The Sabbath

The Sabbath (Shabbat in Hebrew)

Read Genesis 1:3-2:3

God didn’t rest because He was tired, but because He’d finished His work of creation.

Adam was created on the 6th day, prob late in the day. Shortly after he was created, Adam entered 7th day erev

Then came the night, with its train of stars, and its great gift of sleep

Then came the morning, Yom Shabbat, a day of rest for God and mankind.

God had created and finished His work, so we could enter His rest from the start.

Everything is finished, everything complete.

By their sin, Adam and Eve lost this rest.

God reminds us of this in Exodus 20:8-11.

Exodus 16:4-30

God rained daily bread for His people in the desert

He rained twice as much on the 6th day

And none at all on the Shabbat.

His provision for the day of rest was completed before the Shabbat.

Now God calls us to enter His rest. Hebrews 4:1-11.

Matthew 6:24-34.

For unbelief, we don’t enter Shabbat rest. Heb 3:19.

Deut 5:12-15

God made us to be free, not slaves.

He ordered a day off, and told His people Remember this.

God made the Shabbat a day of honor Isaiah 58:13-14

and He promised to lift us up if we honor it.

God gave us the Shabbat as a slice of Eternity in time – 52 slices of Eternity each year

We don’t repair the world on the Shabbat.

Instead we trust God to perfect everything that concerns us.

A weekly opportunity for active faith.

God gave us the Shabbat as a type of the Millennium

4000 years from Adam to Yeshua

2000 years since

1000 years of Millennium, one day as 1000 years, 2 Pet 3:8

But the Lord said He might delay His return a bit. 2 Pet 3:9

Nonetheless, the signs of the times show that we are very near the end

Soon the glory of the Lord will cover earth and seas. Isaiah 11:9. Habakkuk 2:14

How Celebrate Shabbat

Sabbath Song, written by me.