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1 | why did God create the Sabbath | Gen 2:3 | nodrog | 160453 | ||
Why did God create the Sabbath? I have read many posts on the Sabbath and noticed is seems to be a real dividing issue, one that many feel has wore out its welcome here. For this reason is was reluctant to start a new thread. However I do not understand why God first created the Sabbath and when? Any help will be apreceiated. |
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2 | why did God create the Sabbath | Gen 2:3 | Hank | 160454 | ||
Felicitous greetings and a hardy welcome to you, nodrog (or, spelled backwards, Gordon!) -- Scripture's teaching on the Sabbath is clear and gives no grounds upon which the subject should become a dividing issue. The Sabbath, like so many other mighty acts and truths of God, has its genesis in the book of Genesis. Genesis 2:1-3 tells of God's sanctifying (setting apart) the seventh day because in it He rested from His awesome work of creation. Later the Sabbath was set aside for a day of worship in the Mosaic law (Exodus 20:8-11). In Mark 2:2 Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man. Colossians 2:16 and other New Testament passages make it clear that the Mosaic Sabbath has no ritual or symbolic place in the New Covenant. The church began worshiping on the first day of the week in commemoration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:1ff and Acts 20:7). ....... I trust that this thumbnail sketch of the Sabbath answers your questions of why and when God established the Sabbath. ..... I gather from your post that you were a Forum reader before you became a registrant. Someone who has expert knowledge in these matters said some time ago that the Forum has a very large number of readers who never become registrants, and to them we say, "It's good to have you and God bless you all." --Hank | ||||||
3 | Sabbath, not for who but why? | Gen 2:3 | nodrog | 160573 | ||
thank you for taking time to try and help me understand more on the Sabbath. You were right, I read quite a bit of information here before I joined. Enough on this subject to learn there is no biblical transferal of the Sabbath to Sunday. Sunday has been kept as a day of "commemoration of the resurrection" not ment or made to be a sabbath by God. But this is a digresion of the question I am dealing with. I understand God made the Sabbath for man(Mark 2:2) This does not truely ansewer the question. We now know who God made the Sabbath for,man. Maybe since God made the Sabbath for man the question should have been stated "Why did God make the Sabbath for man?" Thank you to directing me to when God made the Sabbath. As I read Genesis 2:1-3 it would apear God made the Sabbath because he had to "rest". Is this the reason God made the Sabbath? |
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4 | Sabbath, not for who but why? | Gen 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 160575 | ||
Hi, No... God doesn't need anything, certainly not to rest. God doesn't stop His work for a moment, if He did we'd cease to exist. And because of this, the Jews persecuted Jesus and lusted to kill Him, because He did these things on a sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work. (John 5:16-17) Please use the search function to find what others have said on this topic. It has been discussed overmuch, I'm afraid. Thank you! --Scott |
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5 | Sabbath, not for who but why? | Gen 2:3 | nodrog | 160581 | ||
Scott I am very sorry if I have offended you with this post. It was a follow up on a previous post you may have missed. Infact I have read many posts on the Sabbath but was unable to find the answer to my question. If you could give me a more specific link to where to find it I would greatly appreciate it,if not the please let someone who can help me. Not to be critical but as i was searching the Sabbath threads i keept coming across one person, DocTrinsograce, that just kept saying to go search the history. If the search had been able to answer my question I would not have posted it The way you have answered it makes it seem you are afraid or not informed enough on the topic to help. I came here because offen books and other sources cloud the answers with many side topics. I was hoping to get some strait direct answers here. In the end I am feeling unwanted by this last post. Sorry if I sound harsh. Just a bit disapointed with this answer. If God did not make the Sabbath because he was tired then why? |
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6 | Sabbath, not for who but why? | Gen 2:3 | kalos | 160586 | ||
Sabbath '(1) The sabbath ("cessation") appears in Scripture as the day of God's rest in the finished work of creation. (Genesis 2:2,3). For 2500 years of human life absolutely no mention is made of it. Then the sabbath was revealed (Exodus 16:23; Nehemiah 9:13,14); made a part of the law (Exodus 20:8-11) and invested with the character of a "sign" between Jehovah and Israel, and a perpetual reminder to Israel of their separation to God (Exodus 31:13-17). It was observed by complete rest (Exodus 35:2,3) and by Jehovah's express order a man was put to death for gathering sticks on the sabbath day. (Numbers 15:32-36). Apart from maintaining the continued burnt-offering (Numbers 28:9,) and its connection with the annual feasts ; (Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:3,8; Numbers 28:25) the seventh day sabbath was never made a day of sacrifice, worship, or any manner of religious service. It was simply and only a day of complete rest for man and beast, a humane provision for man's needs. In Christ's words, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath." (Mark 2:27)...' Bibliography Information Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Matthew 12". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". ____________________ http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ ScofieldReferenceNotes/ 1917. |
