Many try to make the Sabbath a burden on those who obey the Lord. In so doing they do just as the Jewish people did in making the law a burden by adding traditions/interpretations of the law that were from man and not God.
So lets look at what it means to keep the Sabbath.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
The very first part is "Remember" the Sabbath day. why? to keep it Holy. what does keeping it Holy mean?
The word Holy means to sanctify or set apart for Holy use, apart from what? the other 6 days. So God asks us to remember the Sabbath to keep it set apart from other days. why?
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.
Because He is God and he made/worked the heavens and earth in six days on on the seventh he set it apart for holy use. Last time I checked God still is the creator so if the reason is still valid and the commandment is based on the reason then seems logical still stands.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
We are to do our work in the other six days, what work?
The Sabbath is a day of rest to the body from the labour and toil, and rest to the soulf from all worldly care and anxieties. God set it apart to be devoted not to secular but to sacred work. This is a wise provision from God for the benefit of man.
This benefit was for all in the household.
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:
notice that all are included even the animals which would have been used in their labours to move objects yield crops etc. but also the stranger in thy gate. It is important to understand that many had bond servants who lived on their properties and worked for them. but God says that they should also be given rest from their labours. In other words God gave this rest as a blessing and the stranger was also protected by God in this blessing so that the master could not force their bond servant to work while they rested.
Exo 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.
The whole point was to refresh the body and also to remember who created man, to remember God.
When people sprout on about using internet etc on the Sabbath they miss the whole point, it was about making/forcing others to work while you rest. God says everyone has the need and right to rest and refresh. The Sabbath is not a burden but a blessing if we only keep what God says and not add traditions to it.
The last point is that the Sabbath is the 7th day. why because that is the day God rested and He asks us to remember that.
The specific day must matter to God, because He specifies which day and points it back to his example. plus the reason for it was to Keep it Holy. in other words keep it set apart. because God already set it apart on the seventh day of creation.
blessings.
So lets look at what it means to keep the Sabbath.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
The very first part is "Remember" the Sabbath day. why? to keep it Holy. what does keeping it Holy mean?
The word Holy means to sanctify or set apart for Holy use, apart from what? the other 6 days. So God asks us to remember the Sabbath to keep it set apart from other days. why?
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.
Because He is God and he made/worked the heavens and earth in six days on on the seventh he set it apart for holy use. Last time I checked God still is the creator so if the reason is still valid and the commandment is based on the reason then seems logical still stands.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
We are to do our work in the other six days, what work?
The Sabbath is a day of rest to the body from the labour and toil, and rest to the soulf from all worldly care and anxieties. God set it apart to be devoted not to secular but to sacred work. This is a wise provision from God for the benefit of man.
This benefit was for all in the household.
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:
notice that all are included even the animals which would have been used in their labours to move objects yield crops etc. but also the stranger in thy gate. It is important to understand that many had bond servants who lived on their properties and worked for them. but God says that they should also be given rest from their labours. In other words God gave this rest as a blessing and the stranger was also protected by God in this blessing so that the master could not force their bond servant to work while they rested.
Exo 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.
The whole point was to refresh the body and also to remember who created man, to remember God.
When people sprout on about using internet etc on the Sabbath they miss the whole point, it was about making/forcing others to work while you rest. God says everyone has the need and right to rest and refresh. The Sabbath is not a burden but a blessing if we only keep what God says and not add traditions to it.
The last point is that the Sabbath is the 7th day. why because that is the day God rested and He asks us to remember that.
The specific day must matter to God, because He specifies which day and points it back to his example. plus the reason for it was to Keep it Holy. in other words keep it set apart. because God already set it apart on the seventh day of creation.
blessings.
