Featured THE SABBATH

Isaiah 56:1,8; John 10:16; Isaiah 56:2-7, just to begin with.

 

Then you are claiming you have no need of Jesus Christ -

1Co_5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:​

 

The sabbath is not part of the law of Christ. It’s optional. Romans 15:27 is a commandment!


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Can you please rephrase the question. I did not understand what you were asking.

Mark 10:19 (see also Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30)

Mar 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.​

Jesus was dealing with the rich young ruler, who was having issues with loving his neighbour (near brother, see Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 18:22). Thus Jesus cited the latter table of the Ten Commandments, Commandments 5-10, but in a specific way so was to address the man's issue without directly embarrassing him before the people. Notice the order Jesus gave:

Commandment 6 - Do not commit adultery
Commandment 7 - Do not kill (murder)
Commandment 8 - Do not steal
Commandment 9 - Do not bear false witness, Defraud not
Commandment 5 - Honour thy Father and mother​

Now the rich young ruler, who knew the Ten Commandments, and their "two" tables and division thereof, as he says (see also Matthew 19:20; Luke 18:21):

Mar 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.​

So, the rich young ruler, even as you or I, which knows the Ten Commandments, their order and division (see Exodus 20:1-17), would immediately see that Jesus was highlighting the 10th Commandment by inversion, or negative by mentioning every other commandment which surrounds it and by the way in which Jesus started with 6-9, then jumped up to 5, skipping over 10. This was done on purpose and with intent that the rich young ruler might understand his issue without being embarrassed, for Jesus loved him. The rich young ruler's issue was covetousness (Commandment 10; Exodus 20:17):

Mar 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.'

Mar 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!​

Or as Matthew states:

Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Mat 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.​

Or as Luke states:

Luk 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
Luk 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Luk 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.​

Jesus was asking the rich young ruler to be a disciple! But to be a disciple, he had to love people (the real treasure) like Himself, and be willing to sacrifice all for others, as Jesus.

 

Matthew 24:20:

Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:​

Already took place. It was during the period and interim just before the destruction of Jerusalem, AD 67-70.

Matthew's account:

Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand​

Mark's account:

Mar 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:​

Luke's account:

Luk 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Luk 21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Luk 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.​

The Roman armies had begun to surround Jerusalem under the first major siege, Cestius. Yet, by the providence of God, Cestius withrdrew, and it allowed the Christians to flee to Pella, &c. It was not until a few years later, in AD 70 that Titus came and none was allowed to leave, yet not one Christian perished, because they had heeded the warning given by Jesus earlier.

The holy place is the space around the outside of Jerusalem, as spoken of by Nehemiah, &c, in which the Roman standards were placed in the siege.

Now, that is all past and done. Yet, there is a repetition of history upon the greater spiritual, a global event, which is even now happening, and the first siege of it is already past, and took place in 1888.

 

Says you, but not scripture.

Scripture says that it is indeed very much part of the "law of Christ", which by the way was the one at Mt. Sinai and wrote it by the Holy Ghost.

Joh_1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Psa_119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Psa 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
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So, what is "the law" that "was given by Moses"?

Not the Ten Commandments. It was that which was hand written by Moses and separate from the Ten Commandments, placed in the side of the Ark.

Says you, but not scripture.

Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Exo 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.​

Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Heb 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Heb 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Heb 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Isa 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isa 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isa 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isa 56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isa 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isa 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;
Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Isa 56:8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Joh 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.​

&c.

Surely, but what a non-sequitur, as it has nothing to do with the present subject. See Romans 13.

 

Well, were did Jesus actually present the Sabbath, such as its command, Exodus 20:8-10, Deuteronomy 5:12-14?

 

Well, when He says to keep His Commandments to start with...
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

According to the following verse I’d say that Christ had every intention that His Sabbath would still be observed after His death:

Matthew 24:20
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

The context of this verse is that Christ was warning the disciples about the destruction of Jerusalem, which occurred in 70 AD at the hands of the Roman army. Christ prophesied that this event would happen and it did. Why would Christ be concerned that people observe the Sabbath day at a time that would have been about 40 years after His death if His death was supposed to abolish it? Simple, He wouldn’t be concerned if that were the case, but since the Sabbath, like all His Commandments last forever, He was very concerned and told them to pray concerning it.

Also, the Holy Spirit expressly calls it the “Sabbath day” in Acts 13:14. Aren’t the words of the Holy Spirit good enough since the Holy Spirit is the one who now convicts us of our sin?

Christ clearly taught that "the sabbath was made for man." Mark 2:27. The fact is that Adam was the only man in existence at the time God made the Sabbath. Jesus was the One who made the Sabbath in the first week of time. There was a reason for His claim to be Lord of the Sabbath day Mark 2:28. If He is the Lord of the Sabbath day, then the Sabbath must be the Lord's day. John had a vision on "the Lord's day," according to Revelation 1:10. That day had to be the Sabbath. It is the only day so designated and claimed by God in the Bible. In writing the Ten Commandments, God called it "the sabbath of the Lord." Exodus 20:10. In Isaiah He is quoted as saying, "The sabbath, My holy day." (Isaiah 58:13).

We must not overlook the fact that this God who created the world and made the Sabbath was Jesus Christ Himself. We clearly see it in John 1:1-3, 14. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth."

 

Nowhere in the New Testament are Christians commanded for observe the sabbath. End of thread.


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Who was the Sabbath made for according to scripture?

Yes, there is an Adam at Genesis, but it is really the greater Adam:

Mar_2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Rom_5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Rom_5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

1Ti_2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.​

Did you see who the Sabbath was made for?

 

Sounds delusional (a denial of reality). Scripture says:

Act 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Act 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Act 14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Act_17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 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:
Exo 20:11 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.​

Notice:

Act 15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
Act 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Act 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
Act 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Act 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Act 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Act_13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.​

You think you have power to end the thread? Sounds more delusional (denial of reality). I am pretty sure that is for the Admins/Mods to decide.

 

Matthew 5 is the explanation of the Ten Commandments in their depth:

Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.​

God rested/sabbathed the 7th day (Genesis, Exodus, etc). Be ye therefore perfect, even as ...(see Hebrews 4 argument as it continues the thought).

If you are looking for exact wording, or repetition of Exodus 20:8-11, or Deuteronomy 5:12-15, why? What kind of Pharisaical rule (not found in scripture) is that? Can you show me the repetition verbatim on Exodus 20:1-7, Deuteronomy 5:6-11?

 

No New Testament evidence there. This thread will close if none are produced!


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You cannot keep the Sabbath unless you get circumcised.

Jesus points out in order to not break sabbath people had to get circumcised

John 7
22“For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23“If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

Circumcision doesn't come from the LAW it was before MOSES. But circumcision was allowed to be done on sabbath that way SABBATH law would not be broken.

So here is your dilemma.

ACTS 15
1Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

Well TO THE CUSTOM OF MOSES = You have to be circumcised and keep sabbath + you have to be circumcised to even successfully keep a sabbath.

If you are a man who is not circumcized You are already breaking the SABBATH. You have broken the law of Moses.

 

I think you missed that the sabbath is central to the "spiritual" (Romans 7:14) law of God and thus actually requires the spiritual circumcision, which was what God always wanted, a cutting away of "the flesh", the carnal mind:

Deu_10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Deu_30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Jer_4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.​

So. Circumcision still valid? Yep, of the heart.

Now back to my point - THE SABBATH

 

The "concern' was that the city gates are closed before the sabbath begins, and they could not be reopened until it was over. Thus, there was a great hindrance to fleeing Jerusalem when the sign appears if it happens to be on a sabbath. More than a hindrance; actually a prohibition.

 

You're trying to equate the passover command given to Israel with Jesus. Won't work.

 

Still, no command for gentiles to observe the sabbath. Col.2:16 still applies.

 

Surely it does, as already addressed: