Excellent. Great list of aspects to the Sabbath. I became a Christian whilst a medical student. A medical degree requires a lot of study. Nevertheless I decided to no longer study on Sundays. This decision was greeted with predictions of academic failure by non Christian relatives. Turns out they were wrong.
I knew somebody would raise that point. I was responding to the video and the general theme of Sabbath. I was factually describing what I did as a young Christian in a rather hostile environment 45 years ago. I was not intending to make any statement on the 'which day of the week' question which you raise.
If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on MY holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of יהוה honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly, then you shall take delight in יהוה , and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth, I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of יהוה has spoken ~ Isaiah 58:13-14
Hey Carmen! I really enjoy your work and discovered you on the Naked Bible Podcast! I’ve been conflicted about the Sabbath and lo and behold you post content on it! Are we still under the 10 commandments, is Jesus our Sabbath, is it both, these things I’ve struggled to find good literature to see both sides a bit more clearly. This topic is a beast, it’s a great topic to talk about openly but what usually happens is what we see in the comments here unfortunately. Do you have any articles or resources to help me answer my questions such as is Colossians 2 talking about ceremonial sabbaths only with the plurality, are the 10 commandments still in the ball game or does loving God and neighbor fulfill the sabbath in some way, things like that. Really anything that has good explanatory power and is decent at proving their thoughts out I would be grateful to read from what I call a trusted source. Thank you!
I'd recommend that you start by reading my book 'Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters." That will give you the framework for how to approach the commandments. From there you can read more on the Sabbath, following those I cite in the book.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD I’ll take you up on that recommendation. Another book I was looking at was “Encountering the book of Hebrews” by Donald Hagner if you’re familiar with that. But that was another on my mind, not sure if you were familiar or could recommend that title. I think he covers “the rest” of God in Hebrews 3&4.
When I read the New Testament, I get the impression that Shabbat is still important. Why would Jesus explain to the Jews that the Sabbath is for man, and not man for the Sabbath, if in a moment he would abolish it? Why did Jesus say in Matthew 24:20 - pray that your flight will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath if it were to cease later? When the early Christians debated the conditions for including Gentiles in their ranks, they set certain minimum obligations arguing that these Gentiles would hear the rest when they go to synagogue on Shabbat anyway - Act 15:21 Based on Hebrews 4:9 we can conclude that the Sabbath was still a symbol of liberation, but this time it was liberation from the bondage of sin. Revelation 14:7 in the first angel's message we find almost a quotation from the commandment regarding the Sabbath. I realize that there are several texts in the apostle Paul's letters that might suggest otherwise, but after careful analysis of the text, I conclude that Paul was not against the commandment itself, but rather against what people did with the commandment. Otherwise I would have to conclude that Paul's writings contradict the rest of the New Testament, and I cannot agree with that.
It is a sign for us -- like a wedding ring. Exo 31:13 NIV "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy. Exo 31:16-17 NIV The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. (17) It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.' "
I agree with the other comments... just one aspect I would like addressed: the command specified that we keep the SEVENTH day holy... therefore shouldn't this still apply today?
Thanks for your comments! This question has a long history of discussion. Early believers in Jesus met on Sunday to commemorate his resurrection. To me, WHICH day matters less than the rhythm of turning one day in seven over to God.
What do you make of Peter's words in 1 Peter 2:9-10, which applies covenant titles from Sinai (see Exodus 19:4-6) to a mixed audience of Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus? That suggests to me that Gentile Christians are also members of the Sinai covenant.
I also find these verses saying that those who were outside of Israel are now part of Israel and its blessings/covenants. Eph 2:11-13 NIV Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)-- (12) remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. (13) BUT NOW in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
I agree, and the young teacher didn't imply otherwise that I heard. Paul's letter to the Roman's, which was to a mixed congregation, is quite definitive. And the ruling by the apostles in Jerusalem clearly laid out what from the Torah the Gentile believers were to follow.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD 1Pe 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ... I think he is writing to Jews, per 1 Pet 1:1.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Peter says that we are a people, but he does not say that we are Israel. Ephesians 2 says that he made both people (Jews and foreigners) one, but once again, that new people is not Israel, but Jews and Gentiles are now part of God's people by faith and not Israel by law Romans 11
I'm not opposed to people who want to observe it. I'm opposed to Christians that think it's a sin for other Christians to work on Sunday to provide for the family. Many trades and jobs force your schedule to work on a weekend day, often Sunday for coverage. We don't live in a theocracy under the covenant law in the state of Israel. Lol
God observed a sabbath on every day of creation, "the evening and the morning...". God uses the events of The Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3) to sanctify a day for man that we observe what God does without ceasing.
