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GENTILES OR CHRISTIANS PRACTICING THE SABBATH ?

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That is a start... but there is more... the judgment within is for the Mark of God... the completion is the abomination absolute in the court without... Think for a moment, what is in the outer court... then think about what is in the temple and what it represents... There is a point where acknowledging sacrifice and baptism is not enough.

I believe that the judgement is for those who have taken the mark of the beast who willingly will worship the image that will be placed in the future temple....
 
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I believe that the judgement is for those who have taken the mark of the beast who willingly will worship the image that will be placed in the future temple....
Then you are missing half the message about the mark, while Revelation points out the mark of the beast, there is first the mark of God upon His people, which is far more important message.
 
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Ok, so the word "perpetual" implies forever, I get that. But isn't the same idea also used in Exodus 12:17 So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is also for all believers today. It not only commemorates the exodus, but it commemorates our coming out of this world, putting away sin and becoming unleavened as Yeshua was.

Or Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.
This, too, remains in effect for Aaron descendants when they officiate in the temple. I believe Ezekiel's temple will exist during the millennium and those who minister in it will abide by this statute.

But anyway, first part of the verse you quote says "the children of Israel", then "It is a sign between me and the children of Israel".
Are you not grafted into the natural olive tree of Israel? Are you not of the seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:29) through Messiah? If you are Abraham's seed, then you are also, Isaac's seed and Jacob's (Israel's) seed.
 
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I believe that the judgement is for those who have taken the mark of the beast who willingly will worship the image that will be placed in the future temple....

I think that every group would admit that avoiding the mark of the beast is a good thing and that not worshiping the beast or his image is the ideal decision to make.
 
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I think that every group would admit that avoiding the mark of the beast is a good thing and that not worshiping the beast or his image is the ideal decision to make.
You can not the depth of the mark of the beast unless you know the depth of the Mark of God.
 
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YOU: God's Moral Law was in effect before Israel became a Nation and after the two Temple periods for all mankind to this very day.

ME: Where in the Bible is this?

YOU: Jeremiah 31:33
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my Law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

ME: ? :confused:
 
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YOU: God's Moral Law was in effect before Israel became a Nation and after the two Temple periods for all mankind to this very day.

ME: Where in the Bible is this?

YOU: Jeremiah 31:33
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my Law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

ME: ? :confused:

Me -- it is in this post that has too many Bible texts in it - though it is wayy smaller than the 66 books of scripture.

Thanks for your reply...for the record the 10 no longer apply for the believers

For the record you just "quoted you" not the Bible.

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here is the actual Bible being quoted --
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In the NT - sin is still "defined" this way "SIN IS transgression of the LAW" 1 John 3:4 NKJV

notice how explicitly NT authors not only affirm the Commandments of God - but quote from them to help those who might wonder if the TEN Commandments should be included?

================= notice the "Bible details"


In Matt 22 Jesus affirms OT - LAW and scripture
"Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
"Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18
Matt 22 "On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Matt 22
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ (Deut 6:5) 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Lev 19:18) 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

The firm foundation for the LAW and the prophets - LOVE.

TEN COMMANDMENTS AFFIRMED in NT

Matt 19
And someone came to Him and said;Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life 17 And He said to him, Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments; 18 Then he *said to Him, Which ones? And Jesus said,
You shall not commit murder;
You shall not commit adultery;
You shall not steal;
You shall not bear false witness;
19 Honor your father and mother;

and
You shall love your neighbor as yourself


"what matters is Keeping the Commandments of God" 1Cor 7:19

"Love Me and KEEP My Commandments" Ex 20:6
"If you LOVE Me KEEP My Commandments" John 14:15

Matt 5
17 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


"do we then make void the Law of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we ESTABLISH the LAW" Rom 3:31

What law? The Law that condemns all mankind as sinners -

Rom 3

19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

That same law - same chapter

"do we then make void the Law of God by our faith? God forbid! In fact we ESTABLISH the LAW" Rom 3:31




Acts 13:15 And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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Rom 7
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.


Rom 13 NKJV
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments,
“You shall not commit adultery,
You shall not murder,
You shall not steal,
You shall not bear false witness,”
You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Rom 13 HCSB - Holman Bible
8 Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 The commandments:
Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.



Romans 2
14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law.


13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
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25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

Rom 3
19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

"Sin IS transgression of the Law" 1 John 3:4
"ALL have sinned" Romans 3:23

Both Jews AND Gentiles are explicitly included in Romans 2 --
4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who will render to each person according to his deeds: 7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; 8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.


Eph 6: 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), -- the 5th commandment in that still-valid "unit of ten" is the "FIRST commandment with a promise.

