Friday, August 8, 2014

Whose Sabbath Are You Keeping?

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

I do not mean by this question which day of the week are you observing the Sabbath on.   I mean by this question who owns the Sabbath that you keep?

The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka The Lord) said that the regular weekly Sabbath and all of the days during His Feast when people were to congregate together instead of doing their normal work were all Sabbaths (Leviticus 23).   He said in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) that these were His Sabbaths (Leviticus 26:2).

Yet even though the Children of Israel met at the appointed times and carried out all of the prescribe rituals He called these efforts keeping "your feasts" and that He could not endure it when they did this (Isaiah 1:12-14).  In fact, when these feasts were no longer His, but only belonged to Israel, then He said that He would cause them to cease (Hosea 2:11).  He did exactly that so that Israel no longer kept these Sabbaths (Lamentations 2:6).

So even though the Children of Israel were keeping these Sabbaths at the time and place that He had appointed these Sabbaths were no longer His Sabbaths.  They were enjoying a day of rest and congregating together to worship Him on the seventh day of every week so they were definitely observing a Sabbath but it was not His Sabbath.  They were keeping their own Sabbath.

What is the difference between keeping His Sabbath and keeping your own Sabbath?

The Children of Israel were not treating other people justly and fairly the rest of the week so that made these Sabbaths to be their Sabbaths instead of His Sabbaths (Isaiah 1:15-17).   Whenever people neglect to take care of other people then they are polluting His Sabbaths so that these Sabbaths become their Sabbaths instead of His Sabbaths (Isaiah 56:1-2).

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

The Father of Truth chose Abraham because he would teach his children to do justice to other people as He commands (Genesis 18:19).  He set every king over Israel to do justice to other people (1 Kings 10:9).  He said that doing justice to people means taking care of the poor and needy (Psalm 82:3).  He says that doing this is more important than keeping the religious observations of the Sabbath (Proverbs 21:3).  He said that taking care of other people is what it takes to really know Him (Jeremiah 22:15-16).  He said that taking care of other people and walking humbly before Him is more desirable than the religious observations of the Sabbath (Micah 6:6-8).  The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) said that doing these things was more important to keeping the Law of Truth than keeping religious observations on the Sabbath - even though the religious observations should still be done (Matthew 23:23).   Keeping His Sabbath means taking care of other people when they are in real need (James 1:27).

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

The Man of Truth said that it was not breaking the Sabbath to feed hungry people on that day (Matthew 12:1-7).  He that observing the Sabbath, as intended in the Law of His Father, means doing good to other people on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:10-12).  He said that the Sabbath was made for taking care of the needs of people (Mark 2:27).  He said that it is right to take care of sick people on the Sabbath (Luke 13:14-17).  He said that it is never wrong to perform acts of mercy on the Sabbath (John 7:21-24).  The Man of Truth demonstrated that the Children of Truth take care of other people on the Sabbath (John 9:13-17).

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

The Father of Truth said that the Children of Truth were to love to Him with everything they had (Deuteronomy 6:4-5).   He also commanded that the Children of Truth were to love their neighbor as themselves (Leviticus 19:18). The Man of Truth said that showing real love for people completes showing love for His Father (Mark 12:29-31).  The Law of Truth is fulfilled by loving other people as ourselves (Galatians 5:14).  The Children of Truth are to do good to all people at all times (Galatians 6:9-10).   It pleases their Father when they make sacrifices to show love to other people (Hebrews 13:16).  Taking care of the needs of other people shows that they have faith in their Father (James 2:14-18).  When they do this then they are showing that He is their Father (1 John 3:16-18).   They are acting just like their Father when they love other people (1 John 4:11-12).  It is the commandment of the Father that His Children love other people (1 John 4:21).  Those that love the Father of Truth keep His commandments to love other people (1 John 5:1-3).

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

Keeping His Sabbath means using the Sabbath for His purposes instead of your own (Isaiah 58:13).   Keeping His Sabbath requires more than just resting and worshiping Him One Day A Week.  Keeping His Sabbath requires more than just knowing Who Changed The Sabbath and are resting on the seventh day of the week.  If you do those things but you do not show love to other people in a real and tangle way then you are not keeping His Sabbath.  At best, you are keeping your own Sabbath and it is completely useless.

Whose Sabbath are you keeping?

Everyone who comes in the House of Truth keeps His Sabbath instead of their own Sabbath and will dwell with Him forever (Isaiah 56:4-7).  When you come into the House of Truth then the Man of Truth will show you how to make your Sabbaths become His Sabbaths (Matthew 12:7-9).  When you come into the House of Truth then he will show you how to keep the Sabbath as his Father intended (Mark 2:27-28).  When you come into the House of Truth then you will keep His Sabbath by taking care of other people (Luke 6:4-6).  You come into the House of Truth when you surrender your time, talents and treasures to the Man of Truth because you believe that his Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  After you come into the House of Truth then his Father will write the Law of Truth on your heart and mind so that you will be able to keep His Sabbath instead of your own Sabbath (Hebrews 8:10).

Come into the House of Truth.

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