SALVATION BY THE SABBATH.

alex2165 said:

It does not matter, because each part of the world has its own time zone.


As long as it a Seventh Day according to your local calendar, or Jewish calendar, that is the Sabbath Day.


GOD bless.

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I believe they are referring to the fact that Christians keep the FIRST day of the week. Thus, the issue of different time zones is beside the point.

alex2165 said:

In this case we are not have to follow anything from the Law nor Jesus, we can do and observe whatever we want, because no one have the right to judge us.


These passages from Romans and Colossians can applied to everybody, and even to you, if I assume that you now starting judging me.


Let not take statements of the Bible from it context and apply them to a issue with which you are disagreed with.


I do not judge no one, but I have right here to express my opinion and my point of you like you do.


So, let not use passages of the Bible inappropriately but apply then it is appropriate.

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It seems appropriate for me, without judging you, to let you know that you are wrong in judging someone as not being a Christian and their standing with the Lord if they do not keep the Sabbath as you might.
Maybe I am wrong and you are not saying that.
How do you view the quotes from Paul's letters which I posted?

Hello, Messianic Israelite….hope you and yours are doing well.

Messianic Israelite said:

Paul told us that "Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping Yahweh's commands is what counts." (1 Corinthians 7:19)

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I’m really curious: you’re quoting from the Greek Scriptures, and your translation says “Yahweh “?!!

If I may ask, what translation are you using?

alex2165 said:

Jeremiah 17.21-27
21.This says the Lord: 'Take heed for yourselves and do not carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

22.And you shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath Day, nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath Day holy as I commanded your forefathers.'

23.Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their neck in order not to listen or take correction.

24.But it will come about, if you listen attentively to Me', declares the Lord, 'To bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath Day, but to keep the Sabbath Day holy by doing no work on it,

25.then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26.They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs (vicinity) of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the House of the Lord.

27.But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath Day holy, by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath Day, then I shall kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and not be quenched.'


This passage of Jeremiah quite surprised me. These Words of GOD had been given to Jeremiah in order that He will declare them to the people of Jerusalem, because GOD was ready to unleash the Babylonian invasion on His people for their evil deeds and idol-worshiping.

But what really surprised me in this passage is that the Lord GOD in order to save Judah, the last standing remnant of His people Israel, asked them to obey and observe only one Commandment out of many.

Usually GOD asked His people to stop worship idols and stop injustice, deceit, lies, bloodshed, and turn to Him. But this particular time the Lord GOD asked His people only to fulfill one single Commandment, and if they do obey this Commandment they will be saved and no disaster will come on them.

And even more surprising that the Lord GOD chose only the Sabbath Commandment out of all others. Why GOD chose only Sabbath to save His people from approaching disaster?

The Sabbath is actually a 4th Commandment, the first Commandment according to Words of Christ is to love your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul.

But despite this fact the Lord chose the Sabbath as condition to save Judah from Babylonian invasion.

Does the Sabbath is more important than the Love for GOD? Probably not. But if take a look at 10 Commandments, the Sabbath Commandment perhaps looks much more simpler that the rest of other Commandments.

Indeed, how hard to observe and fulfill the Sabbath Day? Just do not do any work on this Day, eat, drink, have holy convocation, praise the Lord and relax, what could be better and easier than that?

Concerning other Commandments, they are not so easy, because they required much higher moral and spiritual standards and quite not compatible with our human nature, and because of it they are much more difficult to fulfill. May be this is why the Lord GOD chose the Sabbath Day for Judah to save them from destruction.

But besides this point there is another issue. The issue is about GOD'S great mercy and His compassion and love. GOD knew that absolutely nothing will turn back His people, no any Law, no any Commandment, no numerous warning or threats, but He still tried to give them the very last chance, giving them the most easiest and simplest Commandment of them all in order to save them.

And if Judeans would fulfill this only Commandment of Sabbath Day:

25."then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26.They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs (vicinity) of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the House of the Lord."

Does Sabbath still relevant today? I am certain it is relevant today and forever!

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I don’t think the 4th commandment concerning keeping the Sabbath was necessarily meant to imply that it was more important than the others in the passage you quoted. It may be that God was focused on it at that point and situation in history through Jeremiah to remind the people of Judah that keeping the Sabbath was to be a SIGN ( Exodus 20:12, 20; 31:13, 16-17 ) throughout their generations. I think the fact that the Sabbath was a particular sign between God and the people of Israel was the important point, as the people were forgetting the Sabbath and by their disobedience, failing to demonstrate the perpetual covenant SIGN as God’s chosen nation to themselves and the nations around them.

