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There's a number of sabbaths in Scripture besides the routine week-end.
There are also:
» Sabbath years (Lev 25:1-7 & Ex 23:10-11)
» The first and final days of Passover, a.k.a. the seven-day Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Ex
12:16, Lev 23:5-8)
» Yom Kippur (Lev 16:29-31)
» The Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-25) and,
» The first and eighth day of the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles a.k.a. Sukkot. (Lev 23:34-36)
The word "sabbath" is sometimes construed to indicate a quantity equal to
seven and/or the numeral 7, but it really only means intermission, i.e. a
pause; for example in music when the performers encounter a rest symbol
on the page, it indicates a specified moment of silence.
Passover sabbath is interesting. The routine sabbath always falls on the very
same day of the week every time. But Passover sabbath floats relative to the
moon; hence it can, and it does, occur on any given day of the week;
sometimes even coincident with the routine sabbath; for example 2018 and
2019, and sometimes consecutive with the routine sabbath; for example
2008.
It's sometimes objected that whereas Yom Kippur and the Feast of Trumpets
are specifically called sabbaths (Lev 16:29-34, Lev 23:23-25) Passover
sabbath-- a.k.a. the first day of the feast of unleavened bread --isn't. It's set
aside for an holy convocation which just simply means a sacred assembly.
But it's also added that no manner of work shall be done on that day; which
is exactly what a sabbath is all about. (Gen 2:1-3) In reality, the objection is
just semantic nit picking.
Passover sabbath (John 19:31) easily escapes people's notice so they end up
counting only one of the sabbaths related to Christ's crucifixion and
resurrection. By failing to reckon with the Passover sabbath, they end up
stuck with the Good Friday model; which of course is unworkable because by
no stretch of the imagination can three nights be accounted for in that
weekend seeing as how the Jews' first day of the week falls on Sunday.
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There's a number of sabbaths in Scripture besides the routine week-end.
There are also:
» Sabbath years (Lev 25:1-7 & Ex 23:10-11)
» The first and final days of Passover, a.k.a. the seven-day Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Ex
12:16, Lev 23:5-8)
» Yom Kippur (Lev 16:29-31)
» The Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-25) and,
» The first and eighth day of the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles a.k.a. Sukkot. (Lev 23:34-36)
The word "sabbath" is sometimes construed to indicate a quantity equal to
seven and/or the numeral 7, but it really only means intermission, i.e. a
pause; for example in music when the performers encounter a rest symbol
on the page, it indicates a specified moment of silence.
Passover sabbath is interesting. The routine sabbath always falls on the very
same day of the week every time. But Passover sabbath floats relative to the
moon; hence it can, and it does, occur on any given day of the week;
sometimes even coincident with the routine sabbath; for example 2018 and
2019, and sometimes consecutive with the routine sabbath; for example
2008.
It's sometimes objected that whereas Yom Kippur and the Feast of Trumpets
are specifically called sabbaths (Lev 16:29-34, Lev 23:23-25) Passover
sabbath-- a.k.a. the first day of the feast of unleavened bread --isn't. It's set
aside for an holy convocation which just simply means a sacred assembly.
But it's also added that no manner of work shall be done on that day; which
is exactly what a sabbath is all about. (Gen 2:1-3) In reality, the objection is
just semantic nit picking.
Passover sabbath (John 19:31) easily escapes people's notice so they end up
counting only one of the sabbaths related to Christ's crucifixion and
resurrection. By failing to reckon with the Passover sabbath, they end up
stuck with the Good Friday model; which of course is unworkable because by
no stretch of the imagination can three nights be accounted for in that
weekend seeing as how the Jews' first day of the week falls on Sunday.
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