Something to consider about Jesus
Col 1:16
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him. 17
And He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist.
Jesus is God. Jesus is the One who created heaven and earth- Exo20:11. Jesus is the One speaking at Mt Sinai. Jesus is the One who told us how to keep the Sabbath.
Jesus never became the Sabbath, or
became Lord of the Sabbath He
IS Lord of the Sabbath, and has always been -He has given it as a blessing for all mankind starting at Creation Mark2:27 Exo20:8-11. Resting with God on His Sabbath and Holy Day.
In my opinion, I do not think we should speak for God on something He took ownership of, that is His and He created and tells us why. He also tells us He does not change.
This is what the Lord said about the Sabbath
Isa 56:2
Blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man
who lays hold on it;
Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
The Sabbath is something
man does, not just something God does, so we therefore can disregard His clear instruction of how we are to keep the Sabbath. Jesus said Mark 3:4 Then He said to them,
“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent
Jesus never got rid of His law, He said so plainly in Isa 42:21 Mat5:17-30 and we can still do evil on the Sabbath by defiling it.
He told us clearly what man should be doing on the Sabbath. This is written by God
Himself- I know of know one greater than He- why Jesus said plainly not a jot or tittle can pass from His law because He is owner of it, not us.
Exo 20:8
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but
the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who
is within your gates.
Isa 58:13 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,
From doing your pleasure on
My holy day,
And call the Sabbath a delight,
The holy
day of the Lord honorable,
And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,
Nor finding your own pleasure,
Nor speaking your own words,
Jesus said this:
Mat 11:28 Come to Me, all
you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am [
a]gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke
is easy and My burden is light.”
Which this is what He was referring to, rest from our sins,
Psa 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;
neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Jesus who is Lord of the Sabbath said come to Me and I will give you rest and still kept the Sabbath going to church reading the Word of God Luke4:16 as did His disciples Jew, Gentiles and almost the whole cities, just as He predicted Isa56:6-7 Acts 13:42, 44, Acts18:4
The rest we enter into Christ no one is in rebellion to Him or His commandments (Rom8:7-8) including the 4th commandment. What Hebrews is warning about why those who in their trial of the wilderness did not enter His rest, because they liked their sins more than their love for Jesus to come to Him, do His will and turn (repent) forsaking their sins Pro28:13
Heb4:6 Since therefore it remains that some
must enter it,
and those to whom it was first preached did not enter (why did they not enter?)
because of disobedience,
What were they disobedient of in the trial of the wilderness?
Eze20: 13 Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which,
if a man does, he shall live by them’;
and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. 15 So I also raised My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness,
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands,16
because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes
, but profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.
The Sabbath is connected to the very first commandment (and is the Power behind all of them) - to thou shalt not have other gods before Me, the Sabbath commandment tells us which God that is, the God of all heaven and earth and everything in it. Exo20:11 Why the Ten Commandments are all interconnected breaking one we break them all- James2:11
Heb4:11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest,
lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.
I believe God means what He says about keeping the Sabbath day holy. He never treated this commandment any different than the other commandments, they are all written by God, all under His mercy seat, not a jot or tittle can pass, we cannot edit God's own Testimony written by God Himself Exo31:18 God warned us His times and laws would be changed, which is the Sabbath and we see a clear history of this change being made and those who claimed to change the Sabbath centuries ago, said they did so based on their own sense of power over the word of God. The end time battle comes over our worship which is who we obey. Rom6:16 Mat15:3-14 Mark7:7-13 Rev14:11-12
Jesus never gave Himself a commandment, the commandments are for
us to keep, the Sabbath is something
man does. Those who enter His rest Also ceased from their works as God did, on the seventh day. Heb4:10 Heb4:4 Exo20:11
If we stick with the Bible and what God says, He will lead us on the narrow path back to Him. Jesus said many would come to deceive us before He returns. If we live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God Mat4:4 and abide in Him, He will safeguard us. Pro3:5-6 Pro30:5-6
One of the last verses in the Bible before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
Rev 22:14 Blessed
are those who
do His commandments,
that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city
