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Lesson 8 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 3

YEHOVAH God’s TRUE Sabbath Day -- Part 2

LESSON 8 YEHOVAH set aside a SMALL PART of man’s
time to be a REMINDER of YEHOVAH God,
Why So Important our Creator, and His great purpose for mankind!
Those who REALLY KNEW the true
YEHOVAH God created the Sabbath so God and His Plan down through the ages have
that on it we may rest and have personal ALWAYS KEPT HIS COMMANDED
constructive CONTACT with the One who is SABBATH. Yes, they kept the SEVENTH day
creating us to be His spirit-born Sons. For of the LUNAR week! They did NOT OBSERVE
YEHOVAH’s very PRESENCE is among those any other day of the week such as Saturday or
who keep His true Sabbath -- those who Sunday on the planetary week we have today!
SUBMIT to Him as their Creator and Ruler. Let’s begin to learn about these men of
YEHOVAH God who
zealously kept His Sabbath
Day. Let’s see how their
Sabbath keeping is an
EXAMPLE FOR US
TODAY!

LESSON 8

Seventh-day Sabbath
Continues Unchanged from
Creation

Would YEHOVAH God
set apart a certain day of His
week, put His blessing on it,
Another view of the synagogue in Capernaum.
make it holy time, command
that it be kept holy forever,
No other day of the week compares with and then let that day be lost so we would not
this remarkable day. Why? Because no other day know WHEN to keep it?
pictures the SUPREME CREATIVE WORK of ABSOLUTELY NOT!
YEHOVAH God Almighty! We can be certain YEHOVAH God’s
The Sabbath pictures the PINNACLE of seven-day weekly cycle has remained
YEHOVAH’s creative endeavors -- the creation UNALTERED from Creation Week until today!
of His SPIRITUAL CHARACTER in mortal And that the Sabbath Day -- the SEVENTH day
mankind, and our ultimate spiritual birth into of each lunar week -- has been kept by those
YEHOVAH God’s Kingdom as His very SONS! whom YEHOVAH called to be His people.
No wonder YEHOVAH ordained this Let’s begin to understand this marvelous
day to be OUTSTANDING above all others. NO truth by first reviewing a few facts.
OTHER DAY even remotely represents such 1. Did YEHOVAH refashion and create
tremendous heights of achievement! And so
every physical thing of our present world in just

YEHOVAH God’s TRUE Sabbath Day -- Part 2