Another honourable Sabbath, another opportunity to take delight in the LORD our God, keeping the Sabbath holy, forsaking our own pleasure, desisting from our own ways, not talking idly or speaking our own words (see Isaiah 58:13-14), but finding rest for our souls in Him. Blessed is everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it.
The seventh day Sabbath is God’s gift to humanity. It was blessed and sanctified by God after He had created the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them. It was written into the Ten Commandments by His finger, was kept and taught by Jesus Christ, and was observed by the apostolic church. It should be faithfully remembered and kept by believers now as a day of rest, worship, and well-doing.
The Sabbath, as outlined in Genesis 2:1-3 and Exodus 20:8-11, falls on the seventh day of the week, which is Saturday. However, it’s important to note that according to Genesis 1:5, God declared that a new day begins at evening (sundown), not at midnight. Therefore, the Sabbath begins at evening on Friday and ends at evening on Saturday.
