Hebrew Roots Movement

INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Start of study

Hebrew Roots Movement

(Matthew 1:21 [KJV])
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Not YESUS, not Yeshua, Not Yahweh, not Yehovah.

Legalism is alive and well in the Church today, as much as it was in the first century, if not more. One of the up and coming movements of this is the "Hebrew Roots Movement", where Christians are told that we are to obey Old Testament laws, and Moses in particular, along with, at times, rabbinical laws which are actually outside of Scripture. The movement claims upwards of a half million followers worldwide, and is growing. The adherents insist on us as Christians doing such things as:

One thing they do not insist on the adherents keeping is going to the Jewish temple and doing the old Testament sacrifices....precisely because there is no temple in Jerusalem, so that is impossible. Another thing they talk mostly about is the Ten Commandments, and yet they forgot that, to keep the entire law, one must obey the other 613 laws of Moses!

Much of their customs, practices, beliefs and doctrines do not even come from the first century Scriptures at all, but rather both the Old Testament Law and fifth to sixth century writings. Every time people in error use the Scriptures, it is verses out of context.

It must be remembered that the entire New Testament speaks, as a whole, AGAINST keeping the Law. It must also be remembered that the entire book of Romans speaks, as a whole, AGAINST keeping the Law. In addition, it must be remembered that the entire book of Hebrews speaks, as a whole, AGAINST keeping the Law. Lastly, it must be remembered that the entire fifteenth chapter of Acts speaks, as a whole, AGAINST keeping the Law. That is a lot of weight of evidence! In fact, in their context, even the verses in the New Testament which speak in any way of keeping the Law are really showing and teaching us that keeping the Law is for man, for outward appearance and not for satisfying God's Holiness, His Holy Justice.

As the following verses will show by their context:

(Ephesians 2:11-15)
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

(Matthew 15:1-9)
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Romans 9:31 [KJV])
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

SLEIGHT OF HAND "THEOLOGY"

THE NAME OF JESUS IS JESUS

That JESUS is with a J, not a Y, and the people who changed it replaced it with something that is not Jesus. JOSHUA is Jesus, Yeshua is not Jesus, YAHWEH is not Jesus.

THE "NEW LIVING TRANSLATION"

Not actually a translation, this imposter changes the name of the LORD to Yahweh

  1. Genesis 22:14
    Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
  2. Exodus 3:15
    God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations.
  3. Exodus 3:16
    “Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.
  4. Exodus 6:2
    And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh—‘the Lord.’
  5. Exodus 6:3
    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them.
  6. Exodus 15:3
    The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name!
  7. Exodus 17:15
    Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the Lord is my banner”).
  8. Exodus 33:19
    The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.
  9. Exodus 34:5
    Then the Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.
  10. Exodus 34:6
    The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
  11. Judges 6:24
    And Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the Lord is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer to this day.

The Keeping of the Dietary Laws

(Acts 11:5-10)
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

(1 Corinthians 8:7-13)
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

(1 Corinthians 8:9-13)
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

(1 Corinthians 10:25-31)
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

(1 Timothy 4:3-5)
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

(Colossians 2:20-22)
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

(Matthew 5:17)
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

(1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

(Romans 2:14)
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

(Romans 3:2)
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

(Romans 4:11)
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

(Romans 6:14)
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

(2 Corinthians 3:2-3)
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

(Jeremiah 31:31)
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

(Hebrews 8:8)
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

(Hebrews 8:13)
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

(Hebrews 12:24)
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

(Matthew 26:28)
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

(Mark 14:24)
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

(Luke 22:20)
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

(1 Corinthians 11:25)
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

(2 Corinthians 3:6)
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

(Hebrews 9:15)
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

IT IS JHVH, NOT YHWH!

SO WHO IS YAHWEH?

