The Sabbath

1. Besides the announcement that the hour of God's judgment has come, what else is included in God's end-time message to all the world?

"And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters" Revelation 14:7

2. Upon what basis is God declared worthy to receive worship?

"For thou hast created all things" Revelation 4:11

3. How are the worshippers of God identified?

"Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus" Revelation 14:12

4. What do the commandments of God say about Him as Creator?

"For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is" Exodus 20:11

5. When God finished His work of creation, what did He do?

"He rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made" Genesis 2:1, 2

6. Then what did He do?

"And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it" Genesis 2:3

7. Why did God make the seventh day special?

"Because that in it he had rested from all his work" Genesis 2:3

8. Did the Creator rest because He was weary?

"The creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary" Isaiah 40:28

9. For whose benefit, then, did He make the Sabbath?

"The sabbath was made for man" Mark 2:27

10. The Lord rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and what else?

"And hallowed it" Exodus 20:11

11. Since He made it holy, what does He ask us to do?

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" Exodus 20:8

12. What promise is given for those who keep the Sabbath holy?

"Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil" Isaiah 56:2 

13. Was this promise only for the Jews?

"Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant" Isaiah 56:6

14. On whose day was John in the Spirit?

"On the Lord's day" Revelation 1:10

15. Which day does the Lord claim as His?

"The sabbath" Isaiah 58:13

16. Which day is the Sabbath of the Lord?

"The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God" Exodus 20:10

17. Jesus referred to Himself as Lord of what?

"The Sabbath" Mark 2:28

18. Did Jesus keep His Father’s commandments?

"I have kept my Father's commandments" John 15:10 

19. Did Jesus observe the seventh-day Sabbath?

"As his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day" Luke 4:16

20. He that says he abides in Him ought to walk how?

"Even as he walked" 1 John 2:6

21. What has God designated as a sign of the relationship between Him and His people?

"And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God" Ezekiel 20:20

22. What are the terms of His covenant?

"And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments" Exodus 34:28

23. How does a testament or covenant get confirmed?

"For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator" Hebrews 9:16

24. At the death of Jesus, was the Sabbath commandment still in place?

"And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment" Luke 23:56

25. Once a covenant has been been confirmed, can it be changed after that?

"If it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto" Galatians 3:15

26. What if we disregard just one commandment?

"Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all" James 2:10

27. Who will enter in through the gates into the Holy City?

"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city" Revelation 22:14