I thank the author, and The AUTHOR of The Word, and Pacific Press Pub. pp 213--215 ( John B)
1) For what purpose did God gather the Israelites at Mt.Sinai?
Nehemiah 9:13-14 "Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:"
2) Which Commandment was singled out for a special mention among the Laws which wrote to all?
Nehemiah 9:14 " And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:"
NOTE (JB): The words ...." Sabbath" is used 61 Times in the O.T. & 56 times in the N.T.
...... My Holy Day used 3 times in O.T & 56 times in the N.T.
....... Sign used 46 times in the O.T. & 25 times in the N.T.
...... Memorial appears 32 times in the O.T. & 0 in the N.T.
From this Y O U dear reader must decide upon how important Saturday's Sabbaths are to The Father-God and to Y O U! Those following the edicts from Rome, are among those Christ died for, ..for their sins!
3) What indication is there in His 10 Laws that it was not new to the Israelites?
Exodus 20: 8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Note: Adam Clark's commentary on this verse: "As this was the most ancient institution, God calls them TO REMEMBER IT; as if He had said, Do not forget that when I had finished My Creation I instituted the Sabbath, and remember why I did so, and for what purposes."
4) To what does the Fourth Commandment trace the origin of the Sabbath rest?
A) Exodus 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."
B) Genesis 2:1-3 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
NOTE(JB) Sanctify;* N.B. 'QADASH [KAW-DASH'] Strong's 6942-- Appoint, Consecrate, Hallow, Keep Holy, Proclaim. Thus it was the Creator, of all, that created this "REST" day the Sabbath day! Please note in the face of severe persecutions, the people of the Jewish faith have kept this Seventh-day, period! Yet one faction call it the Jewish Sabbath but look at this Bible verse:>>>>
Mark 2:27 " And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"
All in Rome, please take note! Follow not the deceiver!
5) What was this to be a continual reminder of and for?
Exodus 31:17-18 " It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
Note(JB) There's nothing in History anywhere, to indicate that the days of week, as we know have been changed in their order.I n fact the Bible specifically names or identifies, only three (3) days, Preparation Day n{Fridays] Sabbath the 7th day, and The First day of the week , {Sunday] Monday was the 2nd day, Tuesday was the 3rd day and so on!
Today's names for the days are all pagan names: Sun-day for the Sun-god, Monday for Moon-day the Moon goddess, Wednesday (?) Thursday is "Thor's day" the Viking god of war. Fryday is from the Germanic god-des Frie, " Saturn-day", is from the the planet Saturn, Satan's mane-sake, and all are so named by Pagan men!.Julius Caesar created the Julian calendar, and in the 1500's Pope Gregory XII made the Gregorian calendar, and removed some days from August, for a ONE-TIME event to put the Summer equinox back for their Easter holy-day.. However the weekly rotations of days has remained unchanged! There are however zealots, who have printed up calendars showing that Saturday, is the first day of the week, making Sunday the SEVENTH DAY! By the way December 25th is the Spring equinox, Christ was born during the 13-19th, of August! [Luke 1, the Course of Abia, is on our June 13-19th,now read and do the math! ]
Please read Exodus 16th chapter, and Mark 16:1-2 "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun."
Luke 23:55-56 "And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment."
Luke 24:1-3 " Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus."
Does this not show that the Bible proves itself, within itself? (jb)
6) What additional reason for Sabbath Keeping did God give to the children when the law was reiterated to Israel at the close of Moses' death?
Deuteronomy 5:15 "And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." [The rest of the law, pointing to men, is found here as well.JB]
7) What Spiritual blessings would the Sabbath also keep in remembrance?
Ezekiel 20:12 "Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them."
* Note: Sanctify, for meaning please, read above, SVP..
8) In addition to enjoining the observance of the Sabbath day, what warning was given to them and to us today?
Leviticus 19:26 "Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment,[divination/witchcraft] nor observe times." [fortune telling, palm reading Tarot Cards etc.]
9) To what did the prophets point as one of the most evident signs of Israel's lapse into apostasy?
Amos 8:4-5 " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?"
NOTE(JB) As today, its all about the buck, and Sabbaths? Well business as usual right? How many go to church on Sundays, come home change clothes and mow the lawn or do their garden?
10) What punishment did god declare He would bring also on Judah if they persisted in profaning the Sabbath?
Jeremiah 17:27 " But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched." {also read Vs.20-26]
11) What immediate reform did Nehemiah cal for upon the return from captivity?
Nehemiah 13:17 "Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?"
12) What dire calamity did he declare the people would bring on Jerusalem again by profaning the Sabbath?
Nehemiah 13:18 "Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath."
NOTE(JB): If Y O U, dear reader think this si only for the Jewish brethren look>>>>
Galatians 3:29 " And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
NOTE(JB) IF, you, dear reader fully believe in Jesus Christ, as YOUR personal Savior, then YOU, are also an heir according to the Promise, you are an Spiritual Israelite!
Now does one PROFANE the Sabbath? By not observing in it and by doing your will...
Isaiah 58:13 " If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:"
Joel 2:1 " Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;"
NOTE(JB) Day of the lord? At the 7th Trump. the day of the Advent of Christ's return, when every eye shall see Him!
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