In the Hebrew dictionary, the word Sabbath is number 7676, meaning, intermission, 7673 to repose (tranquility) – desist from exertion, to cease, celebrate, rest. On the other hand the definition of Sunday in Webster's Dictionary says simply it is “the 1^st day of the week”.

st day of the week however. We gather together on the last day of the week, when God rested, said it was good, and later named this time of rest the Sabbath. He invites all His children into this rest once a week to refresh them and celebrate His creation, His works. So we therefore need to know what day that is.

So we see Jesus died on the cross preparation day, Friday, was in the grave by the end of that day, all of Sabbath, Saturday, and on first day of the week, Sunday, he rose from the tomb.

Sabbath is to be a day to commune with the Lord as we read in Exodus 31:16-17.

There is repeated evidence that the 7^th day, not the 1^st, was regarded as a season of divine benevolence (well meaning, kindness) toward man. For instance, the power that caused the flood in Noah's day was restrained at the close of a sixth day, and the first day that dawned clear and fair was a seventh day. The day they were to leave the ark, when they offered sacrifices of thanksgiving, was likewise a seventh day. If you think about it, 7 is the number of God, so why wouldn't the 7^th day be special? In Exodus 16:26 we find God making it possible for His people, even in the wilderness, to observe Sabbath.

Is Sabbath important to attend? God wrote on the stone tablets, as part of the 10 Commandments, that His people were to remember the Sabbath.

Genesis 14:13 tells us Abraham was a Hebrew, so we who are his seed must be what?

Sabbath is to remind us of the garden condition of man before the fall. Remember God told Adam and Eve they would surely die if they ate from the knowledge of the tree of good and evil? Before they disobeyed however, they had been created to, not just enter into God's rest, but live forever in the “it was good” environment. They were to exist within their Father's life so to speak, as the garden condition was the result of God's actions. Everything they would ever do was already done by Father perfectly.

We too can live within that total rest once again today.

Adam and Eve were to exist within the actions of God. Therefore their reactions would be perfect. Everything was in harmony. God created them with a built in ability to remain always in perfect sync with all of the universe. All was to be peaceful, full of happiness and joy, perfect harmony. Man, beast and environment in cosmic unity blending with one another as well as all the universe. Most important however, they were in time and in harmony with the Lord. They were never out of God's timing as we are today. Living within God's perfect rest we can be sure they enjoyed a weekly rest, a beautiful Sabbath.

The Science of Chronobiology, a study of how things handle time, has revealed a strange phenomenon of a seven day week or weekly rhythms known as circasepton (about seven). It seems our bodies have a rhythm of seven days, 24 hours in a day, that is innate (or built into us) and autonomous (acting independently), interacting with tides, light and darkness, rhythms of the moon, harvest, hot, cold, migrations etc. We already understand how our bodies interact with cycles such as our sleep cycle, daily temperatures and the rise and fall of our blood pressure. But what science is now revealing is, all the universe operates in a rhythm of seven cycles. There is also something like a reset button, known to science as a cue or “zeitgobers” or time givers, that if life is interrupted or forced out of harmony, the reset or cue puts them back in rhythm! This rhythm has even been discovered in the simplest form of bacteria. The inherent rhythm has to do with the internal logic of the body, not the external logic of the world. This innate rhythm was even discovered in giant alga. The microscopic cell, resembling a graceful champagne glass, is known as the mermaid wineglass. But, what is more interesting, whenever this primitive alga is subjected to artificial alteration, the single intact cell can somehow translate the manipulation back into the measurement of a seven day week. So if we think the seven day rhythm that life is run by today is the invention of culture with its calendars, clocks, or religion, how do we explain innate rhythms of seven cycles in primitive alga, rats, mice, plants, flies, etc? They do not have calendars, can't read the Torah, and don't go to church! I said all this to say, could Sabbath be a cue, a reset that refreshes us and restores our bodies to God's perfect cycle and timing? Did He perhaps connect Adam and Eve to a paced rhythm that was a part of His own being? Is that how we will one day become immortal? Is Sabbath a way we too could be connected? Remember, as a part of creation, God blessed the 7^th day and made it holy. This pictures a divine act, and by divine design He calls for this life-harmonizing pause called Sabbath every 7 days. I for one refuse to miss it! God may just reset us, recycle us, renew and reverse us to fulfill the scriptures in I Corinthians 15: 53-54.

Side Note: Could praise perhaps be a reset as well? We are also commanded to praise Him. Again, maybe for a very good reason?

Could truth itself be a reset? Well the truth is, the early church, those that walked with Christ Himself or with the Apostles that knew Him personally, celebrated Sabbath!

In closing, this excerpt lists just some of the reasons Trumpets ofTruth International celebrates Sabbath. I pray this study will help those that question to be tolerant of our decision and to perhaps even choose to enter into His rest along with us.