The Fourth Commandment Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:8-22 “You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of ...

The Fourth Commandment 4.4 Observe Sabbath years By Sabbath and Jubilee years, God reminded the people of His sovereign ownership and provision, of their need to trust in him, and of their duty to the creation and one another. Leviticus 25:1-7 The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the ...

The Fourth Commandment Exodus 34:22-24 “You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year’s end. Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. For I will cast out nations before ...

The Fourth Commandment Leviticus 23:4-6 “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the ...

The Fourth Commandment Exodus 23:12 “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.” Exodus 35:2, 3 “ Six days work shall be done, but ...

The Fourth Commandment 4.1 Observe the Sabbath perpetually The Sabbath is a sign of our being made holy to the Lord. Keeping it is of the highest priority for all the generations of God’s people. Exodus 31:12-17 And the LORD said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel ...

The Fourth Commandment Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy God commands solemn rest for His people, times when they are to withdraw from their normal practices of work to be with Him in worship, meditation, giving, and remembering. We are carefully to guard and observe these times of rest, so ...

The Choice Is Ours Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” God has appointed the Lord’s Day as one of holy convocation and rest in Him. We can choose to submit to His purpose for the Lord’s Day, or we can disobey Him and do with it whatever ...

Holy Convocations Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” We are to remember the Lord’s Day and to guard it against anything that threatens its holy, restful purposes. In Leviticus 23:3 the Lord tells us that He has appointed this as a day of holy convocation–a time ...

Observe the Sabbath Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” We are to “remember” the Lord’s Day–to give diligent attention to preparing for it and keeping it holy. But in Deuteronomy 5:12 Moses changed the word from “remember” to “observe.” And if we thought “remember” was important, ...