Creation
This is the day God rested, blessed, and sanctified at Creation.
Clue:
Genesis 2:2–3
What is the seventh day?
According to Jesus, these are the two greattest commandments.
Clue:
Matthew 22:37-40
What are love for God and love for our neighbour?
Jesus described Himself as Lord of this day.
Clue:
Mark 2:28
What is the Sabbath?
According to the fourth commandment, these family members must also rest.
Clue:
Exodus 20:10
Who are sons and daughters?
This book records the blessing and sanctifying of the seventh day.
Clue:
Genesis 2:1-3
What is Genesis?
This word begins the fourth commandment.
Clue:
Exodus 20:8
What is “Remember”?
Giving God sacred, undivided time demonstrates this.
Clue:
Exodus 20:8; John 14:15
What is love for God?
According to Mark 2:27, the Sabbath was made for these people.
Clue:
Mark 2:27
Who are human beings—or humanity?
These non-family members living among Israel were specifically included in Sabbath rest.
Clue:
Exodus 20:10
Who are strangers—or foreigners?
Jesus’ followers rested on the Sabbath between these two events.
Clue:
Luke 23:54-24:1
What are the crucifixion and resurrection?
These are the three things God did to the seventh day.
Clue:
Genesis 2:2-3
What are rested, blessed, and sanctified?
The Sabbath command requires us to extend this blessing to children, workers, strangers, and animals.
Clue
Exodus 20:10
What is rest?
According to Matthew 12:12, it is lawful to do this on the Sabbath.
Clue:
Matthew 12:12
What is good?
According to Deuteronomy 5, Israel was told to remember this former condition in Egypt.
Clue:
Deuteronomy 5:15
What is slavery—or bondage?
According to Isaiah 58, the Sabbath should be called this.
Clue:
Isaiah 58
What is a delight?
In Exodus 20, this event is the reason given for
remembering the Sabbath.
Clue:
Exodus 20:11
What is Creation?
The Sabbath reaches upward to God and outward to humanity, making it this between the two great commandments.
Clue:
Matthew 22:37–40; Exodus 20:8-11
What is a bridge?
In Luke 13, Jesus did this for a woman bound for 18 years.
Clue:
Luke 13:10-17
What is healed her—or set her free?
Extending Sabbath rest to workers and strangers protects these two human blessings.
Clue:
Deuteronomy 5:14-15
What are dignity and freedom?
According to Isaiah 66, Sabbath worship continues in this future setting.
Clue:
Isaiah 66:22-23
What is the new earth?