The beneficent Creator,
after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the
Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of
God's unchangeable law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as
the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and
practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful
communion with God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ,
a sign of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our
eternal future in God's kingdom. The Sabbath is God's perpetual sign of His
eternal covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this holy
time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God's
creative and redemptive acts.
Scriptural References
} (Gen.
2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; Luke 4:16; Isa. 56:5, 6; 58:13, 14; Matt. 12:1-12; Ex.
31:13-17; Eze.20:12, 20; Deut. 5:12-15; Heb. 4:1-11; Lev. 23:32; Mark 1:32.)
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