Here' what God stated about it:
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.
The word "of" tells us to Remember JEHOVAH Elohiym, for it is 'JE' rest, an 'JE' Lord of all creation..
The word "for" in this instance means 'because', or 'the reason such was made and given', or 'intended purpose'.
It deals with God as Creator, not merely, 'to have 'a' (indefinite article, Romanism always does this, when the text uses definite articles, 'the', singular and specific) 'day of rest and to be in communion with others.'
Here' what God stated about it:
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.
The word "of" tells us to Remember JEHOVAH Elohiym, for it is 'JE' rest, an 'JE' Lord of all creation..
The word "for" in this instance means 'because', or 'the reason such was made and given', or 'intended purpose'.
It deals with God as Creator, not merely, 'to have 'a' (indefinite article, Romanism always does this, when the text uses definite articles, 'the', singular and specific) 'day of rest and to be in communion with others.'
God says elsewhere, through the wisest man:
Ecc 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
'Less important'?
God came down in such glory, majesty and power, with ten thousand times ten thousands of angels, so much so that any being that would seek access that was not permitted with be immediately struck down with death?, and as nowhere else seen in scripture, except as to be at the 2nd and 3rd Advents, and you want to reduce the words of God Almighty to 'less important' in an area you choose? Back away from the mountain ... step away from the Ark ... lower your gaze to the ground and cover your head with dust, is my advice.
Here' what God stated about it:
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.
The word "of" tells us to Remember JEHOVAH Elohiym, for it is 'JE' rest, an 'JE' Lord of all creation..
The word "for" in this instance means 'because', or 'the reason such was made and given', or 'intended purpose'.
It deals with God as Creator, not merely, 'to have 'a' (indefinite article, Romanism always does this, when the text uses definite articles, 'the', singular and specific) 'day of rest and to be in communion with others.'
God says elsewhere, through the wisest man:
Ecc 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
'Less important'?
God came down in such glory, majesty and power, with ten thousand times ten thousands of angels, so much so that any being that would seek access that was not permitted with be immediately struck down with death?, and as nowhere else seen in scripture, except as to be at the 2nd and 3rd Advents, and you want to reduce the words of God Almighty to 'less important' in an area you choose? Back away from the mountain ... step away from the Ark ... lower your gaze to the ground and cover your head with dust, is my advice.
I assume that Solomon is the wisest man that you refer to as having written the book of Ecclesiastes.
You do realise that Solomon only wrote four biblical books, 'Song of Songs,' his book of 'Parables,' 'The Wisdom of Solomon,' and the book of Ecclesiastes.
This is from the book of Sirach, which is to be found in the Apocrypha of the Old Testament, coupled together with the book of Job, a number of the Psalms, Parables, Ecclesiastes, and the Wisdom of Solomon, all belong to the Hogmah or Wisdom Literature of the Hebrews, ‘Mashal’ means Similitude, parable, or proverb.----- In the book of Sirach, R, H, Charles translation chapter 47 verse 17, it is written concerning Solomon, “By thy ‘SONGS,’ PARABLES, DARK SPEECHES,’ and
SATIRES, thou didst cause astonishment to the peoples etc.”
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. But better off than either, are those who have never been born etc.
A man may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long he lives, if he does not get his share of happiness and does not receive a descent- burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.
Man and animal receive the same ultimate reward, total oblivion, from the dust they came and to the dust they shall return. A wise man is no better off than a fool, the reward for doing good is the same as that for doing evil, so don’t be too good or too wise, “Why kill yourself?”
We are all going to our final resting place, and although life is useless, the conclusion of the matter is, if you live a religious life you may at least experience some peace in the short span of consciousness that has been allocated to you in this useless life. So, go ahead and eat, drink and be merry, drink your wine and be cheerful. It’s all right with God. Enjoy your life with the woman you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all that you’ll get for all your troubles.
Never again will you take part in anything that happens in the world, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead to where the righteous, the wicked, the wise and the fools, animal and man, are all going. For the living know that they are going to die, but the dead know nothing.
Solomon’s songs are found in his book, ‘SONG OF SONGS,’ his parables are found in his book of “PROVERBS’, his dark speeches are in the ‘WISDOM OF SOLOMON,’ and who can read the negative and even depressing words from the book of ‘Ecclesiastes without realizing that here is the satirical work of Solomon, aimed at those people of the godless religion, who believed in neither life after death, or the resurrection from the dead.
Never again will you take part in anything that happens in the world, (
No promise of any resurrection here)
because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead to where the righteous, the wicked, the wise and the fools, animal and man, are all going. For the living know that they are going to die, but the dead know nothing.
The Lord said that it is wrong to communicate with the dead, (
Because the righteous are at rest in the bosom of Abraham) But the disembodied spirits of the unrighteous according to the scriptures can find no rest in death as they await the great judgement. My addition in brackets
The prophet Ben Sirach wrote in 46: 20; concerning Samuel: “Moreover after he died he was inquired of, and he declared unto the King (Saul) his way, and he lifted his voice from the earth to blot out iniquity by prophecy.”
Of course the JW’s imagine, without any biblical support, that it was some demon who spoke to King Saul.
1 Samuel 28: 15-19; Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?”
Saul answered, “I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me, and God has abandoned me. He doesn't answer me any more, either by prophets or by dreams. And so I have called you, for you to tell me what I must do.”
Samuel said, “Why do you call me when the LORD has abandoned you and become your enemy? The LORD has done to you what he told you through me: he has taken the kingdom away from you and given it to David instead. You disobeyed the LORD's command and did not completely destroy the Amalekites and all they had.
That is why the LORD is doing this to you now. He will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will join me, and the LORD will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines.”