"In
het begin schiep God de hemel en de aarde."
"Op de zevende dag had God zijn werk
voltooid, op die dag rustte hij van het werk dat hij gedaan had.
3 God zegende de zevende dag en verklaarde die heilig,
want op die dag rustte hij van heel zijn scheppingswerk."
Genesis 1:1; 2:2, 3.
God made the Sabbath at the time of Creation, after He made the world and
everything in it. God rested on the Sabbath and blessed and sanctified it (set
it apart for a holy use).
"En hij voegde
eraan toe: ‘De sabbat is er voor de mens, en niet de mens voor de sabbat;
28 en dus is de Mensenzoon ook heer en meester over de
sabbat.’:"
Mark 2:27
The Sabbath and the
family were alike instituted in Eden, and in God's purpose they are
perpetually linked together. On this day more than on any other, it is
possible for us to live the life of Eden. It was God's plan for the members of
the family to be associated in work and study, in worship and recreation, the
father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as teachers and
companions of their children. But the results of sin, having changed the
conditions of life, to a great degree prevent this association. Often the
father hardly sees the faces of his children throughout the week. He is almost
wholly deprived of opportunity for companionship or instruction. But God's
love has set a limit to the demands of toil. Over the Sabbath He places His
merciful hand. In His own day He preserves for the family opportunity for
communion with Him, with nature, and with one another.
The Sabbath is a sign of creative and redeeming power; it points to God as the
source of life and knowledge; it recalls man's primeval glory, and thus
witnesses to God's purpose to re-create us in His own image. The Sabbath of
the Lord bears His name and seal. "Zeg tegen de
Israëlieten: “Neem wel steeds mijn sabbat in acht, want elke generatie opnieuw
is die dag voor mij en voor jullie een teken dat eraan herinnert dat ik, de
HEER, jullie geheiligd heb..
Houd de sabbat in ere, het is een heilige
dag. 9 Zes dagen lang kunt u werken en al uw arbeid
verrichten, 10 maar de zevende dag is een rustdag, die
gewijd is aan de HEER, uw God; dan mag u niet werken.
Dat geldt voor u, voor uw zonen en dochters, voor uw slaven en slavinnen, voor
uw vee, en ook voor vreemdelingen die bij u in de stad wonen.
11 Want in zes dagen heeft de HEER de hemel en
de aarde gemaakt, en de zee met alles wat er leeft, en op de zevende dag
rustte hij. Daarom heeft de HEER de sabbat gezegend
en heilig verklaard."
Exodus 31:13; 20:11.
The Sabbath is the day
above all others when we should acquaint ourselves with God through His works.
In the minds of the children the very thought of the Sabbath should be bound
up with the beauty of natural things. Happy is the family who can go to the
place of worship on the Sabbath as Jesus and His disciples went to the
synagogue--across the fields, along the shores of the lake, or through the
groves. Happy the father and mother who can teach their children God's written
word with illustrations from the open pages of the book of nature; who can
gather under the green trees, in the fresh, pure air, to study the word and to
sing the praise of the Father above. By such associations parents may bind
their children to their hearts, and thus to God, by ties that can never be
broken.
Welke dag is de sabbat?