What did God set up the seventh day to be for Israel?
God set up the seventh day for Israel as the day of rest, the day of worship, and the holy day. This was instituted before the Ten Commandments were given, mandating that Israel observe a holy Sabbath on the seventh day, and God later incorporated it into the Ten Commandments.
Les explains that this seventh-day Sabbath was instituted before the Ten Commandments were given, while God was dealing with Israel. He set it up as the day of rest, the day of worship, and the holy day, and later incorporated it into the Ten Commandments. Les also warns that there is much confusion about the Sabbath today, and he instructed his classes never to call Sunday the Sabbath, since Sunday is not the seventh day but the first day. The context contrasts this with the resurrection as the high point of God's dealing with man.