The Seventh Day Sabbath

Part One

 

Exodus 20:8-10 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy; six days you shall labor and do all your work; and the seventh day is a sabbath to Yahweh...

 

Shabbat Mannah

Part One

 

 

Shabbat Shalom, we do apologize. We had a dead battery, somebody left the switch on last week. So here we are, Seekers of Yahweh Ministries, Shabbat Shalom.

Today, we're going to be veering from the Torah portions and next week as well. We have a very serious topic that needs addressed. Not long ago, I was talking to Elder McKinney out there in West Virginia, and just as in any group, there's a lot of questions when it comes to the Shabbat.

There's a lot of things that have been added. There's new ways to keep the Shabbat, people think. But my whole view about this situation is this, it's a coveted issue.

It's serious. So to the best of our ability, we need to uncover what the Scriptures actually do say about the Shabbat. And I mean Hebrew Scriptures, not your English Bible.

So that's what we're going to be doing for the next two weeks. We're going to embark in this two-part series entitled Shabbat Mana, Sabbath Mana. Shabbat Mana.

So if you have anybody in your groups, or that's just coming to the knowledge of the Sabbath, this is one that you want to share with them. It's going to be very informative. It's going to be very thorough.

And it's going to be keyed to rejuvenate and put the joy back in Sabbath keeping. halleluYah. A lot of people don't, I mean, when you just read your English Bible, most people have a good argument when they ask you questions like, well, what is the Sabbath supposed to look like? What's my day supposed to look like on Shabbat? Other than we know to keep it.

We know we're supposed to holler it and all of these things. No buying, no selling, but how is my day on a Sabbath supposed to look? There's a lot of questions that need to be answered. And that's what we're going to embark on.

We're going to use the Hebrew text. We're going to get into a lot of that today. We're going to be getting into the Hebrew text.

And I know that there's many of you out there that have a hard time seeing some of the stuff on the screen. We'll have Chris zoom in as far as he can on the program that we use. And I might suggest that you get the program as well.

If you don't have this program, I know Elder McKinney has it. He can share it with you. And I have it and some other people in this group have it as well.

But that way you could follow along with me in a split screen. Okay, when we're looking at that. But you're going to hear me speaking all of the words off of the screen.

It's going to be very thorough, very tuned in. It's going to set things in order. Okay, we're going to go through the reasons why your English Bible doesn't seem to instruct you very well on how your Sabbath day is supposed to look.

Oh, it's there, Yohanan. It's there. It's in the Hebrew.

halleluYah. Baruch atah, Yahweh Eloheinu, Malachi Olam, blessed be Yahweh, King of the universe. halleluYah.

Who has sanctified us by his commands, redeemed us by the blood of the Son, Yahshua, and given us command to hear and respond to the call of the shofar. halleluYah. Sound, call, all comes from the same Hebrew word.

Just depends how, that's what we're dealing with. We're dealing with translators that when it came to, let's fast forward from the first century. When the English Bible started being compiled.

Let's start there. Do you reckon, do you reckon, do you suppose, or can you perceive, it's all the same Hebrew word, but do you think that a bunch of English speaking lads of the European nations in 1611 knew the lifestyle of the first century and prior to that Hebrew people? I mean, they had some ideas by reading books and maybe some Jewish people. That's where we're going to be focusing.

Jewish people in their communities. So whenever they came to, for an example, whenever they came to this thing in the book of Mark, where it talked about this feast, now we see of dedication. Dedicate, dedication.

Where do you think that they went? In order to get their information about these types of things. The Jewish people that they had communication with in that time period. And then they translated the Holy Bible with information that they got from Jews.

If they were doing their research, that's where they got their research from. The majority of it in those days is from Christian literature that kept track of Jewish events, and a lot of times it was not very accurate, and from the Jewish customary beliefs in that day and age in the 1600s and a little bit before that around 1400s. And then on into now we're dealing with how many English versions of the Bible? Oh, about 150.

Okay, so this is what we're dealing with, and that's where we're going to start our study. Let's go ahead and get prayed in, and we're going to get right to it. We have a lot of research to do today.

We have a lot of scriptures to do today, to read today. And again, before we get prayed in, I want to make a statement about this book. It's been asked of me several times, and recently, and Elder McKinney I know has had these.

What does the Sabbath, what is my Sabbath day supposed to look like? I'm going to give you, or begin to give you those answers today under the direction of Yahweh's language, the history that Yahweh has revealed to me of his people, the devolution of all of that, and how it was compiled for you into this. As we're going to learn, if you don't want any Jewish or pharisaical teaching in your life, throw it away. Get rid of it.

The whole New Testament, the majority of the New Testament was written by a Pharisee. Who was steeped in customary practices. But Yahweh chose him to bring Ephesus, Corinth, Thessalonia, Iconia.

We could go on and on and on and on. All of the assemblies out there in those nations that he wrote letters to, he established. Yahweh used him to establish those, which tells me that his way of worship must have been acceptable in the eyes of Yahweh.

And the things that Yahweh had revealed to him about the Pharisees that was contrary to the Torah, he no longer taught. Okay? And every now and then you will say, this is not, you see him say something like, this is not a command of the master, but I think I've been filled with the spirit of Yah. And he would begin to instruct.

You see, he was the instructor of all of those assemblies. And Yahweh chose him to be the apostle to not only set up that assembly, but to lead it with doctrine, teaching, and belief. So if you don't want any pharisaical or customary practices coming into your life and your worship with Yahweh, do away with the whole New Testament because it is compiled in such a manner.

And it's only gotten worse with every new English translation. It hasn't gotten better. You know what we're going to do today? We're going to honor Yahweh's wishes.

In his word, he honored that apostle. And we're going to honor that apostle today. And we're going to see what type of man Yahweh needed, or what still needs, the type of men that he needs to carry on the customary practices of Yisrael.

Do you suppose, before we pray in, do you suppose that Abraham kept the Shabbat? Does it ever say he did? Does it ever say in the scriptures that Abraham kept the Shabbat? Chris, do you understand what I'm saying? It does not. But he is the father of our belief. And in our belief, the Shabbat is a command.

And it says specifically in Yahweh's conversation with Isaac that Abraham, the reason why he was getting the covenant promises passed down to him is because his father kept the laws, the judgments, the precepts, and the Torah. That proves it. Why? Because in Genesis chapter 2, verses 1 through 3, Yahweh sanctified it, set it apart.

He hollowed it. Everything in creation rested that day as Yahweh sat on his throne in the Shemayim. It was the first Sabbath day.

I'm going to prove that today. It was not a day of rest. That's where we get twisted.

I just want to lay that foundation. We're going to go on. And we're going to point out some errors in the Masoretic script.

You have Genesis 2 saying Yahweh rested. And then you have in the book of Exodus, it says that Yahweh rested, but it uses a different word. Why? Which one is more accurate? You have to further investigate the scriptures in order to find out.

The word that they use in Exodus chapter 20 is a misprint. It's got to be. And I'll show you why.

Or it's a word that could mean rest that was chosen to use over the one in creation. Okay. Father, we worship you today on your Shabbat.

We thank you for this set apart gathering. We thank you for this place that bears your name. We pray over everybody who's watching this.

We pray that you would just show us these things, that you would reveal to us the truths concerning not only your Shabbat, but all of your mitzvot. That you would just lead and guide us. Forget about our own common sense.

Forget about the way we perceive things out of our English Bible. Show us your ways. Show us your ways.

Help us to prove that this thing that you have given us to live by is true in its core. In its core, Father, is your being. Who you are, what you want, your will, and your desire is there.

Help us to search it out. We worship you. And only you.

For you are the only Elohim, the only Redeemer, the only King, the only Savior. halleluYah. In the mighty name of your redemption, Yahshua, we pray.

halleluYah. Everybody get your pencils. You got yours? All right.

If you have a question or a comment at the end of part one, I want you guys to speak up. Everybody in this assembly. So, you can get turned to the book of Acts and 1 Corinthians.

That's where we're going to lay the foundation. And what you'll notice in me laying this foundation, gathering and Sabbath is everywhere in the format. That's what we're doing.

We're formatting. But what we have to do is first come to grip with, there is not a section in, one section in the scriptures that just says, on the Sabbath, this, this, this, this, this. And do you have to come? Or do you have to come? Or do you not have to come? What is rest? What is remembering? Remember the Shabbat.

So, I mean, obviously, some people will go, all I need to do is bring it to remembrance and rest on that day. And I fulfilled the commandments. Right? But think about it.

Well, yeah. I would submit to you that the view that you see out of your English Bible is only part of the equation. It takes the complete understanding of scripture from the beginning to the end to actually see Yahweh's will for what your Sabbath should look like.

So you no longer have to say Shabbat mannah. Shabbat mannah. What is it? Do you think for one moment that Yahweh wanted us to be so uneducated in one of the most important covenant things in his promises to us? It is a mark.

Just as the name is a mark. It's a sign. It's a seal.

No, it's there. But we have to look to Yahweh's people and their lives throughout millennia of time. It's not that easy to just go.

That verse tells me everything I need to know. It's not going to happen. It's not there.

That's why he wants us to study this book. That's why he wants us to study his language. That's why he brought the revelation of the Hebrew text to his people once again.

So that we could first restore his name. And then we could begin to restore the mitzvot. Are we or are we not willing to keep shemar, guard the commandments? Is that not part of the covenant mishpokah? Then we must understand where the majority of our information concerning the Sabbath is going to come from.

What is its source outside of the language and the scriptures themselves? It's embedded in his people. It's embedded in the people of the first century and the seventh day of creation, Adam. It's there.

It has been ordained since the very word of Yah came forth and created life. And what we're going to show today is that Adam and every creature on the planet kept the first Shabbat with Yahweh and all of the heavenly hosts. Everything was in line.

They were resting in the Shemayim. What do I mean by that? You see Yahweh had kicked Hasatan out you go. And all of those messengers, a third of them that went, hey, yeah, right.

That's not right. Out you go. So Yahweh had cleansed and sanctified the Shemayim at this point.

We're going to prove by scripture that there was a celebration of such. Even as they wandered around in the desert, don't believe all this stuff you're hearing from Christian pastors out there and theologians is garbage. They were very well aware of days and times and festivals, Passover and everything else while they were in the wilderness.

Okay, we're going to prove that. So Yahweh sanctifies the Shemayim. He kept the Shabbat on the seventh day.

We're going to see. It's not that he rested because he was tired of creating. No, he rested from creating.

That was his work. That's what Yahweh does. He creates, he gives life.

It's not tiresome or burdensome. Let me say this. If the Sabbath is a burden to you, don't come here.

Okay, sisters, brethren alike. If you're needing bread on the Sabbath, don't bring it into this assembly. The sisters hear me, right? Don't you bring that burden.

You do not need your bread on Shabbat and bring it into this place. Don't do it and don't present it to anybody in this place. Don't do that on the Shabbat.

Don't bring it here if you choose to. You cannot bear a burden into the house of Yahweh on Shabbat. If the Shabbat is a burden to you, don't bring the burden here.

The Shabbat is a joy. And the gathering is set apart and sanctified and should put light in our lives. We're going to get to the bottom of this.

The instruction and the lives of Yahweh's people. Shabbat mannah. And we're going to lay a beautiful foundation for part two.

Okay, that's what we're going to do today. So we're going to be focusing on 1 Corinthians 11. And I want to set the foundation of the most used apostle that wrote the majority of the letters that we read in the Brit Hadashah.

You know, many claim that this guy was a hypocrite and a false prophet. And I submit to you, if that's the route you've taken, you're going to go the same way of Cain. Right? That's a dangerous position to take.

The majority of people that renounce Paul's writings renounce the Messiah before it's all over with. We're going to see today that Yahweh chose him for a reason. You see, Paul or Shaul's purpose for the Corinthian epistle, both of them, was in response to things going on in the assembly there.

Many times you'll see him say things like, well, you know, you asked me about this, you know, well, here's your, you know, and according to this, then this is the way I think this should be. So there was problems in Corinth. There was problems in Rome.

There was problems in Kalaos. There was problems everywhere. People lacked the understanding Shabbat Manah.

What is this supposed to look like? You know, normally Yahweh will put somebody in a position of leadership for a reason. If that person is being a good example of Mashiach and following in the footsteps of Mashiach and he is teaching men to do so. Follow me as I follow him because they're good leaders.

They're a good example. The men of Yahweh are supposed to be under constant scrutiny by themselves so that you, the people who are led, don't have to scrutinize us. We have to constantly be examining ourselves.

Yeah, people may not like me, but if they walk in my footsteps, like my boys are figuring out, it's easier to walk in the snow when it's a foot deep. If I try to put my foot where my dad just raised his up from, my boots don't get full of snow. My feet don't freeze.

And I don't stand out there in the middle of the field in the back in a foot of snow saying, Daddy! Yeah, it's easier to follow the trail that dad is cutting so that your walk is easier. Albeit it was sand with Yahshua, some rocks. Nevertheless, follow him.

So there were problems in Corinth and we must keep in mind that Yahweh used Shaul to set up the assembly there in Corinth and therefore had entrusted Shaul with leading and teaching those who were part of that assembly, whether they were elders or attendees. Do you understand? The apostle, the doctrine of the apostle is what formulated and founded each and every assembly. And then by that apostle and the laying on of hands came the authority of who would help him run that assembly in order.

And without that type of guidance, without those types of examples, guess what happens? Things are out of order and Yahweh doesn't like it when things are out of order. So what do you do? You find somebody whose walk is in order, whether you like him or not, it doesn't matter. If his halakh, his halakha, brother, right? His halakha, if his halakha is right in the eyes of Yah, then it's going to create order in the people in which he entrusts to be a part of the assembly.

Yeah, the apostle, the leaders, the elders have the right to say you can or cannot worship here. Yeah, tell that to your home group leaders. The order of Yahweh's headship is not in the majority of the groups where you go.

And it will always, as long as I have breath, be in this assembly. It will be there. Order in the court.

We're not going to adjourn until everybody understands completely what Yahweh's desire is today. No, court is not adjourned. If you think that you're not caught up in a huge legal system, you have lost your minds.

You know, Yahweh is one of the biggest legalists ever. Yeah, the majority of the book that you have is all of his laws and ordinances and precepts and do's and don'ts, and this will give you life, and that will give you death. Yeah, there is no other direction for order.

When there's order, there's happiness. Because the blessings of Yahweh will be there. No matter what we're going through, whether it be a physical ailment, whether it be something in your mind or something you can't seem to overcome, the comfort is in the assemblies of Yahweh that are in order.

When you slide off the road doing 50, where are we going? Have no idea where this impala is going to stop sliding. We just kind of kept going, right? Shook you up a bit, right? Made you have to call for the brethren, right? Kick in prayer, right? Everybody's all right, right? Order creates blessings and protection, and that's what we want in our lives, in our family's lives, and it all should begin and formulate in the assemblies of Yahweh. Good, wholesome teaching on Shabbat.

So we're going to be looking in 1 Corinthians 11. So now what I want to do is begin to show you. Now remember, Shaul was raised up underneath the feet of Gamaliel, was a Pharisee, the son of another Pharisee, right? According to the oral law, not according to the Torah, but according to the oral law, he was a Pharisee.

He wasn't a Sad, you see. He was a fair, you see. Are you following me? He was taught, raised up as a Pharisee, and where does many of the traditions that we now know of that stem from Phariseeism, where did it come from? Shaul, the majority of your New Testament.

Please understand the majority of our English Bibles, when it comes to the New Testament, is based on Jewish tradition. The way that it's translated is based on the majority of information that came from Jewish tradition. I want to ask you a question.

Was Shaul a Jew? Nope, he was not. This is something that came later on, when these people that converted out here in the European nations took on the title Jews, and that comes from the Hebrew, well, from the Aramaic word shortened up Yehudi. So whenever you see the word Yahudim in the scriptures, it's not talking about always Judah.

As a matter of fact, those words aren't even connected. One's Aramaic, the other one's Hebrew. Yada, Judah, is Hebrew, and Yehudi or Yahudea is Aramaic.

Please follow me. But when it comes to Pharisees, that's exactly who wrote the majority of your New Testament. And the translators sought out Jews in their time frame, 14 to 1600s, to pick up on all these customary practices and learn of Yahweh's people, the history.

So much of it is based on information that we get from Jewish historians, Christian historians, who gleaned stuff from Jewish historians. Are you following me? So the majority of the New Testament is written under the premise of the thought process of the Pharisee. In the book of Acts, Shaul testifies.

And he says specifically, I am a Pharisee. He never said that he changed to Christianity or Messianic. He said, I'm a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee.

Okay, so there were some things that Yahshua had revealed to him that he had been doing as a Pharisee that was not of Yah. And he got rid of them. But there was some customary practices that these people had taught Shaul that was spot on according to Yahweh's desire.

It was acceptable, his halakha. It kept his halakha right in the eyes of Yahweh. So that's what we're dealing with.

When you come to a subject like this, the Shabbat, which is a covenant issue, then you must understand the book in which you're going to be gleaning this information from to make your decision. Shabbat manna. I want to help you, brothers and sisters, understand this.

We first have to understand the minds of the people what we're getting or seeking our information from. We must have a Hebrew mind. We must know the lives of the Pharisees and their traditions.

And we need to know the lives and the traditions of the customary people who were just people, laymen, fishermen, and Pharisee. We've got to know it all. That's the way he makes us fishers of men.

Shaul being raised as a Pharisee and then trained by Yahshua could touch the lives of the majority of every nation on this planet. But there was something about his heart. Even though he was a killer.

Do you understand? Even though he was killing the brethren, he was out of his passion and zeal for the word of Yahweh, not because he was a Pharisee. But he had a passion and a zeal to fulfill the mitzvot. And anybody who'd come up against his mighty one, he would fight for him.

It was instilled in Shaul to live out his life that way. That's what happens when your father was a Pharisee and you were a Pharisee and you went to school as a Pharisee. You would always have the teachings and understanding of a Pharisee.

So since we're beginning in 1 Corinthians, I want to show you, we're going to follow this right into Sabbath keeping. Sabbath keeping and gathering in a place where Yahweh's name dwelt is the root and the foundation of all of the doctrine of the Brit. He told them to go out and teach the good news to the Yehudi first and then to the Greek, didn't he? Follow me.

So since we're going to be looking at 1 Corinthians, let's go to the book of Acts and see how, when, where, and why, and how. It was all organized. Acts chapter 18:1, beginning at verse 1. And after Shaul left, what? Athens.

So he created a group in Athens. He went to Corinth. He found a certain Yehudi named Aquilas born in Pontos, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all of the Yehudi to leave Rome.

And he came to them. And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and was working for they were tent makers by trade. Pay attention.

Yahshua told the 12, I want you to go out, right? And I want you to teach first the Yehudi and the Greeks. Then the Greeks, right? And he was reasoning in the town square every Thursday night. So where would the Yehudi be found gathering in the congregations? He already knew.

Why? It was a customary practice. And I submit to you that this customary practice was handed down from the day of creation. Chris, I know those are big words, but stick with me, brother.

All of you, please. Do you understand customary practices of Yahweh's people are not always customary practices that the people made up? Oh, this language is rich and deep. Stick with me.

But here we see that the apostle who'd been given authority to create assemblies, he'd been given the wisdom and knowledge and commanded to go out and set up these assemblies. Watch. Verse four, and he was reasoning in the congregation every Shabbat, and he won over both Yehudi and Greek.

So when he first got there, he went to the congregation. And the later testimony is that the ruler of the congregation believed with all of his household. So if you want to call these the Greek word synagogue or synagogues, fine, go ahead.

But I'm telling you right now, it was only an assembly, a congregation that bore Yahweh's name. I guarantee you this was a place of worship where everybody came to in the surrounding areas to hear the word of Yah taught on Shabbat. This is how assemblies are made.

You go to where Yahweh's people are gathered. He didn't say go out and gather the nations. He said, I want you to go out and gather lost sheep and bring them back to the place where my name dwells.

That's the overall goal is to get back to the land of Yahweh. Verse five, and when Sila and Timothy came down from Mac Adonai, Shaul was pressed by what was breathed by the Ruach and earnestly witnessed to the Yehudi that Yahshua is the Mashiach. But see, then there were some who resisted him.

But if you go down to verse eight and pick up there. So is this going to be accepted by everybody? Nope. But every now and then you see whole households, whole congregations drop falsehood and accept the truth.

We just witnessed it. John McKinney, Elder John McKinney is witnessing it right now. This stuff is real.

When you come with the real deal and people start looking to the elder and what he's saying and his walk, and they start using these things as an example for their own halakha, then we're making progress towards the kingdom. And you better bet Yahweh is about to set his name up in another land. West Virginia chiming in.

halleluYah. This is real. We're caught up smack dab in the middle of this.

But if you think that you can get this figured out without understanding the customary practices of Shaul and where those customary practices came from, forget about it. You can make up your own mind and your own decisions. Just leave it that way.

But it won't be because of the lack of me digging into these Hebrew manuscripts and showing you what it's saying. It won't be for that lacking. It will be because of your own lack of understanding.

It won't be mine. We're going to grow as a group. Those of you following us online, after next week, you're going to have some decisions to make.

Some plans to put in action. You know, the life of a priest was very comfortable. Where the priesthood is, there's peace.

There's covering. Picking up at verse 8, Acts chapter 18, and Crispus, the ruler of the congregation. So this was a man who had radah over a whole congregation of people.

Radah. So why am I bringing that up? Was not Adam given radah over every creeping creature and every form of life on the earth? Do you see the connection here? This is how we get back to the radah of the arets. It's through the congregations and through the rulers.

And for those men of authority who have knowledge and wisdom and understanding, but are willing to accept the truth, the emet ha-Yahweh. You've got to be willing to accept it. And just say, well, an ace is an ace, a diamond's a diamond, and a spade's a spade.

Or you could get the club. Oh, have a heart. And did believe in the master with all of his household.

What does that mean? That his male servant, female servant, sojourners, and everybody within the congregation, that he had rule over and his home and his property. His donkeys, everybody kept Shabbat. Everybody kept the mitzvot.

Everybody was people of Yahweh. With his whole household, the land rested. Remember, they were in the land.

Well, the doctrine of keeping it came from the land. We can get into that subject later. But that subject is directly connected to some of the reasons we can show what Sabbath is supposed to look like, Shabbat mannah.

What do I mean by that? What's the function behind Teddy Wilson's statement right now? What did I mean by that? When you fail to keep the land sanctified, and you don't let it rest every seven years, what happens to it? The earth becomes defiled. And you've got to start adding stuff to the soil that is not of Yah in order to make things grow. By the sweat of your brow, it now becomes a necessity to grow food because the blessings aren't there and it becomes a burden on the land and in your life.

So that's directly connected to why he wants us to keep Shabbat. Without it, you're going to start adding things to that time period, right? You're adding things to your soil. Don't you know, old man, where you came from? Throw a little water on his wing, nothing but mud, or you could be a new creation.

He believed in the master with all of his household and many of the Corinthians hearing believed and were immersed. They were baptized. And the master spoke to Sheol in the night by a vision and said, do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent because I am with you.

And no one shall attack you or do you evil because I have many people in this city. A city was one. And where did it begin? And he was reasoning in the congregation every Shabbat and won over both Yehudi and Greeks.

A whole city of people or many people in that city were won over. And it begins on Shabbat in the congregation, hearing the word of YAH being manifested in the people of YAH on his set apart and sanctified day. Now, remember, this guy was a Pharisee.

OK, now with this understanding of what happened in Corinth, how it all began. Now we can move into 1 Corinthians chapter 11. We're laying a foundation, a beautiful foundation for the rest of the study next week.

