1. The Sabbath is God's sign. Lev. 19:3,30; Lev. 26:2; Isa. 58: 13.
2. The Sabbath is given to man to keep. Ex. 16:28-30; Ex. 35: 2.
3. The Sabbath is God's sign that he is the creator. Ex. 20:8-11.
4. The Sabbath is a sign between God and man, thus the Sabbath is the Christian's sign also. Ex.31:13-17.
5. The Sabbath shows that God is the sanctifier of the Christian. Eze. 20:12.
6. To sanctify is to make holy. Lev. 20:8.
7. Since the Law is holy, to be made holy is to be made obedient to the Law of God. (Rom. 7:12; Heb. 8:10).
8. Thus while the Sabbath is a sign of God's work, it is also given to man for his benefit. Mk. 2:24,27.
9. To profane is to give an evil knowledge about something that causes people to think a certain way about something it is propaganda. Lev. 18:21.
"Profane, Irreverent towards God or holy things; ... implying contempt of religious things through speech or action; blasphemous ..." The Lexicon Webster Dictionary, Vol. 2, pg.
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10. The Sabbath could be profaned. Eze. 20:13,16,24.
11. To profane the Sabbath is to change the Knowledge that it gives about god. Eze. 22:26.
12. Since man can profane the Sabbath, then the Sabbath can speak for man. How? He has it as his sign as to whom is the true God. Eze. 20:20.
13. What it means to keep the Sabbath? The Sabbath rest is God dwelling in man on that day to
make man keep it holy. (Heb. 4:3-5; Ps. 132:13,14).
14. Thus in he whom God dwells, will be seen obedience to God, thus the Sabbath is man's sign of
the true God. (1 Cor. 3:16,17; 2 Cor. 5:16; 1 Jn. 2:29; 1 Jn. 3:24).
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