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What is sabbath or what is the sabbath day? Different religions have different days, thus we can’t say one day is totally right or wrong? Christians have said throughout history that Sunday is our sabbath. But what about Christian churches who have Saturday night services? At one point in our history, Sundays were strictly observed as “the sabbath”. Stores and even restaurants were closed. Chick-Filet even today is closed on Sundays. Life has evolved and some may say things have progressed. Others might say that we have gotten off track. We now have sports games on Sunday mornings. They seem to take precedent over worship services. Notice I didn’t say sabbath. The original Hebrew root of the word means to cease or desist. The double b creates an intensive force. We have often thought of sabbath as rest and relaxation, but it’s original root only means cease from activity. Of course, with any word or in a sense concept it has a history. To go through the whole history would not be helpful in the midst of a