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2006-11-08 04:32:19 · 9 answers · asked by CEM 5 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Sabbath means REST, Jesus is our rest today, Jesus said whosoever will come let them come, & I will give them REST.

2006-11-08 04:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The Holy Bible Douay-Rheims Version

With Challoner Revisions 1749-52
1899 Edition of the John Murphy Company

IMPRIMATUR:
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899.

Pope Damasus assembled the first list of books of the Bible at the Roman Council in 382 A.D. He commissioned St. Jerome to translate the original Greek and Hebrew texts into Latin, which became known as the Latin Vulgate Bible and was declared by the Church to be the only authentic and official version, in 1546.

The DR New Testament was first published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 A.D. The DR Old Testament was first published by the English College at Douay in 1609 A.D. The first King James Version was not published until 1611. This online DRV contains all 73 books, including the seven Deutero-Canonical books (erroneously called Apocrypha by Protestants). These seven books were included in the 1611 KJV, but not in later KJV Bibles.

The whole Douay-Rheims Bible was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 A.D. The notes included in the text were written by Dr. Challoner.

The DR Bible was photographically reproduced from the 1899 edition of the John Murphy Company, Baltimore, Maryland, by Tan Books in 1971. Eventually, this edition was optically scanned to produce a large text file which this publisher used for creating this website, with the aid of text-processing software.

One important goal of this project was to preserve the original text "as is", without making any changes in the wording, because the original text had the Imprimatur of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated Sept 1st 1899.

The text file was checked quite thoroughly by software written by the publisher for punctuation errors and verses out of order. The index was humanly checked for misspelled words and the corrections were made to the text. However, some spelling errors may still be present in the text. Many verses were out of order in the original file. These have been corrected.

Every effort was made to ensure that this online version is an exact match to the original printed version. No words were added or ommitted from the text, except for correcting errors caused by the scanning process. No words were rearranged. No verse numbers were changed, except in the case of Psalm 9.

Psalm 9 originally contained 21 verses and there were 2 versions of Psalm 10, numbering 1-18 and 1-8. This obviously caused a conflict, so it was decided to make the first Psalm 10 as the last part of Psalm 9 and renumber the verses 22-39. This retains the same numbering as all the Douay Rheims. Note, in the Protestant Bibles the numbering of Psalms 10 through 146 differs by one.

2006-11-09 00:09:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yahnah was exactly three days and three nights in the
belly of the great fish.
Yahnah 1:17Now Yahweh had prepared a great fish to swallow up Yahnah. And Yahnah was in the belly of the fish three days
and three nights.

Despite this scriptural fact pointed out by the Messiah
Himself, the Christian churches teach that the Savior
was put in the grave on ‘‘good’’ Friday afternoon, and
that He rose from the dead on Sunday morning.
Count this for yourself, brethren. There are not three
days and three nights in that time sequence. Due to
these false teachings by the churches and assemblies,
there are many who believe that ‘‘No one in the world
can understand Scriptures, and that the Bible is a fairy
tale.’’ The Good Friday burial to Sunday morning resurrection
is not taught in the Holy Scriptures! This false
doctrine is merely the assumption of teachers who are
deceived. The Bible is very clear about when Yahshua
was placed in the grave and when He was resurrected.
By letting Scripture interpret Scripture, we come to
the ultimate conclusion that Yahshua was placed in
the grave on a Wednesday at sunset; and He was resurrected
on the Saturday Sabbath, as it ended at sunset.
Yahshua was in the grave Wednesday night, Thursday
day, Thursday night, Friday day, Friday night, and Saturday
day—exactly the length of the sign Yahshua gave
(three nights and three days) to prove He was the true
Messiah. By the very teachings of the churches and assemblies,
they call Yahshua a liar, and not the true Messiah!
Many people professing to be followers of the Holy
Scriptures base their belief for hallowing Sunday as a
day of rest and worship on the false doctrine that the
Messiah was resurrected on Sunday morning! With this
doctrine exposed as a lie, what authority is there for
keeping Sunday?

What Day Is The Sabbath?
.The Sabbath is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis.

Genesis 2:2 And on the Seventh Day Yahweh ended His work which
He had done, and He rested on the Seventh Day from all His
work which He had done.
3 Then Yahweh blessed the Seventh Day and set it apart
to be holy, because in it He rested from all the work which
Yahweh had created and made.

