While the Sabbath has totally been ignored and violated since the Church of Rome changed it to Sunday, the day of the Sun god, we only need to go back to the book of Exodus to see how GOD views the Sabbath.
Exodus 31:14 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
31:15 'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death. For those who don’t know, 9 of the LORD’S 10 commandments carry the death penalty for disobedience. The only one that does not is the last one.
Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
Does this make it a lesser commandment? No! But, coveting often leads to violating the other commandments. So, we should be very wary of coveting anything or anybody. Instead, we should spend more time be thankful for who and what GOD has placed in our lives.
Numbers 15:32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. 15:33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; 15:34 and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
This was their first test on resting on the Sabbath. It is probable that this man was gathering wood to work on some project involving metal, rather than needing wood for warmth.
15:35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."
All the congregation had to participate and first hand see the penalty for violating GOD’S commands.
15:36 So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
This is hard to fathom in today’s society. Many believe that there should not be any death penalty regardless of the crime. GOD views sin/crime differently.
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