11 The Almost Forgotten Day

This second presentation about the history and meaning of seventh-day Sabbath observation shows how the manna episode in the time of Moses was, not only a way to teach the importance of worshiping God the way He has asked us to, but also a prophecy pointing forward to Jesus, the true Bread of Life, Who would die on a Friday and rest in the tomb on Sabbath in His recreating us and giving us a second chance. He paid the death penalty that we deserved, according to the instructions given through Moses in regard to the breaking of the Sabbath and all the other commandments. Thus, the Sabbath now also commemorates our trust and rest in His work of redemption as well as in our original creation. Pastor Bohr shows how the Sabbath was intended as an eternal sign of our acceptance of these things and was given not only for literal Jews, but for all people who become spiritual Israel when they accept Christ. He also compares the two versions of the Ten Commandments, as found in Exodus and Deuteronomy, and unfolds an enlightening difference in the motivation and reason they give for keeping the Sabbath commandment, that most of the Christian world has not recognized in them. He examines what the prophets said about how the Sabbath is a delight to keep, how Israel was punished by the Babylonian captivity for breaking it, and how the Gentiles would adopt it both then and in the future as they accepted Christ. We also see in this sermon how Jesus is the Creator and Lord of the Sabbath, how He gave us an example in how to keep it, how Paul and the other apostles kept it and how we will still celebrate it in the re-created New Earth, giving us a third reason for keeping it a holy and special.