The Holy Scriptures say the Seventh Day is the day
when Yahweh rested. He therefore blessed this day.
The definition of the word Saturday in Webster’s
Student Dictionary, page 727, is: the seventh and last
day of the week.
The definition of the word Sunday in Webster’s Stu-
.dent Dictionary, page 823 is: the first day of the week.
Exodus 31:15—
For six days work shall be done, but the Seventh Day is
the Sabbath of rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work
on the Sabbath Day, he shall surely be put to death.
The seventh day is still the Sabbath day. Many examples
of men breaking the Sabbath are recorded in the
B.ible. Breaking Yahweh’s Sabbath cut us off from Him. Numbers 15:32-35—
32 While the children of Israyl were in the wilderness,
they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath Day.
33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him
to Mosheh and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
34 They kept him in custody because it was not clear
what should be done to him.
35 Then Yahweh said to Mosheh: The man must surely be
put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with
stones outside the camp.

This man deliberately disobeyed this Law and Yahweh
plainly tells us that the prophesied judgment for sin is
death.

Yechetzqyah 18:4—
Behold, all souls are Mine. Just as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it will
die.

Romans 6:23—
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Yahweh is
eternal life through Yahshua Messiah, our Savior.
In contrast, Yahweh promises special blessings on those
w.ho hallow and keep the Sabbath day.

Isayah 58:13-14—
13 If you turn away your foot from breaking the
Sabbath: from doing your pleasure; your own business,
your own pleasure, on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a
delight; the holy day of Yahweh honorable, and will honor
Him by not doing your own ways, nor finding your own
pleasure, nor engaging in idle conversation:
14 Then you will find your joy in Yahweh; and I will cause
you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with
the heritage of Yaaqob your father for the mouth of
Yahweh has spoken it.

2006-11-08 12:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by YUHATEME 5 · 0 0

He didn't die. And the Sabbath is a day. I believe it is Saturday.

2006-11-08 12:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by Osunwole Adeoyin 5 · 1 1

doug flutie, right after the calvary stampeders game.

2006-11-08 12:34:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

Oooh ooh, I know... it was the thief wasn't it? The dude next to Jesus.

2006-11-08 12:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Chris R 2 · 1 1

Jesus Christ son of the living God

2006-11-08 12:41:50 · answer #7 · answered by Maria L 1 · 0 1

Jesus

2006-11-08 12:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by Ellyn 5 · 1 0

Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbaths

There are many written articles about the Sabbaths. The 7th day adventist is one religious group that advocate the Sabbath.

Sabbath means "REST", To whom did God gave the Sabbath? Was it to the Jews or to the Gentile?

Colossians 2:16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:"

The Sabbaths are the shadows of things to come (verse-17), meaning future event which will took place in heaven for all eternity.

Let us explain "COLOSSIANS 2:16" Sabbaths or Sabbath ?

The Sabbatarian argument is That the Sabbath day mentioned in Col. 2:16 is not the weekly Sabbath, but the monthly or feast Sabbaths which are in the law of Moses. Does Col. 2:14-17 say the “Sabbath days were nailed to cross” meaning all of them , or the 7th day specifically or only the feast days (ceremonial according to their view)

Lets systematically go through the language and how the word is used and then look at the phrases in the Old Testament to see if what they claim is true.

Our position is Col.2:16 most definitely refers to 7th Day Shabbat. Col. 2:14-17: “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, (Sabbaths are in the singular, meaning the Sabbath, it is the same word used for the weekly Sabbath). THINGS WHICH ARE A MERE SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME, but the body (substance belongs to Christ.”) is Christ.”

These former things were rudimentary forms of religion with no power for the New Testament believer. They can actually cut one off from grace if they make it obligatory. Paul did not want the new covenant believer to become entangled in bondage again by their keeping these as an obligation, as law. He goes on to explain Christ is the "Substance," these things were shadows. We have Christ so these things are not needed for any spiritual growth or development.

Who was nailed to the cross? Christ. Did he fulfill only the ceremonial law of Moses or all of it? All these rules were connected to the law these are not just Moses ordinances. They were nailed to the cross and whatever was nailed there died. Did not Christ say he was the Lord of the Sabbath, is he not the substance to come? There is no distinction for ceremonial laws in scripture, it is an invention, a tradition of man , not a biblical division. One mode of canceling bonds or a debt was by striking a nail through the writing.

These laws contrary to us because they brought death not life. Christ said it is finished, the debt of the law both the law of Moses including the 10 commandments, the penalty of our sins was paid in full by his perfect sacrifice. Col.2:17 they are a shadow of things to come. Christ came, he is the substance, the law was the pattern, Christ the reality. All the law pointed to the person. Like most of the feast days and laws of Moses and the commandments, this day had New Testament types.

