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.
With what measure of love should we serve others?
How are these gifts elsewhere spoken of?
13. After the accumulation of the sins of the year in this way, what service took place on the tenth day of the seventh month of each year?
2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would he the result if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit?
What did the Apostle Paul say the \"man of sin\" would do?
5. Before their entrance into Canaan, what instruction did Moses give Israel concerning these things?
What will be the privilege of those who enter there?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle