H7676
שׁבּת
shabbâth
shab-bawth'
Intensive from H7673; intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath: - (+ every) sabbath.
This time of year there are groups who want to remind us of the commercialization of December 25th.
Other who want to point out the obvious,
1. Jesus could not have been born on December 25th
2. This was Saturnalia, a pagan festival
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Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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We are all familiar with this command, it does not say Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
By definition sabbath is an INTERMISSION, a rest,
We need to get over the petty nonsense and worship our Lord.
It don't matter if you went in debt buying stuff.
It don't matter if the Romans first had Saturnalia.
It don't matter about the tree.
It don't matter about the pretty wrapped boxes.
All that matters is that you have an INTERMISSION in your life to worship your Lord.
So you went to church on Sunday; now your through, you can not do it again on Friday?
Jesus is the reason for the season.