Notice Paul states the handwriting of requirements, food or in drink, festival or a new moon or Sabbath. He covers all the aspects of the law.

PROOFS OF SINGULAR USE OF SABBATH

The Plural “Sabbaton” in Col. 2:16 refers to 7th Day Sabbath because almost all the words for Sabbath are the same in these Texts . The weekly 7th Day Sabbath is Plural but in original Greek the context requires a singular translation.

In the Greek Septuagint of the Hebrew OT Exodus 20:8 (LXX) ton sabbلton And on the Sabbath day “of the Sabbaths” Remember the Sabbath day Leviticus 23:37-38 , the Sabbaths of the Lord, Matthew 12:12 tois sلbbasin “on the Sabbaths” Mark 3:2 tois sلbbasin “on the Sabbaths” Luke 13:10 èn tois sلbbasin “on the Sabbaths” Acts 16:13 ton sabbلton “of the Sabbaths”

One would have to go against the clear scriptural teaching to say that since “Sabbath” appears in the plural in the Greek text of Matt. 28:1 “Now after the Sabbath” this is the same word in Col.2:16. If this is ceremonial then the Sabbath Jesus kept was also ceremonial.

Luke 4:16 He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, Acts 16:13 and John 5:9 Now it was the Sabbath on that day, John 5:10 It is the Sabbath , John 5:16 on the Sabbath, Mark 2:27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. (Mt.12:1,5,8,10,11,12,20; Mk.1:21,2:23,24,27,3:2,4; Lk.13:10,14,15)

There are about 60 examples of the same word being consistently used except when the Sabbatarian’s comes to Col. 2:16 they reverse it to say they are all singular and Col.2:16 with the same word is not. Why is that ? I don’t think I need to answer something so obvious.

SABBATHS or SABBATH

1. sabbaton ^4521^ or sabbata: the latter, the plural form, was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it. The root means “to cease, desist” (Heb., shabath; cf. Arab., sabata, “to intercept, interrupt”); the doubled b has an intensive force, implying a complete cessation or a making to cease, probably the former. The idea is not that of relaxation or refreshment, but cessation from activity.

In the Epistles the only direct mentions are in , “a Sabbath day,” RV (which rightly has the singular, see 1st parag., above), where it is listed among things that were “a shadow of the things to come” (i. e., of the age introduced at Pentecost), and in , where the perpetual sabbatismos is appointed for believers (see REST); inferential references are in and . For the first three centuries of the Christian era the first day of the week was never confounded with the “Sabbath”; the confusion of the Jewish and Christian institutions was due to declension from apostolic teaching.

Notes: (1) In and <11>, where the plural is used, the KJV (as the RV) rightly has the singular, “the Sabbath day”; in the KJV has the plural (see above). Where the singular is used the RV omits the word “day,” (“on a Sabbath”); <14:3; John 9:14> (“it was the Sabbath on the day when...”). As to the use or omission of the article the omission does not always require the rendering “a Sabbath”; it is absent, e. g., in . (2) In Acts 16:13, “on the Sabbath day,” is, lit., “on the day of the Sabbath” (plural). (3) For , see LATE. (4) For “the first day of the week” see ONE, A, (5).

2. prosabbaton ^4315^ signifies “the day before the Sabbath” (pro, “before,” and No. 1), ; some mss. have prin, “before,” with sabbaton separately).# (from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)

In Ezek.20:12 he says to keep my Sabbaths this is #7676 in the Strong's concordance -shabbath-Sabbath a) sabbath b) a day of atonement c) sabbath year d) week e) produce (in sabbath year) It includes anything that is called a Sabbath.

In the Strongs Sabbath in the Greek NT # 4521 sabbaton (sab'-bat-on);of Hebrew origin [7676]; the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications:

Colossians 2:16,17 “Let no man judge you in ... holy days or Sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come.” days #9999 is an inserted word, This word was added by the translators for better readability in the English. There is no actual word in the Greek text. The word may be displayed in italics, or in parentheses or other brackets, to indicate that it is not in the original text. (Thayers & Strongs) so it actually means Sabbath.

Sabbatarian's are quick to judge other Christians who gather on Sunday to worship. They claim we are worshippers of the image of the beast, yet they also say they can worship any day of the week ..so?…. Any day but Sunday. Which means they do not officially allow someone to worship God 7 days a week, only 6. If you don’t believe this go tell them your going to church on Sunday and see what happens.

Paul states that it is wrong to judge Christians for not keeping Saturday Col. 2:14-17 the “Sabbath day was nailed to cross” along with all the rest of the law . Nowhere does it state otherwise.

What 7th day Adventists want to keep is only 1 Sabbath day , they don’t want to respect them all. God says keep all my Sabbaths. Lev.19:3: “Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths.”

Ez.20:12: “And also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign…”The weekly Sabbath is plural in: Ex. 31:13,17. Both singular and plural are used for the weekly Sabbath: (Lev. 19:3; 23:38; Isa. 56:2,4) In Colossians 2:16, this is not just “ceremonial Sabbaths” The word “Ton Sabation” or “Sabbath Days” are the same words are translated in Exodus 20:8 in the Greek Septuagint of the Hebrew OT. there is no conflict in this except to Sabbatarian's .

THE HEBRAIC PATTERNS IN SCRIPTURE

Col.2:16: “regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths.” Look how careful Paul was in writing this. We see a year, a month, to day progression proving it refers to the 7th Day Sabbath . From Years, to months, to days, that is from week to week, From the wider to the narrower.

How can we know this is what Paul meant. We can look at the same type of progression in the O.T.. 1 Chron. 23:31 Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. (NIV) “ Paul familiar with the OT Hebraic pattern used it in the NT. 2 Chron. 2:4 on Sabbaths and New Moons and at the appointed feasts of the LORD our God. (NIV) 2 Chron. 8:13 according to the daily rate, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and the solemn feasts three times in the year--even in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.” (Masoretic text)

2 Chron. 31:3 the Sabbaths, New Moons and appointed feasts as written in the Law of the LORD.” (NIV) “ Neh. 10:33 “ Sabbaths, new moons, set feasts .” In both Ezekiel and Hosea we find the pattern reversed. Ezekiel 45:17 feasts, new moons, Sabbaths... “ Hosea 2:11 feast days , new moons, Her Sabbaths--”

You see the consistent pattern of the feasts and Sabbath Colossians 2:16 feast days. new moon, Sabbath days or more accurately Sabbath.

Compare this with Gal.4:10 which he uses the opposite pattern,” You observe days and months and seasons and years. “But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be know by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? “

You observe days and months and seasons and years.” Vs.10 states, “you observe, days (weekly Sabbaths, Holy days) , months (new moons), seasons (the 7 feasts as commanded in the law Lev.23 the three feasts that they were required to go to Jerusalem. ) and years (Years are the Sabbatical years , every 7 and the 50th year of Jubilee). Paul makes a clear distinction between the feasts and days. Here the Judaizers wanted the people to keep the law. One thing led to another, it no longer was circumcision, next it was the Sabbath and feast days. To Paul this was a sign of weakness and immaturity. They are rudimentary forms of religion with no power, they cut one off from grace. Paul did not want the New Testament believer to become entangled in bondage again by their keeping these from obligation to the law. He goes on to say Christ is the “Substance”, these things were shadows, grace is superior.

The word Days in Gal.4 translates in Thayers ..2250 hemera- 1) the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night a) in the daytime ... 2) used of the civil day, or the space of 24 hours (thus including the night);

Strongs 2250 hemera (hay-mer'-ah);feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context): KJV-- age, + alway, (mid-) day (by day, [-ly]), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Col. 2:14 “having wiped out the handwriting” 1. of requirements 2. (ordinances) that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.”

1.Handwriting 5498 cheirographon something hand-written (“chirograph”), i.e. a manuscript (specifically, a legal document or bond [figuratively]): KJV-- handwriting.”(Strongs concordance) It was the contract which is the covenant that they needed to obey.Col 2:14
“The hand-writing” (the Decalogue, written by the hand of God) (from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary).

1) a handwriting, what one has written by his own hand 2) a note of hand or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to be returned at the appointed time (Thayer's). While this can mean what Moses wrote down which is their claim of it being exclusively ceremonial other than the 10. One needs to remember that Moses also penned down in his law the 10 commandments along with the others (Deut.5). This of course can also mean what God himself wrote down, since what was the writing against them? Exod. 32:15-16 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written..16 Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets. This was the first installment of the law. Ex.34:29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), Deuteronomy 4:13: “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.” This is the handwriting that was against them, they had to obey all the law or would receive punishment.

The testimony is the commandments as David says in Ps.119 :1 blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord blessed are those who keep his testimonies,” Speaking of keeping the commandments vs.22 “for I have kept your testimonies.”Vs.24 “your testimonies are my delight and my counselors.”