TO SEDIM.

According to your American calendar Saturday is the last Seventh Day of the week, and Sunday starts a new week, means Sunday is the very First day of the next week, so indeed, even according to our modern calendar Saturday placed on the right spot, the same as a Jewish calendar, and as GOD Himself made it so.

And no wonder that only that last Day, the Sabbath-Saturday, the Seventh Day, the Last Day of the week, this Holy Day was blessed and sanctified by GOD, and no any other day of the week.

Would it make sense to be blessed and to be sanctified on this blessed and sanctified Saturday-Sabbath Day during your worship and prayers as GOD designed it, and as He blessed and sanctified it?


You wrote:
"It's well known that Christians observe Sunday as their day of rest."

This is certainly not true, because Christians never considered and never observe, and even never teach that Sunday is the day of rest. I am old enough to know that, and have been in countless churches during my life, and never even heard in any church I ever been that Sunday considered among Christian as the day of rest, it is not true at all.


Sunday for Christians is a day to go to church, place their donation on the plate, listen to monotony of the preacher, get a short nap occasionally, and then go home to do the work around house, around backyard, and do business as usual. Sunday definitely is not a day of rest for Christians and never will be, as any other day of the week for that matter.


You wrote:
"and one of the restrictions for Shabbat is how far one may travel.
It's not far. These Jewish disciples were sometimes farther apart than allowed travel."

I never encounter and never seen in the Bible any such restriction of travel on the Sabbath Day.

But if you know such place in the Bible, I certainly would like to see it, please specify where you saw in the Bible such restriction on the Sabbath Day.


You wrote:
"But I stand with Torah."

And even here you made a false statement. As a Christian, for many years and now I attend synagogue on every Sabbath Day, plus I have two different Torahs at home (The Pentateuch and Haftorahs edited by DR.J.H. Hertz, and Torah and Commentaries ETZ HAYIM) which I study almost on daily basis, and as far as I know Torah even does not have a clue on the subjects you mentioned here.

So let stop fantasying and get back to reality of the Bible, and not to your own assumptions and theories.

According to Torah, Shabbat was supposed to be a day of communion with faithful others, thus being a "day of rest" then becomes logical. It is also a day of quite a few "does" and "don'ts": Look under "Times and Seasons" at this site: Judaism 101: A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) (jewfaq.org)

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You wrote:
"It's well known that Christians observe Sunday as their day of rest."

This is certainly not true, because Christians never considered and never observe, and even never teach that Sunday is the day of rest. I am old enough to know that, and have been in countless churches during my life, and never even heard in any church I ever been that Sunday considered among Christian as the day of rest, it is not true at all.

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Except the 2 day Saturday-Sunday 'Weekend' is a fairly recent thing. By some accounts as late as 1938.
For most of Western history, certainly up until the 20th century, Saturday was simply a day of work in the West.

Workweek and weekend - Wikipedia

Did you just ignore where I mentioned 'Blue Laws'? : Blue law - Wikipedia

Did you just ignore where I mentioned Seventh Day Adventists and Seventh Day Baptists?

Then please explain these denominations if Saturday was always Christian Sabbath.

You wrote:
"and one of the restrictions for Shabbat is how far one may travel.
It's not far. These Jewish disciples were sometimes farther apart than allowed travel."
I never encounter and never seen in the Bible any such restriction of travel on the Sabbath Day.

But if you know such place in the Bible, I certainly would like to see it, please specify where you saw in the Bible such restriction on the Sabbath Day.

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Did you even TRY to google this? Are you just so sure of yourself? Took like 3 seconds to prove.

Sabbath day's journey - Oxford Reference

"A Jew was permitted to travel 2,000 cubits on the Sabbath (Exod. 16: 29 and Num. 35: 5), about 1.2 km. (¾ mile), and the Mount of Olives was within this distance from Jerusalem (Acts 1: 12)."

I cannot teach you, as you seem to lack humility, which should be a Christian trait.

I leave this thread.

alex2165 said:

Sabbath is not only part of Mosaic Law, it is a part of all humanity.


Sabbath Day was established long before the Law of Moses, right after GOD created Adam on the 6th day. So how come it became only part of the Law? Where was no Law when GOD created Adam.


GOD blessed and sanctified the 7th Day after He created the world. For whom He blessed and sanctified the Sabbath Day?


Answer this. Does Jesus Christ observe the Sabbath Day?


