Do Sabbath Keepers KEEP the Sabbath?

1stcenturylady said:

Do you walk to church? Did you make your bed when you got up? Turn on any lights? Do you travel far to church that requires driving your car and buying gas? Do you eat pre-prepared cold sandwiches and do not use your stove? Do you do the dishes after meals?

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I have understood that keeping Shabbat meant originally that person doesn’t do his job/work on that day. But not all are the job/work. For example, doing good is not a job/work.

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

It is kindling a fire...

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Right.

Exodus 35:3
Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

1213 said:

I have understood that keeping Shabbat meant originally that person doesn’t do his job/work on that day. But not all are the job/work. For example, doing good is not a job/work.

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This is interesting.
Do you find the wife mentioned anywhere in this commandment?

Exodus 20:8-11
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Yeshua HaDerekh said:

Actually it is, if it is on the Sabbath...you are igniting multiple flames per minute in a car.

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Yeshua HaDerekh said:

It is kindling a fire...

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The commandment says nothing about that. It doesn't say a word about not creating.

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Exo_35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

No one has kindled a fire in hundreds of years. Unless you're camping out with no matches. It is a lot of work. The admonition is against kindling, not against the fire.

BDB lists the verb as [בָּעַר] burn, consume (בְּעַר burn; seek out, collect, glean; this apparently earlier meaning (comparison to Arabic form)

Ex. 22:5 shows this usage: "If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten..." יַבְעֶר here means, "caused to be consumed" and it refers to an animal devouring grass, much life a fire devours (licks up) wood.

The connection of the verb to 'collecting' must also be addressed here. Clearly, wood must be 'collected' for a fire. Collecting sticks is the only Sabbath breaking we see punished by death in the Scripture (Num. 15). We might read, 'you shall not collect [wood] into the fire.' Double meanings are common in Hebrew. Therefore, the 'gleaning' of wood to be thrown in the fire, and the act of burning it, are understood under one word. It is not then the presence of fire that is a problem, but gathering up kindling to feed one.

This begs the question: if wood is already there next to a fire, may we feed the fire. The logical answer is no. That would still be gathering up wood.

This solves a lot of problems. Lighting a candle or a lighter therefore shouldn't be a problem.

What about kindling wood that has already been gathered before Sabbath? If we light it, are we 'causing [it] to be consumed' and doing work? Few today would say that throwing a match into some kindling to generate a fire is work, but creating a spark using flint or another material wasn't always simple. It often involved a great deal of work, specifically blowing the fire/smoldering wood to feed it oxygen and make the fire grow. Therefore we can derive a lesson from this. If we have to do anything to 'feed the flames' besides lighting it, we are breaking this commandment.

This opens up a lot of practical and legal uses of fire on the sabbath. For instance, even lighting a candle on the sabbath with a lighter would be ok, because it is a candle is a self-feeding device (we are not working to feed it). Some might object, 'you have to hold down the gas' to feed the fire of the lighter after sparking it. However, the flame of the lighter cannot be called 'esh' (fire) but is rather 'ner' (flame). Ditto for a candle. However, see Gen. 22:6 (flint simply represents fire here, i.e. what causes a fire). 'Esh' in its Sabbath context, refers to a wood fire (or some similar kindling such as leaves).

Some might also object to matches: matches are small pieces of wood you have to pick up to light (could be viewed as gathering). However, striking a match is essentially the the act of lighting a single stick without actively feeding it (it feeds itself). Gathering, then, can only refer to sticks that are on the ground or in nature. Those already in a box/book/inside can be used to light a fire, but not to feed it (that would be work).

However, Ex. 3:2 reads, יֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אָסֻֽרָה־נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶ֥ה הַגָּדֹ֖ל הַזֶּ֑ה מַדּ֖וּעַ לֹא־יִבְעַ֥ר הַסְּנֶֽה

"And Moses said, I will turn now and I will will see this great sight, how the bush is not consumed"

This might indicate that when something is normally ba'ar-ed it is burnt up. Here, Moses wonders why the bush isn't burnt up completely and consumed.

