SABBATH

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In almost every language in the world, except English, the name given for the seventh day of the week is in some form of the word Sabbath or Lord’s Day. See for yourself below.

Languages:

English- Saturday

Belarusian- Cybota

Bulgarian- CbboTa

Catalan- Dissabte

Croatian- Subota

Czech- Sobota

Danish- Lordag

Filipino- Sabado

French- Samedi

Galician- Sabado

German- Samstag

Greek-Eabbato

Hungarian- Szombat

Icelandic- Laugardagur

Indonesian- Sabtu

Italian- Sabato

Irish- De Satharin

Latvian- Sestdiena

Lithiuanian- Sestadienis

Norwegian- Lordag

Polish- Sobota

Portugese- Sabado

Romanian- Sambata

Russian- Cybbota

Serbian- Cybota

Slovak- Sobota

Slovenian- Sobota

Spanish- Sabado

Swedish- Lordag

Ukranian- Cybota

1. WHAT IS THE SABBATH?

Ezekiel 20:20 "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 20:12 "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. "

Exodus 31:13 "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."

Exodus 31:17 "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."

Isaiah 56:6 "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; "

ANSWER: A sign between God and his people.

2. WHO MADE THE SABBATH?

Genesis 2:2 "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 2:3 "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

Exodus 20:11 "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."

ANSWER: God made the Sabbath.

3. WHO WAS THE SABBATH MADE FOR?

Mark 2:27 "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"

ANSWER: It was made for Man.

4. WHO IS LORD OF THE SABBATH DAY?

Mark 2:28 "Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath."

Luke 6:5 "And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath."

Matthew 12:8 "For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."

Revelation 1:10 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"

ANSWER: The Son of Man.

5. WHAT DAY IS THE SABBATH?

Genesis 2:2 "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 2:3 "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

Exodus 20:10 "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:"

Exodus 20:11 "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 35:2 "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."

ANSWER: The Seventh day.

6. WHAT WAS NOT ALLOWED ON THE SABBATH?

Exodus 31:15 "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."

Exodus 31:17 "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 34:21 "Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest."

Exodus 35:2 "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."

Leviticus 23:3 "Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings."

Jeremiah 17:21 "Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;"

Jeremiah 17:22 "Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers."

Jeremiah 17:24 "And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;"

Jeremiah 17:27 "But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."

Isaiah 58:13 "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:"

Isaiah 56:2 "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."

Isaiah 56:4 "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;"

Nehemiah 13:15 "In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals."

Nehemiah 13:16 "There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem."

Nehemiah 13:17 "Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day."

Nehemiah 13:18 "Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath."

Nehemiah 13:19 "And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day."

Numbers 15:32 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day."

Exodus 35:3 "Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day."

Exodus 16:23 "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 16:25 "And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field."

Exodus 16:26 "Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none."

Exodus 16:29 "See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."

Nehemiah 10:31 "And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt."

Nehemiah 10:33 "For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God."

Nehemiah 13:21 "Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath."

Nehemiah 13:22 "And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy."

Isaiah 1:13 "Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with."

Exodus 20:10 "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:"

Exodus 23:12 "Six days thou shalt do thy work, and

on the seventh day thou shalt rest:that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the

son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed."

Ezekiel 20:13 "But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them."

Ezekiel 20:16 "Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols."

Ezekiel 20:21 "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."

Ezekiel 20:24 "Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols."

Ezekiel 22:8 "Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths."

Ezekiel 22:26 "Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them."

Ezekiel 23:38 "Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths."

Ezekiel 44:24 "And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths."

Isaiah 1:13 "Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. meeting."

Lamentations 1:7 "Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths."

Lamentations 2:6 "And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger ."

ANSWER: Not to bear any burdens, not doing your own pleasures, not polluting it, not to go out of your place, not buying or selling items, kindling a fire, or to do any work.

7. WHAT WAS ALLOWED ON THE SABBATH DAY?

Exodus 16:26 "Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none."

Exodus 16:27 "And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none."

Exodus 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day."

Leviticus 23:11 "And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it."

Leviticus 23:15 "And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:"

Leviticus 23:16 "Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD."

Leviticus 23:24 "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation."

Leviticus 23:32 "It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."

Leviticus 23:38 "Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD."

