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Hi Dania,
I'm curious what you will do with the information folks have provided. Would you mind sharing something about your inquiry?
I am a non-denominational sabbath keeper because I read it in the book and came to the same conclusions as LoveGodsWord spelled out. I couldn't easily justify the switch of the day to Sunday just because it was the first of the countdown to Pentecost ("First of the Weeks?") when Jesus was found to be raised or when the Corinthians were advised to start gathering in grain for the famine in Jerusalem so that it would be ready when Paul came by to take it with him to Jerusalem. God said that He is identified as the One God who gave His people the sabbath. The story in Exodus about the manna is a good place to give thought about the sabbath and what it might mean, as are Jesus's discussion with the legalistically trapped religious leaders, where Jesus showed us what the sabbath was intended to be to people. He didn't change anything about the sabbath, but He showed what it was meant to be. Like the religious leaders, I struggled in my earlier years with quantifying behaviors, like how far can you walk if you want to get out for stroll, how hard can the kids play before it's considered work for them, or how close to sundown is the sabbath delineations (is it when the sun is gone or when the light is gone). LoveGodsWord spells out the same guidelines I found from the scriptures and they are authoritative and trustworthy, but the fine-tuning of it is what you get to figure out. If it's not written in the Book, I'd be hesitant to tell you I know the right quantification. For myself, I avoid shopping, I endorse resting, reading, fellowship, visiting, easy feasting (either previously prepared or without undue sabbath effort), and just having time to think. Some others say that eating out is justified since we sabbath keepers didn't set up the situation where the waiter or waitress HAD to work on the sabbath, and since we aren't their master, we can't forbid that they work. There is a good bit to think about how in the old times the Jews managed the big gatherings in Jerusalem several times a year as they were commanded to appear before the Lord and they may have lived at quite a distance. In that, it does set up that hospitality may be a necessary exception to "work," just as the priests' role was totally work on the sabbath day preparing all those sacrifices, but yet the priest was blameless in that situation. As for me, as much as I can, I'll err on the side of rest other than ox-in-ditch situations, and leave the judgement of how others choose to God, since I'm not judge and the behaviors themselves will likely show us in its fruit.
Let us hear more about what's behind your inquiry!
I'm curious what you will do with the information folks have provided. Would you mind sharing something about your inquiry?
I am a non-denominational sabbath keeper because I read it in the book and came to the same conclusions as LoveGodsWord spelled out. I couldn't easily justify the switch of the day to Sunday just because it was the first of the countdown to Pentecost ("First of the Weeks?") when Jesus was found to be raised or when the Corinthians were advised to start gathering in grain for the famine in Jerusalem so that it would be ready when Paul came by to take it with him to Jerusalem. God said that He is identified as the One God who gave His people the sabbath. The story in Exodus about the manna is a good place to give thought about the sabbath and what it might mean, as are Jesus's discussion with the legalistically trapped religious leaders, where Jesus showed us what the sabbath was intended to be to people. He didn't change anything about the sabbath, but He showed what it was meant to be. Like the religious leaders, I struggled in my earlier years with quantifying behaviors, like how far can you walk if you want to get out for stroll, how hard can the kids play before it's considered work for them, or how close to sundown is the sabbath delineations (is it when the sun is gone or when the light is gone). LoveGodsWord spells out the same guidelines I found from the scriptures and they are authoritative and trustworthy, but the fine-tuning of it is what you get to figure out. If it's not written in the Book, I'd be hesitant to tell you I know the right quantification. For myself, I avoid shopping, I endorse resting, reading, fellowship, visiting, easy feasting (either previously prepared or without undue sabbath effort), and just having time to think. Some others say that eating out is justified since we sabbath keepers didn't set up the situation where the waiter or waitress HAD to work on the sabbath, and since we aren't their master, we can't forbid that they work. There is a good bit to think about how in the old times the Jews managed the big gatherings in Jerusalem several times a year as they were commanded to appear before the Lord and they may have lived at quite a distance. In that, it does set up that hospitality may be a necessary exception to "work," just as the priests' role was totally work on the sabbath day preparing all those sacrifices, but yet the priest was blameless in that situation. As for me, as much as I can, I'll err on the side of rest other than ox-in-ditch situations, and leave the judgement of how others choose to God, since I'm not judge and the behaviors themselves will likely show us in its fruit.
Let us hear more about what's behind your inquiry!
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