The Sabbath: God's Sanctuary in Time

"Remember the Sabbath Day!"

Exodus 20:8 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 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: 11 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

There is one day, and only one day, that received God's blessing and was made holy (hallowed) at the time of creation: Saturday, the seventh day of the week.

On this page, you will learn about God's Seventh-day Sabbath— its origin at creation; its apparent adoption by those who lived prior to the Exodus from Egypt; clear indication of Sabbath-keeping prior to the formal giving/reminding of the ten commandments from Mt. Sinai, multiple indications of the Seventh-day Sabbath being kept in the Old Testament; Christ's keeping the Seventh-day Sabbath during His lifetime; the keeping of the Seventh-day Sabbath by the early believers and the church in the book of Acts; Satan's efforts to change the Sabbath that honors the creator to an idol spurious sabbath on the first day of the week if at all; and the special role given the keeping of the Seventh-day Sabbath to honor Christ as the creator and to identify God's true people in the book of Revelation. You will also learn about efforts made to change God's holy day from Saturday to the first day of the week, in supposed honor of the resurrection of Christ.

 

Written Resources on God's Special Seventh-Day Sabbath

A Bible Study on God's Seventh-day Sabbath Day - Dan Augsburger

The Sabbath and Salvation - Erwin Gane

The History of the Change of the Sabbath - Erwin Gane

The Sabbath: "As Old as Man" - Henry Law

Romans 14:5 and the Sabbath

Colossians 2:14 and the Sabbath

Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2 and the Sabbath

Make the Sabbath a Delight in Your Family

Train Your Children to Joyfully Observe the Sabbath - Clay Trumbull

 

Links on the God's Sabbath Day

Hal Holbrook, History of the Seventh-day Sabbath: God's Special Day

Sabbath Keeping: How to Keep God's Special Day