The books of Hebrews and Revelation prove the unchangeableness of God's Holy Law. (3)

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Multifacet Question, in regards to this passage, "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: ..." [Hebrews 4:2], who is the "them" that the same "Gospel" ["as well as"] was "preached" unto and by whom was it preached and when and how?

...but moving back to the point, as seen that Paul is drawing from numerous OT texts to show that in Christ Jesus we may have rest from "sin" [which is transgression of His Law, the Ten Commandments]. To continue in sin, is to transgress any one of the Ten Commandments and is not to have rest, but to have bondage. It is a remaining in slavery/bondage in Egypt, rather than freedom in the promised land of Canaan. In Egypt, they were not allowed to rest [Sabbath, the 7th Day], as by Pharoah's and the Scriptures own words [Exodus 5,15,16,20 etc].

One such text we have here:

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Hebrews 4:4

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. Genesis 2:1

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. Genesis 2:2

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. Genesis 2:3

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. Exodus 20:11

It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Exodus 31:17

How did God rest?, What were His works?

Hebrews 4:5 speaks of God's rest, even as it is written, "...my rest." It is this rest we are to enter into.

And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest. Hebrews 4:5

Paul picks up Psalms 95, speaking of Israel [the peoples] experience in the wilderness, wherein they failed because of lack of faith in the Gospel preached unto them ["...they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:" Hebrews 4:6] that God would deliver then, bring them into the goodly land and cause them to keep the commandments of God, including the fourth, the 7th Day Sabbath, and because of failure to believe this promise of God [which is the New/Everlasting Covenant, even righteousness by faith], that whole adult generation [except two, Joshua [type of Christ] and Caleb [faithful remnant]] perished in the wilderness, even as it is written in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24... "...cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:" [Ezekiel 20:4] and "In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:" [Ezekiel 20:6] and "...But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me:..." [Ezekiel 20:8] and "But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness..." [Ezekiel 20:13], and so in what ways did Israel rebel? What was one of the primary reasons listed over and over again in Ezekiel 20? Again, "Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me..." [Ezekiel 20:21], but how so, what is specifically listed in the very same verse?

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 20:36

Psalms 95 itself is a 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God Psalm, speaking of both the Creator [God rested the 7th Day] and Saviour [Jesus rested the 7th Day], notice its language:

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalms 95:1

Who is that Rock, and where was it? It was in the wilderness with them, and that Rock was Christ ["And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." 1 Corinthians 10:4]. Notice that word "salvation" in the first verse, and we see parallels to it in Exodus 20:2.

Now please notice the Creator part of the Psalms 95, which hearken right back unto Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:17, etc

"For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods." [Psalms 95:3]

"In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also." [Psalms 95:4]

"The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land]." [Psalms 95:5]

"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker." [Psalms 95:6]

This langauge is speaking of the very same things we find in Exodus 20:11, wherein it is written:

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. Exodus 20:11

And again in Revelation 14:7, amidst the Everlasting Gospel [Revelation 14:6], "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." [Revelation 14:7], again see the same in "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:" [Revelation 10:6], which is directly quoting from Nehemiah: "Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee." [Nehemiah 9:6], and both Peter and Paul, call every man, Jew/Gentile back unto God in repentance, to the Creator God of the Sabbath, the 7th Day, in Acts 4:24 and Acts 14:15 [both passages which are directly citing Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:11, etc].

For Psalms 95 continues, for why Israel did not enter...

"For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice," [Psalms 95:7]

"Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:" [Psalms 95:8]

"When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work." [Psalms 95:9]

"Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:" [Psalms 95:10]

"Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest." [Psalms 95:11]

... for 40 long years God was grieved with that generation, and as we have seen in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24, we have seen why.

In Numbers we even see a specific example of what Ezekiel mentions:

"And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day." [Numbers 15:32]

What was the judgment? By example, ensample, the wages for sin was?

"Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him." [Numbers 15:31]

Again, as it is written in Nehemiah:

"But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments," [Nehemiah 9:16]

"And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion..." [Nehemiah 9:17]

...and even when the children entered in, they did not continue...

"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations." [Nehemiah 9:26], and Nehemiah continues in the judgments and respites of Israel. Never truly having rest. They too had the 7th Day, knowing of it, but never really entering into it, and so it did not profit them, because they lacked faith.

Hebrews 4:8 speaking of Joshua [KJV Jesus, but speaking of the Oshea, the Son of Nun] was to lead them into the promised lang [Canaan], which was the type to Heaven. But they did not truly obtain the rest, seeing how they lacked faith in God to accomplish in them what was promised. Therefore the rest of God remains [the same rest, which they could have entered], we may also enter through the same Gospel, the Same Christ, and the same Day [the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God]. For notice, Joshua did not speak of another day.

There remaineth therefore a rest [sabbatismos, literal true sabbath-keeping] to the people of God. Hebrews 4:9

"For he that is entered into his [God's] rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his." Hebrews 4:10

How did God rest? and from what works?

Notice, that it still doesn't even end there:

"Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." [Hebrews 4:11], which Hebrews 3, Ezekiel 20, Nehemiah 9, Numbers 15, all show why they failed when they had the same Gospel, the same Rock, the same Law [Ten Commandments] and the same 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God, and the same Saviour and the same Creator, all with the same chance to believe by Biblical faith [that faith which works, bears fruit, etc].
 
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There still is no reason to consider the Sabbath commandment as the 4th or the longest, both claims used by SDAs to try and convince others that they should observe the Sabbath in dereliction and violence to Christ and his work
 
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Notice, it reads of this "rest", "as God did from His".

