When asked if I keep the 'old Jewish' Sabbath, I say no. I guard the Word.
BE ON GUARD! No, I don’t keep the ‘Jewish’ Sabbath, nor did Messiah. By the time Messiah came on the scene, much of His time was spent RESTORING Sabbath to it’s proper perspective and standing. Having a snack of corn, healing, doing good on Sabbath became off-limits; it was breaking man-made laws - but NEVER breaking Torah. Not knowing the difference, some ‘believers’ actually think Messiah broke Sabbath and sinned, never considering that had He broken Torah once, he’s disqualified and not Messiah -
“JESUS INTENTIONALLY BREAKS THE SABBATH-He deliberately broke the observation of the sabbath day in order to satisfy those who were hungry”- “Watchman” Lee
“In this incident (healing on Sabbath) Jesus openly broke the law.” - Barklay’s
Or just try to say, it just doesn’t mean what it clearly says -
“By ‘man’, is not meant all mankind; for the sabbath was never appointed for all mankind, nor binding upon all; only the Jews” (Mark 2:27) - Gill’s (he agrees with Talmud)
No wonder it’s such a confused mess.
Anyway, back to why I don’t keep the “Jewish” Sabbath - the same reasons Messiah didn’t. Added nonsense YHUH warned about; adding or taking away (Dt. 4:2). About the only thing we have in common is the 7th day as the 4th. commanded. This is some of the modern day oddities, just plain silly stuff -
“Don’t pet, hold, or stroke an animal on Shabbat.”
“No swatting a fly or mosquito.”
“No combing of hair on the Sabbath, since this normally also pulls out hairs. Using a soft brush, however, is permitted.”
“Forbidden to cut or tear paper in any way. To take a very mundane example, one may not tear toilet paper on the Sabbath.”
“Forbidden to smell a growing flower. Forbidden also, the opening of an umbrella.”
“One may not seal an envelope nor attach a postage stamp on the Sabbath. Fastening something with a safety pin, however, is permitted, since this is only a temporary fastening.”
“No use of musical instruments on the Sabbath.”
“When an electric light is turned on, its filament is heated white hot, producing light. This is therefore forbidden on the Sabbath.”
“If one is eating berries, he may not pick out the bad ones before eating the good ones. One may, however, eat the good ones and leave the bad. No picking bones out of fish to eat.”
“Forbids all carrying in the street. A key or a handkerchief must be left at home. Certainly pocketbooks, purses, wallets and key-chains may not be carried.” ETC...
Mar 7:7-8 And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ “Forsaking the command of Elohim, you hold fast the tradition of men.”
No, I’m not ‘beating up on Judah’. That’s just the way it is. How do they feel about US regarding His sanctified day? It turns from abject silliness to threat. From Maimonides -
"those who take upon them the seven commandments of Noah only, lo! they are as a proselyte of the gate, and they are free to do work on the sabbath day for themselves, openly, as an Israelite on a common day.'' “they were not obliged to keep the sabbath, but that it was not lawful for them to observe it; and that it was even PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH them to regard it”
Ah, the good ol’ 7 Noahide laws they dreamed up just for you - but don’t mess with Sabbath - death threat attached! #4 of the 7 says: “Do not eat a limb of a living animal” (duh!), but within that ‘command’ we are allowed the ‘nutritious beverage’ of drinking blood drawn from a living animal -
“Although a non-Jew may not eat the flesh of a living animal, he may eat blood drawn from a living animal (Rambam, Hilchos Melachim 9:10; cf. Sanhedrin 56b and 59a, and Rashi, Bereishis 9:3). Some African tribesmen extract blood from their livestock, mix it with milk, and drink it for a nutritious beverage. Although we may consider this practice very offensive, it does not in any way violate the mitzvos for a non-Jew.” - SICK!
Any wonder why Messiah was so peeved at them? This is as true now as it ever was -
Mat 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.
On one of their sites I read “The Talmud has been a favorite target of antisemites for at least a millennium.” Immediately one is deemed ‘antisemitic’ for pointing out the extreme wickedness contained in Talmud; a target they have placed upon themselves. Don’t believe me, research for yourselves what Talmud has to say about Gentiles. And they regard THEIR words above THE Word.
To be fair, the other side of the coin has presented a ‘messiah’ figure who came to abolish THE Word. One who kills the words on a cross, opening the door for an ‘anything goes’ type of false repentance, eating abomination, swapping out the very moedim YHUH has established for us with all kinds of pagan activities. “Just believe” they say, unless it come to believing The True Messiah when He calls heaven and earth to testify. Ditches on both sides of the narrow path; the path few find. The guard has been dropped from His commands -
What a mess has been made of “DO NOT ADD to the Word which I command you, and DO NOT TAKE AWAY from it, SO AS TO GUARD THE COMMANDS of יהוה your Elohim which I am commanding you.” Deu 4:2
>Did you get that?< He calls not adding nor taking away GUARDING THE COMMANDS.
It’s LIFE -
“But if you wish to enter into LIFE, GUARD the commands.” Mat 19:17
It calls for ENDURANCE -
“Here is the ENDURANCE of the set-apart ones, here are those GUARDING the commands of Elohim and the belief of יהושע.” Rev 14:12
You will CONTEND with those who oppose -
“They that forsake the Torah praise the wicked: but such as GUARD the Torah CONTEND with them.” Pro 28:4
It will be a FIGHT with the adversary -
“And the dragon was ENRAGED with the woman, and he went to FIGHT with the remnant of her seed, THOSE GUARDING the commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah.” Rev 12:17
“The Torah of Yahuah is perfect...” Psa 19:7 When YHUH deems something PERFECT, only a misguided individual would want to alter His recipe. It cannot be improved! We definitely want to be on the right side of this one. Have a blessed, restful Shabbat Shalom, as originally intended. And don’t let your guard down.
"The one who says he stays in Him is indebted to walk, even as He walked." 1Jn 2:6
Without Torah, His walk is impossible - it's Rome's walk without Torah.