17-Sabbath - NAS

1. God's Final Message Is a Call to Worship the Creator.
Revelation 14:6-7 And I saw another angel flying in _midheaven_, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; [7] and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His _judgment_ has come; _worship_ Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and _springs_ of waters."

2. The Basis of All Worship Is the Fact That God Created Us.
Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and _because_ of Your will they _existed_, and were created."

3. Jesus Is Our Creator and We Are to Worship Him.
Ephesians 3:9 And to bring to light what is the _administration_ of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who _created_ all things;

4. We Worship Our Creator by Keeping the Sabbath.
Exodus 20:8-11 "_Remember_ the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] "Six days you shall labor and do all your work, [10] but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your _daughter_, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your _sojourner_ who stays with you. [11] "For in six days the LORD made the _heavens_ and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; _therefore_ the LORD _blessed_ the sabbath day and made it holy.

5. God Set the Sabbath Apart at Creation by Resting on It.
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.

6. The Sabbath Was Given to Mankind 2, 300 Years Before the Existence of the Jews.
Mark 2:27-28 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."

7. The Sabbath Was Established for All Mankind As a Sign Between God and His People.
Ezekiel 20:12 "Also I gave them My _sabbaths_ to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who _sanctifies_ them.

Ezekiel 20:20 '_Sanctify_ My _sabbaths_; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'

8. Jesus Was a Faithful Sabbath Keeper.
Luke 4:16 And He came to _Nazareth_, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the _synagogue_ on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

9. Jesus Predicted That the Sabbath Would Be Kept in 70 A. D.
Matthew 24:20 "But pray that your flight will not be in the _winter_, or on a _Sabbath_.

10. Paul Met with the Whole City to Worship on the Sabbath with Jews and Gentiles Alike.
Acts 13:42-44 As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath. [43] Now when the meeting of the _synagogue_ had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing _proselytes_ followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to _continue_ in the grace of God. [44] The next Sabbath nearly the whole city _assembled_ to hear the word of the Lord.

11. Paul Met with a Group of Believers in Philippi to Worship on the Sabbath.
Acts 16:13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were _supposing_ that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had _assembled_.

12. The Lord Has Special Day at the End of the 1st Century.
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard _behind_ me a loud voice like the sound of a _trumpet_,

13. Since the Son of Man Is Lord of the Sabbath, It Must Be His Day.
Matthew 12:8 "For the Son of _Man_ is Lord of the _Sabbath_."

Mark 2:27-28 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."

Luke 6:5 And He was _saying_ to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the _Sabbath_."

14. Note the Following Three Days in Succession. Friday - the Day Christ Died-The Preparation Day.
Luke 23:53-56 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. [54] It was the _preparation_ day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. [55] Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. [56] Then they returned and _prepared_ spices and _perfumes_. And on the Sabbath they rested _according_ to the _commandment_.

15. Saturday - the Day Jesus Rested in the Tomb on the Day Between Friday and Sunday.
Jesus rested in the grave while His followers also rested on that Sabbath, waiting until the next day to use the spices and ointments that they had prepared for His body on the preparation day which was Friday.

 16. Sunday - the Day Jesus Was Resurrected.
Luke 24:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb _bringing_ the spices which they had _prepared_.

17. Jesus Is the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same _yesterday_ and today and _forever_.

18. In the New Heavens and the New Earth, We Shall Keep Sabbath Each Week.
Isaiah 66:22-23 "For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," _declares_ the LORD, "So your _offspring_ and your name will endure. [23] "And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All _mankind_ will come to bow down before Me," says the LORD.

Next Bible Study: 18-Questions about the Bible Sabbath

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