Its holiness has never departed from it, for…. Ecclesiastes 3 14 …whatsoever God does, it shall be for ever. Hebrews 4 9 There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. And the seventh day, which God for ever declares to be His rest, is that by which He makes known to us the perfection of His rest, because it calls us to contemplate a finished and perfect new creation. It reveals to us the everlasting God, the unwearied, almighty Creator:.
Psalm 31 19 Oh how great is your goodness, which You have laid up for them that fear You; which You have wrought for them that trust in You before the sons of men! Colossians 2 10 …complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power.
Many people imagine that if one observes the seventh day he is keeping the Jewish Sabbath; but that does not at all follow. There is the same difference between the Jewish Sabbath and the Sabbath of the Lord, that there is between a man and God. Let us explain. Exodus 20 10 The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. A man may cease from physical toil on the seventh day of the week, and not keep the Sabbath of the Lord. If a man stops work on Friday evening at sunset, and abstains from all labor until the next day at sunset, merely as a form of worship, and in order that he may be physically better able to go at his work again, or with the thought that he is thereby discharging a duty, and gaining the favor of God, that is not keeping the Sabbath of the Lord.
To keep the Sabbath of the Lord is to delight in the Lord. Those who do not delight themselves in the Lord, do not keep His Sabbath, no matter when they abstain from labor. Therefore no Jew, so-called, as distinguished from a believer in Christ, keeps the Sabbath of the Lord, even though he apparently rests on the seventh day of the week.
His rest is his own rest, and not the rest of the Lord. Do you see the difference? The Jewish Sabbath falls on the same day of the week as the Sabbath of the Lord, but it is not by any means the same thing.
It represents only the man himself, and his own work. Instead of being the sign of justification by faith in the work of the Lord, it is the sign of self-righteousness, as indicated by the question which the Jews asked of Jesus:. John 6 28 What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Their obedience was not the obedience of faith, but only of form. From such a Sabbath may the Lord deliver us. It is from it that we are delivered in the Sabbath of the Lord, for we are saved from our own works, and given the perfect works of the Lord.
But let us beware of making it a mere caricature of rest. Let us take it for what it is: the rest of the Lord. This is something entirely different from the Sabbath of the Jews, and infinitely different from the Sabbath of the Lord.
The Jewish Sabbath represents the vain attempt of zealous and self-confident men to do the works which God Himself does, and which God alone can do. It dispenses with even the form of the commandment of the Lord. Let us see how this is. We know what it is. The Papal Sabbath has nothing in common with the Sabbath of the Lord, not even in form, but utterly repudiates it.
The keeping holy the Sunday is a thing absolutely necessary to salvation; and yet this is nowhere put down in the Bible; on the contrary, the Bible, says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Exodus , which is Saturday, and not Sunday; therefore the Bible does not contain all things necessary to salvation. This is only one out of many similar citations that might be given, but is sufficient to show that in the observance of Sunday the Catholic Church deliberately repudiates the Word of the Lord, and sets itself above it.
It has placed its Sabbath on an entirely different day from the Sabbath of the Lord,—a day which even God himself could not possibly have made His Sabbath, since on it He began His work, in order to emphasize its claim to be above God. It would teach men that they are to obey the church rather than God. In fact, the Bible knows nothing about such a day. It does know the first day of the week, which it calls a working day, but the Sunday, a day composed of parts of two days, was made in Rome.
Asked 6 years, 6 months ago. Active 1 year, 4 months ago. Viewed 11k times. As I was studying this morning, I came across Ezekiel Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
As I looked into it, there are many verses contained in the scriptures that use the plural term "Sabbaths" Leviticus And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 2 Chronicles To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Isaiah Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Improve this question. ThaddeusB 4, 3 3 gold badges 19 19 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Some are actually called a Sabbath: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Leviticus KJV Day of Atonement is also a Sabbath: It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. Leviticus KJV The seventh month begins with a day period which will include at least one weekly Sabbath. For example: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath s day, and stood up for to read.
Luke KJV Some plural uses cannot mean weekly Sabbaths: Now upon the first day of the week sabbaton , very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. Improve this answer. Revelation Lad Revelation Lad I have to go with your answer over Caleb's as it encompasses "rest" instead of day. Many misinterpret Jesus's saying "the Father works and I work" Jn. This is far from true-in fact if the 4th commandment is made void, what is to prevent the other 9 from being considered nulified.
The truth is modern man has negated the Sabbath's, and paid the penalty for it, in premature aging, disease, poverty, stress, as well as infertility, drought, soil errosion. What day one celebrates it is under grace, as well as what one does or doesn't do for the Christian. But the principle is part of the eternal Word of God, and the world will pass away before His Word does.
The problem with this answer is that it based upon a false assumption. The resurrection actually occurred on the morning of the third day, Luke ; 46 and Acts - As Jesus himself prophesied, Mark Nor does the answer actually deal with the text in question which is Ezek — Jonathan Chell. Tau Agreed, it reflects a better overall concept of Sabbath, but does little to then apply this understanding to the specific text in question.
I also think the "my" Sabbaths part of Ezekiel still needs to be addressed. That is, this is God speaking about the days He has commanded be dedicated to Him. They are His, all of them. Thus the plural. At the same time, they are a gift, He has given them to us for our benefit, much like all the law. It will go well with you if you obey — Joshua.
Let me clarify my answer to the question. If the sign was only weekly Sabbaths, annual days including the Day of Atonement would not be part of the sign that sanctifies. When the plural Sabbaths continue in the NT especially in the resurrection the ultimate sanctifying act the sign must be more than weekly Sabbaths.
Show 1 more comment. Community Bot 1. Caleb Caleb 5, 11 11 gold badges 46 46 silver badges 87 87 bronze badges. Does that explain Ezek ? JonathanChell I don't see any indication that it wouldn't. Most commentaries I've checked seem to just take this for granted as the obvious reading of the plural just makes sense.
The OP above just seemed to be in a funk and missing the obvious it happens to all of us. If there is more of a question here than what was posed it would seem like the burden would be on the questioner to come up with some shred of reasoning why the obvious reading doesn't fit, which I don't see in this case in my cursory review of these passages and some commentary.
Email address. Acts Share Tweet Save. Acts Acts Acts And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them To the Jews in their synagogue; for though the Jews had put away the Gospel from them, and the apostle had turned to the Gentiles; yet he still retained a great affection for his countrymen the Jews, and as often as he had opportunity, attended their synagogues, in order to preach the Gospel to them; and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures : that is, out of the Old Testament, concerning the Messiah, the characters of him, the work that he was to do, and how he was to suffer and die for the sins of men; and this he did three weeks running, going to their synagogue every sabbath day, when and where the Jews met for worship; and made use of books, which they allowed of, and of arguments they could not disprove.
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