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NASB | Hebrews 4:9 So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 4:9 So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God. |
Bible Question:
Sabbath day? The ten commandments request we remember the Sabbath but there seems to be a question on which day it is. Prior to the Romans establishing a 7 day week their were different length to the No. of weeks. We know God rested on the seventh day and this was called the Sabbath. The Romans established the first day as Sunday. Does a man made rule dictate the day God called the Sabbath? Can man change the Sabbath? I think not. My question is Three Fold, What day is the Sabbath,Do we have Bible scripture to prove it,(I find none)Isn't everyday Gods day? Iknow that the Jewish people used saturday,and there is no place I'm aware of that Christ questioned it. |
Bible Answer: Ray Stedman discussed some very good points concerning the Saturday Sabbath, the Old Testament Sabbath in “The Seventh Day” by Ray C. Stedman. You can see in its entirety at the following link: http://www.pbc.org/library/files/html/0310.html He speaks of the Sabbath as being a “shadow” of the rest we have in Christ. This as well as the other Old Testament shadows looked forward to Christ as He fulfilled and ended them. “When the work of Jesus Christ was finished the shadows were no longer needed.” – Ray C. Stedman Colossians 2:16,17: 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Hebrews 4:8-10: 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. WOS |