Alternate Labels

• Seventh day
• Shabbat

General

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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
• Page 493 | Handbook of Seventh-Day Adventist Theology

Journals

• Volume 6, Number 2, Page 6 | Grace Journal Volume 6
• Volume 123, Number 489, Page 52 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 123
• ENDNOTES | Origins Journal
• Volume 9, Number 2, Page 64 | Bible and Spade (1980) Volume 9
• Volume 3, Page 70 | Grace Theological Journal Volume 3
• Volume 6, Number 3, Page 184 | Reformation and Revival Volume 6
• Volume 145, Number 578, Page 184 | Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 145
• Volume 5, Page 109 | Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal Volume 5

Web Links

• Biblical Research Institute (Seventh Day Adventist) Documents: Sabbath
• Wikipedia: Sabbath
• Sabbath.org
• Sabbath Truth
• Bible Sabbath Association

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

Adventist Position on the Sabbath

• 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.)