This might lend itself to a more strict interpretation: nothing may be burnt up by flames. Therefore lighting a campfire would be forbidden. I believe a balanced view would be to say that no esh (campfire/flames plural) may be kindled, but this doesn't indlude (nerot) lamps/ single flames. Some may say, 'a lamp's flame consumes the oil' or 'a candle consumes the wick.' But I would say, 'the lamp candle is not licked up by flames in a blaze as wood is.' A candle is burned on its exposed surface, and not consumed in a blaze as wood is. Therefore candles and lamps do not fall into the same category as campfires, and nor do embers.
Was Israel to be without heating or an ability to cook food on sabbath? (Exodus 35:2-3)
Bottom line is: God did not want us to work on that day. He never said a word about flicking a light switch, nor did He say a thing about how many steps to take on that day much less turning on a car. There is no need to add man's rules to what He has said.

mmksparbud said:

The commandment says nothing about that. It doesn't say a word about not creating.

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Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

mmksparbud said:

Exo_35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

No one has kindled a fire in hundreds of years. Unless you're camping out with no matches. It is a lot of work. The admonition is against kindling, not against the fire.

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Exodus 35:3
Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

Its strange how some people...1st strange as in .. I don't understand... how some can get stuck on this.. they will go on and on and use OT verses...yet there are over 7 THOUSAND promises GOD gave and.. they WONT touch those.

Your talking about something God said to a people thousands of years ago. You don't follow all the other things written to the Jewish people..but you want to follow this? As if following THIS one thing ..ooh I am a real believer.

I can't speak for anyone ..God.. Yeshua.. sweet sweet Holy Spirit are real. He talks all the time. He has NEVER said one word to me about Sunday or Saturday. If I didn't go.. never was He upset mad.. treated me the same as if I always went. If you want to allow man to tell you how YOU should serve Him.. praise GOD. Christ came.. died rose.. AMEN!

If your going to again follow somethings.. FOLLOW ALL! Some things were JUST for Israel..some were for the world. There are many things the Jewish people had to do...and do.. that I do not have to. If I choose to do them.. not going to make me ANY closer to GOD what so ever. This is NOT how it works. Keep looking at GOD through the eyes of flesh.

Forgive me .. good lord.. He is IN YOU.. you are ONE ..the same as He said He was one with the Father.. His sheep HEAR KNOW His voice.. so TALK TO HIM! He really does TALK! He is the perfect Gentleman. How would you feel being around some one day and night.. always with them and they never just TALK to you? Yes God is not a man nor thinks like one..but He gets hurt like we do.. SO TALK TO HIM..ask HIM about this..or just go what what ever you feel some man said is the best answer.

Blade said:

I can't speak for anyone ..God.. Yeshua.. sweet sweet Holy Spirit are real. He talks all the time. He has NEVER said one word to me about Sunday or Saturday. If I didn't go.. never was He upset mad.. treated me the same as if I always went.

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That's a good point. If not observing the Sabbath were a sin, we would feel the conviction of God. Furthermore, "Sabbath-breaking" is not included in any of the lists of sins in the NT.

Saint Steven said:

Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

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Saint Steven said:

Exodus 35:3
Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.”

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Exo_40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight
Lev 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Lev 6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Again--the commandment reads:

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

If you would rather walk up 5 flights of stairs rather than to push an elevator button--be my guest. It's far more work to walk up 5 flights of stairs than to -push a button.

mmksparbud said:

Exo_40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight
Lev 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Lev 6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Again--the commandment reads:

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

If you would rather walk up 5 flights of stairs rather than to push an elevator button--be my guest. It's far more work to walk up 5 flights of stairs than to -0ush a button.

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The Ten Commandments appear in two places in the OT. Were you a slave in Egypt?

Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Saint Steven said:

The Ten Commandments appear in two places in the OT. Were you a slave in Egypt?

Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

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Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

There were no Jews at creation.

mmksparbud said:

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

There were no Jews at creation.

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Who knew before God told Moses?

So you were you a slave in Egypt? - (Deuteronomy 5:15)

Saint Steven said:

This is interesting.
Do you find the wife mentioned anywhere in this commandment?

