There are many people out there debating whether the Sabbath should be kept on a certain day, however if we go to our Heavenly Fathers Word, we can see that our Sabbath no longer points to a specific day, but to our Lord Jesus Christ. Yes indeed, He who is the unblemished Lamb became our true Sabbath and was made available everyday so we may find our rest in Him.
Let’s go to our Heavenly Fathers word starting in the book of Exodus.
Exodus 20:8-11 KJVS
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] 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: [11] For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
In six days, our Heavenly Father made heaven and earth as we can see in Genesis Chapter 1, and we were told in the beginning verses of Genesis Chapter 2, that God ended His work which He had made and rested on the seventh day. Seven in Biblical numerics means spiritual completeness, and in continuing in Genesis Chapter 2 we see God form (eth ha) Adam to be a tiller of the ground, so we may go forth and find our rest and completeness in Him who is Jesus Christ. (See Our Likeness, His Image study for more on this tilling of the ground, from Deep Well Bible Studies.)
Again, who is our rest?
For this we will go to Hebrews Chapter 4.
Hebrews 4:1-4 KJVS
“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. [2] For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. [3] For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. [4] For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.”
As God who is our Heavenly Father rested from all His works which was good, we also can find rest through Jesus Christ who was the Seed brought forth from (Eth-ha) Adam and Eves lineage, all the way down to the espoused virgin (Mary) who would give birth to the unblemished Lamb who is Jesus Christ. Once we found rest in Him through our belief upon Him, and through his words, we then cease from our own works of this world which were not good (Colossians Chapter 1 verses 21 through 22.) We then enter in His rest by entering in His Son Jesus Christ. Once we enter into Him, we must continue in His peace by staying within His Word.
Hebrews 4:5-11 KJVS
“And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. [6] Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: [7] Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. [8] For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. [9] There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. [10] For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. [11] Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.“
In verse 8, the correct translation should be Joshua not Jesus ( see Companions Bible notes on page 1828 for verse 8.) Although Joshua was chosen instead of Moses to lead the children of Israel over the river Jordan into the promise land that God has given them, It is Jesus Christ, the Son of God that gives an opportunity to go forth and to inherit the true Promise Land which is Eternity. Here in Hebrews Chapter 4, we see that there are many who remain that must enter therein, and unfortunately there will be many who will fall away from that rest when the sixth trumpet sounds due to their unbelief (disobedience.) To those who will refrain from entering therein and those who will fall away and will be found desolate and without , that great day of rest which is 1000 years known as the Lords Day will be available to them upon the true Christ return at the Seventh Trumpet, so they (if they choose) may learn of Him through His wrath ( Revelation Chapter 14 verses 8 through 20) and join to the Body of Christ after the 1000 years is completed to also crossover, or you can say Passover with others who will be a made up of His Body. However, His rest is available to you now, may you go forth and seek Him daily.
Let us therefore labor.
Hebrews 4:11-12 KJVS
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. [12] For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Going back to Exodus chapter 20 we see again in verse 11 our Heavenly Father hallowed the seventh day, and in connection with Matthew chapter 6 we can see our Heavenly Fathers name is hallowed ( sanctified) in Matthew Chapter 6.
Matthew 6:9-13 KJVS
“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. [10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. [11] Give us this day our daily bread. [12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. [13] And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”
If we look at Exodus Chapter 3 Moses asked God (‘Elohim) who shall I say sent me unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 3:13-15 KJVS
[13] “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? [14] And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. [15] And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”
I AM THAT I AM in the Hebrew tongue is ‘ehyeh ‘asher ‘ehyeh
And He is YHVH the great I AM.
looking ahead in the New Testament in Matthew Chapter 6, Christ spoke about how our Heavenly Father’s name should be hallowed which means sanctified, and if we go to John Chapter 17, we see that Christ has manifested our Fathers name to those whom the Father has given Him, and Christ who is sanctified in the Father is one with the Father.
John 17:1-26 KJVS
[1] “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: [2] As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. [3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. [4] I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. [5] And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. [6] I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. [7] Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. [8] For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them , and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. [9] I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. [10] And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. [11] And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are . [12] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. [13] And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. [14] I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. [15] I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. [16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. [17] Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. [18] As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. [19] And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. [20] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; [21] That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. [22] And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: [23] I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. [24] Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [25] O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. [26] And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Jesus keeps us in Gods Name, and Jesus Christ was God manifested in the flesh ( Immanuel which means God with us, Isaiah Chapter 7:14), so we may find rest, and sanctification through Him.
Yes, in Matthew Chapter 6 verse 9 in the Companions Bible on page 1320, hallowed means sanctified, and in John chapter 10 wee see Christ speaking to those who were picking up stones to stone Him, about this sanctification.
John 10:36-38 KJVS
“Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? [37] If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. [38] But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.”
You see Jesus say I AM the Son of God and the Father is in Him and He is in God?
Also, In John chapter 14 what we see what Jesus said to Thomas and Phillip.
John 14:5-11 KJVS
[5] “Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? [6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. [7] If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. [8] Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. [9] Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? [10] Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. [11] Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.”
Sanctified which means set aside for a Holy purpose to do the Fathers will in bringing as many who will into His rest which is His Son Jesus Christ. Jesus was sanctified in the Father, and we are sanctified in Him who is the truth, and the way, and the life and who is one with the Father. Sanctified and Holy is Christs name, who is the only way to the Father, and through Christ is the only way that we can receive our Fathers words that brings peace in our lives.
Christ is our Sabbath and He became our Passover which is the high Sabbath of Christianity that should not only be observed every year but, I believe every day of our lives. He is the Word (John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 5 and verse 14) which purges out the old leaven within us, and gives us understanding, which is our daily bread, the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8 KJVS
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: [8] Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Jesus Christ is whom we can find rest in from all our former works of this world. What did Jesus Christ say in Matthew chapter 11?
Matthew 11:27-30 KJVS
“All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. [28] Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Labor to learn of Him and find rest in He who is sanctified in the Father. As we are sanctified in Him through His precious name, we can go forth and continue in His work that He has set aside for us.
Our Sabbath is no longer a specific day in our fleshly lives, our true Sabbath has become our Lord Jesus Christ in which every day He should be kept in our hearts, and in our minds, and is the name that should be kept Holy.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The End.
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