Again the question is asked, How did God rest? He ceased from the work of creation from the previous six days. Another point to consider is that Hebrews 4 is pointing directly to Ezekiel 20, which also points back to their failure.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Hebrews 4:3

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands; Ezekiel 20:15

...that they of old, because of unbelief in that they by the power of God could enter and overcome, in doubt broke many commandments and also especially did not keep the 4th Commandment, but transgressed it; "my sabbaths they greatly polluted" [Ezekiel 20:13,16,21,24, etc], thus in their doubt and disobedience, failed to realize then the Land of Promise [Canaan, the type of Heaven, and atonement with God, as it was in Creation], and this further more that the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God is seen with even more facets, like a perfect sapphire diamond when turned in the light, more of its beauty is seen, not less. This is the same God, in Revelation 10, citing Nehemiah 9, with His hands raised in an oath.

...and so moving back to Nehemiah 9 we consider further, even specifically what it says of Abraham:

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Nehemiah 9:6

Notice that it directs to "LORD" "thou hast made" "Heaven...earth...seas and all that [is] therein"and "worship" ...

...which is directly an elongation of Exodus 20:8-11 "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.", ...

...and is directly recited in Revelation 10:6 "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:"...

..., which was a call to the 3 Angels Messages of Revelation 14, wherein it is said, "...worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters..." Revelation 14:7,...

...then see also Acts 4:24 [of Jews]"...they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:"...

...and Acts 14:15 [of Gentiles] "...preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein",...

...as well as Psalms 146:6, all of which are a reference to Genesis 1:1-2:4.
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For also as we saw that[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Psalms 95 continues, for why Israel did not enter... [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]... for 40 long years God was grieved with that generation, and as we have seen in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24, we have seen why.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Thus with all these Scriptures, we can come to understanding of the Hebrews passages up to chapter 4, but let us consider even futher the word usage of this "rest", this "sabbatimos" that "remains" "for the people of God".
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Notice, it reads of this "rest", "as God did from His".

Again the question is asked, How did God rest? He ceased from the work of creation from the previous six days. Another point to consider is that Hebrews 4 is pointing directly to Ezekiel 20, which also points back to their failure.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Hebrews 4:3

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands; Ezekiel 20:15

...that they of old, because of unbelief in that they by the power of God could enter and overcome, in doubt broke many commandments and also especially did not keep the 4th Commandment, but transgressed it; "my sabbaths they greatly polluted" [Ezekiel 20:13,16,21,24, etc], thus in their doubt and disobedience, failed to realize then the Land of Promise [Canaan, the type of Heaven, and atonement with God, as it was in Creation], and this further more that the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God is seen with even more facets, like a perfect sapphire diamond when turned in the light, more of its beauty is seen, not less. This is the same God, in Revelation 10, citing Nehemiah 9, with His hands raised in an oath.

...and so moving back to Nehemiah 9 we consider further, even specifically what it says of Abraham:

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Nehemiah 9:6

Notice that it directs to "LORD" "thou hast made" "Heaven...earth...seas and all that [is] therein"and "worship" ...

...which is directly an elongation of Exodus 20:8-11 "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.", ...

...and is directly recited in Revelation 10:6 "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:"...

..., which was a call to the 3 Angels Messages of Revelation 14, wherein it is said, "...worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters..." Revelation 14:7,...

...then see also Acts 4:24 [of Jews]"...they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:"...

...and Acts 14:15 [of Gentiles] "...preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein",...

...as well as Psalms 146:6, all of which are a reference to Genesis 1:1-2:4.
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For also as we saw that[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Psalms 95 continues, for why Israel did not enter... [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]... for 40 long years God was grieved with that generation, and as we have seen in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24, we have seen why.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Thus with all these Scriptures, we can come to understanding of the Hebrews passages up to chapter 4, but let us consider even futher the word usage of this "rest", this "sabbatimos" that "remains" "for the people of God".
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The word for "rest" in Hebrews 4:9, is:

Sabbatis-mos [Sabbath - keeping] is a specialized word [from Sabbatizo, verb - Exodus 16:30; Leviticus 23:32, 26:34; 2 Chronicles 36:21, see also the LXX in all its uses; like as is the word Baptis-mos [G909], utilized [Mark 7:9, etc "βαπτισμους", literally thoroughly or totally washing] from Baptizo].

"Σαββα^τ-ισμός , ὁ,
A.a keeping of days of rest, Ep. Hebr.4.9, cf. Plu.2.166a (codd., βαπτισμούς Bentley)."
- Perseus-Tufts-Edu; LSJ - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%E1%BD%B8%CF%82&la=greek#Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=*sabbatismo/s-contents

" Σαββατισμός 1
a keeping of days of rest, NTest.

1 Σαββα^τισμός, οῦ, ὁ,"
- Perseus-Tufts-Edu; Middel Liddell - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%E1%BD%B8%CF%82&la=greek#Perseus:text:1999.04.0058:entry=*sabbatismo/s-contents

...in the extant Greek literature, always, in every single case, means a literally keeping of the Sabbath Day

Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A)

Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3

Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2

Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1

Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2


Neither Christ Jesus, nor Paul, etc, anywhere give 'rest' from the keeping of the Ten Commandments, the Moral/Spiritual, Holy, Just and Good and Perfect Law of God, which would include the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God, for if these are not kept by the powerful grace of God, then we shall never enter into Heaven, for nothing defiling shall enter there, and Lucifer was cast out from there for his transgressions, even as Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden on earth for theirs...

...therefore "Labour" [by overcoming even as He overcame] to enter into it...
 
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To make clear the Book of Hebrews disagrees with SDA theology;

Hebrews 3-4 in it's discussion of Christ being the greatest prophet sets up Christ as our rest, and specifically separates the Sabbath from the Rest of God through the discussion on Psalm 95 [In more detail here]

Hebrews 8-10 in the discussion of Christ as the new High Priest has Christ having completed, this destroys the SDA Sanctuary theology which has Christ still in the process of completing the rituals, there is also no mention of Books their whole theology of the Sanctuary relies on this and there is no mention of this anywhere
 
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The word for "rest" in Hebrews 4:9, is:

Sabbatis-mos [Sabbath - keeping] is a specialized word [from Sabbatizo, verb - Exodus 16:30; Leviticus 23:32, 26:34; 2 Chronicles 36:21, see also the LXX in all its uses; like as is the word Baptis-mos [G909], utilized [Mark 7:9, etc "βαπτισμους", literally thoroughly or totally washing] from Baptizo].

