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when we are in christ, we are in the rest of god. all of the law was a shadow of what we have in jesus.
if we hear his voice, and do not harden our hearts, then in jesus we enter god's rest, the rest he has now, since he has ceased from all of his works.
we do not observe the sabath because we have hardened our hearts to hearing his voice.
if we hear his voice, and do not harden our hearts, then in jesus we enter god's rest, the rest he has now, since he has ceased from all of his works.
we do not observe the sabath because we have hardened our hearts to hearing his voice.
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So what if we are not Jews? The early Christians kept the Sabbath for a hundred something years, and it wasn't until the Romans and Jews were in conflict. During the conflict, Christians moved their day of rest to the Sunday. lest they be trialed as a Jew by the Romans. Notice that Sunday was something made by Man not God. Jesus did not come to abolish the Sabbath, simply to take it back to the core meaning.
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The true spiritual meaning of the Sabbath has nothing to do with saturday. It's stated in the Bible AFTER Jesus' death that He did Not give us rest. The ten commandments are the moral laws that everyone lives by as long as there's life! It is always wrong to murder or steal. We must treat the Sabbath the same way as well. It is a spiritual law. The 10 commandments were the only part of the law placed INSIDE of the Ark of the covenant. We need to learn what it means to rest on the seventh day!
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I asked my pastor this question. Sabbath means peace. So the law was to keep the sabbath (peace) Holy. We rested from our works on the sabbath as it was a day of peace.
But since the Holy Ghost fell on the day of Pentecost and God's Spirit dwells within us. It gives us peace. It gives us rest from ourselves.
I would like to focus on verse 10 here "For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his."
So since the Holy Ghost gives us rest and peace (sabbath) then we must keep ourselves Holy.
This is my best understanding of the topic.
But since the Holy Ghost fell on the day of Pentecost and God's Spirit dwells within us. It gives us peace. It gives us rest from ourselves.
I would like to focus on verse 10 here "For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his."
So since the Holy Ghost gives us rest and peace (sabbath) then we must keep ourselves Holy.
This is my best understanding of the topic.
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Matthew 11:28-29
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Hebrews 4
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.
2For 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.
3For 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.
4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7Again, 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.
8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12For 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.
13Neither 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.
14Seeing 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.
15For 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. 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Jesus gave us rest onto our souls. The rest in Hebrews is the same rest mentioned in the 10 commandments. rest from our works!
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Hebrews 4
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.
2For 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.
3For 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.
4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7Again, 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.
8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
12For 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.
13Neither 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.
14Seeing 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.
15For 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. 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Jesus gave us rest onto our souls. The rest in Hebrews is the same rest mentioned in the 10 commandments. rest from our works!
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