Category: Sabbath Timeline

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem several times before its final destruction. Nebuchadnezzar’s second attack came on March 16, 597 BC—a Sabbath. It appears that…

The prophet Ezekiel was among those Jews held captive in Babylon. Like the other prophets, he repeatedly warned about the results of neglecting the Sabbath.…

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…