Exodus 20:8-11 Rest in the Holy Day Remembering His Creation

The fourth Commandment is probably the most controversial among Christianity, as to which day to keep. Some say the seventh day sabbath is for the Jewish people and the first day of the week is for the Christians, but what does the word of God say? When was the seventh day made holy, well It back up what is written in Exodus 20:11;

Genesis 2:1-3  Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

The seventh day was made holy at the end of creation, because God the Creator was finished with all that had to be done and rested. Was God tired, of course not, He was just done, just the day before the scripture He looked at creation and saw it was very good, so He knew nothing more had to be done.

Genesis 1:31  God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Back to the major debate, is it a Jewish or Christian Sabbath.  Adam and Eve were living in the garden of Eden when the seventh day was made holy, but they were not called Jewish or Christian. The word Jew means Hebrew someone from Israel but who was the first person given the name Israel?

Genesis 32:26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”

The timeline between Adam and Jacob is about  2255 years, so let’s ask ourselves, if people really didn’t call themselves a Jew or Israelite until the Lord gave Jacob that name, how can the seventh Sabbath day be a Jewish’s Sabbath? Any time a  person has a question for the Lord to answer, it is a holy word. Jesus the Son of God told His followers who the Sabbath day was made for the gospels and it clearly there for every Christian to see and read.

Mark 2:27 Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Jesus says the Sabbath was made for man, He didn’t say Jew or Christian, and who is man according to scripture?

Genesis 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

The seventh day Sabbath was made holy by God because He saw the universe He created and said it was good, it’s like an artist’s signature on his or her masterpiece. Anything God calls holy stays holy and for another day to be the Sabbath, creation would have to be destroyed and another day would have to be made holy, has anyone seen that happen since God said let there be light? It is truly a blessing to remember God’s holy day and resting to get to know Him more and more. Spending time together is what the Lord wants, and the Sabbath day worship is more than a few hours at church, it is an all day event. If you want to know more about the Lord’s Sabbath ask me and we can have a Bible study. God bless you all, the Lord loves you and so do I. Sam H.