If the Sabbath, “Saturday, i.e. the Seventh day of the week, not the 1st day of the week, i.e.
Sunday”, is The Fathers Sabbath, then why is the Son the Lord of the Sabbath? In addition,
here is a very important statement. I have heard it said, “That’s the Jews Sabbath.” However,
if you are honest and pay close attention to the Fathers Scriptures, you will notice that not once
is the Sabbath referred to as the Jews Sabbath. It is ALWAYS found in the Scriptures as the
FATHERS SABBATH. So, if it is the Fathers Sabbath, why are we so easily given over to
the idea that we do not have to keep the Fathers Sabbath? If He said His Sabbath would be
forever and also as a SIGN of His People, then how could it be changed or done away with?
Are we saying the Father lied, or He is incompetent because the Sabbath is really on Sunday
because men changed it to that day?
(The Catholic Catechism as quoted in the Signs of the Times, November 4, 1919) “As the sign
of the authority of the Catholic Church, papist writers cite "the very act of changing the
Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; . . . because by keeping Sunday, they
acknowledge the church's power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin."--Henry
Tuberville, An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine, page 58.”
The New Testament only speaks of the first day, or Sunday, eight times, and not once is there
any mention that the first day of the week is now the Sabbath. There are only eight Scriptures
verses that mention the first day, or Sunday, five of them are speaking of Yeshua, (Jesus) being
resurrected on the first day. None of these Scriptures mentions any change in the Sabbath from
Saturday to Sunday. These five verses are Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, Mark 16:9, Luke 24:1,
and John 20:1.
This leaves only three first day texts to examine. The first text is John 20:19 which says that
the disciples “were assembled for fear of the Jews.” No mention is made of any kind of
worship or church service being held. The second text is 1 Corinthians 16:2 which states that
on the first day of the week the people were to set aside their offerings. In other words, they
were to do an accounting of their finances on the first day of the week and set aside their
offerings so that when Paul came to visit they would be ready to give him their tithes and
offerings. No mention is made of any kind of worship day or the Sabbath being changed to
Sunday. The last text is Acts 20:7-11 which states “And upon the first day of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the
morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. There were many lights in the upper
chamber, where they were gathered together. Moreover, there sat in a window a certain young
man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk
down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. In addition, Paul
went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, ‘Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in
him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a
long while, even till break of day, so he departed.”
This is the only text in the New Testament which speaks of a religious service being held on
the first day of the week and one would not want to make a whole doctrine dependent upon
one text! However, upon examining this text in detail, we can see that this service was held in
the evening of the first day of the week. The Jews’ day began at sundown and continued
through the next day until sundown. (Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23,31, and Leviticus 23:32)
Therefore, this meeting was held on Saturday evening and continued until early Sunday
morning, at which time Paul left on his trip. Therefore, Paul spent most of Sunday traveling,
not at church. This certainly does not sound like Paul was observing Sunday as a Sabbath,
does it?
The Previous in part, was obtained from “Armageddon, The International Sunday Law”, by
Richard and Melody Drake, with their permission. A full copy can be read at:
http://shalomtruth.com/Amageddon_1.html
as well as at:
http://rexerwin.com/ArmageddonNotMyWork.aspx
This, I cannot say strongly enough, you need to read this book that they put together. It covers
so much information about the Fathers true will for our lives, as well as showing how anything
Jewish has been covered up, changed, or completely done away with. It includes such
historical documents with dates, pages, and quotes from the historical books and from the
prominent people that had written them.
For 'Sabbath'
Results: 147 In The King James “Whole Bible”
For 'Sabbath'
Results: 55 In the NEW Testament
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Sabbath
(Heb. verb Sabbath, meaning "to rest from labor"), the day of rest. It is first mentioned as
having been instituted in Paradise, when man was in innocence (Genesis 2:2). "The Sabbath
was made for man," as a day of rest and refreshment for the body and of blessing to the soul.
