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Well I'm new and I'm just going to jump in with both feet on this one!
I believe we can learn from nature to help us get clearer understanding about bible topics. In nature there is a very strong cycle of 'rest' build into the living world. All mammals have a sleep cycle and even the earth has the seasons of winter to summer which also are a type of rest. Then of course we have the bible account of God saying he worked and then rested on the 7th day. As well we also have the accounts of the 7th year sabbath and the 50th year for resting the land and all the people.
Yet Jesus also spoke of giving us rest which I'm sure the hebrew listeners would have connected to the sabbath.
Matthew 11:28 NAS
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 NAS
"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
Hebrews 4:9 NAS
So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
OK now the point I'm trying to make.....I agree we have a kind of rest now within our faith in Christ howeverI see the future at Christs return as the time a truly great Sabbath rest is to happen during the '1000's year'.
However I'm also seeing a strong connection between the mark of the beast 666 and this great rest to come.
Revelation 14:11 NAS
"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever ; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
hear me out just a little longer.....
Recall there was three main sabbath rests, the weekly, 7th year, and the 7th of the 7th year, three Sabbaths of 7 all in which the observer would find rest and yet the ones with the mark of 666 have NO REST, that surely has to mean something???
I believe there are deeper lessons to be learned and understood from the purpose of the Sabbath being added to the 10 laws.
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I believe we can learn from nature to help us get clearer understanding about bible topics. In nature there is a very strong cycle of 'rest' build into the living world. All mammals have a sleep cycle and even the earth has the seasons of winter to summer which also are a type of rest. Then of course we have the bible account of God saying he worked and then rested on the 7th day. As well we also have the accounts of the 7th year sabbath and the 50th year for resting the land and all the people.
Yet Jesus also spoke of giving us rest which I'm sure the hebrew listeners would have connected to the sabbath.
Matthew 11:28 NAS
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 NAS
"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
Hebrews 4:9 NAS
So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
OK now the point I'm trying to make.....I agree we have a kind of rest now within our faith in Christ howeverI see the future at Christs return as the time a truly great Sabbath rest is to happen during the '1000's year'.
However I'm also seeing a strong connection between the mark of the beast 666 and this great rest to come.
Revelation 14:11 NAS
"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever ; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
hear me out just a little longer.....
Recall there was three main sabbath rests, the weekly, 7th year, and the 7th of the 7th year, three Sabbaths of 7 all in which the observer would find rest and yet the ones with the mark of 666 have NO REST, that surely has to mean something???
I believe there are deeper lessons to be learned and understood from the purpose of the Sabbath being added to the 10 laws.
Digging
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