FEEBLE CHRISTIAN ARGUMENT AGAINST THE SABBATH
First published D28 M09 2024
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"Christ did away with the law
of Moses"
In Apologetics Christians use
the principle of harmony of Scripture (or, Scripture
interprets Scripture): “no part of Scripture can be interpreted in such
a way as to render it in conflict with what is clearly taught elsewhere
in Scripture” (RC Sproul).
I agree with this Christian principle even though Christianity does NOT
follow this rule at all. If they did they would not be able to
blatantly contradict Yehoshua (pw Jesus) concerning the very status quo
today of the Torah, the law of Moses given to him by Yahuah the Father.
They
are deaf to Yehoshua's teaching and warnings:
They instead make the claim
that:
"The law is what shows
people they are in sin and leads us to Christ (Galatians 3:19, 24)."
At the same time they will also say:
"He did away with the law, “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14)."
If the law/ Torah itself, as they say, is what was nailed to the stake/tree (pw cross), then it surely cannot do anything. How can it lead us anywhere then? But we know that it was not the Torah that was nailed to the persecution stake. It was instead our debt of past Torah transgression that was nailed to the tree.
Nonetheless they
contradict themselves and indeed admit that the Torah remains to lead
them to the real Anointed One in the scriptures, Yehoshua. But if it
leads them to Yehoshua then why do they still refuse to hear what he
says concerning the keeping of the Torah? Instead they are deaf to his
words. They become the "whoever" in verse 19
that relaxes or abolishes one of the least commandments:
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
It is obvious that they are deaf to his
words since they love the things of this world and they love
unrighteousness.
The status quo of the Torah today is that it remains as long as the earth and shamayim (pw heaven) remain. There is no distinction between a moral or ceremonial law as some refer to. Those who make this assertion claim that the so-called, ceremonial law was nailed to the stake and the moral law is what is left. This is false. Rather it is that all of the Torah remains except that which is connected to the requirement of a haykal ( temple). That is no longer valid since Yahuah the Father destroyed the haykal (pw temple) as prophesied and Yehoshua brought an end to the animal offering through his own offering.
Yahuah and Yehoshua have not
destroyed or abolished the Torah neither the punishment which is death.
If nailing it to the stake (pw cross) meant punishment were abolished
then no one
would need a savior to lead them into righteousness AFTER justification
either.
As believers we are his
haykal. Whether
the Sabbath is seen as a
ceremonial law or not, breaking it becomes a major moral issue. You are
disobeying Yahuah, the first moral command to love and obey him fully
as taught by Yehoshua. You are also not being moral, for example, to
your servant on the Sabbath if you make him work. This happens with
e.g Rabbinic Jews of Judaism who
employ Gentiles (Shabbas goy) to work for them, serving them on the
Shabbat. This is wrong morally
and ceremonially. Yahuah hates such transgression.
When we used to go on vacations my wife and I would arrive on yom shishi ( Friday) and tell the servant at the hotel not to clean the room on Shabbat, even though we were essentially paying for the service. This is a moral obligation of Torah.
Filthy-Rags, Filthy-Fruit
Religion
This is my view of the
perverted unrighteous fruit of Christian
Dogma and its rotten view of the Righteousness of the Torah and the
Fruits of Righteousness we are to produce through it. (for more see : Filthy Rags or Righteous Fruit )
Christianity claims Yehoshua
did away with the laws of Moses as if it were rotten fruit that had
surpassed its shelf life. Then somehow Yehoshua
still managed to cherry pick bits of this rotten fruit for a false
religion
that would appear 100 years later called Christianity. Apparently,
Yehoshua the Master of the Sabbath went through the Torah basket. He
then found the Sabbath lying at the bottom, a rotten apple full of
worms. "Can't have that", he said, and tossed it out too.
"He did away with the law, “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14)."
Again they contradict Yehoshua
and break their own law of Scriptural Harmony. The earth still remains
and none
of it has passed away. There is no rotten fruit in the Torah basket.
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
Apostle Shaul A Relaxer of
the Law?
If they claim that their
"Christ" leads them, then Yehoshua is the one they must
obey. They cannot follow anyone who contradicts him, not even
Apostle Shaul. But they proudly quote and interpret bits of Apostle
Shaul's letters in a way that clearly contradicts Yehoshua. They make
Shaul appear
as the "whoever" in verse
19 who relaxes the Torah:
Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven)
But even worse than that, they
make Apostle Shaul appear to teach the doing away with of all Torah,
not just relaxing the least of the commandments. This is a serious
allegation and a contradiction of Biblical proportions. It breaks their
own accepted law of Scriptural Harmony.
Next they claim
"nobody can be justified (or, made right with 'God') by the law (Romans 3:20)."
Regardless of whether
the Torah makes us right or not, or justifies us or not, Yehoshua has
said that it remains and we are to preach it and keep all of it to
enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven). Yehoshua leads us, not
Apostle
Shaul (or rather not Apostle Shaul's misquoted teaching):
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
Now if they really heard
what Yehoshua says and obeyed it without any contradiction in
Scriptural Harmony then there would be no further need to
argue this point on the Sabbath. But since they pervert
Apostle Shaul's writings over and over we will have to defend him since
Apostle Shaul is not a Torahless cult leader. He was not a Christian
and did not break Scriptural Harmony. We must expose Christianity's
contradiction,
confusion and ultimately its body of lies.
Christianity breaks the 9th
Commandment and bears false witness against Apostle Shaul:
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (Ex 20:16)
If Apostle Shaul really had taught us against keeping the Sabbath as they claim then he would be their idol and Yahuah would not be their Eloheem. They thus break the 1st Commandment Ex 20:3.
So how do they pervert Apostle Shaul? How do they make him their mighty one, that "whoever" that has the power to even abolish the Torah which not even Yehoshua could do? They apply the canceling of debt that was against us to mean that the Torah has been done away with.
"He did away with the law, “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14)."
The handwriting of requirements that was against us is the debt of original Torah transgression and the debt of ignorant Torah transgression.
Col 2:14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands (death). This he set aside, nailing it to the stake/ stauros (pw cross).
Rom 6:23 For the wages of Torah transgression (pw sin) is death; but the gift of Eloheem is eternal life through Yehoshua Ha Mashiach / the Anointed one our Master (pw Jesus Christ our Lord).
The Torah remains as
Yehoshua has said. It is very important then to note that one who has
been redeemed from past debt
while he was "yet a sinner" can still accrue new debt by
transgressing Torah willfully and by not repenting / teshuva/ turning
to obedience.
Apostle Shaul has emphatically taught such a thing, but they
conveniently leave this out
because they have another idol, Mr Calvin of the Once Saved Always
Saved (OSAS) cult.
The law of Torah transgression (pw sin) and death is part of Torah it
is what one earns, it is the "wages of sin". If
we
continue to transgress Torah willfully we face death whether Yehoshua
has died for
us or not. But because he has died it applies all the more with greater
punishment to those who reject the Torah. We must repent and stop
willfully transgressing the Torah.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on transgressing Torah (pw sinning) deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a offering ( pw sacrifice) for Torah transgressions, Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (death of body and soul in yam esh).
They do not hear Apostle Shaul. We will come back to this teaching by Shaul later specifically as it relates to the Sabbath.
Let us hear some more
confusion and lies form the Christian camp:
"But,
you may say that it’s
still a sin to murder, to have idols before God, and to steal. Yes,
that is true. We do not do those things, as Christians, because Christ
instructed us not to do them. The New Testament repeats all the 10
Commandments (except for the 4th one: remember the Sabbath), for us to
follow. Since we are under His will and testament, we do not steal,
murder, covet, or do any of the other things that Christ has commanded
us not to do."
Yet they have already made the claim at the outset:
"Christ did away with the law of Moses"
So then what are they doing
keeping these laws of Moses? Their so-called "Christ" is a very
confused character since apparently he did away with the law of Moses"
but then taught it to be kept.
"we do not steal, murder, covet, or do any of the other things that Christ has commanded us not to do."
From this it is clear that
they will go a long way around the bush to simply get to one excuse,
choosing to relax or abolish one
of the commands that they find so vile, specifically the Sabbath, since
they have deemed it
least in their own evil Torahless hearts. Saying Christ has done away
with it, but then keeping the other laws of Moses that are
supposed to be included as done away with is a great contradiction yet
again. So, no matter which way they turn they are tangled in a web of
lies and contradiction since they refuse to accept the plain and simple
words of
Yehoshua:
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
The Silence of the Sabbath?
Next lie:
It is only blank since they have made it so upon their hearts. They
cover their ears. They have declared the Sabbath as not only the least
but selectively abolished as a law of Moses while others remain. It is
rather unclear which they choose as remaining
depending on which are convenient to them by their own rebellious
decision.
Do they hear the Anointed
one??? No they cover their ears. Is he silent when it comes to the
sabbath. No, he says it is kept regardless of whether you think it is
least or greatest, convenient or inconvenient. Let him speak yet again:
Master Over Something That
Does Not Exist?
If the sabbath is done away
with then there would be no Master
appointed over
it by Yahuah. Christians call this "Jesus"(J-Zeus) their
"Lord" (Baal) but we call Yehoshua our Anointed and Appointed Master
over the Shabbat, being our High Priest.
Yehoshua indeed is Master of
the Sabbath since he has said he has not abolished it and nobody, no
"whoever", no man can relax it:
This is why he plainly states
Reality
Check
Man does not have authority over the Sabbath. It is there for man to obey and enjoy.
False
religion does not have authority over the Sabbath. It is there for man
to obey and enjoy.
True
religion does not have authority over the Sabbath. It is there for man
to obey and enjoy, period!
Apostle Shaul The Sabbath
Preacher
So did Apostle Shaul preach
against the keeping of the Torah or more specifically against Sabbath
keeping? Ironically the teacher whose words they pervert to provide a
body of lies against the keeping of the sabbath, they conveniently
silence when it comes to their claim that the Brit
Chadasha (pw New Testament) is silent on Sabbath keeping. As we said we
would come back to
this verse as it relates specifically to the Sabbath.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on transgressing Torah (pw sinning) deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a offering ( pw sacrifice) for Torah transgressions, Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (death of body and soul in yam esh).
Apostle Shaul has clearly confirmed Yehoshua's words that the Torah has not been done away with and remains to be obeyed. It is now not to be willfully disobeyed. The Torah has led us to Yehoshua Ha Mashiach ( the Anointed One) and Yehoshua has pointed us to the keeping of his Father's Torah, ALL OF IT.
Would Shaul speak about all of
Torah to be obeyed and exclude the Sabbath here in contradiction to
Yehoshua? Is he that "whoever" who relaxes the least of the
commandments. NO! On the contrary this command to keep all the Torah to
avoid a "fearful
expectation of judgment" comes flowing out of the very context of the
SABBATH and exposes the Christian as a bold shameless liar!
Shaul just prior to this in the preceding verse is referring to the gathering or assembling of the saints
Heb 10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on transgressing Torah (pw sinning) deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a offering ( pw sacrifice) for Torah transgressions, Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (death of body and soul in yam esh).
And what day is Apostle
Shaul talking of? Go back to chapter four for context:
Heb 4:9 There
remaineth therefore a Sabbath keeping (Greek: sabbatismos) to the
people of Eloheem.
When we rest on the Shabat we are still doing it as YAHUAH did that first Shabat at Creation. NOTHING HAS CHANGED
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his (ELOHEEM'S) REST , he also hath ceased from his own works, AS ELOHEEM DID FROM HIS.
"As Eloheem did from his" means we weekly
memorialise what he did by doing the same.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into THAT REST (the one that ELOHEEM DID ON THE SEVENTH DAY, RESTING FROM WORK), lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. (aka APOSTASY)
Heb 10:26 For if we go on transgressing Torah (pw sinning) deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a offering ( pw sacrifice) for Torah transgressions, Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (death of body and soul in yam esh).
So profaning the Shabbat every
week - to rest and furthermore meet
together as believers on that day is a serious
Torah transgression.
Those who discourage it are accruing
the debt, of willful Torah transgression to themselves, which is death.
Yehoshua has no way to stop the punishment coming to those who
willfully break the Torah and refuse to repent.
Heb 10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on transgressing Torah (pw sinning) deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a offering ( pw sacrifice) for Torah transgressions, Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. (death of body and soul in yam esh).
Mat 5:17-29 says as long as
shamayim
and the earth remain the Torah remains that is the ten
commandments and all of Torah that still applies ( e.g wearing blue
tassels, keeping the feast of unleavened bread, ensuring a guard rail
exists on a flat roof etc., etc., etc...). The
Torah does not allow cherry-picking those commands which are convenient
and ignoring those which are not.
Historical
Context
To further cement your understanding - when did the early Gentile converts meet to learn the Torah and teachings of Yehoshua? Answer: The Shabat - they worked 6 days (as commanded) and assembled on the Shabat to HEAR THE WORD PREACHED. They did not have Gideon Bibles on their side tables to read and study or podcasts from Apostle Shaul! This was not 2024 in the USA. The whole reason for the Jerusalem Council was around the matter of Gentiles wanting to assemble on the Sabbath WITH THE YAHUDIM (pw Jews) to hear the Torah (Moses) preached. There was no need to mention Sabbath keeping since it was the FOUNDATION to pause from work (Shabat) and hear the WORD
preached.
Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the assemblies (pw synagogues) every sabbath day.
Rom 10:17 So moral conviction / emunah (pw faith) comes from hearing, and hearing through the word (TORAH) of the Anointed one.
But do they hear the word on any day, let alone the Sabbath, no they reject his WORD . Thus they have no moral conviction (pw faith). They reject his words concerning all of Torah .They will not hear the law of Moses. They believe neither Moses nor Yehoshua.
Joh 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Yehoshua the Master of the
Sabbath went to great lengths to show how to keep the Sabbath. There
was no silence at all concerning it. He spoke at lengths and
demonstrated practically what can and cannot be done on the Sabbath
which the Pharisees had burdened with their own laws /
restrictions (takanot) not commanded in the scriptures. If Sabbath were
not to be kept then Yehoshua would not have gone to such great lengths
to magnify it by teaching how to keep it properly. He would have simply
said the Sabbath is done away with, but he did not. He said all of
Torah remains (Again : Mat 5:17-20).
This
article is not exhaustive proof for keeping Shabbat. If Christians
claim reasons for not keeping the Sabbath then it is not what early
believers believed. It is another religion altogether since
historically those early believers (prior to 100AD), Yahudim
and Gentiles, were keeping Shabbat, even a whole city that came on the
Shabbat. We have many videos and articles which cover these
facts. Also see: Jerusalem Council In Acts 15 Did What?
Defending Apostle Shaul
So let us continue to defend
and preach Apostle Shaul's truth.
What Law? This is referring to
the Law of Circumcision.
We have just concluded that
there is no clear distinction between moral and ceremonial law in the
scriptures but now they would have us believe that there is a
distinction between the whole Torah versus the Sabbath somewhere in
this text as it applies to the Sabbath but not to the rest of the ten
commandments which they claim to "keep". This in itself is another
contradiction since they will often protest that no one can "keep the
law" when we speak of "keeping the Sabbath". So then how are they
making a claim that they are "keeping" it by "keeping" some of it?
What has been given to us as justification has nothing to do with the
Torah being removed but
rather to do with us being justified to begin obeying it, keeping it,
all of it, as it
applies today without a haykal, since there is no distinction,
moral or ceremonial, by their own submission.
If justification were a
means for removing the Torah then Shaul would state which laws. He would
state that all of the Torah remains but the Sabbath does not remain.
However we see the glaring truth, we see the exact opposite when
looking at the sabbath.
Are we surprised? No, Apostle Shaul preached all of Torah ( Mat 5:17-20) as commanded and it would seem that under the inspiration of Yahuah's Spirit he preached this knowing what lies and apostasy would come with regards to keeping the Sabbath, a command incidentally we are also told to REMEMBER to keep.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day,
to keep it set apart ( pw holy).
The law Apostle Shaul is
referring to in Romans 3:20 is the law of circumcision (works or deeds
of the law/ or works of the flesh) in any case, not the Torah as a
whole which indeed purifies us along with justification. It is an
ongoing process toward salvation. (For more see Salvation When Does it Take Place?)
Shaul was saying that
Circumcision does not justify one as righteous unless one actually
does or
keeps the Torah. It is not simply a statement sealed by a sign.
He said Yahudim (pw Jews) cannot reject Gentile
believers based on their uncircumcision when they themselves being
circumcised might be breaking Torah and yet the Gentiles might
be keeping
Torah while being uncircumcised. Yahuah then looks at us all
equally
justified now that his Son has come to redeem us of our ignorant and
wilfull Torah transgression as a whole and we are all accepted or
justified to BEGIN TO WALK AND OBEY ALL OF TORAH (Mat5:17-20), whether
circumcised or uncircumcised of the flesh. Of course not all
do accept the walk of obedience, they hate the Torah even after
justification.
Here it is made plain that the
law of
circumcision came after as a sign of what Abraham(a Gentile)
already had which
was a seal of righteousness of the moral conviction. This
was his willingness to obey Torah, all of it as a GENTILE!
Gen 26:4-5 And
I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of shamayim (pw heaven),
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be baruch'd (pw blessed); Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my
statutes, and my laws.
Rom 4:10-13 that
he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be
not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of
that moral conviction (pw faith) of our father
Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Rom 4:13 For
the
promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham,
or to his seed, through the law [works of the flesh / law of
circumcision], but through the righteousness of moral conviction
( pw faith)
[obeying
Torah]] .
Rom 3:20 Speaks about original Torah transgression that we are born with under Adam and Eve and that we have been justified by his chesed/ kindness (pw grace) as a gift, through the redemption that is in Yehoshua Ha Mashiach.
Note how the Christians pervert Apostle Shaul's words again. They quote
Eph 2:14 For he
himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in
his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
Eph 2:15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in
ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the
two, so making peace,
Eph 2:16 and might reconcile us both to Eloheem in one body
through the stake (pw cross), thereby killing the hostility.
They leave out the context explaining the specific and separate "law of commandments expressed in ordinances" to create confusuion and lies. They want this to mean all of Torah which we know it is not since Yehoshua has plainly said so :
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
So let us quote what they choose to leave out:
Eph 2:11 Therefore
remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the
uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in
the flesh by hands
Eph 2:12 remember that you were at that time separated from
Mashiach (pw Christ), alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without
Eloheem in the world.
Eph 2:13 But now in Yeoshua Ha Mashiach you who once were far off
have been brought near by the blood of Mashiach.
Eph 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one
and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
Eph 2:15 by abolishing the
law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might
create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
Eph 2:16 and might reconcile us both to Eloheem in one body
through the stake (pw cross), thereby killing the hostility.
Once again Apostle Shaul is speaking about the ordinance of circumcision, the work of the flesh not Torah, as a whole.This distinction had in the past been abused by the Circumcision sect to unlawfully keep the Gentiles out of the Covenant altogether. This caused hostility.
Apostle Shaul emphasises throughout what is important it is Torah keeping not the law of circumcision that matters
1Co 7:19 For neither
circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the
commandments of Eloheem. [is what is important Mat 5:17-20]
Gal 5:6 For in Yehoshua Mashiach neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision counts for anything, but only morla conviction (pw
faith) working through love [to obey Torah 1 Jn 5:3]
Gal 6:15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor
uncircumcision, but a new creation [which is subject to the Torah - Rom
8:7-10 ]
Sabbath
profaning is, in no way,
justified by justification through Yehoshua.
On the contrary ALL THE
TORAH REMAINS AND IS ESTABLISHED AND UPHELD BY MORAL CONVICTION LIKE
ABRAHAM.
So yes, neither Sabbath
breaking nor Sabbath Keeping is justified by the law, the law of
circumcision which
was/ is only a sign.
Apostle Shaul Smashes the Charis Idol:
Rom 6:15 What then? shall we transgress Torah (pw sin) , because we are not under the law [of sin and death - the debt which was against us which was nailed to the stake] , but under kindness/ chesed (pw Grace/ Charis)? ELOHIM FORBID.
Rom 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of TORAH TRANSGRESSION unto death [in the lake of fire], or of OBEDIENCE unto righteousness?
Apostle Shaul clearly shows that after justification we must make sure we are servants of Yahuah and obey the Torah which leads us 'unto righteousness"
The phrase by Paul "whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey" - clearly describes true worship versus idolatry.
So after we are justified we draw near to Yahuah, not idolatry. Not wanting to keep the Sabbath is a sure sign of idolatry. We do not want to give up those things we idolize e.g watching a ball game, or earning more mammon on that day, celebrating a pagan birthday, shopping... We are to begin to walk in obedience to his Torah now that we have the truth preached. What is that truth? That all of Torah is to be obeyed. Hear Yehoshua again:
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
More Perversion
So, the sabbath-breaking Christian must be perverting this scripture to mean the sinner sees their sin under the law and then finds this so-called "Christ", who says let's walk together and break the Sabbath every week because I did not really mean what I said here:
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
Is Yehoshua now including himself among the "whoever", those who relax the Torah or abolish it? No! Of course not.Does Galatians teach such a lie? Perhaps they are afraid to actually quote these verses so people can actually read them.
The law was
a teacher to bring us to the Anointed One. It then continues explaining
what the purpose of Mashiach is. Is Yehoshua ignoring our Torah
transgression in this process of justification by moral
conviction or does he Minister to us to keep it? Clue:
Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them. Mat 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished. Mat 5:19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim. Mat 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).
Yes, he is still ministering to us concerning the Torah since the earth remains and the Torah remains. He does it by way of the Spirit which he sent us which reminds us of what he has preached to us.Apostle Shaul further tells
what type of Minister Yehoshua is concerning the Torah. We will
provide his answer in a moment. These liars never quote Apostle Shaul,
the follower of Yehoshua, the Torah preacher ( Mat 5:17-20).
Apostle Shaul DENOUNCES perversion of moral conviction (pw faith).
Apostle Shaul Smashes The Fides Idol:
"establish" here does not mean
"abolish" IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER
It means to STAND BY and ABIDE IN THE COVENANT of the law.:
ἵστημι
histēmi
his'-tay-mee
A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively): - abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).
Apostle Shaul's
Sabbath-Preaching Minister
Apostle Shaul denounces those
who claim Yehoshua is a Torahless Minister (a Master of Sabbath
breaking):
Yehoshua is a Minister of Torah
keeping not Torah breaking, he is the Master and Minister of Sabbath
Keeping
Conclusion
Yehoshua is indeed the Minister of Torah keeping and thus the Master of the Sabbath when we are truly ministered to. On Shabbat we are free form the concerns and distractions of the world and work. Yehoshua preached the keeping of all of Torah not just nine or even ten commandments but all of Torah as it applies without a haykal (pw temple) today.
Apostle Shaul's Minster is
indeed the Sabbath-Preaching Yehoshua who preaches all of Torah ( Mat
5:17-20). He is not a Sabbath-Breaking impostor called Jesus/J-Zeus.
We exhort you to keep the
Sabbath so that you may learn of his Torah, to keep and to preach all
of it. Christians do not have time for Yahuah, to learn of his ways.
The Sabbath for them is not worth it. It is the least of their concerns
because they love themselves and the things of this world more than
Yahuah and eternal life.
You are indeed "servants
to whom ye
obey". Not wanting to keep the Sabbath is a
sure sign of idolatry. You do not want to give up those things you
idolize on that day.
You
cannot separate yourself from the things of this temporal world
once a week for 24 hours, to focus on the spiritual things of Yahuah
which leads to eternal life.
Often Christians will say, it
is the heart
that matters, God see my heart. He indeed does see through his Torah,
as Apostle Shaul demonstrates, and what he sees is an evil heart that
hates his Torah and comes up with evil thoughts on how to avoid it.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as Eloheem did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Heb 4:12 For the Word [TORAH] of Eloheem is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged 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.