What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

[LoveYeshua]

@David in NJ

Please consider the following;

Jesus did ask people to keep God's commandments, including the Sabbath, though He did not repeat every command one by one because the Jews already knew them. His purpose was not to restate the entire Law word for word, but to teach its true meaning and correct the wrong traditions that had been added around it.

When the rich young ruler asked Jesus how to enter into life, Jesus answered:

“If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 19:17 (ASV)

Jesus then listed some commandments:

“Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother...”
Matthew 19:18–19

But Jesus did not list every commandment there. He did not directly mention, “Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image,” “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,” “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy,” or “Thou shalt not covet.” Yet nobody would conclude that these commandments were removed simply because Jesus did not repeat them in that moment. He was not giving a complete list. He was answering the man's question and revealing what was in his heart.

Jesus also said:

“Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law...”
Matthew 5:17–18

Then He continued:

“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven...”
Matthew 5:19

Jesus did not come to remove God's commandments. Instead He taught their deeper meaning. He showed that murder begins with hatred in the heart, adultery can begin in the heart, and true obedience is not only outward actions but inward faithfulness.

Jesus also summarized the Law:

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind... Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.”
Matthew 22:37–40

He did not mean the rest of the commandments disappeared. He meant all of them rest upon these two great principles. If a person loves God, he will not worship idols, misuse God's name, or ignore what God commands. If a person loves his neighbor, he will not murder, steal, commit adultery, lie, or covet.

The Sabbath fits into this as well. Jesus never said, “Stop keeping the Sabbath.” Instead He corrected the false burdens that men had placed upon it. He said:

“The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Mark 2:27–28

He did not say the Sabbath was abolished. He said it was made for man as a gift and benefit. Jesus healed on the Sabbath, helped people on the Sabbath, and taught that doing good on the Sabbath was lawful. The conflict was not with God's commandment, but with human traditions that had made the day heavy and difficult.

Jesus even spoke of the future after His resurrection and said:

“And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath.”
Matthew 24:20

He still spoke of the Sabbath as something meaningful for His followers.

The argument that “Jesus never directly repeated the Sabbath command, therefore it no longer matters” creates a problem because Jesus did not directly repeat every commandment individually either. By that same reasoning people could remove commandments against idols, taking God's name in vain, or coveting. Instead, Jesus pointed people back to God's commandments as a whole and taught their true spirit and purpose. The Jews already knew the commandments; Jesus came not to rewrite them, but to teach people how to truly live them.

Peace Brother.

Note: the sabbath the 4th Command is not an SDA doctrine but it comes from God directly, its from the bible. Jesus, his disciples including Paul kept them all.

 

[David in NJ]

These verses do not say that and we can't pluck out one of the commandments and treat it differently than how God said to keep it

GOD Says the only way for you to love Him is to obey CHRIST = the commandments of CHRIST

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
And suddenly a Voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.”

Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

CHRIST never commanded saturday for His Church = neither did the HOLY SPIRIT

This is what GOD the FATHER and CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT commands us:
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

 

[Angelina]

I agree that the Sabbath was a holy command given by God under the law of Moses. My question would be whether the New Testament ever commands Gentile believers to keep the Sabbath as a binding covenant requirement under Christ.

When the apostles met in Acts 15 to decide what requirements should be placed on Gentile believers, they discussed whether Gentiles needed to come under the law of Moses. The council gave specific instructions regarding idolatry, sexual immorality, blood, and strangled meat, but they did not command Sabbath observance. That omission seems important to me.

Paul also wrote in Colossians 2:16–17, “Let no one judge you... regarding a Sabbath day,” and said these things were a shadow pointing to Christ. In Romans 14:5, he says some esteem one day above another while others esteem all days alike, and each should be convinced in their own mind. If Sabbath-keeping were a binding command for all believers in the same way as moral sins are, I struggle to see why Paul would speak this way.

I absolutely believe that Christians should live holy lives and devote themselves to God. But I do not see clear New Testament teaching that Gentile believers are required to keep the seventh-day Sabbath under the new covenant. I believe our rest is ultimately fulfilled in Christ and that we are called to walk by the Spirit in love, which fulfills the law.

 

[David in NJ]

My prayer to the LORD Jesus Christ today is for @WalterandDebbie @Brakelite @thelord's_pearl @Lambano @LawofLove is that you come full circle back to the words of CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT, that you may know and understand the reason of:
the importance of the OT sabbath
why God commanded it
why God gave a death penalty for any work to be done on it
and
MOST IMPORTANTLY = How it was only fulfilled in CHRIST and can only be fulfilled in CHRIST

@PS95 - hoping you join in prayer and discovery/sharing from the Holy Spirit

SHALOM

 

[LawofLove]

GOD Says the only way for you to love Him is to obey CHRIST = the commandments of CHRIST

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
And suddenly a Voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.”

Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

CHRIST never commanded saturday for His Church = neither did the HOLY SPIRIT

This is what GOD the FATHER and CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT commands us:
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

So God and Christ are different? No Christ is God and the commandments of God that He wrote and spoke and claimed as His are one of the same as Jesus taught plainly. Mat5:19-30 Mat15:3-19 Mark7:7-13 Mat19:17-19 John14:15 Exo20:6 Rev14:12 Rev22:14-15 Rev11:19

The Holy Spirit wrote the Ten Commandments Exo31:18 which included the 4th commandment.


And Paul never countermanded God. I see there is no reasoning here- so I will agree to disagree and it will get sorted out in God's time.

 

[LawofLove]

I agree that the Sabbath was a holy command given by God under the law of Moses.

The Sabbath was given before Moses, before Israel, before Jew, before Gentile. It was given at Creation before sin.

“For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” — Exodus 20:11 (NKJV)

My question would be whether the New Testament ever commands Gentile believers to keep the Sabbath as a binding covenant requirement under Christ.

The Ten Commandments are the commandments of God Exo20:6 written by God, spoken by God Exo31:18. The law of Moses was a separate law given by Moses that he wrote in a book that was placed besides the ark of the covenant Deut31:24-26. The Ten Commandments was inside God's ark Exo40:20 under His mercy seat Exo25:21 what His blood atones for and was a copy of what is in heaven. Heb 9:23-24 Heb8:1-5 Rev15:5 Rev11:19

The Ten Commandments is what sin is when we break 1John3:4 James 2:10-12 Mat5:19-30 Rom7:7 the law of Moses was added because of sin containing the temporary prescription for sin of animal sacrifices until the Seed Heb10:1-10 as animal sacrifices could never take away sin, why Jesus had to come to be our Sacrificial Lamb. He did not come to take away righteous living Psa 119:172 Isa56:1-2 its the foundation of His throne Psa 89:14

When the apostles met in Acts 15 to decide what requirements should be placed on Gentile believers, they discussed whether Gentiles needed to come under the law of Moses. The council gave specific instructions regarding idolatry, sexual immorality, blood, and strangled meat, but they did not command Sabbath observance. That omission seems important to me.

Because it was already being kept in every city on every Sabbath with both Jews and Gentiles just as Jesus foretold Isa56:6-7 and we see this clearly in the council.

“For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.” — Acts 15:21 (KJV)

These 4 things are not all what Gentiles have to do, they did not command only worshipping God, does that mean Gentiles do not have to keep this commandment?

Paul also wrote in Colossians 2:16–17, “Let no one judge you... regarding a Sabbath day,” and said these things were a shadow pointing to Christ. In Romans 14:5, he says some esteem one day above another while others esteem all days alike, and each should be convinced in their own mind. If Sabbath-keeping were a binding command for all believers in the same way as moral sins are, I struggle to see why Paul would speak this way.

There a lot more context than this that sadly most leave out. There are more than one sabbath in the Scriptures. Paul quoted the sabbaths he was referring to, the ones handwritten in ordinances that were contrary and against.

The handwritten ordinances were written by Moses, not God, were beside the ark as a witness against thee and contained the shadow laws of animal sacrifices for sins the context of this passage- the annual feast days that were ordinances, written by Moses besides the ark and were about food and drink offerings some were also called sabbaths (annual) that always required animal sacrifices. This is the context to the passage.


Not what God wrote with His own finger, God's commandments that are holy, just and good. The Sabbath God blessed and sanctified, that is not contrary or against man- Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man, not against man. We have to be very careful with Paul when we make his teaching against what God said. Paul taught in this passage everything has to be according to Christ Col2:8 I would like anyone to find one thus saith the LORD where Christ tells us we do not need to keep the 4th commandment. Christ said over and over again keep the Sabbath do not profane it because it shows something a much deeper issue Eze20:16 Eze22:26

I wrote in detail the context of Col2:14-16 here What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'? I would encourage you to study the biblical references Paul is quoting.

I absolutely believe that Christians should live holy lives and devote themselves to God. But I do not see clear New Testament teaching that Gentile believers are required to keep the seventh-day Sabbath under the new covenant. I believe our rest is ultimately fulfilled in Christ and that we are called to walk by the Spirit in love, which fulfills the law.

God wrote His laws in the NC believers hearts and minds Heb8:10 they went from tablets of stone to tablets of the heart 2Cor3:3 why we see Jesus and the apostles keeping every Sabbath with Gentiles Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4 because its a commandment of God Exo20:6 Exo20:1-17 and God's people keep God's commandments Rev14:12

Jesus said to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God quoting OT Mat4:4 I encourage you to read all of the thus saith the LORDS on God's Sabbath including this one:

Thus saith the LORD Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner (Gentiles)
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—

This God giving everyone an invitation to join themselves to the LORD to serve Him. God wants everyone to serve Him and be with Him- He invited everyone- shall we serve the LORD the way He asks or is it up to us?

I suggest we take Him up on His invitation!

Rev 7:3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Please do a search on Fear God.

Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”

And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

There really are two choices, we either serve the LORD and He plainly told us how, or by default, we are serving another. The Bible teaches whoever we obey is who we serve Rom6:16KJV

God said Remember- the world teaches the opposite. Which voice is our authority?

Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 56 - New King James Version

Salvation for the Gentiles - Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from...

www.biblegateway.com

 

[Angelina]

@LawofLove, I appreciate the seriousness with which you approach scripture and your desire to honor God’s commandments. I agree that the Sabbath was holy, that God established it, and that righteousness matters deeply to the Lord. I also agree that believers are called to obedience, holiness, and reverence for God.

But I still do not believe the New Testament teaches that seventh-day Sabbath observance is a binding covenant requirement for Gentile believers under Christ.

I think an important distinction has to be made between the following:

God’s eternal moral nature, the covenant given specifically to Israel, and the new covenant established through Christ.

