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14/04/24

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Originally posted by TheWayOfHoliness: ↑

Another Sabbath, another opportunity to take delight in the LORD our God, forsaking our own thoughts and ways and finding rest for our souls in Him. Blessed is everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it.

The seventh day Sabbath is God’s gift to humanity. It was blessed and sanctified by God after He had created the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them. It was written into the Ten Commandments by His finger, was kept, and taught by Jesus Christ, and was observed by the apostolic church. A memorial of both creation and redemption, it should be faithfully celebrated by believers now as a day of rest, worship, and well-doing.

The Sabbath, as outlined in Genesis 2:1-3 and Exodus 20:8-11, falls on the seventh day of the week, which is Saturday. However, it's important to note that according to Genesis 1:5, God declared that a new day begins at sundown, not at midnight. Therefore, the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday and ends at sundown on Saturday.

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Firstly the Sabbath is a Jewish teaching and not a Christian teaching.

Jesus redefined the Sabbath as not being a day for the cessation of work but being one of remembrance of God. Jesus did not change His behaviour on the Sabbath and allowed His own Disciples to gather grain on the Sabbath. He also said that a person was rightfully allowed to rescue one's sheep on a Sabbath, this has a more symbolic meaning, but still shows that the Jewish version of the Sabbath was no longer in play. So clearly the Jewish version of the Sabbath became something new under Jesus.

Jesus addressed Himself as the Sabbath and as Jesus existed every day of the week this meant that any day was just a good as another to worship God and give praise to Jesus.

As far as Genesis and Exodus are concerned, they are not Christian scripture. This belongs to the Jewish religion. The Christian Bible can only be found in the New Testament.
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