Sunday. Sun Worship. Veneration of the sun or its representation as a deity. It appears in
several early cultures, notably in ancient Egypt, Indo-Europe, and Mesoamerica, where urban
civilizations were combined with a strong ideology of sacred kingship, in which kings ruled
by the power of the sun and claimed descent from it. The imagery of the sun as the ruler of
both the upper and the lower world, which he visits daily, was prominent. Sun heroes and
deities also figure in many mythologies, including Indo-Iranian, Greco-Roman, and
Scandinavian. In late Roman history, sun worship was of such importance that it was later
called "solar monotheism." See also Amaterasu, Re, Shamash, Sol, Surya, Tonatiuh.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Sabbath
(Sabbath ), "a day of rest," from Sabbath "to cease to do to," "to rest"). The name is applied
to divers great festivals, but principally and usually to the seventh day of the week, the strict
observance of which is enforced not merely in the general Mosaic code, but in the Decalogue
itself. The consecration of the Sabbath was coeval with the creation. The first scriptural
notice of it, though it is not mentioned by name, is to be found in (Genesis 2:3) at the close of
the record of the six-days creation. There are not wanting indirect evidences of its
observance, as the intervals between Noah’s sending forth the birds out of the ark, an act
naturally associated with the weekly service, (Genesis 8:7-12) and in the week of a wedding
celebration, (Genesis 29:27,28) but when a special occasion arises, in connection with the
prohibition against gathering manna on the Sabbath, the institution is mentioned as one already
known. (Exodus 16:22-30) And that this (All this is confirmed by the great antiquity of the
division of time into weeks, and the naming the days after the sun, moon and planets.) was
especially one of the institutions adopted by Moses from the ancient patriarchal usage is
implied in the very words of the law "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” But even
if such evidence were wanting, the reason of the institution would be a sufficient proof. It was
to be a joyful celebration of God’s completion of his creation. It has indeed been said that
Moses gives quite a different reason for the institution of the Sabbath, as a memorial of the
deliverance front Egyptian bondage. (5:15) The words added in Deuteronomy are a special
motive for the joy with which the Sabbath should be celebrated and for the kindness which
extended its blessings to the slave and the beast of burden as well as to the master: "that thy
man servant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thought. (5:14) These attempts to limit
the ordinance proceed from an entire misconception of its spirit, as if it were a season of stern
privation rather than of special privilege. But in truth, the prohibition of work is only
subsidiary to the positive idea of joyful rest and recreation in communion with Jehovah, who
himself "rested and was refreshed.” (Exodus 31:17) comp. (Exodus 23:12) It is in (Exodus
16:23-29) that we find the first incontrovertible institution of the day, as one given to and to be
kept by the children of Israel. Shortly afterward it was re-enacted in the Fourth
Commandment. This beneficent character of the Fourth Commandment is very apparent in the
version of it which we find in Deuteronomy. ( 5:12-15) The law and the Sabbath are placed
upon the same ground, and to give rights to classes that would otherwise have been without
such--to the bondman and bondmaid may, to the beast of the field-is viewed here as their main
end. "The stranger”, too is comprehended in the benefit. But the original proclamation of it in
Exodus places it on a ground which, closely connected no doubt with these others is yet higher
and more comprehensive. The divine method of working and rest is there propose to work
and to rest. Time then to man as the model after which presented a perfect whole it is most
important to remember that the Fourth Commandment is not limited to a mere enactment
respecting one day, but prescribes the due distribution of a week, and enforces the six days’
work as much as the seventh day’s rest. This higher ground of observance was felt to invest
the Sabbath with a theological character, and rendered if the great witness for faith in a
personal and creating God.
It was to be a sacred pause in the ordinary labor which man earns his bread the curse the fall
was to be suspended for one and, having spent that day in joyful remembrance of God’s
mercies, man had a fresh start in his course of labor. A great snare, too, has always been
hidden in the word work, as if the commandment forbade occupation and imposed idleness.
