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The Meaning of the Sabbath Day
Sabbath day - Saturday
What is the Sabbath day?
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8; see also D&C 68:29).
The word Sabbath comes from a Hebrew word meaning rest. The Sabbath day commemorates God’s day of rest after He finished the Creation. It was a sign of the covenant between God and His people. We read in the book of Genesis that God created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, which He called days: “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it” (Genesis 2:2–3).
The Sabbath day is every seventh day.
It is a holy day ordained by God for us to enter into his rest and worship Him.
By acknowledging the Sabbath you are entering into and renewing your covenant with the Great Spirit.
This is a day to honor God with prayer and worship, thus feeding our souls with the things of the His Spirit.
The Purpose of the Sabbath Day
How would you explain the purpose of the Sabbath day to someone who does not know about the Sabbath?
Jesus taught that the Sabbath day was made for our benefit (see Mark 2:27). The purpose of the Sabbath is to give us a certain day of the week on which to direct our thoughts and actions toward God. It is not a day merely to rest from work. It is a sacred day to be spent in worship and reverence. As we rest from our usual daily activities, our minds are freed to ponder spiritual matters. On this day we should renew our covenants with the Great Spirit and feed our souls on the things of the Spirit.