Exodus 20: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Isaiah 58: 13 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, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; 14 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.
However, there is a correct way to obey God in the keeping of the Sabbath, for it has to be kept, both in the letter and the spirit. In the letter is a reference to the Biblically stipulated time of sunset to sunset. In the spirit refers to having one’s mind unhinged from secular interests, and focused on God and the interests of His kingdom. Here is where great reform has to take place in many of the rank and file and also in the regular lay-persons of the remnant people of God, for there has been a great departure in keeping the 7th day holy, the entire day.
Not only have the edges of the Sabbath been profaned, but secular thoughts, conversations and work planning have been allowed to take place over the sacred hours. In fact, in some cases, persons now keep the Sabbath like how Sunday is kept, in a subjective manner. Again, if we find ourselves in a hurry to close off the sabbath, if we are found counting down the minutes and hours to its close, because of some pressing temporal concern, we are not keeping the day as God originally intended.
Leviticus 23: 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!