But again, we must understand who wrote the majority of the New Testament and where the beliefs of Shabbat keeping come from in order to understand Shabbat manna. It's impossible without it. You surely can't find it in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

It's only a partial truth, right? You can't look to them for Hebrew answers. Where do you look for Hebrew answers? Anybody? In the Hebrew. You know, I used to look at the Hebrew text and I'd go Hebrew manna.

What is it? And now I look at it and go, thank you. Thank you, Ab, I thank him for my Sabbath manna that came through my understanding of Yahweh's people and the Hebrew language. Blessed be he.

So now let's take a little time travel here and we'll go to the first letter, 1 Corinthians and chapter 11. And I want to kind of set the stage here. Now, remember how it all started.

By Shaul being obedient as an apostle. So why do I keep bringing that up? I got to make sure I cross my T's and dot my I's here. Because the apostle was given the authority and the command or the command and the authority.

And that in that in that. Right in that order to set up these assemblies. Okay.

And so it was by his doctrine. It was by the apostles doctrine that these places were set up. So in order to understand this particular apostles doctrine, you must understand the mind of a Pharisee.

I got a series of books back there. I read. Called The Doctrine of the Pharisees.

Yeah. So now you guys know why I can't do Friday Night Live anymore. It's going to get crazy.

I'm telling you. I don't think it's bleeding over yet. But it will.

It's cute for a few minutes. Oh, well, 10. Now, so now now we're just see, we're going to build this up.

I mean, we must understand the book. We must understand the authors of these books as well. Yeah, it's probably not going to work.

Maybe if we try to give her a pacifier for a little bit. If not, it's about to get loud. All right.

So coming into Corinthians, now we have it established that that apostle who set up all of those assemblies was a Pharisee. So he was laced in the Torah. He knew it by heart could quote it.

He was also very well educated with the teachings of another Pharisee named Gamaliel. Not to mention the teaching that his dad as a Pharisee instilled in him. And let's take it a little bit deeper.

Do you not think that a righteous Pharisee? There is a such thing that if our righteousness does not exceed that of the Pharisees, we will show in no wise see the kingdom of Yahweh. Then we have to deal with the education that he received before his bar mitzvah. Which would have been his dad taking him to the local congregation every Shabbat and listening to that leader teach and give midrash.

Am I not right? You don't know how much education was instilled in this man before he got the wisdom and the knowledge and the understanding and the revelation of Mashiach. His walk was solid. His daddy raised him up in the way he should go.

And he did. So it was one of those just wind him up and boy, there he went. Who are thou? He asked the question.

Mana, who are you? What are you? I am Yahshua whom you persecuted. It's hard for you to kick against the goads show. What do you want me to do? I love you.

You got to forsake everything. And I want you to follow me. But I killed Stephen.

I killed many of your people. You let me worry about that. That's why I had to reveal myself to you because your sins would have killed you.

But now you're going to be a chosen vessel. And you're going to teach my word. Apollos, go get him.

Bring him blind as he is. Into the fold. But master, I've heard many terrible talk to I've just humbled him.

Knocked him off his horse. How serious do you think Shabbat is? How serious do you think Shabbat became to Shaul after getting knocked off of that horse? Honestly, after he was given that command. I'm going to raise you up.

I'm going to teach you for three years. And I'm going to I'm going to deprogram all of that junk out of you. And I'm going to reprogram you.

And I'm going to make you a vessel of honor. He knew where it all began. It's in the congregations.

It's in the places that bear Yah's name where everybody is Mikra on this HaKodesh day. HaKodesh. You understand? It's the customs.

It's the it's the patterns of Yah's people. We're going to see where that came from today. This is going to be a foundation shaker.

We're going to be reading verses one through three. First Corinthians chapter 11. And here we're going to see Shaul laying down the sequence of proper headship.

As he was the doctrinal leader and the teacher over not only the assembly in Corinth, but over every assembly that Yahweh used him to establish. You must continue steadfastly in the apostles doctrine. Do you guys understand that? That is the that is the signet impression of Yahweh's people in the body of Yahshua.

Go read the end of Acts chapter 2. And they stayed steadfast in the apostles doctrine. Oh man, I don't know if I can follow a Pharisee. You better get to ripping pages out of your book.

Ultimately, when any man, no matter what he calls himself, turns around and follows Yahshua to the T, he is fit for the job. Hey, I'm an ex-convict. Get over it.

But I've got tattoos. Get over it. He did.

Did I mention I'm not perfect? But did I also mention that I feel complete? halleluYah. Are you following me? My, how time changes things. When you direct your time in the right place.

Pun intended. When you direct your time to the right place. This is where we're going to start getting into it.

This is this is it. I see some of you reading ahead. You already probably know where I'm taking this.

I'm taking this where scripture takes it. Okay, then we're going to get to the language. First Corinthians chapter 11 in verse 1 through verse 3. Become imitators of me.

Oh my goodness. Did you just hear the haughtiness? And the pride boil out of this man. No wonder he's been labeled a false apostle.

Pop, how could this man even think to tell us as a follower of Messiah to imitate him? I don't follow any man. Then you better get rid of the Brit. You are absolutely following a Pharisee who was following the one you're trying to get to.

Huh? See, the only way that we possess Yahshua, the Messiah at this point, is in our mind, in our heart, and by our walk. But there's going to come a time when we sit down and feast with him. It's a different type of possession.

Don't miss your calling. I become imitators of me as I also am of Mashiach. And I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in every way.

And what does that say? And keep the what? And keep the traditions as I delivered them unto you. We better read those two simultaneously. Okay.

Shaul writes, become imitators of me as I also am of Messiah. And I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in every way. And keep the traditions as I deliver them to you.

I am delivering and handing down. I am giving you sound doctrine when I advise you concerning on Shabbat manna. I'm following in the tradition of this guy who said he was following the Mashiach.

Who was Mashiach? Do you see a different picture here now? He said that his tradition was in line with walking with Yahshua. I've been blessed, brethren, with the way that I came into this faith and kept the Shabbat. And I can only advise you the customary practices or the traditions that I know Yahweh approved of.

Huh? It's in the book. It really is embedded in the book. And if Yahshua was Yahweh and the Mashiach was the sacrifice that he gave for us.

And Shaul told him, I want to praise you that you kept the traditions that I handed down to you. You see, it's a gift. It's something that we give to one another.

It doesn't have to be written. It has to be observed. It's an observation, this Shabbat manna.

What is it? Look to his people. And if you're going to look to these letters in the book, you better look to Shaul. Watch this.

And I wish you to know that the head of every man is Mashiach. And the head of woman is the man. And the head of Messiah is Yahweh.

Do you see what he just said? Imitate me. I'm imitating Yahweh. That means that this customary practice came down from Adam, from man, Adamah.

And we'll see just how it all began. We're getting, we're digging into this traditions, he says. He said, I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in every way and keep the traditions.

Do you understand that? He said, when you keep those traditions, you've got to remember me. Why? Because I handed them down to you. I gifted you those things.

I'm going to use this word gift. I have given you that. It's something that I shared with you, brethren.

Listen to those leaders that you know are being blessed by Yahweh for their Sabbath keeping, for their walk, for their ways of life. Not for their failures. Pray for them when you see them struggling.

Don't throw them under the bus, for they are messengers of Yahweh. Pray for them when you see them struggle. But look at their walk.

They are an example of that practice that we're talking about here. They are a product of that. And if you want in your life what you see in their life, then there's your answer.

Traditions, you say, Shaul? Is Shaul indeed handing down to the body of Messiah a Pharisaic tradition? That's a good question. Did the Pharisees have it all wrong? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a yes and no.

It's a yes and no thing. My whole point is I'm opening up our understanding today to Sabbath keeping by the one who was entrusted to us in the nations about what Sabbath keeping should look like. He just told us in 11 where his tradition came from.

It came from Yahweh, not the Pharisees. So it's a yes and no question. You see, the Pharisees did have a lot of righteousness and truth, as did the Sadducees.

I don't want to give all the credit to the Pharisees because the Sadducees are Zadokites. And they probably had more righteousness in their walk than the Pharisees did in the first century. It's just that our Bibles are geared to subject our views to Jews as Pharisees in that time frame.

Okay, traditions. You say, huh, Brother Paul, we are relying on the traditions that were handed down and in the knowledge of Yahweh's people for millennia now to actually come to grips with what is Shabbat, what is Sabbath manna, Shabbat manna. What is it? Oh, it's there.

It's on the other side of the road where you really don't look often. But it's there just because you don't see it. Don't make it not be there.

Oh, it's there. It's like a huge sore thumb. Yeah, that doesn't hurt.

But it's a constant reminder. It's there. Traditions is this Greek word, paradosis.

Okay, Greek number 3862, paradosis. I'm going to read you the definition and its root. Again, it's number 3862 in the Greek.

Oh, Father, paradosis. It's from 3860. It's a transmission, i.e., concretely a precept.

Specifically, Jewish traditionary law. What? Jewish traditionary law. This is paradosis.

Now, let's go up to the word in which it comes from, which is not defined as Jewish customary law. Number 3860. It's paradomei from 3844 and 1325.

To surrender, yield up in trust. You see this? So there were things written in the Jewish customary laws, or actually, they would have been written later on. But I'm sure they compiled some things in the first century as well.

But as far as the Mishnah and the Talmud and all of these things, those were compiled later. However, we are talking about the history of Jewish customary practice. In that day and age, it would have been Pharisee, pharisaical customary practice.

You see here in the root word where it came from, that it says surrender, yield up in trust. These are practices that were entrusted with Yahweh's people. Do you understand? These are practices that were allowed.

These were practices that were instilled. These were practices that were transmitted by Yahweh's people. It was customary.

Why? Because it was transmitted from somewhere else. It says to transmit. It's got something to do with communication.

So if you don't understand the Pharisee, and you don't understand the Sadducee, and you don't understand what he said in 1 Corinthians 11, one through three, forget about the rest of understanding anything, especially Shabbat, manna. Now, the polyglot tells us that that Greek word is used in the Greek Old Testament in Jeremiah chapter 32 and Jeremiah chapter 34. Let's turn there.

Yeremiah chapter 32 at verse 4. And Zedekiah, sovereign of Yehudah, shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but certainly what? Be given. He shall what? Be given. That's your word.

It's something that is given. The wisdom of what was about to happen to Zedekiah came from the prophet, who had the same authority as an apostle, and he was giving him information. This is the root meaning of what you're reading in the New Testament.

This tradition, it's something that had been given. It's not a customary practice of the Pharisees as in a law they generated, but this one was based on a customary practice, I submit to you, that was handed down to Adam, to man. In other words, it doesn't need to be written about.

It's been since the very beginning, huh? By Tzitzit. Oh yeah, that whole theory stems from the Shemayim. halleluYah, says Malachi.

Yep. Pretty simple, isn't it, three-year-old? Yep. You got it.

Why can't we? Now, let's look at the verse where it's used again, which is chapter 34, same book, and at verse two. Thus said Yahweh, the Elohim of Yisrael, Go and speak to Zedekiah, sovereign of Yehudah, and say to him, Thus Yahweh said, See, I am giving. Where was the source? Yahweh.

There's our word. I'm giving you. So this Greek word stems from the Hebrew word that they translated here as given.

When you give something to somebody, you're handing it down or handing it over to them. Our job is to find out whether that came from Yahweh or from this Pharisee. You understand? This is telling us everything about Shabbat because we see that he handed down a customary practice to Corinth and he established the assembly in Corinth on the Sabbath, his customary practice.

Was to go in there and teach on Shabbat in the congregation that bore Yahweh's name, in which they were no longer using Yahweh's name. And what did he declare to them? The name of Yahweh. And I'm going to baptize you in the name of Yahweshua.

He put the name back in the house where the people of Yahweh gather. On Shabbat in the place where Yahweh chooses to make his name dwell. That's where it began on Shabbat.

Pray not that your flight take place on the part of Shabbat. Because it would be great if he returned right now. Right? We're all together.

He comes and we go to the kingdom together. But there's a time period in Shabbat that wouldn't be so nice if he returned. During family dinner or after dinner when you're sitting around the fire and dad's speaking words of wisdom to you.

This gathering thing. Well, let me cover this first. So Paul or Shaul, the one who Yahweh used to bring or gather together those in Corinth.

On the Sabbath in the congregation, we now see instructing that same assembly in the ways and traditions that he himself was raised up. Obviously, because it was acceptable before Yahweh and kept his walk in order as it was meant as an example for others to walk in. He had been ordained by Yah.

And he said, follow me. Use me as an example. Imitate me.

He's not trying to get you to imitate Teddy Wilson. He's trying to get you to imitate Messiah in Teddy Wilson or Messiah in you and in you and in you and everybody here and everybody watching. If indeed your walk, your halakha is like Yahshua's.

Let's take this. This is not hard to understand. It's hard to get it out of your English Bible.

But once you see it, you'll never not see it again. This word that's used in Jeremiah chapter 32 and chapter 34, once you go back to the Hebrew is going to be ancient Hebrew lexicon number 2451 V on page 386. Chris, you want to.

So this is it here. Is that still a little fuzzy? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Sorry about that. Now, yeah, brother Paul Matz, and now you can see good. So here we are.

Twenty four fifty one V. Natan. Natan is the Hebrew word. I skipped over the Strong's number here and went directly to the ancient Hebrew.

But as the Hebrew word Natan, noon to noon, noon to noon, a customary practice that was definitely meant for the continuance of the marking of the seed. Natan, it's something that was handed down to Adam in the garden. It was given to Adam to man was Sabbath made for man or man for the Sabbath.

Here we go. It means to give. See, when we investigate this, there are customary practices that were handed down by Yahweh that were just a given because the majority of Yahweh followers keep Shabbat.

So would it not be relevant to understand that at the same time that through the walks of Yahweh's people, how and what is permissible and what it should look like should be embedded in the history of his people. It's customary practices that were given from the very beginning. Everybody, this is Torah.

Like it or not, the whole book is full of customary practices. And what we have is the result of that from translator's minds to give a generic verb with a wide application, meaning to give. But the letters here are profound.

Found this tradition. Was embedded in the seed as a mark, and it would continue. You know that to have something happen the noon when it's present and the and the and the top when those things are together.

Do you understand is talking about covenant issue? Things that mark you was shown in covenant with Yahweh through Yahweh's redemption. Was he not an apostle? Was he not a Pharisee? Had he not been given the authority by Yahweh to teach them people about the Shabbat? It's a covenant issue. It's actually a mark of the covenant, a sign.

This is big. That's what that word goes back to. Hebraically speaking.

Our minds are so far away from that. Because of all the Christian stuff and and being leery with good cause. Because of so many traditions of men that we've been warned about, right, brother? Right, everybody with good reason.

That's why Yahweh said that he would raise up in these last days. In the body of Messiah, there were going to be apostles, prophets, teachers, leaders, evangelists, elders, something was going to have to be taught to Yahweh's people. Something given would have to be revealed to them.

What is given the Sabbath? The Sabbath is a day we would like to think of rest, as in kicking your boots off. Yeah, just sitting around, do nothing. So now let's get into the area of how that's relative to the Sabbath.

Shabbat manna. What is it? It is what it is. It is what it was.

It is what it always will be. It must be embedded inside of you, brother, sisters, brethren, everybody watching. These things must be revealed to you and embedded into you as a marked seed.

It's something that a man of Yahweh will give you. It's information, it's wisdom, it's knowledge. I've been blessed by this.

I used to do it like that, wasn't so good. But let me give, impart this gift unto you about the Shabbat. It's where things are gathered.

That's where this mikra, this mikvah, we're like waters on the earth and we all come together in the low spot. Things rest, get it? Mikra, mikvah, gathering, pull, covenant, mark, tradition, keep it, gather my people, bring them here. So Shabbat manna, Sabbath manna, do I remember the Sabbath? Which in English terms means, well, I got to bring it to recollection.

That's one thing I've got to do when we read the English. Text, it says, well, you got to remember the Shabbat. That's in the marriage covenant, by the way, we're going to be getting to that.

So we know these verses, it says that we are to remember the Sabbath. Okay, we're supposed to rest on the Sabbath, right? Isn't that what it says? Or does it not? What I want to do first is bring up the passages about the Sabbath prior to Exodus 20, prior to, because this is the one thing that we, the biggest disconnect in understanding all of this is the wrong sequence of studying the word Sabbath out. Remember Exodus 20 verse 7 was given in the marriage proposal, right? When he said, remember the Sabbath day.

The only thing he could be asking them to do is remember the things that had been discussed between them in the covenant prior to that day. I want you to remember to bring to recollection the things that we have spoken about concerning Shabbat, the Hebrew word Shabbat. So let's focus on that.

Because that in our marriage covenant with him is what he was speaking about bringing to our recollection is what was said in scripture and what was customarily practiced up unto that day. In other words, everyone, Leviticus 23 is not in the hat yet. That comes later.

Hey, let's go back to 1 Corinthians real quick. This is why we're searching this out. Shaul in that same chapter, chapter 11, he goes through that he received from the master that which he delivered unto them in verse 23.

So he's telling you again that this tradition, he received it or it was approved by the master. Why? He's an apostle. He was taught by Yahshua himself.

All right. These are of the master. These traditions.

Oh, I know there's people up there. Yeah. Oh, Teddy, your dead relatives are rolling over in the grave.

I wish they would. I wish they and they will. Follow me.

Then he goes on to tell them about this breaking of the bread, drinking of the cup and the washing of the feet that you could do this to your own condemnation. You can eat and drink of the body of Messiah unworthily. If you don't follow the customary practices of Yahweh's people.

That's what he's saying. Read the chapter yourself. It's not going to change.

Now, son, sit down. Thank you. Let's focus on 27 verse 27 through the end of the book.

Listen, this is huge. So that whatever. So that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the master unworthily shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the master.

But let a man examine himself. And so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup for the one who is eating and drinking unworthily eats and drinks judgment to himself. Not discerning the body of the master.

Now, what did he tell us? He said these these things that he's teaching them, these traditions. Now, these are things that were given. These are customary practices that were given since the beginning of time.

Many of them keep going. He says in verse 30, because of this, many are weak and sick among you and many sleep asleep at the will and the body of Messiah, lacking the things that had been handed down through Yahweh's people, even this Pharisee. Throughout time, look what he says.

So whenever Shaul was going to enter a new city, what was his goal? We just read it. That he'd show up just in time to go into Shabbat. OK, so keep that in mind.

When he took a Nazarite vow, shaved his head, what did he tell everybody there? By all means, I must make this next feat in the place that bears Yahweh's name in Yerushalayim. I have a vow to fulfill. I got to get there with the brothers and sisters when they're gathered.

OK, verse 31. For if we were to examine ourselves, we would not be judged. And when we are judged, we are disciplined by the master that we should not be condemned with the world.

So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. And if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home. This is definitely talking about gathering for Shabbat.

Listen to what he says. Verse 34. And if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment.

And the rest, he says, you do these things, right? And the rest, I shall set in order when I get there. Do you see this? And the rest of these things that you've been asking me about will set in order when I get there. I'm coming to bring order to the congregation.

Don't you have one egg knowing that there's a brother that's coming from far away through snow, through storms, through whatever. Don't you eat without him. You wait for him to come to the table and rejoice with you and give thanks over the meal that YAH has provided for his people.

So I got to eat and run, not on the Shabbat, you won't. And the rest, I shall set in order when I come. He's talking about, remember how I came to you the first time? That's how I'm going to come to you again.

I'll see you guys on Shabbat when I get there. And we're going to set some things in order. In other words, hey, Corinth, you're going to have one of the most early Shabbat services you've ever had when I get there.

We're going to start setting everybody's Halakha in order. Sabbath and congregation right smack dab in the middle of it and getting there. Now, so what do we do? Remember, rest on the Sabbath, these English words.

What is it? What is expected of me? Let's cover those. Let's go to Bereshit. Now, remember, these are prior to Exodus chapter 20 and at verse 7 in the marriage covenant proposal.

We're going to look at things prior to that because Yahweh could not be asking them to remember something that he had not yet implemented. Bereshit chapter 2. Man, are we having an earthquake? So listen to this. This is the English.

Then we're going to go to the Hebrew. Then we're going to go to Exodus chapter 16. We're going to read the English.

Then we're going to go to the Hebrew. All the way down the list. Then we're going to go to Exodus 20.

Okay, so am I supposed to just remember the Sabbath? Am I supposed to rest on the Sabbath? You know, what are these things? What does that look like? Chapter 2, Bereshit verses 1 through 3. Thus, the Shemayim and the Eretz were completed and all their array. And on Shebei, on the seventh yom, Yahweh completed his work, which he had done. And he rested on the seventh day.

So this is where we're getting this rest thing injected into our minds when we just read the English text. Because we know what rest is and many of us do need it. Right? We need rest.

We need rest for healing. We need rest for surgeries. We need rest because of this.

We need rest because the kids will drive you insane. Or whatever it may be. Or your job.

But is that the intent of a Sabbath day's rest? I'm talking about, question this. Rest, English definition. Our thought of rest.

Now, follow me. This is critical. He rested on the seventh day from all of his work, which he had made.

What? He made work? No. No, he created life. See, Yahweh's works creates life.

So actually, he was just resting from creating. And like we said last week, it's not that he got, you know, bushed. He was tired.

No, no, that's not it. From the work which he had made. Everything that we see in creation is by the works of Yahweh's hands.

It was created through his word. Huh? Making sense? His word? This is part of Shabbat. Right? That's why his word is what brings you rest.

The book of Hebrews, chapter four. We may get into that next week. But verse three.

And Elohim blessed the seventh day, Shabee, and set it apart. Because on it, he rested. There's that word again.

From all of his work, which Elohim in creating had made. All right. Chris, you might have to zoom in pretty good here.

Just keep me out of the frame if you can get in there as close as you can. We're looking at this one. All right.

So I'm going to walk you through this. We're going to look at the Hebrew here. There's the Masoretic script right to your left.

This is the translation of those Hebrew words. And over here to the right is the English text with the Hebrew numbers hovering over them. Okay, so I'm going to walk you through the English text.

And we're going to see what they translated as rest in verse two. So beginning at verse one. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the hosts of them.

That's critical. And all of the hosts. Something happened during that time period.

Now, didn't one of those hosts rebel? All right. Verse two. And on the seventh day, Elohim ended his work, which he had made, and he rested.

There's our English. Well, that means, hey, I'm tired of working all week. I'm going to sleep today.

I'm going to sleep in. I'm going to, you know what? I might not even, I might not even get dressed today. I'm going to rest, right? But I mean, that's rest to me.

Yeah. If I want to brush my teeth, I will. If I don't want to, I won't.

If I want to lay in bed, I'm going to rest. The doctor said I should get rest. Yahweh said you should rest.

Which one is it? How? Manah. What is it? What does it look like? And he rested. Uh-oh.

And he kept Shabbat. Oh, well, there's that problem again. Let me go over here.

We'll find it. There it is. There's your word.

And he Shabbat. Notice that it says in the modern Hebrew definition to repose, that is, desist from exhortation. Right? But this is the Hebrew word Shabbat.

Yahweh kept Shabbat on the seventh day. Shabee'i, yom shabee'i, shabee'i yom. All right? And he Shabbat on the seventh day.

There's shabee'i right there. Those are both in the same root line. And it all has to do with keeping a covenant oath every last one of them.

That's the mark that the seed would continue in. That's what's handed down. That's what's given.

There it is right there in the very beginning. Sabbath is a mark given to the seed. And that's what we continue in, right? There it is right here.

But they translated it as rest, rested. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, that's not what happened.

He kept the Shabbat. Why is that important again? Because Adab, this is where the customary practice started. Was Yahshua Yahweh? Was the customary practice not kept by Yahshua? Hold on a minute.

I think I had a passage written down. Oh, yeah. Okay.

I remember now. Point being right here. Let's go to the book of Luke.

Luke chapter four. Luke chapter four, beginning of verse 16. Here we see the customary practice when it was first given to man.

That's that customary practice. The word that they translated as a tradition, right? Here we go. So here's the first time it was practiced.

Now, Shaul says that he's teaching the customary practices of the master. Okay. Luke chapter four, beginning of verse 16.

And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up. And according to his... There it is. According to his practice, he went into the congregation on Shabbat.

Is it? Okay. All right. Okay.

Yeah. You know, I don't like them capitalizing stuff, but that would be acceptable in my position here. It says he went to the congregation on the Shabbat and stood up to read.

Everybody, as we get into next week's teaching, do you know what just happened? Mikra ha-kodesh. That's what you do. That's what Shabbat manah.

That's what it looks like. That is the customary practice that's been given to mankind from the beginning. Now, here's the one that was in the beginning.

He who is, was, the life of all flesh is in the blood, right? You stab that body and all the blood comes out and that body was dead. And then a son was given. Indeed, this was the son of Elohim, said the soldier.

The who was the son came back to what is and always was. He kept it up there and he kept it in that body. Why? It was his customary practice that he shared with Adam.

Adam kept it or Abraham kept it. His descendants kept it. It's part of the covenant.

It's a mark of the covenant. Right. Yahweh's traditions that man are doing, even if it was a Pharisee.

So here we see where Paul's or Shaul's tradition came from. Right there. Yahweh kept Shabbat.

And he chose Shabbi, Yom Shabbi, to do it. That's why you don't see the words Boker and Erev in verse seven. Everything was already fashioned and formed and nothing was in chaos.

Everything was in order. Thank you. Morning and evening do not belong in the text there.

We've already proven that. So he went into the congregation in Nazareth. On the Sabbath day, according to his practice, his customary practice.

And the scroll of the prophet Yeseah was handed to him. And having enrolled the scroll, he found the place where it was written. The ruach of Yahweh is upon me because he has anointed me to bring what? This is critical that we understand.

This is why Leviticus next week is going to make so much more sense to us now. Because after when Leviticus was written and he says, when we go into the land, which you're not going to stay in, by the way. From that time forward, there are rules that we are going to use for the Shabbat.

And we're going to implement this as one of my set apart gatherings. See, that word anointed is kind of shady. What it means is, is that Yahweh had ordained that thing.

He spoke it for millennia that it was coming. This body that he would dwell in. And there it was.

Yahweh ordained it to do what? Bring the besorah. Sabbath keeping and gathering on it is part of the good news, folks. As a matter of fact, it is the root of the good news to the poor.

He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives. And recovery of sight to the blind. Those who didn't see it before today, you're going to see it now.

This is where we come to receive healing. This is where we come to receive insight. This is where Yahweh will reveal his word and enlighten us in his ways, is here gathering on his Shabbat.

Look what was revealed to these people that day. Look at what he says. Sight to the blind, to send away crushed ones with a release, to proclaim the acceptable year of Yahweh.

And having rolled up the scroll, he gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all the congregation, all the who, where was he at? In a place where Yahweh's name dwelt, were fixed upon him. And he began to say to them, today the scripture has been filled in your hearing.

Huh? This is where the revelation comes from. This is when it comes forth. Now, that was really not... Yeah, could you imagine everybody in the room going, a jaw dropper, a foundation shaker dropped on them when? On Shabbat, because they didn't leave their boots off at the front door.

They put on their Shabbat go-to-meeting and they made the trip. Bam. And he hit them with some truth.

Oh, halleluYah. You see, Yahweh kept the Shabbat on the seventh day in the Shemayim. He kept the Shabbat in the place where he was worshipped.

And everything, all of his servants at his feet, which is the Eretz, kept that Shabbat with him. And from my study and looking at the text and various other texts, this is why I submit that is very critical. Why I submit that is very critical.

Because as we're going to see when we do another word study here, it's going to be telling us about these special feast days. It's a different form of the word Shabbat. They are observed in the Mishkan HaKadesh Ba Shemayim.

Do you understand what I just said? The Mishkan HaKadesh Ba Shemayim, right? The holy place, the Mishkan that has been set apart in the Shemayim. You see, everything up in the heavens had now been restored and renewed. That's why go to chapter three.

And I'm just saying, oh, he had redeemed the Shemayim, cleansed the Shemayim, had to be a priesthood in the Shemayim for the cleansing of the sin that was committed against him by the messengers of Yahweh in the Shemayim. This is relevant as we get into our next passage. Let's go to Exodus.

We'll begin at chapter 16, prior to the marriage covenant proposal in Exodus 20. Shemot 16, we're going to read verse four, and then we're going to move into the text. Shemot 16 and at verse four.

Everybody there? Somebody say halleluYah. Everybody with me? And Yahweh said to Moshe, I am raining bread from the Shemayim. Shabbat.

Who was Yahshua? The bread that came from the Shemayim. What do you do on Shabbat? We break bread. Please understand the connections we're making here.

Look at this. And Yahweh spoke to Moshe, see, I am raining bread from the Shemayim for you. And the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day in order to try them.

Whether they, what? Halach. Oh, father, whether they walk in my Torah or not. Now, look, this, this is kind of a misprint.

It is actually the word instruction should be here. Okay. Torah means instruction.

So what, what he's, because he's about to try them because he tells them, I want you to go out and gather a double portion prior to Shabbat. You don't gather it on Shabbat. You don't work your bread.

On Shabbat, there's a method to my madness. No, there's a reason. Don't you be needing bread on Shabbat and bring it to this place.

Sisters, anyone, you prepare it the day before and you prepare enough for us. And we love you and thank you for it. But don't you gather together your bread on the Shabbat and bring it here to us.

Don't do it. Men, if the Sabbath is a burden to you, don't bring that here on Shabbat. But I think we understand now today, what a joy it is to sit in this room.

Of course. Right. Right.

Now is the water. It's when we come together to rest. We talk about things that smooth, soothe our minds.

We don't hear all the junk we hear at work. And yes, work tires us. But we should feel good to hear Yahweh's word proclaimed and to know that our direction is going in the direction of his light.

He's going to feed us one day, all 12 tribes. The bread, the show bread. Don't they change that every week? Oh, Father, whether they walk in my instructions or not.

Verse 23. And he said to them, this is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow is a rest.

There's that word. We're going to take it to the Hebrew. A Sabbath set apart to Yahweh.

That which you bake, bake. And that which you cook, cook and lay up for yourselves all that is left over to keep until morning. Here's your instruction.

Now let's look at the Hebrew. Verse 23. And he said unto them, this which Yahweh has said tomorrow is the rest.

Oh, oh, you guys can't see it. There it is. It's a special holiday.

It's a Shabbaton. It's a special holiday. Tomorrow is a holiday.

Sabbath, not a day of rest. You see how this rest thing becomes so not what's being talked about. And remember, this is what we agreed to in the marriage proposal.

Thank you, Father. It was a Shabbaton. It's a Sabbatism or a special holy day.

Now verses 27 through 29. And it came to be that some of the people went out on the seventh day together, but they found none. If you keep that day, that customary practice in a way that Yahweh said not to do it, you ain't going to get nothing.

You can search. You can turn over rocks. You can look behind the bush.

There's not going to be anything there. That's why Shaul was thankful that the assembly had chose to follow the customary practices that he had handed down. At least they weren't heading down the wrong direction.

That's why he thanked them. Huh? Todah Rabbah, Corinth. That's what he was saying.

Thank you, Corinth. Todah Rabbah. For what? Todah Rabbah for Natan, for continuing in what was given, what was handed down.

This tradition. We've got to carry on the tradition of Yah's people. If you want to be Yah's people.

Everybody wants to claim to be a Hebrew, but they're making their own way. Everybody wants to claim to be an Israelite, but they're going to make it their own way. No, you will not.

Do not be deceived. You can get yourself cursed. And Yahweh will curse your blessings if you're not careful.

And Yahweh said to Moshe, how long shall you refuse to guard my mitzvot and my instructions, my torot? See, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath. Therefore, he is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place and do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day.

This seventh day just happened to be a high day. That's why we see the word sabbaton. I'll let you guys do the math on that.

But they translated these words rest. So therefore, we don't have the understanding. And therefore, we can't see the validity of the customary practices of Israel, especially this Pharisee, Shaul.

Now, I want to point out before we get into the marriage covenant part in the 20th chapter of Shemot, that when we look at that word rest, and now that we know what it actually means, the sabbaton and the Shabbat, right? It's actually not speaking to us as individuals anywhere in the instructions in the Torah. It's addressing Sabbath as a national day of rest to all of Israel. Not to you or just me or the way that we see it should be done.

No, it's the national day of rest. It's national. It's a corporate commandment.

So if you don't want to when you're able to make it to Shabbat, that's between you and him. Are you going to be judged? You be the judge of it. Let me know how it works out for you if you continue to fall into that groove.

That's my point here. Well, that's okay. Good point.

If you're not doing that, then you're doing your own will. That's a good point. That's why my teaching when I get asked about this is I'm going to do this.

I'm going to say, how hard did you work this week? You made every effort to get up and get to your job whether you wanted to or not. You know you had to get there. So you put a lot of effort into it.

Whether you be typing at a computer or whatever or driving a truck or working on an oil rig or whatever. If you put more effort in making it to that and then not feeling like making it to this day and this gathering, then you must ask yourself that question. Is it your desire? Because we're going to get into that next week.

You do not have the right to do your own desire or your own pleasure on the Sabbath. It is a breaking of Shabbat. Right, that means you are esteeming your own will above his.

Now, of course, if you're sick or something, you know, if there's a legitimate reason, well, yeah, that's not what we're dealing with here. It's the intent of the heart of man to shammar. We'll get into that in part two, the Shabbat.

So, yeah, I wanted to point that out that we're talking about a national thing. A national day of rest. And it's connected to the Sabbath rest for the land.

What happens to the land if you don't let it rest? You overwork it. It's not able to produce. You got to put other substances into it that Yahweh didn't mean for it to do, right? Shemot chapter 20 and at verse seven, excuse me, and at verse eight.

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, to keep it set apart. That's the entire verse. So here's another one of those things when we when we look at our English Bibles or English sets of scriptures that we say, well, I got to remember it.

That means don't forget about it. And I can and I'm told to rest on it. Now, we've already seen this.

This resting is only an English doctrine at best. Actually, it's a false doctrine. It's not what was meant by the author.

Okay. Now, let's look at that word. Remember, it's a Hebrew word, Zachar, like Zachariah, Zachariah, to remember.

Mark it on your calendar. It's an appointed time. We're going to get to that next in part two.

Mark it. In other words, make sure you don't forget about Shabbat. But when you got a nine to five, six days a week, I mean, sometimes you get a little loose in what you think about Shabbat.

That's just the way it is. My job is to help you keep things in order, being able to rightly handle the word of truth. Mark it.

By implication, to mention. Hey, brother, remind me on Shabbat. I wanted to.

Oh, hey, sister, remember on Shabbat. Could you please make some pretzel bread? You know what? Oh, wait, honey, remember on Shabbat, next week we want fried burritos. Remind mom.

Everybody, mark this day on your calendar. There is a Mikra Chakodesh in order. What's going to make it joyous? Instruction in the word, gathering together in a place where Yahweh's name dwells, and some food.

We can warm up our soul and we can warm up our belly. Those two things make a really good Shabbat. Remember the Sabbath day.

Let me touch on that real quick. What did Yahweh keep in the beginning? He read? No, he Shabbat-ed, was Shabbaten. Yahweh was Shabbaten on Shabbat on the seventh day.

Remember that. Remember that this day is so set apart in our gathering together, is so set apart in the eyes of Yahweh that he showed us that customary practice he kept in the very beginning. Remember his day.

Remember the day he stopped creating and looked at everything and said, Tov Miot, Tov Miot. Today, we're supposed to look around and say, everything is Tov. There should be joy.

There should be a sense of shalom, tranquility, peace. When the Sabbath is a delight to us, then we're getting somewhere. Are we merely supposed to, the English definition of remember here? No.

You mark it. It's an appointed time. Mark your calendar.

Mark the Shabbat day to keep it, what? Kadash. Why? Because it's for the Kodeshin. It's set apart and sanctified so that those who come into it are also set apart and sanctified.

Let's close today. I believe it's Hebrews chapter four. This is something I just want to add to the study this far.

Hebrews chapter four, beginning at verse one. This, now remember everything that we just learned about this Pharisee. Everything, remember his words, this customary practice.

It was, he learned it from the master. It brings up Mashiach. Yahweh was in Mashiach and the master is the one who approved this customary practice and who began the customary practice as we just learned in creation.

So the teaching of Sabbath and how it's supposed to be done is literally everywhere in Yahweh's people. In the history of, look at this. Ibrim chapter four, beginning of verse one.

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering into his rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. It's talking about Genesis chapter one through then going into the promised land. Are you following me? Chapter four deals with this oral tradition.

This thing that was handed down and given to the seed and marks the seed. These customary practices began there and it was supposed to lead them into the kingdom, into that type of Shabbaton. We have Shabbat and Shabbaton.

As the main focus here, watch. Therefore, since a promise remains of entering into his rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed, the good news was brought to us as well as to them, but the word which they heard did not profit them, not having been mixed with belief in those who heard it.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest. It's talking about that we'll receive in the kingdom. Watch.

As he has said, as I swore in my wrath, if they enter into my rest and yet his works have come into being from the foundation of the world, everything we've been talking about summarized right here. Verse four, for somewhere he has said thus about the seventh day and Yahweh rested on the seventh day from all of his works. So what word is being used here? Shabbat for the seventh day and Shabbat for the Sabbath.

It's speaking of the seventh day. That is the day of rest. In other words, that is the Shabbat.

That is what marks us. All of those things that are connected to the Shabbat from the foundation or the very laying by the word of the foundation of the world. That is the foundation.

The prophets, the apostles, the word of Yah is the very foundation of the world. Verse five, and in this again, if they shall enter into my rest. So don't you think that our study of the Hebrew words that this is talking about would behoove us to understand? This rest thing hinges on going into the kingdom with Yahshua.

Let's err on the side of being safe rather than negating something. Verse six, since then, it remains for some to enter into it. And those who formerly received the good news did not enter in because of disobedience.

He again defines a certain day today, saying through Dawid so much later, as it has been said today, if you hear his voice and do not harden your hearts. For if Yahshua had given them rest, talking about Yahushua been none. For if Yahushua had given them rest, he would have not spoken of another day after that.

Verse nine, so there remains a, in most English versions, what did they put there? A day of rest for the people of Yahweh. But when you go to the Greek text and you look, that Greek word that's used there is Sabbath. And there is a Sabbath keeping for the people of Elohim.

We are embarking on a very, very, very important subject. And we're going to be learning a lot of things about the Sabbath that is embedded in the history of its people. These terminologies and these definitions must align with the reasons that we see spoken about in the fourth chapter of Hebrews.

It's a kingdom thing. It's a covenant thing. And we are expected to keep them as it was customarily handed down to us.

halleluYah. halleluYah. So Father, we thank you.

Shabbat Shalom, everybody. I'm sure Brother Chris has been pulling up our contact information at the bottom of your screen. If you have any questions or comments about today's teaching, that's how you can get ahold of us.

Send us an email. Give me a phone call. But for now, part two is awaiting.

But may Yahweh be praised on his seventh day Shabbat. halleluYah. Father, we just want to thank you so much for your word.

We want to thank you for your instructions. We ask that you continue to be with us on this Sabbath day when we have gathered together to learn of your ways and to just seek you in our walk in Messiah. As we depart from the sanctuary and head into the kitchen and the dining hall, we ask that you would bless the meal.

Blessed hands have prepared it. And also, Father, we pray over everyone who is watching or will watch and all of the brethren everywhere that you will continue to provide revelation and to continue to provide for the needs of all of your people everywhere. In the mighty name of your redemption, Yahshua, halleluYah, and amein.

Shabbat Shalom.

 

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