Types Of Sabbath

By

Holy Moses

Types And Levels Of Sabbath Keeping

1. Precreation Sabbath
Before God started to create, He was at rest. Therefore, Sabbath precedes creation. It was from everlasting, and it is the ancient religion. The only religion of God, which He also gave to His children, who are the sons of men.

2. The Weekly, Seventh Day Sabbath
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11

3. The High Day Sabbath
Every festival of God contains Sabbath or is based on Sabbath. Such festival Sabbath is called High Day Sabbath. In other words, the feast of feasts is the Sabbath, and must not be played with. Besides, the Sabbath is part of every day, because every day has night period, during which people must rest and sleep.

4. The Sabbath Of The Seventh Year – Sabbatical Leave As Practised By Modern Civilization

And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5 What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. 6 And the Sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, 7 for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land — all its produce shall be for food. Leviticus 25:1-7 (Deuteronomy 15:1-11) According to convention (what is widely and currently obtainable), a person goes for one year leave with paid salaries and fringe benefits.

5. The Daily Sabbath
Whenever you travel on the road, you enter the vehicle. When you move over the surface of water, you enter a ship. And when you move in the air, you enter an aeroplane. Likewise, the vehicle that takes a person to heaven is rest. This is what humanity do not know. That is why they think that going to heaven is only after when people have died. Rest, relaxation, peace of mind, is the jet plane that leads you into the presence of God. The Bible confirms it in the psalms:

“Be still, and know that I am God;”
Psalms 46:10
This simply means to observe quiet times and meditation and God would manifest to you.

"In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."
Isaiah 30:15

You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late (working in the night),
To eat the bread of sorrows (suffering from hard labour);
For so He gives His beloved sleep .
Psalms 127:2

You should have set period for quiet times, everyday. It may be 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour. The longer, the better. The time may be in the morning, afternoon or night, when you stay alone for a while. Do your best to avoid much talking or noisy distractions, during the day.

6. Jubilee Sabbath
'And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. 11 That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine. 12 For it is the Jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat its produce from the field.

'In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. 14 And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another. 15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. 16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. 17 Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 25:8-17

The Jubilee Sabbath is God’s way of ensuring that nobody remains perpetually poor, so that the rich does not get richer, while the poor gets poorer.

7. The Everlasting Sabbath
The Seventh Day Sabbath is a foretaste of the everlasting kingdom of God, wherein all is peace, rest and security.

All Things Made New
         Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful." Revelation 21:1-5

And I ask you, “Is the seventh day Sabbath not an encouragement to the everlasting Sabbath?” Our everyday life should conform to heavenly life. That is why God warned Moses to make the earthly tabernacle exactly like the heavenly tabernacle. Jesus confirms this when He said,

“ … thy kingdom come…” Luke 11:2

Other Terms And Forms Of Sabbath
         Other terms used for mini-Sabbath include: rest, relaxation, sleep, quiet times, siesta, meditation, incommunicado, sabbatical leave, bed rest, etc. Each of these terms or activities demands silence, quietness, peace of mind, absence of distractions, withdrawal from noisy and worldly environments into the serene spiritual dimension. Each takes the away the cares and worries of everyday life from our souls.