What is the meaning of the word "Sabbath"?
Answer
Rest.
NOTE - Previous to the fall, God designed that man's time should be occupied with pleasant,
invigorating, but not wearisome labor. Gen. 2:15. Laborious, wearisome toll came in consequence of sin.
Gen. 3:17-19. While under the fall the Sabbath, therefore, may bring physical rest to both man and the
beasts of burden (Ex. 23:12) in a way not originally intended, physical rest was not its original and primary
design or purpose. Cessation from the ordinary labors and occupations of the week was ordained, not
because these are wrong or sinful in themselves, but that man might have an appointed time and a
frequently recurring period for the contemplation of the Creator and His works. Under the gospel, the
Sabbath is a sign of spiritual rest and freedom from sin. So we read, "For he that is entered into His rest, he
also bath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." Heb. 4:10.
What two facts testify to the union of divinity and humanity in Christ?
BY what union does Christ reconcile both Jew and Gen. tile to God through the cross?
How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfilment of prophecy?
17. After having made atonement for the people in the most holy place, what did the high priest next do?
Whose sovereignty is thus challenged?
21. What shows that the new, or second, covenant and the Abrahamic covenant are virtually the same?
What other reason is given for keeping the Sabbath?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle