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THIS IS A POST I WROTE A LITTLE WHILE BACK, I THOUGHT I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE IT ON THIS PAGE~
~REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY~
So, my husband and I made the decision to stop going to church on Sunday's(for many reasons) ~ This was a big change for us! But there was such a hunger and thirsting for more understanding of Scriptural truths, and Hebrew origins. One of those truths was the Sabbath! My whole life I had gone to church on Sunday, never even wondering why? I would look at the 10 Commandments and wonder, why is it we keep all, but the fourth one?
Of course people would say, well, we as Christians, observe the Sabbath on Sundays now! I never questioned this until I was 35 years old! Now, all of a sudden I wanted to know why it was changed, and by whom?
O.K. So you probably know by now we will look at Scripture always first to see what it says(then we can take a look at some history)
First of all there are 137 references to Sabbath in Scripture, I can't possibly put them all in this post, so I will put down a few, an let you investigate it further yourself(I hope you do!)
(NOTE: WHEN READING BELOW, WHEN YOU SEE יהוהTHESE ARE THE ACTUAL HEBREW LETTERS YOOD-HEY-VAV-HEY- The Creators Name)
*Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in creating had made. (THE 7TH DAY IS BLESSED AND SET APART, BY YHVH)
*Exo 16:23 And he said to them, “This is what יהוה has said, ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath set-apart to יהוה. That which you bake, bake; and that which you cook, cook. And lay up for yourselves all that is left over, to keep it until morning.ʼ ”(THIS VERSE SHOWS US THAT WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SABBATH so does *Mar 15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,)
*Exo 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.(REMEMBER WHAT? THE 7TH DAY, NOT JUST ANY OLD DAY)
*Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.(WOW! NOTICE-EVERYONE IS TO REST-EVEN THE STRANGER WITHIN YOUR GATES)
*Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisraʼĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. (WE ARE TO GUARD IT, IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND ISRAEL, HE SETS US APART!!)
*Exo 31:16 ‘And the children of Yisraʼĕl shall guard the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a everlasting covenant. (AS GRAFTED INTO ISRAEL, THIS MEANS US! JUST HOW LONG IS EVERLASTING??)
*Exo 35:2 “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death.
*Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant(THE FOREIGNER TOO!)
*Isa 56:2 “Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil.(HE SAY'S WE ARE BLESSED IF WE GUARD THE SABBATH)
*Act 13:42 And when the Yehuḏim went out of the congregation, the gentiles begged to have these words spoken to them the next Sabbath.(OH,GENTILES~ NEXT SABBATH)
*Act 13:44 And on the next Sabbath almost all the city came together to hear the Word of Elohim.
*Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.(TORAH BEING READ)
~ So based on just a few of those 137 SCRIPTURES, I would have to say that, the 7TH DAY is the SABBATH FOREVER!
THE CLINCHER FOR ME WAS THAT IN~ Isaiah 66, It is clear we will be keeping the Sabbath in the future too!(I DO NOT THINK THE FOLLOWING VERSES ARE TALKING ABOUT SUNDAY BEING THE SABBATH DAY, DO YOU?)
*Isa 66:22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make stand before Me,” declares יהוה, “so your seed and your name shall stand.
*Isa 66:23 “And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,” declares יהוה.
NOW, let's take a look at who thought it would be a good idea to change what YHVH has put in place.
HERE IS THE SHORT VERSION:
"Chamber's Encyclopedia," 1882 ed., Vol. VIII, p. 401, art: "Sabbath," declares: "By none of the Fathers before the FOURTH CENTURY is it [the first day] identified with the Sabbath; nor is the duty of observing it grounded by them either on the FOURTH COMMANDMENT or on the precept or example of Christ or His apostles. UNQUESTIONABLY THE FIRST LAW, either ecclesiastical or civil, by which the Sabbatical observance of that day [Sunday] is known to have been ordained, is THE EDICT OF CONSTANTINE, 321 A.D., of which the following is a translation: 'Let all judges, inhabitants of the cities, and artificers, REST ON THE VENERABLE DAY OF THE SUN. But in the country, husbandmen may freely and lawfully apply to the business of agriculture; since it often happens that the sowing of corn and the planting of vines cannot be so advantageously performed on any other day.'"
Here is what the "Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge," Vol. IV, pp. 2259-60, art. "Sunday" says: "SUNDAY (dies solis, of the Roman calendar, 'day of the sun', because dedicated to the sun), THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, was ADOPTED by the early Christians as a day of worship ... IT WAS CALLED THE 'LORD'S DAY' ... NO REGULATIONS FOR ITS OBSERVANCE ARE LAID DOWN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, NOR INDEED, IS ITS OBSERVANCE EVEN ENJOINED. In the second century its observance was universal ... The LORD'S DAY (Sunday) was not a continuation of the Jewish (or God's) SABBATH, WHICH WAS ALSO AT FIRST OBSERVED, but A SUBSTITUTE for it."
"The earliest recognition of the OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY AS A LEGAL DUTY," admits the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11th ed., Vol. 26, p. 95, art. "Sunday," "IS A CONSTITUTION of Constantine in 321 A.D., enacting that all courts of justice, inhabitants of towns and workshops were to be AT REST ON SUNDAY (venerabili die solis), with an exception in favour of those engaged in agricultural labour."
O.K.-So when I looked at all of this information, and more, I was convinced that, for way too many years, I had just been FOLLOWING BLINDLY! So instead, I decided to follow Scripture and let it be my guide! Of course, with the HELP of the RUACH HA KODESH(HOLY SPIRIT)
~Phl 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.(BELIEVE ME, NOW I DO!)
I hope you found this as interesting as I did!
Shalom,
Moira
Here is a video I found that explains the Sabbath very simply and clearly. (I would like to mention that I have not read this gentleman's books, so I cannot recommend them, but this video I am in agreement with)
*CHECK OUT THIS GREAT ARTICLE A FRIEND OF MINE WROTE ABOUT~ SOME LESSONS HER FAMILY HAS LEARNED SINCE KEEPING THE SABBATH~ CLICK ON THIS LINK homeshalom.blogspot.com
~Shomer Shabbat~
(means to Guard the Sabbath)
NOTE:This is a work in progress, I hope it will be a list helpful list of Scriptures showing how we are to Guard the Sabbath and keep it Holy(set apart).
We don't bake or gather on Sabbath we prepare it the day before~and look to scripture as our example
Exd 16:23 And he said unto them, This [is that] which YHVH hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto YHVH : bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exd 16:29 See, for that YHVH hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exd 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
We don't do any manner of servile work, nor does anyone visiting us
(We do work six days, and rest one, the sabbath)~
~Exd 20:10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of YHVH thy El : [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:
Exd 31:14 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.
Exd 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to YHVH : whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exd 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to YHVH: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
We do not kindle a fire~
Exd 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
We do not buy or sell on the Sabbath~
Neh 10:31 And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
*In this verse below we see Yeshua reminding them of this one~
Mat 21:12 ¶ And Yeshua went into the temple of El(God), and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
I am still studying this and will be adding more scripture :)
