well according to KJV i guess Satan hasn't been cast out of heaven yet, either??
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty,
thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:
I will cast thee to the ground,
I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
(Ezekiel 28:17 KJV)
however Jesus 'beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven' ((Luke 10:18)) :usure:
still not seeing how you think this shows the decalogue came before the Bible said it did ((430 years after Abraham, see Galatians 3)) -- can i get some explanation on that? this verse is describing vainglory, not trespass of a commandment. unless the commandment is 'thou shalt not boast in thy beauty & brightness' -- which doesn't happen to be one of the 10 commandments.
interestingly enough God says the reason He gave Israel sabbath was to teach them that it is Him who sanctifies them ((Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12 - He says it twice because He knows we're stupid & slow of heart to understand, so we need that reinforced)). so if you think that you sanctify yourself ((for example, reaching heaven by obedience to selective letters of the law)), you're profaning the sabbath.
this means that if you think you are approving yourself before God by keeping sabbath, you're only showing yourself more sinful. the sabbath is demonstrating to you that you cannot keep it by trying to keep it, in a sense. as Paul wrote: the purpose of the law being given was to make sin all the more sinful ((Romans 7:13)) -- the just live by faith, and the righteousness to be attained is the righteousness that is not of ourselves. sanctification is His work, not ours: it was to teach this to Israel that He gave them these commands. it's written to be still, and know He is God: how is stillness showing that He is God?
maybe take your sabbath to meditate on that
Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
56:2
Blessed [is] the man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. [This is talking to ALL MAN even the GENTILES
56:3 Neither let the son of the
stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; { this is Gentiles
56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.