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Will the United States Establish a National Sabbath?

Will the United States Establish a National Sabbath?

The Heritage Foundation wants a “uniform day of rest” for the United States of America. Some think it’s a good idea that will restore work-life balance and save the family, but others see Bible prophecy unfolding before their eyes.
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It's true that when God first instituted the Sabbath in Eden, He made no mention of going to church on that day; He just set it aside for a holy purpose, which He would expand upon at a later time. (See Genesis 2:1-3.) And in Exodus, He did indeed give us more details about the specifics of that holy day in the Ten Commandments. Still, the Ten Commandments give no instruction that we are to gather together for worship on that day. They just give guidelines on what it means to keep it holy. (See Exodus 20:8-11.)

But as we move forward in Scripture, we come across an enlightening verse in Leviticus: "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. ...

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The seventh year and the year of jubilee are not mentioned in the Ten Commandments. They were to be kept only 'in the land' of Israel and were not once kept in the wilderness before the Israelites entered Canaan. They are parts of that 'law of commandments contained in ordinances' (Ephesians 2:15) that ended at the cross.

Adapted from H.M.S. Richards, Hard Nuts Cracked, 3.

The contrast between the Sabbath of the Lord and these sabbaths of the Hebrews is strongly marked.

  1. The Sabbath of the Lord was instituted at the close of the first week of time; while these were ordained in connection with the Jewish feasts.

  2. The ...

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Some teach that Hebrews 4 defines the seventh-day Sabbath commandment in the Decalogue as a shadow-type law pointing forward to a spiritual rest in Christ. They view the Sabbath in the same way the Old Testament sacrifices pointed forward to Christ's atoning death on the cross. They teach that once we have found "spiritual rest" in Christ, we no longer need to observe the Sabbath day, and that keeping the seventh day is a form of bondage and an act of personal works.


It is true that the primary message of Hebrews 4 is to emphasize the believer's rest of grace. The main point in Hebrews 3:7-4:11 is ...

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Denominational Statements on the Sabbath

Denominational Statements on the Sabbath

CHURCH OF CHRIST
It has reversed the fourth commandment by doing away with the Sabbath of God's Word, and instituting Sunday as a holiday.
DR. N. SUMMERBELL, History of the Christian Church, Third Edition, page 4I5.
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