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The Forgotten Sabbath: Why Saturday Is Still Holy

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Introduction: The Day God Set Apart From the Beginning Of all the commandments God gave to His people, none has been more debated, more dismissed, or more misunderstood than the fourth commandment — the commandment to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. In most of modern Christianity, Sunday has replaced Saturday, and the idea of a weekly Sabbath rest is treated as an outdated Jewish custom that no longer applies to the church. But when you go directly to the King James Bible and let God speak for Himself, you find a different story entirely. The Sabbath was not invented at Mount Sinai. It was established at the very beginning of creation, when God Himself rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it (Genesis 2:2–3). Before there was a Jew or a Gentile, before there was a Moses or a covenant at Sinai, God hallowed the seventh day. The Sabbath is woven into the fabric of creation itself. This teaching is not about condemnation for those who have not known these tru...