Now MarcR what is ABSOLUTELY NOT ? Did you not just say....... ?
Now I can agree with you that :TIME OF OCCURRENCE are different between God's 4th commandment and the "special" Levitical Sabbath as the Levitical Sabbaths could fall on any day of the week. I can agree with you also that the FUNCTION is the same and that is to cease from work. This is what
post # 113 is talking about. But here it is were we disagree and that is the
PURPOSE.
So let's talk about the
PURPOSE of these SABBATHS and share the WORD of GOD.................
Q. What is the
PURPOSE of
God's Sabbath in the 4th commandment.....................
Exodus 20
8, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10, But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
<WHY?>
11, For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
A. The
PURPOSE of the 4th commandment is that it is given as a
MEMORIAL of CREATION because God made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them and RESTED on the 7th DAY.
next............
Q. What is the
PURPOSE of the
"special" annual festival Sabbaths that can fall on any day of the week...........
Leviticus 23
24, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a <special> sabbath, <any day of the week> a
(1) memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25, Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
24, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25, Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
26, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27,
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a (2) day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28,
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29,
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30, And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31, Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32,
It shall be unto you a<special> sabbath of rest,
<any day of the week> and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your <special> sabbath <any day of the week>.
33, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34,
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the (3) feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
35, On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36, Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37, These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
38, Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
39,
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on
the first day shall be a <special> sabbath <any day of the week>, and on the eighth day shall be a
<special> sabbath <any day of the week>.
40, And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,4 branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41, And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42, Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43, That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
44, And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
A. The "special" Festival Sabbaths that could fall on any day of the week.
The
PURPOSE of the special Sabbath of the (1)
Feast of Trumpets was in
preparation for the day of ATONEMENT for SIN for God's people to afflict themselves in REPENTANCE for SIN and a memorial of God giving his people the 10 commandments (Exodus 19:16-22) and a call for them to be a HOLY people.
,
This was follow by the special Sabbath of (2)
Day Atonement once again a could fall on any day of the week. The
PURPOSE of the DAY of ATONEMENT special Sabbath was once again affliction and repentance of SIN while the HIGH PRIEST ministered on behalf of the people of Israel.
This then was followed by the (3)
Feast of Tabernacles this also included special Sabbaths that could fall on any day of the week. The
PURPOSE of these special sabbaths was for remembrance of God's deliverance of God's people from the land of Egypt (the World)
So as can be shown above each of the SABBATHS not only being different in time and occurrence also were given for a specific
PURPOSE!
Can you now see that the PURPOSE of all these SABBATHS are not the same?
