I decided to write about the Sabbath, today, to simply speak of the Person who has given us the command to keep them. And if we know who gave the Command, should we not listen and obey?
Let us begin with the Sabbath.
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day Elohim ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified.
Bereshit/Genesis 2: 1-3
Let us think about this for a moment. The author of life, Yehovah, created all that exists in six days. He did not need to rest in between or after. He was not tired. But He was setting His standard, the rule, if you will, for each one of us to observe. He created us in a specific way, and He knew we needed to have a day or rest. We need to recuperate our strength once a week. I am sure you will agree about this!
He knows how much a person can handle. Yehovah does not want us to work continually without having a day of rest. Our body has been created to function His way. And we need to be spiritually renewed at least once a week. However, We do not need only the body to be refreshed, but also our spirit.
We not only need our physical strength renewed, but our spiritual strength as well. We need to commune with Him at least one a week, because He has committed to bless us on this day.
Yehovah has set the standard for us to follow. He has blessed the seventh day, not the first day of the week. Sunday is the first day of the week.
I also believe that He rested to enjoy His work of creation with Adam. The Sabbath is a blessing from Yehovah to us. I wait for the seventh day to come, and simply seat in His presence! I read His Word, pray and worship. He is always faithful to visit me on this special day.
I would never go back going to church on Sunday, and refuse to rest on the Sabbath! On Sundays people still clean house, or go shopping, and so forth. Refuse to rest on the Sabbath, which is Saturday, is rebellion toward the command of Yehovah. And this is the cause of many physical, and spiritual problems, in man’s life.
The backslidden church changed the blessed Sabbath day to Sunday. It was done to honor the sun god. But Yehovah has never changed this day. You can search all the Scriptures to find one single verse saying that Saturday has been changed to Sunday, but you will never find it. Yehovah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
“For I am Yehovah, I do not change; Therefore you are consumed, O sons of Ya’aqov (Jacob).”
Mal’aki/Malachi 3:6
Man has not being given authority the change the Word of Yehovah. However, he tries, and he does it, but it is to his own detriment!
How many people are sick because they refuse to rest on the Sabbath?
The Sabbath does not belong to any man, but to Yehovah alone; and it was created for all mankind. Only Adam was alive on that special day. He was the only human with his his Creator. And Adam is our ancestor. Each one of us has descended from him.
The Sabbath it is not a Jewish commandments. As all other commandments were given to help lead mankind in a way of holiness unto Yehovah. Yehovah spoke to the Chosen People, Israel, to teach the nations. No commandment is only for one particular group. The Word of Yehovah is for all mankind!
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Yehovah your Elohim. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is withing your gates. For in six days Yehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore Yehovah blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Shemot/Exodus 20:8-11
This chapter in Exodus begins with saying:
And Yehovah spoke all these words saying:
2) I am Yehovah your Elohim, who brought out of land of Mitsrayim (Egypt), out of the house of bondage.
3) You shall have no other gods before Me.
Shemot/Exodus 20:1-3
We have read that the Sabbath is the day Yehovah chose for Himself. We honor Him when we keep the Sabbath day Holy. It is His Day, not ours. He has chosen one day out of seven for Himself. He wants to meet with us in a special way on this day. Why in the world a so called Christian, not want to be with her Creator on this special day; a day He has graciously given us to meet with Him? Please think about this today, and do not say that it is in the Old Testament, therefore it is not valid in the New Testament. If this is your position then, you are a murderer, a thief, an adulterer, and you hate Yehovah. And you also hate the stranger, and the maid that you may have in your house.
If you break one commandment, you have broken them all.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.”
Ya’aqov/James 2:8-11
I want you to know that on Sinai, when this command was given, there were Jews and Gentiles, and were a great multitude.
Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds-a great deal of livestock.
Shemot/Exodus 12:37-38
Did you read it? The multitude was mixed! Hebrews and Gentiles joined together to serve Yehovah. They chose to follow the Elohim of Israel. They saw the miracles Elohim had done in Mitsrayim (Egypt), and Egypt was destroyed. Those people left their home land to follow Yehovah. They came where He was, and they were blessed, They agreed to obey all the commandments that He gave on Mount Sinai; they said yes with Israel. Let us read what Yehovah had said, and what their answer was.
“Now therefore, if will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. 8 “All that Yehovah has spoken we will do.”
Shemot/Exodus 19: 5-7, 8
I will continue on my next message. Be at peace with your Creator!
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