“NO WORK OF ANY KIND IS TO BE DONE ON THE SABBATH (the 7th day of the week), NOT EVEN LIGHTING OF A FIRE. THIS COMMANDMENT IS PERMANENT. DEATH IS THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.”
(NOTE: THIS WOULD REQUIRE EVEN THAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS HOSPITALS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT ETC., SHUT DOWN ON THE SABBATH (the 7th day of the week)
Imagine a day where no one is doing his job (the doctors, drivers, cooks, operators of water and electric ulilities, vendors etc.); The Roman Catholic Church observe the Sabbath day on Sunday; why do the priests, bishops including the pope do their job on Sunday; why?
The biblical basis:
Exodus 20:8-11 (King James Version)
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But 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:
11For 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 31:15-17 (King James Version)
15Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Exodus 34:21 (King James Version)
21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus 35:1-3 (King James Version)
1And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.