You are correct that the Ten Commandments were uniquely given by God. But the question is not whether they were holy. The question is whether the apostles taught that Gentile believers are under the Sinai covenant in the same covenantal form after Christ’s resurrection.

In Acts 15, the issue was directly about what requirements should be placed upon Gentile converts. If Sabbath observance were essential as a covenant sign for all believers, it seems very difficult to explain why the apostles never plainly commanded it there, especially when they were explicitly discussing what obligations Gentiles carried.

Acts 15:21 does not say, “Therefore Gentiles must keep the Sabbath.” It explains why Moses was widely known and read publicly. That is descriptive, not a direct command.

I also think the New Testament consistently shifts the emphasis from covenant signs to fulfillment in Christ. Paul repeatedly warns against judging believers regarding days, festivals, and Sabbaths (Col. 2:16–17). Even if one distinguishes ceremonial sabbaths from the weekly Sabbath, Paul still does not re-establish seventh-day observance as binding upon the churches.

Romans 14 is also significant because Paul allows liberty regarding esteem of days. It is difficult to imagine Paul speaking that way if violation of the fourth commandment under the new covenant carried the same category as adultery, idolatry, or murder.

I fully agree that God writes His law on our hearts under the new covenant. But Hebrews 8 does not specifically say that every aspect of the Sinai covenant is transferred unchanged onto Gentile believers. The New Testament repeatedly shows transformation and fulfillment through Christ:

Sacrifices fulfilled in Christ, priesthood fulfilled in Christ, temple fulfilled in Christ, circumcision fulfilled spiritually and rest ultimately fulfilled in Christ.

Hebrews 4 especially presents a deeper rest that points beyond the weekly Sabbath itself.

I also agree that Jesus and the apostles attended synagogue on the Sabbath. But that alone does not establish a universal covenant command for all nations under the new covenant. The apostles also continued many Jewish customs while the church was transitioning outward from Judaism into the nations.

I believe Christians should absolutely dedicate time to worship, rest, fellowship, prayer, and devotion to God. But I do not see a clear apostolic command requiring Gentile believers to observe the seventh day as a covenant obligation for salvation, righteousness, or covenant standing before God.

The danger I see is when a practice that may be spiritually beneficial becomes elevated into a test of covenant faithfulness that the apostles themselves did not explicitly impose upon Gentile believers.

The central mark of the new covenant is union with Christ through faith, expressed through love, obedience, and the indwelling Spirit - not the enforcement of a calendar observance upon the nations.

 

[Lambano]

My prayer to the LORD Jesus Christ today is for @WalterandDebbie @Brakelite @thelord's_pearl @Lambano @LawofLove is that you come full circle back to the words of CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT ...

Thank you. I appreciate your praying for me.

As for whether the Holy Spirit will reveal something to me... either He will... or He won't.

 

[David in NJ]

Thank you. I appreciate your praying for me.

As for whether the Holy Spirit will reveal something to me... either He will... or He won't.

Thank you

i greatly appreciate how you asked me to think on Romans 14:5

May we all embrace Romans 14:5 as well as the entire book of Romans

 

[doctrox]

God wrote His laws in the NC believers hearts and minds Heb8:10 they went from tablets of stone to tablets of the heart 2Cor3:3 why we see Jesus and the apostles keeping every Sabbath with Gentiles Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4 because its a commandment of God Exo20:6 Exo20:1-17 and God's people keep God's commandments Rev14:12

Sabbatarians think they have a fair argument in the Acts. Here the seventh day is always called "the Sabbath," and it may be that the Jewish Christians still observed it, and met with the Jews in worship on that day. From this it is concluded that all Christians should keep that day, too. This is based upon the false assumption that whatever customs and laws of the old covenant were still observed for a few years by the Jewish Christians after the resurrection, must be binding upon the Gentile church now.

A careful examination of what the disciples did really do for many years after the resurrection will show that they kept all the Mosaic law, including feast days, the Sabbath day, sacrifices, circumcision, vows, and the whole Jewish ritual. But they did this as Jews, according to their national law and long established custom. That they did not do so as a Christian duty is manifest from the fact that Gentile Christians were not required to observe these things. Acts 15:19-28; 21:25. "As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observed no such things." Every mention of the Sabbath in Acts, without a single exception, is in connection with the Jewish worship on that day. Acts 13:14-15, 42-45; 15:21; 16:13; 17:1- 2; 18:4. The law and the prophets were read, and Jewish worship conducted as usual. Certainly the disciples could not hold distinctively Christian meeting here under these circumstances. They must assemble by themselves to worship Jesus and have the Lord's supper, and that is just what we find them doing on the first day of the week. Acts 20:7. There is no record of a single meeting of Gentile Christians upon the seventh day, nor of Jewish Christians, except in the Jewish worship.

 

[LawofLove]

@LawofLove, I appreciate the seriousness with which you approach scripture and your desire to honor God’s commandments.

Thank you and I appreciate your openness to have a discussion about it, even if we end up not agreeing. :)

But I still do not believe the New Testament teaches that seventh-day Sabbath observance is a binding covenant requirement for Gentile believers under Christ.

I think an important distinction has to be made between the following:

God’s eternal moral nature, the covenant given specifically to Israel, and the new covenant established through Christ.

Do you think God righteousness changed and is different for Jews than Gentiles? I do not believe God has two sets of standards. Rom2:11

Once God deems something as doing righteousness - does that change? Is that only for Jews? I do not believe so.

