The word, Sabbath, has never been related to the number seven, God declared the Seventh Day of creation to be "the" Sabbath unto the Lord. There are many sabbaths mentioned in the Word.
Your post's very last line is imperative in understanding the rest we are promised........we really must labour, and that right diligently, to enter into rest....... Surely Jesus Christ is returning soon,amen..
Your post's very last line is imperative in understanding the rest we are promised........we really must labour, and that right diligently, to enter into rest....... Surely Jesus Christ is returning soon,amen..
I have researched the "Sabbath" in the Hebrew language. What I found surprised me. It wasn't even close to the Hebrew spelling of "week" or "seventh." Nevertheless it is very close in the spelling of "rest."
שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthôwn, shab-baw-thone'; from H7676; a sabbatism or special holiday:—rest, sabbath.
שַׁבָּת shabbâth, shab-bawth'; intensive from H7673; intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath:—(+ every) sabbath.
Hebrews 4:10-11
[SUP]10 [/SUP]For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthôwn, shab-baw-thone'; from H7676; a sabbatism or special holiday:—rest, sabbath.
שַׁבָּת shabbâth, shab-bawth'; intensive from H7673; intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath:—(+ every) sabbath.
Hebrews 4:10-11
[SUP]10 [/SUP]For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.