(kriss;23117)
I agree with your conclusion that the Millieum is Gods rest and the time of man is 6000 yearsMy question would be on your statement that most Christians think the coventant given is abolished And that the Aspostles taught it.The Law was never abolished Christ said he came not to change any of the Law but to fulfill it. Christ became our Sabbath (rest) the Aspostle"s hardly mention the Sabbath except for refering as to which day they went to teach they only refer to it when talking about the Jewish civil law which is the only reason they followed it at all even Christ only observed it as a civil law and he himself broke itIn fact the Only time they teach specifically about it we are told we are not let no one judge you by what you eat or drink or day you worship or call what day you call holy. Col 2:16 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]: Not that this changes your conclusions but as Christians we need to know that the coventant is in effect Just that Christ fulfilled the Sabbath and became our rest we are to rest in him it is he that is holy not a dayThough the Millieum is his Day of Rest we will be resting in Him
Hi Kriss!Christ never broke the sabbath day. Remember, if Christ had broken even the least part of the law, we are yet in our sins! He would not have been the acceptable passover lamb without blemish. Christ, along with the apostles, preached the circumcision of the heart. This is why he he taught that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day in Mark 3, and in Luke 13:10-13(while teaching on the sabbath).Luke 4:16-18 confirms this. Again, his custom was to stand in the synagogue to read every sabbath day. This is directly in line with what the scripture commands in Leviticus 23:3 "An Holy Convocation." The custom of the apostles was to do the exact same thing, which is why I posted Acts 13. When you quoted Matthew 5, you didnt complete the reading of the passages. You quoted "Christ said he came not to change any of the Law but to fulfill it", but you didnt continue into verses 18 and 19: "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Again in Colossians, you didnt continue into verse 17: "Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ." Here's is the expanded understanding of the former. Jesus commands that you cannot break or teach against even the least of the commandments, with the exception of animal sacrifice. With the latter scripture, you have to understand the context under which it was written. The pharisees throughout Judea were a midst a campaign to sabbotage Paul's teaching of the Gentiles with the same approach taken to Jesus about the very same day/issue. Proof of this comes in John 15:20 "If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you." Paul then informs the Gentiles that all of these days are shadow of good things to come. So what are the holy days a shadow of you ask? simple: 1). the sabbath is the seventh day millennium, 2). The passover is a shadow of Jesus death itself and commemorates the blood he shed for us annually, 3). The feast of unleavened bread is a shadow of purging the leavened lump of sin or what Paul talks about when he spoke of "putting off the old man, walking in newness of life", 4). Pentecost/Firstfruits is a shadow of how once Jesus was resurrected, he told Mary to "touch me not!, for I have not ascended to my father", this day represents mankind waiting to be resurrected by Jesus himself and deemed similarly acceptable(on the 7th day), 5). The memorial of blowing of trumpets is a shadow of how the defeated his enemies in both oldtimes(JoshuaWall of Jericho), and the 7 trumpets blown in the book of Revelation, the last of which the angel sounds "the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord!", 6). The day of atonment is a shadow self explanatory, 7). The feast of tabernacles is a shadow of the Lord gathering Israel from the four corners of the earth once the 7th trumpet is sounded by the angel and the real sabbath begins! Paul however, taught the Gentiles with the sincere milk of the word. This explanation would have sailed clear over the Gentiles level of understanding. Observe how that in the book of Hebrews, there are no ambiguous passages. The Hebrews were raised in the word, he therefore taught eye to eye with them.Please also dont forget that this millennium sabbath begins, the Gentiles will be forced to adhere to the full law again in that day! Jesus will commission the children of Israel to once again, go abroad and teach the Gentiles the right way, not according to how the pharisees did it. In Jeremiah he says "I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion, and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. " If any Gentile nation refuses to rest on the sabbath day, he will suffer that nation to starve by means of drought. Proof of this is found in Zechariah 14:15-20. Proof that the weekly sabbath being enforced in the kingdom is in the full chapter of Ezekiel 46. If i went on, I can show you that the Lord will even have people killed for violating even the least of the commandments in his kingdom. People are really not fully preparing themselves to take part of the Lords kingdom. This is why Jesus will have to destroy a lot of people upon his takeover of the world. Here is then my question to you in closing, Revelation 12:5, and Revelation 19:15 fortells of how Jesus will rule all nations on earth with "a rod of iron" as described in the aforementioned scriptures above. In Revelation 2:27 he then confirms the promise that he made to the apostles and extends that to us in that we will rule with him(on the 7th day), with a rod of iron. If there is no respect to persons with God(James 2:9), how then will Jesus pick rulers that obeyed not his law in their lives to rule with a rod of iron over similar unbelievers? Remember, in Numbers 15:33-35 Jesus killed a man for this issue similar to how it will happen in his kingdom. The devil was a liar from the beginning and tricked Adam & Eve into not obeying him in the very beginning. Please take heed to what wants us to do.