Exodus 20:8-11
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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Interesting thing, wife is not mentioned. But I don’t think it is not also for wife. After all, husband and wife should be one flesh?

1213 said:

Interesting thing, wife is not mentioned. But I don’t think it is not also for wife. After all, husband and wife should be one flesh?

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Right.
It is written to BOTH the husband and wife.
This debunks the theory that as long as the husband is not busy with his "occupational" work, it is rest. NO ONE is to do any work of any kind. Husband, wife, children, servants, animals, no one.

mmksparbud said:

The commandment says nothing about that. It doesn't say a word about not creating.

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Exo_35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

No one has kindled a fire in hundreds of years. Unless you're camping out with no matches. It is a lot of work. The admonition is against kindling, not against the fire.

Here is something interesting:​

BDB lists the verb as [בָּעַר] burn, consume (בְּעַר burn; seek out, collect, glean; this apparently earlier meaning (comparison to Arabic form)

Ex. 22:5 shows this usage: "If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten..." יַבְעֶר here means, "caused to be consumed" and it refers to an animal devouring grass, much life a fire devours (licks up) wood.

The connection of the verb to 'collecting' must also be addressed here. Clearly, wood must be 'collected' for a fire. Collecting sticks is the only Sabbath breaking we see punished by death in the Scripture (Num. 15). We might read, 'you shall not collect [wood] into the fire.' Double meanings are common in Hebrew. Therefore, the 'gleaning' of wood to be thrown in the fire, and the act of burning it, are understood under one word. It is not then the presence of fire that is a problem, but gathering up kindling to feed one.

This begs the question: if wood is already there next to a fire, may we feed the fire. The logical answer is no. That would still be gathering up wood.

This solves a lot of problems. Lighting a candle or a lighter therefore shouldn't be a problem.

What about kindling wood that has already been gathered before Sabbath? If we light it, are we 'causing [it] to be consumed' and doing work? Few today would say that throwing a match into some kindling to generate a fire is work, but creating a spark using flint or another material wasn't always simple. It often involved a great deal of work, specifically blowing the fire/smoldering wood to feed it oxygen and make the fire grow. Therefore we can derive a lesson from this. If we have to do anything to 'feed the flames' besides lighting it, we are breaking this commandment.

This opens up a lot of practical and legal uses of fire on the sabbath. For instance, even lighting a candle on the sabbath with a lighter would be ok, because it is a candle is a self-feeding device (we are not working to feed it). Some might object, 'you have to hold down the gas' to feed the fire of the lighter after sparking it. However, the flame of the lighter cannot be called 'esh' (fire) but is rather 'ner' (flame). Ditto for a candle. However, see Gen. 22:6 (flint simply represents fire here, i.e. what causes a fire). 'Esh' in its Sabbath context, refers to a wood fire (or some similar kindling such as leaves).

Some might also object to matches: matches are small pieces of wood you have to pick up to light (could be viewed as gathering). However, striking a match is essentially the the act of lighting a single stick without actively feeding it (it feeds itself). Gathering, then, can only refer to sticks that are on the ground or in nature. Those already in a box/book/inside can be used to light a fire, but not to feed it (that would be work).

However, Ex. 3:2 reads, יֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אָסֻֽרָה־נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶ֥ה הַגָּדֹ֖ל הַזֶּ֑ה מַדּ֖וּעַ לֹא־יִבְעַ֥ר הַסְּנֶֽה

"And Moses said, I will turn now and I will will see this great sight, how the bush is not consumed"

This might indicate that when something is normally ba'ar-ed it is burnt up. Here, Moses wonders why the bush isn't burnt up completely and consumed.

This might lend itself to a more strict interpretation: nothing may be burnt up by flames. Therefore lighting a campfire would be forbidden. I believe a balanced view would be to say that no esh (campfire/flames plural) may be kindled, but this doesn't indlude (nerot) lamps/ single flames. Some may say, 'a lamp's flame consumes the oil' or 'a candle consumes the wick.' But I would say, 'the lamp candle is not licked up by flames in a blaze as wood is.' A candle is burned on its exposed surface, and not consumed in a blaze as wood is. Therefore candles and lamps do not fall into the same category as campfires, and nor do embers.
Was Israel to be without heating or an ability to cook food on sabbath? (Exodus 35:2-3)
Bottom line is: God did not want us to work on that day. He never said a word about flicking a light switch, nor did He say a thing about how many steps to take on that day much less turning on a car. There is no need to add man's rules to what He has said.

