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| Schasc Registered user Username: Schasc Post Number: 35 Registered: 10-2004 |
How oes (cant get the letter after c to work on my computer!) one explain the text in Exous where it says that Sabbath was blesse at creation? That is the one that we always focuse on as Aventists an never talke about the one in euteronomy that sai Sabbath was as a sign of them leaving Egypt. Anyway how can we reconcile the two texts? | ||
| Jeremy Registered user Username: Jeremy Post Number: 989 Registered: 10-2004  |
First of all, the Bible nowhere says that the Sabbath is a memorial of creation. The most you could get from Exodus 20 is that it commemorated God's rest, His ceasing from creating the world. The text actually doesn't say that God blessed the Sabbath at creation. It's talking about what had just occurred in Exodus 16, when God blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy for Israel. Here is a helpful link which discusses the Sabbath and creation: http://www.ariel.org/mshabbat.html Jeremy | ||
| Lindylou Registered user Username: Lindylou Post Number: 83 Registered: 1-2005 |
In a way, isn't it like our holidays? For instance, when the Pilgrims and Indians sat down at their first "thanksgiving" feast together - there wasn't a special order or rule to do so. It wasn't until many years later than someone decided it would be a good thing to have a special day to commemorate that event. So now we have a Thanksgiving Holiday. But the original intent WASN'T to create an official day of thanks. The Sabbath commandment given to Moses and the children of Israel was much like a legal, required holiday that looked back at the time in which God rested from his creative acts and pointed them forward to our ultimate rest in Jesus work of redemption - that had nothing to do with us! Deut. 5:3 makes it clear that this "required holiday" was a part of the covenant given only to Moses and the Israelites at Mt. Sinai. | ||
| Patrickfoy Registered user Username: Patrickfoy Post Number: 23 Registered: 3-2004  |
Have you ever read the book Sabbath in Christ? I think it is a must read for anyone that was in the seventh-day adventist church. It is by Dale Ratzlaff. This book really opened my eyes to what the bible truly says. You can find the book and some great info at these sites: www.ratzlaf.com www.truthorfables.com www.lastdisciple.com Patrick |