We are told all of God's commandments are righteousness

Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.

Which of course included the Sabbath and who did God say it was for just- Jews?

“Thus says the LORD: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”” — Isaiah 56:1–2 (ESV)

Notice a couple things about these verses.
1. It a future prophecy - my salvation will come
2. Keeping the Sabbath is for those who do justice and righteousness
3. the man- not Jew- God knows the difference - why He said the Sabbath was made for man and the word He used means mankind
4. Lastly notice the contrast keeping the Sabbath is doing justice and righteousness profaning it or not keeping it is doing evil as also shown Neh17:13 - God tells us the reason why Eze20:16 Eze22:26

Do you really think God only wants Jews to do what is justice and righteousness and Gentiles can do evil? That once God deems something as righteousness changes or once God deems something as evil changes? I do not think so.

We are told God's righteousness is everlasting meaning it didn't change from the OT to the NT

“Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth” — Psalms 119:142 (NKJV)

Its the foundation of God's Throne

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face” — Psalms 89:14 (NKJV)

And doing righteousness stays that way in the NT and doing evil stays that way until probations closes at that time our decisions sealed.

“Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”” — Revelation 22:11 (ESV)

You are correct that the Ten Commandments were uniquely given by God. But the question is not whether they were holy. The question is whether the apostles taught that Gentile believers are under the Sinai covenant in the same covenantal form after Christ’s resurrection.

This is what God said about His covenant,

The OC was the Ten Commandments

“So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments” — Exodus 34:28 (NKJV)

Was there anything wrong with the first covenant? According to God it was the faulty promises, otherwise He would not have changed it.

“For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second
Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD” — Hebrews 8:7–9 (NKJV)

So the issue was never the words of God's covenant- only worship God, don't steal, keep the Sabbath day holy etc. it was written by the Holy Spirit Exo31:18 and is perfect for converting the soul Psa19:7 so God's commandments was never the issue, the issue was the promises.

The Israelites promised to keep the covenant Exo19:8 but they broke their promise.

This is what God promised about His covenant

“My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips” — Psalms 89:34 (NKJV)

So God wants to be in a covenant relationship with His people so He writes a New Covenant based on all new laws. Sadly this is what most teach the very opposite of what God said. This would go against God's own Promise. Why the New Covenant is established on better promises

“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises” — Hebrews 8:6 (NKJV)

So instead of God deleting His righteousness He now writes His laws in the minds and hearts of His New Covenant believer. Still made to Israel because Israel represented His son Exo4:22 if it was only literal He would have said Adam. We are grafted in through faith and heirs of the promises Gal 3:26-29

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people
None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”” — Hebrews 8:10–12 (NKJV)

This is the covenant we want to be in with God because its the one that He remembers our sins no more- but it has God's laws now written in our minds so we know to do them and written in our hearts because we want to do His will Psa40:8 through love John14:15-18. They went from tablets of stone, to tablets of heart, not changing the words as God promised, not a jot or tittle so no tinkering with the 4th commandment- the location changed, the promises changed, not God's holy righteous Testimony written by God. What God does is forever Ecc3:14

God never altered His words- man did Dan7:25 as we are warned, not God Mat5:18-19 Psa89:34

In Acts 15, the issue was directly about what requirements should be placed upon Gentile converts. If Sabbath observance were essential as a covenant sign for all believers, it seems very difficult to explain why the apostles never plainly commanded it there, especially when they were explicitly discussing what obligations Gentiles carried.

Acts 15:21 does not say, “Therefore Gentiles must keep the Sabbath.” It explains why Moses was widely known and read publicly. That is descriptive, not a direct command.

This is the council for the Gentiles, no? And right in the middle of it shows they were keeping every Sabbath. Notice it doesn't say Gentiles were not to keep the Sabbath but instead shows them keeping it just as Jesus indicated Isa 56:6-7 because its still a sin in the NT to break the law of God 1John3:4 James 2:10-12

I also think the New Testament consistently shifts the emphasis from covenant signs to fulfillment in Christ. Paul repeatedly warns against judging believers regarding days, festivals, and Sabbaths (Col. 2:16–17). Even if one distinguishes ceremonial sabbaths from the weekly Sabbath, Paul still does not re-establish seventh-day observance as binding upon the churches.

Did you read the context of my post? The context that Paul gave does not fit with the weekly Sabbath that Jesus said was made for man, not against man. Paul's standard was everything according to Christ. Where does Christ ever teach we do not need to keep the commandments? Paul taught keeping them is what matters and he also faithfully kept every Sabbath decades and decades after the Cross Acts 17:2 Acts 18:4 just as Jesus indicated His faithful would be doing Mat24:20

Romans 14 is also significant because Paul allows liberty regarding esteem of days.

Romans 14 is about doubtful disputations - about opinions of man, not debating if they should or should not keep one of God's commandments. Hence why the Sabbath is not mentioned in the entire chapter. If we center our doctrine around Christ like Paul, like Jesus told mankind to live Mat4:4 He will only lead us on the narrow path back to reconciliation Rev14:12

 

[LawofLove]

Hebrews 4 especially presents a deeper rest that points beyond the weekly Sabbath itself.

I also agree that Jesus and the apostles attended synagogue on the Sabbath. But that alone does not establish a universal covenant command for all nations under the new covenant. The apostles also continued many Jewish customs while the church was transitioning outward from Judaism into the nations.

