The Sabbath has been and can be a contentious subject for many today. This however is not so much due to the Sabbath itself, but rather misunderstanding of its beauty and relevance to us as followers of Jesus Christ. This Study will focus on the Sabbath itself .
I humbly ask as fellow servant with you in Jesus Christ, that you please pray first before going any further.
Our Holy Father in heaven, Glory and honor be to your name. Lord I pray that you lead me as I endeavor to show your love through your Sabbath. May the hearts of those who read this thread be opened to receive only that which is from you. May they be given discernment to see truth and reject error. May Christ be uplifted in this study, in the mighty Power of Jesus name. Amen
Let us begin with the Commandment itself:
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 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:
Exo 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.
Notice that this Commandment begins with the word “Remember”. It means exactly that Don’t forget the Sabbath day. It is also worth a mention that verse 8 finishes with “keep it Holy”
Now let me ask you, If I come into your church and say to you, “my car is our the front can you keep it running”. What do you expect to find outside?
Answer:
you expect a car that is running. The Idea of keep it running insinuates that it is already running. Thus the Sabbath is already Holy.
When was the Sabbath made Holy?
Answer:
The answer lies in verse 11.
Exo 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.
Let’s go and examine this day in the book of Genesis.
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 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.
Notice that after the six days of Creation God rests on the Seventh day. What did Jesus do to the Seventh day?
Answer:
Gen 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.
Sanctify means to make Holy. So this day is made Holy by God and thus the commandment
Remember to keep it Holy. “Remember” because it happened in the Past at Creation and “keep”
because it is already Holy.
I would like you to also take notice that this Sabbath was made when?
Answer:
On the seventh day of creation which is before the fall of man. So the 7th day Sabbath is not a law
Added because of sin but rather instituted in a perfect world without sin.
So we have learned that the Sabbath was made before the fall when God made the 7th day holy.
And that it is a memorial of creation.
Now some will say that the Sabbath commandment was only given on the mount which is found
in Exodus 20 but notice with me what happens about three months before this event.
If you remember in Exodus 16 God gives manner to the Israelites. Notice why:
Exo 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
So God is testing to see if they will keep his law or not. How does he do this?
Answer:
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
It would be good to read the whole account to see the context. But notice that the test of whether they will obey God or not is based on the Sabbath. This is before the law is given on the mount. Did God have a law before it was given on the mount?
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Why?
Answer:
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Yes there were laws before the mount and they were on the hearts of those who followed God. But let’s focus on the Sabbath for now.
Let me ask you a question; was the Sabbath just for the Jews?
Answer:
No, certainly not. remember that the Sabbath was made before there was a Jew. Jesus also said:
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Notice that the Sabbath is for who? “Man” The Sabbath is a gift from God to all men who will hear his voice.
Notice the words of Isaiah:
Isa 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isa 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.
Isa 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isa 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;
Isa 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isa 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;
Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Notice the Sabbath was for all who join themselves to God even the strangers who were not
Jews.
What other sign was embedded d in the Sabbath?
Answer:
Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 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.
Deu 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.
Notice in the repeat of the 4th commandment we are given another reason that we should honor the Sabbath of God. Because we have been freed from slavery. While Israel was freed from slavery to Egypt we have and they have also been freed from slavery to sin through Jesus Christ.
So the Sabbath is a memorial to the fact that God created us and it is he who frees us from slavery to sin. And just like Israel left slavery and was baptized in the sea so are we freed from sin and baptized in the Holy Spirit that we may be made Holy also.
Remember that God sanctified the Sabbath, which we learnt that Sanctify means to be made Holy. Notice what the Sabbath was given for:
Eze 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.
It is a sign that God is able to sanctify us. Just as we have no ability in us to make a day Holy so we learn that only God can make us Holy through the workings of the Holy Spirit.
So now let us look at Jesus for a bit:
Luk 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.
Notice here that Jesus custom was to go to the synagogue/church on the Sabbath. We will also notice that the apostles followed in this example.
Act 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Act 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Notice that Paul kept the Sabbath also both for Jews and Greeks. And even when there was no synagogue to go to he went out on the Sabbath to where he could pray.
