Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in heaven, we
thank You for this wonderful day
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that You have given us.
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We thank You for the privilege
of being here, once again,
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to open Your Holy
Word, and learn from You.
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We ask that as we open the
book of Genesis, and other books
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of the Bible that
relate to this wonderful book,
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we ask that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us.
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Enlighten our minds, and
give us tenderness of heart
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to receive what You have for us.
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We thank You for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
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in Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'd like to begin our
study today at the place where
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we began our study last time.
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And, of course, that has to
do with the first two chapters
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of the book of Genesis.
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What I'm going to do is review
certain very important elements
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that will be fundamental
for what we're going to discuss
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in this evening's lecture.
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First of all, I would like
to underline the fact that I've
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mentioned many times before,
and that is that Jesus Christ
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was the Creator of Genesis 1.
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Jesus Christ was the
Creator of Genesis 1.
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That's critically important
for what we're going to discuss
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in our lecture today.
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The second point that I want us
to notice in our study is found
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in Genesis
1:31-2:1, Genesis 1: 31-2:1.
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Notice what it says:
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And now notice verse 1:
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Question: When did Jesus
finish His work of creation?
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On which day? Very clearly,
He finished on the sixth day.
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Correct? Now,
let's notice verse 2.
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It says in Genesis 2:2: And
on the seventh day God ended
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his work which he had done,
and he rested on the seventh day
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from all his work
which he had done.
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Three points that
I want us to notice:
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1. Jesus was the Creator.
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2. Jesus finished His work
of creation on the sixth day.
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3. Jesus rested
on the seventh day.
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We're going to come back
to this later on in our study.
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It's critically important.
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Now I want you to notice also
as we review what we studied
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in our last lecture,
that man did not do any work
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in order to exist.
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I believe that
that point is clear.
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Jesus Christ
performed all the work.
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And when man was created he was
created to rejoice and to rest
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in the work
which Jesus had made.
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In other words, every
thing that Adam and Eve enjoyed,
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they enjoyed because
Jesus had worked to create it.
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All they could do was rest
in the work that Jesus had done,
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because Jesus was the Creator.
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Another point, which we
studied in our last lecture,
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is that the day
begins in the evening.
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You know, it was the Romans
who established the custom
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of starting the day at midnight.
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And, you know, basically
we followed that custom
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of starting the day at midnight.
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But biblically the
day starts at the evening,
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with the setting of the sun.
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In other words, when the sun set
on the sixth day, that is when
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the seventh day Sabbath
began, and it lasts from sundown
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the sixth day on Friday, through
sundown on what we know as
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Saturday, or
sundown on the Sabbath.
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In other words, keeping
the Sabbath means observing
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twenty-four hours.
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It's not going to
church only on Saturday.
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It means resting from our
endeavors, resting in what Jesus
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has done, enjoying His
creative works that we did
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not work to perform.
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And that is to last
twenty-four whole hours.
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Don't you think it's wonderful
that Jesus has given us
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twenty-four hours to rest
from everything that we do,
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and to enjoy fellowship with
Him, and to enjoy contemplating
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the works that He has performed?
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I think it's wonderful
that He has done this for us.
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Now I want you to remember these
details, because we're going to
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come back to them a
little bit later on.
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Reviewing: 1.
Jesus was the Creator.
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2. Jesus finished His
work of creation the sixth day.
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3. Jesus rested from His work
of creation on the seventh day.
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4. Man did not perform any work.
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Jesus did all of the work,
and man simply was to enjoy
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the fruit of the labor of Jesus.
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5. The day begins at
the setting of the sun.
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Now I would like
us to go to Exodus 16.
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We find some very interesting
details about the Sabbath
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in this
experience of ancient Israel.
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Exodus 16, and we're going
to read several verses from this
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chapter, because they're
important for what we'll discuss
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later on in our lecture.
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We're going to begin at
verse 22, Exodus 16:22. It says:
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Did you catch that?
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Which day? sixth day.
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Is there a sixth day
mentioned in Genesis 1?
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Yes, there is. Okay?
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By the way, they're picking
up the manna, or the bread which
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God rained down from
heaven for forty years.
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Now notice verse 23:
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He's speaking of
the sixth day isn't He?
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Now if He's saying
this the sixth day,
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what would tomorrow be?
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It would be the
seventh day, that's right.
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Tomorrow is a Sabbath
rest, a holy Sabbath unto Moses.
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I did that on purpose.
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I might need
glasses, but not that bad.
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It says, once again, This
is what the Lord has said:
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Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest,...
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By the way, the
manna fell six days a week,
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and they were supposed to pick
up the manna six days a week.
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But on Friday, the sixth day,
twice the amount of manna fell,
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because they were not supposed
to go out to look for manna
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on the Sabbath, because God
did not rain manna from heaven
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on the Sabbath. Now
notice once again verse 24.
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And this is very important now.
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You see, if they picked it up
any other day for the next day,
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the manna had
two characteristics:
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1. It bread worms. 2. It stank.
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Are you catching my point?
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Remember this, because we're
going to come back to it again.
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This is really a
Messianic prophecy.
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Now notice verse 25: Then Moses
said, Eat that today for today
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is a Sabbath to the Lord.
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There it is again.
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Every time that the Sabbath
is mentioned in scripture,
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it is a Sabbath of the
Lord, a Sabbath to the Lord.
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It is not a Sabbath of the Jews.
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It is not a Sabbath
of Moses. And so it says:
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Which day is the Sabbath?
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Does it say every seventh day?
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Is every seventh
day the Sabbath? No.
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The seventh day is the
Sabbath, after six days
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of picking up manna.
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Are you following
what this is saying?
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By the way, does
this square with creation?
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It most certainly does.
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Now notice verse 27: Now it
happened that some of the people
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went out on the seventh day
to gather, but they found none.
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And the Lord said to
Moses, How long do you refuse
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to keep my
commandments and my laws?
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Now this is before Exodus
20, when the ten commandments
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were given. This is
four chapters earlier.
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And yet God is telling
them, How long do you not keep
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my commandments and my laws?
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Obviously, the Sabbath was
a commandment of God before
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God gave it on Mount Sinai.
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Now notice verse 29: See,
for the Lord has given you
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the Sabbath. Therefore he gives
you on the sixth day bread for
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two days. Let every
man remain in his place.
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Let no man go out of his
place on the seventh day.
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And some people take that
to mean, well everybody has to
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stay home on the Sabbath.
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That's not what it's saying.
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It's saying, you're not
supposed to go out of your place
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to pick up manna on the Sabbath.
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It doesn't mean that you can't
go out of your house to go to
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the temple to
worship on Sabbath.
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It's to pick up manna that they
were not supposed to go out.
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And then notice verse
30: So the people rested
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on the seventh day.
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Do you notice the number
of times here that you have
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a reference to the seventh
day as being the Sabbath?
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Do you notice that
six days are mentioned?
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Do you notice that the
sixth day is mentioned?
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Do you notice that it says that
the Sabbath is a Sabbath of the
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Lord? Is this the same scenario
that we have in Genesis?
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Yes or No? Absolutely!
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The very same expressions.
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Is the Sabbath of Exodus 16
the same Sabbath of Genesis 1
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and 2? No doubt whatsoever.
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It's the same Sabbath.
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Now I want you to remember
the details that we find in this
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story about the manna,
particularly the fact that
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double manna
fell on the sixth day.
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On the seventh day the manna
was just as fresh as it was
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on the sixth day.
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It did not breed worms or stink.
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Remember that, because
that is a Messianic prophecy.
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We will come
back to it later on.
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Now lets go to
Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:8.
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Here we find recorded the ten
commandments of the law of God.
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Some people would like to make
these the nine commandments.
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Some people would
rather have no commandments.
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But God gave ten commandments.
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And you'll notice the
fourth commandment of His law
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is found in verse 8.
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By the way, you can't remember
something that hasn't happened
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in the past. For example, a few
months from now I'll be saying,
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Do you remember when
we did the Genesis series?
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How can I say, Do you remember
when we did the Genesis series?
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It's because it's something
that happened in the past.
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In other words, the fourth
commandment is sending us to the
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past. Where in the past?
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It is sending us back to
Genesis, back to creation.
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And then God gives the
reason why He told them
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to keep the Sabbath.
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Notice that it's not
because they're Jews,
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or for any contemporary
reason of that period.
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He actually sends them
back to creation for the reason
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to observe the Sabbath.
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Notice verse 11:
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That means because.
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Did God do the same three things
with the Sabbath in Genesis?
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Did He bless the
Sabbath? Yes, He did.
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Did He sanctify the
Sabbath? Yes, He did.
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Did He rest on the Sabbath?
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He most certainly did.
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Does the fourth commandment
send Israel back to creation
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for them to understand the
reason why they are supposed
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to keep the Sabbath holy? Yes.
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Now let me ask you, How many
Jews were there at creation?
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None. The word Jew comes from
Judah, who was the son of Jacob.
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Even if you go back
to the time of Abraham;
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that's long after creation.
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The Bible tells us that the
reason why we are supposed to
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observe the Sabbath, is
because God made the Sabbath
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at creation. He's saying to
Adam and Eve in the beginning,
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I want you to keep the Sabbath.
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And now He tells Israel, I
want you to keep the Sabbath
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for the very same reason.
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Now let's go to Exodus 31,
Exodus 31, and let's examine
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several concepts from this
chapter, which very clearly
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deals with the Sabbath.
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Exodus 31:15, Exodus 31:15.
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It says there in Exodus.
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Did I say Genesis?
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Exodus, Exodus 31.
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I was here in Genesis.
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Exodus 31:15, we
find these words:
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...to Moses... No, it
doesn't say that, it says:
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Well, let me ask you,
Which is the Lord's day?
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If you take what the Bible
says, what is the Lord's day?
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The Lord's day is
the Sabbath. So it says:
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And now comes a very dire
expression. It says, listen up,
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whoever does any work...
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And do you know what
Christians say? Many Christians?
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They say, listen, if you
say that we're supposed to keep
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the Sabbath, then you have
to execute the death penalty
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against those who don't keep it.
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That's a fallacious argument,
and let me tell you why.
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Do you know that also it says
in the Mosaic legislation that
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whoever committed adultery
was supposed to be put to death?
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So I suppose that because we
don't put people to death for
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committing adultery today,
it's okay to commit adultery.
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Is it? Is it okay to commit
adultery, because we don't
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put people to
death? Of course not.
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You see, in this period
they were under the theocracy.
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God was the
direct ruler of Israel.
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And God as the
direct ruler of Israel,
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could tell this to Israel.
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But let me tell you,
the principle still applies.
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We don't go around killing
people for breaking the Sabbath,
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but eventually, if we
knowingly break the Sabbath,
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if we knowingly trample
the Sabbath, will God hold us
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accountable, and responsible,
just as much as if we knowingly
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commit adultery, or knowingly
kill, or knowingly steal,
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or break any of
the other commandments?
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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Now let's go back to Exodus 31
and read verse 17, Exodus 31:17.
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Here we find an
additional detail,
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which is very interesting.
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We find the following
words there: Exodus 31:17.
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It is a sign,
that is the Sabbath.
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And then it
gives a reason again.
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What is the reason why God says
that Israel is to observe the
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Sabbath, and it is
an everlasting sign?
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Because He made
it when? at creation.
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Once again, it
sends us to creation.
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And I know someone is
saying, Yes, Pastor Bohr,
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but here it says that it's
a sign between God and Israel
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forever. Let me
ask you, Are we Israel?
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Are we? Well, let's go to
the New Testament, because I see
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some of you are
kind of incredulous.
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That means that we have
some unbelievers in the camp.
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Now, let's notice what we
find in the book of Galatians 3,
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and we'll begin at
verse 26, Galatians 3:26.
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Here the apostle Paul, inspired
by the Holy Spirit, says this:
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For you are all sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus.
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For as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
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have put on Christ.
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So whoever's been baptized
into Christ has put on Christ.
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In other words, that
person is a Christian.
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Verse 28: There is
neither Jew nor Greek,
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there is neither slave nor
free, there is neither male
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nor female: for you are
all one in Christ Jesus.
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And now notice verse 29:
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What does it mean
to be Abraham's seed?
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It means to belong
to whom? to Christ.
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So if the Sabbath was an
everlasting sign between God
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and Israel, and when we join
Jesus Christ, we are children
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of Abraham, or the seed
of Abraham, that is Israel,
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is the Sabbath an everlasting
sign between God and us as well?
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Absolutely! In fact, do you know
that the Jews who are keeping
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the Sabbath today, according
to the Bible, aren't even Jews?
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You're saying, Now how is this?
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Go with me to the book of Romans
very quickly; Romans 2:28, 29,
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Romans 2:28, 29. Notice what the
apostle Paul has to say here.
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By the way, the apostle
Paul was a Jew, wasn't he?
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And he says here in Romans 2:28,
For he is not a Jew, who is one
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outwardly; nor is circumcision
that which is outward
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in the flesh... He says a Jew
is not a Jew because he appears
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one outwardly, or because he's
circumcised, in other words.
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...But he is a Jew, who is
one inwardly; and circumcision
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is that of the
heart, in the spirit,...
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That is those who
have received the spirit.
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...in the spirit, not in
the letter; whose praise is not
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from men, but from God.
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What does it mean to be a Jew?
00:22:49.29\00:22:52.11
Does it really mean
anything to be a literal Jew,
00:22:52.14\00:22:55.83
and reject Jesus Christ?
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The apostle Paul says
that that is not a Jew.
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A Jew is one who is
one inwardly, who has been
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converted to Jesus, who
has received the Holy Spirit.
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And because the Sabbath is
a sign between Israel and God
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forever, if we are Israel,
the Sabbath is a sign between
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God and us as well.
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Are you
catching my point or not?
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Now lets go to
Exodus 31:18, Exodus 31:18.
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This is the conclusion of this
whole passage on the observance
00:23:28.34\00:23:33.17
of the Sabbath, and it's very,
very, significant that this
00:23:33.20\00:23:36.25
verse is placed
in this position.
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It says in verse 18: And when he
had made an end of speaking with
00:23:38.07\00:23:43.99
them... That is God speaking
with Moses on Mount Sinai.
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...He gave Moses two tablets of
the testimony, tablets of stone,
00:23:47.70\00:23:55.31
written with
the finger of Moses.
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It says... written
with the finger of God.
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Now listen up, there's only one
thing in all of the Bible that
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God wrote with His
own finger, and that is
00:24:08.53\00:24:11.58
the ten commandments.
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All of the rest of the
Bible God gave to a prophet,
00:24:14.52\00:24:17.34
and the prophet wrote.
00:24:17.37\00:24:18.57
Now I know somebody says, What
about in Daniel where the finger
00:24:18.60\00:24:23.03
writes on the wall?
00:24:23.06\00:24:24.09
It doesn't say there that it was
God who wrote that on the wall.
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It was one of the
watchers, who are angels.
00:24:26.92\00:24:30.99
The only thing in the
Bible which God explicitly wrote
00:24:31.02\00:24:34.83
with His own finger
was the ten commandments.
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Do you think the ten
commandments are in a special
00:24:37.76\00:24:39.67
category then? Do you think that
they occupy a special place?
00:24:39.70\00:24:44.40
That God did not even
entrust the writing of the
00:24:44.43\00:24:47.30
ten commandments to a prophet,
or to a writer, or to Moses?
00:24:47.33\00:24:50.74
He said, I'm going
to write these Myself.
00:24:50.77\00:24:54.28
They must be
extremely important.
00:24:54.31\00:24:56.76
It's interesting that He says
this immediately after saying
00:24:56.79\00:25:00.10
that the Sabbath is an
everlasting sign between
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Him and His people.
00:25:03.78\00:25:06.03
Now there's a fact that is
very seldom recognized among
00:25:06.06\00:25:11.97
Christians, and that is that
God gave the Sabbath to Israel
00:25:12.00\00:25:16.46
for another reason.
00:25:16.49\00:25:17.82
Go with me to Deuteronomy 5
and let's read verses 12-15.
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Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
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You're going to notice
that there's a second motivation
00:25:30.70\00:25:33.30
here for observing the
Sabbath: not only creation,
00:25:33.33\00:25:36.86
but also another motivation
for observing the Sabbath.
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So once again, the reference
is Deuteronomy 5:12-15.
00:25:41.53\00:25:49.18
It says here:
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And now notice verse 15.
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What is the motivation for
observing the Sabbath in this
00:26:43.34\00:26:46.48
passage? It is not
creation, it is what?
00:26:46.51\00:26:49.85
It is redemption. God redeemed
Israel from bondage in Egypt
00:26:49.88\00:26:56.38
when they could
not deliver themselves.
00:26:56.41\00:26:58.84
They were slaves to Pharaoh,
who in the Bible is called the
00:26:58.87\00:27:02.34
great dragon. There was no way
that they could be delivered.
00:27:02.37\00:27:05.91
And because they cried
out to God, God intervened,
00:27:05.94\00:27:09.23
and He delivered them
from bondage in Egypt.
00:27:09.26\00:27:12.32
He gave them freedom.
00:27:12.35\00:27:13.85
And God says, in order to
commemorate your deliverance
00:27:13.88\00:27:17.12
from bondage, and your
freedom, now I want you to
00:27:17.15\00:27:20.43
keep holy the Sabbath.
00:27:20.47\00:27:22.23
And so God gave
Israel two reasons
00:27:22.26\00:27:25.38
for observing the Sabbath:
first because of creation,
00:27:25.41\00:27:28.93
and secondly,
because of redemption.
00:27:28.96\00:27:32.69
In other words, the Sabbath
also has a redemption purpose.
00:27:32.72\00:27:37.04
Now before we pursue this
thought, I need to go through
00:27:37.07\00:27:40.82
the rest of the Old
Testament very quickly.
00:27:40.85\00:27:42.77
I'm not going to
look up these verses.
00:27:42.80\00:27:44.56
You'll have them in
the handout this evening.
00:27:44.59\00:27:47.21
They're all there explained.
00:27:47.24\00:27:48.91
You can read them for yourself.
00:27:48.94\00:27:50.19
You can fill in the blanks.
00:27:50.22\00:27:52.09
You know, it's a wonderful thing
to do this, because you check
00:27:52.12\00:27:56.37
it out for yourself.
00:27:56.50\00:27:57.53
You don't believe me; I
don't want you to believe me
00:27:57.56\00:27:59.98
unless you can find
it in God's holy word.
00:28:00.01\00:28:02.42
Now allow me to mention several
other references to the Sabbath
00:28:02.45\00:28:05.84
in the Old Testament
before we go to speak about
00:28:05.87\00:28:08.52
the New
Testament, and the Sabbath.
00:28:08.55\00:28:10.53
Isaiah 56, which was mentioned
this evening in the question
00:28:10.56\00:28:14.69
and answer period, tells us
very clearly that the Sabbath,
00:28:14.72\00:28:19.28
even in the Old Testament, was
meant to be kept by the nations
00:28:19.31\00:28:24.38
other than Israel.
00:28:24.41\00:28:25.58
The word nations there
is the Hebrew word goyim,
00:28:25.61\00:28:30.52
which means the Gentiles;
not only the nations in general,
00:28:30.55\00:28:34.92
but the Gentiles. An God
says that when the Gentiles,
00:28:34.95\00:28:38.69
and when the eunuchs observe
the Sabbath, and they come to
00:28:38.72\00:28:44.47
God's house of prayer, God's
house of prayer will be called
00:28:44.50\00:28:48.42
a house of prayer for
whom? for all peoples.
00:28:48.45\00:28:54.28
In other words, the purpose for
the observance of the Sabbath
00:28:54.31\00:28:57.66
was not only for the
Jews, even in the Old Testament.
00:28:57.69\00:29:00.98
God says that it was
His purpose for the eunuchs,
00:29:01.01\00:29:04.85
and also for the nations,
for the goyim, so to speak,
00:29:04.88\00:29:09.44
to keep the Holy Sabbath.
00:29:09.47\00:29:11.36
Even in the Old
Testament it was the plan of God
00:29:11.39\00:29:14.44
that the Gentiles participate in
the observance of the Sabbath.
00:29:14.47\00:29:17.80
Now go with me to
Isaiah 58: 13, 14.
00:29:17.83\00:29:21.76
This is one that we are going
to read, and then I'll mention
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.93
the rest of the
Old Testament texts.
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.77
Isaiah 58:13, 14. And the reason
why I'm going to read this is
00:29:26.80\00:29:32.16
because it gives us
several important principles
00:29:32.19\00:29:34.59
of Sabbath
observance. Isaiah 58:13, 14.
00:29:34.62\00:29:41.14
What does that
mean, turn away your foot?
00:29:45.89\00:29:49.04
It means that
you're not going to what?
00:29:49.07\00:29:50.65
You're not going to
trample on the Sabbath.
00:29:50.68\00:29:53.30
You're going to remove
your foot from the Sabbath.
00:29:53.33\00:29:55.68
Whose holy day? God's holy day.
00:30:06.04\00:30:08.65
...burden, a yoke
of bondage, hello!
00:30:12.71\00:30:22.28
That's not what it says.
00:30:22.31\00:30:23.46
And call the Sabbath a delight.
00:30:23.49\00:30:27.06
What is the Sabbath? honorable,
a delight, according to this.
00:30:32.96\00:30:39.23
Notice, not doing your own ways.
00:30:40.85\00:30:43.39
We do our own ways
the first six days.
00:30:43.42\00:30:45.32
In other words, we shift
from the secular to the what?
00:30:52.38\00:30:56.51
to the sacred on
the holy Sabbath.
00:30:56.54\00:30:59.61
By the way, that's the land
of Canaan in the Old Testament.
00:31:10.26\00:31:13.19
But Abraham did not look only
to the little land of Canaan,
00:31:13.22\00:31:16.29
he was a type of those who
looked for a city whose builder
00:31:16.32\00:31:20.25
and maker is God,
according to Hebrews 11.
00:31:20.28\00:31:23.74
And so God says, I will feed
you with the heritage of Jacob
00:31:23.77\00:31:28.41
your father, and then He
promises, the mouth of the Lord
00:31:28.44\00:31:32.50
has spoken. There are other
references in the Old Testament
00:31:32.53\00:31:36.63
to the Sabbath. Jeremiah 17:
24, 27, I'll just mention these
00:31:36.66\00:31:41.81
in passing. God says that
the reason why Israel went into
00:31:41.84\00:31:45.03
bondage in Babylon is because
they didn't keep the Sabbath.
00:31:45.06\00:31:47.84
In fact, He says that if
they had kept the Sabbath,
00:31:47.87\00:31:51.02
Jerusalem would not have
been destroyed by Babylon.
00:31:51.05\00:31:53.40
Jerusalem would have
remained forever as the capitol
00:31:53.43\00:31:57.42
of God's kingdom, if they had
kept and observed the Sabbath.
00:31:57.45\00:32:00.66
Ezekiel 20:20 says that
the Sabbath is a sign between
00:32:00.69\00:32:06.10
God and His people, so
that His people might know
00:32:06.13\00:32:09.03
that He is Jehovah God.
00:32:09.06\00:32:11.96
Nehemiah 13:15-19; you
have a very interesting story.
00:32:11.99\00:32:18.82
This is after the Babylonian
captivity, after they were taken
00:32:18.85\00:32:21.91
captive for
breaking the Sabbath.
00:32:21.94\00:32:24.45
It appears that they were
falling into their bad habits
00:32:24.48\00:32:27.25
again, because Nehemiah says,
that they were doing business
00:32:27.28\00:32:32.48
in Jerusalem on the Sabbath,
and there were merchants coming
00:32:32.51\00:32:36.20
from Tyre, the southern
region of Lebanon, by the way.
00:32:36.23\00:32:40.42
I had the privilege
of being there once;
00:32:40.45\00:32:42.16
pretty scary experience, but
I won't dwell on that right now.
00:32:42.19\00:32:46.83
But it's interesting that the
men from Tyre were selling their
00:32:46.86\00:32:50.99
wares, and they
were selling fish.
00:32:51.02\00:32:53.18
And so Nehemiah protested
to them, and he says, listen,
00:32:53.21\00:32:58.49
this is the very reason
why God sent you to bondage
00:32:58.52\00:33:01.16
in the first place.
00:33:01.19\00:33:02.22
He says, don't do this, because
this is the reason why the wrath
00:33:02.25\00:33:07.83
of God was poured out upon you.
00:33:07.86\00:33:09.64
And then the passage says
that God, through Nehemiah,
00:33:09.67\00:33:14.74
had the gates of Jerusalem
closed, it says, when it began
00:33:14.77\00:33:20.26
to be dark. Does that tell us
something about when the Sabbath
00:33:20.29\00:33:24.03
begins? Absolutely!
00:33:24.06\00:33:26.80
He had the gates closed
when it began to be dark,
00:33:26.83\00:33:30.83
so that no business transactions
would be done on the Sabbath,
00:33:30.86\00:33:38.25
because business transactions
are our own pleasure.
00:33:38.28\00:33:42.18
It is a secular activity.
00:33:42.21\00:33:44.69
And so all throughout the
Old Testament we have clear
00:33:44.72\00:33:48.45
references to the
observance of the Sabbath;
00:33:48.48\00:33:50.82
God's plan for Jews,
God's plan for Gentiles.
00:33:50.85\00:33:54.20
But now we must move
quickly to the New Testament.
00:33:54.23\00:33:57.09
I'll just mention some
of these verses in passing,
00:33:57.12\00:33:59.92
because there are two or three
points that I want to emphasize
00:33:59.95\00:34:03.33
before we draw this to a close.
00:34:03.36\00:34:05.42
First of all, I'd like
to mention, once again,
00:34:05.45\00:34:08.76
that Genesis 1:1 is
repeated in John 1:1, 3.
00:34:08.79\00:34:13.96
The same three
elements: in the beginning,
00:34:13.99\00:34:17.37
God created everything;
made the heavens and the earth,
00:34:17.40\00:34:23.10
created the
heavens and the earth.
00:34:23.13\00:34:24.61
All things were made by the
Word who is God, who existed
00:34:24.64\00:34:28.27
in the beginning.
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.33
In other words, the
Creator was Jesus Christ.
00:34:29.36\00:34:32.11
Let me ask you then, would you
expect Jesus to keep the Sabbath
00:34:32.14\00:34:34.83
when He came to this earth?
00:34:34.86\00:34:36.21
Would you expect Jesus to keep
the Sabbath, the day that He
00:34:37.88\00:34:40.16
made as the day of rest?
00:34:40.19\00:34:41.42
Of course. And that's the reason
why in Luke 4:16 it says that
00:34:41.45\00:34:47.26
Jesus came to Nazareth...
00:34:47.29\00:34:48.77
What is a custom? It is a habit.
00:34:53.12\00:34:56.11
Which day did Jesus
customarily go to church,
00:35:02.59\00:35:06.12
which was the
synagogue in that day?
00:35:06.15\00:35:07.86
He customarily went
to church on Sabbath,
00:35:07.89\00:35:10.81
because that's the day that
He established as the day that
00:35:10.84\00:35:14.51
we're supposed to go
and worship before the Lord.
00:35:14.54\00:35:17.74
Now notice also Mark 2:27, 28.
00:35:17.77\00:35:22.81
The context of this is that
Jesus and His disciples have
00:35:22.84\00:35:26.14
been crossing a field,
and His disciples were hungry,
00:35:26.17\00:35:29.32
and they picked some
grain from the field to eat.
00:35:29.35\00:35:32.14
And, of course, the Pharisees
were there ready to condemn,
00:35:32.17\00:35:36.35
and they said, Why do Your
disciples not obey the law?
00:35:36.38\00:35:40.23
Why are they
harvesting on the Sabbath?
00:35:40.26\00:35:43.19
Well, you know what the
Bible meant is that you're not
00:35:43.22\00:35:45.69
supposed to take
out your combine.
00:35:45.72\00:35:47.25
There weren't combines
back then, I know that.
00:35:47.28\00:35:49.11
You're not supposed to
take out your combine and do the
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.54
harvesting of
your crops on Sabbath.
00:35:51.57\00:35:53.12
It doesn't mean that if
you're walking through a field,
00:35:53.15\00:35:55.57
and you're hungry, you can't
take a few grains to satisfy
00:35:55.60\00:35:58.28
your hunger. It was the
Pharisees who established
00:35:58.31\00:36:01.30
these rules. It wasn't God
who established these rules.
00:36:01.33\00:36:03.99
And so they said, Your disciples
are not doing what is lawful.
00:36:04.02\00:36:08.36
And this leads
Jesus to say, Listen,
00:36:08.39\00:36:11.03
And then He says:
00:36:17.56\00:36:19.52
Do you know what
Jesus is really saying?
00:36:23.27\00:36:24.58
He's saying, don't you
tell Me how to keep the Sabbath.
00:36:24.61\00:36:27.52
I'm Lord of the Sabbath.
00:36:27.55\00:36:28.77
I made it, and so if anyone is
going to define how it's kept,
00:36:28.80\00:36:32.53
it's Me. He's not
saying that because He's Lord
00:36:32.56\00:36:37.71
He can do away with it.
00:36:37.74\00:36:39.06
He's saying that I'm Lord.
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.12
I define how
the Sabbath is kept.
00:36:40.69\00:36:43.15
It was made for man.
00:36:43.18\00:36:44.29
You're making man to
be bound to the Sabbath,
00:36:44.32\00:36:48.11
when the Sabbath was
made as a blessing for man,
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.83
so that he could get
away from his own endeavors,
00:36:50.86\00:36:53.08
and rest in Me, and enjoy My
fellowship, and rejoice in his
00:36:53.11\00:36:57.21
relationship with Me.
00:36:57.24\00:36:58.27
You have made the Sabbath an
enslaving commandment and rule
00:36:58.30\00:37:02.81
instead of what I intended
originally for the Sabbath.
00:37:02.84\00:37:06.22
Are you
understanding what I am saying?
00:37:06.25\00:37:07.51
Now go with me to Mark 3,
and you'll see the extremes
00:37:07.54\00:37:11.12
to which the Pharisees went.
00:37:11.15\00:37:12.73
By the way, the Sabbath
that Jesus condemned was not the
00:37:12.76\00:37:15.47
Biblical Sabbath, it was
the Sabbath of the Pharisees.
00:37:15.50\00:37:18.22
This is the reason why many
Christians reject the Sabbath,
00:37:18.25\00:37:21.84
it is because they think that
the Sabbath of the Pharisees
00:37:21.87\00:37:23.95
is the Sabbath of the Lord.
00:37:23.98\00:37:25.14
You know, I don't want
anything to do with the Sabbath
00:37:25.17\00:37:28.52
of the Pharisees.
00:37:28.55\00:37:29.58
Forget it! They were legalists.
00:37:29.61\00:37:32.33
The Sabbath was a day of misery
for them, a day of restrictions.
00:37:32.36\00:37:36.31
But that's not
the Bible Sabbath.
00:37:36.34\00:37:38.66
That is the
Sabbath of the Pharisees.
00:37:38.69\00:37:40.70
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:37:40.73\00:37:42.71
And even today,
Christian pastors will say,
00:37:42.74\00:37:45.50
Oh, don't listen to those people
who talk about the Sabbath,
00:37:45.59\00:37:48.87
because they want you to
be bound to the law again.
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.94
They want to put
you under bondage.
00:37:51.97\00:37:53.78
Well, who gave the law? God.
00:37:55.33\00:37:57.07
So if God gave a law of bondage,
what kind of God is God?
00:37:57.10\00:38:00.30
The law is not a law of
bondage, it's called the law,
00:38:00.33\00:38:04.23
the perfect law of what?
the perfect law of liberty.
00:38:04.26\00:38:09.46
Now lets notice Mark 3:1-6
just to give you an example.
00:38:09.49\00:38:16.07
I wish we had time.
00:38:16.10\00:38:17.13
I have a whole
presentation just on Mark 3:1-6,
00:38:17.16\00:38:20.94
but we'll go through
this very quickly. It says:
00:38:20.97\00:38:23.43
It's wrong to
heal on the Sabbath,
00:38:33.49\00:38:34.72
but it's okay to accuse.
00:38:34.75\00:38:35.81
Because He knew that they
were planning on killing Him.
00:38:55.54\00:38:57.72
See, it's wrong to
heal on the Sabbath,
00:38:57.75\00:39:00.33
but it's okay to
plan to kill someone.
00:39:00.36\00:39:01.93
Do you see the extremes to which
they have taken this? It says:
00:39:01.96\00:39:07.99
They knew that when
they opened their mouths
00:39:09.69\00:39:12.19
they were in trouble.
00:39:12.22\00:39:13.25
Did Jesus recreate his hand?
00:39:30.18\00:39:32.18
Did He recreate his hand? Yes.
00:39:32.21\00:39:35.78
So the Sabbath becomes a sign
of the recreation of a hand.
00:39:35.81\00:39:39.73
And then it says:
00:39:39.76\00:39:41.63
On Sabbath, mind you.
00:39:43.44\00:39:45.16
The Bible doesn't say that.
00:39:45.19\00:39:47.32
Those are my words.
00:39:47.35\00:39:48.38
Jesus is healing on the Sabbath,
and the Pharisees are planning
00:39:55.76\00:39:59.62
how they can destroy
Jesus on the Sabbath.
00:39:59.65\00:40:02.84
Are you understanding that
the Sabbath of the Pharisees
00:40:02.87\00:40:05.97
is not the Sabbath of the Lord?
00:40:06.00\00:40:07.82
The Sabbath of the Lord
is a wonderful blessing.
00:40:07.85\00:40:10.83
It is
honorable. It is a delight.
00:40:10.86\00:40:12.68
It is wonderful to observe.
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.41
To take twenty-four hours
for our fellowship with Jesus;
00:40:14.44\00:40:18.30
quality time in
the rat race of life.
00:40:18.33\00:40:21.82
Now, John 1 says that
Jesus was the Creator.
00:40:21.85\00:40:28.21
But John 1 also says
that Jesus became flesh,
00:40:28.24\00:40:34.69
and dwelt among us.
00:40:34.72\00:40:38.44
He came to this
world to redeem us.
00:40:40.21\00:40:43.54
He came to this world to save
us, to deliver us from bondage
00:40:43.57\00:40:48.96
to sin. And only He could do
it because only He who created
00:40:48.99\00:40:53.99
all, could take the
place of all, and redeem all.
00:40:54.02\00:40:58.04
And so Jesus the
Creator comes to this earth
00:40:58.07\00:41:02.08
and He becomes the Redeemer.
00:41:02.11\00:41:03.55
Let me ask you, who
worked for our salvation?
00:41:03.58\00:41:06.09
Did we? No.
00:41:06.12\00:41:08.47
Who lived a perfect
life for us? He did.
00:41:08.50\00:41:12.42
Who died for us?
00:41:12.45\00:41:14.40
Who performed all of the work
that was necessary to save us?
00:41:14.43\00:41:19.11
It was Jesus. We can do
nothing to save ourselves.
00:41:19.14\00:41:26.11
We cannot work in order
to be saved. Absolutely not.
00:41:26.14\00:41:30.75
Just like at creation
Adam did not work to exist,
00:41:30.78\00:41:35.43
or to merit everything.
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.20
In salvation we don't
work to merit salvation,
00:41:37.23\00:41:41.83
to merit the blessings
of salvation in Christ.
00:41:41.86\00:41:45.53
Now let me ask you, which
day of the week did Jesus die?
00:41:45.56\00:41:49.46
Now we look at the redemption
dimension of the Sabbath.
00:41:49.49\00:41:54.02
Let's go to Mark 15, Mark
15:42, 43, Mark 15: 42, 43.
00:41:54.05\00:42:01.80
I know that you
know what day Jesus died,
00:42:01.83\00:42:05.65
but let's read it
anyway, Mark 15:42, 43.
00:42:05.69\00:42:10.03
Do you remember they wanted
to take down the body of Jesus
00:42:12.96\00:42:17.19
from the cross, because it
was about to start the Sabbath?
00:42:17.22\00:42:19.37
When did the
Sabbath begin? It says here:
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.86
That's sunset.
00:42:23.35\00:42:24.39
What is the Preparation Day?
00:42:31.43\00:42:33.20
The day before the Sabbath.
00:42:33.23\00:42:35.02
What is the day
before the Sabbath?
00:42:35.05\00:42:36.16
Friday, thank you.
00:42:36.19\00:42:38.51
That's why we
call it Good Friday.
00:42:38.54\00:42:40.69
But we never hear
people say Good Sabbath.
00:42:40.81\00:42:45.74
It's always Good Friday!
00:42:45.77\00:42:47.82
Resurrection Sunday!
00:42:47.85\00:42:49.39
And the Sabbath
gets lost in the shuffle.
00:42:49.42\00:42:51.47
Because there's one
who doesn't want us to know
00:42:51.50\00:42:54.55
about the Sabbath.
00:42:54.58\00:42:55.77
So what day did Jesus die?
00:42:55.80\00:42:59.88
He died the
sixth day of the week.
00:42:59.91\00:43:04.18
Now what did Jesus say
on the cross when He died?
00:43:04.21\00:43:08.58
Go with me to John 19, John
19, and let's read verse 30.
00:43:08.61\00:43:16.23
Do you remember when Jesus
finished His works of creation?
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.62
Which day? Which day did Jesus
finish His works of creation?
00:43:18.65\00:43:22.51
On the sixth day.
00:43:22.54\00:43:23.89
What does Genesis say about
what happened on the sixth day?
00:43:23.92\00:43:28.85
Jesus finished. Do you remember
the word finished in Genesis?
00:43:28.88\00:43:32.08
Now, what did Jesus
say after He had completed
00:43:32.11\00:43:36.35
the work of redemption?
00:43:36.38\00:43:37.66
Notice John 19:30. It says here:
00:43:37.69\00:43:43.75
Did Jesus, the Redeemer, rest
from His works of redemption
00:43:58.28\00:44:02.20
on the Sabbath, after
working for mans redemption,
00:44:02.23\00:44:08.01
and dying for his redemption
on the sixth day? Hello!
00:44:08.04\00:44:12.66
Is the Sabbath then also a
sign of redemption? Yes it is.
00:44:12.69\00:44:18.03
In fact, I'll just
mention this verse.
00:44:18.06\00:44:20.25
If you go to Luke
23:54-56, it says that the women
00:44:20.28\00:44:26.70
who followed Jesus, in
the last moments of His life,
00:44:26.73\00:44:30.43
it says in verse 56,
that they what? they rested
00:44:30.46\00:44:36.72
the Sabbath day,
according to the commandment.
00:44:36.75\00:44:40.94
And what was
Jesus doing in the tomb?
00:44:40.97\00:44:43.31
He was also resting.
00:44:43.34\00:44:46.10
You say, well, where does the
Bible say that death is rest?
00:44:46.13\00:44:49.93
Let me just mention the verse.
00:44:49.96\00:44:51.35
Revelation 14:13: Blessed
are those who die henceforth,
00:44:51.38\00:44:58.54
or from this
moment on, in the Lord.
00:44:58.57\00:45:01.58
They shall what?
00:45:01.61\00:45:03.84
They shall rest, or that
they may rest from their labors,
00:45:03.87\00:45:08.64
and their works follow them.
00:45:08.67\00:45:11.19
So what happens, according
to this, when a person dies?
00:45:11.22\00:45:16.70
Are his works
finished? Yes, they are.
00:45:16.73\00:45:19.83
And what does he do? He rests.
00:45:19.86\00:45:22.75
So what did Jesus do on
the seventh day of the week?
00:45:22.78\00:45:27.04
By the way, the whole day,
because He died shortly before
00:45:27.07\00:45:33.71
sundown, and He
resurrected early on the
00:45:33.74\00:45:38.23
first day of the week.
00:45:38.26\00:45:39.29
And so Jesus rested the whole
Sabbath day in the seplecure
00:45:39.32\00:45:44.60
after saying, It is finished;
after working for the salvation
00:45:44.63\00:45:48.71
of man. And then, of course,
Jesus resurrected the first day
00:45:48.74\00:45:53.87
of the week. Go with me to 2
Corinthians 5, 2 Corinthians 5.
00:45:53.90\00:45:59.14
Do you know that
redemption is recreation?
00:45:59.17\00:46:02.22
In redemption Jesus recreates.
00:46:02.25\00:46:06.79
Notice 2 Corinthians
5:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
00:46:06.82\00:46:14.52
Here the apostle Paul says this:
00:46:14.55\00:46:16.34
That means if someone's
been redeemed by Jesus,...
00:46:22.57\00:46:24.61
Is redemption a
recreation? Yes, it is.
00:46:38.07\00:46:43.64
What was the sign of
redemption, or recreation
00:46:43.67\00:46:46.94
in the Old Testament?
00:46:46.97\00:46:48.08
It was the Sabbath.
00:46:48.11\00:46:49.74
What is the sign of
redemption, or recreation
00:46:49.77\00:46:52.81
in the New Testament?
00:46:52.84\00:46:54.02
It is, once
again, the holy Sabbath.
00:46:54.05\00:46:58.86
In other words, the New
Testament gives us an additional
00:46:58.89\00:47:01.97
reason to keep the
Sabbath, not only because Jesus,
00:47:02.00\00:47:05.13
at the beginning, created
us, but when we fell into sin,
00:47:05.16\00:47:08.95
into disorder, into chaos,
Jesus worked on the cross,
00:47:08.98\00:47:14.58
He said on the sixth day, It
is finished, rested in the tomb
00:47:14.61\00:47:18.68
the seventh day, and came forth
to ascend to the presence of
00:47:18.71\00:47:22.41
His Father to
represent us before God.
00:47:22.44\00:47:25.03
The Sabbath, then, is
not only a sign of creation,
00:47:25.06\00:47:29.16
it is also a sign of redemption.
00:47:29.19\00:47:32.73
Two reasons for
keeping the Sabbath.
00:47:32.76\00:47:34.89
Do you remember
the manna episode?
00:47:34.92\00:47:37.46
Let's go to that for a moment.
00:47:37.49\00:47:40.88
Do you remember that the manna
that fell on the sixth day,
00:47:40.91\00:47:43.35
there was twice as much manna?
00:47:43.38\00:47:44.82
What happened to the manna
when it was kept over for the
00:47:44.85\00:47:48.82
Sabbath? It did not what? It
did not breed worms or stink.
00:47:48.85\00:47:53.63
Let me ask you, what usually
would you use those terms for?
00:47:53.66\00:47:56.36
breed worms and stink?
00:47:56.39\00:47:57.82
You would use that for a what?
00:47:57.85\00:48:01.17
What happens to a human body
when it's buried after awhile?
00:48:01.20\00:48:05.76
What happens?
Does it start stinking?
00:48:05.79\00:48:08.51
Yes, it does.
Does it breed worms?
00:48:08.54\00:48:11.08
Yes, maggots. Of course.
00:48:11.11\00:48:15.05
Now I want you
to notice John 6:51.
00:48:15.08\00:48:18.95
It really gets interesting here.
00:48:18.98\00:48:20.87
John 6:51, Jesus is
speaking, and He says this:
00:48:20.90\00:48:28.52
So what did that
manna represent? Jesus.
00:48:36.80\00:48:40.22
What does the manna represent?
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.61
It represents the flesh of
Jesus, sacrificed for the life
00:49:00.64\00:49:05.94
of the world. Yes
or no? Absolutely!
00:49:05.97\00:49:09.43
Now go with me to Acts
2 and discover something
00:49:09.46\00:49:12.35
very interesting.
00:49:12.38\00:49:13.41
Did the body of
Jesus see any corruption
00:49:13.44\00:49:18.20
as He rested in the tomb?
00:49:18.23\00:49:20.03
What would have
happened to a normal body?
00:49:20.06\00:49:23.20
A normal body would have begun
the process of decomposition.
00:49:23.23\00:49:28.63
But notice what David,
inspired by the Holy Spirit,
00:49:28.66\00:49:33.57
says about the body of Jesus.
00:49:33.60\00:49:36.12
Acts 2:25-27, Acts
2:25-27. Here it says:
00:49:36.15\00:49:46.99
By the way, this is a
prophecy from Psalm 16.
00:49:47.02\00:49:49.94
Concerning Jesus.
00:49:52.41\00:49:53.48
Excuse me, my what?
00:50:08.32\00:50:09.79
The word soul there means life.
00:50:19.89\00:50:21.79
We can't get
into that right now.
00:50:21.82\00:50:23.37
Did the flesh of Jesus
see corruption? Why not?
00:50:34.24\00:50:38.71
Because Jesus
was the living manna.
00:50:38.74\00:50:43.06
By the way, this proves that
Jesus was going to die on Friday
00:50:43.09\00:50:48.23
and He was going to
rest in the tomb on Sabbath.
00:50:48.26\00:50:51.33
Some people say that Jesus
was crucified on Wednesday,
00:50:51.36\00:50:54.93
and resurrected on Saturday.
00:50:54.96\00:50:56.40
It can't be, because in this
story from the Old Testament,
00:50:56.43\00:51:00.09
we find very clearly that
the manna that was picked up on
00:51:00.12\00:51:04.33
Friday was just as
fresh on the seventh day.
00:51:04.36\00:51:07.18
Jesus, who died on Friday,
His body was just as fresh
00:51:07.21\00:51:11.23
on the Sabbath in the tomb.
00:51:11.26\00:51:12.46
It did not see corruption.
00:51:12.49\00:51:14.14
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:51:14.17\00:51:16.05
This is really a
Messianic prophecy about Jesus
00:51:16.08\00:51:19.33
that is found in
the Old Testament.
00:51:19.36\00:51:21.73
Now we must
move on over quickly.
00:51:21.76\00:51:24.54
Allow me just to mention several
things, and I'll just mention
00:51:24.57\00:51:27.77
these in passing.
00:51:27.80\00:51:28.83
Matthew 24:20 tells us that the
Sabbath was going to be observed
00:51:28.86\00:51:33.22
forty years after the
resurrection of Christ.
00:51:33.25\00:51:35.46
Pray that your flight be not in
the winter, or on the Sabbath,
00:51:35.49\00:51:39.43
Jesus said to His disciples.
00:51:39.46\00:51:41.04
In the book of Acts the Sabbath
is observed very frequently.
00:51:41.07\00:51:45.40
I'll just mention these in
passing, because I want to get
00:51:45.43\00:51:47.68
to the end time. You have in
Acts 13:42, 44 the apostle Paul
00:51:47.71\00:51:55.32
keeping the Sabbath
with Jews and Gentiles
00:51:55.35\00:51:58.34
in the city of
Antioch, like I mentioned.
00:51:58.37\00:52:01.30
In Acts 16:13 you find
the apostle Paul observing
00:52:01.33\00:52:05.08
the Sabbath by a riverside.
00:52:05.11\00:52:07.97
In other words, it's
not even in the synagogue.
00:52:08.00\00:52:10.04
In Acts 17:2 we find the apostle
Paul observing the Sabbath
00:52:10.07\00:52:15.37
in the city of Thessalonica.
00:52:15.40\00:52:18.34
In Acts 18:4 you find the
apostle Paul observing the
00:52:18.37\00:52:22.72
Sabbath in the city of Corinth.
00:52:22.75\00:52:24.17
By the way, these are
all Roman Gentile cities,
00:52:24.20\00:52:27.02
and yet the apostle
Paul, and Peter are observing
00:52:27.05\00:52:31.85
the Holy Sabbath.
00:52:31.88\00:52:32.91
By the way, have you ever
heard of the Jerusalem Council?
00:52:32.94\00:52:35.38
It was held in the year 49.
00:52:35.41\00:52:37.55
They were arguing about whether
circumcision applied or not.
00:52:39.18\00:52:42.54
Listen, if the Sabbath had been
done away with at this point,
00:52:42.57\00:52:47.68
you would have
had a major debate,
00:52:47.71\00:52:49.93
but the Sabbath is not an issue.
00:52:49.96\00:52:52.88
The change of Sabbath
to Sunday is not an issue
00:52:52.91\00:52:55.78
at the Jerusalem Council, which
shows that clearly nobody came
00:52:55.81\00:52:59.68
up with the idea of
changing the Sabbath to Sunday,
00:52:59.71\00:53:02.65
because they did not understand
that Jesus was teaching that.
00:53:02.68\00:53:05.70
Now allow me to go
very quickly to the Sabbath
00:53:05.73\00:53:08.72
at the end of time.
00:53:08.75\00:53:10.04
And I'm going to go
through this quickly.
00:53:10.07\00:53:11.84
You have all of the verses.
00:53:11.87\00:53:12.93
I just want you
to catch the picture.
00:53:12.96\00:53:14.54
Revelation 16:1-21 portrays
seven devastating plagues
00:53:14.57\00:53:20.39
that are going to fall upon this
earth; terrible plagues that are
00:53:20.42\00:53:24.12
going to reverse creation.
00:53:24.15\00:53:26.05
They're going to
return the earth to the way
00:53:26.08\00:53:27.82
it was before creation.
00:53:27.85\00:53:29.41
In fact, Jeremiah 4:23
says that Jeremiah saw the earth
00:53:29.44\00:53:34.56
as it will be
during the thousand years
00:53:34.59\00:53:37.20
when creation is reversed.
00:53:37.23\00:53:39.22
He says, I beheld the
earth, and it was without form
00:53:39.25\00:53:44.27
and void, and I looked at the
heavens and they had no light.
00:53:44.30\00:53:47.96
Is that the same
condition that the earth was in
00:53:47.99\00:53:50.49
before Jesus created it?
00:53:50.52\00:53:52.09
Same three
characteristics: without form,
00:53:52.12\00:53:55.66
void, and no light.
00:53:55.69\00:53:57.72
In other words, the earth is
going to return to the condition
00:53:57.75\00:54:01.03
it was in before
creation, during the millennium,
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during the thousand years.
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We have a whole study later on
on the millennium, by the way.
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And then after the millennium
we're told in Revelation 21:1
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that God, or Jesus, is
going to make a new what?
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He's going to make a
new heaven and a new earth.
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And 2 Peter 3:13 says, a
new heaven and a new earth
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where righteousness dwells.
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Now my question is this,
what day are we going to observe
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when everything
is re-established?
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Go with me to Isaiah 66,
Isaiah 66, and let's take a look
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at what God's
eternal plan is going to be.
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Isaiah 66, and I want to
read verses 22 and 23. It says:
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Is this the same new heavens
and new earth of Revelation?
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Obviously, it's
the same expression.
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By the way, the new moon really
is the month, because the months
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were marked off by the new moon.
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That's why the Spanish
version says de mes a mes,
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from month to month.
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Why are we going to go to the
holy city from month to month?
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Because there's a certain tree,
according to Revelation 22:2
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that produces a
different fruit each month.
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Revelation explains
what we're going to do.
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We're going to eat
from the tree of life.
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And so it says, And it shall
come to pass, that from one
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new moon to another,
or one month to another,
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and from one Sunday to another,
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Thank you.
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The Jews shall come to worship
before me, says the Lord.
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Are you flesh? Are
you part of the all here?
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Are you catching
what this is saying?
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God's people are going to go
to the city from month to month,
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to eat from the tree
of life, Revelations 22:2.
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And they're going to go from
Sabbath to Sabbath to do what?
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to worship before the Lord.
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And then Sabbath observance
will have a triple reason:
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Reason 1. Jesus made us.
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Reason 2. Jesus redeemed us.
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Reason 3. Jesus restored
us to the way the world was
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at the beginning.
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And there's going to
be one big difference.
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At the beginning when God
created, when Jesus created
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everything on this
earth, nobody saw anything.
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But when Jesus makes a
new heavens and a new earth,
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all of the
redeemed will be alive.
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Can you imagine what it's going
to be like to hear Jesus say,
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Let there be light, because
the planet is in darkness.
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Let there be the
firmament, let there be plants,
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let there be
birds, let there be fish.
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Then we will walk
by sight not by faith.
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