"Σαββα^τ-ισμός , ὁ,
A.a keeping of days of rest, Ep. Hebr.4.9, cf. Plu.2.166a (codd., βαπτισμούς Bentley)."
- Perseus-Tufts-Edu; LSJ - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%E1%BD%B8%CF%82&la=greek#Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=*sabbatismo/s-contents

" Σαββατισμός 1
a keeping of days of rest, NTest.

1 Σαββα^τισμός, οῦ, ὁ,"
- Perseus-Tufts-Edu; Middel Liddell - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%E1%BD%B8%CF%82&la=greek#Perseus:text:1999.04.0058:entry=*sabbatismo/s-contents

...in the extant Greek literature, always, in every single case, means a literally keeping of the Sabbath Day

Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A)

Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3

Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2

Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1

Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2


Neither Christ Jesus, nor Paul, etc, anywhere give 'rest' from the keeping of the Ten Commandments, the Moral/Spiritual, Holy, Just and Good and Perfect Law of God, which would include the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God, for if these are not kept by the powerful grace of God, then we shall never enter into Heaven, for nothing defiling shall enter there, and Lucifer was cast out from there for his transgressions, even as Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden on earth for theirs...

...therefore "Labour" [by overcoming even as He overcame] to enter into it...
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Plutarch, Moralia, Volume II, de Superstitione

Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A) [in certain critical editions, reads “βαπτισμούς” [an emendation], but others “σαββατισμούς”]:

“ οὐδὲν κακὸν ἐχούσης ὕπαρ ἐξαπατῶσιν ἑαυτοὺς καὶ δαπανῶσι καὶ ταράττουσιν, εἰς ἀγύρτας καὶ γόητας ἐμπεσόντες λέγοντας

ἀλλ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἔνυπνον φάντασμα φοβεῖ, 1
χθονίας θ᾽ Ἑκάτης κῶμον ἐδέξω,

τὴν περιμάκτριαν κάλει γραῦν καὶ βάπτισον σεαυτὸν εἰς θάλασσαν καὶ καθίσας ἐν τῇ γῇ διημέρευσον.

ὦ βάρβαρ᾽ ἐξευρόντες Ἕλληνες κακά

τῇ δεισιδαιμονίᾳ, πηλώσεις καταβορβορώσεις βαπτισμούς, 2 ῥίψεις ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, αἰσχρὰς; προκαθίσεις, ἀλλοκότους προσκυνήσεις. δικαίῳ τῷ στόματι τοὺς κιθαρῳδοὺς ἐκέλευον ᾄδειν οἱ τὴν νόμιμον μουσικὴν

1 Nauck p. 698
2 βαπτισμούς Bentleius: σαββατισμούς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.” - Plutarch, De superstitione, stephpage 166a

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- Moralia;

Also same here: - Moralia, recognovit Gregorius N. Bernardakis. ... v.1. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library

See also note 4, here:

“4 βαπτισμούς Bentleius: σαββατισμούς” - Plutarch, De superstitione, section 3

or here:

“2 βαπτισμούς Bentley: σαββατισμούς.” - ΛακουσΚούρτιος • Î[bless and do not curse]λούταρχος — Î[bless and do not curse]ερὶ δεισιδαιμονίας

*Bentleius, Richardus is Richard Bently

See also notation here:

Moralia - Plutarch - Google Books


One version [Goodwin. (English)] of this in English gives:

“...[p. 171] as tumbling in mire, rolling themselves in dunghills, keeping of Sabbaths, monstrous prostrations, long and obstinate sittings in a place, and vile and abject adorations, and all for vain superstition! ...” - Plutarch, De superstitione, section 3

Again:

“...as tumbling in mire, rolling themselves in dunghills, keeping of Sabbaths, monstrous prostrations, long and obstinate sittings in a place, and vile and abject adorations, and all for vain superstition! ...” - Online Library of Liberty - The Morals, vol. 1

Again:

“...through your own superstition, such as smearing with mud, wallowing in the mire, Sabbath-keeping ...” - http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/plu/pte/pte09.htm with subnote: “261:1 A remarkable allusion to the influence of Judaism amongst the Greeks of the second century.” - Plutarch's Morals: Theosophical Essays: On Superstition


Others confirm this reading in the Greek:

“ὦ βάρβαρ᾽ ἐξευρόντες Ἕλληνες κακά [Note: In the Loeb edition of Plutarch's Moralia, vol. 2, “On Superstition,” this reads κακα, not κατα], τῇ δεισιδαιμονίᾳ, πηλώσεις καταβορβορώσεις, σαββατισμούς, ῥίψεις ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, αἰσχρὰς; προκαθίσεις, ἀλλοκότους προσκυνήσεις. δικαίῳ τῷ στόματι τοὺς κιθαρῳδοὺς ἐκέλευον ᾄδειν οἱ τὴν νόμιμον μουσικὴν” - [Chap. 3. CHAPTER III: Of the Force of Humour in Religion.—Support of our Author’s Argument in his Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Raillery.— Zeal discuss’d. Spiritual Surgeons: Executioners: Carvers.—Original of human Sacrifice.— Exhilaration of - Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, vol. 3 [1737] – footnote 142] - Online Library of Liberty - Chap. 3. CHAPTER III: Of the Force of Humour in Religion.—Support of our Author's Argument in his Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Raillery.— Zeal discuss'd. Spiritual Surgeons: Executioners: Carvers.—Original of huma
 
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σαββατισμός [Def, Origins, etc] - Home or: & - adjectives for &, adverbs for &, verbs for &, definition of &, define &, thesaurus &, etymology &, synonyms &, antonyms &

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Plutarch, Moralia, Volume II, de Superstitione

Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A) [in certain critical editions, reads “βαπτισμούς” [an emendation], but others “σαββατισμούς”] ...
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3[/FONT]

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“...Χρεια περιτομης ουδε προ Μωυσεως σαββατισμού και εορτων και...”

[Greek Text Two Page View] S. Justini philosophi et martyris, cum Trypnone Judaeo dialogus. Edited with a corrected text and English introd. and notes by W. Trollope
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- S. Justini philosophi et martyris, cum Trypnone Judaeo dialogus. Edited with a corrected text and English introd. and notes by W. Trollope

[English Translation; Chapter XXIII; Line 8] “...of the observance of Sabbaths...” - ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
 
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3[/FONT]

Justin Martyr (Justin, Martyr, Saint) | The Online Books Page

“...Χρεια περιτομης ουδε προ Μωυσεως σαββατισμού και εορτων και...”

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- S. Justini philosophi et martyris, cum Trypnone Judaeo dialogus. Edited with a corrected text and English introd. and notes by W. Trollope

[English Translation; Chapter XXIII; Line 8] “...of the observance of Sabbaths...” - ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus - Christian Classics Ethereal Library


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Epiphanius, “The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis”; “Πανάριον” [Greek] : “Panarion” [Transliterated English], “Medicine Chest” [Translation English]; “Adversus Haereses” [Latin] : “Against Heresies” [Translation English]], Against Ebionites [Ebionaer], Chapter 30; Section II [2]; Part 2[/FONT]

Greek Text: “...προσανεχειν kαtα σαββατισμον kαi...”

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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][English Translation][/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...Law of the Sabbath...”[/FONT] “[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis; Against Ebionites, Chapter 30; Section II [2]; Part 2; page 132”-[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=IKyxt9kyys8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT]
 
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Epiphanius, “The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis”; “Πανάριον” [Greek] : “Panarion” [Transliterated English], “Medicine Chest” [Translation English]; “Adversus Haereses” [Latin] : “Against Heresies” [Translation English]], Against Ebionites [Ebionaer], Chapter 30; Section II [2]; Part 2[/FONT]

Greek Text: “...προσανεχειν kαtα σαββατισμον kαi...”

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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][English Translation][/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...Law of the Sabbath...”[/FONT] “[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis; Against Ebionites, Chapter 30; Section II [2]; Part 2; page 132”-[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=IKyxt9kyys8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1

[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]μαρτυριων των αγιων αποστολων πετρου και παυλου [Greek Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Passio sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Latin Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Martyrdom of the Holy Apostles Peter And Paul [English Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]aka The Passion of Saints Peter And Paul [alternate English Translation][/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]See [The Martyrdom of St. Paul: historical, and judicial context, traditions, and legends by H. W. Tajra – Tubingen: Mohr, 1994; Chapter 5, page 143] - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=d--2wss0t1cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Listed in the 'P' Manuscripts under Ps.-Marc. [Pseudo-Marcellus] [German] - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Abk%C3%BCrzungen_antiker_Autoren_und_Werktitel/P[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Greet Text [left page] and Latin Text [right page]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n234/mode/2up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Greek Text; page 234, line 10, 2[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]nd[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] word from the left, [/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...[/FONT]τον σαββατισμον kαi...”[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n234/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Latin Text; page 235, line 8-9, beginning from the 7[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] word from the left and continuing onto the next line, 1[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]st[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] portion of the word, [/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...omnem obseruationem nostrae legis, euacuauit, exclusit [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]sabbatis-mum[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]et neomenias et legitimas ferias exinaniuit...”[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n235/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Translation and editing by Dr. Ricardus Albertus Lipsius and Maximillianus Bonnett [Bennett]; original Greek Manuscript, Codex Marcianus, authored by 'Pseudo-Marcellus' [ [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Marcellus[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]]originally edited by J. C. Thilo in two programmes of the University of Halle in 1837-1838 – see page 102 notations for further details - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=miJVuXgM1acC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Ante-Nicene Christian library : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A. D. 325 (1867) Volume XVI [16]; Roberts, Alexander, 1826-1901; Donaldson, James, Sir, 1831-1915; Publisher: Edinburgh : T. and T. Clark [page 260, beginning with lines 9-19, reading:][/FONT] “[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]And Paul having come to Rome, great fear fell upon the Jews. They came together therefore to him, and exhorted him, saying: Vindicate the faith in which thou wast born; for it is not right that thou, being a Hebrew, and of the Hebrews, shouldst call thyself teacher of Gentiles, and vindicator of the uncircumcised; and, being thyself circumcised, that thou shouldst bring to nought the faith of the circumcision.1 And when thou seest Peter, contend against his teaching, because he has destroyed all the bulwarks of our law; for he has prevented [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]the keeping of Sabbaths[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]and new moons, and the holidays appointed by the law. ...” - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/antenicenechrist16robe#page/260/mode/2up[/FONT]

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“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Cum uenisset Paulus Romam, conuenerunt ad eum omnes Iudaei dicentes: Nostram fidem, in qua natus es, ipsam defende. non est enim iustum, ut cum sis Hebraeus ex Hebraeis ueniens, gentium te magistrum iudices, et incircumcisorum defensor factus tu cum sis circumcisus, fidem circumcisionis euacues. cum ergo Petrum uideris, suscipe contra eius doctrinam, quia omnem obseruationem nostrae legis euacuauit, exclusit [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]sabbatismum[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]et neomenias et legitimas ferias exinaniuit. ...” -[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://webpages.ursinus.edu/jlionarons/wulfstan/PsMarcellus.html[/FONT]
 
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The above is called proof by intimidation, it is hollow and void of any meaning.

The SDA still refuses to acknowledge that the Book of Hebrews differentiates the between the Sabbath from the 10C and the rest of God from Gen 2:1-3 and will continue to do so as their Tradition dictates that they must. They have set up Tradition in opposition to Scripture.
 
