A Biblical Basis
The word Sabbath is from the Hebrew word SHABÀT, meaning “cessation” or
“time of rest”.[i]
The text in the creation account provides the basis of all decrees for the
practice of the Sabbath.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished
his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it
holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.”
Genesis 2:1-3
