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Sabbath

The God-given day of rest, rooted in creation and the Ten Commandments, pointing to rest found in God.

God rested on the seventh day and commanded Israel to keep the Sabbath holy as a day of rest and worship, a sign of the covenant.

Jesus taught that ‘the Sabbath was made for man,’ and the New Testament presents him as the source of true, lasting rest for the soul.

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Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” Mark 2:27 “Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
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