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The First Mention Of Sabbath In The Bible:

Gen 2:1-3

Thus heaven and earth were completed with all their array.

On the seventh day God had completed the work he had been doing. He rested

on the seventh day after all the work he had been doing. God blessed the

seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he rested after all

his work of creating.

Take away: Sabbath Is A Day Of Rest.

Ex 16:23-31

He [Moses] said to them, "This is what the LORD

commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD.

So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever

is left [of the manna] and keep it until morning.'" So they saved

it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots

in it. "Eat it today," Moses said, "because today is a

Sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today.

Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there

will not be any." Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the

seventh day to gather it, but they found none. Then the LORD said to Moses,

"How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the

sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where he

is on the seventh day; no one is to go out [to gather manna]." So

the people rested on the seventh day. The people of Israel called the

bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made

with honey.

Take away: We should preprepare our food before Sabbath.

Ex 20:8-11

"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six

days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath

to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor

your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals,

nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens

and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the

seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy"

Take away:

1. God asked them

to "remember" the Sabbath. This implies that it was something that already existed.

2. No labor or work

3. The day is Blessed and Holy.

Exod 31:13

"Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: `Surely My

Sabbaths you shall keep, for it [is] a sign between Me and you

throughout your generations, that [you] may know that I [am] Yahweh who

sanctifies you.

Take away: Its a sign between you and Elohim - He gives you his Aleph Tav mark

Deut 5:12-15:

"Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as

the LORD your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all

your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it

you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor

your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your

animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and

maidservant may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt

and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand

and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you

to observe the Sabbath day".

Take away: Sabbath is a command

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites,

'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you

for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes

you holy. Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates

it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut

off from his people. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh

day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the

Sabbath day must be put to death. The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath,

celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will

be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD

made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from

work and rested'" (Ex 31:12-17).

Take away:

1. Sabbath is a covenant sign for all generations

2. Sabbath is to KNOW that "I am the LORD"

3. Sabbath is Holy.

4. Observing Sabbath is very serious to God and he threatens death to those that do not.

5. It is a day of rest.

For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day

shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any

work on it must be put to death. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings

on the Sabbath day (Ex 35:2-3).

Thoughts:

1. Lighting a fire from scratch would be work. A prepared fire before hand would not be work.

Num 15:32-35:

"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'These

are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are

to proclaim as sacred assemblies. There are six days when you may work,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred assembly. You

are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD'"

(Lev 23:1-2).

While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found

gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood

brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him

in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then

the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must

stone him outside the camp".

Take away:

1. A day of sacred assembly

2. No work, such as gathering wood to light a fire.

There ARE scriptures where God

commands people to do work on the Sabbath.

1. Sacrifices were offered

on the Sabbath

(Num 28:9-10, 1Chr 23:31; Ezk 45:17; 46:12; Matt 12:5).

2. The Israelites marched around Jericho every day for seven days

(Josh 6;

Heb 11:30)-one day had to be a Sabbath.

3. Guards were regularly on duty

at the Temple on the Sabbath.

(2Kings 11; 2Chr 23)

4. Jehoiada used the Sabbath to over-throw

the evil queen Athaliah

(2Kings 11; 2Chr 23)

5. Circumcision and healing

were permitted on the Sabbath

(John 7:22-23).

Neh 10:31:

"When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise

or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath

or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land

and will cancel all debts".

Neh 13:15-22:

In those days I saw men in Judah treading winepresses

on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, together

with wine, grapes, figs and all other kinds of loads. And they were bringing

all this into Jerusalem on the Sabbath. Therefore I warned them against

selling food on that day. Men from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing

in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them in Jerusalem on

the Sabbath to the people of Judah. I rebuked the nobles of Judah and

said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing-desecrating

the Sabbath day? Didn't your forefathers do the same things, so that our

God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Now you are

stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath."

When evening shad shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath,

I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over.

I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought

in on the Sabbath day. Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all

kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. But I warned them and

said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again,

I will lay hands on you." From that time on they no longer came on

the Sabbath. Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go

and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me

for this also, O my God, and show mercy to me according to your great

love.

Psalm 92 is titled: "A Song for

the Sabbath Day". It speaks of praising God with voices and instruments,

acknowledging that His ways are true and right, and will stand-and that

evil ways will not stand.

Is 58:2-3, 5-6, 13-14:

This is what the LORD says: "Maintain justice and

do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness

will soon be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds

it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand

from doing any evil.… And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD

to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who

keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-these

I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer….If

you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please

on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy

day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing

as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the

LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast

on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has

spoken.

Take away:

1. Hold fast to his covenant

2. Call the Sabbath a delight

3. Not going your own way

4. Not doing as you please

5. Not speaking idle words

BLESSINGS OF SABBATH

6. Find Joy in the Lord

7. Ride on the heights of the land

8. Feast on the inheritance of Jacob

9. This is a FACT spoken by the mouth of the Lord.

Matt 12:1-14:

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the

Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain

and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look!

Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." He answered,

"Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were

hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the

consecrated bread-which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the

priests. Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests

in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? I tell you that

one greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words

mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the

innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." Going on from

that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand

was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is

it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" He said to them, "If any

of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not

take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than

a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then

he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched

it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. But

the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Matt 24:20:

Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or

on the Sabbath.

Take away: If it is no big deal to break the Sabbath in the New Testament, why would Jesus warn us to pray that it doesn't happen on Sabbath?

Mark 1:21

Similar verses:

Mark 6:2; Luke 4:31; 6:6

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus

went into the synagogue and began to teach.

Luke 4:16:

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and

on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And

he stood up to read.

Luke 13:14-15

Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the

synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work.

So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath." The Lord

answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath

untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?.

Luke 14:1-6:

One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a

prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of

him was a man suffering from dropsy. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts

in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" But

they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent

him away. Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that

falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him

out?" And they had nothing to say.

John 5:9-11:

At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jews said to

the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids

you to carry your mat." But he replied, "The man who made me

well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk'".

Luke 23:55-56:

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed

Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went

home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath

in obedience to the commandment.

Acts

13:14-15:

…On the Sabbath they [Paul and believers] entered

the synagogue and sat down. After the reading from the Law and the Prophets,

the synagogue rulers sent word to them, saying, "Brothers, if you

have a message of encouragement for the people, please speak".

Acts 13:42:

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the

people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath.

Acts

17:2:

As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and

on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures.

Acts 18:4

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to

persuade Jews and Greeks.

Col 2:16-17

Then never let anyone criticize you for what you eat

or drink, or about observance of annual festivals, New Moons or Sabbaths.

These are only a shadow of what was coming: the reality is the body of

Christ.

Heb 4:9-10:

There must still be, therefore, a seventh-day rest reserved

for God's people, since to enter the place of rest is to rest after your

work, as God did after his.