The seventh day sabbath, A day of rest, not a day of worship at the Temple. In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given: The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear: Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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. Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place (tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
That's a good question. I think of Sabbath as an invitation to rest and trust in what God has provided for us. When we refuse to receive that invitation, we harm ourselves and others.
The Sabbath was instituted by God as a day of rest - "no work to be done". It was a foreshadow of the Great Sabbath, Jesus Christ Himself who fulfilled all the requirements of the Law, and accomplished the Father's requirements to such an extent that God Himself is resting, and invites us to enter His rest... which requires of us to NOT keep the OT Sabbath. Jesus is now our Sabbath rest (Matthew 11:28-30, Hebrews 4:1-11). If you do keep the OT Sabbath you are "spurning the Son of God, profaning the blood of the covenant." Heed the warning given in Hebrews 4:9-10: So then, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God’s rest also cease from their labors as God did from His - INCLUDING KEEPING THE OT SABBATH ONTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. If you keep the OT Sabbath because you think it pleases God, you are working, while God Himself is resting, and thus you are cursed (Gal. 3:1-4) and are on your way to hell (Heb. 10:26-31).
Where does the NT say that we are no longer to keep the Sabbath? And why would we spurn the gift of a day of rest? To me, the Sabbath is an act of trust in God as our provider. I don't need to work to provide for myself, because God cares for me. It's not about earning anything.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Are you kidding? Aren't you a teacher? Besides what I've already quoted above, how about: "For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God." Heb. 7:18-19. And indeed very specifically here: Acts 15:10 and Acts 15:23-29, and also, although not specifically referring to the Sabbath per se, it nevertheless applies to same: Col. 2:20-23, Gal. 5:12, James 1:25, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Hebrews 9:9-10
The Sabbath commandments in Exodus is born out in practice by Christ...all His life. Further the plain Grk of a Sabbath command is reaffirmed in Hebrews 4:9-11 "There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11 Let us ...."
@@janposthumus8735why be so insulting to someone who takes the time to reply to you. She is a scholar, and clearly studies the Torah. I wouldn’t be so quick to assume ignorance. Instead, I would ask with respect. You’re more likely to get an answer and learn something.
Hello. In regards to your comment. What’s your take on Leviticus 23:3? “Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings”. What’s the holy convocation? Here’s another thought. We’ll worship every Sabbath in Heaven see 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. The Sabbath is an appointment with the Yahweh for the world; not just the Jews. The seventh day was sanctified by Yahweh at creation and we’ll keep Sabbath (worship) in Heaven. To me it doesn't make sense between creation and the New Heaven that God’s original Sabbath has gone away or we have been given the option to choose a day.
@@acombs1250 In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given: The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear: Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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. Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place(tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
@@acombs1250 In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given: The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear: Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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. Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place (tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
@@acombs1250 The seventh day sabbath, A day of rest, not a day of worship at the Temple. In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given: The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear: Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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. Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place(tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
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The blessed Sabbath is a day of joy and Thankful REST, and the rest of the Feasts of Yahweh are joy and rest as well!!!!!!!
Love this! Hope you can do a follow-up and unpack the rest of the bullet points about Shabbos....
Excellent. Great list of aspects to the Sabbath.
I became a Christian whilst a medical student. A medical degree requires a lot of study. Nevertheless I decided to no longer study on Sundays. This decision was greeted with predictions of academic failure by non Christian relatives. Turns out they were wrong.
Have you ever considered about keeping the Sabbath on the seventh day as specified?
I knew somebody would raise that point. I was responding to the video and the general theme of Sabbath. I was factually describing what I did as a young Christian in a rather hostile environment 45 years ago. I was not intending to make any statement on the 'which day of the week' question which you raise.
Thanks for sharing your story! I made the same decision during seminary. It made all the difference in my own spiritual life.
If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on MY holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of יהוה honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly, then you shall take delight in יהוה , and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth, I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of יהוה has spoken ~ Isaiah 58:13-14
Thanks for watching!
