A day of rest or Celebration?

The sabbath is not only a day or time of rest:"
Exodus 20:8-11" Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, 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. "
end Quote.

Is God wasting words..., to just say take a day and rest?
Sabbath is a Celebration... a day of God glorifying himself, and his creation it should be more precious than Christmas and as holy as Christ's Resurrection God has kept this sabbath since the time of the beginning: Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Saturday if we are honest is different from every other day

• we are supposed to remember it
• keep it holy
• and know why

We barely remember it : we make excuses:

1. "well, the calender has changed. or
2. my work week starts on Monday or
3. I'm not Jewish
4. and Jesus rose on a Sunday.

When with little effort anyone and I mean almost anyone can find out the 7th day is Saturday. theologians from every religion will admit this truth . Some you will have to press but few will out right lie. So the truth is there and the first step is knowing and accepting the truth: Saturday is, was, and always, will be the day God celebrated his creation works. it will be kept even in the kingdom to come as Isaiah teaches:
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Isa 66:23

And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

So it is not just a day to rest it is God's weekly party; and who does not love to party on the week end?

We even stole that from God.
Lol.
Remember it ; Know it and don't lie to yourself or anyone else to make them feel better it is the truth deal with it.
Keep it holy is what seems hard.and I will address that in my next blog part 2.