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The Sabbath and the Resurrection













 
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Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, God will take away from that person any share in the Tree of Life and blot your name from the Book of Life.   Revelation 22:18-19 DEUTERONOMY 4:2
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Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. 17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. 18 For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

The Disciples Kept the Sabbath 85 Times in the book of Acts

 

The Sabbath as an Eternal Sign

The Sign Between God and Man: The Sabbath was established as a covenant and a perpetual sign between God and His people (Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12).

 

Yeshua’s Life and Authority

His Weekly Custom: During His earthly ministry, Yeshua consistently kept the Sabbath, making it His regular custom to attend the synagogue on the seventh day (Luke 4:16).

 

Lord of the Sabbath: Yeshua declared His supreme authority over the day, proclaiming that "the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath" (Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28).

 

The Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection Timeline (3 Days and 3 Nights)

Wednesday Afternoon: Yeshua dies at the 9th hour (~3:00 PM) on the preparation day for the annual High Sabbath (Passover). He is placed in the tomb just before sunset, marking the beginning of the burial.

 

Wednesday Sunset to Saturday Sunset (72 Hours):

Night 1 / Day 1: Wednesday sunset to Thursday sunset (High Sabbath / First Day of Unleavened Bread)

Night 2 / Day 2: Thursday sunset to Friday sunset (Regular preparation day; women buy and prepare spices)

Night 3 / Day 3: Friday sunset to Saturday sunset (Weekly seventh-day Sabbath)

Saturday at Sunset: Yeshua rises from the dead at the exact close of the 72-hour period, fulfilling the Sign of Jonah (Matthew 12:40)—a complete span of three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

 

The Post-Resurrection Covenant Reality

Grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel: Through the shed blood and finished work of Yeshua, (believers from the nations are brought near and grafted into the commonwealth of Israel) and its covenants of promise (Ephesians 2:12–13, Romans 11:17).

 

March 7, AD 321 (Imperial Roman Civil Enforcement):

Constantine’s Edict: Roman Emperor Constantine enacted the first recorded civil Sunday legislation, compelling public cessation of labor:

 

"On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed."

c. AD 364 (Ecclesiastical Prohibition – Council of Laodicea):

Canon 29: The regional council formally banned Christians from observing the seventh-day Sabbath rest and enforced Sunday observance under penalty of excommunication:

 

Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, God will take away from that person any share in the Tree of Life and blot your name out.

 

The Disciples Kept the Sabbath 85 Times in the book of Acts

 

Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. 17( Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. 18 For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.…)

 

Churches Who Teach Us to Keep Sunday Admit It’s NOT the Sabbath of the Bible

What is the Sabbath and what should we do?

 

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.… Numbers 23:19-20

 

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Hebrews 8:10

 

The Lord of the Sabbath Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”…Matthew 12: 7

 

If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” 9 Moving on from there, Yeshua entered their synagogue,…Mark 2:27

 

​Proper Sabbath Keeping Audit

Answer YES or NO honestly to each:

 

Do you observe the Sabbath on the 7th day (Saturday), from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday?

Do you completely cease from all work, business, and labor on the Sabbath as commanded in Exodus 20:8-11?

 

Do you honor the Sabbath as a holy day set apart for Yahweh, not treating it like any other day?

 

Do you use the true names Yehovah and Yahshua when praying, studying, or worshiping on the Sabbath?

 

Have you rejected worship or religious activities on Sunday (the 1st day) as a man-made tradition?

 

Do you prepare in advance (food, work, etc.) so that no work is done on the Sabbath?

 

Do you gather with like-minded believers for study, prayer, and fellowship on the Sabbath?

 

Are you careful to avoid buying, selling, or engaging in commerce on the Sabbath?

 

Do you delight in the Sabbath and call it a blessing rather than a burden?

 

Have you repented of past Sabbath breaking and now strive to keep it according to Scripture?

 

Do you keep the Sabbath according to the original biblical pattern given to Israel, not modern church customs?

 

Are you teaching your household and others to properly observe Yahweh’s Sabbath?

 

Have you repented of past Sabbath breaking and now strive to keep it according to Scripture?

 

Do you keep the Sabbath according to the original biblical pattern given to Israel, not modern church customs?Are you teaching your household and others to properly observe Yahweh’s Sabbath?

 

Scoring

 

10–12 Yes: Strong evidence of properly keeping the Sabbath.

 

7–9 Yes: Mostly keeping it but with some areas of compromise.

 

4–6 Yes: Partial or inconsistent observance.

 

0–3 Yes: Not properly keeping the biblical Sabbath.

 

How "First Day of the Week" Entered the Text

The phrase "first day of the week" found in modern English Bibles is not a direct translation of the original text. It is a calculated linguistic substitution designed to align the Scriptures with a Roman calendar system rather than the Creator's calendar.

 

The Confrontation: "You base an entire doctrine of Sunday worship on a handful of resurrection verses, claiming the Master changed the day of rest. But you are basing your theology on a translation choices made centuries later. When you pull back the English cover and look at the original manuscripts, the phrase 'Sunday' or 'first day of the week' completely vanishes. Read Matthew 28:1 and John 20:1."

 

The Verse: * Matthew 28:1 (Literal Greek): "Ὀψὲ δὲ σαββάτων, τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων..." * King James Version (With added words): "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week..."

 

The Shock: "The literal text completely dismantles the traditional Sunday narrative:

 

The Original Greek: In every single resurrection account, the manuscripts do not contain the words for 'first day of the week.' The text explicitly reads mia tōn sabbatōn (μία τῶν σαββάτων), which literally translates to 'the first of the Sabbaths.' This is direct Hebrew covenant language referencing the countdown of the seven weekly Sabbaths leading up to Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15).

 

The Ancient Translations: The earliest historical translations kept this link intact. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (382 AD) rendered it literally as 'Una autem sabbati' ('The first of the Sabbath'). Wycliffe’s English Bible (1382) followed suit, translating it straight as 'one day of the sabotis' ('one day of the Sabbaths').

 

The 16th-Century Shift: The change occurred in the 1500s with William Tyndale and was later formalized by the King James Version in 1611. Translators swapped out 'Sabbath' for the idiom 'first day of the week' to match the Roman solar calendar. To force this interpretation, the KJV translators had to insert the words 'day of the' in italics, openly admitting those words do not exist in the Greek manuscripts.

 

The Bottom Line: The phrase 'first day of the week' is a later human modification. The original accounts do not inaugurate a new day of worship; they explicitly anchor the resurrection timeline directly to the Hebrew Sabbath calendar."

 

The Sign of the Sabbath Exodus 31:14

(Numbers 15:32–36)

 

12 And the LORD said to Moses, 13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. (Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. )

 

"Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honoring the Lord's Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ."  



 

1910 (Modern Doctrinal Exposition – The Convert’s Catechism):

Peter Geiermann’s Catechism: Formally affirmed the Church’s exercise of ecclesiastical authority in altering the day of worship:

 

Q: Which is the Sabbath day?

A: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Q: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?

A: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.

 

Present Official Doctrine (Catechism of the Catholic Church):

Paragraph 2175: Summarizes the official theological rationale—defining Sunday as a distinct observance that supersedes and spiritually fulfills the seventh day:

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. Luk3 4:16

So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. ACTS 1
The mark of God Is the Sabbath

777 is found on the Sabbath

Genesis 2:1-3 

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

 

  There are three elements to a legal seal.

The name, His Title, His territory 

Exodus 20:8-11 God seal/sign

8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it, you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord he made (creator) heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Ainuüksi tegudes mainitakse hingamispäeva 85 korda
37 piiblisalmi hingamispäeva kohta, Nt

Kas Uus Testament tühistab hingamispäeva?

