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Sabbath

Alternate Labels

Seventh day
Shabbat

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General

*Page 493 | Handbook of Seventh-Day Adventist Theology

Seventh-day Adventist Church, Position on the Sabbath: 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. (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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Dictionaries

Sabbath | Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Sabbath | The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Sabbath | Dictionary of New Testament Background
Sabbath | Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Sabbath | Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Sabbath | Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Sabbath | Harper’s Bible Dictionary
Sabbath | Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Page 959 | The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Dictionary

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Key Passages

Genesis 2:1-3
Exodus 16:4
Ex. 20:8-11
Luke 4:16
Isa. 56:5, 6
Isa. 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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