17-Sabbath - RSV

1. God's Final Message Is a Call to Worship the Creator.
Revelation 14:6-7 Then I saw another angel flying in ________________, with an eternal gospel to ______________ to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; [7] and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his ______________ has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the ________________ of water."

2. The Basis of All Worship Is the Fact That God Created Us.
Revelation 4:11 "Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they ____________ and were ____________."

3. Jesus Is Our Creator and We Are to Worship Him.
Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the plan of the ____________ hidden for ages in God who ____________ 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 to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your ______________, your __________________, or your ___________________, or your cattle, or the ________________ who is within your gates; [11] for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; ________________ the LORD blessed the sabbath day and ______________ it.

5. God Set the Sabbath Apart at Creation by Resting on It.
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. [3] So God ____________ the seventh day and ______________ it, ____________ on it God rested from all his work which he had done in ______________.

6. The Sabbath Was Given to Mankind 2, 300 Years Before the Existence of the Jews.
Mark 2:27-28 And he _______ to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; [28] so the Son of man is _______ even of the sabbath."

7. The Sabbath Was Established for All Mankind As a Sign Between God and His People.
Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover I gave them my ______________, as a sign between me and them, that they might know that I the LORD ______________ them.

Ezekiel 20:20 And hallow my ______________ that they may be a sign ____________ me and you, that you may know that I the LORD am your God.

8. Jesus Was a Faithful Sabbath Keeper.
Luke 4:16 And he came to ______________, where he had been brought up; and he went to the ________________, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood up to read;

9. Jesus Predicted That the Sabbath Would Be Kept in 70 A. D.
Matthew 24:20 Pray that your flight may not be in __________ or on a ____________.

10. Paul Met with the Whole City to Worship on the Sabbath with Jews and Gentiles Alike.
Acts 13:42-44 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next sabbath. [43] And when the meeting of the ________________ broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism ______________ Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to ______________ in the grace of God. [44] The next sabbath almost the whole city ______________ together to hear the word of God.

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 the ________________, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come ______________.

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 __________ me a loud voice like a ____________

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

Mark 2:27-28 And he _______ to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; [28] so the Son of man is _______ even of the sabbath."

Luke 6:5 And he _______ to them, "The Son of man is lord of the ____________."

14. Note the Following Three Days in Succession. Friday - the Day Christ Died-The Preparation Day.
Luke 23:53-56 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud, and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid. [54] It was the day of ___________________, and the sabbath was ________________. [55] The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid; [56] then they returned, and prepared spices and ________________. On the sabbath they rested ________________ to the ___________________.

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 went to the tomb, taking the __________ which they had ______________.

17. Jesus Is the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus __________ is the same ________________ and today and for ever.

18. In the New Heavens and the New Earth, We Shall Keep Sabbath Each Week.
Isaiah 66:22-23 "For as the new ____________ and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, says the LORD; so shall your ___________________ and your name remain. [23] From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to ____________ before me, says the LORD.

Next Bible Study: 18-Questions about the Bible Sabbath

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