The Nature of the Sabbath

THE SABBATH IS A _______ DAY (Ex. 20:8,11b; 31:14a,15a; Gen. 2:3a)
Holy (Kadesh): separation, sacredness, apartness; separation from something & separation to something. The Sabbath embodies this idea of holiness or separation. It speaks to our distinctiveness as God's People.

“Christian Holidays” vs. a Christian “HolyDay”

THE SABBATH IS A _____________ ORDINANCE (Ex. 20:11; 31:17; Gen. 2:2,3)
The Sabbath was instituted first at creation. When God gives the Sabbath command again at Sinai, He emphasizes the link between creation and the Sabbath.

Our God is a working & resting God. As His -, we follow His example.

THE SABBATH PROCLAIMS GOD'S ____________ _______ (Ex. 31:13)
After the fall, the Sabbath became a covenant sign that God would ___________ His people and provide them with eternal life.

THE SABBATH IS AN ESCHATOLOGICAL ___________ (Heb.4:8-11)
The Sabbath is an eschatological sign pointing you to the eternal Sabbath rest, which you will enter at the consummation.
The end (eschatos) of God's creation was His own glory. Calvin: “In creation we have a theater of divine glory.”
Every Lord's Day, you enter a _______ of heaven.

THE SABBATH IS ________________ (Ex. 31:13,16,17)
The Sabbath day is a perpetual sign of God's covenantal relationship with you.

THE SABBATH PROCLAIMS THE _______________________ (Heb. 4:2)