1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
“The Sabbath was not properly a feast, but like the feast days, it was a day set apart unto the LORD, and so a reminder regarding the Sabbath is here.” (Guzik)
I remember while growing up that Sunday was the day our family went to church and most stores were closed. Today, Sunday is like most days as most stores are open. I believe what is important is that we set aside a day to worship the Lord and that we practice a day of rest. Like sleep, our bodies need to rest from working, to recuperate and rejuvenate ourselves.
Also importantly, it doesn’t matter which day you practice the sabbath because as Christians we received the free gift of salvation and to put a requirement onto the gift would no longer make it a gift but a law stating that Jesus’ cruxifixction wasn’t enough, that we need to add man’s requirements to be truly saved!
Do you heap requirements upon the cruxifixction of Jesus?
Blessings, David
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