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NASB | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:8 ¶ "Remember the Sabbath (seventh) day to keep it holy (set apart, dedicated to God). |
Subject: Sunday Sabbath or not? |
Bible Note: Exodus 20:11 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. The seventh day was declared Holy because God ceased from His perfect work that He made. Everything was perfect, there was no sin. There was no need for redemption for mankind at that time, because man had not sinned. To be Holy, is to be without sin, as was that first Sabbath. This was also a shadow, because it represented perfection, and the perfected rest we enter. (cf. Colossians 2:15-17) This is why seven is called the number of perfection. When Jesus died on the cross we enter that rest, since we rest from having to do work. Not that we could keep the law if we tried. Why does it say that those who observed the Sabbath did not enter God's rest? Because of unbelief? Why is this important, because this rest is a symbol of redemption. Belief equals rest, unbelief equals no rest. (cf. Hebrews 4:3-6) Those who are saved today, have been redeemed by Faith, not by works. Thus when we believe we are resting in Jesus and are made Holy by receiving His righteousness. Ie. an eternal Holy rest. "...the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. " (cf. Hebrews 4:10) And "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness" (Romans 4:5) 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. So entering that rest we have been perfected, because we enter that rest, and there is no need for work. (also cf. Hebrews 4:7-11) Since it is an eternal rest, it is not just about one day. It is an eternal rest, because the Sabbath rest is a symbol of salvation, which is an eternity of rest. In Christ, Seth Knorr |