What is the Sabbath?
The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week (Saturday). According to Genesis 2:3 (NIV), "God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." The Sabbath begins with sunset on Friday evening and ends with sunset on Saturday evening (days in the Bible being reckoned in that way, Gen. 1:5, Lev. 23:32, Mark 1:21 & 32). The Sabbath provides weekly relief from the "painful toil" (Gen. 3:17) of making a living, freeing us to find fellowship with God and refresh our spirits in a "day of rest." For that reason it is a gift of God's grace for mankind ("the Sabbath was made for man," Mark 2:27), fulfilling the purpose of the blessing God pronounced upon it at Creation.
The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week (Saturday). According to Genesis 2:3 (NIV), "God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done." The Sabbath begins with sunset on Friday evening and ends with sunset on Saturday evening (days in the Bible being reckoned in that way, Gen. 1:5, Lev. 23:32, Mark 1:21 & 32). The Sabbath provides weekly relief from the "painful toil" (Gen. 3:17) of making a living, freeing us to find fellowship with God and refresh our spirits in a "day of rest." For that reason it is a gift of God's grace for mankind ("the Sabbath was made for man," Mark 2:27), fulfilling the purpose of the blessing God pronounced upon it at Creation.