Hey Carmen! I really enjoy your work and discovered you on the Naked Bible Podcast! I’ve been conflicted about the Sabbath and lo and behold you post content on it! Are we still under the 10 commandments, is Jesus our Sabbath, is it both, these things I’ve struggled to find good literature to see both sides a bit more clearly. This topic is a beast, it’s a great topic to talk about openly but what usually happens is what we see in the comments here unfortunately. Do you have any articles or resources to help me answer my questions such as is Colossians 2 talking about ceremonial sabbaths only with the plurality, are the 10 commandments still in the ball game or does loving God and neighbor fulfill the sabbath in some way, things like that. Really anything that has good explanatory power and is decent at proving their thoughts out I would be grateful to read from what I call a trusted source. Thank you!
I'd recommend that you start by reading my book 'Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters." That will give you the framework for how to approach the commandments. From there you can read more on the Sabbath, following those I cite in the book.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD I’ll take you up on that recommendation. Another book I was looking at was “Encountering the book of Hebrews” by Donald Hagner if you’re familiar with that. But that was another on my mind, not sure if you were familiar or could recommend that title. I think he covers “the rest” of God in Hebrews 3&4.
When I read the New Testament, I get the impression that Shabbat is still important.
Why would Jesus explain to the Jews that the Sabbath is for man, and not man for the Sabbath, if in a moment he would abolish it?
Why did Jesus say in Matthew 24:20 - pray that your flight will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath if it were to cease later?
When the early Christians debated the conditions for including Gentiles in their ranks, they set certain minimum obligations arguing that these Gentiles would hear the rest when they go to synagogue on Shabbat anyway - Act 15:21
Based on Hebrews 4:9 we can conclude that the Sabbath was still a symbol of liberation, but this time it was liberation from the bondage of sin.
Revelation 14:7 in the first angel's message we find almost a quotation from the commandment regarding the Sabbath.
I realize that there are several texts in the apostle Paul's letters that might suggest otherwise, but after careful analysis of the text, I conclude that Paul was not against the commandment itself, but rather against what people did with the commandment. Otherwise I would have to conclude that Paul's writings contradict the rest of the New Testament, and I cannot agree with that.
It is a sign for us -- like a wedding ring.
Exo 31:13 NIV "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
Exo 31:16-17 NIV The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. (17) It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.' "
Yes for all of His people. We have been brought near by His blood and He has sanctified both Jew and gentile.
I agree with the other comments... just one aspect I would like addressed: the command specified that we keep the SEVENTH day holy... therefore shouldn't this still apply today?
Yes it is a very direct and clear command. Something we all need to take very seriously and observe as He has written for us.
Thanks for your comments! This question has a long history of discussion. Early believers in Jesus met on Sunday to commemorate his resurrection. To me, WHICH day matters less than the rhythm of turning one day in seven over to God.
That last line though!🔥
Great exposition. Well done.
I thought so too!
The Sabbath is a sign between God and the children of Israel NOT WITH CHRISTIANS
What do you make of Peter's words in 1 Peter 2:9-10, which applies covenant titles from Sinai (see Exodus 19:4-6) to a mixed audience of Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus? That suggests to me that Gentile Christians are also members of the Sinai covenant.
I also find these verses saying that those who were outside of Israel are now part of Israel and its blessings/covenants.
Eph 2:11-13 NIV Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)-- (12) remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. (13) BUT NOW in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
I agree, and the young teacher didn't imply otherwise that I heard. Paul's letter to the Roman's, which was to a mixed congregation, is quite definitive. And the ruling by the apostles in Jerusalem clearly laid out what from the Torah the Gentile believers were to follow.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD 1Pe 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ... I think he is writing to Jews, per 1 Pet 1:1.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Peter says that we are a people, but he does not say that we are Israel. Ephesians 2 says that he made both people (Jews and foreigners) one, but once again, that new people is not Israel, but Jews and Gentiles are now part of God's people by faith and not Israel by law Romans 11
I'm not opposed to people who want to observe it. I'm opposed to Christians that think it's a sin for other Christians to work on Sunday to provide for the family. Many trades and jobs force your schedule to work on a weekend day, often Sunday for coverage. We don't live in a theocracy under the covenant law in the state of Israel. Lol
God observed a sabbath on every day of creation, "the evening and the morning...". God uses the events of The Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3) to sanctify a day for man that we observe what God does without ceasing.