Why then those who call themselves "Christians" do not follow their Teacher and are not observing the Sabbath as He did? Is not the Christ taught to imitate Him in everything? Why when the Sabbath was dropped off?


You wrote:

"So, beyond the “necessary requirements“ and the ones which legislate loving others (like the 10 Commandments), nothing else from those Mosaic laws were compulsory."


Actually all 10 Commandments are compulsory and not only for Christians, but for all humanity, because they are all Spiritual Commandments and Jesus Christ based His teachings firmly on these 10 Commandments.


10 Commandments are the fundament, base, and essence of spirituality, and if a Christian does not have any of this Commandments in his/her soul, this person cannot be considered as Christian, because those who do not observe even one of 10 Commandments will be considered as a pagan worshiper.


If a Christian have no spirituality of 10 Commandments, that person is not Christian.



Concerning circumcision (which is not included in 10 Commandments), yes physical circumcision is not valid for Christians and for Gentiles in general, but there is another circumcision, the circumcision of the heart.


Deuteronomy 10.16

16."Circumcise the foreskin of your heart (Leviticus 26.41) (Deuteronomy 10.16, 30.6) (Jeremiah 4.4, 9.25-26) (Ezekiel 44.7.9) (To Romans 2.29) (To Colossians 2.11) (1Corinthians 7.19)"


Jesus turned physical circumcision into spiritual one, just like He did with some other physical rituals of the Law of Moses.


Physical circumcision of flesh indicated that a person became GOD person according to the physical commandments of the Covenant between GOD and His people Israel.


Spiritual circumcision of the heart indicates the same thing, a person became GOD'S person according to the spiritual commandments of the Covenant that Jesus Christ separated from the physical commandments of the same Covenant.


Spirituality always stands higher than physical matter.

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So, Christians shouldn’t join the world in its wars, i.e.,killing others, right?

Jesus point out that people take this one to ridiculous levels - you don't leave your oxen stuck in the mud because its the sabbath you do what needs to be done you free it. You can expand his examples on many things that come up.If your roof is leaking on a Sunday you don't leave it until Monday you fix it when it needs to be fixed.Its meant to be within reason somethings have to be done like it or not but some take it to another level.

alex2165 said:

You wrote:
"It's well known that Christians observe Sunday as their day of rest."

This is certainly not true, because Christians never considered and never observe, and even never teach that Sunday is the day of rest. I am old enough to know that, and have been in countless churches during my life, and never even heard in any church I ever been that Sunday considered among Christian as the day of rest, it is not true at all.

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Today, most christians do not keep a day of rest. But this has not been the case down through history. Historically, Chrsitians have refrained from work on the Lord's Day (Sunday). Blue laws (laws shutting down all places of business on sunday) were par for the course even during much of the 20th century.

It was Constantine that first made Sunday a national day of rest, but really, he was only putting into effect nationally what Christians had practiced for three centuries.

Sedim Haba said:

Except the 2 day Saturday-Sunday 'Weekend' is a fairly recent thing. By some accounts as late as 1938.
For most of Western history, certainly up until the 20th century, Saturday was simply a day of work in the West.

Workweek and weekend - Wikipedia

Did you just ignore where I mentioned 'Blue Laws'? : Blue law - Wikipedia

Did you just ignore where I mentioned Seventh Day Adventists and Seventh Day Baptists?

Then please explain these denominations if Saturday was always Christian Sabbath.





Did you even TRY to google this? Are you just so sure of yourself? Took like 3 seconds to prove.

Sabbath day's journey - Oxford Reference

"A Jew was permitted to travel 2,000 cubits on the Sabbath (Exod. 16: 29 and Num. 35: 5), about 1.2 km. (¾ mile), and the Mount of Olives was within this distance from Jerusalem (Acts 1: 12)."

I cannot teach you, as you seem to lack humility, which should be a Christian trait.

I leave this thread.

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Oh, before you leave this thread Sidim please read this:


You wrote:
"Did you just ignore where I mentioned 'Blue Laws'? : Blue law - Wikipedia"


Yes, I actually ignored it, because I do not care for it. I do not care what kind of things secular source of information come up with. They make Sunday look like Saturday, so what? Should Christians follow Ordinances of the Lord, or should they follow ordinances of godless secular sources managed, sponsored, and financed by government?

Personally, I prefer to stay with the Ordinances of GOD concerning Sabbath. But if you disagree, I have nothing against it.


