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It is indeed Biblically true that Jesus did not command anyone to keep sabbath directly,
it is certainly more important to do good than to rest from labour on sabbath,
the ordinance to be KEEPING sabbath put on [ONLY] Israel is certainly blotted out by right of Christ to bring in the new covenant,
and nobody should judge anyone of anything, least of all keeping sabbath !
.....all these things are true and recorded in the bible
Also in the bible is the fact that [Gen 2:3] the sabbath was BLESSED and made a holy [SEPARATE to God's purpose, distinct, inviolate,unalterable] day of rest,
whilst all other days of the week are for labour.
The BLESSING was not BY ANY COVENANT, but is UNCONDITIONAL
[thus it is for any man at all who keeps it by knowing when it is and resting from work to be receiving its blessing with God in the spirit - as Jesus said the sabbath was MADE FOR MAN]
- Gen 2:3 is a long time BEFORE the old covenant and even Israel existed !!
so sabbath itself is certainly not part of what was nailed to the cross at all -
[what was nailed to the cross was the COMMANDMENT TO KEEP sabbath under pain of death [for Israel failing their agreement with God]
- once Israel too come into the new covenant they will not have to keep sabbath, but also may do so to receive the blessing......
So we CAN keep sabbath if we CHOOSE TO FREELY and receive its UNCONDITIONAL BLESSING, as can any man who knows when it is.
Careful inspection of the bible also reveals that God assigned the sabbath as a PERPETUAL sign
between Him and His people
and this separately from the old covenant too!
-the sign is still just as valid today and its being a sign never was part of the old covenant ,
but sabbath actually remains a shadow of things to COME,
i.e. it is not YET FULFILLED and so cannot pass away!
sabbath points forward to the eventual rest of God
{completion of redemption of creation}
in the new heaven and earth,
{as well as backward to creation completed}
thus it certainly is not yet fulfilled and is indeed yet to come
Traditional doctrines just aren't careful enough, we have to study ourselves with the spirit of truth to guide us and go beyond traditions of men.
I believe this hidden blessing [manna] may indeed be critical in our survival against Satan as the antichrist in the dry times to come
- since Satan cannot stop us partaking the spirit this way except by hiding when sabbath is
[which he has done a very elaborate job of doing!
.... that in itself should seem significant to you, I certainly find it so]
Jesus showed us WHEN sabbath is by acknowledging the Jews keeping sabbath [one thing they managed to do was keep count to seven, as the Bible actually records that they did and Jesus confirms]
Thus we KNOW it is a HEBREW day {NOT a Roman one like Saturday , Sunday ,etc]
and that it thus starts at SUNSET in Jerusalem [on the 'day' many call Friday] ending at the next sunset Jerusalem
We also know that God never defined a dateline or any timezones when He defined time and sabbath,
so God's way of timekeeping has time the same for everyone everywhere,
what we call absolute time,
so EVERYONE WORLDWIDE has sabbath at the SAME time exactly
[avoiding ALL the PARADOXES and inconsistences of mankind's very recent abominations, International timezone times]
We can find what time our HOME CLOCKS will say at sunset Jerusalem by e,g. the website at US Naval Laboratory (Astronomical Applications Dept} ,
we only need to know our timezone
and the location of Jerusalem which is [31 47 North,35 10 East]
and they give a list of the local time for us at sunset Jerusalem for a whole year.
Then we have the opportunity to (freely) choose to keep the [original] Holy Blessed Sabbath , Sign of God,
and be in the spirit in His celebration day of His eventual rest for all mankind,
this will inevitably add to our accepting His peace through freedom from conflict within our own hearts,
another sort of rest from the world caused by doing love and realising it is the only way of life
.....so being prepared to keep asking for grace and mercy when we fail
whilst we learn to do more lovingness in the world.