I believe Christians should absolutely dedicate time to worship, rest, fellowship, prayer, and devotion to God. But I do not see a clear apostolic command requiring Gentile believers to observe the seventh day as a covenant obligation for salvation, righteousness, or covenant standing before God.

The danger I see is when a practice that may be spiritually beneficial becomes elevated into a test of covenant faithfulness that the apostles themselves did not explicitly impose upon Gentile believers.

The central mark of the new covenant is union with Christ through faith, expressed through love, obedience, and the indwelling Spirit - not the enforcement of a calendar observance upon the nations.

Hebrews 4 actually explicitly says to keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath is spiritual but its also physical too. God does not want us working 7 days a week, He wants to spend sanctified time with us why He set aside the Sabbath from Creation. Hebrews 4 is mainly quoting OT and its about literally keeping the Sabbath that remains for the people of God.

“For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”” — Hebrews 4:4 (NKJV)

So its not just spiritual God rested on the seventh day from all His works and this passage is quoting the 4th commandment that God spoke in this way of the seventh day Exo20:8-11

And we see by verse 10 there are two rests in this passage, not one.

“For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” — Hebrews 4:10 (NKJV)

Those who enter Christ's rest also, which means in addition, they also cease from their works as God did. When did God cease from His works? Only one day and this very passage re-enforces this:

“For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works

Those resting in Christ also rest from the physical day the seventh day as Christ did from His works Exo20:10 to keep the Sabbath day holy, its a day of holy communion with God and our fellow man. Exo20:8-11 Lev23:3 Isa58:13 Luke 4:16 Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Isa66:23 etc

In God's rest no one is in rebellion to His commandments, thats not rest thats unrest Rev14:11-12 Isa 48:18

Why the Sabbath-rest remains for the people of God as shown in verse 9

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God” — Hebrews 4:9

and the rest in this verse literally means keeping the Sabbath- for the people of God.

Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
sabbatismos: Sabbath rest
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.

This is who God's commandments are for:

“but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” — Exodus 20:6 (NKJV)
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” — Revelation 14:12 (NKJV)

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Hebrews 4 actuality explicitly says to keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath is spiritual but its also physical too. God does not want us working 7 days a week, He wants to spend sanctified time with us why He set aside the Sabbath from Creation. Hebrews 4 is mainly quoting OT and its about literally keeping the Sabbath that remains for the people of God.




So its not just spiritual God rested on the seventh day from all His works and this passage is quoting the 4th commandment that God spoke in this way of the seventh day Exo20:8-11

And we see by verse 10 there are two rests in this passage, not one.

“For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” — Hebrews 4:10 (NKJV)

Those who enter Christ's rest also, which means in addition, they also cease from their works as God did. When did God cease from His works? Only one day and this very passage re-enforces this:

“For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works

Those resting in Christ also rest from the physical day the seventh day as Christ did from His works Exo20:10 to keep the Sabbath day holy, its a day of holy communion with God and our fellow man. Exo20:8-11 Lev23:3 Isa58:13 Luke 4:16 Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Isa66:23 etc

In God's rest no one is in rebellion to His commandments, thats not rest thats unrest Rev14:11-12 Isa 48:18

Why the Sabbath-rest remains for the people of God as shown in verse 9

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God” — Hebrews 4:9

and the rest in this verse literally means keeping the Sabbath- for the people of God.

Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
sabbatismos: Sabbath rest
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.

This is who God's commandments are for:

“but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” — Exodus 20:6 (NKJV)
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” — Revelation 14:12 (NKJV)

Hello LawofLove, Great thread, how are you all? We are well, , thank you, Sister, for sharing.

Love, Walter

 

[doctrox]

The Sabbath is not mentioned in Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Daniel, and most of the minor prophets. Nothing is said about it by any of the prophets which can fairly be made to apply to Christians. Several texts are applied by Adventists to our times, but it is all assumption without proof.

In God's rest no one is in rebellion to His commandments,

This is who God's commandments are for:

etc.

Rather, there are hundreds of commandments. Jesus (not God, BTW) gave Ccommandments to his disciples, Acts, 1:2, and commanded them to teach them to all nations. Matt. 28:18-20. We are to keep his commandments. John 14:15,21; 15:10. Then would it not be sin to break them? Who dare deny it? "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God," Eph. 1:1, said, "Put away lying," "sin not," and "steal no more," Eph. 4:25-28, and, "The things I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord." 1 Cor. 14:37. And yet Adventists will say, that if the old law is gone, there are no commandments against lying, stealing, etc. We know better, as the above teaches. Indeed Paul says, "I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you," "for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." Acts 20:20, 27. Every sin of which the human heart is guilty, is plainly forbidden in the New Testament over and over by the authority of Christ and his apostles, as all know. Yet nothing condemns sin but the decalogue!

The spirit of the Mosaic law, every moral principle in it, is reiterated over and over in the gospel, with all the authority of the Son of God. Not a Christian duty can be named which is not taught in the New Testament. Not a single thing is forbidden by the Old Testament which it would be wrong for a Christian to do, which is not also forbidden in the New, in some form. Excepting the Sabbath, the other nine commandments are in the New Testament, either in the same words or in substance.

