Why most Christians get the Sabbath wrong

God commanded us to remember the Sabbath, but for some reason, it's the one commandment that most Christians have forgotten. Today, we're going to uncover its true purpose. And by the end of this video, you'll understand why the Sabbath was given and why it's still relevant today. The Sabbath is one of the ten commandments given on Mount Si. And we're specifically told to remember the Sabbath day and to keep it holy. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work. You nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 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. Why did God command us to remember the Sabbath day? First, the Sabbath is a reminder of which God we worship. Notice that verse 11 tells us, "Because in six days God made the heavens and the earth, and then he rested on the seventh. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." This points us back to Genesis and to creation. 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. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. We worship the God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The Greeks worship the sun god on the venerable day of the sun also known as Sunday. Other pagan religions had other days of worship to their gods but the Sabbath identifies us as the followers of the God of the Bible. It was given as a sign of the covenant between God and his people. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying," Surely my Sabbath you shall keep, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. Therefore, the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. Have you ever wondered why God rested? Stick around because this reveals the Sabbath's hidden blessing. What's the difference between a slave and a free man? The answer is that the slave never gets a day off. Slaves work 7 days per week. No time off, no vacation, no sick leave. God set the children of Israel free from slavery in Egypt, and he gave them a day of rest each week to bless them with rest. Now listen to how Yeshua described the Sabbath. He says, "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." The Sabbath was made for man, meaning it was made as a gift to man. Man was not made for the Sabbath, meaning that man is not a slave to serve the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a gift, a day of rest, a blessing from God to his people. It's a day when we don't have to worry about work or chores or the stresses of this life. It's a set aart time for us to spend time with God and detach from the cares of this world. I've heard people claim that the Sabbath is a burden. But Yeshua described it as a gift that was given to man. In fact, John tells us that God's commandments are not a burden. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not burdensome. The Pharisees made the commandments burdensome. Because of their rigid rules, they added to the commandments of God. And Yeshua criticized them for adding to the commandments and heaping on heavy burdens. For they bind heavy burdens hard to bear and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. They invented strict rules about what was forbidden on the Sabbath, such as not gleaning grain to eat, not spitting in the dirt to make mud, and not carrying anything on the Sabbath. And these are the exact things Yeshua contradicted concerning the Sabbath. He and his disciples glean grain to eat on the Sabbath. Yeshua spit in the dirt to make mud to heal a blind man on the Sabbath. And when he healed the lame man, he told the man to carry his bed. All these things were done to show the Pharisees that they were taking the gift of God and turning it into a burden. Yeshua also explained that his yoke is easy, and he came to give us rest. Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. This gives us a greater context to understand what Yeshua meant when he claimed to be the Lord of the Sabbath. Therefore, the son of man is also Lord of the Sabbath. Have you ever wondered why God rested? The Lord created the world in six days and rested on the Sabbath. Yeshua is the Lord of creation. Yeshua is the Lord of the Sabbath. The Pharisees tried to turn the Sabbath into a burden with their man-made doctrines. But Yeshua shows us that keeping the Sabbath should not be a burden. And he tells us to find rest through him, the Lord of the Sabbath. Some Christians teach that Jesus broke the Sabbath. But if that's true, that means Jesus sinned. Watch this next video to learn if Jesus ever broke the Sabbath.