Jeesus ütleb, et see puhkepäev on inimeste jaoks loodud (Mk 2:27). Jeesus nimetab end "hingamispäeva isandaks". See isand ei tühista hingamispäeva – miks peaks Jeesus tühistama midagi, mille üle Ta väidab end olevat valitseja? – aga selle asemel tugevdab Ta selle elujõudu.

Hingamispäev ja ülestõusmine

 

Terves piiblis pole kohta, kust leiate salme, mis muudaksid seitsmenda päeva hingamispäeva pühapäevaks. Miks see teid ei häiri, kui te jumalateenistust peate teistsugusel päeval kui päeval, mille Jumal pühitses, ja mida meeles pidada? See on neljas käsk.

 

Enamik kristlasi osutab roomlastele 14. peatükile kui tõendustekstile hingamispäeva muutmise kohta, kuid te ei leia raamatust sõna hingamispäev.

Ärge tehke viga, Jumal lubab teil Teda trotsida ja mitte kuuletuda. Ta võimaldab teil jälgida rahvahulka ja meeste traditsioone. Ta lubab sul pattu teha. Kuid Ta ütleb ka, et tulemas on arvete päev. Nagu külvad, nii lõikad!

Huvitav on märkida, et on ainult üks nädalapäev, millele Isa annab nime, hingamispäev, seitsmes päev. Kõik ülejäänud päevad on numbrid.

 

  • Hesekiel 22:26 Tema preestrid (teie pastorid) on rikkunud minu seadust ja rüvetanud mu pühasid asju; nad ei ole teinud vahet pühal ja roojal ega õpetanud vahet rüvedal ja puhtal; ja nad varjavad oma silmad Minu hingamispäevade eest ja ma olen nende seas teotatud. 27 Tema vürstid tema sees on nagu hundid, kes rebivad saaki, valades verd ja hävitades elusid, et saada ebaausat kasu. …

  • Hesekiel 20:12Samuti andsin ma neile oma hingamispäevad märgiks Minu ja nende vahel, et nad teaksid, et mina olen Jehoova, kes neid pühitseb. Kuidas saab kedagi pühitseda ilma hingamispäeva pidamata?

  • 2. Moosese 20:9 „Pidage meeles hingamispäeva, et seda pühitseda. Kuus päeva tööta ja tee kõik oma tööd, aga seitsmes päev on sinu Jumala Jehoova hingamispäev. Selles ei tohi sa tööd teha: ei sina, ei su poeg ega su tütar, ei su sulane, ei sulane, ei su kariloomad ega su võõras, kes on su väravate sees. Sest Jehoova lõi kuue päevaga taeva ja maa, mere ja kõik, mis neis on, ning puhkas seitsmendal päeval. Seepärast õnnistas Jehoova hingamispäeva ja pühitses selle” (2. Moosese 20:8–11).

 

  • 1 Peter 1:15 15 Aga nagu Püha, kes teid on kutsunud, olge ka ise pühad kõiges oma käitumises; sest on kirjutatud: "TE OLETE PÜHA, SEST MINA OLEN PÜHA." ● 3. Moosese 20:26 'Nii olge mulle pühad, sest mina, Jehoova, olen püha; ja ma olen teid eristanud rahvaste hulgast, et olla Minu oma. „Jehoova on täna kuulutanud sind oma rahvaks, (ISRAEL) väärtuslikuks omandiks, nagu Ta sulle lubas, ja et sa pead pidama kõiki tema käske; ja et Ta seab teid kiituse, kuulsuse ja au saamiseks kõrgemale kõigist rahvastest, kelle Ta on loonud; ja et sa oled pühitsetud rahvas Jehoovale, oma Jumalale, nagu ta on rääkinud." Jüngrid pidasid Apostlite tegude raamatus hingamispäeva 85 korda.