The terms in the commandment show plainly enough the sort of work which is contemplated-
servile work and business. The Pentateuch presents us with but three applications of the
general principle -- (Exodus 16:29; 35:3; Numbers 15:32-36) The reference of Isaiah to the
Sabbath gives us no details. The references in Jeremiah and Nehemiah show that carrying
goods for sale, and buying such, were equally profanations of the day. A consideration of the
spirit of the law and of Christ’s comments on it will show that it is work for worldly gain that
was to be suspended; and hence the restrictive clause is prefaced with the restrictive
command. "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;" for so only could the sabbatic rest
be fairly earned. Hence, too, the stress constantly laid on permitting the servant and beast of
burden to share the rest which selfishness would grudge to them. Thus the spirit of the
Sabbath was joy, refreshment and mercy, arising from remembrance of God’s goodness as
Creator and as the Deliverer from bondage. The Sabbath was a perpetual sign and covenant,
and the holiness of the day is collected with the holiness of the people; "that ye may know that
I am Jehovah that doth sanctify you." (Exodus 31:12-17; Ezekiel 20:12) Joy was the key-note
of their service. Nehemiah commanded the people, on a day holy to Jehovah "Mourn not, nor
weep: eat the fat, and drink: the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is
prepared." (Nehemiah 8:9-13)
The Sabbath is named as a day of special worship in the sanctuary. (Leviticus 19:30; 26:2) It
was proclaimed as a holy convocation. (Leviticus 23:3) In later times the worship of the
sanctuary was enlivened by sacred music. (Psalms 68:25-27; 150:1)... etc. On this day the
people were accustomed to consult their prophets, (2 Kings 4:23) and to give to their children
that instruction in the truths recalled to memory by the day which is so repeatedly enjoined as
the duty of parents; it was "the Sabbath of Jehovah" not only in the sanctuary, but "in all their
dwellings." (Leviticus 23:3) When we come to the New Testament, we find the most marked
stress laid on the Sabbath. In whatever ways the Jew might err respecting it, he had altogether
ceased to neglect it. On the contrary wherever he went its observance became the most
visible badge of his nationality. Our Lord’s (Yeshua / “Jesus”) mode of observing the
Sabbath was one of the main features of his life, which his Pharisaic adversaries meet eagerly
watched and criticized. They (The Pharisees) had invented many prohibitions respecting the
Sabbath of which we find nothing in the original institution. Some of these prohibitions were
fantastic and arbitrary, in the number of those "heavy burdens and grievous to be borne"
(Notice: The Pharisees laws were burdensome, not the Fathers) while the latter expounders of
the law "laid on men’s shoulders." Comp. (Matthew 12:1-13; John 5:10) That this perversion
of the Sabbath had become very general in our Saviour’s time is apparent both from the
recorded objections to acts of his on that day and from his marked conduct on occasions to
which those objections were sure to be urged. (Matthew 12:1-16; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:1-5; 13:
10-17; John 6:2-18; 7:23; 9:1-34) Christ’s words do not remit the duty of keeping the
Sabbath, but only deliver it from the false methods of keeping which prevented (Sunday
instead of Saturday) it from bestowing upon men the spiritual blessings it was ordained to
confer.
Nave's Topical Bible
Sabbath
• Signifying a period of rest
Genesis 2:2,3; Leviticus 23; 25; 26:34,35
• Preparations for the
Exodus 16:22; Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31
• Religious usages on the Sabbath
Genesis 2:3; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16,31; 6:6; 13:10; Acts 13:14
• Sacrifices on the Sabbath
Numbers 28:9,10; Ezekiel 46:4,5
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Genesis 2:2,3; Exodus 16:5,23-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; Leviticus 16:29-
31; 19:3,30; 23:1-3,27-32; 24:8; 26:2,34,35; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:9,10; Deuteronomy 5:12-
15; 2 Kings 4:23; 1 Chronicles 9:32; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Nehemiah 9:13,14; 10:31; 13:15-22;
Psalms 92:1-15; 118:24; Isaiah 1:13; 56:2,4-7; 58:13,14; 66:23; Jeremiah 17:21,22,24-27;
Lamentations 1:7; 2:6; Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24; 22:8; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1,3; Hosea 2:11;
Amos 8:5; Matthew 12:1-8,10-12; 24:20; Mark 2:27,28; 6:2; 16:1; Luke 4:16,31; 6:1-10; 13:
10-17; 14:1-6; 23:54,56; John 5:5-14; 7:21-24; 9:1-34; 19:31; Acts 13:14,27,42,44; 15:21; 16:
