Re-posting. The Sabbath Remains for the People of Yahweh. The Sabbath remains valid with its blessings, even as the scripture says: the promise of entering His rest still stands, therefore. let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it(Heb. 4:1ESV). How do you enter this rest? Verses 9-11 shows There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered Yahs rest has also rested from his works as Yah did from His [when He rested on the Seventh day from all His works in Gen. 2:2-3]. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience[shown by some of the Israelites when they disobeyed Yahs Sabbath law]. The observance of the Sabbath is the test of all obedience to Yahweh. If you fail in it, you have practically failed all. It is the only commandment that redounds exclusively to Yahs honour, as its main object is to commemorate the fact that in six days The Elohim made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Elohim blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. The keeping of the Sabbath, therefore, is an acknowledgment of Yahweh as the Creator of all things, including you. Not surprisingly, the Sabbath is most dear to His heart. As He promised to rain down manna for the Israelites, He said to them: Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a days portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily(Ex. 16:4-5ESV). Notice what Yah said when some of the Israelites, out of disobedience, went out to gather manna on the seventh day: And the Elohim said to Moses, How long will you refuse to keep My Commandments and My Laws? See! The Elohim has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day He gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day(vv.28-29ESV). The failure to observe the Sabbath commandment was deemed by Yah as a refusal to keep all His commandments and laws. Dont fall into a similar trap of disobedience. The Word of God, of which the Sabbath, is part, is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword(Heb. 4:9-12), it does not spare transgressors(Isa. 1:20;cp John 12:48; Rev. 19:15-16). So strive(LITV exert yourself, NIV make every effort) to enter the Sabbath rest in emulation of Yahweh, your Heavenly Father(Heb. 4:.11;Eph. 5:1). It will not be easy in a hostile Sabbath world, but do exert yourself to keep the seventh-day Sabbath holy in honour of Yah. Friends and family may despise you and call you names; your boss may threaten you with dismissal, but do exert yourself, and the Elohim of all grace will empower you to keep it(1Pet.5:10;Phil.4:13;Tit. 2:11). He never fails. Prepare for the Sabbath each Friday(the sixth day) of the week. Have your Sabbath meal bought and prepared on this day(Ex. 16:23-26, 35:3), making sure all your commercial, secular activities cease by sunset (Neh. 10:31, 13:15-21; cp. Jer.17:19-27). Then enter into the joy of the Elohim on His Holy Sabbath day (Neh. 8:9-10;Ps. 118:24, 99:9), resting and worshipping His Holy Name. Your soul will be filled with goodness, and you will be spiritually energized to face the incoming week. The Elohim regards the Sabbath as so vital a part of His revealed will that He inspired the prophet Isaiah to prophesy that you must keep it in this end time when His salvation is near to come and His righteousness about to be revealed(see Isa. 56:1-8). And it comes with a package of blessings you cant find anywhere else- except by keeping Yahs Sabbath day Holy! The book of Hebrews distinctly affirms: There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of Yahweh. The question is, are you part of the people of Yahweh? If so, then, the Sabbath is for you. Dont make the stale old excuse that the Sabbath is for the Jews when Yah says you shouldnt say so: Do not let the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to the Elohim, saying, The Elohim has utterly separated me from His people(Isa. 56:3NKJV). Yet this is the standard excuse of all Gentile(convert) Christians who do not keep the Sabbath. Against Yahs express will, they do not see themselves as members of the House of Israel with whom Yah has made His New Covenant and, therefore, see no need to observe the Sabbath. In the light of all the positive affirmations Yah has made about His Sabbath, what is the standing of such Christians with God? Is Yah pleased with them, when He says Sabbath observance is a thing which pleases Him?(v.4). Will He accept their spiritual sacrifices? Beloved, dont spurn the Sabbath as others do. Delight in it, and Yah will delight in you(Isa, 58:13-14; cp Ps. 37:4; Job 22:22-28). Treat every seventh day as holy time set apart for Yah, and He will treat ynu the same- He will set you apart to Himself(Ez. 20:12). Dont miss out on the blessings of Yahs Holy Sabbath. Keep it holy, as our Master Yeshua and all the early Christians did, for His salvation is near to come and His righteousness about to be revealed. Yah help us all to keep His Holy Day in Jesus Name. Amen!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:24:27 +0000
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