 

  • Apostlite teod 20:6-7 Aga me sõitsime Filipist pärast hapnemata leivapüha ja liitusime viis päeva hiljem teistega Troases, kus viibisime seitse päeva. Nädala esimesel päeval tulime kokku leiba murdma. Paulus rääkis inimestega ja kuna ta kavatses järgmisel päeval lahkuda, rääkis ta kuni südaööni. Salmis 7 öeldakse inglise keeles, et apostlid tulid kokku nädala esimesel päeval, andes seega paljudele mõista, et hingamispäev on nüüd nädala esimesel päeval.

 

Kuna seda salmi kasutatakse pühapäeva kui uue hingamispäeva kaitsmiseks, vaatame kreekakeelset salmi, kus 7. salm ütleb "nädala esimene päev". Kreeklane ütleb, et tegelikult... mia ton sabaton Kreeka sõna mia tähendab "üks", mitte "esimene" ... see on kreeka sõna "protos", mis tähendab "esimene", mida tekstis ei ole.

Me ei saa panna seda ütlema midagi, mida ta ei ütle... See tähendab tegelikult "üks hingamispäevadest". Mitmus. Mitte "Nädala esimene päev". Ainsus.". See on tohutu tõlkeviga, mida on aastate jooksul avalikult tõena aktsepteeritud.

Kaasaegne kirik tunnistab, et Yeshua ülestõusmispäev on pühapäev. Vaatame tõesti, mis päeval Yeshua ellu äratati.

 

  • Matteuse 20:40 Sest nagu Joona oli kolm päeva ja kolm ööd suure kala kõhus, nii on Inimese Poeg kolm päeva ja kolm ööd maa südames.

  • Johannese evangeelium 11:9 Jeshua vastas: „Kas pole mitte kaksteist tundi päevavalgust? Kui keegi kõnnib päeval, siis ta ei komista, sest ta näeb selle maailma valguses. 10 Aga kui keegi kõnnib öösel, siis ta komistab, sest tal pole valgust. … Siin on, mille üle mõtiskleda. Kuidas saada 3 päeva ja 3 ööd või 72 tundi suurest reedest pühapäevahommikuse ülestõusmiseni? Kui teete matemaatika, oleks ta esmaspäeval üles kasvatatud. Tänapäeva kiriku loogika muuta laupäevane hingamispäev pühapäevaks ei pea paika, sest ülestõusmisteenistused peaksid toimuma esmaspäeva pärastlõunal.

 

Jumal andis alles seitsmenda päeva

nimi, kõik ülejäänud päevad olid nummerdatud. Kui vaatate tähelepanelikult, näete, et nad räägivad söömisest ja usus nõrga inimese vastuvõtmisest, kuid mitte vaielda kahtlaste asjade üle. Seal on vähemalt 10 korda mainitud söömist. Kontekst on siin paastumine, salm ütleb neile, et pole vahet, millise päeva te paastuda valisite. Yeshua ütleb, et kui me paastume, mitte siis, kui paastute.

  • Roomlastele 14:5 Üks inimene hindab üht päeva teisest kõrgemalt; teine hindab iga päeva ühtemoodi. Igaüks olgu oma meelest täielikult veendunud.

  • Matteuse 6:16-18 "Ja kui te paastute, siis ärge näige sünged nagu silmakirjatsejad, sest nad moonutavad oma nägu, et teised näeksid nende paastumist. Tõesti, ma ütlen teile, nad on saanud oma tasu. Aga kui sa paastud, siis võia oma pead ja pese oma nägu, et sinu paastu ei näeks teised, vaid su Isa, kes on salajas. Ja teie Isa, kes näeb salajas, tasub teile."

  • Psalm 35:13-14 „Ma kandsin kotiriide; ma vaevasin ennast paastuga; Palvetasin pea rinnal kummardades. Ma käisin nii, nagu kurvastaksin oma sõpra või venda; kui see, kes nutab oma ema, kummardasin ma leinas.

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