Describe what the concept of the “Sabbath” means to me

The concept of the Sabbath, where do one starts?  We know from the very beginning, the Sabbath was made for mankind because God (Jesus) rested on the 7^th day and made it Holy.  Jesus said these are “His feast days,” but “His only.”  The Sabbath is the first one mention in Lev 23.  It says it is the “Sabbath of the Lord.”  Think about it. 

The Sabbath is a Holy Convocation (meaning we are to meet together) and do no work (meaning do not work at our employment where we earn income).  It is a day we meet with fellow Believers, study the word with the family, service to others, and following the example of Jesus while He was on the earth.  We do not follow the example of the Jews, because they make the Sabbath a burden on people.

I have showed on other DQ’s presentations that the NT church observe (not keep – big difference) the Sabbath from John to his disciple, Polycarp and to his disciples.  The Eastern Church observed the Sabbath and Passover while the western church changed the day without scriptures approval to the 1^st day and Easter.  The Western Church killed or murder the Sabbath observers of the Eastern Church (Asia area).  We know that one of the things Jesus will restore is the Sabbath during the millennium.  The Temple will be closed on the 1^st day and only open on the 7th and the Feast Days and New Moon.  Blessings

Stephen

Learn what “Holy” really means from the study of Leviticus. 

(Exo 20:8 NIV)  "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

(Exo 20:9-11 NIV)  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, {10} but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. {11} For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

(Lev 23:2-3 KJV)  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. {3} Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

(Gen 2:3 NIV)  And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.