13; 17:2; 18:4; Colossians 2:16; Hebrews 4:4,9
OBSERVANCE OF
• By Moses
Numbers 15:32-34
• By Nehemiah
Nehemiah 13:15,21
• By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of Jesus
Luke 23:56
• By Paul
Acts 13:14
• By the disciples
Acts 16:13
• By John
Revelation 1:10
• VIOLATIONS OF
• INSTANCES OF
Gathering manna
Exodus 16:27
• Gathering sticks
Numbers 15:32
• Men of Tyre
Nehemiah 13:16
• The inhabitants of Jerusalem
Jeremiah 17:21-23
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Sabbath (1,,4521, sabbaton | sabbata)
The latter, the plural form was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for
a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it. The root means "to cease, desist"
(Heb., shabath; cp. Arab NTB ., sabata, "to intercept, interrupt"); the doubled b has an
intensive force, implying a complete cessation or a making to cease, probably the former. The
idea is not that of relaxation or refreshment, but cessation from activity. The observation of the
seventh day NTB TTT of the week, enjoined upon Israel NTB , was a sign between God NTB
TTT and His earthly people, based upon the fact that after the six days of creative operations
He rested, Exod. 31:16,17, with Exod. 20:8-11. The OT regulations were developed and
systematized to such an extent that they became a burden NTB upon the people (who otherwise
rejoiced in the rest NTB provided) and a byword for absurd extravagance. Two treatises of
the Mishna (the Shabbath and Erubin) are entirely occupied with regulations for the
observance; so NTB with the discussions in the Gemara, on NTB rabinical opinions. The
effect upon current opinion explains the antagonism roused by the Lord NTB 's cures wrought
on NTB the "Sabbath NTB ," e.g., Matt. 12:9-13; John NTB 5:5-16, and explains the fact that
on NTB a "Sabbath NTB " the sick were brought to be healed after sunset, e.g., Mark NTB 1:
32. According to rabbinical ideas, the disciples, by plucking ears of corn NTB (Matt. 12:1;
Mark NTB 2:23), and rubbing them (Luke NTB 6:1), broke the "sabbath NTB " in two
respects; for to pluck was to reap, and to rub was to thresh. The Lord NTB 's attitude towards
the "sabbath NTB " was by way of freeing it from these vexatious traditional accretions by
which it was made an end in itself, instead of a means to an end (Mark NTB 2:27).
In the Epistles NTB the only direct mentions are in Col. 2:16, "a sabbath NTB day NTB TTT
," RV (which rightly has the singular, see 1st parag., above), where it is listed among things
that were "a shadow of the things to come" (ie., of the age introduced at Pentecost NTB ), and
in Heb. 4:4-11, where the perpetual sabbatismos is appointed for believers (see REST NTB );
inferential references are in Rom. 14:5; Gal. 4:9-11. For the first three centuries of the
Christian NTB era the first day NTB TTT of the week was never confounded with the
"Sabbath NTB ;" the confusion of the Jewish and Christian NTB institutions was due to
declension from apostolic teaching.
Notes: (1) In Matt. 12:1,11, where the plural is used, the AV (as the RV) rightly has the
singular, "the sabbath NTB day NTB TTT ;" in Matt. 12:5 the AV has the plural (see above).
Where the singular is used the RV omits the word "day NTB TTT ," Matt. 12:2; 24:20; Mark
NTB 6:2; Luke NTB 6:1 ("on NTB a sabbath NTB "); 14:3; John NTB 9:14 ("it was the
sabbath NTB on NTB the day NTB TTT when ..."). As to the use or omission of the article the
omission does not always require the rendering "a sabbath NTB ;" it is absent, e.g., in Matt.
12:2. (2) In Acts 16:13, "on NTB the sabbath NTB day NTB TTT ," is, lit., "on NTB the day
NTB TTT of the sabbath NTB " (plural). (3) For Matt. 28:1, see LATE. (4) For "the first day
NTB TTT of the week" see ONE, A, (5). (2,,4315,prosabbaton) signifies "the day NTB TTT
before the sabbath NTB " (pro, "before," and No NTB . 1), Mark NTB 15:42; some mss. have
prin, "before," with sabbaton separately). END… Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the
seventh day1. Footnote: The 1seventh day of the week, the weekly Sabbath, was observed
before the Ten Words were given on Mt. Sinai. Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1
of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but this is the weekly Sabbath.
A Sabbath to the Lord
Exo 35:2 SixH8337 daysH3117 shall workH4399 be done,H6213 but on the seventhH7637
dayH3117 there shall beH1961 to you a holyH6944 day, a sabbathH7676 of restH7677 to the
LORD: H3068 whosoeverH3605 doethH6213 workH4399 therein shall be put to death. H4191
:2 “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of
rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death.
