No wonder they were astounded when Yeshua did it.

[visionary]

Halacha requires a person visiting a sick patient on Shabbat to say that “healing shall soon arrive” without actually praying on the patient’s behalf, which is inappropriate on Shabbat.

The implication of this Halacha... is that prayer for ill patients is unnecessary on Shabbat, because WITHIN Shabbat itself... is the capacity to restore health. Therefore, Torah Jews do not pray on behalf of ill patients on Shabbat, because Hashem has provided WITHIN Shabbat itself... a healing effect.

 

[Jesus is my Superhero]

Is this because the Sabbath is set aside as Holy Time by God?

 

[Tone]

So, He was presenting Himself, as Shabbat, in a sense?

 

[visionary]

Is this because the Sabbath is set aside as Holy Time by God?

"Holy" can only come from being in His Presence. That Shikinah glory happens in His Presence. The blessings found is because sin can not exist in His Presence...thus the healing.. Most everyone are afraid of His Holy Presence, it is overwhelming, on multi-levels, and it makes you keenly aware of how sinful and unworthy you are in His Presence. Sin ooozes out of your pores like slime or a candle melting from the heat. Those who are attached to their sins can not separate themselves without total surrnder. Those who have come into His Presence know what I am saying. But that one moment of time is not enough, for we are a weaken lot, that without Him, we have no strength to be cleansed of all unrighteousness to be able to stand in His Presence.

The setting aside the Sabbath to be "Holy" is only achieved with His Presence. Keeping the Sabbath without a deep searching and pleading for His Presence is nothing. There is truth to the matter that a "Holy" Sabbath does bring healing on its wings. But I do not see how you can have a Sabbath without prayer, prayers for your own salvation, knowledge, inspiritations, and for the love of others concerning sincere prayers for their wellbeing.

 

[Dkh587]

I'm glad Yeshua came to free us from manmade traditions that were burdensome and oppressive.

 

[Jesus is my Superhero]

What is Christmas and Easter?

 

[visionary]

What is Christmas and Easter?

Before it got Christainized, pagen holidays.

 

[GedaliahMaegil]

Before it got Christainized, pagen holidays.

They still are.

 

[Torah Keeper]

Prayer is an essential part of Shabbat. Including prayer for the sick. The Pharisees were just looking for an excuse to pin on Yeshua. The oral Torah forbids even to set a broken bone on Shabbat. This is why He called them hypocrites. Because they will lift an animal out of a pit on Shabbat, but prayer for healing is a sin? It's ridiculous if you think about it.