Questions On The Shadow Sabbaths Of Colossians 2:16, 17

[Martinman]

[BIBLE][/BIBLE]CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON THE SHADOW SABBATHS OF COLOSSIANS 2:16, 17




1. (a) Why was the Passover to be celebrated on the 14th day of the first month, the day before a type of “Sabbath”? That same“Sabbath” was the day before the “Wave Sheaf” offering which was to be waved, on the 16th of the first month.

(b) What did that “Sabbath” (which was also the first day of Unleavened Bread) represent? Why was it called a “Sabbath” and why was the Wave Sheaf specified to be, “on the morrow after the “Sabbath”?


2. (a) Why do the literal translations of the Bible, such as, the King James' Versions, the Geneva Bible and Young's Literal Translation etc. etc., show that the day before the Wave Sheaf ceremony was a “Sabbath”?

(b) What was the purpose of this scheduling?



3. (a) Why is the day before the Day of Pentecost always called, a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

(b) Why was the Day of Pentecost never called, a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

(c) What was the purpose of this scheduling?



4. (a) Why is the day after the 7thday of Unleavened Bread called a “Sabbath” in the Bible?

(b) Why is the 7th day of Unleavened Bread never called a “Sabbath” in the Bible?


5. Why is there an exact 7-day sequence between these types of “Sabbaths” disbursed among the spring feasts in the Bible?


6. What is the relationship between these types of “Sabbaths” mentioned in Leviticus 23, (also referred to in Colossians 2:16, 17,) and the 7th-day “Sabbath”?


7. (a) Why is it so common among pastors and evangelists who claim to believe in the “Sabbaths” of the Bible, to call both the 7th day of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost, “Sabbaths”?


(b) Who gave pastors and evangelists the authority to "change times and the laws" as can be seen in their illustrative presentations of calling these days “Sabbaths”?? Is this change of times and laws done to confuse and to distract from their prophetic significance?



8. (a) When the first new moon of spring falls on a 7th-day “Sabbath”, why do all 8 of thesetypes of “Sabbaths” inLev. 23:15 also fall on 7th-day “Sabbaths”?


(b) Why does this exact same pattern occur in the 7th month of the sacred year, where the 4 fall
feasts occur on these kinds of “Sabbaths”?



9. Why is the Day of Atonement always called a “Sabbath” being on the 10th day of the 7th month?


10. (a) How is the Day of Atonement, (the 10th day of the 7th month), in an exact 7-day sequence with the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles (the 15th day of the 7th month), and with the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles (the 22nd day of the 7the month)?

(b) Can you explain why, and exactly how, the 4 fall feast days, which are all called
“Sabbaths” are actually in this exact 7-day sequence with each other?



11. What are the “Sabbaths” in Colossians 2:16, 17 shadows of?


12. (a) Why do all 4 of the fall feast days have extra-special significance only in the “Sabbath” years why?

(b) And what exactly is that extra-special significance? Where is the Bible evidence for this?

(c) Why does only the Day of Atonement, have extra-special significance in the Jubilee year? Why does the Day of Atonement have extra-special significance in both the “Sabbath years” and the “Jubilee years”, two consecutive years?


13. (a) Why are all 4 of the fall feast days called "Sabbaths"? When the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on a “seventh-day Sabbath”, why does the next Day of Atonement, also end up occurring on seventh-day Sabbaths?


(b) Why does this phenomenon occur so often in the perpetual Hebrew calendar, (HII) “HEBCAL”?

 

[Martinman]

ANSWERED QUESTIONS​

First, I would point out that there is a time element in connection with the “MYSTERY” of God, as brought out in the text you gave--”But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the “MYSTERY” of God should be finished....” Revelation 10:7




“[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of these glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” Colossians 1:26, 27




“And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:” Mark 4:11




“The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever,...”Deuteronomy 29:29




“The significance of the Jewish economy is not yet fully comprehended. Truths vast and profound are shadowed forth in its rites and symbols. The gospel is the key that unlocks its mysteries.” Christ's Object Lessons, 133




“Around the sanctuary and its solemn services mystically gathered the grand truths which were to be developed through succeeding generations.”Faith I Live By, 194




This next text reinforces this time element again.




“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,...” Galatians 4:4




“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:1 “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” 1 Thessalonians 5:4




Jesus told His disciples that it was given unto them to know the mystery of the kingdom. Yes, there are things that are secret, known to God only, but that which is revealed belongs to us and to our children forever. One of the secret things not yet revealed, is the “day and the hour of the coming of the Son of Man,” which the Father will reveal to us at the appointed time, according to the prophecies of Moses.