There has been a very organized and consorted effort, a war waged by Bible correctors (Publishers) for the past 140 years to hide the name Jehovah from us, and switch it out to the tribal god of the Canaanites "Yahweh" instead. So who is Yahweh, then? Another group of "Torah Observant Sabbath Keepers" (their name) are members of the "Hebrew Roots Movement"

The origin of the movement is not Jewish, it is merely a return to Judaism, a return to the Law which never saved anyone. (Acts 7:44,45 [KJV])
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Jesus is speaking about Joshua, in the Old Testament, with the Name translated into English. That English word is Jesus. To be consistent in translating, as was just said, else the book John would be "the book of Yon". The book of James would be "the book of Yames". We do not have "the book of Yob", "the book of Yonah", "the book of Yeremiah", the book of Yechariah", "the book of Yoel", "the book of Yude", names like "Yezebel", "Yerusalem", "Yacob", "Yehoiakim". The fact is that a direct translation into English is to change the "Y" to a "J". In other words, the Hebrew word for Jesus is Joshua, not "Yeshua".

"Gentiles? That tabernacle was brought in by those who came with Jesus, that is, Joshua. And I think, for distinction sake, and to prevent mistakes, it ought to be so read, both Acts 7:45; Heb 4:8. Yet in naming Joshua here, which in Greek is Jesus, there may be a tacit intimation that as the Old-Testament Joshua brought in that typical tabernacle, so the New-Testament Joshua should bring in the true tabernacle into the possession of the Gentiles"
-Matthew Henry

(Psalms 68:4 [KJV])
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

(Exodus 34:13 [KJV])
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

(Judges 3:7 [KJV])
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

(Deuteronomy 7:5 [KJV])
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

(Deuteronomy 12:3 [KJV])
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

(Judges 3:7 [KJV])
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

(1 Kings 14:15 [KJV])
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

(1 Kings 14:23 [KJV])
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

(1 Kings 18:19 [KJV])
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

(2 Kings 17:10 [KJV])
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

(2 Kings 18:4 [KJV])
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

(2 Kings 23:14 [KJV])
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

(2 Chronicles 14:3 [KJV])
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

(2 Chronicles 17:6 [KJV])
And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

(2 Chronicles 19:3 [KJV])
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

(2 Chronicles 24:18 [KJV])
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

(2 Chronicles 31:1 [KJV])
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

(2 Chronicles 33:3 [KJV])
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

(2 Chronicles 33:19 [KJV])
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

(2 Chronicles 34:3 [KJV])
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

(2 Chronicles 34:4 [KJV])
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

(2 Chronicles 34:7 [KJV])
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

(Isaiah 17:8 [KJV])
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

(Isaiah 27:9 [KJV])
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

(Jeremiah 17:2 [KJV])
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

(Micah 5:14 [KJV])
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

(Exodus 31:15, 16 [KJV])
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

JEHOVAH, IN GOD'S WORD

(Genesis 22:14 [KJV])
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

(Exodus 6:3 [KJV])
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

(Exodus 17:15 [KJV])
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

(Judges 6:24 [KJV])
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

(Psalms 83:18 [KJV])
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

(Isaiah 12:2 [KJV])
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

(Isaiah 26:4 [KJV])
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

THE SABBATH KEEPERS: REFUTED

 (Exodus 31:13 [KJV])
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

(Exodus 31:15-17 [KJV])
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Does a single "Hebrew Roots" Movement congregation kill anyone for violating the Sabbath? How many were killed for this violation? How about Jews today in Israel, America, any other places?

(Romans 13:5-10 [KJV])
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

NOTICE THE SABBATH IS MISSING HERE COMPLETELY, BY PAUL, the PHARISEE

(Acts 20:7 [KJV])
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

(Acts 15:1-6 [KJV])
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

This is perfectly identical to the "Hebrew Roots Movement". This commandment to circumcise was rejected by the council! Read chapter fifteen in its entirety.

(Acts 15:28-31 [KJV])
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

Why Sunday, and not the Sabbath?

Exodus 20:1-2, 8-11: The Sabbath Rest

(Exodus 20:2-3)
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage...........

