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Tropical_Man 67M
6573 posts
3/21/2009 9:24 am
Getting to the Roooooot


GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE SABBATH


Please add this to your billboard. I have recently came out of the SDA church and never knew what to do with the Sabbath. Well, Here it is!!
Why does the Bible not say, "And the evening and the morning were the 7th day." It is because the Sabbath was created to have a beginning but no ending. There is no other reason. The word "Sabbath" is synonymous with "rest". After the six days of creation, God ceased from His work of creating the world, but because the work was then finished, He did not intend to commence work again on the 8th, 9th, or the 10th day, nor did He ask Adam to do so!"

"The work of creation was finished, and because there was no more work to be done, man was to enjoy God’s completed work of creation forever! God did not tell Adam to cease resting on the 8th day and go to work. Man’s Sabbath rest was not intended to end with the closing of the 7th solar day. Adam and Eve were intended to continue resting in God’s completed work, or enjoying God’s Sabbath rest, as long as they lived, which was to be forever!" It was by sinning that Adam broke the Edenic Sabbath continual rest. By disobedience he broke the original Sabbath Rest God had given to the human race. It was Adam’s sin that brought the original Sabbath to an end, not the setting of the sun on the 7th day." The Sabbath was God’s eternal gift to man. He planned for man to enjoy HIS finished works every day of his life! In the Edenic Sabbath state, which was complete and perfect in every way, there was nothing that man could do but to enjoy and supervise God’s finished work. In the Sinless, Edenic environment there was no work that Adam could of done that would of desecrated the Sabbath environment. Therefore the gift of complete rest that God had given to Adam was not interrupted until he sinned. It was the entrance of sin that brought the original Sabbath to an end. God’s original Sabbath was not limited to a 24 hour day. It was a continuous experience that began after God had completed all the work of creation, and it continued day after day until Adam decided to add his works to what God had said was already completed. The original Sabbath Rest followed after creation was completed!" The message was clear. The original Sabbath of creation was not a literal 24 hour day. It was to be a never-ending, living experience in a perfect environment where man was not required to do any kind of work on his own behalf. He was simply to rule his Edenic domain 7 days of every week until he sinned. In seeking to understand man’s relationship to the Edenic Sabbath, it is imperative to recognize that Adam’s responsibilities did not include making provision for himself, or for any of God’s creatures. God had provided for all their needs. The 24 hour Sabbath Commandment that was given to Israel later says, "Six days shall you labor" but Adam was not commanded to work by the sweat of his brow, until the curse was pronounced as a result of his disobedience. God did not put Adam in a perfect paradise garden and then say, "Get to work!" The Bible does not teach this. Adam was told to "liesurely" tend the garden.(Gen.2:15) Humans having to go to work was the result of sin. The Sinai "six days shall you labor" had no merit in the beginning. This is proof positive that the theological position of 24 hour Sabbath day, could not of been in effect. The 7th day Sabbath that God later gave to Israel through Moses, was only a symbol, or a dim shadow, of the original eternal Sabbath rest that man enjoyed at the beginning of creation and that man would be returned to in the future.

Now lets look at Israel’s symbolic Sabbath. It parallels exactly with the Beginning of creation. In the story of Israel’s exodus from Egypt, God told Moses He would take them into a "Promised Land" flowing with Milk and honey, reminiscent of the Garden of Eden. He said He would provide for their food, clothing, shelter, protection, security, and if there should be opposition from enemies, He would drive them out with hornets (Ex. 23:2. In brief, God was about to restore them to an Edenic Sabbath environment where they could rest in His perfect provision once again. How-ever, because of their rebellion, they forfeited that offer, and the Promised Land became little more than another experience of toil and warfare. Because they rejected God’s offer by murmuring and grumbling, God took them to Sinai where in mercy He gave them a partial rest, the 24 hour Sabbath day. This is the 1st time the 24 hour Sabbath is mentioned in the Bible. Now, that sentence followed them into the Promised land, God commanded them to work for their livelihood for 6 days every week, and then on the 7th day to REMEMBER what might have been, had they not rejected His plan. As every 7th day ended, the Israelites no doubt had time to reflect on how wonderful it might have been, if they had accepted God’s offer of continuous Sabbath rest 7 days a week in His provision as the Edenic Sabbath was and that God was attempting to give them as they came out of Egypt. When they finally reached the Promise Land, instead of experiencing a total rest similar to that which Adam enjoyed before he sinned, and that God offered to restore to them when He took them out of Egypt, they were sentenced to fight unfriendly giants 6 days of every week. Then on every 7th day they were commanded to REMEMBER, and to meditate, on what might have been had they not rebelled.

Now lets jump ahead to the New Testament. The Jews were so shocked with Jesus and the disciples by the way they were conducting themselves in so much activity on the Sabbath, because their behavior was contrary to the "NO WORK" command of the 24 hour Sabbath of Sinai. Jesus and the disciples were practicing the Edenic Sabbath rest, not the 24 hour Sabbath rest. The original Edenic Sabbath rest means much more than abstaining from physical labor, for there was no physical labor to even need a day of rest until sin entered the picture later. God did not command Adam to go to work by the sweat of his brow. The introduction of sin brought forth the curse of mankind’s physical work by the sweat of the brow. The original Edenic Sabbath rest represented a spiritual rest 7 days a week forever, free from your own works but the Sinai Sabbath rest represented 6 days of labor of your own works and only one day for rest. The 7th day Sinai Sabbath was a penalty to Israel because of their rebellion for not walking by faith when God wanted to take them into the promised land, with the 6 days of work being the result of sin and rebellion. DO YOU SEE IT NOW!!!

We can either chose to live the 24 hour Sabbath of the Jew and have one day of rest and rely on our own works the other 6 days, or be blessed in living the Edenic Sabbath 7 days a week with our spiritual rest being Christ and trusting in God alone that He will make provision and supply our every need 7 days a week. Because most churches have got the beginning foundation of the Sabbath wrong, this has led to totally different doctrines being produced contrary to the perfect flowing truth of the Bible. "It all adds up!!!

God Bless Ron Davis


AlanB2 67M

3/21/2009 11:14 am

Great Post!...Ive never seen it put this way before....It does seem to all add up!...But it is okay for Christians to pick one day a week as on a Sunday to gather together and pray, to commune as fellow Christians, discuss the Bible, etc....Right?....Maybe they use Sunday as a day of rest to honor GOD?....So, I dont have to feel guilty for missing church on Sundays?...Because everyday feels like Sunday to me lately anyways...Seriously!....And I Love it!...GOD Bless You



‘HE will rule them with an iron scepter.’... He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.... On HIS robe and on HIS thigh HE has this name written:... KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."


Tropical_Man 67M
6389 posts
3/22/2009 2:45 am

yeah I think Ron said it all here