Sabbeth Keepers

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Actually yes. In fact sunday is a regular work day for us. I would point out however that the command is primarily "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy". 6 days are allotted to man to do whatever work he needs to do. The command to rest is given so that man would have a day to focus on God and not on his labour.

Modern western society has created the "two day weekend". We have been blessed with a return to an essentially agrarian lifestyle. Believe me, there's plenty of work available to be busy 6 days a week. We look forward to sabbath. Before, at my previous job, I also worked 6 days a week most weeks. If I had sunday off as well, I had work around the house so I still worked 6 days a week.

If a man or family is blessed with a genuine two day weekend, with NO WORK NEEDED WHATSOEVER, they should count their blessings. The way things are going I suspect we are all gonna be soon finding out how nice we've had it the last 50-60 years.

Well, you're the first I've met that believes in following the whole commandment, and not just the rest part

Originally Posted by Esaias

It is not outlining how the sabbath should be kept "if it fell on a feast day". Not trying to be rude but that's really a lame response. Seriously. Again, nothing personal and I don't mean to offend or anything but for real? You're gonna go with that?

It doesn't say what you say. No "if" in the text there. It says THESE ARE THE FEASTS OF THE LORD and then outlines them, starting with the weekly sabbath. Of that weekly sabbath says it says it is a holy convocation. No, nothing about "going to the tabernacle/temple" but that's irrelevent because the tabernacle/temple was not equivalent to a "church assembly" anyway.

It is what is, a holy convocation.

No, I am serious! Where else in the OT is the Sabbath teaching given as a "holy convocation" by itself, and not included with a feast day? Nowhere. It is only mentioned once here in Leviticus as a holy convocation, along with teaching with the feast days. It was outlining how to keep the Sabbath when it fell on a particular feast day.

So again, Sabbath was not given as a day of fellowship, but of rest, unless the Sabbath fell on a feast day.

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Aquila

To me, those who demand that we keep the Sabbath as embodied in the Law and those who have claimed to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday are both wrong. Two extremes going in two different directions.

Actually - since the calenders have been changed, who is to say that Tuesday isn't really the correct Sabbath keeping day (or any other day of the week?) LOL. I have talked to some who squabble over the correct calendar dates as well!

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by shazeep

interesting you mention this, as i was convicted of the same thing! So i make it a point to break a sweat Sunday, myself.

Well, you're the second one I know that believes in keeping the "whole" Sabbath commandment, lol!

[KeptByTheWord]

Aquila - great points, all of them, especially this one:

Love fulfills the Law. Law would have us enter God's rest only one day in 7. Love would have us enter God's rest every day. Imagine only showing your wife that you loved her one day a week! Under grace, we are free from the Law... and we show God that we love Him 24/7! Love is therefore an infinitely superior law to live by.

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Well, you're the second one I know that believes in keeping the "whole" Sabbath commandment, lol!

hmm. Not sure that i have repped myself to you correctly there then!

[Abiding Now]

I love Sunday school, Sunday dinner at the house with the family, a nap afterwards and a red hot Sunday night Pentecostal service with singing, testimonies, choir and preaching or a really great "shout down".

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

I love Sunday school, Sunday dinner at the house with the family, a nap afterwards and a red hot Sunday night Pentecostal service with singing, testimonies, choir and preaching or a really great "shout down".

I remember doing just that many many times myself! We are a little laid back here now with our fellowship that meets at home. Praise God, He is still God at home just as He is in a church building

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by shazeep

hmm. Not sure that i have repped myself to you correctly there then!

lol...

[FlamingZword]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Well, you're the second one I know that believes in keeping the "whole" Sabbath commandment, lol!

can get a third?

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Well, you're the first I've met that believes in following the whole commandment, and not just the rest part


No, I am serious! Where else in the OT is the Sabbath teaching given as a "holy convocation" by itself, and not included with a feast day? Nowhere. It is only mentioned once here in Leviticus as a holy convocation, along with teaching with the feast days. It was outlining how to keep the Sabbath when it fell on a particular feast day.

So again, Sabbath was not given as a day of fellowship, but of rest, unless the Sabbath fell on a feast day.

It doesn't say it is a holy convocation "only if it falls on a feast day". That is your words, not God's. In other words you are making that up. The scripture does not say what you are claiming.

In fact the sabbath is specifically called a feast. It is one of the feasts, just like passover, pentecost, tabernacles etc are. They are the feasts of the Lord (sabbath is listed as one of them). So I have no idea where you are getting your ideas from. It just doesn't say what you claim it says, it doesn't even imply it. Nothing whatsoever about "if a sabbath falls on a feast". It says the sabbath is a holy convocation (sacred assembly). Can't have a convocation or assembly without assemblying...