The prophecies of Moses are the foundation to understand all prophecies, both in the events foretold and for understanding the precise time when these prophecies would be fulfilled.


The focus of my questions deals with this time element from the prophecies of Moses.


These prophecies show such precise timing, in that, they reveal:




the exact hour of the day


the exact day of the week


the exact day of the month


the exact month of the year


the exact year within the Sabbatical cycle of years


the exact Sabbatical cycle of years within the Jubile cycle of years


and the exact Jubile cycle.


The Messiah often referred to this precision in the prophecies ,when He spoke to the disciples and said, “My time is not yet come,” John 7:6, or “My time is at hand.” Matthew 26:18, and other similar phrases.


The statement He made when He announced His public ministry. “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21. He had just read the Jubile prophecy of Isaiah 61, stopping in the middle of the sentence, omitting the portions of the prophecy that apply to the last Jubile at the end of time.




The first coming of the Messiah did not fulfill all of the prophecies given in the old sanctuary system. He only fulfilled the types relating to the first advent. In this system there are types which relate to the second advent, as well, that must be fulfilled in the same manner as the first advent types—not only as to the event, but, also, as to the exact and precise time that they were rehearsed in the annual ceremonies for so many centuries.




“Because He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness...” Acts 17:31




The 12 annual “Sabbaths” in the King James Version dispersed among the feast days, are the “Sabbaths” mentioned in Colossians 2:16, 17, as “shadows” of things to come.These 12 show where the 7th-day Sabbath would be in relation to the great events in the plan of salvation when these events would be fulfilled.


Question #1


(a) Passover was celebrated on the 14th day of the first month (Lev. 23:5), a day before a “shadow” Sabbath, because the Messiah was crucified on the 14th day of the first month, the day just before a 7th-day Sabbath (“because it was the preparation,” John 19:31). And on the 16th day the Wave Sheaf offering was celebrated (Lev.23:11), the Messiah rose from the dead, the day after the 7th-day Sabbath that year (John 20:1).




(b) This “shadow” Sabbath, the day after the Passover, also the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, represented the 7th-day Sabbath which came the day after the crucifixion.




The Wave Sheaf offering was specified to be on the “morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it” (Lev. 23:11), because that was the day that Christ presented His sacrifice to the Father (John 20:17). “Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.” (1 Cor. 15:23). It was the day after the 7th-day Sabbath (Matthew 28:1).




Question #2


(a) The literal translations of the Bible show the day before the Wave Sheaf Offering to be a “Sabbath”, because in the year that the Messiah was crucified, this day was a 7th-day Sabbath (Matthew 28:1, 6).




(b) This scheduling shows where the 7th-day Sabbath would occur when these feasts, Passover and Wave Sheaf, would be fulfilled in the year of the crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah.




Question #3


(a) The day before the Day of Pentecost is always called a “Sabbath” in the prophecies of Moses (Lev 23:15 16), because in the year of fulfillment it would be a 7th-day Sabbath.




(b) The Day of Pentecost was never called a “Sabbath” in the prophecies of Moses, because when it was fulfilled it followed a 7th-day Sabbath, and occurred on the first day of the week (Acts 2:1).




(c)The purpose of this scheduling is to show where the 7th-day Sabbath occurred in relation to the Day of Pentecost.


Question #4


(a) The day after the 7th day of Unleavened Bread is called a “Sabbath” because in the year that the Messiah was crucified this day fell on a 7th-day Sabbath and was the first Sabbath in the 7 Sabbath-count to the day before the day of Pentecost (Lev. 23:15, 16).




(b)The 7th day of the feast of Unleavened Bread is never called a “Sabbath” because this would disrupt the 7 day weekly cycle that God instituted. In the typical systemthe “shadow” Sabbaths followed a 7-day sequence, as well. Therefore, the 7th day of Unleavened Bread would be only 6 days from a day named as a “Sabbath” previously, and also, the very next day is the first Sabbath in the 7 Sabbath-count to the day before the day of Pentecost.


Question #5


There is an exact 7-day sequence between the “shadow” Sabbaths because these “Sabbaths” were prophecies of 7th-day Sabbaths in the year of fulfillment.


Question #6


The relationship between these types of “Sabbaths” and the 7-th day Sabbath is that one is the prophecy, the other is the fulfillment. We have the interpretation that the Messiah gave when He fulfilled the types relating to His first advent. He fulfilled them as to the event, as well as, to the timing.


