Keeping the Sabbath to Keep the Earth by Sherry Golden (Winner of the Lay Category) Text: Psalm 145:9; Genesis 2:15; Numbers 6:24 Calls us into a return to the practice of
sabbath as a means to reduce environmental destruction.
then certainly he who is «greater than the temple» can do his work on
the sabbath as well (Matt.
Bass presents practicing
the sabbath as a countercultural habit of claiming a weekly day for resting in God's blessings.
Not exact matches
If they showed up in black hats, braids, with pre-torn toilet paper for the
sabbath, & insisting that women sit at the back of the bus & walk on the other side of the street you'd have the same reaction to them
as you have to the other groups.
Thats Right... The orthodox jews have been wearing Tefilin for over 3000 yrs daily (apart from the
sabbath)... and none of them has ever used it
as a reason to murder women and children... Why cant you all admit... some of us out there are really losing it...
Now, Job after his bought with «pride» he ask YHWH for his forgiveness, and was later blessed with more sons and daughters who did the law, who were good children and an even better wife, and he lived for four generations of his children and their children, and died a very happy and fulfilled life, knowing that all of his family was left with love, and peace and togetherness among each other, now this is true life, living righteously and wholesome by ourselves and by others around us is what we are all suppose to live like, caring for your neighbors faithfully, and all be
as one now not after it is too late but now we need the law of righteousness from YHWH, the 10 commandments, the
sabbath, a day of rest, and the passover to remember the ones who died innocently, and to remember the freedom of our lives given by YHWH and do good by one another and not let each other fall, right now is what we need in this world today people.
When one discovers that NOT «remembering the
sabbath» doesn't make them a bad person, yet it is treated with the same severity
as killing people according to god, then why would a Christian have any reservations towards letting people suffer and die?
For Jews, a prayer over wine is part of the
sabbath service,
sabbath meals, all religious holidays and special religious events such
as weddings and circumcisions.
Just remember god said don't beat your slave to death, though it is ok to have slaves just they can't work on the
sabbath and you can beat them
as long
as they don't die.
If the court considers communion or the Passover Seder or the
sabbath, its instinct will he to regard these
as constitutionally protected.
He fights with every religious leader of his day (they are representives of God), hangs out with some of the lowest people in society (drunks, prostitutes, tax collectors), healed people on the
sabbath (they see this
as against the law), healed lepers (also against the law), accepts some Gentiles and heals them (outside his actual mission), died for all of «humanity», etc..
We also recognize time
as God's gift when we respect the daily needs of the body, when we offer attention to the people and experiences of the immediate present, when we set aside a portion of each day for attention to God, when we remove impediments to the authentic use of time, and when we practice the
sabbath, a practice that receives considerable attention in Bass's book.
i know this may take it in another direction, but
as a christian when and by whom did the
sabbath become just a jewish day of rest?
On the
sabbath the meaning of God's work
as Deliverer spills «over from worship into all the hours of a day.»
Bass asks us to see time in a new way, not
as something that controls us, but
as God's first gift,
as the medium of God's presence and activity and
as the place of
sabbath.
They proceeded immediately to Pisidian Antioch where they attended the synagogue on the
sabbath day,
as was their custom.
One of our most fundamental disciplines
as Christians is the idea of a
sabbath rest.
Although Jewish
sabbath starts sundown Friday, Friday is known
as «Adams day» by the Muslims, this is their holy day and Saturday is the Jewish «Day», Sunday is for Christians.
Craig both seventh day and anglican are believers they are saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ and they believe in the forgiveness of sins sactification and the resurection at Christs return.This is what i meant regarding theology one has to be careful otherwise you exclude groups of christians because some of there other theology may not be the same
as ours.They still hold to the central truths of the bible but have differences ie like
sabbaths or baptism but that does not mean they arent saved or are christians.What church denomination do you belong to if you mentioned jehovah witness or mormons that is a different story
as they do nt believe that Jesus Christ is central to there faith they have relegated him to nothing more than a prophet so there is no salvation in those religions.brentnz
I think we agree on the fact that it is by faith that all are saved i have no problem with that and its in that that there is unity.You find within any christian modern church law can be mixed with Grace that is not peculiar to any domination maybe it is more extreme in some.Where there are believers there are works of the flesh such
as pride and self reliance.I was thinking today the word says if we believe in our hearts and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord then you shall be saved.Its not a hard doctrine to believe thats in its basic form.The seventh day have tacked on to that belief adherence to the
sabbath that is sadly how denominations spring up.In the anglican church we still recite the apostles creed how many church still do that today
as a basis for there faith in Jesus Christ.Your statement that some are saved is just
as true to those who go to modern christian churchs who say they are christian but walk according to the flesh..
«If my Father works on the
sabbath,» John quotes Jesus
as saying, «then I can work, too» (5:17, AP).
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the
sabbath day,
as was his custom.
This is the first instance in the New Testament where it is noted that the Christian congregation observes the first day of the week, not the Jewish
sabbath on the seventh day,
as its day of worship.
And early in the morning
as the
sabbath dawned, there came a multitude from Jerusalem and the region round about to see the sepulchre that had been sealed.
Mills developed special days, such
as «Good Cheer» days and «Midweek
Sabbaths,» during which all the secular business in a city would close down for a day.
As we are still in the seventh creative day, the
sabbath day, Gen 2:3, it seems that the creative days are at least 6000 years in length.
Sunday lunch at Red Lobster is an abomination,
as is mowing your lawn before sundown on the
sabbath... where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?
For instance, Constantine decided to ban
sabbath and feasts in the name of Yeshua, so
as not to associate with «the Jews.»
It is those Biblical teachings after all, that the Roman Church killed Christians for being in posession of while they tried to enstate paganism rituals directly contradicting them, such
as Sunday
sabbath and Solstice birthday, both of which directly contradict Biblical teachings.
This enabled him to proclaim the message in the very environs of those Jews who opposed him and to win
as many of their proselytes
as he could to the Christian faith
as they went on the
sabbath to the synagogue.
Almost
as good
as god commanding somebody be put to death for working on the
sabbath by picking up sticks..
The name «Jewish Christians» is sometimes used to refer to the Christians who remained faithful to the Jewish observances —
sabbath, circumcision and worship in the Temple,
as the Jerusalem community did.
«Keep the
sabbath day that your male slave and your female slave may rest
as well
as you.»
After the
sabbath,
as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
I might
as well keep a
sabbath fast.»
You yell «BLACK
SABBATH» over and over again
as you careen around the room, listening to Black
Sabbath.
He talked about his time
as an altar boy and said he had even worked on
Sabbaths at a synagogue.
That meant he was routinely out of pocket from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday in order to observe the Jewish
sabbath known
as Shabbat.
So if you reckon your brave enough - or you're just a bit bored
as the sun goes down on this unusually hot
sabbath day - then come on in and take a peek...