You wrote:
"Did you just ignore where I mentioned Seventh Day Adventists and Seventh Day Baptists?"


No, I simply did not responded because for a couple of year I joined them for the sake of the Sabbath Day. Despite some of their twisted and weird theories concerning death and sleep, about Hell, and some other less important issues such as avoidance of drinking coffee and other things, one thing they do right, they worship GOD on the Saturday-Sabbath Day, GOD bless them for that.


You wrote:
"Then please explain these denominations if Saturday was always Christian Sabbath."

Denominations are not important, and church traditions are not important, and the pastors teachings are not important, but Word of GOD is very important, His traditions are very important, His doctrines are very important, and His Rules and Laws also very important.

So if you worship on the Sabbath Day and consider yourself a Christian, good for you, if you do not observe Sabbath and worship on Sunday, good for you, but GOD will judge everyone according to their own deeds.


Romans 14.5
5."Some judge one day to be better that another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds."

Ecclesiasts 11.9
9."Rejoice young man while you are young and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things GOD will bring you into judgment."


You wrote in your previous post:
"and one of the restrictions for Shabbat is how far one may travel."

And as a proof you presented following information:

Exodus 16.29
29."See, the Lord has given you the Sabbath, therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the Seventh Day."

No man go out of his place on the Seventh Day to collect more food or do something else.

Exodus 16.19-21
19.And Moses said to them, "Let no man leave any of it until morning."

20.But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul, and Moses was angry with them.

21.And they gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat, but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.


You presented Numbers 35.5, which has nothing to do with the Sabbath nor with your theory of distance of travel on the Sabbath Day, this verse talking about size of the land given to Levites for pasture land and nothing else. Now you start picking verses out of their context.


You also mentioned Acts 1.12.

Hebrew. (נונח) Sabbath's Day. men-owth an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence): - portion. (KSB. Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary. 4521. P-68.)

Greek. (σα'ββατον) Sabbath. sab'-bat-on; the Sabbath, or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extense. a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plur. in all the above applications:-sabbath (day), week. (KSB. Greek dictionary. 3598. P-64.)


Hebrew. (כימה) Journey. kee-maw, a cluster of stars, i.e the Pleiades: - Pleades, seven stars. (KSB. Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary. 3598. P-55.)

Greek (ο'δο'ς) Journey. travel - journey. (KSB. Greek dictionary. 3598. P-51)


A Sabbath day's walk was a journey of limited extend that THE SCRIBES THOUGHT a Jew might travel on the Sabbath without breaking the Law. (The New International Dictionary of the Bible. J. D. Douglas, Merrill C. Tenney.) P-877.

Notice, THE SCRIBES THOUGHT.

GOD did not impose any such restriction at all, not in His Law, nor through His prophets.

THE SCRIBES THOUGHT. Among them was plenty such idiots about whom Jesus Christ warned constantly not to listen them, because they creating their own law and regulations that are not compatible with the Law nor with Biblical teachings.

Concerning your Oxford reference, I would recommend to you to pay more attention to Biblical sources of Biblical scholars and not to secular information.

IndigoChild5559 said:

Today, most christians do not keep a day of rest. But this has not been the case down through history. Historically, Chrsitians have refrained from work on the Lord's Day (Sunday). Blue laws (laws shutting down all places of business on sunday) were par for the course even during much of the 20th century.

It was Constantine that first made Sunday a national day of rest, but really, he was only putting into effect nationally what Christians had practiced for three centuries.

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In the Bible Lord's Day usually described as a Day of vengeance or presented as a second coming of Christ.


The Blue law is not GOD'S Law it is people's law.


According to the Bible, Sunday never mentioned as the Lord's Day and has no special significance just like any other day of the week.


Of course if you want to follow human traditions I have nothing against it, I prefer to stay with the Bible.

I will read the rest later, but will touch on this last point as it's relevant to Law.

There is such a thing as decisions of the Court (Sanhedrin) regarding
the details of practice. There are many things NOT specified in the Written Torah.
Mostly HOW to do things. We Jews call this Halacha. Known today as 'Oral Law;'

G-d himself established this process IN THE TORAH.

The Jewish Court System

And if you think Yeshua rejected the court, read Matthew 23:2-3

Hockeycowboy said:

So, Christians shouldn’t join the world in its wars, i.e.,killing others, right?

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To what particular comment of mine your question related to?


Or it just a new question?

Sedim Haba said:

I will read the rest later, but will touch on this last point as it's relevant to Law.