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7 | kalos, I read your Personal profile | Gen 2:3 | nodrog | 161117 | ||
kalos, I read your Personal profile. So I was wondering what is your personal view on the importace of the Sabbath. How do You "keep it holy"? |
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8 | kalos, I read your Personal profile | Gen 2:3 | kalos | 161122 | ||
I personally do not keep the Sabbath. For my reasons, see ID# 159967 and ID# 160113. Furthermore, there may be believers who say they keep the Saturday sabbath, but I've yet to see one who keeps it EXACTLY as it was kept in the time of Moses. I've never known any Gentile who did absolutely no labor or work of any kind on the Sabbath. I'm not saying no such person exists. All I'm saying is that in my experience I've never known such a person. Grace to you, Kalos |
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9 | kalos, I read your Personal profile | Gen 2:3 | DocTrinsograce | 161125 | ||
Dear Brother Kalos, One of the cool things about being from a strongly confessional background is how well they wrap together the principles of Scriptures on various things with regard to orthodox (what we believe) and orthopraxy (what we do). I am particularly fond of how the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession handles religious practices on the sabbath. For your edification, I'll provide chapter 22 in its entirety. In Him, Doc "1. The light of nature shews that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and doth good unto all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart and all the soul, and with all the might. But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God, is instituted by himself, and so limited by his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imagination and devices of men, nor the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representations, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scriptures. (Jeremiah 10:7; Mark 12:33; Deuteronomy 12:32; Exodus 20:4-6) "2. Religious worship is to be given to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and to him alone; not to angels, saints, or any other creatures; and since the fall, not without a mediator, nor in the mediation of any other but Christ alone. (Matthew 4:9, 10; John 6:23; Matthew 28:19; Romans 1:25; Colossians 2:18; Revelation 19:10; John 14:6; 1 Timothy 2:5) "3. Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one part of natural worship, is by God required of all men. But that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, by the help of the Spirit, according to his will; with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; and when with others, in a known tongue. (Psalms 95:1-7; Psalms 65:2; John 14:13, 14; Romans 8:26; 1 John 5:14; 1 Corinthians 14:16, 17) "4. Prayer is to be made for things lawful, and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those of whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death. (1 Timothy 2:1, 2; 2 Samuel 7:29; 2 Samuel 12:21-23; 1 John 5:16) "5. The reading of the Scriptures, preaching, and hearing the Word of God, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord; as also the administration of baptism, and the Lord's supper, are all parts of religious worship of God, to be performed in obedience to him, with understanding, faith, reverence, and godly fear; moreover, solemn humiliation, with fastings, and thanksgivings, upon special occasions, ought to be used in an holy and religious manner. (1 Timothy 4:13; 2 Timothy 4:2; Luke 8:18; Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19; Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:26; Esther 4:16; Joel 2:12; Exodus 15:1-19, Psalms 107) "6. Neither prayer nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the gospel, tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is performed, or towards which it is directed; but God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth; as in private families daily, and in secret each one by himself; so more solemnly in the public assemblies, which are not carelessly nor wilfully to be neglected or forsaken, when God by his word or providence calleth thereunto. (John 4:21; Malachi 1:11; 1 Timothy 2:8; Acts 10:2; Matthew 6:11; Psalms 55:17; Matthew 6:6; Hebrews 10:25; Acts 2:42) "7. As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's day: and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished. (Exodus 20:8; 1 Corinthians 16:1, 2; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10) "8. The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations, but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. (Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 13:15-22; Matthew 12:1-13)" |
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10 | kalos, I read your Personal profile | Gen 2:3 | kalos | 161156 | ||
Doc: Thanks for providing this information and for all the well-researched information and excellent quotations you faithfully share with the forum. Grace to you, Kalos |
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