sabbath: the meaning
the book of revelation – full of sevens
seven churches
seven spirits
seven golden lampstands
seven stars
seven angels
seven lamps
seven seals
seven horns
seven eyes
seven trumpets
seven thunders
seven thousands
seven heads
seven diadems
seven plagues
seven bowls
seven mountains
seven kings
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
full of sevens
genesis 2:1-3
thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. and by the seventh day God completed His work
which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. then God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
exodus 20:8-11
remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath
of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female
servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the
sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
the epistle to the hebrews
sabbitismos
hebrews 4:9
so there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God.
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
the chiasm of hebrews
hebrews 2-4
a. He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in
things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. for since He Himself was tempted in that
which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. hebrews 2:17, 18
b. but encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “today,” lest any one of you be hardened
by the deceitfulness of sin. for we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance
firm until the end; while it is said,
“today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me.” hebrews 3:13-15
c. for we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,
“as I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter My rest,”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. hebrews 4:3
d. for He has thus said somewhere concerning the seventh day, “and God rested on the
seventh day from all His work,” hebrews 4:4
c’. and again in this passage, “they shall not enter My rest.” hebrews 4:5
b’. He again fixes a certain day, “today,” saying through david after so long a time just as has been said before,
“today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” hebrews 4:7
a’. since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of God, let us hold fast
our confession. for we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been
tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. hebrews 4:14, 15
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
the chiasm of hebrews
chiastic center
“God rested on the seventh day
from all His work.”
genesis 2:2
“they shall not enter my rest.”
psalm 95:11
“today if you hear His voice, do not
harden your hearts.”
psalm 95:7,8
a merciful high priest,
He Himself was tempted…
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
“they shall not enter my rest.”
psalm 95:11
“today if you hear His voice, do not
harden your hearts.”
psalm 95:7,8
A great high priest, who
has been tempted…
the epistle to the hebrews
sabbitismos
hebrews 4:9-11
so there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God. for the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from
his works, as God did from His. therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall…
sabbath
trust in God
righteousness by faith
(rest from works)
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
sunday
trust in man
righteousness by works
the epistle to the hebrews
sabbitismos
hebrews 4:9-11
so there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God. for the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from
his works, as God did from His. therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall…
sabbath
trust in God
righteousness by faith
(rest from works)
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning
sunday
trust in man
righteousness by works
the book of revelation
full of sevens
revelation 12:17
so the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the
commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
revelation 14:12
here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
revelation 14:6, 7
and i saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to
every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he said with a loud voice, “fear God, and give Him glory, because the
hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of water.”
exodus 20:8-11
remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of
the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant
or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the
sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
cornerstone sermon series: sabbath, the meaning