So the Sabbath was still important to the followers of Jesus after he had left to heaven. In fact Jesus expected them to be still keeping the Sabbath:
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Notice that Jesus prophesied about the fall of Jerusalem by the Roman empire in 70 A.D and he still expected that the Sabbath would be kept when this happened.
Notice what Isaiah says about the New earth and new heavens:
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 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.
Isaiah prophesied that we will keep the Sabbath even in heaven after sin is done away with.
Some have sighted Revelation 1:10 which says:
Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Many say that this Lords day is the new Sabbath on Sunday. But what does the Bible say is the Lords day?
Answer:
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
So Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath which is the 7th day of the week.
Notice Paul’s words concerning the Sabbath:
Heb 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.
Heb 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.
Why did the word not profit them? Because is was not mixed with Faith speaking of the jews who kept the letter.
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Notice that the law was not bad it was the approach that made the difference. They tried by works and not of faith. The implication here is that if they had gone by faith they would have attained to the law of righteousness.
Heb 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.
What works and when did it finish?
Heb 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.
7th day Sabbath.is what he finished and rested.
Heb 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Heb 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:
Question is Paul trying to say that only some need to enter into this rest and others don’t? No, what he is saying is that there are some who have not yet entered into it which still will.
Heb 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.
Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Here Paul is speaking to the argument that Jesus is our rest so we don’t need the Sabbath. He says that if Jesus had given rest then he would have given a new day. The point is Jesus did not give a new day so Jesus did not destroy the Sabbath. And so he says in the next verse that the day still remains.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Notice that the rest we must enter into is the same rest that God did from his works. This is none other than the Blessed Sabbath Rest of the 7th day.
If you read chapter 3 which is what chapter 4 is coming from then you will see that Paul is linking the 7th day Sabbath rest with the going into the promised land.
Those who obey out of love for God and the Power of the Holy Spirit will find rest and a blessing that is only found in the one day that God has blessed. The 7th day.
Brothers and Sisters there is much more I could say to you on this topic But I will leave it there for now. Please study your bible, check to see if these things are true. Pray and Study. For I could be telling the truth or I could be a deceiver. Do not take my word.
Feel free to ask any questions. This is by no means the whole story. I will do a post later on the significant of the Sabbath with the price paid for our salvation.
May God richly bless you as you grow into the image of His son Jesus.
I humbly ask as fellow servant with you in Jesus Christ, that you please pray first before going any further.
Our Holy Father in heaven, Glory and honor be to your name. Lord I pray that you lead me as I endeavor to show your love through your Sabbath. May the hearts of those who read this thread be opened to receive only that which is from you. May they be given discernment to see truth and reject error. May Christ be uplifted in this study, in the mighty Power of Jesus name. Amen
Let us begin with the Commandment itself:
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 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:
Exo 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.
Notice that this Commandment begins with the word “Remember”. It means exactly that Don’t forget the Sabbath day. It is also worth a mention that verse 8 finishes with “keep it Holy”
Now let me ask you, If I come into your church and say to you, “my car is our the front can you keep it running”. What do you expect to find outside?
Answer:
you expect a car that is running. The Idea of keep it running insinuates that it is already running. Thus the Sabbath is already Holy.
When was the Sabbath made Holy?
Answer:
The answer lies in verse 11.
Exo 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.
Let’s go and examine this day in the book of Genesis.
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 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.
Notice that after the six days of Creation God rests on the Seventh day. What did Jesus do to the Seventh day?
Answer:
Gen 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.
Sanctify means to make Holy. So this day is made Holy by God and thus the commandment
Remember to keep it Holy. “Remember” because it happened in the Past at Creation and “keep”
because it is already Holy.
I would like you to also take notice that this Sabbath was made when?
Answer:
On the seventh day of creation which is before the fall of man. So the 7th day Sabbath is not a law
Added because of sin but rather instituted in a perfect world without sin.
So we have learned that the Sabbath was made before the fall when God made the 7th day holy.
And that it is a memorial of creation.
Now some will say that the Sabbath commandment was only given on the mount which is found
in Exodus 20 but notice with me what happens about three months before this event.
If you remember in Exodus 16 God gives manner to the Israelites. Notice why:
Exo 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
So God is testing to see if they will keep his law or not. How does he do this?
Answer:
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exo 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.
