Q1 What declaration did God make about the seventh day Sabbath?
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 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: 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. Exodus 20:8-11
NOTE:
- God is the Creator of heaven and earth. He created them in six days.
- His authority extends over heaven and earth because He made them
- God dedicated the seventh and last day of the week as a sacred rest day.
- In doing this God established the pattern of the week that is found across the entire world.
Q2 What statement did Satan make?
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:13,14.
Q3 How have his aims also been expressed in the Bible?
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Q4 What is his intention towards the law of God
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7:25
NOTE: The fourth commandment is the only one of the Ten Commandments that designates specifically that the God referred to is the Creator God and the area of His rule of authority is heaven and earth. The other commandments speak of God, but most religions claim a god. It is this commandment that is Satan’s target. In any coup against a |