It appears in The Book of Revelation, which most of us find  quite difficult to understand, at least in its entirety.

Firstly, Matthew 24 says or implies no such thing. When does the Sabbath begin and end? Any lawyer will tell you that the will and testament of a person CANNOT be changed after a person has died.Hebrews 9:16-17 above also states that the New Covenant is NOT in force until the death of the testator being Christ Jesus in this case.

Whilst I have argued throughout this study that there is  no ‘formal’ Sabbath to be observed under the New Covenant that does not negate a  simple principle that as human beings we all need physical rest. And secondly and supportively, Jesus is also and primarily referring to the end times and His second coming. He didn’t die on the cross  just so we could be forgiven our sins (thank you Lord we are forgiven!). For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from  his own works.” AMEN, do you see the picture?

This is a terrible  and terrifying lesson to us! When did Jesus rest? What I want you to see here though is  the category into which God places ‘The Sabbath’ in the Old Testament.“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and  say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be  holy convocations, even these are my feasts. for Christians, living in the New Covenant period).Remembering that the whole theme of ‘Sabbath’ and ‘Rest’ is inseparably bound  together in the Old Testament we must bear this in mind as we approach the  following passage of Scripture in the letter to the Hebrew believers. So, Sabbath first had a pre-Law application but  was later made part of the Old Covenant. The point still remains that the Sabbath speaks of a spiritual principle as opposed to being forever a literal day of the week as we shall next consider.I feel almost disappointed that we should need to address this question after  we’ve just seen the glorious truth concerning His Sabbath. However, in the New Testament times, people worship God in the Spirit and in truth. As always, not only does it  become something we misunderstand for ourselves but also it gives a wrong  message about the New Testament teachings to those outside. I’ll not  linger long over these.

But let us assume that the daily gatherings of Believers gradually gave way  and/or the first day of the week was considered somehow the most important day  to gather together. 23)  should be quite sufficient to make us realise that in this particular context  ‘feast’ does not by and large mean a great ‘nosh-up’! Even before the New Testament was  completed we read within its very pages of departures and apostasies. I strongly suspect that this is a case of making Scripture  fit our beliefs rather than just believing Scripture.

God gave these  special days to a specific people at a specific time, to teach us a lesson and  form a framework for The Real spiritual fulfilment in our Lord Jesus. I have highlighted some key words, which will hopefully help to bring  together three points I wish to make from this passage.“While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

I hope that the spiritual importance of the Sabbath is  enough to make you realise that any such literal Sabbath observance would be to  miss the point. A generation after the cross and Luke is still declaring this is a Commandment as we find Luke specifically going out of his way to state that they “.Now for the real proof. Also, temporary dwellings (booths) were lived in during  Tabernacles in place of their usually more comfortable homes. Maybe it was just in this instance they did so? He wants us to receive freely of His abundant grace  and provision.

But above this, if  we neglect to understand the spiritual meaning and implication of the Sabbath  and all Old Covenant truths we miss out on the ministry to our own souls, which  is the intention of God in giving us all these things.So far as our personal practices are concerned regarding what we eat and what we  drink and whether or not we wish to set apart a specific day or time to certain  things, we all have liberty. Or that He became the full  and final atonement sacrifice? Those that  don’t recognize the real person when they see Him say: “just give us our shadow,  we are happy with that, we understand that.” Those that do recognize the real  one say “this shadow is nothing, this is the one who cast the shadow, the  actual, living body, here in person.” The Old Covenant ordinances were merely a  shadow, the right and proper one indeed but the person who cast that shadow is  very Christ.