Leviticus 23:39 "Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath."

Numbers 28:9 "And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:"

Numbers 28:10 "This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering."

Deuteronomy 5:14 "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."

Deuteronomy 16:8 "Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein."

2 Kings 4:23 "And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is either new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well."

2 Kings 11:5 "And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;"

2 Kings 11:7 "And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king."

2 Kings 11:9 "And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest."

2 Kings 16:18 "And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria."

1 Chronicles 9:32 "And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath."

1 Chronicles 23:31 "And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:"

2 Chronicles 2:4 "Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel."

2 Chronicles 8:13 "Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles."

2 Chronicles 23:4 "This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;"

2 Chronicles 23:8 "So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses."

2 Chronicles 31:3 "He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD."

Nehemiah 9:14 "And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:"

Ezekiel 45:17 "And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel."

Ezekiel 46:1 "Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened."

Ezekiel 46:3 "Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons."

Ezekiel 46:4 "And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish."

Ezekiel 46:12 "Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate."

Hosea 2:11 "I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts."

Amos 8:5 "Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit"

ANSWER: To rest from the previous six days labor, burnt offerings, peace offerings, Worshiping of God, preparing of shewbread. All things that are to be done on the sabbath deal directly with the honoring and worship of God.

8. WHAT DID JESUS DO ON THE SABBATH DAY?

Matthew 12:1 "At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat."

Matthew 12:2 "But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day."

Matthew 12:5 "Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless"

Matthew 12:10 "And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him."

Matthew 12:11 "And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out"

Matthew 12:12 "How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days?

Matthew 24:20 "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:"

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 sepulchre."

Mark 1:21"And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught."

Mark 2:23 "And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn."

Mark 2:24 "And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful"

Mark 3:2 "And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him."

Mark 3:4"And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace."

Mark 6:2"And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands"

Mark 15:42 "And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,"

Mark 16:1 "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him."

Luke 4:16"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 4:31"And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days."

Luke 6:1 "And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands."

Luke 6:2 "And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days"

Luke 6:6 "And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered."

Luke 6:7 "And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him."

Luke 6:9 "Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it"

Luke 13:10 "And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath."

Luke 13:14 "And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day."

Luke 13:15 "The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering"

Luke 13:16 "And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day"

Luke 14:1 "And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him."

Luke 14:3 "And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day"

Luke 14:5 "And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day"

Luke 23:54 "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on."

Luke 23:56 "And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment."

John 5:9 "And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath."

John 5:10 "The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed."

John 5:16"And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day."

John 5:18 "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."

John 7:22 "Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man."

John 7:23 "If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day"

John 9:14 "And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes."

John 9:16 "Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them."

John 19:31 "The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away."

ANSWER: He healed the sick and lame, taught, reasoned and worshipped in the synagogues, he ate, he set the example that doing good on the sabbath day is allowed. He showed that the burdens and restrictions that had been placed on the sabbath by man had greatly exceeded the requirements that God intended for the sabbath day.

9. DID THE DESCIPLES KEEP THE SABBATH DAY AFTER JESUS DIED?

Acts 1:12 "Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey."

Acts 13:14 "But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down."

Acts 13:27 "For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him."

Acts 15:21 "For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day."

Acts 16:13 "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 17:2 "And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,"

Acts 18:4 "And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."

ANSWER: Yes

10. DID THE GENTILES SOUGHT TO BE TAUGHT ON THESABBATH DAY?

Acts 13:42 "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath."

Acts 13:44 "And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God."

ANSWER: Yes

11. WHAT DOES GOD SAY TO THOSE WHO ACCEPT HIS SABBATH DAY?

Isaiah 56:2 "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."

Isaiah 56:4 "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;"

ANSWER: That whosoever honors it, you will be blessed.

12. DOES THE BIBLE SAY WE SHOULD KEEP IT?

Exodus 20:8 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."

Exodus 31:14 "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."

Exodus 31:15 "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."

Exodus 31:16 "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."

Leviticus 16:31 "It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever."

Deuteronomy 5:12 "Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee."

Deuteronomy 5:15 "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."

Leviticus 26:2 "Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."

Leviticus 24:8 "Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant."

Leviticus 23:3 "Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings."

