Post by Kenneth Ross on Aug 23, 2014 8:59:53 GMT -5
The 4th Letter in ancient Hebrew is the Letter “DAL” (Ancient Hebrew) or “Dalet” (Modern Hebrew), symbolizing “A DOOR” or “PATH of LIFE”!
[Dalet] "Remember Yom Ha Shabbat/ the Sabbath Day, to shomer/keep it as kadosh/set apart"
H8104 shâmar shaw-mar'
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.: - beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).
Shemoth/Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.
H6942
קדשׁ qâdash kaw-dash'
A primitive root; to be (causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): - appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), X wholly.
Shemoth/Exodus 20:9 “Six days you labour, and shall do all your work,
"But the seventh day is a Sabbath of YâHuWaH your Ëlohâ:
in it you shall not do any work , you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, your male-eved/servant,
your female-eved servant, nor your cattle,
and your ger/stranger that is within your gates."
Shemoth/Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
"For in six days YâHuWaH יהוה made the shamayim/heaven and earth,
the sea and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day;
therefore YâHuWaH יהוה blessed the Sabbath Day, and set it apart"
Shemoth/Exodus 20:11 “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.
H6942 קדשׁ qâdash kaw-dash'
Does it really matter which Sabbath-day we observe?
Scripture teaches that the observance of the CORRECT SABBATH-DAY is a [SIGN] of The Almighty’s [EVERLASTING COVENANT] with His people.
Exod 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, Yahuwah יהוה, am setting you apart”.
Exod 31:16 ‘And the children of Yisra’el shall guard the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant’.
YeshaYahu (Isa) 56:2,6 “Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold on it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil.
6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –
In the above passages of Scripture, we clearly see that the Sabbaths of Ab יהוה are a sign of His COVENANT with us! If we desire to GUARD His COVENANT, we will OBSERVE His Sabbaths (weekly 7th-day Sabbath, as well as His Appointed Times
(Ex 12 and Lev 23)
Guarding His Sabbaths' means FORSAKING the counterfeit 1st day (sun-day) Sabbath and all the pagan festivals (new years, christ-mass, halloween, valentines, easter of the Roman Catholic Church, observed by the majority of churches around the world!
The Hebrew people observe the 7th day (sat-day) Sabbath, whereas “Christians” observe a 1st day (sun-day) Sabbath. Both cannot be correct! Let’s ALLOW Scripture to teach us WHICH one is the CORRECT one to observe [according to Scripture and NOT man]!
Before we look into Scripture, let’s DETERMINE whether the Hebrew people and the Christians have a different set of rules or laws . . .
Exod 12:49 “There is one Torah for the native-born and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”
Num 15:16 ‘One Torah and one right-ruling is for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.’”
Eccl 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear (revere) Elohim and guard His commands, for this [applies] to all mankind!
We CLEARLY see that the SAME laws apply for ALL believers – Jews and Gentiles.
Gen 2:3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in creating had made.
יהוה blessed ONLY the seventh day and set it apart as His rest day!
H6942 קדשׁ qâdash kaw-dash'
Deu 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of Yahuah יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do.
the meaning of the word [seven] from the Hebrew Strong’s in BOTH the above Scriptures:
H7637
שׁבעי שׁביעי shebı̂y‛ı̂y shebi‛ı̂y sheb-ee-ee', sheb-ee-ee'
Ordinal from H7657; seventh: - seventh (time).
H7637 shebii or shebiith ? seventh (an ordinal number)
Word Origin – from sheba (H7651)
H7651 sheba or shibah ? seven
Or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number -- (+ by) seven(-fold)
So we CLEARLY see that the 10 Commandments, as well as
Gen 2:3, including the authentic language of Scripture (Hebrew) teaches the SEVENTH day as the Scriptural Sabbath-day!
what the Re-newed Covenant teaches . . .
Luk 4:16 And He came to Natsareth, where He (Messiah) had been brought up. And according to His practice, He went into the congregation on the Sabbath(G4521) day, and stood up to read.
G4521 sabbaton ? the Sabbath, i.e. the seventh day (of the week)
Word Origin of Hebrew origin shabbath
G4521
σάββατον
sabbaton
sab'-bat-on
Of Hebrew origin [H7676]; the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications: - sabbath (day), week.
we see that the day BEFORE the Sabbath was a Fri-day!
Mar 15:42 And when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath.
G3904 paraskeué ? preparation, the day of preparation (for a Sabbath or feast)
Short Definition: the day before the Sabbath
Definition: the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath, Friday.
G3904
παρασκευή
paraskeuē
par-ask-yoo-ay'
As if from G3903; readiness: - preparation.
G3903
παρασκευάζω
paraskeuazō
par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
From G3844 and a derivative of G4632; to furnish aside, that is, get ready: - prepare self, be (make) ready.
G3844
παρά
para
par-ah'
A primary preposition; properly near, that is, (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application: - above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give [such things as they], + that [she] had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side . . . by, in the sight of, than, [there-] fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Mat 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, toward dawn on the first day of the week,1 Miryam from Maḡdala and the other Miryam came to see the tomb. Footnote:1See Explanatory notes - First Day of the Week. Also Luke 24:1 and John 20:1.
Abomination That Lays Waste
We find this term in Dan. 9:27, Dan. 11:31 and Dan. 12:11. Then the Messiah, prophesying about the end-time in Mt. 24:15, reveals to us that we shall perceive the "Abomination that lays waste ... set up in the set-apart place," quoting from the Book of Dani'ĕl. This prophecy by Dani'ĕl was filled the first time during the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, but the Messiah was here prophesying about the end-time. Who is the "Abomination that lays waste"? In 2 Macc. 6:2 (we do not regard Maccabees as part of Scripture, but it is an interesting historical record) we find this to be Zeus, or Baʽal Shamen as the Syriac version of 2 Macc. 6:2 renders it – the great sky-deity or sun-deity! Note well: it is in itself an abomination, but it also lays waste. What is laid waste? The True Worship! We read many passages in Scripture about the laying waste of the True Worship.
Matt 28:1,
we CLEARLY see that the Sabbath was already over as the first-day (sun-day) dawned.
SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR – no man has the authority to add or take away from Scripture (to suit their belief, culture, tradition, or religion).
Deu 4:2 “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it1, so as to guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you
Deut 12:32 “All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it – do not add to it nor take away from it”.
Prov 30:6 Do not add to His Words, Lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar.
Rev 22:18-19 For I witness to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, Elohim shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall take away his part from the Book of Life, and out of the set-apart city, which are written in this Book.
• The Almighty Himself (Gen 2:3)
• The 4th Commandment/Covenant Word (Exo 20:10 and Deu 5:14)
• The Hebrew Strong’s (H7637 and H7651)
• The Greek Strong’s (G4521 and G3904)
• The Messiah (Luk 4:16)
• Preparation Day was on a Friday (Mar 15:42)
• The first day (sun-day) of the week dawned when the Sabbath was ALREADY over (Mat 28:1)
• The majority of Christians Denominational Leaders
The questions that every TRUE believer needs to ask themselves
WHO’s Word (Scripture) will you believe and follow?
The Almighty’s or man’s?
WHO is your Saviour? Man or The Almighty through His Son?
WHO is your Master? Man or Messiah?
WHO is your Shepherd, Leader and Teacher? Man or Messiah?
WHO do you want to be in covenant with? Man or Almighty
YAHUWAH & YAHUSHUA
The ONE you love is the one you will obey, listen to, follow and serve!
Messiah Yahushua taught it PERFECTLY . . .
Joh 14:15 “If you love Me, you shall guard My commands.1 Footnote: 1See Ex. 20:6, vv. 21&23, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John v. 6.
He observed His Father’s seventh-day Sabbath!
Yohn 15:10 “If you guard My commands, you shall stay in My love, even as I (Messiah) have guarded My Father’s commands and stay in His love”.
Scripture reveals to us WHO the “DOOR” and “PATH of LIFE” is . . . Hebrew is the Letter “DAL” (Ancient Hebrew) or “Dalet” (Modern Hebrew), symbolizing “A DOOR” or “PATH of LIFE”!
Yohanan (Joh) 10:7-9 Yahushua (the Messiah) therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. Whoever enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and find pasture
Yohanan (Joh) 14:6 Yahushua said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The Letter “Dalet” (number 4) also means EARTH or MATERIAL CREATION – Bereshith (Gen) 1:14-19.
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Gen 1:14 And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,
Gen 1:15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it came to be so.
Who do you choose to be IN COVENANT with?
Your “church”, your “pastor, rabbi or priest” or Almighty Creator Yahuwah?
Hazon (Rev) 18:4 And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, “Come out of her (Babel -- the counterfeit), my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.