SABBATH THROUGH THE AGES SERIES – Part 1 Handout – September 18, 2010

YHWH’s Law of Blessing Light Symbolizes Truth •

Psalm 119:105 “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

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John 3:19-21 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”

Light Should Increase Continually •

Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”

Great Light is Promised at the End of Tikme •

“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.” Revelation 18:1

How Does Our Light Increase? •

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Receiving True Doctrine is Part of the Latter Rain? •

“My DOCTRINE shall drop as the rain, My SPEECH shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.” Deuteronomy 32:2

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Hosea 10:12 “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.”

YHWH’s Law is a Big Part of the Doctrinal Light for the End •

Malachi 4:4-6 “Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD...”

But Many Have a Sickness Called: Laodiceanism - Also Known as the No-More-Light-Needed Syndrome •

Revelation 3:17 “...Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”

Obedience to YHWH’s Law is Salvational in the Last Days •

Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery (breaking one of the ten commandments), fornication (breaking statutes), uncleanness (breaking statutes), lasciviousness (breaking statutes), idolatry (breaking one of the ten commandments), witchcraft (breaking statutes), hatred (breaking statutes), variance (breaking statutes), emulations (breaking statutes), wrath (breaking statutes), strife (breaking statutes), seditions (breaking statutes), heresies (breaking statutes), envying (breaking one of the ten commandments), murders (breaking one of the ten commandments), drunkenness (breaking statutes), revellings (breaking statutes), and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

What is the Law of YHWH? – According to Yahshua, it was more than the 10 Commandments of Ex. 20. •

Matthew 22:37-40 “Yahshua said unto Him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets’.”

What is the Law of YHWH? – According to David, it was more than the 10 Commandments of Ex. 20. •

Psalm 19:7-11 “The Law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes… More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.”

Defining the word “Law” from the original Hebrew word –

“Law of YHWH” is translated from the original Hebrew word Torah (to-raw), meaning:

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“A precept, or statute, especially the Decalogue, or Pentateuch: - Law” (Strong’s, #8451).

The Law of YHWH – according to this definition: the Torah is the First Five Books of the Bible

DEUTERONOMY

NUMBERS

LEVITICUS

EXODUS

GENESIS

TORAH (YHWH’S LAW OF BLESSING)

David Was Listing the Parts of the Law in Psalm 19! •

The LAW (TORAH) of the Lord is perfect – converting the soul –

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The COMMANDMENT of the Lord is pure – enlightening the eyes • Commandments here refer to the 10 Commandments, which are like the “chapter headings” of YHWH’s Law. The STATUTES of the Lord are right – rejoicing the heart • Statutes here refer to the 613 principles giving detail or the “fine print” under the “chapter headings” of the Ten Commandments. The TESTIMONY of the LORD is sure - making wise the simple • The testimony of Torah is the stories of those who obeyed YHWH or disobeyed Him. We gain wisdom through learning from their experiences. The JUDGMENTS of the LORD are true and righteous altogether • The judgments are the blessings or cursings which we receive for obedience or disobedience. Obedience indicates our love for God (Exodus 20:6, John 14:5).

Remembering the statutes is part of the Final Elijah Message • Malachi 4:4-6 “Remember ye the Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” The Torah (YHWH’s Law) is organized like a chain • Matthew 22:37-40 “Yahshua said unto Him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets’.” Yahshua didn’t give NEW Commandments here… He was quoting from STATUTES found in Torah: • •

First and Great Commandment: “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind” o Torah location: Deuteronomy 6:5 Second Commandment: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” o Torah location: Leviticus 19:18

YHWH’s Commandment Chain (Commandments are in blue – Statutes are in Green The First and Great Commandment – “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind” No other gods No graven images – God’s Name is Holy – Remember the Sabbath (elohims) – Exodus 20:3 Exodus 20:4-6 Exodus 20:7 – Exodus 20:8-11 Destroy idolatry – Deut. No blasphemy – Lev. Keep the 7th Day Be holy – Leviticus 19:2 16:21-22 24:15-16 Sabbath – Lev. 23:3 Give YHWH only your Be zealous for holiness- Don’t claim God’s Name Keep the Annual best – Deut. 17:1 Exodus 23:24 lightly – Deut 13:1-3 Sabbaths – Lev. 23:4-44

Yahshua said plainly that He had not come to end the Law! •

Matthew 5:17-18 “Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the prophets… For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.”

What does the word “Law” mean in this New Testament Verse? • •

“Law,” is the Greek word Nomos. Nomos, according to Strong’s Concordance (#3551), means: “Law, regulation, specifications of Moses, also of the Gospel, a principle.”

Point to Consider: If something is nailed to the Cross, it means it is done away with – ended. Was the Sabbath Ended at the Cross? If it was, it cannot have any post-Calvary applications, and we certainly shouldn’t see any purpose for it in the future… Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Seventh-day Sabbath •

Leviticus 23:1-3 “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.” – – –

The Seventh-day Sabbath is a Feast of YHWH! (Leviticus 23:1-3) The Seventh-day Sabbath is the first of several feasts of YHWH! The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will the Seventh-day Sabbath be Kept in the Future? YES! • Isaiah 66:22-23 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the LORD.” Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Passover •

Leviticus 23:4-5 “These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's Passover.” – – –

The 14th day of the first month (Aviv) is Passover – which is also a Feast of the YHWH! (Leviticus 23:4-5) Passover is a feast of YHWH. The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will the Passover be Kept in the Future? YES! • Luke 22:15-16 “And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Unleavened Bread •

Leviticus 23:6-8 “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.” – – – –

The 15th day of the first month (Aviv) is the first day of Unleavened Bread – which is also a Feast of the Lord! (Leviticus 23:6-8) Unleavened Bread is kept for 7 days. There is no servile work to be done on the first or seventh day of Unleavened Bread. The command to keep these days was given by YHWH Himself.