There is such a thing as decisions of the Court (Sanhedrin) regarding
the details of practice. There are many things NOT specified in the Written Torah.
Mostly HOW to do things. We Jews call this Halacha. Known today as 'Oral Law;'

G-d himself established this process IN THE TORAH.

The Jewish Court System

And if you think Yeshua rejected the court, read Matthew 23:2-3

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You wrote:

" There is such a thing as decisions of the Court (Sanhedrin) regarding the details of practice."

Is it not the same Sanhedrin that falsely accused Jesus Christ and crucified Him.


John 7.19
19."Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you keeps the Law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill Me?”


You wrote:
"There are many things NOT specified in the Written Torah."

Whatever did not specified in the Torah was specified by prophets of GOD and all His holy men. Everything that we need to know Torah already provided for us. Every that outside of Torah it is not from GOD but from His Opponent.


Revelation 22.18-19
18.I warn everyone who hears the Word of the prophesy of this Book, if anyone adds to them, GOD will add to that person the plagues described in this Book,

19.if anyone takes away from the words of the Book of this prophesy, GOD will take away that person’s share in the Tree of Life and in the holy city (Jerusalem), which are described in this Book. (Deuteronomy 4.2, 12.32) (Revelation 22.18-19).


You wrote:
"Mostly HOW to do things. We Jews call this Halacha. Known today as 'Oral Law;'

Whatever you call it, there is no such "Oral Law." And it sounds quite delusional. The Law, or any Law for that matter, cannot be "Oral" because no one can remember it or recall it then it need it, because it is not written down on a piece of paper, and no one will possibly know if a judge recall the law or just made it up.

Oral and written language are very different from one another and have different definitions.


You wrote:
"G-d himself established this process IN THE TORAH."

GOD did not established anything of such thing as a "Oral law" but it established by Jews, and many other laws, regulations, traditions, and doctrines, because such people dislike the real and true Word of GOD and His Laws, and they decided to alter it.

Isaiah 29.13-14
13.Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me (Jeremiah 12.2.6), (Ezekiel 33.31), (Matthew 15.7-9), (Mark 7.6-7-13), consists of tradition learned by rote (Mark 7.7-9) (Titus 1.14) (Colossians 2.20-22),

14.therefore I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be concealed."


You quoted Matthew 23.2-3.


Matthew 23.2-3
2.saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses,

3.therefore, all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds, they say things and do not do them.

Do you really think it will help your case? If crocked scribes teach the Law of Moses, yes, we should follow the Law of Moses.

Shall we follow things what scribes do? Perhaps not, because they are crocked.

But what kind of teaches we should truly listen and follow? I think we should follow those teachers who teach the Law and do it.

If people follow the crocked scribes who teach the Law but do not do it themselves, I can only feel sorrow for such disciples.

alex2165 said:

Yes, I actually ignored it, because I do not care for it. I do not care what kind of things secular source of information come up with.

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Do you realize how bad this makes you look? You were provided with documentation for Christians resting on the Sabbath, and you simply refused to read it. Not only did your interlocutor prove you wrong, but then you admitted you had your head in the sand.

alex2165 said:

In the Bible Lord's Day usually described as a Day of vengeance or presented as a second coming of Christ.


The Blue law is not GOD'S Law it is people's law.


According to the Bible, Sunday never mentioned as the Lord's Day and has no special significance just like any other day of the week.


Of course if you want to follow human traditions I have nothing against it, I prefer to stay with the Bible.

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There is a key semantical difference between the Day of the Lord (the day of vengence at the end of time) and the Lord's Day (the first day of the week, when Jesus is considered to have arisen. You have only to read the writings of those baptised and ordained by the apostles to know about the Lord's Day being the day Jesus is said to have arisen as a replacement for the Jewish sabbath.

Ignatius, Letter to the Magnesians
If, then, those who walk in the ancient practices attain to newness of hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but fashioning their lives after the Lord's Day on which our life also arose in Him, that we may be found disciples of Jesus Christ, our only teacher.

As to your statement that you prefer to stick with the Bible, I find this disengenuous. I think, for example, that you believe George Washington was the first President of the USA. So, yes, sir, you do accept sources outside the Bible for historical information.

IndigoChild5559 said:

Today, most christians do not keep a day of rest. But this has not been the case down through history. Historically, Chrsitians have refrained from work on the Lord's Day (Sunday). Blue laws (laws shutting down all places of business on sunday) were par for the course even during much of the 20th century.

