Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. All this talk of rest right before a passage that deals with Sabbath? This is no mistake.
What is Matthew trying to communicate here? The people were in need of rest, both in ceasing from hard work shabbat and being present together with God nuakh.
Jesus ushered in the promise and reality of both. Jesus taught that the Sabbath was about mercy and was purposeful. When followers of Jesus observe the Sabbath, we live as if this restoration has already taken place. We take a break from the broken rhythms of hustle and hardship to set aside a time of submission to his rule and enjoyment of his presence and to extend these things to the world around us.
So what does this look like practically? Does it mean attending a weekend church service, or turning off work emails, or volunteering at a soup kitchen? Does it matter what day you observe Sabbath? Your Sabbath could certainly include those activities, and it could take place on the same day every week! But the text seems to emphasize the purpose of the Sabbath, rather than telling us rules for how to observe it. As followers of Jesus, we aren't required to follow the laws given to Israel by God exactly.
These were given at a specific time to a specific people group for a specific purpose. Yet the wisdom of those laws is enduring, and the law of the Sabbath is pure gold.
Sabbath rest is an invitation to practice for eternity. When we practice this intentional stop, we make room for him to take up residence in our individual lives. Even better, we are taking part in this new creation story, setting the stage for God to make his dwelling place, his resting place, right here. She loves to wrestle with Scripture until it lives in her in a way that she can communicate it with others richly. How to Read the Bible. Word Studies. Old Testament Overviews.
New Testament Overviews. Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem. Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble?
Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath. As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, 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.
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not be quenched.
But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned.
Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.
Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel. Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, this being required forever in Israel. The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the Lord on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;.
All rights reserved. Toggle navigation. Psalm Verse Concepts. Exodus Genesis Verse Concepts. Day 7 Days Rest God's Creation finishing. Here again we see that both Jews and Greeks are in the synagogue and on the Sabbath. Paul among them, attending the Sabbath services. The interesting thing about this verse is that instead of the scripture saying that they attended only one or three sabbath services, it says that he was there every Sabbath persuading both Jews and Greeks.
Now if Paul was in Corinth and was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath, all we have to do is find out how long he stayed in Corinth to discover how many Sabbaths he actually attended. From now on I will go to the Gentiles. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. Finally the ruler of the synagogue was converted to believe in Yahushua and Paul was there a year and six months!
So the scripture says that Paul was there every Sabbath and that he was there for a year and six months. If we counted this by the Gregorian calendar that would give us 52 Sabbaths in a year plus 26 Sabbaths in the following six months, giving us a a total of 78 Sabbaths! Now lets add this to our present total:. So we can see that the disciples attended a Sabbath service 85 times in the book of Acts alone.
Acts — But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days. Here we see an example of the disciples gathering together on the first day of the week. There is no mention of a Sabbath being observed in this verse. In fact, we know that Paul was ready to depart the next day. According to verse 7, Paul spoke to them a message because for this very reason.
Acts — Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. And Yahweh added to the assembly daily those who were being saved.
According to this scripture, breaking bread was not an uncommon thing to do on a daily basis. So we cannot confirm that this scripture in Acts 20 is a Sabbath day observance. In fact, nowhere does it say that the first day of the week is the Sabbath.
So what was it really? Many may not realize that in scripture, a new day begins at sundown. Nevertheless, in spite of 85 other examples of where Paul and the other disciples were participating in Sabbath observance on the 7th day of the week, some will hang onto this one verse so that they may continue their tradition. I say tradition because this verse proves nothing, as it could just as easily been an after Sabbath fellowship meal.
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