Deu 5:15 And rememberH2142 thatH3588 thou wastH1961 a servantH5650 in the landH776
of Egypt,H4714 and that the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 brought thee outH3318 thenceH4480,
H8033 through a mightyH2389 handH3027 and by a stretched outH5186 arm: H2220
thereforeH5921,H3651 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 commandedH6680 thee to keepH6213
(H853) the sabbajthH7676 day. H3117..
:15 ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your
Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה
your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
Psa 92:1 A PsalmH4210 or SongH7892 for the sabbathH7676 day. H3117 It is a goodH2896
thing to give thanksH3034 unto the LORD, H3068 and to sing praisesH2167 unto thy name,
H8034 O most High: H5945
:1 It is good to give thanks to יהוה, And to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High;
His Sabbath
Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard,
by all means, for it is a sign1 between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I,
יהוה, am setting you apart. Footnote: 1The only sign of יהוה setting us apart, the only sign of the
everlasting covenant, is His Sabbaths, one of them being the seventh day Sabbath. This is
repeated in Ezek. 20:12 & 20.
Exo 31:14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes
it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off
from among his people.
Lev 19:3 ‘Each one of you should fear his mother and his father, and guard My Sabbaths. I am
יהוה your Elohim.
Lev 19:30 ‘Guard My Sabbaths and reverence My set-apart place. I am יהוה.
Lev 26:2 ‘Guard My Sabbaths and reverence My set-apart place. I am יהוה.
Lev 26:43 ‘For the land was abandoned by them, and enjoying its Sabbaths while lying waste
without them, and they were paying for their crookedness, because they rejected My right-
rulings and because their being loathed My laws.
2Ch 2:4 see, I am building a House for the Name of יהוה my Elohim, to set it apart to Him, to
burn before Him sweet incense, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings
morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the New Moons, and on the appointed times of
יהוה our Elohim. This is for Yisra’ĕl forever.
Neh 13:19 And it came to be, at the gates of Yerushalayim, as it began to be dark before the
Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened
till after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens
would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Isa 56:4 For thus said יהוה, “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what
pleases Me, and hold fast to My covenant:
Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love
the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold
fast to My covenant –
Eze 20:12 “And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign1 between them and Me, to know
that I am יהוה who sets them apart. Footnote: 1See Ex. 31:13-17.
Eze 20:13 “But the house of Yisra’ĕl rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk
in My laws, and they rejected My right-rulings, which, if a man does, he shall live by them.
And they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My wrath on them in the
wilderness, to consume them.
Eze 20:14 “But I acted for My Name’s sake, not to profane it before the gentiles, before whose
eyes I had brought them out.
Eze 20:15 “And I Myself also lifted My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, not to bring
them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, the splendour of all
lands,
Eze 20:16 because they rejected My right-rulings and did not walk in My laws, and they
profaned My Sabbaths. For their heart went after their idols.
Eze 20:20 ‘And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, to know
that I am יהוה your Elohim.’
Eze 20:21 “But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My laws, and My right-
rulings they did not guard to do them, which, if a man does, he shall live by them. They
profaned My Sabbaths, so I resolved to pour out My wrath on them to complete My
displeasure against them in the wilderness.
Eze 20:24 because they had not done My right-rulings, and they rejected My laws, and they
profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were on their fathers’ idols.
Eze 22:8 “You have despised that which is set-apart to Me, and you have profanedH2490 My
Sabbaths.
H2490 profaned חלל châlal khaw-lal'
A primitive root (compare H2470); properly to bore, that is, (by implication) to wound, to
dissolve; figuratively to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one’s word), to begin (as
if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute): - begin (X men
began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof,
X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute,
slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Eze 22:26 “Her priests have done violence to My teaching1 and they profane My set-apart
matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made
known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from
My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst. Footnote: 1 Zeph. 3:4, Lk. 16:16.
Eze 23:38 “They also did this to Me: They have defiled My set-apart place on the same day,
and they have profaned My Sabbaths.
Eze 44:24 “And they are to stand as judges in a dispute, and judge it according to My right-
rulings. And they are to guard My Torot and My laws in all My appointed festivals, and set
apart My Sabbaths.
Lord of the Sabbath
Exo 16:23 And he said to them, “This is what יהוה has said, ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath
set-apart to יהוה. That which you bake, bake; and that which you cook, cook. And lay up for
yourselves all that is left over, to keep it until morning.’”
Exo 16:29 “See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for
two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place
on the seventh day.”
