The Sabbath and Israel
This 4 hour study examines the doctrinal role and significance of the 7th day Sabbath in God’s program with Israel. In view of God’s plan and purpose with Israel on this earth, God “made know unto them” His “holy sabbath.” Learn about the commemorative significance of the 7th day sabbath in Israel’s program, the “shadow” that it still is of “things to come” in their program, the significance of “the second sabbath after the first,” and more. [This study is designed to compliment both “A Short History of Israel” and “A Survey of Israel’s Calendar” mini-series.]
Table of Contents
Lesson 1
- What is the Sabbath?
- Day of REST
- 2 Distinct categories
- 7th day (weekly)
- “My Sabbaths” (plural)
- The Sabbath was unknown until revealed to Israel at Mount Sinai
- Sabbath observance exclusive to God’s program with Israel
Lesson 2
- Sign, covenant & God’s design
- The 7th day Sabbath
- Colossians 2, Paul warns the body of Christ not to be beguiled back into Israel’s ordinances
- God’s original design for the earth
Lesson 3
- God’s design for the earth as His holy habitation
- Genesis 2:1-3 – two critical & distinct actions on the original 7th day
- Satan’s action – knowing knowing the meaning of the 2nd Sabbath
- Matthew 25:34 – confirms everything was ready at the original Sabbath
- Israel’s weekly Sabbath
- commemorates the 1st Sabbath
- foreshadows the 2nd Sabbath after the 1st (the coming kingdom when God’s residence will come down.
Lesson 4
- After Satan’s usurpation, God responds with 3 defensive judgments (Cain, the Flood, Tower of Babel)
- Abrahamic covenant = God vesting the fulfillment of His original design for the earth
- Israel’s calendar encodes the full plan