Breach of the Fourth Commandment (Ex 20:8-11), the perpetual seventh day covenant-sign reflecting (to Principalities and Powers) the wisdom of acceptance of adoption in the eternal House of Jacob (Ex 31:13,16; Is 49:5-8; 54:3; 55:5; Lk 1:33; Rom 11; Eph 1:5; 2:11,12,19; 3:6-10), identified as the household of YHVH the God-King of Jacob, by the gift of complete rest in Messiah Y’shua-Jesus each week on Friday sunset to Saturday sunset ever since Gen 2:2,3 (Matt 5:19; Mk 2:27,28; Heb 4:1-11), is breach of our marriage vow taken in good faith by confessing the Messiah Y’shua-Jesus, our Divine Husband in the Echad (Unity) of ELOHIM (Gen1:26; 1 Jn 5:7), as Master, Prince and Saviour (Is 9:6,7; Lk 1:32,33; Acts 5:31; Rom 10:9-13).
In James 4:4-10, the Amplified Bible brilliantly interprets the disgrace of divided loyalty and severity of defying what is written, as spiritual adultery that makes rejection of the grace given to overcome it, such an appalling error of judgment and backslap to the Face of the Creator of holy time.
Isaiah 58:13 is the greatest test of loyalty to God.
The unlimited reward in Is 58:14 should leave no-one ignorant or sceptical about Shabbat’s independent covenant status (Ex 31:13,16; Is 56:6; 66:22-24).
Due to the unique sanctity of Shabbat as Prologue to the Set-Times and Appointments of the Living God (Is 56:6), it can aptly be described as a SPIRITUAL SHOEHORN that helps ensure that our feet are shod (Eph 6:15) with the authentic “EVERLASTING Gospel” of the faith (“Fear YHVH, give Him Glory [hallow/sanctify His Name] and keep His commandments and faith in Y’shua-Jesus”), as it was originally delivered (proclaimed and taught) to the saints, before corruption of doctrine by apostasy (Jude vs 3; 1 Cor 7:19; Rev 14:6,7,12).
“…Master, we know that You speak and teach what is right (upright, principled, accurate, virtuous, judicious, blameless) and that You show no partiality to anyone, but instruct ‘the (lawful) WAY of YHVH,’ honestly and in truth (and in righteousness)”
(Zech 8:8; Lk 20:21; Acts 24:14).
‘Abiding in the Vine’ (Jn 15) is a precept-tailored, full-counsel-sown CUSTOM-FIT for true sons (‘STRAIT’/NARROW/RIGOROUS, admittedly, to avoid being unequally yoked, but a comfortable fit nevertheless – Matt 7:13-27; 11:29,30; 15:14; Heb 12; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 5:2,3) designed as a “perfect law of LIBERTY” (Jn 14:16; 15:14; James 1:22-25; 2:8-26) to be practised in the obedience of faith after salvation apart from works, under the grace of probation (Heb 2:1-3; 3:7-19; 4:1-11; 10:36-39; 12:28,29), by faith working by love (Jn 15:14; Rom 15:16-18; 16:26).
Into which ‘perfect (covenant) fit’ Shabbat (the antithesis of slavery in Egypt; and ‘Prologue’ to the LORD’s Feast Appointments) ‘SHOEHORNS’ us with the GREAT EASE that only such GREAT GRACE, as the SHALOM-SHALOM of the “everlasting covenant of Shabbat” can supply by the Spirit of Holiness, as a WEEKLY MASTERCLASS in the discipline of learning how to crucify the flesh (Is 58:13; Ex 20:8-11; Rom 13:12-14; 6:6,11,12; Eph 4:22-24; Col 3:9,10).
Those “masteries” of body and soul (which comprise crucifixion of the ‘flesh’) were always meant to BEGIN with PROMPT obedience to submit to baptism (full immersion) into Y’shua’s Death for the remission of sins, and thereafter, IMMEDIATE adoption of Shabbat as our joint- heritage in the Messiah (Gen 2:2,3/Ps 119:111/Matt 5:19; 12:8/Mk 2:27,28/Eph 1:5; 2:11,12/1 Thess 5:23/2 Tim 2:5/Heb 4:1-11), as a foundational proof of OUR adoption by the House of Jacob as heirs of the world (Lk 1:33; Rom 4:13,16; 11:17-29).
In “THAT man” (Acts 17:31), “the Branch,” “the Master FROM Heaven” Who does ALL of HEAVEN’s will on Earth as “Master of ALL,” especially of “THAT day” (Ex 16:23,28-30; Is 4:2; 11:2; 56:6; Matt 6:9,10; 11:27a; Acts 10:35,36), the HOLY SEVENTH day ratified by HIM (Matt 5:19; Mk 2:27,28) to signify that in EVERY generation, a remnant of Israel is set apart (sanctified from from amongst all peoples – Ex 31:13,16; 33:16) as FOREVER “the church (of Jacob the firstborn) of YHVH” (Lk 1:32,33; Jn 10:16; Acts 7:38; Eph 2:11,12,19; 3:6; Heb 12:23), we have our greatest covenant Witness (Is 42:6,7,21) that Shabbat’s lessonS on holiness are indispensable for purging of error, for perfection of character through transfiguration of our souls to bear Messiah’s Image (Rom 8:4,29; 2 Cor 3:18).
By REWARDING us for sanctifying TIME (by our acknowledging the unique sanctity of Shabbat, the threshold of the Door), by SHOREHORNING us into “the Way” to MAGNIFY TORAH by the Spirit (Is 42:21; Matt 5:17-19; Rom 3:31; 8:4-14), SHABBAT simultaneously shoehorns us into our chosen pre-Creation HEBREW identity as Echad (One) with the God of the HEBREWS (Ex 3:13-18; Deut 5:15; Jn 17:21-23; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 1:4,5; 2:11,12) Who saved us from the slavehouse of bondage to sin and fear of death, for us to Exodus from the power of darkness (Col 1:13), to learn the righteousness of “the Way of YHVH” in Abraham’s dynastic household, now the body of Messiah the Seed of Abraham (Gen 18:18,19; Is 51:1-7; Eph 2:19; Gal 3:16) to keep covenant by discerning error, to repair BREACH of THE WAY to be perfect (Is 56:6-8; 58:12-14; Lk 6:40; 20:21; 1 Cor 7:19; 11:1,2; 2 Thess 2:13-15), to “remain forever” inscribed for life (1 Jn 2:17), to “ride on the heights of the earth and feast on the inheritance of our father Jacob” in the ages to come, as seed of Abraham (“in Abraham”), “in (and amongst the Tribes of) Jacob” (Gen 2:3; 28:14; Is 29:22-24; Lk 1:33; Gal 3:29; Rev 21:12).
HalleluYaH
