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Yes. High Priest according to the order of Melchizedec, not Levi. Is there a point you are trying to make?
He may have violated the sabbath in context of John 5:18, but He was perfect even in that, according to the law of love; because the lame man needed to be told to take up his mat and walk in order for his faith to operate properly so he could be healed. And therefore in violating the sabbath Jesus was still operating according to the higher law of love; and thus He did not sin, though technically He did violate the letter of the law.
Capiche?
In the context of John 5:18, Jesus tells the lame man to take up his bed and walk on the sabbath. He effectively told another person to violate the sabbath; and therefore in His teaching and in His directing of others actions, He violated the sabbath. There is no getting around that. In the Old Testament, a man was put to death for less work than what Jesus told the lame man to do (picking up sticks).
My Bible tells me that the servant of the Lord must not strive; so suffice it to say that I disagree with you and we will leave it at that. Romans 7:6 is key to our understanding however.
So it was not a violation of the sabbath for the lame man to carry his bed on the sabbath day (John 5:8-12, John 5:18)?Yet that verse has nothing to do with Yeshua breaking the Sabbath or you equating the healing of the man with a direct prohibition regarding gathering wood for a fire on Shabbat. again, Yeshua NEVER told anyone to violate Torah.
So it was not a violation of the sabbath for the lame man to carry his bed on the sabbath day (John 5:8-12, John 5:18)?
Exodus 20:9-11, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it shalt thou not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 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 seventh day, and hallowed it.
It's not work for me to carry my bed, obviously.
Sometimes you can end up believing things that are absolutely absurd (such as it is not work to carry something) when you have a bias about some teaching in God's word. People lose all rationality and begin to think things are true that cannot possibly be true, that go against what your eyes see in front of you.
I'm waiting for you to tell me that to carry something is not work. That would be an indication that you have been completely blinded to reality because of your bias.
Why don't you educate me.Do you understand what work (Melakhah) is?
In the New Testament it is not a sin to break shabbat. Hebrews 7:12, Colossians 2:16-17.Do you not find it contradictory to your premise that a few verses later in John 5:14 Yeshua finds the man in the Temple and tells him not to sin, yet you say Yeshua told him to break Shabbat earlier?
In the New Testament it is not a sin to break shabbat. Hebrews 7:12, Colossians 2:16-17.
Okay. Believe what you want to believe. It is not an essential issue or doctrine.You understand neither verse nor do either prove Yeshua ever broke the Sabbath or told the lame man to...
Okay. Believe what you want to believe. It is not an essential issue or doctrine.
John 5:18, did Jesus claim to be equal with God? Then He also broke the sabbath.
I don't need to argue with you any further. I know what my Bible says.
You have a preconceived bias that prevents you from seeing the truth.
All you have to do is take the scripture at face value and you will know that what I am saying is true.
Jesus didn't sin. He was High Priest according to the order of Melchizedec, after the power of an endless life; He was not subject to the law of Moses under the Levitical priesthood.
Colossians 2:16-17 tells me clearly that in the New Testament it is not a sin to break the sabbath.
Hebrews 7:12-17, For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchizedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedec.
In Matthew 12, Jesus broke the sabbath again. He justified it by citing the example of David, how he ate the shewbread, which was not lawful for the common people to eat; and was blameless. And also how the priests in the temple violated the sabbath doing the work of the sanctuary and were blameless.
To Jesus, the priests doing the work of the sanctuary on a Saturday was a technical violation of the sabbath; but lo and behold, they were excused because of the temple: and Jesus is greater than the temple.
He has the power of an endless life. He is without sin in His nature and character. And therefore, the fact that He violated the letter of the sabbath day law does not mean in any way that He sinned. Jesus Himself was greater than the temple, He is the Son of God. Jesus Himself is the Lord of the sabbath day; that means He created it and is therefore not bound by it: and if He violated the letter of the sabbath day law it does not mean that His character and nature of perfect holiness was in any way compromised. The sabbath is an outward requirement; but its fulfillment in the New Testament is that it boils down to a relationship with the Lord (as an inward law). Jesus' relationship with the Father was perfect, and I am certain that He Himself esteemed every day alike (see Romans 14:5). The sabbath was fulfilled in Him in that He had a perfect relationship with the Father, not in the observing of a specific day. For what is the purpose of the sabbath? Is it not that we set aside time to spend sitting at the feet of Jesus to hear from Him in His word, resting from our labours just to sit at His feet? That good part will not be taken away from us. We are not cumbered about by many things as was Martha; but we have chosen that good part of sitting at the feet of Jesus hearing from Him. See Luke 10:38-42.
But if you believe that the letter of the sabbath day law is not a nonessential of the faith, then be fully convinced in your own mind. Believe it with all of your heart; and be sure to never even start up your car on any given Saturday; because that is kindling a fire.
Have it your way...what I see in John 5:18 is a plain declaration by John that Jesus claimed to be equal with God...and that He broke the sabbath according to John's testimony by the Holy Spirit.
But you may be right, and John was really saying that Jesus broke the sabbath in the Pharisees' eyes...I guess that John and the Holy Spirit, too, are not very good writers...they didn't accurately portray what they really wanted to say. All it would have taken would have been to add a few words, to have John 5:18 say, Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath in their eyes, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
But it doesn't say that. John, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, testifies that Jesus broke the sabbath period:
John 5:18, Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
But to me, it isn't anything that I find essential to salvation, that you should believe that Jesus broke the sabbath...it is a deeper understanding that some may reject even because they have a high view of God's law and do not want to see it diminished by any teaching.
I would only say that the law is a schoolmaster to lead you to Christ. Once faith comes, you will no longer be under a schoolmaster.
Likewise; may the Lord abundantly bless you today!BTW, Shabbat Shalom
Jesus is the Lord of the sabbath and redefined the sabbath laws before the Pharisees. Whereas they said that no work whatsoever is allowed, according to the letter of Exodus 20:9-11, Jesus taught that it is okay to do work on the sabbath if it is virtuous.
Technically, He broke the sabbath as they (and the apostle John) understood it. Since John 5:18 is inspired by the Holy Spirit, I would say also as the Holy Spirit understood it.
But even though He broke the technical letter of the law of the sabbath, He did not come after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. He did not sin because He is the Lord of the sabbath, He created it and therefore He is able to redefine it.
He never broke the spirit of the sabbath law because His communion with the Father was never broken. He also said in John 5:17, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. After which John testifies that He broke the sabbath in John 5:18. Jesus in John 5:17 claimed to work on the sabbath day; and this would be a violation of the letter of Exodus 20:9-11. But because Jesus is Lord of the sabbath, He was able to redefine it according to the spirit of what the sabbath day is all about; for He taught that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Therefore He did not sin by technically violating the sabbath in that He worked on the sabbath alongside of His Father; but He was doing the righteous thing and did not violate the sabbath as He had redefined it to the Pharisees and scribes.
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