The seventh day sabbath, A day of rest,
not a day of worship at the Temple.
In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given:
The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear:
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place (tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
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Therefore put to death what is earthly in you...which is idolatry.
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Is a Christian in sin for not keeping sabbath?
That's a good question. I think of Sabbath as an invitation to rest and trust in what God has provided for us. When we refuse to receive that invitation, we harm ourselves and others.
The Sabbath was instituted by God as a day of rest - "no work to be done". It was a foreshadow of the Great Sabbath, Jesus Christ Himself who fulfilled all the requirements of the Law, and accomplished the Father's requirements to such an extent that God Himself is resting, and invites us to enter His rest... which requires of us to NOT keep the OT Sabbath. Jesus is now our Sabbath rest (Matthew 11:28-30, Hebrews 4:1-11). If you do keep the OT Sabbath you are "spurning the Son of God, profaning the blood of the covenant." Heed the warning given in Hebrews 4:9-10: So then, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God’s rest also cease from their labors as God did from His - INCLUDING KEEPING THE OT SABBATH ONTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. If you keep the OT Sabbath because you think it pleases God, you are working, while God Himself is resting, and thus you are cursed (Gal. 3:1-4) and are on your way to hell (Heb. 10:26-31).
Where does the NT say that we are no longer to keep the Sabbath? And why would we spurn the gift of a day of rest? To me, the Sabbath is an act of trust in God as our provider. I don't need to work to provide for myself, because God cares for me. It's not about earning anything.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Are you kidding? Aren't you a teacher?
Besides what I've already quoted above, how about: "For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God." Heb. 7:18-19. And indeed very specifically here: Acts 15:10 and Acts 15:23-29, and also, although not specifically referring to the Sabbath per se, it nevertheless applies to same: Col. 2:20-23, Gal. 5:12, James 1:25, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Hebrews 9:9-10
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Joy, do you know the Gospel?
The Sabbath commandments in Exodus is born out in practice by Christ...all His life. Further the plain Grk of a Sabbath command is reaffirmed in Hebrews 4:9-11 "There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11 Let us ...."
@@janposthumus8735why be so insulting to someone who takes the time to reply to you. She is a scholar, and clearly studies the Torah. I wouldn’t be so quick to assume ignorance. Instead, I would ask with respect. You’re more likely to get an answer and learn something.
The Sabbath or 7th day is a day of REST, and not worship!
Hello. In regards to your comment. What’s your take on Leviticus 23:3?
“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings”. What’s the holy convocation? Here’s another thought. We’ll worship every Sabbath in Heaven see 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. The Sabbath is an appointment with the Yahweh for the world; not just the Jews. The seventh day was sanctified by Yahweh at creation and we’ll keep Sabbath (worship) in Heaven. To me it doesn't make sense between creation and the New Heaven that God’s original Sabbath has gone away or we have been given the option to choose a day.
@@acombs1250 In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given:
The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear:
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place(tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
@@acombs1250 In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given:
The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear:
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place (tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.
@@acombs1250 The seventh day sabbath, A day of rest,
not a day of worship at the Temple.
In the 23ch of Leviticus all the "sabbaths" given:
The sabbath of rest or the weekly sabbath and what are called "high sabbaths;" the Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths, and also the Feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16, 34:22). The high sabbaths were holy convocations, but as to the weekly sabbath it was always a "day of rest" and God's law is very clear:
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29 See, for that the LORD 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.
Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exo 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exo 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 the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exo 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 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, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
On the weekly sabbath there was to be no work by anyone and not even making a fire and no man was to go out of his place(tent or house), this is a family or home convocation, where all were to rest and traveling a long way to the temple would not be rest. In Acts 1:12 it talks of a "sabbath day's journey" and according to the Jews, was two thousand cubits from any city or town, and which they often called, "the bound of the sabbath" and is the space the Jews generally fix upon for a man to walk on a sabbath day, so far he might go and no further, But this does not seem to be according to the law, bit Jesus did say the day was made for the man and not man for the day. Paul said in Col 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." I believe the sabbath is a shadow or type of Christ and as a day of rest it was not perfect and the rest in that day was always followed by another 6 days of work, but now in Christ, he is our rest and his rest is perfect and after this life there will be no more work, but only a perfect rest in Christ.