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1

[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]μαρτυριων των αγιων αποστολων πετρου και παυλου [Greek Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Passio sanctorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Latin Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Martyrdom of the Holy Apostles Peter And Paul [English Translation][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]aka The Passion of Saints Peter And Paul [alternate English Translation][/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]See [The Martyrdom of St. Paul: historical, and judicial context, traditions, and legends by H. W. Tajra – Tubingen: Mohr, 1994; Chapter 5, page 143] - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=d--2wss0t1cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Listed in the 'P' Manuscripts under Ps.-Marc. [Pseudo-Marcellus] [German] - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Abk%C3%BCrzungen_antiker_Autoren_und_Werktitel/P[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Greet Text [left page] and Latin Text [right page]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n234/mode/2up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Greek Text; page 234, line 10, 2[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]nd[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] word from the left, [/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...[/FONT]τον σαββατισμον kαi...”[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n234/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Latin Text; page 235, line 8-9, beginning from the 7[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]th[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] word from the left and continuing onto the next line, 1[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]st[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] portion of the word, [/FONT]“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]...omnem obseruationem nostrae legis, euacuauit, exclusit [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]sabbatis-mum[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]et neomenias et legitimas ferias exinaniuit...”[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/actaapostolorvm01tiscgoog#page/n235/mode/1up[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Translation and editing by Dr. Ricardus Albertus Lipsius and Maximillianus Bonnett [Bennett]; original Greek Manuscript, Codex Marcianus, authored by 'Pseudo-Marcellus' [ [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Marcellus[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]]originally edited by J. C. Thilo in two programmes of the University of Halle in 1837-1838 – see page 102 notations for further details - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://books.google.com/books?id=miJVuXgM1acC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Ante-Nicene Christian library : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A. D. 325 (1867) Volume XVI [16]; Roberts, Alexander, 1826-1901; Donaldson, James, Sir, 1831-1915; Publisher: Edinburgh : T. and T. Clark [page 260, beginning with lines 9-19, reading:][/FONT] “[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]And Paul having come to Rome, great fear fell upon the Jews. They came together therefore to him, and exhorted him, saying: Vindicate the faith in which thou wast born; for it is not right that thou, being a Hebrew, and of the Hebrews, shouldst call thyself teacher of Gentiles, and vindicator of the uncircumcised; and, being thyself circumcised, that thou shouldst bring to nought the faith of the circumcision.1 And when thou seest Peter, contend against his teaching, because he has destroyed all the bulwarks of our law; for he has prevented [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]the keeping of Sabbaths[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]and new moons, and the holidays appointed by the law. ...” - [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://archive.org/stream/antenicenechrist16robe#page/260/mode/2up[/FONT]

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“[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Cum uenisset Paulus Romam, conuenerunt ad eum omnes Iudaei dicentes: Nostram fidem, in qua natus es, ipsam defende. non est enim iustum, ut cum sis Hebraeus ex Hebraeis ueniens, gentium te magistrum iudices, et incircumcisorum defensor factus tu cum sis circumcisus, fidem circumcisionis euacues. cum ergo Petrum uideris, suscipe contra eius doctrinam, quia omnem obseruationem nostrae legis euacuauit, exclusit [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]sabbatismum[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]et neomenias et legitimas ferias exinaniuit. ...” -[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]http://webpages.ursinus.edu/jlionarons/wulfstan/PsMarcellus.html[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2

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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][Apostolic Constitutions incorporates the Didascalia Apostolorum in Books I-VI, and the Didache in Book VII and other matierals in Book VIII - [/FONT]Apostolic Constitutions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]][/FONT]

Greek Text: “... σαββατισμον...”

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[English Translation; Roman Catholic] “XXXVI. Have before your eyes the fear of God, and always remember the ten commandments of God—to love the one and only Lord God with all your strength; to give no heed to idols, or any other beings, as being lifeless gods, or irrational beings or dæmons. Consider the manifold workmanship of God, which received its beginning through Christ. You shall observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation of the law, not for idleness of the hands. Reject every unlawful lust, everything destructive to men, and all anger. Honour your parents, as the authors of your being. Love your neighbour as yourself. ...” - CHURCH FATHERS: Apostolic Constitutions, Book II

[English Translation; Orthodox] “XXXVI. Have before thine eyes the fear of God, and always remember the ten commandments of God,-to love the one and only Lord God with all thy strength; to give no heed to idols, or any other beings, as being lifeless gods, or irrational beings or daemons. Consider the manifold workmanship of God, which received its beginning through Christ. Thou shalt observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation of the law, not for idleness of the hands. Reject every unlawful lust, everything destructive to men, and all anger. Honour thy parents, as the authors of thy being. Love thy neighbour as thyself. ...” - Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions: Constitutions of the Holy Apostles: Book II

The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, Volume 7 [see Page 413, bottom left section continuing unto the upper right section] : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A - Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe - Google Books

or : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A. D. 325 ... - Google Books

or : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A - Ernest Cushing Richardson - Google Books
 
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Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2

[Apostolic Constitutions incorporates the Didascalia Apostolorum in Books I-VI, and the Didache in Book VII and other matierals in Book VIII - Apostolic Constitutions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Greek Text: “... σαββατισμον...”