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Good for a chuckle.

mmksparbud said:

Exo_40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight
Lev 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Lev 6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Again--the commandment reads:

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

If you would rather walk up 5 flights of stairs rather than to push an elevator button--be my guest. It's far more work to walk up 5 flights of stairs than to -push a button.

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The use of servants is forbidden on the sabbath by the 4th commandment.

mmksparbud said:

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

There were no Jews at creation.

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And there was no sabbath at creation. You need to check the wording of the 4th commandment in Ex 20:8-11. The word "wherefore" is used. It means - for what reason and as a result of which.

Saint Steven said:

Who knew before God told Moses?

So you were you a slave in Egypt? - (Deuteronomy 5:15)

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Again--the 7th day was given at creation--long before any Jew.
Where there is no law, there is no sin.
Rom_4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
1Jn_3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Yet--Gen_4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Cain wanted to worship God his way--not according to what God said. All this was long before Moses--

Gen_18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen_20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Gen_31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Gen_39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Sin was known long before Moses. And manna came before the commandments were given at Mt Zion--and it did not fall on the sabbath. The children of Israel had spent over400 years in Egypt--they had to be reminded of things--and so Exo_20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Why is it that the other 9 are not a problem? Why is it that the only commandment that everyone wants to forget is the only one He said to remember? Can anyone get into heaven being an unrepentant sinner? Can an unrepentant murderer--a liar, idolater, anyone who takes God name in vain, an adulterer, anyone who is covetous--can you break any of the other 9 unrepentantly and still be saved and if you can please state the verse.

Duet is a repeat of the Exodus commandments. It is the ones that Jesus Himself wrote--twice -- with His own hand, on stone, it is they that were kept inside the ark, the ceremonial laws were written by the hand of Moses as dictated by God on parchment and kept outside the ark. The ark which was a symbol of the throne of God in heaven and which still contain his testament.
Rev_11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail
And we will still be keeping the 7th day in the New Jerusalem
Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

ace of hearts said:

And there was no sabbath at creation. You need to check the wording of the 4th commandment in Ex 20:8-11. The word "wherefore" is used. It means - for what reason and as a result of which.

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Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

3 and~he~will~much~KNEEL(V) (וַיְבָרֶךְ / wai'va'rekh) Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים / e'lo'him) AT (אֶת / et) DAY (יוֹם / yom) the~SEVENTH (הַשְּׁבִיעִי / hash'vi'i) and~he~will~much~SET.APART(V) (וַיְקַדֵּשׁ / wai'qa'deysh) AT~him (אֹתוֹ / o'to) GIVEN.THAT (כִּי / ki) in~~him (בוֹ / vo) he~did~CEASE(V) (שָׁבַת / sha'vat) from~ALL (מִכָּל / mi'kol) BUSINESS~him (מְלַאכְתּוֹ / mê'lakh'to) WHICH (אֲשֶׁר / a'sher) he~did~SHAPE(V) (בָּרָא / ba'ra) Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים / e'lo'him) to~>~DO(V) (לַעֲשׂוֹת / la'a'sot)

RMT: and Elohiym exalted the seventh day and he set him apart, given that in him he ceased from all of his business which Elohiym shaped to make.

Original word--shavat---Sabbath---meaning to cease.
And please do not insult my intelligence or that of God Himself by the old silly statement that God did not here say that anyone was to keep His day Holy. God does not do silly things without purpose. He did not sanctify a day, set it apart, exalt it for anyone but Himself. Jesus made this day and it is He that said--
Mar_2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Man began with Adam and Eve.

ace of hearts said:

The use of servants is forbidden on the sabbath by the 4th commandment.

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I don't have any and know of now one that does.