(Exodus 20:8-11)
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Commonly called the Ten Commandments, keeping the Sabbath day and rest was important to God for the Jews, who were to be different than the heathen nations around them. They were also given the sacrament of circumcision, and precious promises of land, and a promise of the Messiah to save them from their sins. That promise begins in Genesis three at the Fall of Adam and Eve

The Sabbath is referred to some 147 times in the Bible, ninety two times in the Old Testament, and fifty five in the New Testament, in all four Gospels, and in every single instance, there is the Jewish overtone, Jewish culture, Jewish location. Even the land was to be given a Sabbath rest by the Jews and, when they did not, God gave it rest by putting them into bondage for 490 years (seven times seventy).

THE SABBATH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

(Matthew 12:1,2 [KJV])
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. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

(Matthew 12:5 [KJV])
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

(Matthew 12:8 [KJV])
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

(Matthew 12:10-12 [KJV])
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

(Matthew 24:20 [KJV])
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

(Matthew 28:1 [KJV])
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

(Mark 1:21 [KJV])
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

(Mark 2:23,24 [KJV])
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

(Mark 2:27, 28 [KJV])
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

(Mark 3:2 [KJV])
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

(Mark 3:4 [KJV])
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

(Mark 6:2 [KJV])
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

(Mark 15:42 [KJV])
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

(Mark 16:1 [KJV])
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

(Luke 4:16 [KJV])
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

(Luke 4:31 [KJV])
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

(Luke 6:1, 2 [KJV])
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

(Luke 6:5-7 [KJV])
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

(Luke 6:9 [KJV])
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

(Luke 13:10 [KJV])
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

(Luke 13:14-16 [KJV])
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

(Luke 14:1 [KJV])
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

(Luke 14:3 [KJV])
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

(Luke 14:5 [KJV])
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

(Luke 23:54 [KJV])
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

(Luke 23:56 [KJV])
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

(John 5:9, 10 [KJV])
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

(John 5:16 [KJV])
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

(John 5:18 [KJV])
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

(John 7:22,23 [KJV])
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

(John 9:14 [KJV])
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

(John 9:16 [KJV])
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

(John 19:31 [KJV])
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

(Acts 1:12 [KJV])
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

(Acts 13:14 [KJV])
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

(Acts 13:27 [KJV])
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

(Acts 13:42 [KJV])
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

(Acts 13:44 [KJV])
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

(Acts 15:21 [KJV])
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

(Acts 16:13 [KJV])
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

(Acts 17:2 [KJV])
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

(Acts 18:4 [KJV])
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

(Colossians 2:16 [KJV])
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Because legalism goes against Grace, because the false (heretical) teaching of "keeping the Sabbath” is clearly indefensible and against the Scriptures for any Christian, plus the fact that we are not in any way, shape or form the Jews, and do not get one bit (iota, actually) of our doctrine of the Sabbath for the Church from either testament (again, we are not Israel) and, because the Sabbath was not ever for Gentiles anyways, and certainly not for the Church and, because the Sabbath was not made for man, and most certainly not made for us as, we again, are not Israel, therefore:

We, as the Church, are not to keep the Sabbath in any way, as Jesus Himself did not!

  The Bible clearly states, cover to cover, in every instance of the Sabbath references, that the Sabbath was for the Jews alone, that the LORD'S day today is Sunday (first day of the week) for the Church, and that Jesus Himself is our only Sabbath Rest.

  (Mark 2:27)
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

First off, there is zero Scriptural support of the Sabbath-keeping position; therefore there is no obligation to show Scriptures to defeat the idea that Christians are to keep the Sabbath. That burden lies on the shoulders of the Sabbath keeping Christian who tries to tell us we need to keep the Sabbath, with Scriptural support from either testament, for the Church-ESPECIALLY THE NEW TESTAMENT!

But I will include many, many verses, in their proper context, un-interpreted privately, letting them speak for themselves, anyways. Hopefully some Sabbath Keeper will read this and repent.