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- Didascalia et Constitutiones apostolorum

[English Translation; Roman Catholic] “XXXVI. Have before your eyes the fear of God, and always remember the ten commandments of God—to love the one and only Lord God with all your strength; to give no heed to idols, or any other beings, as being lifeless gods, or irrational beings or dæmons. Consider the manifold workmanship of God, which received its beginning through Christ. You shall observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation of the law, not for idleness of the hands. Reject every unlawful lust, everything destructive to men, and all anger. Honour your parents, as the authors of your being. Love your neighbour as yourself. ...” - CHURCH FATHERS: Apostolic Constitutions, Book II

[English Translation; Orthodox] “XXXVI. Have before thine eyes the fear of God, and always remember the ten commandments of God,-to love the one and only Lord God with all thy strength; to give no heed to idols, or any other beings, as being lifeless gods, or irrational beings or daemons. Consider the manifold workmanship of God, which received its beginning through Christ. Thou shalt observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation of the law, not for idleness of the hands. Reject every unlawful lust, everything destructive to men, and all anger. Honour thy parents, as the authors of thy being. Love thy neighbour as thyself. ...” - Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions: Constitutions of the Holy Apostles: Book II

The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, Volume 7 [see Page 413, bottom left section continuing unto the upper right section] : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A - Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe - Google Books

or : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A. D. 325 ... - Google Books

or : The Ante-Nicene Fathers: translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A - Ernest Cushing Richardson - Google Books
Others, unsatisfied with the Greek, point to the Latin, yet the Latin is subject to the Greek:

Which is why the Greek was cited first, from which the Latin then translates...

[Greek Text; page 234, line 10, 2nd word from the left, “...τον σαββατισμον kαi...”] Acta apostolorvm apocrypha post Constantinvm Tischendorf denvo edidervnt Ricardvs Adelbertvs ...

...followed by:

[Latin Text; page 235, line 8-9, beginning from the 7th word from the left and continuing onto the next line, 1st portion of the word, “...omnem obseruationem nostrae legis, euacuauit, exclusit sabbatis-mum et neomenias et legitimas ferias exinaniuit...”] Acta apostolorvm apocrypha post Constantinvm Tischendorf denvo edidervnt Ricardvs Adelbertvs ...

Notice:

"Noun:

sabbatismum

accusative singular of sabbatismus"
- sabbatismum - Wiktionary

Thus we look for "sabbatismus", and we find:

"Etymology

From Ancient Greek σαββατισμός (sabbastismós, “Sabbath observance", "Sabbath-keeping”), from σαββατίζω (sabbastízō, “I Sabbatize, I keep the Sabbath, I observe the Sabbath”), from σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”)

Noun

sabbatismus m (genitive sabbatismī); second declension

Sabbath observance, observance of the Sabbath, Sabbathkeeping, keeping of the Sabbath."
- sabbatismus - Wiktionary

See also:

"sabbătismus, i, m., = σαββατισμός, a keeping of the Sabbath, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 30 fin.; Hier. Ep. 140, 8; id. in Isa. 16, 58, 13." - sabbatismus

"sabbătīzo, āre, v. n., = σαββατίζω, to observe the Sabbath, Tert. adv. Jud. 2 fin.; Hier. Ephes. 2, 12; Vulg. Exod. 16, 30; id. Lev. 25, 2." - sabbatizo

Furthermore:

Additional notation and cited sources for the Latin "sabbatismus" as listed in the following works:

Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 30 fin.; Hier. Ep. 140, 8; id. in Isa. 16, 58, 13:



Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 30 fin.; =
[Latin] St. Augustine, De Civitate Dei, 22, 30 fin. =
[English] St. Augustine, The City of God, [Book] 22, [Chapter] 30 fin. -

[Latin Translation, Pages 422-425] - De civitate Dei Libri XXII ..

http://archive.org/stream/decivitatedeili01augu#page/424/mode/2up

[Specifically see the Latin, Page 425, Line 3, 3rd Word from the Left]“...expressi, iste sabbatismus evidentius apparebit, quoniam septi-mus” -

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De civitate Dei Libri XXII ..


[English Translation] “...This Sabbath shall appear still more clearly if we count the ages as days, in accordance with the periods of time defined in Scripture, for that period will be found to be the seventh. ...” - CHURCH FATHERS: City of God, Book XXII (St. Augustine)


Hier. Ep. 140, 8 =
[Latin] Hieronymus Epistulae. 140, 8 =
[English] Hieronymus [aka Eusebius 'Jerome'] Letter [Chapter] 140, [Section] 8 -

[Latin Translation; Specifically see the Latin, Epistola CXL [140] (al. 139; script. circ. an. 418); Ad Cyprianum Presbyterum [To Cyprian the Presbyter [Priest]], Section 8, Line 14, 11th Word from the Left] “... postea venire septenarium numerum, et octonarium, in quo verus exercetur sabbatismus, et circumcisionis puritas ...” - Hieronymus. Epistolae XCVI-CXLIV

[English Translation, see Jerome's Letter 140, To Cyprian the Presbyter [Priest], quoted in “The Inquirer” Volume II, page 323 subnote paragraph 1] “...and that then will come the seventh and the eighth number, in which the true Sabbath is kept, and the purity of circumcision is restored.” - The Inquirer - Google Books and also see here: When will the Lord return? | Laodicea


id. in Isa. 16, 58, 13 =
[Latin] idem. in [Hieronymus Epistulae.] Iesaiam Commentarii Liber 16, 58, 13; [aka “Eusebii Hieronymi Stridonensis Presbyteri Commentariorum in Isaiam Prophetam libri duodeviginti; liber decimus sextus”] =
[English] “also” in the Hieronymus [Eusebius 'Jerome'] Epistle [Letter] the Isaiah Commentary, [Book] 16, [Chapter] 58, [Verse] 13.

[Latin Translation; Specifically see the Latin, 16th Word from the Left] “...manus suas, nec movet pedes, et suas faciat voluntates: iste celebrat sabbata Domini delicata. Qui sabbatismus...” - Hieronymus. Commentarii in Isaiam. Liber XVI

[English Translation, personal partial] “...the Sabbath of the Lord. That day of rest...