Will the Unleavened Bread Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! • Revelation 14:9-10 “…If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God… And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone...” •

Exodus 13:6-9 “Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters... And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's Law may be in thy mouth…”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: First Fruits •

Leviticus 23:9-11 “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the First Fruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.” – – –

During the week of Unleavened Bread (on the day after the Sabbath) was the day of First Fruits First Fruits, or Wave Sheaf, is a Feast of YHWH! The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will First Fruits Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! •

Revelation 14:1-4 “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads… These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Pentecost •

Leviticus 23:15-16 “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.” –

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The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) is calculated by counting 7 Sabbaths from Wave Sheaf. On the 50th day after Wave Sheaf, the morrow after the seventh Sabbath, is Pentecost (the Feast of Weeks). (Lev. 23:15-16). The Feast of Weeks is a feast of the Lord. The Feast of Weeks is a day of rest in which no servile work is to be done (Lev. 23:21) The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will Pentecost Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! •

Hosea 6:1-3 “Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight… and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Feast of Trumpets •

Leviticus 23:23-25 “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.” – – – – –

The Feast of Trumpets is kept on the new moon (first day) of the seventh month. (Lev. 23:23-25). This day is a Sabbath. The Feast of Trumpets is a feast of the Lord. The Feast of Trumpets is a day of rest in which no servile work is to be done. The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will Trumpets Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! •

Revelation 8:13 “And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Day of Atonement •

Leviticus 23:27-32 “Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD... Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a Sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls...”

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The Day of Atonement is kept on the 10th day of the seventh month. (Lev. 23:27-32). This day is a Sabbath. The Day of Atonement is a feast of the Lord. This is a day of rest in which no servile work is to be done. It is a day to afflict one’s soul. The command to keep this day was given by YHWH Himself.

Will Day of Atonement Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! •

Daniel 9:24 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”

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Hebrews 8:10-12 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”

Torah light on YAH’s appointed times: Feast of Tabernacles •

Leviticus 23:39-41 “Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a Sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.” – – – – –

The Feast of Tabernacles is kept on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. (Lev. 23:3941). This 8-day feast begins and ends with a Sabbath. The Feast of Tabernacles is a feast of the Lord. The Feast of Tabernacles begins and ends with a day of rest in which no servile work is to be done. The command to keep these days was given by YHWH Himself.

Will Tabernacles Have any Future Application or Fulfillment? YES! •

Revelation 21:3-4 “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

The Law is part of the Final Sealing •

Isaiah 8:16, 20 “Bind up the testimony, seal the Law among My disciples. To the Law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”

What was nailed to the Cross? •

When people say the Ten Commandments were Nailed to the Cross - What Is Really Being Nailed (done away with)?

KEEP (These are Still Valid for Good “Christian” Virtue) Love God first and best Honor your parents No adultery Don’t kill or lie Don’t steal or covet •

DISCARD (No longer Valid for Good “Christian” Virtue) Keep the Seventh-day Sabbath

When people say the Statutes were Nailed to the Cross - What Is Really Being Nailed?

KEEP (These are Still Valid for Good “Christian” Virtue) Health Laws Laws regarding morality Respect for authority Help for the poor Be honest / honorable

DISCARD (No longer Valid for Good “Christian” Virtue) Keep the Annual Sabbaths

So What Is the Handwriting of Ordinances Which Was Nailed to the Cross in Colossians 2:14? •

What handwriting is there relating to the Law? – The Bible refers to two things which have to do with the Ordinances (Law) and are written 1. the writings of Moses (Torah) – But, Christ Himself said He had not come to do away with the Law of Moses - Matt 5:1718 2. the written record of our breaking of the Law – Sin is the breaking of the Law – 1 John 3:4

If Yahshua did away with the Torah, He would have been lying to us in Matthew 5:17-18… We know Yahshua didn’t lie – so His life/death did NOT do away with even the smallest part of the Torah.

When we Study Colossians 2:14 more deeply, it becomes abundantly clear that the only handwriting (regarding Torah) that was against us (as Torah is for our blessing) is the written record of how we have broken the Torah – our SINS… Consider the following translations: “He wiped out the bill of charges against us, because of the regulations it stood as a testimony against us; but He removed it by nailing it to the execution stake.”Colossians 2:14 Jewish New Testament “...Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ's cross...” Colossians 2:14 The Message Bible “He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” Colossians 2:14 New Living Translation “God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.” Colossians 2:14 Contemporary English Version WHAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS? NOT THE LAW – IT WAS OUR SINS! IN THE LAST DAYS, GOD’S PEOPLE WILL BE REMEMBERING THE TORAH – AND CALLING THE WORLD TO REMEMBER IT. IF THE TORAH (LAW OF MOSES) IS FOR THE END OF TIME, IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN NAILED TO THE CROSS. •

Malachi 4:4-6 “Remember ye the Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD...”