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 is said of the tender compassion of God?
What is required besides a belief in the existence of God?
Whose example are we urged to imitate?
14. Within less than forty days after the making of this covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people say to Aaron?
What song will they sing?
What will be the experience of those who say in their hearts that the Lord is not soon coming?
What shows that the actions of men are recorded?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle