Six days you shall labor and do all your work and the seventh day is a sabbath to YHWH your God; you shall not do any work . . . Exodus 20:9-10 Six Days – Religion that takes away the Sabbath leaves us “with a life of weekdays.”[1] Doesn’t that sound appealing? One day just…
“Also the foreigners who join themselves to YHWH, to minister to Him, and to love the name of YHWH, to be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath and holds fast My covenant;” Isaiah 56:6 Profaning – Does this verse apply to you? Well, are you a foreigner (literally, “sons of the…
But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his companions, how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?” Matthew 12:3-4 Not Lawful…
He leads me beside the still waters Psalm 23:2 Still – Actually, the Hebrew word here isn’t “still,” although that could be one of the nuances. The word is menuhot (plural) from nuah (to rest, to repose, to be quiet). It is the same root that produces Noah, the man who brought rest to the world (although,…
If you want to listen to the Webinar conducted on Thursday on the Sabbath, you can hear it here. Dr. Skip Moen, Your recording is now available on the WebEx service site. Click the link below to play it: https://eval.webex.com/eval/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=TC&rID=42960277&rKey=b68aa7c6c9cbb06d&act=pb Dr. Skip Moen & At God’s Table Community-20100708 1800-1 Thursday, July 8, 2010 2:00 pm…
I had the pleasure of participating in a group gathering for Dr. Skip Moen’s Hebrew Word Study Group from “At God’s Table” Ministry. This is a community of believers daring to investigate and think about what they believe from a truly Biblical Perspective with other believers across denominational and faith barriers. I hope you will check it out….
My friend and colleague Barry Jenkins wrote the following: In 2001, Dr. John MacArthur Jr., the pastor of Grace Community Church, was asked are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today. He responded as follows: “We believe the Old Testament regulations governing Sabbath observances are ceremonial, not moral, aspects of the law. As such, they…
and He gave to Moses, when he finished talking with him upon Mount Sinai, two tablets of Testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God. Exodus 31:18 Finished – The rabbis noticed something special about the connection between this verse and Jeremiah 7:34. They are both about a wedding. But you don’t see…
“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8 Remember – The Sabbath is anti-American. It interferes with the American way of life. It interrupts the incessant desire to work, shop, travel and be entertained. It stands in opposition to our personal priorities. It removes us from the flow of our fast-paced, rat-race, do-it-now,…
On June 21, I posted a TW about the Sabbath. Dan made some great comments in the following few days, eventually prompting me to ask if Bob Gorelik would add his thoughts. Since I was very late posting Bob’s reply, most of the community had long forgotten the thread from that discussion. So, I sent…
