Here's my favorite quote from my favorite Book:
Exodus 20:8 KJV
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
And here's why it's my favorite quote. The first word of this quote is "Remember." Why did this Author say, "Remember?" Could it be because He, looking down through the pages of eternity, knew that His children would forget? I believe He did.
What did they forget? "The sabbath day." What is the sabbath day? We have to read the context to find out.
Exodus 20:9-11 KJV
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: [11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Oh. The sabbath is the seventh day. Well, let's look on a calendar and see when that is.
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The first day of the week is Sunday. Scripturally we know this is correct because in all four gospels we are told that Jesus rose from the tomb "very early in the morning on the FIRST day of the week,"* and we all know that day as "Easter SUNDAY" (although "Easter" is actually a pagan name so some of us prefer to call it Resurrection Day). Clearly, then, if Sunday is the first day of the week, Saturday is the seventh. The seventh day of the week, according to the Commandment, is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. Why? Because He blessed it, sanctified it, and made it holy at creation, as a memorial forever of His creative power.
This line, from this book, is my favorite, because it reminds me of Who God is. He is the Creator of all that exists. And He is the Loving Lord of my life, Who asks me to celebrate that amazing fact with Him every seventh day, by setting aside all the "busy-ness" of the world and resting in Him.
ETA: * Mett. 28:1, 6; Mark 16:2,6, 9; Luke 24:1, 6; John 20:1, 16.