EVERYONE WORLDWIDE is invited to freely join in the blessing by celebrating real sabbath AT THE SAME TIME with our God of love in defiance of Satan's many attempts to hide the blessing from us.
it is certainly more important to do good than to rest from labour on sabbath,
the ordinance to be KEEPING sabbath put on [ONLY] Israel is certainly blotted out by right of Christ to bring in the new covenant,
and nobody should judge anyone of anything, least of all keeping sabbath !
.....all these things are true and recorded in the bible
Also in the bible is the fact that [Gen 2:3] the sabbath was BLESSED and made a holy [SEPARATE to God's purpose, distinct, inviolate,unalterable] day of rest,
whilst all other days of the week are for labour.
The BLESSING was not BY ANY COVENANT, but is UNCONDITIONAL
[thus it is for any man at all who keeps it by knowing when it is and resting from work to be receiving its blessing with God in the spirit - as Jesus said the sabbath was MADE FOR MAN]
- Gen 2:3 is a long time BEFORE the old covenant and even Israel existed !!
so sabbath itself is certainly not part of what was nailed to the cross at all -
[what was nailed to the cross was the COMMANDMENT TO KEEP sabbath under pain of death [for Israel failing their agreement with God]
- once Israel too come into the new covenant they will not have to keep sabbath, but also may do so to receive the blessing......
So we CAN keep sabbath if we CHOOSE TO FREELY and receive its UNCONDITIONAL BLESSING, as can any man who knows when it is.
Careful inspection of the bible also reveals that God assigned the sabbath as a PERPETUAL sign
between Him and His people
and this separately from the old covenant too!
-the sign is still just as valid today and its being a sign never was part of the old covenant ,
but sabbath actually remains a shadow of things to COME,
i.e. it is not YET FULFILLED and so cannot pass away!
sabbath points forward to the eventual rest of God
{completion of redemption of creation}
in the new heaven and earth,
{as well as backward to creation completed}
thus it certainly is not yet fulfilled and is indeed yet to come
Traditional doctrines just aren't careful enough, we have to study ourselves with the spirit of truth to guide us and go beyond traditions of men.
I believe this hidden blessing [manna] may indeed be critical in our survival against Satan as the antichrist in the dry times to come
- since Satan cannot stop us partaking the spirit this way except by hiding when sabbath is
[which he has done a very elaborate job of doing!
.... that in itself should seem significant to you, I certainly find it so]
Jesus showed us WHEN sabbath is by acknowledging the Jews keeping sabbath [one thing they managed to do was keep count to seven, as the Bible actually records that they did and Jesus confirms]
Thus we KNOW it is a HEBREW day {NOT a Roman one like Saturday , Sunday ,etc]
and that it thus starts at SUNSET in Jerusalem [on the 'day' many call Friday] ending at the next sunset Jerusalem
We also know that God never defined a dateline or any timezones when He defined time and sabbath,
so God's way of timekeeping has time the same for everyone everywhere,
what we call absolute time,
so EVERYONE WORLDWIDE has sabbath at the SAME time exactly
[avoiding ALL the PARADOXES and inconsistences of mankind's very recent abominations, International timezone times]
We can find what time our HOME CLOCKS will say at sunset Jerusalem by e,g. the website at US Naval Laboratory (Astronomical Applications Dept} ,
we only need to know our timezone
and the location of Jerusalem which is [31 47 North,35 10 East]
and they give a list of the local time for us at sunset Jerusalem for a whole year.
Then we have the opportunity to (freely) choose to keep the [original] Holy Blessed Sabbath , Sign of God,
and be in the spirit in His celebration day of His eventual rest for all mankind,
this will inevitably add to our accepting His peace through freedom from conflict within our own hearts,
another sort of rest from the world caused by doing love and realising it is the only way of life
.....so being prepared to keep asking for grace and mercy when we fail
whilst we learn to do more lovingness in the world.
EVERYONE WORLDWIDE is invited to freely join in the blessing by celebrating real sabbath AT THE SAME TIME with our God of love in defiance of Satan's many attempts to hide the blessing from us.