The Sabbath is one of the most debated subjects in Christianity. Much of the confusion surrounding what the Sabbath is—and when it should be observed—stems from long-standing misconceptions. One of the most common claims is that the Sabbath belongs exclusively to the Jewish people. Yet this idea collapses when we recognize that the seventh-day Sabbath was blessed at Creation—nearly two thousand years before the existence of the Jewish nation and before sin ever entered the world.
Another widespread misunderstanding is the belief that the Sabbath was nailed to the cross. This conclusion arises from a failure to distinguish between the ceremonial sabbaths, which were instituted after sin, and the seventh-day Sabbath, which was sanctified at the close of Creation week. Scripture makes a clear distinction between what was added because of sin and what was established before sin ever existed.
A further teaching often heard is, “We can worship God on any day.” The subtle deception in this statement is that it shifts the issue from the Sabbath to worship. Christians should worship God every day. God never commanded worship to be confined to one day. Instead, He commanded that one specific day—the seventh day—be kept holy.
Closely related is the idea that “any day will do, as long as we worship God.” This teaching directly conflicts with God’s explicit command to keep the Sabbath holy. It elevates human preference above divine authority, allowing humanity to assume a role that belongs to God alone. Scripture is clear: Jesus said that those who worship God must worship “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).
When Solomon wrote, “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,” there was no controversy. When Luke wrote, “Remember Lot’s wife,” no one objected. Yet when God Himself says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” debate erupts. Is it not striking that greater obedience is shown to the words of Solomon and Luke than to a direct command from God? What—and who—stands behind the resistance to God’s command?
There are many attempts to dismiss, redefine, or avoid the biblical Sabbath. This raises an important question: What is it about the Sabbath that it must be ignored or set aside? Why is the fourth commandment so frequently challenged and maligned? This website exists to address those very questions, tracing the Sabbath from Creation to eternity.
Here you will discover what the Bible actually teaches, empowering you to make an informed, Scripture-based decision. You will also explore the eternal significance behind God’s command: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
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1. How many days did God use to Create the World?
Genesis 1:31 (NKJV) “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
NOTE: Obviously God had a purpose for the seventh day of the week, or He would not have made the week seven days long.
2. Since the week has seven days, what did God do with the seventh day?
Genesis 2:1-3 (NKJV) “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. (2) And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. (3) Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
NOTE: God used six days to create the physical attributes of creation and one day, the seventh, to create the spiritual aspects of the week. The blessing of the last day of the week happened when there were only two people on earth. Therefore to call the seventh-day the Jewish Sabbath is out of harmony with the Bible.
3. What is the reason for keeping the seventh-day Sabbath day holy?
Exodus 20:11 (NKJV) “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”
NOTE: So far we have learned that the world was created in six literal days, and during those six days God formed everything that has physical substance and dimension. But since the week consists of seven days, God had a different purpose for the seventh day than for the first six. Scripture records that only the seventh day was blessed, sanctified, and made holy. While the first six days were devoted to physical creation, the seventh day was set apart for a spiritual purpose.
What God did with the seventh day is just as significant as what He did with the first six. And since there were no Jews in existence when God blessed and sanctified the seventh day, it is completely out of harmony with Scripture to call it “the Jewish Sabbath.”
4. What spiritual purpose did God’s ascribe to the seventh day?
Exodus 20:8 (NKJV) “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
NOTE: To declare any other day holy is to disregard God’s direct command. Human beings have no authority to bless a day or remove the holy designation God placed on the seventh day. When we substitute another day for the one God commanded, we commit an act of open disobedience. In effect, we are telling God, “We know what You said, but we choose to ignore it. We will worship according to our preference, not according to Your will.”
5. For whom did Jesus say the Sabbath was created for?
Mark 2:27-28 (NKJV) “And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. (28) Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
NOTE: This is often an overlooked fact. Jesus declared that the Sabbath was made for “man,” not for the Jew alone. To label the Sabbath as belonging only to one people is a subtle strategy of the enemy to silence the voice of our Creator. The seventh day was not blessed merely for Israel—it was sanctified at Creation for all humanity. Everything God made in Creation week was designed with humanity in mind. That is why Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man.” And when we honor the Sabbath, we step into the very blessing God placed upon the seventh day. No other day carries that divine blessing.
6. How do we know the seventh day of the week is the Sabbath, the Lord’s day?
Isaiah 58:13 (NKJV) “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words.”
NOTE: Since God blessed, sanctified, hollowed, and designates the seventh day of the week as holy, He directs his followers to “remember” to “keep it holy.” God called the Sabbath "My Holy Day."
