Exodus 31:12-18 12And YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, 13“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am YHVH who sanctifies you. 14You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to YHVH. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days YHVH made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’” 18And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Yehovah spoke to Moses And gave Him last minute instructions. He instructed His servant Moses to make certain of this one thing. To make certain that they know that the Sabbath is what secures our acceptance by the Father. The Sabbath is a sign of our sanctification, and is His Mark on His people. “‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am YHVH who sanctifies you.’” (Vs 13) So now, we must not forsake His Sabbath if we want to say we belong to Yehovah, or Yeshua Christ. The 7th Day is also set apart and sanctified as His specific day that we should keep it set apart for Him, a day of rest! He said, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHVH Elohim. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11For in six days YHVH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore YHVH blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” (Exodus 20:8-11) We can say that this Sabbath was set apart for Jews, or for Israel all we want, but we have to remember that when the Sabbath was created there was neither Jews nor Israel. The Sabbath was made Holy and set apart from all other days on the 7th day of creation. The Father is very serious about this. So much so, that He promises death to those who profane it. “You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.” (Vs 14) This day is Holy, and established by the only creator there is. He will not be challenged or mocked by anyone. He will take our lives simply because of our disobedience! Then to make certain we hear and obey; He tells us again. Saying, “Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to YHVH. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.” (Vs 15) So here is the Mark that Abba Father gives His Children. Do we belong to Him? I pray that we do, so that we will live, there is no living in His presence without a willingness to live for Him and to honor Him. The apostle John says, 5This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that YHVH is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. (1st John 1:5, 6) We cannot stay in His presence and live contrary to His Will. His House, His Rules!
Thankfully, we have Christ as our advocate, who will see to it that we understand these things. But He also speaks in agreement with these things. Yeshua tells us, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.” (John 7:16-18) Clearly, Christ Yeshua is not going to put any distance between Himself and the Father, they are one in every respect. “I and my Father are one!” (John 10:30) Then listen to Him, as He tells us how most of us will die by our own pride and stupidity, on the day of judgment. 41 “The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Matthew 13:41, 42) You can continue to follow the Roman Catholic Sabbath if you want. But understand that our lawlessness, and our disobedience to Yahovah Elohim, is not only separating us from His sanctification, But joins us to the Pope, and the beast of the Anti-Christ. You will not live because of it! Consider now, that what happens to us, and what we have brought on ourselves, by our wayward disobedience to God. It is our unwillingness to follow the scriptures, that could have put us on the right path, but we ignored it. This will be the death of so many of us. But our repentance and the return to the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Christ, will restore us to our Elohim. Do not let pride stop us from getting right with Yehovah Elohim! Humble yourself before Him, repent and return to Yeshua, and obey Him. He Said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) There is no other way!
Shalom my friends, Chuck Greever
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