tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32879642.post8424067001150078522..comments2023-04-10T05:58:17.419-07:00Comments on SamuelMartin: A Comparison between Jesus Christ and the Sabbath Day of the LordSamuel Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073427515747592924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32879642.post-85923656662022105752014-08-22T12:56:50.221-07:002014-08-22T12:56:50.221-07:00So Samuel, I was on the 'Dig' in 1971. You...So Samuel, I was on the 'Dig' in 1971. Your father can mother drove with me through the Valley of Hinnom and your father said he went through hell with your mother quite often.<br /><br />I kept the weekly Sabbath for decades, preached it and condemned all who kept Sunday. Hebrews and Galatians were books I have only come to appreciate since I finally saw that the seventh day pointed to a person, not a thousand years. My mother, who I love dearly, is a strict observer of the seventh day and all the annual days too. She is saved as am I. So my feelings about the Sabbath in no way condemn those who observe the day. I just feel they lug around a burden that restricts them unnecessarily. There is guilt where there should be freedom. <br /><br />Go ahead and discuss the Sabbath if it enriches your readers. But I suspect that most who are interested feel that God expects a physical observance and miss the overwhelming focus that there is a superior way, that Hebrews stresses again and again. God bless you. RonRonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32879642.post-83338174251494261052014-08-18T17:27:20.728-07:002014-08-18T17:27:20.728-07:00Ron - Thanks for your message.
I grew up in a Sa...Ron - Thanks for your message. <br /><br />I grew up in a Sabbath keeping denomination. There was lots of talk growing up about the Sabbath. Lots of talk, but very little substance as to its real meaning.<br /><br />I am not in this post advocating anyone to do or not do anything relative to the issue of the Sabbath. While we are indeed as you mentioned not under the Mosaic covenant, I believe, however, that there is information therein which is useful to study to help us find those important nuggets of wisdom which can help us understand the Lord and our Father better.<br /><br />What I am attempting to do in this post is to open up the subject of the Sabbath to a greater level of understanding because there is a richness of understanding concerning what this day, which as you said, is a shadow of things to come, means.<br /><br />In addition, I think that a study of this subject helps us to better understand what it was the apostles in the New Testament were looking forward to. <br /><br />This is a mature subject especially so when we consider it being raised in Hebrews Chapter Four. <br /><br />When we get the book of Hebrews positioned properly in its rightful place after the letters to the seven church of Paul (after II Thessalonians) and before I Timothy, we can see that what is being presented therein is a very mature discussion for those believers who have their minds in tune to what I will call a "Hebraic orientation". It is this orientation which I am seeking to make clearer through this post.<br /><br />The Sabbath is a weekly symbol of what our future life in the age to oome will encompass. I personally wish to know more about that future life (which is very mysterious and we often do not have a lot of information to go on in Scripture) and feel that not opening up subjects for discussion and elaboration may mean that opportunities for learning are reduced. <br /><br />Thanks so much<br /><br />Sam MartinSamuel Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073427515747592924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32879642.post-39354889155350293672014-08-18T12:49:08.737-07:002014-08-18T12:49:08.737-07:00Very astute to note all these points. However........Very astute to note all these points. However..... the weekly Sabbath was a shadow, as were many things in the OT. Now the reality is here why focus on the shadow? As I am not a Jew or under the OC, I don't have a weekly Sabbath. My Sabbath is my constant companion and Rest, Jesus.Ronnoreply@blogger.com