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work –
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but
this is the weekly Sabbath.
Exo 20:10 ‘Six days work is done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה.
Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.
Exo 35:2 “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a
Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death.
Lev 23:3 ‘Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart
gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:39 ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the fruit of the land,
observe the festival of יהוה for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a
rest.
Lev 24:8 “On every Sabbath he is to arrange it before יהוה continually, from the children of
Yisra’ĕl – an everlastingH5769 covenant.
everlasting H5769 עלם עולם ‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm o-lawm', o-lawm'
From H5956; properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past
or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with
prepositional prefix) always: - always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal,
(for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any
time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare H5331, H5703.
Lev 25:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When you come into the land
which I give you, then the land shall observe a Sabbath to יהוה.
Lev 25:4 but in the seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to יהוה. Do not
sow your field and do not prune your vineyard.
Deu 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work –
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that
your male servant and your female servant rest as you do. Footnote: 1See footnote at Ex. 20:10.
Deu 5:15 ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and
that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm.
Therefore יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
Question: If our Elohim (יהוה) which we have learned is Yeshua, (Jesus), Commands us to do
something, don’t you think we should do it? Remember, He is not a man that can lie, and He
never changes, remember?
2Ki 11:7 “And the two detachments of you who are going out on the Sabbath shall be on guard
in the House of יהוה for the sovereign.
2Ki 16:18 And the covered way which they had built in the House for the Sabbath, and the
sovereign’s outer entrance, he took from the House of יהוה, because of the sovereign of
Ashshur.
2Ch 36:21 in order to fill the word of יהוה by the mouth of Yirmeyahu, until the land had
enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay waste she kept Sabbath, until seventy years were
completed.
Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love
the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold
fast to My covenant –
Isa 58:13 “If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-
apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה ‘esteemed,’ and shall
esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own
words,
Jer 17:21 ‘Thus said יהוה, “Guard yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor
bring it in by the gates of Yerushalayim,
Jer 17:24 “And it shall be, if you diligently obey Me,” declares יהוה, “to bring in no burden
through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and set apart the Sabbath day, to do no work
in it,
Eze 46:1 ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The gate of the inner courtyard facing east is shut the six
days of work, but on the Sabbath it is opened, and on the day of the New Moon it is opened.
NEW Testament
Mat 12:8 “For the Son of Adam is Master of the Sabbath.”
Question: How can you be the Master of something? In this verse we need to understand, He
(Yeshua) owns the Sabbath, it is His.
Mar 2:28 “So the Son of Adam is also Master of the Sabbath.”1 Footnote: 1Mt. 12:8.
Luk 6:5 And He said to them, “The Son of Adam is Master of the Sabbath.”1 Footnote: 1Mt.
12:8.
Luk 13:15 Then the Master answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on
the Sabbath loosen his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
Act 17:2 And according to his practice, Sha’ul (Paul) went in unto them, and for three
Sabbaths was reasoning with them from the Scriptures. Umm, What were the Scriptures he
was reasoning from with them? Remember, the New Testament had not been written yet.
***TORAH***
Act 18:4 And he was reasoning in the congregation every Sabbath, and won over both
Yehuḏim (Jews) and Greeks. (How did he win over the Jews? He showed them the
Messiah, Yeshua from the Torah... As for the Greeks or the Gentiles, He showed them
not only the Messiah, but taught them the Torah as well. You cannot forget or disregard
the fact the Paul was a Jewish Pharisee.)
Col 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a
new moon or Sabbaths –
(There were many Pagans that ridiculed the Jews for Keeping the Sabbath as the Father
Commanded Us to, (The 7th day of the week, “Saturday” Rather than observing the
Sabbath on their Pagan day of worshipping the “SUN”. i.e. “the 1st day of the week, or
Sunday”.)
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work –
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but
this is the weekly Sabbath.
Heb 4:9 So there remains a Sabbath-keeping for the people of Elohim.
The Sabbath Is the Day Before the FIRST DAY of The Week
If we are to keep the Sabbath on the seventh day of the week, and the first day of the week falls
on Sunday, then what day does His Sabbath, the 7th Day fall on? Do the math…
1. Sunday
2. Monday
3. Tuesday
4. Wednesday
5. Thursday
6. Friday
7. Saturday
The Sabbath falls on Saturday, not Sunday…
The Sabbath