Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us,
so they would know that I the Lord made them holy. Yet the people of Israel
rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my decrees but rejected
my laws -- although the man who obeys them will live by them -- and they utterly
desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy
them in the desert. 20: 12,13
Footnote: The Sabbath, instituted by God at creation, was
entrusted to Israel as a sign that God had created and redeemed them. This day
of rest was a gift from a loving God, not a difficult obligation. But the
people repeatedly desecrated the Sabbath and ignored their God. It was meant to
be a memory device but they ignored it. Today, many Christians celebrate the
Lord's Day, Sunday, as their Sabbath. Whatever the day, we must be careful to
fulfill God's purpose for the Sabbath. He wants us to rest, to refocus, and to
remember him.
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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV
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