Leviticus 19:3 "Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God."

Leviticus 19:30 "Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD."

ANSWER: Yes

13. WHAT TIME OF DAY IS THE SABBATH KEPT?

Leviticus 23:32 "It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."

Genisis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

Genisis 1:2 "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

Genisis 1:3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

Genisis 1:4 "And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."

Genisis 1:5 "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."

Genisis 1:6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

Genisis 1:7 "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so."

Genisis 1:8 "And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."

Genisis 1:9 "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so."

Genisis 1:10 "And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."

Genisis 1:11 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."

Genisis 1:12 "And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

Genisis 1:13 "And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genisis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"

Genisis 1:15 "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."

Genisis 1:16 "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."

Genisis 1:17 "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"

Genisis 1:18 "And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good."

Genisis 1:19 "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."

Genisis 1:20 "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."

Genisis 1:21 "And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

Genisis 1:22 "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."

Genisis 1:23 "And the evening and the morning were the fifth day."

Genisis 1:24 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so."

Genisis 1:25 "And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good."

Genisis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

Genisis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

Genisis 1:28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

Genisis 1:29 "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."

Genisis 1:30 "And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."

Genisis 1:31 "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."

ANSWER: From evening until morning or in other words from sunset to sunset is the original time for one complete 24 hour day.

14. WILL WE KEEP IT IN HEAVEN?

Isaiah 66:23 "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."

Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

ANSWER: According to scripture, those that keep the commandments, which the Sabbath is part of, will have a right to the tree of life.

15. IS THE SABBATH DAY PART OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS?

Exodus20:1 "And God spake all these words, saying,"

Exodus20:2 "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."

Exodus20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Exodus20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."

Exodus20:5 "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"

Exodus20:6 "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."

Exodus20:7 "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."

Exodus20:8 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."

Exodus20:9 "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:"

Exodus20:10 "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:"

Exodus20:11 "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."

Exodus20:12 "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."

Exodus20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."

Exodus20:14 "Thou shalt not commit adultery."

Exodus20:15 "Thou shalt not steal."

Exodus20:16 "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."

Exodus20:17 "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

ANSWER: Yes

16. DID JESUS CHANGE THE SABBATH DAY TO ANOTHER DAY?

Hebrews 4:1 "Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it."

Hebrews 4:2 "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."

Hebrews 4:3 "For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world."

Hebrews 4:4 "For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works."

Hebrews 4:5 "And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest."

Hebrews 4:6 "Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:"

Hebrews 4:7 "Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

Hebrews 4:8 "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day."

Hebrews 4:9 "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."

Hebrews 4:10 "For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his."

Hebrews 4:11 "Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."

Hebrews 4:12 "The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:13 "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do."

Hebrews 4:14 "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession."

Hebrews 4:15 "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

Hebrews 4:16 "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

ANSWER: NO

17. DID PAUL PREACH ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK AND BY SO DOING IS IT POSSIBLE HE CHANGED THE SABBATH FROM THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK TO THE FIRST?

Acts 20:7 "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

Acts 20:8 "And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together."

Acts 20:9 "And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead."

Acts 20:10 "And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him."

Acts 20:11 "When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed."

ANSWER: YES HE WAS PREACHING "UPON" THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, THE KEY TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE TIME KEPT FOR THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF A DAY BEGAN AND ENDED AT EVENING (SEE GENESIS CHAPTER 1, ALSO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL STILL KEEP THE SABBATH AT SUNSET FRIDAY TO SUNSET SATURDAY).

THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK ACTUALLY BEGINS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN SATURDAY EVENING, THIS IS THE WAY TIME WAS KEPT DURING THIS PERIOD. SO AT THE END OF THE SABBATH (SATURDAY EVENING) PAUL AND THE DECIPLES CAME TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD AND PAUL BEGAN TO PREACH, IT IS STILL DARK DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHICH IS THE NEED FOR THE CANDLES IN THE UPPER CHAMBER.

EUTYCHUS, BEING TIRED, WENT TO SLEEP AND FELL FROM THE THIRD LOFT AND WAS PRESUMED DEAD. WHEN PAUL EMBRACED HIM HE CAME UP AGAIN AND WAS AWAKE AND BEGAN TO EAT AND TALK UNTIL "THE BREAK OF DAY" WHICH WOULD BE SUNRISE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PAUL BEGAN HIS TRAVELS DURING THE DAY LIGHT HOURS OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, ON SUNDAY.