Then is the Old Testament to be thrown away? God forbid. It should be received as the inspired word of God, a mine of precious truth; but it must be studied in the light of the New Testament, and modified by it. Nothing should be required of Christians simply because it is found in the law of the Old Testament. To bind our consciences, it must be required by the New Testament. Here the seventh day fails entirely, for there is no requirement in all the New Testament to keep it; but its abrogation is plainly taught.

The issue is ultimately one of due diligence. Adherents to OT sabbath err by following denominational directives rather than studying the wholly Holy Bible and discerning the truth of the matter for themselves. Trusting in other men always brings a snare.

From David Meyer:

We will now go back to the origin of the Sabbath at the time of the creation as told at the beginning of the book of Genesis. In Genesis 2:1-3 we read, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

One thing that should be immediately noticed is that all of the preceding six days end with the following words, "And the evening and the morning were the (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th) day." We do not find these words of finality or summation ending the seventh day, because in a perfect world, everyday thereafter would be a condition of Sabbath or rest and repose. That day was open-ended! Only sin could take away that condition of Sabbath or rest that was meant for everyday, and sadly, that is exactly what happened. Later, we will see how our Lord Jesus restored the perpetual and continual Sabbath to our souls.

The first time we see the word "Sabbath" is in the book of Exodus, and in Exodus 20:8-11, we find that it is given as one of the Ten Commandments as follows: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."

One primary point that must be noted regarding the Sabbath commandment is that it has nothing to do with going to church! It has only to do with the cessation from work. Nothing more and nothing less. Sinful man was ordered to do nothing on the seventh day. Thus, one day each week he would not be out there committing sin after sin after sin. It was a "do nothing" day, established as such until the Savior would come to give us victory over sin every day of the week and establish rest for our souls by his spirit dwelling within. This could be made possible only through a New Covenant established by the blood of the Lamb of God!

The Old Testament is replete with examples of Sabbath commandments, but in every example, it is under the Old Covenant of a single day of rest, which by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has given way to a Sabbath, where every day is one where we cease from our old works. The Old Covenant, according to Hebrews 8:13, is no more! It reads as follows: "In that he saith, a New Covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."

In Galatians 3:24-25, we are exhorted "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are NO LONGER UNDER THE SCHOOLMASTER." Thus, the law could lead us to Christ but no further! Those who think that they are keeping the Sabbath as a day must remember that James 2:10 says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." The only one who has ever kept the Sabbath perfectly is Jesus Christ. Man cannot do what He did in keeping the law. The Lord Jesus took the law to Calvary as well as the sin of the world. It was there that the law and all transgressions met, and He bore the sin of many. See Isaiah 53.

From the OP:

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?​

I really want to keep the Sabbath holy, but I'm not sure what ''resting'' really means?

Is there a Sabbath after Calvary? Yes! Hebrews 4:9-10 says, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." There are two words not found in those verses, "Sabbath" and "day." It is because our rest is no longer a calendar day each week, but every day, which includes the seventh, and thus we keep the Sabbath by living a godly and blood-washed life every day. For we have ceased from our old works. Some people who haven't come to an understanding of what covenant they are under will point out that Paul often went into the synagogues on the Sabbath. If we look at those incidents, however, we see that it was to bring those who hear out of the synagogue and that system of death. Here is what Paul the Apostle said about the seventh day as found in Romans 14:5-6: "One man esteemeth one day above another, another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord, and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it."

We know that the Sabbath law is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and He abides within us. The seventh day Sabbath was not eliminated but fulfilled, and our Savior added six more days to that rest and gave us the timelessness of eternal life. Thus, the seventh day is kept holy with all the other days. We can worship our Lord any day and every day. We know that Sunday is not the Sabbath but rather one of seven days, any of which can be used for worship. Acts 20:7 says, "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

-- David Meyer

 

[WalterandDebbie]

I agree that the Sabbath was a holy command given by God under the law of Moses. My question would be whether the New Testament ever commands Gentile believers to keep the Sabbath as a binding covenant requirement under Christ.

When the apostles met in Acts 15 to decide what requirements should be placed on Gentile believers, they discussed whether Gentiles needed to come under the law of Moses. The council gave specific instructions regarding idolatry, sexual immorality, blood, and strangled meat, but they did not command Sabbath observance. That omission seems important to me.

Paul also wrote in Colossians 2:16–17, “Let no one judge you... regarding a Sabbath day,” and said these things were a shadow pointing to Christ. In Romans 14:5, he says some esteem one day above another while others esteem all days alike, and each should be convinced in their own mind. If Sabbath-keeping were a binding command for all believers in the same way as moral sins are, I struggle to see why Paul would speak this way.

I absolutely believe that Christians should live holy lives and devote themselves to God. But I do not see clear New Testament teaching that Gentile believers are required to keep the seventh-day Sabbath under the new covenant. I believe our rest is ultimately fulfilled in Christ and that we are called to walk by the Spirit in love, which fulfills the law.

Hello, my Sister, how are you all? We are well. We are now learning to Take Our Shepherd's yoke Upon Ourselves And Learn Of Him.

Love, Walter and Debbie

 

[David in NJ]

Hello LawofLove, Great thread, how are you all? We are well, , thank you, Sister, for sharing.

Love, Walter

@LawofLove @Brakelite @thelord's_pearl

Hebrews chapter 4 explicity states that there exists a Sabbath REST that the Jewish people have yet to enter.

