Sabbath Sanctity: Jesus =
Yahweh the Lawgiver, talking to Marthas in the Kitchen
Koot van Wyk and SookYoung Kim 9th
of July 2016
Pulpit
verse: Maleachi 3:16-18 and Maleachi 4:4-5
3:16 그 때 에 여 호 와 를 경 외 하 는 자 들 이 피 차 에 말 하 매 여 호 와 께 서 그 것 을 분 명 히 들 으 시 고 여
호 와 를 경 외 하 는 자 와 그 이 름 을 존 중 히 생 각 하 는 자 를 위 하 여 여 호 와 앞 에 있 는 기 념 책 에 기 록 하 셨
느 니 라
3:17 만 군 의 여 호 와 가 이 르 노 라 내 가 나 의 정 한 날 에 그 들 로 나 의 특 별 한 소 유 를 삼 을 것 이
요 또 사 람 이 자 기 를 섬 기 는 아 들 을 아 낌 같 이 내 가 그 들 을 아 끼 리 니
3:18 그 때 에 너 희 가 돌 아 와 서 의 인 과 악 인 이 며 하 나 님 을 섬 기 는 자 와 섬 기 지 아 니 하 는 자
를 분 별 하 리 라
4:4 너 희 는 내 가 호 렙 에 서 온 이 스 라 엘 을 위 하 여 내 종 모 세 에 게 명 한 법 곧 율 례 와 법 도 를 기 억
하 라
4:5 보 라 ! 여 호 와 의 크 고 두 려 운 날 이 이 르 기 전 에 내 가 선 지
엘 리 야 를 너 희 에 게 보 내 리 니
16 Then those who
feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened
and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence
concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.
17 “On the day when
I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured
possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and
spares his son who serves him.
18 And you will
again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between
those who serve God and those who do not.
4 “Remember the law of
my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “See, I will send
the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6 He will turn the hearts
of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their
parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
The following verse is God’s special “Point-Card” or “Bonus-Card”. A lot of promises is attached to the keeping of the Sabbath the way God wants us to keep it.
Now Jesus stands next to Martha in the Kitchen while she is standing with a pan in the hand and He said to her the following:
Sabbath cannot
be chosen by us or any saint or any pope or any church or any religion. It is
chosen by God and if we want to keep it, we need to ask God how and when He
wants us to keep it. Keeping it His way and not ours, it is a sign between God
and us not between us and God.
Some highlights of Ellen
White on Sabbath Sanctity. No cooking should be done on that day.
Some Note:
We know that the 1260 years
started in 538 and ended in 1798. We also know that it was the period of the
Antichrist abomination and persecution of the saints. Exactly in 538, Justinian
the emperor was reigning. A lawyer that loved making and breaking his own laws
and changing them, a man that controlled “times” since he wanted his reign year
(year XII or year 12 = 538) to be placed on coins. He allowed the Council of
Orleans in 538 in Burgundy to conclude just the opposite of what Ellen White is
saying here:
From the Diary of Hiram
Edson (1847) page 26 the following is taken:
“In the sixth century efforts were made to
prevent this labor. The following promulgation of a synod held by command King
Junthran, of Burgundy, will show the condition of things, and the means used to
improve them: “We see the Christian people, in an unadvised manner, deliver to
contempt the Dominical day, and, as in other days, indulge in continual labor.
Therefore they determined to teach the people subject to them, to keep the
dominical day, which, if not observed by the lawyer, he should irreparably lose
his cause, but if a countryman or servant did not keep it, he should be beaten
with heavier blows of eudgels. The council of Orleans, held 538, prohibited the
country labor on Sunday, which Constantine, by his laws, permitted. This
council also declared, “that to hold it unlawful to travel with horses, cattle
and carriages, to prepare food, or to do anything necessary to the cleanliness
and decency of houses or persons, savors more of Judaism than Christianity. In
another council held at Narbonne, in France, in the seventh century, they also
forbid this country work.” (Edson 26). Find
the original in the James White Library Archives online at Adventist Studies. It is a PDF file. Beautiful and clear).
The following verse is like
a sandwich with toast, jam and toast. The first toast is that people should eat
on Sabbath. The second toast is the fact that it is on a Sabbath day. The jam
is special. If a quest or someone comes who did not prepare a meal “whom
nothing is prepared”, then ask your neigbors or other Adventist friends to
bring or give you food to give the person since you did not prepare for this
person. The old idea that God will understand because nothing is available is a
serious oversight of this verse’ implications.
Ellen White points out in
the next quotation that food may be warmed on Sabbath but not prepared. Ellen White said that God’s
restrictions are not meant to be disregarded. He means that Friday should be
used to prepare food for Sabbath. Ellen White do not suggest
that we do the dishes on Sabbath. Jesus counseled his
disciples that long after He will be gone, the should still keep the Sabbath
and also keep its sanctity the way He embedded it in the commandments. The Sabbath is “My Sabbath”
and does not belong to us. Sunday is our day and does not belong to the Lord.
Ascribing a day to the Lord comes from the earth to heaven, like Sunday-observance.
Sabbath comes from heaven to the earth. That is why Saturday Sabbath is His
sign not ours. Dear
Lord Thank
you for Your clear instructions. We also want to be listed in Your book of
Remembrance. We also want to be counted among those saved to experience eternal
glory. We commit ourselves and venture to keep Your day to Your honor and not
ours. Amen