Both Sources Found - Hieronymus
 
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Hebrews 4, the Exegesis, with Genesis 2:1-3, Psalms 95, Ezekiel 20, Nehemiah 9, Numbers 15, etc - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240810

Hebrews 4, the Exegesis continued, looking closer to the Oath and raised Hand, in Ezekiel 20, and further confirmation from Nehemiah 9, and in further passages of scripture, Exodus 20, Acts 4:24, 14:15, Revelation 10:6, 14:6-7 - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240859

Hebrews 4:9, the Word "rest" in the Greek is "Sabbatismos" and its plain definition, along with the cited sources for the word in the extant Greek Literature -
http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240874

Sabbatismos in Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A), with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240941

Sabbatismos in Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240975

Sabbatismos in Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240987

Sabbatismos in Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64241012

Sabbatismos in Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598-2/#post64241039

Sabbatismum, surely not only the Greek, but the Latin also - Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 30 fin.; Hier. Ep. 140, 8; id. in Isa. 16, 58, 13: , with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598-2/#post64241066
 
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[I will include a discussion of 3:1-4:2 here at a later date]

Heb 4:3 - God declares that the Hebrews who have already received the 10C have not and will not enter into his rest;
Heb 4:4-5 - The writer takes this statement, rather than being directed towards the land as it does in Ps 95 and its source material as directed towards God's rest that he had in Gen 2:1-3.
Heb 4:6-7 - reemphasising the fact that these people though they have had the good news of God's rest preached to them they did not enter into either of them. Therefore God has set a new day; 'Today', we have the ability as long as it is called 'Today' to enter into the Rest of God, we do not wait for one day out of seven in order to enter into that rest, we can enter into it 'Today'
Heb 4:8 - The Land is not the rest.
Heb 4:9-11 - This is the summation of the argument of Christ's supremacy above the other Prophets, but where did it begin, what is the Rest that the Writer started with, we have seen that it is not the Sabbath of the 10Cs, or the Land, as these are discounted by the contrasting between the Land, Sabbath and God's Rest seen in vv3-8. We are told at the beginning of the discussion of Christ's office of Prophet that we are to "fix our thoughts upon him" (Heb 3:1) We are told to encourage each other daily as long as it is called 'Today' (Heb 3:13) and that we share in Christ (Heb 3:14)

An excursus on what it means to 'share in Christ'
Having started to extol his audience to focus upon Christ (3:1) the Writer then starts on a discussion of Ps 95, his main focus in this discussion is that turning away from the Gospel (good news) is what is at fault on the part of the Israelites at Meribah, they have dismissed God and his offer of Rest, and so he extols us to enter into God's rest "as long as it is called 'Today'" this Rest that God offers us through Christ is Christ himself, this is why he says in v14; "we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold to our original conviction until the end." and "The message was of no value to them, for they disobeyed, but to us who believe, we enter that rest, for just as God said [of those that do not believe;] 'As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest.'"

So from the view of the Writer, we have to come to the conclusion that:
The Sabbath commandment is a shadow and not the fullness of the Rest of God (Heb 4-5)
Further the Land is also a shadow of this rest.
God has set a new day for the rest; Today. (Heb 4:7)
Christ, or more accurately faith in Christ is the Rest that God has granted us.
 
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I'm finding it interesting that once EW is spoken of it's ignored by those following her brand of teaching. If I had a modern prophet I'd quote him/her to the hilt.
I've noticed when she is quoted she is not given the credit for the quote. Is this an SDA doctrine?

Rev, the reason why I personally don't quote from Sr White is because (A) It's usually not necessary since all we teach can be shown from scripture (one's acceptance of that is irrelevant) and (B) Typically it does more harm than good. Most individuals reject anything anything related to EGW, although it is interesting that I've quoted her before and had people thank me for sharing. Once I've let them know it was EGW they've gone all "Oh...ummmm" so yeah.

Plus the topics aren't about her so why do we need to bring her in. It's a false assumption that Adventism is based upon her writings. She was called the lesser light for a reason. She even said that if people turned to the scriptures the way they ought to, they'd have no need for her writings.
 
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So from the view of the Writer, we have to come to the conclusion that:
The Sabbath commandment is a shadow and not the fullness of the Rest of God (Heb 4-5)
Further the Land is also a shadow of this rest.
God has set a new day for the rest; Today. (Heb 4:7)
Christ, or more accurately faith in Christ is the Rest that God has granted us.

If what you proposed were true, you're still wrong in not keeping it, for a shadow is only done away with when the fullness of what it points to has come. Hebrews tells us that we must continue to labor to enter in to that rest, which means it hasn't yet arrived.

And of course you have the ever ignored verse in Isaiah where God says that from one sabbath to the next and one new moon to the next, His people will gather to worship before Him.
 
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Hebrews 4, the Exegesis, with Genesis 2:1-3, Psalms 95, Ezekiel 20, Nehemiah 9, Numbers 15, etc - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240810

Hebrews 4, the Exegesis continued, looking closer to the Oath and raised Hand, in Ezekiel 20, and further confirmation from Nehemiah 9, and in further passages of scripture, Exodus 20, Acts 4:24, 14:15, Revelation 10:6, 14:6-7 - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240859

Hebrews 4:9, the Word "rest" in the Greek is "Sabbatismos" and its plain definition, along with the cited sources for the word in the extant Greek Literature - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240874

Sabbatismos in Plutarch, De Superstitione 3 (Moralia 166A), with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240941

Sabbatismos in Justin, Dialogue with Trypho 23:3, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240975

Sabbatismos in Epiphanius, Adversus Haereses 30:2:2, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64240987

Sabbatismos in Martyrium Petri et Pauli 1, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598/#post64241012

Sabbatismos in Apostolic Constitutions 2:36:2, with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598-2/#post64241039

Sabbatismum, surely not only the Greek, but the Latin also - Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 30 fin.; Hier. Ep. 140, 8; id. in Isa. 16, 58, 13: , with images - http://www.christianforums.com/t7777598-2/#post64241066
Unfortunately for you all the above is worthless in proving your case the Ten Commandments are an obligation for the Christian requiring the observance of the Sabbath for salvation by practice of said religious organization and the Bible. You're promoting unbiblical material to force compliance.
 
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Rev, the reason why I personally don't quote from Sr White is because (A) It's usually not necessary since all we teach can be shown from scripture (one's acceptance of that is irrelevant) and (B) Typically it does more harm than good. Most individuals reject anything anything related to EGW, although it is interesting that I've quoted her before and had people thank me for sharing. Once I've let them know it was EGW they've gone all "Oh...ummmm" so yeah.