As you read this, please try to prayerfully search the Scriptures like a Berean and locate scriptures supporting the Sabbath for the Church today. The question is asked of Christians who do not keep the Sabbath, "Why not the Sabbath?"

The Bible itself replies to that legalistic inquisitor, "Why not Sunday?"

If the Sabbath were for the church, the body of Christ, the Bride at His Coming, it should be very easy and fast to find a ton of verses in the Scriptures supporting the Sabbath Keeper's hypothesis, which is thus:

SDA BELIEFS:

ONE JUST NEEDS TO SHOW FROM SCRIPTURE THAT THE SABBATH IS:  Acts 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

  My Scriptures are below, and presented with the context because I thought it necessary to expose the lies of the Sabbath Keepers

I was challenged on Sunday being "the LORD's Day": “Please present scriptures supporting it.”

(Acts 28:27)
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

One needs merely to study the Bible for themselves. It shows clearly where Jesus abolished the Sturday Sabbath for all in Him and stated precisely so (He said so when his disciples broke it!), completely by becoming our Sabbath rest. The burden is never on a Christian to show that the Sabbath is not for the Church, it is on the Sabbath Keeper to show that it is for the Church.....

  There exists not one verse which a person who searches diligently as possible can find and supply, in context, in defense of the keeping of the Sabbath for the Church, nor can one refute not keeping it, using the same Scriptures, rightly dividing the Word of Truth, in its context, line upon line, precept upon precept, which clearly show us "Sabbath keeping" is not for the church:

(Matthew 12:1-10)
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. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; How 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? Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

(Luke 6:1-2, 5)
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

(Luke 6:5)
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. (Matthew 24:20)
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

 

THE OLIVET DISCOURSE:

(Matthew 28:1)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Jesus arose on the first day of the week, which is now our Sabbath rest..........(below)

(Mark 1:21)
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

(TO JEWS, in the SYNAGOGUE, not a church)

(Mark 2:23)
And it came to pass, that he (Jesus) went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

  They violated the SABBATH! Jesus was not a Seventh Day anything!

(Mark 2:24)
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Why do “they”, that is, Jews, not KEEP the “required to keep” SABBATH?

(Mark 2:27)
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Thank you JESUS, for VIOLATING AND BEING THE SABBATH FOR ME!!!!!!!!!

  (Mark 2:28)
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  Jesus told the Pharisees: (Mark 3:2)
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

Sounds like a bunch of legalistic Seventh Day Adventists to me.

(Mark 3:4)
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Why did they hold their peace, unlike modern Seventh Day Adventists? Because Jesus did not Himself keep the Sabbath, and abolished it, becoming it, and they could not refute Him.

(Mark 6:2)
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the (JEWISH, not Christian) synagogue (not the church): and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

(Mark 16:1)
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

  (Luke 4:16)
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. (Luke 4:31)
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

“THEM” is the JEWS, not the Church…

(Luke 6:6)
And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

(Luke 6:7)
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

(Luke 6:9)
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

(Luke 13:10)
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. (Luke 13:14-16)
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

(Luke 14:3)
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? (Luke 14:5)
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

(Luke 23:56)
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

These were JEWS, not the CHURCH!

(John 5:9)
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

-----Jesus again VIOLATED THE SABBATH!!!!!!!!!

(John 5:10)
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

(John 5:16)
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

(John 5:18)
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him(JESUS), because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

 

 

(John 7:22)
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Again, legalism and the Sabbath destroyed………..it was not in the law of Moses, but of “the fathers” (legalism)

(John 7:23)
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

"You Seventh Day Adventists, you actually KEEP A LAW I do not even require any longer?"

(John 9:14)
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

That sinner Jesus, working on the Sabbath???!!

(John 9:16)
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Jesus was not of God because He keepeth not the Sabbath? Really? And we are to follow a person who HIMSELF did not keep the SDA SABBATH??? SDAbbath keeping is pure evil.