Deut. 4:13: “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.Deut.31:26 “Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there as a witness against you;” Moses would refer to the book of the law (covenant) for the simple reason it included the 10.

2.requirements #1378 dogma- 1) doctrine, decree, ordinance a) used of public decrees b) used of the Roman Senate c) used of rulers 2) the rules and requirements of the law of Moses; carrying a suggestion of severity and of threatened judgment 3) used of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living.(Thayers)

dogma ^1378^ is translated “ordinances” in and . See DECREE.(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)

“the law of commandments contained in ordinances” ; “the bond written in ordinances” = the Mosaic ordinances as expressing the moral law which condemned the sinner, and whose enmity Christ abolished by His death. It is a significant (from International Standard Bible )

Let's go to Ephesians 2:15 which should give more understanding to Col.2 ”That which was “abolished in his flesh” was the “law of commandments” contained in the ordinances. Which clearly refers to the law of Moses which according to scripture is all the law (Rom. 7:8-13). Here in Ephesians 2:15 the law of Moses is referred to as “ordinances” which is the same word used in Colossians 2:14. The Context shows that Paul is not discussing just the ceremonial aspects or the penalty of the law, but the whole law, all its directives being nailed to the cross. Did not Jesus keep all the law? If he fulfilled it all as the embodiment of the word, it make sense that when he was nailed to the cross that the 10 were also put on the cross as well as the others. The only thing that came out through the other side of the Cross were the laws that were there before Moses, the moral laws. The laws that are instinctive to mankind that are ingrained in our conscience.

Now what is an ordinance ? (ordinances) #2706 choq- a statute, an ordinance, a limit, something prescribed, due a) a prescribed task b) a prescribed portion c) an action prescribed (for oneself), resolve d) a prescribed due e) a prescribed limit, a boundary f) an enactment, a decree, an ordinance 1) specific decree 2) law in general g) enactment's, statutes 1) conditions 2) enactment's 3) decrees 4) the civil enactment's prescribed by God.” All theses describe what God has said in the 10 and outside the 10.

statutes 2706 choq (khoke); from 2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage): KJV-- appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree (-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance (-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

NEW TESTAMENT Law 3551 nomos-anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command: a) used of any law whatsoever 1) a law or rule producing a state approved of God, by the observance of which is approved of God 2) a precept or injunction 3) the rule of action prescribed by reason b) used of the Mosaic law, and referring (according to the context) either to the volume of the law or to its contents c) the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love d) the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the Old Testament

OLD TESTAMENT Law # 8451 towrah (to-raw'); or torah (to-raw'); from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: KJV-- law. 8451 towrah or torah-law, direction, instruction a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1) the body of prophetic teaching 2) instruction in the Messianic age 3) the body of priestly direction or instruction 4) the body of legal directives b) law 1) law of the burnt-offering 2) used of special law, codes of law c) custom, manner d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law.

This is the same word for law Paul used of his being a Pharisee Phil. 3:5-6 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.” Is Paul only speaking of the ceremonial laws ? I think not.

Col.2:13-14, What was the “certificate of debt consisting of decrees” nailed to the cross? The overall O.T. teaching of the law is the Old Covenant. How was the Old Covenant “against us”? According to Deuteronomy, one of the functions of the Old Covenant law was to act as a “witness” against Israel if they broke it, or sinned. Would this be only the ceremonial as claimed today. Paul over and over uses the law and defines it as the 10 that witnessed against him that he was a sinner. These are the two tablets of the Testimony that show all have sinned falling short of Gods perfect standard.

Eph. 2:15: “ having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace.”

Col. 2:16-17: “Let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days, WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME, but the body is of Christ.”

Did Christ fulfill everything except the 10 commandments and more specifically the Sabbath? He either fulfilled it all or he did not keep the law perfectly. Didn't he say he was the Lord of the Sabbath? This means he is the creator, the Sabbath was a sign, a shadow and He is the Substance. If He fulfilled all the law then all the law was nailed to the cross, not just portions of it. He was the embodiment of the law completely.

An interesting point is made at the end of the Gospel of Mark. Mk.16:1: “the Sabbath was past” in vs.2 the phrase first day “ is a numeral.” Vs.9 says the phrase “the first day of the week,” but this is actually a totally different word, it means “the most important day of the week.” Can this day be more important than the Sabbath? Remember this is from the Holy Spirit who is God, not a man or a church tradition; Something to think about.

2006-11-08 12:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by NIGHT_WATCH 4 · 0 0

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