Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
On 9-22-13, Pam
Padgett mentioned the OT sabbath in her writing. In the OT God
commanded man to rest in his place on the seventh day as God rested from
all HIS works on the seventh day.
Genesis 2:2
... And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his work which God created and made.
It is very important to notice this was a "resting from all his work" ...
God set up a rest for man. In the OT sabbath man was not to do any work. He was to stay "in his place" (in his tent/in his house) all day. There would be no food gathering (buying) or preparation.
The religious leaders often attacked Jesus for doing works on the sabbath.
They attacked David and his men for going into the fields on the sabbath and pulling ears of corn and eating.
Mt. 12 ... Jesus speaking concerning the sabbath ... At
that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his
disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to
eat. 2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy
disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3But
he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an
hungred, and they that were with him; 4How he entered into the house of
God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat,
neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5Or have
ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the
temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6But I say unto you,
That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7But if ye had known
what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not
have condemned the guiltless. 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the
sabbath day.
The NT sabbath is explained for us in Hebrews 4 ... It
is a ceasing from our own works. Every day for us is a sabbath for
instead of doing our own works, our own ideas, we are to rest in that
which is shown us by God about the matter at hand. Therefore we labor
to enter into what HE has shown us. This is the NT sabbath.
Heb.
4 ...Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering
into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2For unto us
was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did
not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have
sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world. 4For he spake in a
certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the
seventh day from all his works. 5And in this place again, If they shall
enter into my rest. 6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter
therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because
of unbelief: 7Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To
day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts. 8For if Jesus had given them rest, then
would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9There remaineth
therefore a rest to the people of God. 10For he that is entered into
his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,
In
the OT, on the sabbath, man was to cease from his own works. He
remained in his "tent" or "house". No food was prepared on the
sabbath. He did not leave his place on the sabbath in the OT.
Today both the Jews and Christians want to have a day they call the sabbath.
But
neither fulfilled the law of the OT on this sabbath for if they did
they would remain in their place all day and no food would be prepared.
Certainly they would not go to grocery store and no one would watch
football. It would totally be a day unto the LORD.
When looked at by OT instructions, I suspect no one (Christian nor Jew) would want to try to observe it this way. There is a perverted "sabbath" where either Saturday or Sunday is declared the sabbath. But the NT sabbath is a way of life
where we observe it by ceasing continually from our own works and
committing all plans to God in prayer and entering into HIS rest by
hearing what HE wants us to do concerning that matter and believing HIM
and going in HIS way... thus ceasing from our own works.
One
day I was as grocery and the woman in front of me in check out line was
berating the checker who apparent went to her church group. This woman
was saying, "I can't believe you are working on a Sunday." The checker replied they called her and needed her. The woman continued speaking against the checker working on a Sunday.
Finally, I spoke up and said to this woman: "I
can't believe you are buying groceries on a Sunday. For if you want to
live by OT law, you would not be buying food on a Sunday." Both women were shocked and no more words came through either mouth.
So
if anyone reading this wants to live by OT sabbath they must remain in
their place all day and cease from all work and think all day on God.
(NO TV)
Ex. 16 ... See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30So the people rested on the seventh day.
But for those of us who want to live by NT, we
see the OT sabbath as a physical demonstration of man ceasing from his
own works as God did from HIS. And we enter into God's rest daily by
turning to God with the issues of this present life and hearing from God
and resting in what God says to us about the matter at hand. It is a
daily sabbath to God.