THE SABBATH.
The Sabbath, the Seventh day of the week, is the Biblical day of rest! It IS The Memorial to God's Creative Activity. For our loving Maker created the Heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the Seventh Day!------.Genesis 2:1-3 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
The Sabbath is also a sign of our Redemption in Jesus Christ------
Hebrews 4:8-10 " For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Exodus 20:8-11 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But 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: For 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."
This Divine Law is indisputable in its requirements. It was fully instituted before the entrance of sin, and it will continue in the earth made new------
Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."
A HAPPY DAY.
When we follow Christ and do our best to obey His will with all our heart, the command to keep the Sabbath will not be a burden {jb I personally look forwards to each Sabbath} Jesus, the Lord, of The Sabbath-----Mark 2:27-28 "And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath"
Note: Does this passage not destroy the man-made myth that The Sabbath of for the Jews only?
The LORD will dwell within us, ONLY IF WE ALLOW IT, through the Holy Spirit, and thereby write His Holy Law upon our fleshly hearts and minds------
Ezekiel 36:25-27 " Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them."
NOTE: Satan just loves to tell us all this: "You want The Father to forgive all your sins, they are too many and far to large"! Well I've got news, great news for you, your sins ca NOT be as large as God, as He created the entire Universe, and no sin is that large! BUT ONE-----
Turning your back upon the Holy Spirit, time after time, year after year, until your heart is seared, and hard as stone!-----
Ephesians 4:30-32 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Matthew 12:31-32 "Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."
Therefore The Sabbath, far from being a day of restrictions, and sadness,, The Sabbath will be to us a "Delight", and the LORD's Holy Day, as well as a symbol of our freedom in Christ Jesus, rather than being as a prisoner of Satan, with his Sun-god worship on Sundays!-----
Isaiah 58:13-14 " If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."
Note: Heritage of Jacob? He "Inherited," the Abrahamic promise, thus becoming also a "child" of the Promise, and YOU will, become a child of the promise, becoming a Spiritual Israelite, the seed of Abraham, in Christ! Are YOU beginning to see that Christ is the Primary Focal Point? Thus NOT MARY!
Are YOU beginning to see, that The Sabbath, a Holy Day, blessings of the Lord God, rests upon it? Therefore separating it from the other six COMMON days? It is a day where we can get off this Merry-Go- Round we call life, forget about all things and focus upon The One who can give us salvation? Thus open up self to the manifold blessings that God has before us. We keep the Sabbath bt our coming together for worship, and fellowship and building each other up.-----
Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
We then cam minister to each other according to the example Jesus gave us---- [John 5:1-17] and through missionary work fulfilling Christ's Commission------
Matthew 28:18-20 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
A DAY FOR EVERYONE.
While the Sabbath as a day of rest was repeated to Israel in the Ten Commandments given at Sinai, it is cl;ear that God intends for all of humanity to observe this 7th Day Sabbath, in order for all people to enjoy the REST. [ Shabbath- means intermission- rest in Hebrew]. -----
Isaiah 56:6 "Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;"
Note: Note the promise given in the very next verse Isa. 56:7.
It would be wise for us all to take note of God's final warning to earth and its people in----
Revelation 14:6-12 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Note: To all my catholic brethren---- do you see any mention of the Virgin Mary in the above passage? SELAH,[pause and think! ]
BECAUSE in the time of the end, that Sabbath will STAND OUT [and all those who observe it] because it IS our TEST OF LOYALTY TO GOD, over the commandments of men, and their Sunday worships! As most of Christendom now is in apostasy----
Revelation 13:8-9 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear."
Revelation 14:15 "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
Leviticus 23:32 " It shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your Sabbath."
Note: Even to even means from evening to evening, or from Sunset to sunset! Without clocks, or watches, even a Blind man outside knows when the sun sets, by the lack of warmth on the face! It was Pope Gregory XIII that set the days from mid-night to mid-night that all now observe! But the Sabbath begins at Friday's sunset to Saturday's sunset!.
Now how big an ego must man have, think they can change God's Laws? Think you that is wise?
Mark 1:32 "And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils"
At the Creation, God set aside the Sabbath, and Blessed and made it Holy, by Sanctifying it.
Genesis 2:1-3 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
.Isaiah 45:18 "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."
1 Peter 2:8-10 "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."
Therefore each week we observe and keep the Holy Sabbath ------
Exodus 31:13-14 " Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify [ make you Holy, over time] you. Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people."
NOTE: Remember all in Jesus Christ are children of the Promise, thus each is a Spiritual Israelite!
Further Study: Genesis 1:1-24. Deuteronomy 5:12=15. Ezekiel 20:20. Luke 4:15 {LK.1 tells all the birth time frame of Jesus from the course of Abia being our June 13-19th. if we but do the math with info given and it saint Christmas!]
Thanking Y O U for yoir time
Comments? Questions? John at www.servant@frontier.com
Need more? Visit your Seventh day Adventist church, any Saturday Sabbath at 9-10 AM. just just may find that Jesus can fill that empty spot in your heart!
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John B
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