Leviticus 23:1-3 - Homilies By J.a. Macdonald

The sabbath.

This is here classed amongst the "feasts of the Lord." The greater number of these were first observed after the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan; but the Passover was an exception, which was held at the time of the Exodus, forty years earlier. The sabbath also was an exception. We have to consider—

I. THE OBLIGATION OF THE SABBATH .

1 . It is not altogether a Mosaic institution.

2 . It was incorporated in the Sinai code.

3 . The Levitical law of the sabbath is repealed.

4 . But the Adamic law remains.

II. HOW IT SHOULD BE KEPT . It should be kept:

1 . As a day of rest from business.

2 . As a day of holy convocation.

3 . As a day of prophetic anticipation.