Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

This commandment divides the week into two
parts. God gave humanity six days in which to
"labor and do all your work,' but the seventh day
"you shall do no work" (Ex. 20:9, 10). "'Six days,'
says the command, are work days, but 'the seventh
day' is a rest day. That 'the seventh day' is uniquely
God's rest day is made evident in the opening
words of the command: 'Remember the sabbath
[rest] day, to keep it holy.'"[7]
Although human beings require physical rest to
refresh their bodies, God bases His command that
we rest on the Sabbath on His example. Since He
rested from His activities of the world's first week,
so we are to rest.
3. The Sabbath and the covenant
As God's law was central to the covenant (Ex.
34:27), so the Sabbath, located in the heart of that
law, is prominent in His covenant. God declared
the Sabbath a "sign between ... [you] and Me, that
... [you] may know that I am the Lord who
sanctifies ... [you]" (Eze. 20:12; cf. Eze. 20:20; Ex.
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