Sabbath
I have heard a number of things recently that have caused me to take a fresh look at the idea of Sabbath. I want to ponder them aloud today for a couple minutes. I have a hunch that buried in these...
View ArticleSabbath – Pre-Ramble
As I said last week, I have been pondering this idea of Sabbath for a week or so, and spent a few hours looking through the scriptures to see what the Word has to say about this idea. I have learned...
View ArticleSabbath – Culmination of Creation
It all starts in creation. Sabbath starts when time starts. Before creation, no time, no Sabbath, with the beginning of counting days, we begin marking Sabbaths. As I mentioned last week, I have been...
View ArticleSabbath in the Old Testament
Let’s try again, to make some simple Old Testament observations around the Sabbath day. The first actual mention of the word rendered “Sabbath” is in Exodus, when the children of Israel were in the...
View ArticleSabbath and the Red Letters
OK, we have gone long enough talking about the Sabbath, without getting into the Red Letters. Today, I would like to unpack a few of Jesus’ comments about the Sabbath. The fact is Jesus’ words and...
View ArticleSabbath and You – Perfect Together
As we consider the Sabbath and the Red letters, we come to today’s groundbreaking idea. Jesus seemed to thrive on turning the religion of the day on its head, and He sure did with this statement. Jesus...
View ArticleSabbath – Saturday or Sunday?
Today – a short discussion of why many, if not most, Christians celebrate a Sunday Sabbath, and what the Bible has to say about it. I hope you will allow me a bit of word study here. I will preface...
View ArticleSabbath – Shadow
So what does the Sabbath point to? I realize I never really got to the Sabbath yesterday because I was so taken with the picture of circumcision. That really got me yesterday, and if you missed it,...
View ArticleSabbath – Foreshadowing (last installment)
When I started this pondering about the Sabbath, I really thought – two or three posts – I had no idea of going 2 weeks. Monday I start Christmas I promise, and later this morning you can be looking...
View ArticleWhat is the Sabbath commissioned to do in the life of a believer? Friday Q&A
I know I said I was done, but I never did answer the question I asked the very first day. I said in the first post about the Sabbath that when God blesses something He give is a assignment, He confers...
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