It was Constantine that first made Sunday a national day of rest, but really, he was only putting into effect nationally what Christians had practiced for three centuries.

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It sounds like some good came from the politicisation of Christianity.
We are no doubt in what some have called the post Christian era and things established by Christian influence and power over the years are being discarded for another life style these days.
Being busy all the time is what happens these days.
And of course you can't force people to live a certain way if they do not want to.

alex2165 said:

Jeremiah 17.21-27
21.This says the Lord: 'Take heed for yourselves and do not carry any load on the Sabbath day, or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.

22.And you shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath Day, nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath Day holy as I commanded your forefathers.'

23.Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their neck in order not to listen or take correction.

24.But it will come about, if you listen attentively to Me', declares the Lord, 'To bring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath Day, but to keep the Sabbath Day holy by doing no work on it,

25.then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26.They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs (vicinity) of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the House of the Lord.

27.But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath Day holy, by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath Day, then I shall kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and not be quenched.'


This passage of Jeremiah quite surprised me. These Words of GOD had been given to Jeremiah in order that He will declare them to the people of Jerusalem, because GOD was ready to unleash the Babylonian invasion on His people for their evil deeds and idol-worshiping.

But what really surprised me in this passage is that the Lord GOD in order to save Judah, the last standing remnant of His people Israel, asked them to obey and observe only one Commandment out of many.

Usually GOD asked His people to stop worship idols and stop injustice, deceit, lies, bloodshed, and turn to Him. But this particular time the Lord GOD asked His people only to fulfill one single Commandment, and if they do obey this Commandment they will be saved and no disaster will come on them.

And even more surprising that the Lord GOD chose only the Sabbath Commandment out of all others. Why GOD chose only Sabbath to save His people from approaching disaster?

The Sabbath is actually a 4th Commandment, the first Commandment according to Words of Christ is to love your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul.

But despite this fact the Lord chose the Sabbath as condition to save Judah from Babylonian invasion.

Does the Sabbath is more important than the Love for GOD? Probably not. But if take a look at 10 Commandments, the Sabbath Commandment perhaps looks much more simpler that the rest of other Commandments.

Indeed, how hard to observe and fulfill the Sabbath Day? Just do not do any work on this Day, eat, drink, have holy convocation, praise the Lord and relax, what could be better and easier than that?

Concerning other Commandments, they are not so easy, because they required much higher moral and spiritual standards and quite not compatible with our human nature, and because of it they are much more difficult to fulfill. May be this is why the Lord GOD chose the Sabbath Day for Judah to save them from destruction.

But besides this point there is another issue. The issue is about GOD'S great mercy and His compassion and love. GOD knew that absolutely nothing will turn back His people, no any Law, no any Commandment, no numerous warning or threats, but He still tried to give them the very last chance, giving them the most easiest and simplest Commandment of them all in order to save them.

And if Judeans would fulfill this only Commandment of Sabbath Day:

25."then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26.They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs (vicinity) of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the House of the Lord."

Does Sabbath still relevant today? I am certain it is relevant today and forever!

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I think if they had really obeyed the sabbath then yes it would have helped them a lot. Not that resting one day a week by itself is really anything at all. It's because that rest would give them the moment to stop and think about God and think about his commandments. A moment to hear the Torah read and pray. This would cause self reflection and mass repentance so they wouldn't have to go to Babylon.

IndigoChild5559 said:

Today, most christians do not keep a day of rest. But this has not been the case down through history. Historically, Chrsitians have refrained from work on the Lord's Day (Sunday). Blue laws (laws shutting down all places of business on sunday) were par for the course even during much of the 20th century.

It was Constantine that first made Sunday a national day of rest, but really, he was only putting into effect nationally what Christians had practiced for three centuries.

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Hi IndigoChild5559. Good afternoon. That's not true. Early so-called Chr-stians kept the Sabbath Day on the seventh day of the week, the Saturday. Even after Constantine legislated the keeping of Sunday in a determined program of religious syncretism for his empire, remnants of the True Worshipers who migrated to Europe continued to resist the religious authorities of Rome. There is no "Chr-stian Sabbath" according to the Bible. There is only one Sabbath Day, which is the seventh day of the week. Our Messiah, Yahshua the Messiah kept the Sabbath Day. He is our example and we are to follow His footsteps. The apostles also kept the Sabbath Day.

All you need to do is read Matthew 24:20 in which our Savior Yahshua the Messiah indicates that the Sabbath would be observed both in 70 C.E as well as in the end of the age when all things are to be fulfilled.