BY PAULS PREVIOUS EXAMPLES HE WENT TO THE SYNAGOUGES ON THE SEVENTH DAY AND PREACHED UNTO THE JEWS AND GENTILES. BY THIS ONE INSTANCE PAUL IS NOT CHANGING THE SABBATH THAT GOD HAD MADE, DESIGNED AND SET IN PLACE FOR ALL MANKIND TO KEEP, HE WAS PREACHING TO THE DECIPLES DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS LEAVING WHEN THE SUN CAME UP ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.

AN ACT SO GREAT AS TO CHANGE ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD COULD ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY GOD HIMSELF, NOT BY MAN OR A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE. GOD EVEN SAYS HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.

18. ARE OTHER DAYS MENTIONED AS A SABBATH IN THE BIBLE AND ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM THE SEVNTH DAY THAT IS TO BE KEPT AS THE SABBATH?

Exodus 12:15 "Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel."

Exodus 12:16 "And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you."

Exodus 13:6 "Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD."

Leviticus 25:2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD."

Leviticus 25:4 "But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard."

Leviticus 25:6 "And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee."

Leviticus 25:8 "And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years."

Leviticus 26:34 "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths."

Leviticus 26:35 "As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it."

Leviticus 26:43 "The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes."

2 Chronicles 36:21 "To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years."

Colossians 2:16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:"

ANSWER: Yes but they are not the Seventh day Sabbath that is part of the Ten Commandments.

19. How do we know what day of the week is the first or the seventh?

1. First and foremost by looking at our calendars. The first day of the week is Sunday and the seventh day is Saturday. However due to the work week starting on Monday some countries have elected to modify the layout of the calendar and have Monday listed as the first day which in turn makes Sunday the seventh day. This is a good argument, however we need to look at what day the bible says that Jesus rose from the dead.

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.”

Mark 16:2 "and when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had brought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Luke 24:1 "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them."

John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher.

ANSWER: Clearly he rose on the first day of the week. And on what day do we celebrate his resurrection? Easter Sunday. So all Christianity proclaims by its own celebration of Easter that Sunday is the first day of the week.

20. What day has the children of Israel been keeping as their Sabbath since before Mt. Sinai, and as the bible mentions they were not allowed to keep while in bondage in Egypt?

ANSWER: The Seventh day of the week which is known in English as Saturday

These two examples alone clearly define what days the entire world has always kept as the first and the seventh days of the week even though modern times have changed the layout of the weekly cycle to reflect what day we start the work week on.

Hebrews 13:8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

The fourth commandment, which is about the sabbath, is the longest of all the commandments containing 93 words.

We hope that you have come to a better understanding of the Holy Scriptures. The Bible is the inspired word of God and was given as a light unto our paths for all who should seek him. The Bible is harmonious from the beginning to the end. The Old and New Testaments are solidified together in their message for God’s people. And perfectly reflect the plan of salvation for all mankind. God desires that we study the scriptures as someone who would seek for hidden treasures.

The Bible does not contradict itself nor is it designed to be given over to any private interpretations. It is the Bible and the Bible only! If you are unable to defend your beliefs with an “It is written” from the word of God, then perhaps a deeper searching is required to lead you into a greater light of truth. There are many teachings and beliefs that are held to as though they came from the Bible. Peter warns that there will be those that are “unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” 2 Peter 3:16

Jesus warns “in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Mt 15:9. What the Bible teaches is more important than anything else. If what your pastor, priest, friends or family tell you contradicts what is written in the word of God, search the scriptures and “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15. You are responsible for whom you will follow.

It is you and I that will stand alone before God on the great Day of Judgment to give account of our works. Don’t let someone else tell you what the Bible says, find out for yourself and then share the truth with others. We encourage you to ask questions to your pastor, priests, and friends, and have them show you from the Bible another truth contained there in.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Sabbath was to be observed on another day than the one God made it on. Search the scriptures and prove them, don’t rely on someone else telling you what is in the Bible, discover the truth and make a stand for it.

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