James 2
8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, ou shall love your neighbor as yourself, (Lev 19:18) you are doing well.
9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
11 For He who said, [/FONT]
Do not commit adultery
also said,
Do not commit murder.
Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty

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"the Sabbath was MADE for MANKIND" Mark 2:27
"from Sabbath to Sabbath shall ALL MANKIND come before Me to worship" Is 66:23


God says in Genesis 4 "SIN is crouching at your door - but you must master it" - more than 2000 years before Sinai

Genesis 26:5 Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.

Ex 20:11 points to Genesis 2:1-3 for the creation of the Sabbath
 
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I am hoping not to know the depths of the mark of the beast.
Again, the mark of God is more important. The mark of the beast will not be overwhelming, because the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. The secret is in the Sabbath, which is the key to His Mark and the Sign of His Covenant.
 
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Again, the mark of God is more important. The mark of the beast will not be overwhelming, because the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. The secret is in the Sabbath, which is the key to His Mark and the Sign of His Covenant.
Circumcision was a sign between God and Jews: And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. (Genesis 17:11)

Passover blood was a sign between God and Jews: And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live (Exodus 12:13)

Sabbath was a sign between God and Jews: Exodus 31:13-17; Ezekiel 20:12

Do you keep the sign of Circumcision?
Do you keep the sign of the Passover Blood?

Ezekiel 20:12 says And also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Who is them? Well in verse 10 we have So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
 
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Circumcision was a sign between God and Jews: And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. (Genesis 17:11)
The very first circumcision was a sign between God and a GENTILE (Abraham). Circumcision was later commanded for Jews as well because they are Abraham's seed. Are you of the seed of Abraham through Messiah?

Passover blood was a sign between God and Jews: And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live (Exodus 12:13)
The blood on the doorposts was a one time thing to protect the firstborn in Egypt. It typified blood of the true Passover Lamb, Messiah Yeshua, protecting us. Is Messiah your Passover?

Sabbath was a sign between God and Jews: Exodus 31:13-17; Ezekiel 20:12
The Sabbath was made for ALL mankind (Mark 2:27), not just for Jews. Are you sanctified by Yahweh through receiving His Son as your Savior? Are you of the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Israel through Messiah? Then the Sabbath is a sign for you as well.

Do you keep the sign of Circumcision?
Do you keep the sign of the Passover Blood?

Ezekiel 20:12 says And also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Who is them? Well in verse 10 we have So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
See above.
 
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Circumcision was a sign between God and Jews: And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. (Genesis 17:11)

Passover blood was a sign between God and Jews: And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live (Exodus 12:13)

Sabbath was a sign between God and Jews: Exodus 31:13-17; Ezekiel 20:12

Do you keep the sign of Circumcision?
Do you keep the sign of the Passover Blood?

Ezekiel 20:12 says And also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Who is them? Well in verse 10 we have So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
The Sabbath was made for man... Yeshua stated.... He didn't say the Sabbath was made for the Jews... What Yeshua clarifies, don't muddy the waters.
 
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The Sabbath was made for man... Yeshua stated.... He didn't say the Sabbath was made for the Jews... What Yeshua clarifies, don't muddy the waters.
So you're either answering in the affirmative, or stating that Circumcision and Passover were not made for man, right?
 
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So you're either answering in the affirmative, or stating that Circumcision and Passover were not made for man, right?
You are mixing things up. Only the Sabbath is found in the TEN which are the foundation... Circumcision is part of the ordinances. Passover is part of the feasts. Circumcision is a covenant between Abraham and God, it is also found in the ordinances regarding how gentiles will be allowed to keep the Passover.
 
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Again, the mark of God is more important. The mark of the beast will not be overwhelming, because the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. The secret is in the Sabbath, which is the key to His Mark and the Sign of His Covenant.

Rev 13 speaks to the mark of the beast.
Rev 14 warns against receiving the mark of the beast.

by contrast the saints in Rev 14 have this --

Rev 14:12 says the saints "keep the Commandments of God AND their faith in Jesus" -- setting the focus on God's Commandments.
Rev 14:7 quotes directly from the Sabbath Commandment - Exodus 20:11
 
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Then you are missing half the message about the mark, while Revelation points out the mark of the beast, there is first the mark of God upon His people, which is far more important message.

144000 are to be sealed with the mark of God of the tribes of Israel
 
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You can not the depth of the mark of the beast unless you know the depth of the Mark of God.

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Many souls were slain for keeping the commandments of god and had the Testament of Jesus but only 144000 were sealed why is that?
 
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Many souls were slain for keeping the commandments of god and had the Testament of Jesus but only 144000 were sealed why is that?
Because they are among the 288,000 first fruits unto YHWH and the Lamb.
 
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