One of the first areas of my Hebrew walk was reading and listening to teachings about the day of rest (Sabbath) appointed to us by our Creator, our Father in Heaven, YAHWAH. I have learned it is different from what is being taught in our churches today. Before I begin, I have no problem with people going to church on Sunday to praise and worship our Father in Heaven, my issue is that the church teaches that Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. Let's look at Scriptures to see how our Creator defines the day of rest. I hope we all believe that YAHWEH never changes nor does His Word, the Scriptures. Even HIs Beloved Son, YASHU'AH, observed the Sabbath, although YASHU'AH renounced the Pharisees for all the additional man-made rules that were added to His Sabbath.
- The best place to start is at the beginning of Creation, Genesis 2: 2-3.
- Gen 2:2 And in the seventh day Elohim completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
- Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in creating had made.
- The next area I would like to look at is the Exodus, where YAHWEH redeemed his people, the Israelites, and lead them out of Egypt through his faithful servant and Prophet Moses.
- Exodus 16:29 “See, because יהוה (YAHWEH) has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day.”
- Exodus 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
- The Fourth Commandment given to Moses on the Mount
- Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.
- Exodus 20:9 “Six days you labor, and shall do all your work,
- Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה (YAHWEH) your Elohim. You do not do any 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.
- Please note this commandment applied to any servants or strangers who were part of the Exodus. If we have accepted YAHWEH's Son, YASHU'AH, as our Savior and Redeemer, we have all been grafted into the Olive Tree (a symbol for the nation of Israel, YAHWEH's Promised Land) as Israelites, we have been adopted as children of YAHWEH, sons of Abraham.
- Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, have been grafted in among them, and came to share the root and fatness of the olive tree,
- The wild olive tree are the Gentiles, the olive tree is Israel.
- Ephesians 1:4 even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be set-apart and blameless before Him, in love,
- Ephesians 1:5 having previously ordained us to adoption as sons through יהושע (YASHU'AH) Messiah to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His desire,
- Galatians 3:7 Know, then, that those who are of belief are sons of Aḇraham.
- Exodus 20:11 “For in six days יהוה (YAHWEH) made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה (YAHWEH) blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
- Exodus 31:12 And יהוה (YAHWEH) spoke to Mosheh, saying,
- Exodus 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה (YAHWEH), am setting you apart.
- Exodus 31:14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off from among his people.
- Exo 31:15 ‘Six days work is done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה (YAHWEH) . Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.
- Exodus 31:16 ‘And the children of Yisra’ěl shall guard the Sabbath, to perform the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.
- Exodus 31:17 ‘Between Me and the children of Yisra’ěl it is a sign forever. For in six days יהוה (YAHWEH) made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”
- Next I would like to look at a few verses from Isaiah. In the verses below, he is referring to the End Times, when New Jerusalem will come upon the Earth and replace modern day Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 56:1 Thus said יהוה YAHWEH), “Guard right-ruling, and do righteousness, for near is My deliverance to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.
- Isaiah 56:2 “Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who becomes strong in it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil.
- Isaiah 56:3 “And let not the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to יהוה (YAHWEH) speak, saying, ‘יהוה (YAHWEH) has certainly separated me from His people,’ nor let the eunuch say, ‘Look I am a dry tree.’ ”
- Isaiah 56:4 For thus said יהוה, (YAHWEH) “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what pleases Me, and are holding onto My covenant:
- Isaiah 56:5 to them I shall give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters – I give them an everlasting name that is not cut off.
- Isaiah 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה (YAHWEH), to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה (YAHWEH), to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and are holding onto My covenant –
- Isaiah 56:7 them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their ascending offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My slaughter-place, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
- Isaiah 56:8 The Master יה YAHWEHוה, who gathers the outcasts of Yisra’ěl, declares, “I gather still others to him besides those who are gathered to him.”
- Isaiah 58:13 “If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ’a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה (YAHWEH) ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,
- Isaiah 58:14 then you shall delight yourself in יהוה (YAHWEH). And I shall cause you to ride on the heights of the earth, and feed you with the inheritance of Ya‛aqoḇ your father. For the mouth of יהוה (YAHWEH) has spoken!”
- The last verse comes from the New Testament.
- Mark 2:27 And He (YASHU'AH) said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
- Mar 2:28 “So the Son of Aḏam is also Master of the Sabbath.”
- There are many other verses looking at the Sabbath, and I encourage you to also do your own research. As always, if you are uncertain on what scriptures tells us, turn to YAWEH in prayer and ask Him for clear direction.
- Once I began resting on the Sabbath and spent time in YAHWEH's Word, I feel refreshed and ready for a new week. I have found blessings in my life since observing the Sabbath and had great fellowship with fellow believers. The Sabbath has become my favorite day of the week, which starts with the blowing of the Shofar. I like to listen to Matthew Nolan (Torah to the Tribes) and Adam Fink (Parable of the Vineyard) on YouTube.
- As a side note, the Sabbath begins on Friday at sunset and ends at sunset on Saturday. Search my blog for the Last week of YASHU'AS's life on Earth, which has scriptural verses explaining this.
- I pray this blog enlightens and encourages you in your walk with our Creator and His Beloved Son.. As mentioned above, turn to prayer if you need guidance regarding His Sabbath, I also encourage to do your own research on the Sabbath (Sabaoth, Shabbat ).
“יהוה (YAHWEH) bless you and guard you;
יהוה (YAHWEH) make His face shine upon you, and show favor to you;
יהוה (YAHWEH) lift up His face upon you, and give you peace.” ’
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