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.
14. What beings of a higher order than man desire to study the truths revealed in the gospel of Christ?
What did this bring to him?
What was to be the nature of the next kingdom after Babylon?
What relation does the Church of Rome sustain to other apostate churches?
What does the Apostle Peter say concerning the trials through which every believer must pass?
To whom is the Epistle of James addressed?
How may we obtain eternal life?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle