Posted on 11/08/2019 11:19:48 AM PST by Jagermonster
As Laura Nash and her husband raised their sons, they put a high value on family Sabbath traditions. Part 5 in a series looking at the Ten Commandments through modern lives.The worshippers at Beth Judah Temple could be family. They arrive at dusk on a brisk autumn Friday with leisurely hugs, hellos, and a little something for the dinner table. It’s Shabbat – the Jewish Sabbath – at Laura Nash’s small jewel of a synagogue, nestled in a tired part of this beach town, where worshippers have gathered for more than a century. Dr. Nash and her husband, Jack Greenberg, who live in central New Jersey, often begin Shabbat here when visiting their vacation home nearby.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the
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When it comes to reverence for God and keeping the Sabbath, it gets dicey. When it comes to our relationships with other men, it gets easier, but as you say we do blow it.
Jesus is there to pick us up, dust us off, and urge us to keep on trying.
None of us is perfect. None of will ever be perfect.
I don’t think we ignore the 4th Commandment any more than we ignore the others. And society would be terrible if we all ignored the others.
As lovers of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, we want to do what God wants us to. I think we all try to live good lives, and in part to varying degrees, we do so because of the Ten Commandments.
Thanks for expressing the alternate opinion you raised to the issues we discussed. Take care...
Well, I do get your point.
The problem for that argument is that the people who became the Jews were the ancestors of people who had kept the sabbath since Eden.
I don’t believe authority figures really argue that Sunday is the seventh day of the week, with conviction.
Eons ago, there was a calendar change to compensate for leap years not observed. I believe they added ten days onto the calendar, but the days of the week were not disturbed.
For instance, a Monday wasn’t jumped ahead or back to a Thursday. (as an example (only)). The days were jumped ahead as in the 5th to the 15th. (again just an example)
I don’t recall the exact days involved. The particulars concerning the days of the week should be sound.
In many countries the calendar week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday.
I agree with that. I’m not going to say that all religions and all faiths observe what the Jewish people and some Christians do.
It seems to me Jews and Christians have to determine for themselves what their roots are and act accordingly.
My thoughts on it are spelled out, but I’m certainly not part of the divinity.
Here were some other thoughts on this issue.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3792588/posts?page=22#22
The article title (changed) for our Roman Catholic FRiends.
(just trying to help...)
Did God give the Ten Commandments to the Jews? Plus if we are to follow the path of Christ and live like He did (a perfect life), what did Jesus do in regard to the Sabbath?
What about Matthew 5:18?
“ For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Seems to me that Jesus himself understood that the Law was the Law...including the Sabbath.
”...what did Jesus do in regard to the Sabbath?”
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He was Jewish, there’s your answer.
So Jesus came to save just the Jews? Are Christians to follow Jesus as He lived or not? When is the Sabbath first mentioned in the Bible?
Said that the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath.
In other words we should keep the Sabbath because it is good and healthy, physically, spiritually and mentally.
However if you spend a bunch of time coming up with rules and regulations about what you may or may not do and splitting hairs then you have lost the benefit.
He fulfilled it on on the Cross. Next question?
While He was alive he kept the Sabbath - Saturday. When do you do it? Any other day is a violation of the Law. Are we still under the Law or are we under Grace. Enjoy your Law while I have the Grace.
Then why are we not living in a sin-free paradise? Why is the entire Christian world waiting for him to come back? Obviously, LOTS of the Law is unfulfilled.
Well then Christ didn’t fulfill the Law on the Cross and we need another Savior to do that.
Oh, and free will and all that too.
The Sabbath is mentioned first at least 1,300 years before Jesus. Since he was born and raised as a Jew, it is only logical that he would have followed Jewish law. Then there is Matthew 5:18, which he, himself, says that the Law won’t pass until every single part is fulfilled - which it manifestly has not since we are still murdering each other by the bushel. For whom he came is rather irrelevant to these simple facts.
Sounds right to me - I am Jewish.
And your question is?
Ditto but Messianic.
How do you prove it to God that you have Grace? Or to yourself? Does God acknowledge your ambivalence to His perfect Law? You may feel it's okay but how does God feel about it? After all, He's the Judge.
John 13:10 IF ye keep My Commandments (note: not suggestions), ye shall abide in My Love, even as I have kept my Fathers Commandments, and abide in His Love.
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