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THE SABBATH, GOD’S POWER

Pleasant Sabbath Face book Friends I pray that you find some time in this Blessed Day to open your Bible and go through these studies, you will surely be doubly blessed.
14. But the Sabbath as God’s Will, and Testimony of that Will also includes the sanctifying / holifying of those who keep it, which is done by the Gospel which is the power of God. (Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12; John 17:17; Acts 26:18; Philippians 1:27; Romans 1:16,17).
15. Being told to “… keep [the Sabbath] holy …”, and being required to do certain works that can only be done by Faith, would mean that the Sabbath Covenant-Seal also includes the Gospel, the power of God as part of it that makes us keep the whole Law. (Exodus 20:8-11; Philippians 1:27; Romans 3:28,30,31; James 2:8-12).
a. The following chart illustrates that the “covenant” meaning of the Sabbath involves or also means the Gospel. Isa. 56:4-6.
SABBATH AS COVENANT-POWER SEAL
KEEPING THE THE GOSPEL THAT
WHOLE LAW CAUSES LAW-KEEPING

GOD’S TEACHING SIGN
16. Not only is the Sabbath God’s Covenant-Power Seal, it is also used as God’s Didactic Sign, this is also the inherent meaning in the word “seal.” The word “didactic” means “intended to teach.”
“didactic … fitted or intended to teach: instructive: perceptive …” The Wordsworth Concise English Dictionary, p. 265.
We know that the Sabbath is God’s Didactic (Teaching) Sign because in scripture the Sabbath is explained as being given that we may “know” … certain things about God. Ex. 31:13; Eze. 20:12,20.

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