The Sabbath Rest

THE SABBATH:
A COMMANDMENT TO ISRAEL AS A NATION,
AND TO THE WIDER COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL.

"Remember the sabbath day,
and keep it holy". - Exodus 20:8

Christians today are only just beginning to see the importance of this matter of the Sabbath. It is a day of rest, reflection, and recreation in fellowship with God. It has truly been called the 'Sabbath rest'. Unfortunately we have been unaware of the commandment's relevance to us in Christendom. We have been led to believe that the seventh day Sabbath and the other holiday Sabbaths are merely a matter of "the Law of Moses". So as we see it the Sabbath rest is not our concern. We go to Church on the first day of the week, a Sunday. And we are happy to accept what we are told about this switch. We are told that this is the "Christian sabbath'.

Is there really as sabbath Sunday?
Or is this an oxymoron?

It is true that as as matter of righteousness and salvation before God), the Old Covenant is superseded by the New Covenant.
The prophet Jeremiah laid this out very well in Jeremiah 31:31-33. But does this mean that the Old Covenant, the covenant God made with the nation of Israel, is "done away with?

Far from it. The Old Covenant is not displaced by the New Covenant at all. Rather, the Old Covenant with the nation of Israel and His Law is lifted up by God's Grace in the New Covenant. Jeremiah spoke of this. YHVH-God's Law being written on the hearts of men. The New Covenant of the indwelling Messiah with His personal salvation was lifting up the citizenry and the Commonwealth of Israel. and thereby coming to the aid of the Old Covenant and guaranteeing Israel's ultimate national salvation. Both houses of Israel would eventually come to see this New Covenant established with their people. And so "all Israel will be saved". (Heb. 11)

THE SABBATH:
A PERSONAL INVITATION TO FELLOWSHIP FROM THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
A SERENDIPITY AND A DELIGHT FOR THOSE WHO RESPOND AND ENTER IN.

The new Covenant is a serendipity. It is in the returning Messiah that Shiloh comes.
And to Him will the gathering (and the obedience) of the people be.

Six thousand years have passed since creation.
The coming one thousand years Messiah will see Messiah establish His Kingdom.
And He will bring the people of this harried sin-sick planet His Millennial.
There and then the people and the creation will begin to enter into His Sabbath Rest.

The bonds of love are not onerous or grievous. And since the days of righteous Abel good men and women and children have obeyed God not out of compulsion but because they love Him. But many in western Christendom still see the Sabbath only in the context of fulfilling and obeying the letter of the Law. They do not know God. Nor have they repented of their Luciferian selfism and come to His salvation to walk with Him in His grace. Christians don't seem to want to hear about the Sabbath. They are still caught up in that old blood feud over Law vs. Grace. That big spat began 2700 years ago at the Breach of Jeroboam.

So when nominal Christians today hear mention of "the Sabbath" they then hear a little religious gremlin whisper in their ear.
They hear,
"You must keep the Sabbath to be saved!

The typical Christian response to this obfuscation and to this diversionary tactic is quite predictable and understandable.
They say, "Me keep the Sabbath? No way!"

Of course they are being led astray and into a babel of confusion about the Sabbath. The Sabbath was never intended to be a means of salvation or pleasing God by works. Indeed the Sabbath was not established for God. The Sabbath Rest was instituted by God for man. It was meant to be an opportunity and a pathway to joy in God.

Yeshua/Jesus Himself spoke this word of grace concerning the Sabbath.
He said,

"The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"

It is entirely possible for God to walk with men.
He can and he will bring His peace and His Millennial sabbath rest to them right here on earth.
But alas, the fourth commandment is forgotten.
The prophet Jeremiah lamented.

Jeremiah 50
6 “ My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray;
They have turned them away on the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.

But the days will come when those languishing under the gargoyles of the cathedrals will step out into the Light of Israel. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah will roar. And the sons of God "will come trembling from the West", They will "ask the way to Zion" In that day they will come to know the indwelling Messiah. They will come to experience His Sabbath as a joy to be embraced by Grace and in the devotion. In those days the Prince of Peace, King of Salem/shalom will lead them into His rest.

THE SABBATH: A COMMANDMENT TO ISRAEL AS A NATION, AND TO THE WIDER COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL.

THE SABBATH: A PERSONAL INVITATION TO FELLOWSHIP FROM THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. A SERENDIPITY AND A DELIGHT FOR THOSE WHO RESPOND AND ENTER IN.

THE SABBATH:
A COMMANDMENT TO ISRAEL AS A NATION,
AND TO THE WIDER COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL.

THE SABBATH:
A PERSONAL INVITATION TO FELLOWSHIP FROM THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
A SERENDIPITY AND A DELIGHT FOR THOSE WHO RESPOND AND ENTER IN.