Contrary to popular belief, the Sabbath was not established as a Jewish institution, but as a divine institution. Nowhere in Scripture is the Sabbath of Creation called “the Jewish Sabbath.” Jesus Himself said, “The Sabbath was made for man,” meaning it was given for all humanity, not for one nation alone.
7. What authority does Jesus have to identify the Sabbath as part of Creation?
John 1:3 (NKJV) “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”
Colossians 1:16-17 (NKJV) “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (17) And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.”
Jesus is the God of Creation. Together with the Father, He rested on the seventh day after completing the work of creation. The book of Genesis presents creation not as the act of one Person alone, but as the work of a divine partnership within the Godhead. “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 (NKJV).
8. How can we determine which day is the Sabbath and which day is the Resurrection day?
Luke 23:50-56 (NKJV) “(50) Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man. (51) He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. (52) This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. (53) Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before. (54) That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near. (55) And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. (56) Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.”
So far we have two days identified. One issue the Preparation day and the other is the Sabbath. Obviously the Preparation day comes before the Sabbath. Luke does not add the numerical order of the day in these passages; he just identifies what took place and in what order those events occurred. Jesus was placed in Joseph's tomb on the Preparation day. Luke points out that the Sabbath "drew near" meaning, it was the day that was next in order. Here is the order.
The Preparation Day - The day Jesus is placed in Joseph's tomb. It came before the Sabbath.
The Sabbath Day - The day Jesus remained in the tomb. The day the women that followed Jesus "rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment." The question here is, according to what commandment?
Here is the rest of the story: Luke 24:1-3 (NKJV) “Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. (2) But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. (3) Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.”
As Luke finishes his description of the event and days surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, he adds one more day and gives it a number. Luke calls the day of resurrection "the first day of the week." Here is the completion of the puzzle.
The Preparation Day - The day Jesus is placed in Joseph's tomb. It came before the Sabbath.
The Sabbath Day - The day Jesus remained in the tomb. The day the women that followed Jesus "rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment."
The First Day - This is the day the Christian world celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. The biblical conclusion is, the Sabbath and the Resurrection day cannot be the same day. The Sabbath comes before the First day of the week placing it in the spot of the Seventh day.
The modern description given to the weekend surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is as follows:
Day 6 - GOOD FRIDAY - The Preparation Day - The Day Jesus was placed in Joseph's box.
Day 7 - HOLY SATURDAY - The Sabbath - The day Jesus remained in the tomb and the women rested according to the commandment.
Day 1 - RESURRECTION DAY - The day Jesus rose which the entire Christian world connects to Easter Sunday.
Conclusion: According to the New Testament, the Sabbath and the Resurrection day cannot be the same day. The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. The resurrection day is the first day of the week. In light of the Scriptural evidence, we are either honoring what God blessed or we are settling for man's substitute. If you desire to serve God according to what He asks, the Sabbath is His holy day. Mankind cannot make a day holy.
9. What parameters did Jesus establish for worship?
John 4:23-24 (NKJV) “(23) But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. (24) God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
To worship God in Spirit and truth means to recognize His authority and ownership over creation. We don't worship God according to preference we must worship Him according to truth. What is the difference?
Some may conclude, "but Sunday is the day I choose to keep as the Sabbath or the day of spiritual gathering. God knows my heart. He understands my sincerity. God will not judge me for not keeping the Sabbath. He knows I love Him no matter the day."
Here is what the Bible teaches: 1 John 2:3-6 (NKJV) “(3) Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. (4) He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (5) But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. (6) He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”
To be a follower of Jesus means to keep His Commandments and follow His example—to "walk just as He walked." Are you willing to walk as Jesus walked? As you willing to do what Jesus did? Do you love Jesus to the point where His word and His life is your only example? If the answer is yes, then He invites you to demonstrate your loving obedience. John 14:15 (NKJV) ““If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
10. What makes the Sabbath so important?
First, it is just as important as the other none. The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice. They are code of ethics establishing non-negotiable parameters in our relationship to God and to humanity.
The Bible Sabbath is opens to the followers of God an additional blessing:
Ezekiel 20:12 (NKJV) “Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
The Sabbath is evidence that God is our source of sanctification. As God sanctified the Sabbath at the end of creation week, He also sanctifies those that honor the same Sabbath. It is not possible to be sanctified and ignore the day that God established as a sign of that sanctification.
Ezekiel 20:20 (NKJV) “hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’”
The Sabbath is also a "sign" between us and God as proof that we recognize Him as our God. This is important in light of the first Commandment which states, Exodus 20:3 (NKJV) “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
To honor any day that God never blessed and sanctified is to place another god above the true God. God did not bless another day. There is only one day that links us to the true God—The Sabbath.