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 place has the will in determining whether man shall have life?
What did Jesus say of the one who loves Him?
How is the love of God supplied to the believer?
What did Jesus declare God's commandments to be?
What reason is given in the commandment for keeping the Sabbath day holy?
Why does the Lord call the Sabbath His day?
How universal is the worship of this power to become?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle