Post by John on Apr 1, 2009 18:11:03 GMT -5
Apart from 'eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth,' the Sabbath is another subject theologians wonder about; Yeshua seemed to break it multiple times. On top of that, the controversy on whether or not it is permitted to heal on the Sabbath has not been settled between Jews, and 'New Testement' religions.
Many Jews say healing is not permitted on the Sabbath, though even the Talmud says otherwise. Christians formulated the anti-nomos theory (the proposition that Yeshua came and abolished the law, a direct contradiction of Mt 5:17-18). Islam does not worry about this.
[You will pick up that i often cp. the three major world religions on controversial matters, and in large discourses.]
Here are my thoughts on the matter:
Yeshua taught that on the sabbath, you should give freedom. This freedom is the rest spoken of in Torah. The sabbath is about freeing others, which gives rest. There are a few sabbaths: jubillee, the sabbatical year, and the sabbatical week. The year of Jubilee is a year of freedom. People are freed from slavery, and debts are forgotten. On the sabbatical year a similar thing happens.
It may also be interesting to note that Yeshua said 'i preach the acceptable year of the Lord (4:17-20).' Theologians believe that This is a reference to the year of Jubilee.
All of the sabbaths are symbols of freedom. When the weekly sabbath was perverted to be legalistic, Yeshua came down and straightened it out.
Note also: Yeshua was crucified on a year of Jubilee.
Yeshua is our freedom. He came to free the 'captivity captive.(eph 4:8-10)' Where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom.
Barukh Yeshua,
John
Many Jews say healing is not permitted on the Sabbath, though even the Talmud says otherwise. Christians formulated the anti-nomos theory (the proposition that Yeshua came and abolished the law, a direct contradiction of Mt 5:17-18). Islam does not worry about this.
[You will pick up that i often cp. the three major world religions on controversial matters, and in large discourses.]
Here are my thoughts on the matter:
Yeshua taught that on the sabbath, you should give freedom. This freedom is the rest spoken of in Torah. The sabbath is about freeing others, which gives rest. There are a few sabbaths: jubillee, the sabbatical year, and the sabbatical week. The year of Jubilee is a year of freedom. People are freed from slavery, and debts are forgotten. On the sabbatical year a similar thing happens.
It may also be interesting to note that Yeshua said 'i preach the acceptable year of the Lord (4:17-20).' Theologians believe that This is a reference to the year of Jubilee.
All of the sabbaths are symbols of freedom. When the weekly sabbath was perverted to be legalistic, Yeshua came down and straightened it out.
Note also: Yeshua was crucified on a year of Jubilee.
Yeshua is our freedom. He came to free the 'captivity captive.(eph 4:8-10)' Where the spirit of the lord is, there is freedom.
Barukh Yeshua,
John