Plus the topics aren't about her so why do we need to bring her in. It's a false assumption that Adventism is based upon her writings. She was called the lesser light for a reason. She even said that if people turned to the scriptures the way they ought to, they'd have no need for her writings.
Then why are her works pervasive in your church?
 
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Multifacet Question, in regards to this passage, "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: ..." [Hebrews 4:2], who is the "them" that the same "Gospel" ["as well as"] was "preached" unto and by whom was it preached and when and how?

...but moving back to the point, as seen that Paul is drawing from numerous OT texts to show that in Christ Jesus we may have rest from "sin" [which is transgression of His Law, the Ten Commandments]. To continue in sin, is to transgress any one of the Ten Commandments and is not to have rest, but to have bondage. It is a remaining in slavery/bondage in Egypt, rather than freedom in the promised land of Canaan. In Egypt, they were not allowed to rest [Sabbath, the 7th Day], as by Pharoah's and the Scriptures own words [Exodus 5,15,16,20 etc].

One such text we have here:

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Hebrews 4:4

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. Genesis 2:1

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. Genesis 2:2

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. Genesis 2:3

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. Exodus 20:11

It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Exodus 31:17

How did God rest?, What were His works?

Hebrews 4:5 speaks of God's rest, even as it is written, "...my rest." It is this rest we are to enter into.

And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest. Hebrews 4:5

Paul picks up Psalms 95, speaking of Israel [the peoples] experience in the wilderness, wherein they failed because of lack of faith in the Gospel preached unto them ["...they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:" Hebrews 4:6] that God would deliver then, bring them into the goodly land and cause them to keep the commandments of God, including the fourth, the 7th Day Sabbath, and because of failure to believe this promise of God [which is the New/Everlasting Covenant, even righteousness by faith], that whole adult generation [except two, Joshua [type of Christ] and Caleb [faithful remnant]] perished in the wilderness, even as it is written in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24... "...cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:" [Ezekiel 20:4] and "In the day [that] I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which [is] the glory of all lands:" [Ezekiel 20:6] and "...But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me:..." [Ezekiel 20:8] and "But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness..." [Ezekiel 20:13], and so in what ways did Israel rebel? What was one of the primary reasons listed over and over again in Ezekiel 20? Again, "Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me..." [Ezekiel 20:21], but how so, what is specifically listed in the very same verse?

Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 20:36

Psalms 95 itself is a 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God Psalm, speaking of both the Creator [God rested the 7th Day] and Saviour [Jesus rested the 7th Day], notice its language:

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Psalms 95:1

Who is that Rock, and where was it? It was in the wilderness with them, and that Rock was Christ ["And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." 1 Corinthians 10:4]. Notice that word "salvation" in the first verse, and we see parallels to it in Exodus 20:2.

Now please notice the Creator part of the Psalms 95, which hearken right back unto Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Exodus 31:17, etc

"For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods." [Psalms 95:3]

"In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also." [Psalms 95:4]

"The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land]." [Psalms 95:5]

"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker." [Psalms 95:6]

This langauge is speaking of the very same things we find in Exodus 20:11, wherein it is written:

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. Exodus 20:11

And again in Revelation 14:7, amidst the Everlasting Gospel [Revelation 14:6], "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." [Revelation 14:7], again see the same in "And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:" [Revelation 10:6], which is directly quoting from Nehemiah: "Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee." [Nehemiah 9:6], and both Peter and Paul, call every man, Jew/Gentile back unto God in repentance, to the Creator God of the Sabbath, the 7th Day, in Acts 4:24 and Acts 14:15 [both passages which are directly citing Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:11, etc].

For Psalms 95 continues, for why Israel did not enter...

"For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice," [Psalms 95:7]

"Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:" [Psalms 95:8]

"When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work." [Psalms 95:9]

"Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:" [Psalms 95:10]

"Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest." [Psalms 95:11]

... for 40 long years God was grieved with that generation, and as we have seen in Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24, we have seen why.

In Numbers we even see a specific example of what Ezekiel mentions:

"And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day." [Numbers 15:32]

What was the judgment? By example, ensample, the wages for sin was?

"Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him." [Numbers 15:31]

Again, as it is written in Nehemiah:

"But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments," [Nehemiah 9:16]

"And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion..." [Nehemiah 9:17]

...and even when the children entered in, they did not continue...

"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations." [Nehemiah 9:26], and Nehemiah continues in the judgments and respites of Israel. Never truly having rest. They too had the 7th Day, knowing of it, but never really entering into it, and so it did not profit them, because they lacked faith.

Hebrews 4:8 speaking of Joshua [KJV Jesus, but speaking of the Oshea, the Son of Nun] was to lead them into the promised lang [Canaan], which was the type to Heaven. But they did not truly obtain the rest, seeing how they lacked faith in God to accomplish in them what was promised. Therefore the rest of God remains [the same rest, which they could have entered], we may also enter through the same Gospel, the Same Christ, and the same Day [the 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God]. For notice, Joshua did not speak of another day.

There remaineth therefore a rest [sabbatismos, literal true sabbath-keeping] to the people of God. Hebrews 4:9

"For he that is entered into his [God's] rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his." Hebrews 4:10

How did God rest? and from what works?

Notice, that it still doesn't even end there:

"Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." [Hebrews 4:11], which Hebrews 3, Ezekiel 20, Nehemiah 9, Numbers 15, all show why they failed when they had the same Gospel, the same Rock, the same Law [Ten Commandments] and the same 7th Day Sabbath of the Lord thy God, and the same Saviour and the same Creator, all with the same chance to believe by Biblical faith [that faith which works, bears fruit, etc].
Yes Israel had the 4th commandment and yet didn't enter God's rest. Therefore the Sabbath can't be God's rest.
 
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