Is observation of the Sabbath day a requirement for Christians?

[Robert Gwin]

I retired, too, but it was because I was bored to tears with my job.

I hated mine Bob, when I made the truth my own around the year 2000 I decided I wanted to do more in Jehovah's service so I knuckled down and was able to retire in 2013, and strangely enough I am doing much less for Jehovah now than I was then, because of circumstances. I do still do what I can though.

 

[Robert Gwin]

Yes and no.

The "practice" of keeping the Sabbath is certainly not "required" of Christians. But the practice points to the rest of God portrayed by the days of creation wherein He rested on the seventh day. As such, all Christians will come to celebrate entering into His rest (which many do before the death of the flesh), of whom it is written, "to live is Christ" for those who are "alive and remain" in the flesh.

Thanks for the response Scott, I fully agree, did you know we are still in God's Sabbath day sir?

 

[Bob Estey]

I'm bored to tears being retired! Miss the routine and the people.

I sometimes get bored, too.

 

[Bob Estey]

I hated mine Bob, when I made the truth my own around the year 2000 I decided I wanted to do more in Jehovah's service so I knuckled down and was able to retire in 2013, and strangely enough I am doing much less for Jehovah now than I was then, because of circumstances. I do still do what I can though.

You can only do what you can do.

 

[ScottA]

Thanks for the response Scott, I fully agree, did you know we are still in God's Sabbath day sir?

Yes...as we shall forever be.

 

[Robert Gwin]

You can only do what you can do.

Very true sir

 

[Robert Gwin]

Yes...as we shall forever be.

No sir, each day had a beginning and an ending. God's Sabbath day will end, but what that holds for us is anyones guess.

 

[ScottA]

No sir, each day had a beginning and an ending. God's Sabbath day will end, but what that holds for us is anyones guess.

No...each of the six days, yes, but not the seventh:

1. Genesis 1:5
   God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
2. Genesis 1:8
   And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
3. Genesis 1:13
   So the evening and the morning were the third day.
4. Genesis 1:19
   So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
5. Genesis 1:23
   So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
6. Genesis 1:31
   Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
7. Genesis 2:2
   And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

 

[Robert Gwin]

No...each of the six days, yes, but not the seventh:

1. Genesis 1:5
   God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
2. Genesis 1:8
   And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
3. Genesis 1:13
   So the evening and the morning were the third day.
4. Genesis 1:19
   So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
5. Genesis 1:23
   So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
6. Genesis 1:31
   Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
7. Genesis 2:2
   And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Yes sir, you are correct, the six days have ended, and like you and I agree on the 7th has not yet ended. But it will, just like all the other creative days did.

 

[Cassandra]

Yes...as we shall forever be.

But then, there is this.

Is 66:22,23
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

 

[Cassandra]

Yes sir, you are correct, the six days have ended, and like you and I agree on the 7th has not yet ended. But it will, just like all the other creative days did.

God was through creating--this is what is meant by rest here, and it says He rested, not is still resting.
Creation was 6 literal days.

 

[mailmandan]

But then, there is this.

Is 66:22,23
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

That verse also says from one new moon to another.. From month to month and from week to week, God’s saints will worship Him for eternity in the new earth.

 

[ScottA]

Yes sir, you are correct, the six days have ended, and like you and I agree on the 7th has not yet ended. But it will, just like all the other creative days did.

That is not what it says, nor would it, for when God has finished His work He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

 

[ScottA]

But then, there is this.

Is 66:22,23
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

This refers to what the word sabbath means, which is eternity...the perfect peace of God.

That is, from eternity past to eternity future, shall all flesh come to worship before me.

 

[Robert Gwin]

God was through creating--this is what is meant by rest here, and it says He rested, not is still resting.
Creation was 6 literal days.

No maam, they were creative days. Paul showed in his writings that they were still under the Sabbath day of God, and would be for quite some time yet:
(Hebrews 4:3-5) 3 For we who have exercised faith do enter into the rest, just as he has said: “So I swore in my anger, ‘They will not enter into my rest,’” although his works were finished from the founding of the world. 4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day as follows: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,” 5 and here again he says: “They will not enter into my rest.”

 

[Robert Gwin]

That is not what it says, nor would it, for when God has finished His work He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

We do know some of what the future will bring Scott. Anything I would say about what God is going to do at the end of His Sabbath would only be speculation. We are made in God's image, and all of us create, and work. Our future is given somewhat, we will build houses. I am very sure God will be doing something, but time will have to tell what it is going to be. One thing is for certain, it will be good.

 

[BarneyFife]

This is basically a poll, but if you chose other, please feel to explain why

Just curious, Bob, are you worried that some poor soul is weighing him/herself down with an awful burden of resting and worshiping every Seventh day, or did you have some other reason for starting yet another thread on this very contentious subject? ;)

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[ScottA]

We do know some of what the future will bring Scott. Anything I would say about what God is going to do at the end of His Sabbath would only be speculation. We are made in God's image, and all of us create, and work. Our future is given somewhat, we will build houses. I am very sure God will be doing something, but time will have to tell what it is going to be. One thing is for certain, it will be good.

:) I see.

Nonetheless, what I have been telling you is not speculation.

 

[BarneyFife]

This refers to what the word sabbath means, which is eternity...the perfect peace of God.

That is, from eternity past to eternity future, shall all flesh come to worship before me.

Which translation is that?

From
מִֽדֵּי־ (mid·dê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

one New Moon
חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (ḥō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

to another
בְּחָדְשׁ֔וֹ (bə·ḥā·ḏə·šōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

and from
וּמִדֵּ֥י (ū·mid·dê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

one Sabbath
שַׁבָּ֖ת (šab·bāṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

to another,
בְּשַׁבַּתּ֑וֹ (bə·šab·bat·tōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

mankind
בָּשָׂ֛ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

will come
יָב֧וֹא (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to worship
לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥ת (lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

before Me,”
לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

says
אָמַ֥ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


New International Version
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the LORD.

English Standard Version
From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the LORD.

Berean Study Bible
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

King James Bible
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

New King James Version
And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
“And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the LORD.

NASB 1995
“And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the LORD.

NASB 1977
“And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the LORD.

Amplified Bible
“And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down and worship before Me,” says the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
All humanity will come to worship me from one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another,” says the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All mankind will come to worship Me from one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another,” says the LORD.”

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And it shall be from the time of month to month and from the time of Sabbath to Sabbath, everybody shall come to worship before me, says LORD JEHOVAH

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it shall come to pass from month to month, and from sabbath to sabbath, that all flesh shall come to worship before me in Jerusalem, saith the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
On the first day of each month and on each Sabbath, everyone will worship me. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be month after month, and sabbath after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the Lord.

Good News Translation
On every New Moon Festival and every Sabbath people of every nation will come to worship me here in Jerusalem," says the LORD.

International Standard Version
And from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all humanity will come to worship before me," says the LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall come to pass, That from one new moon to another, And from one sabbath to another, Shall all flesh come to worship before Me, Saith the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
And it has been from month to month, And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All flesh come to bow themselves before Me,” said YHWH.

New American Bible
From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, All flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD.

NET Bible
From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me," says the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says the LORD.

World English Bible
It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah.

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[Cassandra]

This refers to what the word sabbath means, which is eternity...the perfect peace of God.

That is, from eternity past to eternity future, shall all flesh come to worship before me.

No, it doesn't. It says from Sabbath to Sabbath. It is talking about our activity in the earth made new.