Hebrews, beginning in chapter 1 declares What & Who The Sabbath REST is of chapter 4 = CHRIST & HIS GOSPEL

The HOLY SPIRIT (HE who Directed Hebrews) specifically States:
#1 - The Jews had a sabbath rest given to them by Moses but that they did not understand, thus they died in the wilderness.
#2 - The Jews entered the promised land under Joshua and that could not give them rest.
#3 - King David, the prophet king, PROPHESIED of the TRUE Sabbath REST that was yet to Come = which is CHRIST

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

3Now we who have believed (CHRIST/Gospel) do enter that Rest.
As for the others, it is just as God has said:

“So I swore on oath in My anger,
‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” 5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated:
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another Day.
9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

verse 8 - "GOD, HIMSELF Spoke about another REST in the FUTURE"

This came after Moses and the Law, after Joshua had entered the land.
Prophesied by the HOLY SPIRIT thru David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel

We are WARNED that whoever seeks to disregard these words of GOD will end up as the Jews who died because of disobedience to the GOSPEL and the REST of GOD which is CHRIST

Adding to the finished Work of GOD is equated to rebellion.
CHRIST Said: "IT is FINISHED"

There is no sabbath rest for us apart from CHRIST by which you can please GOD

"Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that Rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience."

Making the claim that saturday sabbath is mandatory is a lack of faith and REBELLION against the FINISHED WORK of GOD in CHRIST

 

[David in NJ]

The Sabbath is not mentioned in Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Daniel, and most of the minor prophets. Nothing is said about it by any of the prophets which can fairly be made to apply to Christians. Several texts are applied by Adventists to our times, but it is all assumption without proof.



etc.

Rather, there are hundreds of commandments. Jesus (not God, BTW) gave Ccommandments to his disciples, Acts, 1:2, and commanded them to teach them to all nations. Matt. 28:18-20. We are to keep his commandments. John 14:15,21; 15:10. Then would it not be sin to break them? Who dare deny it? "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God," Eph. 1:1, said, "Put away lying," "sin not," and "steal no more," Eph. 4:25-28, and, "The things I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord." 1 Cor. 14:37. And yet Adventists will say, that if the old law is gone, there are no commandments against lying, stealing, etc. We know better, as the above teaches. Indeed Paul says, "I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you," "for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." Acts 20:20, 27. Every sin of which the human heart is guilty, is plainly forbidden in the New Testament over and over by the authority of Christ and his apostles, as all know. Yet nothing condemns sin but the decalogue!

The spirit of the Mosaic law, every moral principle in it, is reiterated over and over in the gospel, with all the authority of the Son of God. Not a Christian duty can be named which is not taught in the New Testament. Not a single thing is forbidden by the Old Testament which it would be wrong for a Christian to do, which is not also forbidden in the New, in some form. Excepting the Sabbath, the other nine commandments are in the New Testament, either in the same words or in substance.

Then is the Old Testament to be thrown away? God forbid. It should be received as the inspired word of God, a mine of precious truth; but it must be studied in the light of the New Testament, and modified by it. Nothing should be required of Christians simply because it is found in the law of the Old Testament. To bind our consciences, it must be required by the New Testament. Here the seventh day fails entirely, for there is no requirement in all the New Testament to keep it; but its abrogation is plainly taught.

The issue is ultimately one of due diligence. Adherents to OT sabbath err by following denominational directives rather than studying the wholly Holy Bible and discerning the truth of the matter for themselves. Trusting in other men always brings a snare.

From David Meyer:

We will now go back to the origin of the Sabbath at the time of the creation as told at the beginning of the book of Genesis. In Genesis 2:1-3 we read, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."

One thing that should be immediately noticed is that all of the preceding six days end with the following words, "And the evening and the morning were the (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th) day." We do not find these words of finality or summation ending the seventh day, because in a perfect world, everyday thereafter would be a condition of Sabbath or rest and repose. That day was open-ended! Only sin could take away that condition of Sabbath or rest that was meant for everyday, and sadly, that is exactly what happened. Later, we will see how our Lord Jesus restored the perpetual and continual Sabbath to our souls.

The first time we see the word "Sabbath" is in the book of Exodus, and in Exodus 20:8-11, we find that it is given as one of the Ten Commandments as follows: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."

One primary point that must be noted regarding the Sabbath commandment is that it has nothing to do with going to church! It has only to do with the cessation from work. Nothing more and nothing less. Sinful man was ordered to do nothing on the seventh day. Thus, one day each week he would not be out there committing sin after sin after sin. It was a "do nothing" day, established as such until the Savior would come to give us victory over sin every day of the week and establish rest for our souls by his spirit dwelling within. This could be made possible only through a New Covenant established by the blood of the Lamb of God!

The Old Testament is replete with examples of Sabbath commandments, but in every example, it is under the Old Covenant of a single day of rest, which by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has given way to a Sabbath, where every day is one where we cease from our old works. The Old Covenant, according to Hebrews 8:13, is no more! It reads as follows: "In that he saith, a New Covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."

In Galatians 3:24-25, we are exhorted "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are NO LONGER UNDER THE SCHOOLMASTER." Thus, the law could lead us to Christ but no further! Those who think that they are keeping the Sabbath as a day must remember that James 2:10 says, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." The only one who has ever kept the Sabbath perfectly is Jesus Christ. Man cannot do what He did in keeping the law. The Lord Jesus took the law to Calvary as well as the sin of the world. It was there that the law and all transgressions met, and He bore the sin of many. See Isaiah 53.

