Everything–even the flight of a bird or the sighing of the wind–works changes in the fields of vibrating energies that are our minds and bodies. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Exodus 20:8-11).įirst let us consider the more external aspects of this Commandment, although the true keeping of it can only be done in the esoteric aspect.īeing within–and through mistaken identification a part of–this world of constant change, we, too, are constantly changing, or at least are experiencing and identifying with constant change. “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. What things could we do to keep it a holy day to the Lord.Chapter Five of the Gnosis of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it." (Isaiah 58: 13-14 in the Bible) The meaning of "to ride upon the high places of the earth" is receiving the abundance of life's blessings and spiritual help from the Lord. "Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant." (Exodus 31: 16 in the Bible) "And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day For verily this is a day appointed unto you to rest from your labors, and to pay thy devotions unto the Most High". "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." (Exodus 20: 8 in the Bible) "And he commanded them that they should observe the sabbath day, and keep it holy, and also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God." (Mosiah 18: 23 in the Book of Mormon) The Savior Jesus Christ adds to our understanding of the blessings of keeping the Sabbath holy and keeping His commandments. The Savior instructed us to keep the Sabbath holy. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book,…" (Revelation 1: 10-11 in the Bible) The apostle John received the revelation contained in the Book of Revelation on the Lord's day. "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them …" (Acts 20: 7 in the Bible)
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." (Deuteronomy 5: 12,15)įrom the Resurrection of Jesus Christ to the present:įrom the days of the early Apostles until today, the Sabbath has been the first day of the week in commemoration of the fact that Jesus Christ was resurrected and came forth out of the Grave on Sunday the first day of the week. "Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. The Sabbath also commemorated the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."(Genesis 2: 2-3 in the Bible) "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. The Sabbath commemorated that Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ had rested from their labors in creating the earth.
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