CHRIST The Redeemer to come, the Anointed, Messiah,
Yep, that's him....but please answer....firstly....
Who anointed him?
How did he become man's Redeemer? And why did he need to be?
What is redemption?
When did Jesus become the Messiah/Redeemer?
THE ALMIGHTY GOD "ELOHIM", I AM LORD "YAHWEH", "in the beginning", "made the Sabbath", "blessed the Seventh Day", "sanctified the Seventh Day"
This of course describing Yahweh, the one who created his "firstborn" son. (Rev 3:14)
Only the Father is "Almighty"...the son, like the angels is god-like and mighty in power...but no one is Almighty but the Father.
There is a difference between being divine and being deity. There is but one deity, as the Jewish nation was taught. (Deut 6:4)
Yahweh is the Father, not the son....nowhere in all of Scripture is Jesus ever called "Yahweh"...only one person has that name and he is the Creator. (Psalm 83:18) The son has many roles and many names...Yahweh is not one of them.
As John quoted Jesus....
"This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ."
This is a salvation issue.....we must
know who "the only true God" is....AND "the one whom he sent"...they are two completely separate beings who could talk to one another, and be in separate places at the same time.
The son prays to his Father but never to the holy spirit.
The son is the "holy servant" of his Father... (Acts 4:27) and he is also our High Priest (Heb 3 :1)
Paul even calls him an "apostle....so in that verse...please tell me how God is his own servant and his own High Priest, as well as being his own apostle?
It is absolute unscriptural nonsense. Like picking the 4th Commandment in a list of 10 and making it the main one. It was not first on the list, was it? And no Christian was under obligation to observe the Sabbath because it was given only to Israel.
"finished the Seventh Day", "rested the Seventh Day"
God rested at the beginning of the 7th day, but there is no declaration that it is finished to God's satisfaction, as all the other "days" were. If it concluded with three rebels breaking God's law regarding the TKGE, then where is the declaration indicating its failure?
Can God have any failures?
There was still a lot of work to do.....God merely rested from his creative works as Jesus said...
After healing a man on the Sabbath....
"The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things during the Sabbath. 17 But he answered them: “My Father has kept working until now, and I keep working.”
Were the Father and his son both breaking the Sabbath? Jesus said that they had both kept working.
"IN THE EVENING COOL OF the Sixth Day WALKING IN THE GARDEN, CALLING MAN, WHERE ARE YOU?", "HE ON THE SABBATH, REVIVED".
Reading the Genesis account in ch 1, it appears that the creation of humans occurred towards the end of the 6th day.
But, according to Gen 2:1-3, their sinful course started at the beginning of the 7th day.....and that day has not yet ended.
All that transpired that "day" had to be addressed because God's Sovereignty was challenged and it had to be defended....the issues raised by the devil in Eden had to be addressed.....and they all will be.
The 7th day was set aside for just such a purpose....for all contingencies to arise and to be addressed so that God could bless the 7th day and it would end with his positive declaration as it did with the previous "day".....all would again be "very good"....
It is so logical and simple and yet here you are quibbling about a law that is no longer valid and acting as if anyone who dares to transgress it will be punished. You are free to observe any day you wish for spiritual rest and worship...but you are not free to enforce that law on others as if it is still a punishable offense.
"Christ is the end of the Law"...(Romans 10:4) There it is.....argue with the apostle Paul.
It is not that the law disappeared, but that it was fufilled in Christ...we are now under a new covenant with new laws.....ones that do not require them to be written down because they are etched on hearts now, and governed now by a Bible trained conscience.
Jesus last instructions to his apostles was....
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Please tell me where Jesus left a command for his followers to observe the Sabbath after his return to heaven. It was the apostles after they received holy spirit at Pentecost who, upon God's revelation to Peter, received Gentiles into the Christian congregation. Jesus' Jewish followers could continue to observe the Sabbath if they wished, since there was no law against it, but it was no longer binding on them or their Gentile brothers. You are trying to make others feel guilty for not doing what you do, despite the fact that there is no command to hold the Sabbath, no matter what day you choose to worship God.