From the OP:

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?​

Is there a Sabbath after Calvary? Yes! Hebrews 4:9-10 says, "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his." There are two words not found in those verses, "Sabbath" and "day." It is because our rest is no longer a calendar day each week, but every day, which includes the seventh, and thus we keep the Sabbath by living a godly and blood-washed life every day. For we have ceased from our old works. Some people who haven't come to an understanding of what covenant they are under will point out that Paul often went into the synagogues on the Sabbath. If we look at those incidents, however, we see that it was to bring those who hear out of the synagogue and that system of death. Here is what Paul the Apostle said about the seventh day as found in Romans 14:5-6: "One man esteemeth one day above another, another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord, and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it."

We know that the Sabbath law is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and He abides within us. The seventh day Sabbath was not eliminated but fulfilled, and our Savior added six more days to that rest and gave us the timelessness of eternal life. Thus, the seventh day is kept holy with all the other days. We can worship our Lord any day and every day. We know that Sunday is not the Sabbath but rather one of seven days, any of which can be used for worship. Acts 20:7 says, "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

-- David Meyer

The Commandment of GOD given to Moses in Exodus 31:12-17 is repeated by CHRIST in John chapter 3 and throughout the Gospel.

Let me know if you SEE it.

 

[LawofLove]

Heb4:8 is quoting OT about Joshua and one would have to know the story to understand what the author is quoting. People apply it what they want it to be but that's not what the author had in mind. All of Hebrews 4 is quoting OT and quite plainly its warning us not following the same path disobedience as those who did not enter into their promised rest i.e. the land full of milk and honey.

Why was another day spoken to enter into Canaan? Because the people rebelled and they had to wander around the wilderness for 40 years and that generation never entered into their land of rest.

““Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.’” — Joshua 1:13 (NKJV)

The land of milk and honey the inheritance was on this condition

that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged “Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you— ‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates
“So it shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build” — Deuteronomy 6:3–10 (NKJV)
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Their inheritance or rest that God was going to give the Israelites was on the condition they fear God, keep His commandments and love God with all their might, soul and heart.

Did they do this? No, many rebelled in the wilderness

“Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them” — Ezekiel 20:13 (NKJV)

And because of this an entire generation lost their inheritance and God plainly spelled out why:

“So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands
because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols” — Ezekiel 20:15–16 (NKJV)

So an entire generation lost their rest, their inheritance their land full of milk and honey because they profaned God's Sabbaths and God related this to breaking another commandment idol worship as they are all interconnected breaking one we break them all even in the NT James2:10-12. God commanded us to keep the seventh day Sabbath holy Exo20:8-11 God wrote this He spoke it, there is no greater authority but when we lay aside the commandment of God for man-made traditions as Jesus taught its worshipping Him in vain or idol worship.

Why we are taught in the NT not to follow this same example of disobedience to enter our rest Rev22:14

“Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience” — Hebrews 4:11 (NKJV)

This truly cannot be more plain.

No wonder why we are told:

“Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years
Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’
So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God
but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin
For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end
while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?
Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief” — Hebrews 3:7–19 (NKJV)
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God tells us everything we need to know, there is a reason Jesus who is God told mankind to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God Mat 4:4 instead of deleting it and following the popular traditions of man.

No wonder why we are told in the NT there remains a Sabbath-rest for the people of God Heb4:9 and the rest in this verse literally means keeping the Sabbath

Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
sabbatismos: Sabbath rest
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.

I believe the LORD is coming soon- will we fear God and keep His commandments or fear man and follow what man made popular over the commandments of God. People say God doesn;t care about a day, but God said something different Exo20:8-11 and asked us not to add our words to His. Pro30:5-6

Night all and God Bless!

 

[amigo de christo]

He is a She.

By HE is a SHE i am hoping and assuming this SHE was born a she and is not a he trying to play a she .
Just a friendly reminder to us all , THAT HOW GOD MADE US FROM THE WOMB is what we are TILL the tomb .
Course i am quite sure you meant it the right way .

 

[amigo de christo]

The Commandment of GOD given to Moses in Exodus 31:12-17 is repeated by CHRIST in John chapter 3 and throughout the Gospel.

Let me know if you SEE it.

Sing it
OH they dont care about us . We , as in the peoples of planet earth , IS BEING LIED too folks .
Ya govts dont love ya
This AI race that all nations are running against one the other, Under the guise we need to be first ,
IS a total smokescreen . YOO HOO , ITS bEEN The agenda of the worlde govt
TO GET SUCH A SYSTEM that the WHOLE WORLD IS INTO .
These leaders dont loves ya
They promise this world only A lie . One that will serve them .
What they dont realize is this system is the very system ,
OH i say this mindset to find common ground for a common goal .
OH ITS ALL cunningly been spread into the hearts and minds of elites
and those of darkness , as a means they THINK will best serve them .
Oh but it be only a deception by none other than the sepernt .
Oh , it whispered to the churches , to the mosgues , to jews , to other religions , to humanity
and all who are of the world , OH let us come and b e one
with one common pur pose by which we shall attain world peace n safety .
But known to none of them is , by PEACE HE SHALL DESTROY MANY .
OH we all being lied too all right . And sadly more and more love to hear and to believe THE LIE .