Question #7


(a) I don't have an answer as to why pastors call both the 7th day of Unleavened Bread and the Day of Pentecost, “Sabbaths”, when the Bible does not.


(b)No one has given anyone authority to change any of God's appointed times. “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed,...” Act 17:25, 26.


He never gave us permission to set times and seasons or to change the times and seasons that He has set. Let us never confuse God's time-setting with man's time-setting. We should be wary of any time-setting by man.


Question #8


(a) When the first new moon of spring falls on a 7th-day Sabbath, all 8 of the “shadow” Sabbaths in the spring feasts, fall on 7th-day Sabbaths because the “shadow” Sabbaths follow a 7-day sequence.


The new moon on the 7th-day Sabbath activates the “shadow” Sabbaths, by causing them to fall on 7th-day Sabbaths. This is one reason that we will worship God on the new moon and on the Sabbath in the new heaven and the new earth. (Isaiah 66:23).


(b) Through the Messiah's fulfillment of the types relating to the first advent, we have the interpretation for the fulfillment of the types relating to His second advent.


The new moon of the 7th month falling on a 7th day Sabbath causes all 4 of the “shadow” Sabbaths in the fall feasts to occur on 7th-day Sabbaths, as well, although not all in that same year. See the complete answer under Question 10.


Question #9


The Day of Atonement is always called a “Sabbath”, because it met fulfillment and will be fulfilled on the 7th-day Sabbath. When the Messiah read the Jubile prophecy on the Day of Atonement on a 7th-day Sabbath in the synogague, and then pronounced, “This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21, the Day of Atonement met its 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment. His stopping in the middle of the sentence, and not reading the phrase pertaining to the “day of vengeance of our God”, shows that the Day of Atonement has a future 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment at the time of the day of vengeance.

Question #10


(a) Since the Day of Atonement is the only feast day with extra-special significance in two consecutive years, the Sabbatical year and the year of Jubile, and since the other fall feasts have extra-special significance only in the Sabbatical year, this necessitates that the Day of Atonement must occur on the 10th day of the 7th month, in order for there to be a perfect 7-day sequence from the Feast of Trumpets, the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles and the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles to the Day of Atonement of the Jubile year, when all the slaves were set free, ending the entire prophetic cycle.


The Fall Feasts are prophesied to be fulfilled in a Sabbatical year because of the extra-special prophetic ceremonies that were to be performed only in the Sabbatical year (Deuteronomy 31:10-16). On the Day of Atonement a certain class of Hebrew slaves were also set free only in the Sabbatical year (Deuteronomy 15:1, 12) The year of release is the Sabbatical year.


(b) There is only one feast day that has extra-special significance in more than just one year. That feast day is the Day of Atonement, which has extra-special significance in the Sabbatical year, but, its greatest significance is in the Jubile year, which always follows a seventh Sabbatical year.


It is in the Jubile year that the Day of Atonement follows a perfect 7-day sequence from the last feast day (the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles) of the Sabbatical year


This is the reason that the Day of Atonement must be on the 10th day of the 7th month, in order to have a perfect 7-day sequence in all the “shadow” Sabbaths of the fall feasts in the years of their greatest significance, the Sabbatical and the Jubile years,so that all four of the fall feast days occur on a 7th-day Sabbath. Of course, the 7th-day Sabbath fulfillment in the fall feasts can only occur if the new moon of the 7th month falls on a 7th-day Sabbath in the 7th Sabbatical year, the year before the grand fulfillment of the Jubile year.


Question #11


These “shadow” Sabbaths in Colossians 2:16, 17 are shadows or prophecies of 7th-day Sabbaths. A shadow cannot make a shadow. Therefore, the “shadow” Sabbaths are caused by the real 7th-day Sabbath and are shadows of it. The 7th-day Sabbath cannot be a “shadow”, or a type, or a prophecy, because it is the substance that created the “shadows”.


Question #12


(a) Please see answers to Question 10.
(b) Please see answers to Question 10.
(c)Please see answers to Question 10.


Question #13


(a) All four of the fall feast days are called “Sabbaths” because in their main fulfillments, all four must occur on 7th-day Sabbaths. When the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on a 7th-day Sabbath, then the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles falls on the next 7th-day Sabbath. If one continues the 7-day sequence until the next Day of Atonement, this Day of Atonement will occur on a 7th-day Sabbath, also.


(b) To keep alive the prospect of the grand fulfillments of the fall feast days on 7th-day Sabbaths in the great final Sabbatical and Jubile year.