Exo 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
It would be good to read the whole account to see the context. But notice that the test of whether they will obey God or not is based on the Sabbath. This is before the law is given on the mount. Did God have a law before it was given on the mount?
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Why?
Answer:
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Yes there were laws before the mount and they were on the hearts of those who followed God. But let’s focus on the Sabbath for now.
Let me ask you a question; was the Sabbath just for the Jews?
Answer:
No, certainly not. remember that the Sabbath was made before there was a Jew. Jesus also said:
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Notice that the Sabbath is for who? “Man” The Sabbath is a gift from God to all men who will hear his voice.
Notice the words of Isaiah:
Isa 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isa 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.
Isa 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isa 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;
Isa 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isa 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;
Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Notice the Sabbath was for all who join themselves to God even the strangers who were not
Jews.
What other sign was embedded d in the Sabbath?
Answer:
Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 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.
Deu 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.
Notice in the repeat of the 4th commandment we are given another reason that we should honor the Sabbath of God. Because we have been freed from slavery. While Israel was freed from slavery to Egypt we have and they have also been freed from slavery to sin through Jesus Christ.
So the Sabbath is a memorial to the fact that God created us and it is he who frees us from slavery to sin. And just like Israel left slavery and was baptized in the sea so are we freed from sin and baptized in the Holy Spirit that we may be made Holy also.
Remember that God sanctified the Sabbath, which we learnt that Sanctify means to be made Holy. Notice what the Sabbath was given for:
Eze 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.
It is a sign that God is able to sanctify us. Just as we have no ability in us to make a day Holy so we learn that only God can make us Holy through the workings of the Holy Spirit.
So now let us look at Jesus for a bit:
Luk 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.
Notice here that Jesus custom was to go to the synagogue/church on the Sabbath. We will also notice that the apostles followed in this example.
Act 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Act 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Act 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.
Act 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.
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Notice that Paul kept the Sabbath also both for Jews and Greeks. And even when there was no synagogue to go to he went out on the Sabbath to where he could pray.
So the Sabbath was still important to the followers of Jesus after he had left to heaven. In fact Jesus expected them to be still keeping the Sabbath:
Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Notice that Jesus prophesied about the fall of Jerusalem by the Roman empire in 70 A.D and he still expected that the Sabbath would be kept when this happened.
Notice what Isaiah says about the New earth and new heavens:
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 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.
Isaiah prophesied that we will keep the Sabbath even in heaven after sin is done away with.
Some have sighted Revelation 1:10 which says:
Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Many say that this Lords day is the new Sabbath on Sunday. But what does the Bible say is the Lords day?
Answer:
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
So Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath which is the 7th day of the week.
Notice Paul’s words concerning the Sabbath:
Heb 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.
Heb 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.
Why did the word not profit them? Because is was not mixed with Faith speaking of the jews who kept the letter.
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Notice that the law was not bad it was the approach that made the difference. They tried by works and not of faith. The implication here is that if they had gone by faith they would have attained to the law of righteousness.
Heb 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.
What works and when did it finish?
Heb 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.
7th day Sabbath.is what he finished and rested.
Heb 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Heb 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:
Question is Paul trying to say that only some need to enter into this rest and others don’t? No, what he is saying is that there are some who have not yet entered into it which still will.
Heb 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.
Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Here Paul is speaking to the argument that Jesus is our rest so we don’t need the Sabbath. He says that if Jesus had given rest then he would have given a new day. The point is Jesus did not give a new day so Jesus did not destroy the Sabbath. And so he says in the next verse that the day still remains.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Notice that the rest we must enter into is the same rest that God did from his works. This is none other than the Blessed Sabbath Rest of the 7th day.
If you read chapter 3 which is what chapter 4 is coming from then you will see that Paul is linking the 7th day Sabbath rest with the going into the promised land.
Those who obey out of love for God and the Power of the Holy Spirit will find rest and a blessing that is only found in the one day that God has blessed. The 7th day.
Brothers and Sisters there is much more I could say to you on this topic But I will leave it there for now. Please study your bible, check to see if these things are true. Pray and Study. For I could be telling the truth or I could be a deceiver. Do not take my word.
Feel free to ask any questions. This is by no means the whole story. I will do a post later on the significant of the Sabbath with the price paid for our salvation.
May God richly bless you as you grow into the image of His son Jesus.
