Sunday, May 26, 2013

How do you view the Sabbath rest?

This ask me what is my view of the Sabbath rest and I find it interesting very few individuals really understand what it really means, Sabbath rest.  I believe all here in our little fellowship understand that Jesus was the Creator of all things, the Spokesman in the Old Testament and the one who wrestle with Jacob and the one who sat down to a meal with Abraham, etc.  We know that Jesus does not change and what He taught Moses, Abraham, Adam, Paul and others would be the same as He teaches from His Word, the Scriptures.  We notice from Ex 31:17 that Jesus rested on the seventh day and Jesus rested and was refreshed.  Yes, he was refreshed.  Notice, it was not on the first day of the week or the fourth or fifth day, but the seventh day.  Jesus from this verse shows the seventh day was an agreement between Him and Israel concerning the seventh day.  We know the seventh day was given in Gen at the creation time.  But, there is one individual who observed the seventh day before the agreement with Israel.  That was Abraham.  Jesus talking with Isaac said He was going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do.  He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws.  Abraham was not a Israelite or a Jewish person, their seed came from him in the 2nd and 3rd generation. Jesus just told us that Abraham observed the seventh day and he was blessed because Abraham kept the instructions, commands, statutes, and laws of Jesus.  We know that in the future that the Millennium Temple will only be open on the Sabbath Day and Festivals. So today, we say we are in the Sabbath rest and can worship as a fellowship on the first day of the week and not have to worry about the seventh day until the Millennium.  This is telling me that Jesus is the same yesterday and tomorrow, but not today.  It does not make sense to me that we do not have to observe the seventh day today.  This is my perception and opinion on the Sabbath rest.  Yes, we are in Jesus hands and protected.
Blessings
Stephen
(Heb 13:8 KJV)  Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
Exo 31:17 ISV  It is a sign forever between me and the Israelis, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"

Exo 31:16 ISV  The Israelis shall keep the Sabbath to make the Sabbath observance a perpetual covenant from generation to generation.

Gen 26:5 ISV  I'm going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do. He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws."

 

 

 

 

 

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