 

Acts 13

 

Acts 13:14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.(including the keeping of the Sabbath) Acts 13, verse 42
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

verse 43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 13:44
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

PAUSE But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue (a JEWISH TEMPLE, not a church) on the sabbath day, and sat down.

(Acts 13:27)
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Rulers, because “they knew Him not”… Seventh Day Adventists know Him not……..and are lost.

(Acts 15:21) For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

................to the Jews, not the Gentile Christians

(Acts 17:2) And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them (JEWS) out of the scriptures,

(Acts 18:4)
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

(Romans 14:5-6)
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. (Galatians 4:9-11)
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. BEG'GARLY, a. Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent.
BEG'GARLY, adv. Meanly; indigently; despicable.

(Colossians 2:16)
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

(Matthew 28:1)
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

(Mark 16:2)
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

(Mark 16:9)
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

(Luke 24:1)
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. (John 20:1) The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

(John 20:19)
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

(Acts 20:7)
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

(1 Corinthians 16:2)
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

That same “first day of the week is Sunday, even today, and is “the LORDS Day”

(Jeremiah 31:31)
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

According to Seventh Day Adventists, God is incapable of making any “new covenants “ without their permission.

(Hebrews 8:13)
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

If you are a Seventh Day Adventist, you live under the OLD COVENTANT, which was made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, not the Church at all, at any time. Show me a verse where N.T. Gentile Christians (or Messianic Jews, for that matter) were instructed by Jesus or any N.T. writer to actually continue to follow the Jewish-given Sabbath.

1 Corinthians 10:11-12
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

The Old Testament accounts are for us to learn by, take heed of, not to be legalistic and miss the mark, not to miss the Cross, concentrating on Jesus and not ourselves and outward appearance in “keeping the law”, knowing it Did the Jews no good in trying to keep it-ever.

The “rest” taken or forsaken, spoken of in Hebrews, is two things:

The CHRISTIAN SABBATH, HEBREWS 3-4:

HEBREWS CHAPTER 3:

Hebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Hebrews 3:2-5
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

This is our salvation-acceptance, grace through faith, belief

Hebrews 3:7-11
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

 

Faith and belief are the opposite of deceit, sin, hardening of heart

 

Hebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; Hebrews 3:15
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

 

This day is the day of salvation, as every day was to them then

 

Hebrews 3:16
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. Hebrews 3:17
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

 

God dealt corporately AND individually with Israel, depending on faith or not.

 

Hebrews 3:18-19
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

HEBREWS CHAPTER 4:

Hebrews 4:1
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. The context of this verse (chapter 3 and the verses after this, show what that rest of God really, truly, actually is, and it is not a day-ever

 

Hebrews 4:2
For 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. Hebrews 4:3
For 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. Hebrews 4:4
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. Hebrews 4:5
And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

Back to the real rest, being belief, not a day.

 

Hebrews 4:7
Again, 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.

 

This day spoken of is the day to listen to God, hear His voice, harden not the heart, get saved, which for us is always today

 

Hebrews 4:8
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Hebrews 4:9
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Again, this rest is not a day, but a person, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 4:10
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Again, our work is to walk by faith (enter that rest), having believed

 

SO FAR, NO MENTION OF CHRISTIANS KEEPING THE SABBATH

 

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

That written book is able to slay anyone God wants it to, especially those who reject faith and go for the Law to live by, such as Sabbath Keepers

Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

That same law one day will judge us otherwise also

Hebrews 4:14-15
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Jesus Christ, our High Priest, God Himself, understands our dilemma, our struggle with flesh and spirit, law and grace, belief and unbelief, having walked this earth as a man

Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Let us abandon the law keepers, and walk by faith in the new covenant God made with the Church, not the Old Testament Law given to the Jews.

WORKS SALVATION: KEEPING THE LAW

(Romans 10:4 [KJV])
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

(Galatians 2:16 [KJV])
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

(Galatians 3:11,12 [KJV])
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

(Galatians 3:22 [KJV])
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

(Galatians 3:23,24 [KJV])
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

(Galatians 5:12-14 [KJV])
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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