What About the Seventh Day Sabbath?

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[GeoffM-ve]

Here is the patience of the saints, here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus

[itskane]

The most exhausting convo to have as Christians is THIS one. I'm personally so tired of it. We can go back and forth for HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS and never get nowhere. God bless everyone that loves Jesus with all of their HEART and follow God with everything in them. I hope that as hard as were about to argue in these comments is as hard as we go evangelising to the lost!

[krazy-chicken]

I am a firm believer on the 7th day Sabbath, but I like how you touched on all arguments. I don't judge anyone on their walk with God

[Nakhaz]

I whole heartedly believe that if any non biased party reads the bible cover to cover.. they will not observe Sunday (or any day) over the sabbath. The sabbath was blessed and sanctified before sin existed. (Genesis 2:2-3) Where in the bible does it say that this day is no longer holy?

My challenge to everyone reading is to study the word for yourself.

Pray for the holy spirit and read the word uninfluenced by man made tradition or doctrine. See what the Holy Spirit impresses on your hearts. 🙏🏽

[Chenzo-sbzu]

Thank you brother. This was a very fair and balanced assessment.

[anamesa]

Brother Dr. Brown m
THE LORD has already inspired me to keep HIS COMMANDMENTS and like me thousand of other Christians, if a Christian does not understand that they have to keep HIS COMMANDMENTS, that’s between them and THE LORD, but we are learning to keep HIS INSTRUCTION out of LOVE, YESHUA SAID : IF YOU LOVE ME OBEY MY
COMMANDMENTS. John 14:15. One day each one of us will be before THE LORD and will have to answer to what HE ASKED US TO DO. Ha SHEM bless you brother BROWN. ✝️🕎♥️💯

[willyquiambao]

Dr. Brown mentioned about Exodus 16, when the Israelites were first given manna. The asked as it was falling down “What is it”, which is what the word manna literally meant. They were not asking about the Sabbath observance, but about the manna that was falling down.

Also, we read in Genesis 26:5 that Abraham kept God’s commandments and laws. It’s implies there that he kept all the commandments although they were not codified yet until Mt. Sinai. God told Cain about sin, so there must already be oral law at that time. Joseph knew committing adultery was a sin. Obviously, The commandments were already known even before they were officially given at Mt. Sinai.

[tashfynney]

Thank you, Dr Brown. Your explanation is so liberating, and rings true for me because it is so like Jesus, who is loving & sensible & realistic, freeing us up to honour Him in sincerity with rest & worship as our circumstances allow.

[Exodusv]

Let's first take a look at the apostle Paul's words in Colossians 2:14-17: "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ... So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ."

When some read about the sabbath days that were shadows and that passed away at the cross, they think that Paul was referring to the weekly Sabbath, the fourth of the Ten Commandments. Is this accurate? It's important to get this right, because our interpretation of the apostle's actual meaning can lead us into deeper truth or into deeper error.

Two Sabbaths
First, there is nothing in the Ten Commandment law about food, drink, festivals, new moons, or sabbath days (plural). All these were actually separate laws that God gave for the physical and spiritual health of His Old Testament people; these were called ceremonial laws.

Second, Paul wrote plainly that he was speaking of "sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, " and not of the weekly Sabbath, which is a memorial of something that happened in the past, at the creation. The contrast between a shadow and a memorial is quite clear. Indeed, the fourth commandment does not tell us to keep the seventh day as a type of something to come. It says: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ... For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it" (Exodus 20:8, 11).

Moreover, to show that he had something other than the weekly Sabbath in mind, Paul distinctly mentioned "sabbaths, " plural, " which are a shadow of things to come." (The word "sabbath" in the Greek can be singular or plural according to Strong's and Greek lexicons.)

Festivals and Shadows
The King James uses the word "holyday, " and some will contend that it refers to the weekly Sabbath, while the expression "sabbath days" refers to yearly sabbaths. The American Standard Version uses "feast day" instead of "holyday, " and this likely a clearer translation. The word translated "holyday" is from the Greek heorte, and in John 5:1, this same word is used to designate one of the yearly festivals of the Jews: "After this there was a feast [heorte] of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem." This is one of the holy days that Paul spoke of as having been nailed to the cross.

The "shadows" Paul mentions pointed to Jesus as a Savior from sin and were observed with that in mind. But the weekly Sabbath was made for man before sin entered into the world, before man would need atonement. The shadows pointing forward to His death as an atonement for sin certainly were not instituted until after sin. Therefore, since the weekly Sabbath was instituted before sin, just as was the marriage institution, it was not a shadow of Christ's death as a Savior from sin; and His death did not end the Sabbath day any more than it brought marriage to an end. Both the Sabbath and marriage came to us in a perfect world.

Paul's language shows he was referencing the shadowy ceremonies that pointed forward to and ended at the cross. Notice again, carefully, his words in Colossians 2:14: "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." Paul mentions that these laws were "against us" and "contrary" to us. Would it be contrary to Christians to refrain from idolatry, using God's name in vain, dishonoring parents, murder, theft, adultery, lying, and coveting - the sins rebuked by the Ten Commandments? Thus, the apostle must have been talking of another law - a law that enjoined food offerings, drink offerings, the observance of festivals, new moons, and yearly sabbaths

—-Sabbathtruth.com

[rhb]

Remember the seventh day Sabbath as it is a sign that only in Christ is restoration and rest as He is Lord of it and gave it as a gift for mankind. It is one with what the Cross provides us which is freedom and rest from sin and our own works

[starcityrc]

I am not sure why they justify Sunday because Jesus rose on that Day. The Sabbath is supposed to be a Day of Rest.

So I think it more fitting that you rest on Saturday and rise on Sunday.

[catherine]

Sabbath was made for man not man for the sabbath personally since having sabbath as my day off and rest day it’s changed my life in such positive ways God knew what he was doing when he set it apart for us . I don’t attend church not assigned to any denomination don’t do anything “religious “ on sabbath just like to rest with God

[blancadavido]

Don’t give up Dr. brown you are a blessed man !! I pray you stay strong in all your debates with Gd help you open the eyes of the blind

[desouzaserge]

7:06 he said it wasn't a custom to commemorate the sabbath and it was new .. if it was the case why is God asking in the next verse how long are they going to keep breaking his commande..
This question implies that they knew the commandements and they didn't observe them ..

[willieb.]

Dr. Brown; I listened to your entire podcast teaching on the sabbath. I was disappointed that you didn't bring up Heb. 3:7-4:11, which talks at length about why it is important for all believers on this side of the cross to keep the seventh day weekly sabbath. The promise of entering into His rest still remains.
● Heb. 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." (KJV).
● 4:8, "For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day." (CSB).
NOTE: If Joshua was able to give a complete and final rest in Canaan, God would have not have spoken of another perfect and eternal rest in Christ.
● 4:9, "Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people." (CSB)
NOTE: The 7th day sabbath observance remains as a foreshadow of a greater and more complete rest to come.
● 4:10, "For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his." (CSB).
NOTE: God is our example for keeping the sabbath and not the law. For the law has been abolished in the flesh of Christ (Eph.2:15).
● 4:11, "Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience." (CSB; ref. Heb.3:17-19).

This passage lays out a strong case, and a New Covenant commandment for keeping the 7th day sabbath of rest and worship. Please reconsider your position in light of this passage if you will.

Thank you, and God bless you my Bro. in Christ.

[GraceBeyondBorders]

Praise God for free will. The freedom to choose according to your own conviction. Shalom Shabbat. Jesus Christ is Lord for ALL. It's a worth topic indeed, many thanks 🙏✨️🕊

[timeisathand]

Col 2:14-16 which you quoted talks about the shadows of things to come. These are not referring to the moral law (10 commandments) but to the ceremonial laws (relating to food, drinks and sabbaths associated with sanctuary sacrificial system).

[tolife]

The Sabbath foreshadowed the spiritual rest we have in Christ. We are not under the law. So, attempts to keep the Sabbath are a preference, not a requirement. Besides, most Sabbath "keepers" are violating the Sabbath by going to church instead of staying home.

[MauricioSmith]

You know what is crazy that them people worry about keeping the sabbath! But not keeping it holy everyday ! Hebrews 12:14

[donaldfarrell-cj]

can the branch tell the tree how to be?