Holy Time

1. How were days measured in the beginning?

"The evening and the morning were the first day" Genesis 1:5

"And the evening and the morning were the second day" Genesis 1:8

2. What marks the beginning and ending of the Sabbath day?

"From even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath" Leviticus 23:32

"At even, when the sun did set" Mark 1:32

3. At what time of day were the gates of Jerusalem shut for the Sabbath?

"When the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath" Nehemiah 13:19

4. God asks me to turn away from what?

"From doing thy pleasure on my holy day" Isaiah 58:13

5. How is the Sabbath described?

"A delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable" Isaiah 58:13

6. How am I to honor Him on that day?

"Not doing thine own ways nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words" Isaiah 58:13

7. Then what promise is given?

"Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord" Isaiah 58:14

8. What are the first six days of the week called?

"The six working days" Ezekiel 46:1

9. What are we not to do on the Sabbath?

"In it thou shalt not do any work" Exodus 20:10

10. What about in harvest time or in other times when there is much urgent work to be done?

"In earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest" Exodus 34:21

11. What instruction illustrates the principle of avoiding unnecessary household chores  on the Sabbath?

"Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day" Exodus 35:3

12. As a day of cleaning and cooking for the Sabbath, what designation is given to Friday?

"The preparation" Luke 23:54; Mark 15:42

13. What did Nehemiah say to those who purchased food and wares from merchants on the Sabbath?

"What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?" Nehemiah 13:16, 17

14. The Sabbath of rest is also the day for what?

"An holy convocation" Leviticus 23:3

15. What are we not to forsake?

"The assembling of ourselves together" Hebrews 10:25

16. What did Jesus say about where there are only two or three gathered together in His name?

"There am I in the midst of them" Matthew 18:20

17. The ruler of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had done what on the Sabbath?

"Healed" Luke 13:14

18. In reply, Jesus declared that those whom Satan has bound may be what?

"Loosed from this bond on the sabbath day" Luke 13:16

19. How did Jesus approve of relieving suffering on the Sabbath?

"It is lawful to do well on the sabbath days" Matthew 12:12

20. What makes the Sabbath a good day for enjoying the natural things God has created?

"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" Genesis 2:2

21. What has the Lord said about those who can’t wait for the Sabbath to be over?

"Surely I will never forget any of their works" Amos 8:5, 7

22. What will we do in the Lord’s day?

"We will rejoice and be glad in it" Psalm 118:24

23. In the earth made new, how often will all flesh come to worship before the Lord?

"From one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another" Isaiah 66:22, 23