I repost this because it was late when I made original post and this about the Sabbath Rest needs to be understood. God did not stop His creation work because he was fatigued; he stopped because he was through. He had done all he intended to do and he rested from His work after a perfect creation. Therefore the true sabbath, we learn from this, is not the keeping of a special day but the ending of a specific effort. That is what sabbath means. So Jesus has finished our work and therefore is our Sabbath Rest and we are to hold that closer to out hearts than anything ever done before. It was a Holy Work and is to be respected as such. After years of the lack of teaching rather than too much teaching we can look at something that might surprise some of us. Saturday, is not the real Sabbath. It never was, and it is not now. It is a picture or a reminder of the real sabbath. The true sabbath is a rest; the Jewish sabbath is a shadow, a picture of that rest. All the Old Testament shadows pointed to Christ. They were predictions, views of the coming of the One who would fulfill all these remarkable things. Every lamb that was brought as an offering was a shadow of the coming work of Christ. Every burnt offering, every bit of incense that was offered, was a picture of the fragrance of Jesus Christ. The tabernacle was a shadow of him. The high priest, in his garments and his office, was a shadow of Christ as our High Priest. Read the book of Hebrews and you will see how beautifully all this is brought out. These Old Testament shadows were looking forward to the coming of the One who would fulfill these and thus end them. When the work of Jesus Christ was finished the shadows were no longer needed. He was the perfect one who was to arrive in fulfillment of every type ever pictured. When the Lord came, and his work was ended, making possible the true fulfillment of Gods intention in the Sabbath, the picture was no longer needed. The weekly Sabbath ended at the cross. Paul specifically says this. In the letter to the Colossians he confirms it to us. In Chapter 2, beginning with Verse 13, he says: And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it. Therefore, let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath. These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. (Colossians 2:13-17) We argue over a day of the week when if we can just understand we have the perfect Sabbath before us if we would only rest in it.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:59:36 +0000
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