BarneyFife
Well-Known Member
Barney,
Observing the saturday sabbath as a 'requirement' and attaching it to Christ is contrary to the FINISHED Work of God that HE accomplished for us when HE went to the Cross for our sins.
Salvation is in CHRIST alone and HE is the very ESSENCE of the 7th Day of Rest.
Saturday sabbath then becomes a method unto itself which is outward and has the appearance of service to God.
Afterall, did not God say in Genesis that HE rested from His works and blessed and sanctified the seventh day?
God, knowing ALL things, went even further upon this 'rest' and codified this 'rest' into His law.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”
This weekly saturday rest was ingrained in the hearts and minds of Israel for thousands of years.
However it could never make the participants 'complete' before God just as the animal sacrifices could never purify us from sin.
So what was/is the Intent and the Purpose of the seventh day being made so 'holy' that if anyone did any work on it, God commands them to be put to death?
Peace and REST in Christ my Brother for "one of these is not like the other"
Hooey!
I've never seen such asinine equivocation in all my life. Is this the way you talk to people face to face?
We've been over all these points a hundred times and you still don't seem to get that no one is advocating for salvation by somehow "working at" resting.
Away with your nefarious wordsmithing!
I forgot to toggle the -ignore- on you before but rest assured I will not see your next merry melody. It is too mind-numbing to bear.
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