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Exodus 20:8-11 - The Seventh Day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God.

Exodus 20:8-11 (NKJV) Remember the Sabbath 
day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor 
and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is 
the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you 
shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your 
daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female 
servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is 
within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made 
the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that 
is in them, and rested the seventh day. 
Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and 
hallowed it. 

Exodus 20:8-11 (NIV) Remember the Sabbath 
day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall 
labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day 
is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you 
shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son 
or daughter, nor your manservant or 
maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your 
gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens 
and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, 
but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the 
LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.  

Exodus 20:8-11 (NLT) Remember to observe the 
Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 You have six days 
each week for your ordinary work, 10 but the 
seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to 
the LORD your God. On that day no one in your 
household may do any work. This includes you, your 
sons and daughters, your male and female 
servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living 
among you. 11 For in six days the LORD made the 
heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; 
but on the seventh day he rested. That is why 
the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it 
apart as holy. 

INTRODUCTION

The Seventh Day Sabbath was the last thing 
God created during the week of creation. Genesis 
2:2-3 

COMMENTARY PEARL

The Seven-Day Cycle
   The nepreryvka was an 11-year experiment 
that failed on every level. Implemented in 1929 
by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, the 
"continuous work week" was a five-day cycle - four days 
of work and one day of rest - during which five 
work groups were each assigned a different rest 
day. Eighty percent of the workforce kept the 
machines running daily. The staggered rest days, 
however, separated family members and friends. 
   Whenever men try to restructure something 
that God has built, their revision quickly 
collapses. God implemented the seven-day cycle at 
Creation, setting apart the seventh day as sacred 
(Genesis 2:2). Because He "blessed the Sabbath day" 
(emphasis added), we receive a blessing when we, by 
His grace, "keep it holy." Thus, the fourth 
commandment contains a hidden promise. 
   The promised blessing includes more than 
physical rejuvenation. The reason we rest from our 
six days of work is to focus on God's six days 
of work in which "He made the heavens and the 
earth, the sea, and all that is in them." As we 
dwell upon His power to create life (Genesis 
1:11-30) and to sustain it (2:9), we cannot help but 
be spiritually refreshed. 
   Are you spiritually exhausted? "The 
Sabbath was made for [you]" (Mark 2:27) as a 
reminder that God can recreate and sustain you 
(Ezekiel 20:12). Will you enter His rest (Hebrews 
4:10) on the Sabbath day? 
   Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me 
one day to dwell upon Your creative power. Help 
me to rest from my own works on Your holy day. 
[The Most Amazing Bible Promises by Amazing 
Facts] 

COMMENTARY

The question is sometimes asked; that since 
the calendar has been through so many changes do 
we really know which day is the 7th day? The 
answer to that question is an easy one. The Jews 
date back to when God gave the Ten Commandments 
on Mt Sinai and have kept that day ever since 
including through all the calendar changes. It's 
interesting to note that the Ten Commandments were the 
only part of the Bible written by God's finger in 
stone on Mt. Sinai. Gibbs 

The Jewish Sabbath (from Hebrew shavat, 
to rest) is observed throughout the year on 
the seventh day of the week - Saturday. 
https://www.britannica.com 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY

Bible Study On The Sabbath

https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/study-guide/e/4984/t/the-lost-day-of-history 

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

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