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Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem and its temple effectively destroyed what had remained of the Israelite nation after the Assyrian destruction of the ten northern tribes…

Despite the blessings promised in connection with the Sabbath, its observance in ancient Israel often became formalized and legalistic. Many of the Old Testament prophets…

Some of the Bible’s richest blessings are promised for those that honor and reverence God’s holy Sabbath. In Isaiah 58 the prophet writes, “If thou…

Jesus made it clear that the Sabbath blessing was intended for all people, not just the Jews, when He said, “The sabbath was made for…

Throughout Israel’s history the Sabbath served as a source of thanksgiving and praise in personal and corporate worship settings. Psalm 92 is an example of…

During the time of Israel’s divided kingdom, Athaliah, the daughter of Israel’s King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, seized power in Judah after the death of…

When the son of a Shunammite woman died, she asked her husband to send a servant and a donkey to the prophet Elisha. Her husband…

Moses repeated the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel at the end of their forty years of wilderness wanderings. Here the Sabbath stands as…

The Sabbath was central to services of the sanctuary, and later the temple in Jerusalem, where it was marked by special offerings and ritual. Two…

This is not only a memorial of God’s work of creation—it is also a sign of His work of sanctification, or redemption from sin. In…