Stop Wasting Your Saturdays: Keeping the True Biblical Sabbath

If you are not keeping the Sabbath day, you are wasting your Saturdays. Yah tells us through Scripture to stop this and honor His appointed time properly.

YHWH's Seven Appointed Feasts

There are seven feasts—these are the mo'edim, appointed times when Yah commands us to gather as holy convocations (mikra kodesh). The first is the Sabbath day, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles, and the Eighth Day or Last Great Day.

This is detailed in Leviticus 23:1-3:

"Then YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, 'Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them: These are the appointed feasts of Yah, that you shall proclaim as holy convocations. They are my appointed feasts.'"

In Hebrew, mo'ed means an appointed time or meeting for gathering in His name. Mikra kodesh is a holy assembly for reading Scripture—set apart (qodesh).

The Sabbath is not Sunday. It has never been Sunday and will not change. We are not Catholics or Protestants following their traditions. The Sabbath is the seventh day, from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.

What Is the Sabbath and How to Keep It?

YHWH created the earth in six days and rested on the seventh, blessing and setting it apart as Shabbat (Genesis 2). It begins at sunset on the sixth day (Friday) and ends at sunset on the seventh (Saturday).

No work should be done—this includes business, buying/selling, secular employment, and cooking. Prepare everything on the day of preparation, Friday (Mark 15:42):

"And when evening had come, since it was the day of preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath."

In my household, we clean, cook, and prepare on Friday. Stop living like pagans—Shabbat is a set-apart time for gathering and reading the Word in holy convocation.

"Going to church" misses the point. The ecclesia is the assembly of believers, not a building.

YHWH's Work Is Permitted on the Sabbath

Priests offered sacrifices on Shabbat, and Yeshua healed, showing it's good to do YHWH's work (Matthew 12:5):

"Or have you not read in the law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?"

The Sabbath is a delight, a day of rest for YHWH's people in all generations.

Addressing Misinterpretations Like Colossians 2:16

Some misuse Colossians 2:16:

"Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath."

Paul wrote to saints at Colossae, encouraging them not to let outsiders judge them for keeping new moons and Sabbaths against pagan practices. Context matters—read the whole counsel.

The True Assembly on Shabbat

Gather for mikra: reading Scripture, hymns, teachings, prophecies as led by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:26):

"What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up."

This edifies (oikodome). I left institutional Christianity—it's not biblical. Believers in Yeshua (YHWH in the flesh, Everlasting Father) gather simply, born again, sins forgiven.

The Sabbath: Eternal Covenant Sign for Israelites

The Sabbath is a sign between YHWH and the Israelites forever (Exodus 31:13):

"Above all, you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, YHWH, sanctify you."

Shabbat is weekly; shabbaton is solemn rest for high days. It's part of the new covenant—you can't claim Yeshua and disregard Torah. He died to end lawlessness, not the law. Christianity isn't in Scripture; follow the Way of YHWH. Elohim forbid lawlessness!

Unlike other times, the Sabbath isn't set by astronomy—it's the fixed seventh day.

Resources to Help You Keep YHWH's Feasts

Get The Scattered Israelites book (Volume 1, Chapter 2 on Israelites and the covenant) on Amazon (Kindle or paperback).

Our Biblical Feast Calendar for 2026 lists Sabbaths, new moons, and annual feasts color-coded (e.g., Passover evening, Unleavened Bread). Available on Etsy—beautiful design to learn YHWH's calendar.

Trust in Yeshua above all, who gave His life for you. Start keeping Shabbat—it's a delight and covenant sign!