven IMAGES,
nor take God’s name in VAIN…
We are to honor our PARENTS,
worship ONLY GOD… and WORHIP
AND REST ON THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH!
(Exodus 24:12, 31:18, and 32:15,16)
Just WHICH day
of the week is THE SEVENTH DAY OF
THE WEEK? SATURDAY is the
seventh day of the week!
1st
Sunday |
2nd
Monday |
3rd
Tuesday |
4th
Wednesday |
5th
Thursday |
6th
Friday |
7th
Saturday |
Was the weekly Sabbath
Day ever intended for ONLY the
Jewish people? NO!
First, it was NEVER called
“The Jewish Sabbath day,”
It was always called “THE
SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD”!
Jesus said THE
SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN (Mark
2:27), That is, for the RACE, as the
word “Man” here is
unlimited – hence, the Sabbath
is for the GENTILE as well as
the JEW!
REMEMBER: The
Sabbath was created 2,000 YEARS
BEFORE THE JEWS EXISTED!
The Bible also says
that “Woman” was MADE
FOR MAN (I Corinthians 11:9)
THEREFORE: If
the Sabbath were “Only for the
Jews,” then MARRIAGE would
only be for the Jews as well!
MARRIAGE and
the SABBATH are two holy
institutions, which God set up in
Eden BEFORE sin came into
existence – BOTH WER MADE FOR
ALL MANKIND!
God even pronounced a
special blessing upon all the
GENTILES who keep the Sabbath!
Moreover, He said, “ALL
PEOPLE, would be welcomed within
His house of prayer! (Isaiah 56:6-7)
Ask any Jewish person
and they will tell you, without a
doubt, that SATURDAY is and
always been THE
SABBATH DAY!
Look at the layout of
most modern calendars! SATURDAY is
STILL the day at the
“end” of the week!
Now, does it make any
sense that MEN can come along
and ALTER GOD’S TEN
COMMANDMENTS? The Lord Himself
blessed and sanctified the SEVENTH
DAY, yet modern Christians IGNORE
SATURDAY and worship on SUNDAY
instead!
Let’s put it this
way: Suppose your DOCTOR
officially told you that he’d
see you each MONDAY for the
rest of your life – would you
think it was right to CHANGE THE
APPOINTMENT on your OWN
ACCORD merely because it was
“convenient” with you, WITHOUT
EVER RECEIVING YOUR DOCTOR’S
APPROVAL! WOULD THIS WORK? NO.
It is the Same
Thing here with the
“Sabbath” – There are
literally Millions of Christians
who think that the Sabbath has
been legitimately changed from Saturday
over to Sunday…BUT HAS
IT REALLY?
Here is a profound point:
The BIBLE is a collection
of 66 separate writings, 66 separate
books, and from BEGINNING TO END,
from GENESIS to REVELATION,
the Holy Scriptures speak CONSTANLY
of the importance of God’s
HOLY SABBATH! EVERY TIME WE
REST UPON THE SEVENTH DAY, AS GOD DID
AT CREATION, WE COMMEMORATE THAT
GRAND EVENT!
Another profound
point: The Seventh-Day Sabbath
was commanded by the voice of the
Living God! (Deuteronomy 4:12,13)
It is the sign of the TRUE GOD,
by which we are to know Him from FALSE
gods! “I am the Lord your God,
walk in my statutes, and keep my
judgments, and do them; 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.”
(Ezekiel 20:19,20)
Valid point:
INSTEAD OF ABOLISHING THE SABBATH,
JESUS CAREFULLY TAUGHT HOW IT SHOULD
BE OBSERVED! (Matthew 12:
1-13)
Part 2
Absolute Proof From
The Bible That Saturday Is The
Sabbath Day!
Friday
Luke 23: 52-54
“This man went
unto Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. And he took it down, and
wrapped it in linen, * and laid in a
sepulcher that was hewn in stone,
wherein never man before was
laid. And that day was the
preparation, and the Sabbath drew
on…” GOOD FRIDAY
Saturday
Luke 23:55-56
“…And the
woman also, which came with him from
Galilee, followed after, and beheld
the sepulcher, and how his body was
laid. And they returned and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested the
Sabbath according to the
commandment.” THE SABBATH
Sunday
Matthew 28:1
“In the end of
the Sabbath, as it began to dawn
toward the first day of the week,
came Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulcher…”
EASTER SUNDAY
The “Preparation
Day” for the Jews was The Day
Before The Sabbath Day. Jesus was
crucified and put to death on this
day which we now call “Good
Friday”… The Sabbath
arrived at sundown Friday, and lasted
until sundown Saturday – Then on
Early Sunday Morning (The first day
of the week) it was discovered that
the tomb was empty and Jesus had
risen! We call this day Easter
Sunday… SATURDAY is the
Lord’s Sabbath Day!
Part 3
The 1700 Sabbaths
“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
Jesus lived here
among us on our world for
approximately 33 years, and this
means that he participated in 1,700 7th-Day
Sabbaths! Yes, the 1,700 Saturday
Sabbaths one a week for 33 years!
Now, if
“Sunday” were supposed to
be holy, don’t you think that
Jesus Himself would have told us?
Think about it! Just because the Jews
of two thousand years ago rejected
Jesus and were scattered, does this
mean that God cancelled His blessing
on the 7th
day of Creation! Hardly! Jesus never
blessed a single Sunday – He
worked on every one of those 1,700
Sundays.” Jesus honored God by
keeping 1,700 7th
Day Sabbaths!
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