HOLY DAY, JEHOVAH’S ’s REST

Did you know that one of the most misinterpreted commandments of the Ten Commandments, is the fourth commandment? 

This is because this commandment calls mankind to remember that Saturday, the Seventh-day of the week, is the Sabbath of the LORD, and this commandment commands mankind to keep it holy.

The Bible says, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." Hebrews 4:9-11

My friend, did you know that God is not concerned with us keeping one of the Commands HE gave, HE has commanded us to obey HIM and keep all TEN COMMANDMENTS. Yet, if we keep the whole Law but stumble in one point, we have become guilty of [breaking] all TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

"For HE who said, “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,” also said, “DO NOT MURDER.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you murder, you have become [g]guilty of transgressing the [entire] Law. Speak and act [consistently] as people who are going to be judged by the law of liberty [that moral law that frees obedient servants of GOD from the bondage of sin]." James 2:11-12. God is not concerned with us keeping one of the Commandments HE gave; HE has commanded us to obey HIM and keep all TEN COMMANDMENTS. Yet, if we keep the whole Law but stumble in one point, we have become guilty of [breaking] all TEN COMMANDMENTS.

 

Yet keeping the Sabbath holy doesn't free a man from doing good on the Sabbath day or working in an essential service on the Sabbath day.

In essence, God was telling His people that they were to keep this day, the Sabbath, as holy to Him. THIS DAY WAS SET ASIDE BY GOD AS A MEMORIAL OF CREATION. 

A memorial is that which serves to keep in memory. The Passover and Feast of unleavened bread were designed to call to mind the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and thus keep in memory their great Deliverer. The Lord’s Supper and Baptism were given to remind the church of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, and thus keep in memory our Lord and Master. 

The Sabbath was designed to call to mind Jehovah’s Rest on the seventh day, after he had created all things in six, and thus keep in memory the living God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. It is the great safeguard against Atheism and Idolatry. If men had always kept the Sabbath, they never could have forgotten God; never would have doubted the existence of the Creator, for this institution was designed to point them back to the time when he created the heavens and the earth. And they never would have worshiped other gods, for this institution points out the true God, who created all things in six days, and rested on the seventh. 

The Sabbath, then, is a memorial of the living God. The institution is perfectly calculated to call the Creator of all things to mind, and keep him in perpetual remembrance. God worked six days in the work of creation, and rested on the seventh day. The Sabbath law says, “Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath [Rest] of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work.” He who observes, and understandingly celebrates Jehovah’s Rest-day in its weekly returns, is in a special manner led to contemplate his six days’ work of creation. And as he views the heavens above, and the earth beneath, and surveys the Creator’s handy-works, his mind is led upward to the living God. Among all the holy institutions God has given to man, none is more sacred than the Sabbath. It stands in the very front. It is the mighty monument, reared at creation to point our race heavenward to the omnipotent God. It is the chord that binds finite man to the infinite God; the chain that links earth to heaven, and man to his Creator. 

In closing, the songwriter was right when he wrote the song, "HOLY DAY, JEHOVAH’S ’s REST." The lyrics of the song are; 

1.

Holy day, Jehovah's rest, of creation's week the best;

Last of all the chosen seven,

Blessed of God, to man 'twas given.

Refrain

Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome;

Glad we hail its presence blest,

'Tis the great Jehovah's rest.

2

First His six days' work was done,

Then the Sabbath was begun;

Thus He blessed the seventh day,

Thus in resting we obey.

Refrain

3

Thousands have His plan reversed,

Resting now upon the first;

Search the Book and you shall know

There's no scripture tells them so.

Refrain

4

All who speak the truth must say

It was man who changed the day;

In God's word no change appears

Through the whole six thousand years!

Refrain

5

Thus I searched; and when I saw

Only one great Sabbath law,

Then I hastened to obey —

Plainly, 'twas the only way.

Refrain

As we meditate and reflect upon this message. May we hasten to obey all God's Commandments by faith and be like the Psalmist and say, according to Psalms 119:60-64 the New International Version or (NIV). "I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law. At midnight, I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts."

May you have a HAPPY SABBATH! Blessings, Blessings, Blessings 

By GARDEN MINISTRY