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The Biblical Sabbath · Foundational Study

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The seventh-day Sabbath begins with God’s completed creation. God rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it (). The Fourth Commandment calls His people to remember that day because the Lord made heaven and earth and rested on the seventh day (). The Sabbath is therefore first God’s work and God’s gift before it is a human act of obedience.

Jesus Christ is Creator and Lord of the Sabbath (; ; ). He honored the Sabbath, rejected burdensome human traditions, and showed that mercy and doing good belong within its purpose (; ). His followers kept the Sabbath according to the commandment after His death, and Acts records Sabbath ministry among both Jews and Gentiles (; ; ; ; ).

Sabbath obedience does not earn salvation. Salvation is God’s gift in Christ, and obedience is the fruit of grace working in the heart (; ). The Sabbath joins creation, redemption, sanctification, worship, mercy, and restoration. Scripture closes with a worldwide call to worship the Creator and with a picture of worship continuing in the restored creation (; ).