The Fourth commandment tells us of two different shabats,
the new moon shabat and the 7th day shabat.
The Sabbath Sunday issue is about The Sabbath of the fourth commandment, whose timebase?
scriptures, per Exodus 20:8 and per Genesis 1 or the solar sun-days week.--(by Lenny
Bratcher)
Psalms 104:19
He made the moon for seasons(moed-appointments): the sun reveals its entrance.
Correct translation of Exodus 20:8
Mark even day the shabat to consecrate it.
*#2141, #853, #3117, (he-the) #7676, (lamed-to)#6942(vav-it)
*(this is the same order of words as the Hebrew text shows-direct concise translation)This means sanctify the day of the new moon and consecrate it as the
beginning of the month, as the day of the shabats for this month. then work six days and
finish it. and keep the seventh day of His lunar weeks as a shabat rest from the six
working days, following His example laid down in creation week. The Hebrew priest
understood it this way as when obsevation of the moon showed the New Moon had arrived,
would state, the new moon is consecrated. Those present would repeat after him "The
New Moon is Consecrated".
Compare Deuteronomy 12:5 and see the Strong's definitions at the end of this paper.
The Signs of the Times 04-07-98 The Sabbath of the Lord. No. 2 -PR-
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God is true. He reigns, and will reign, notwithstanding that the church
and the world have entered into a confederacy to abolish His law. Age after
age Satan has been blinding men by his wiles. He has co-operated with human
agencies in an effort to make falsehood truth. He has worked with intensity
to defy the God of heaven by making His law of none effect. But he has not
done this; for in the ark of God in heaven are the tables of stone upon which
are written the precepts that are the foundation of His government. And the
Sabbath, which God declares to be the sign of the loyalty of His people, is
placed in the bosom of the Decalogue. Its sanctity reaches into eternity; for
God declares that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to
another, His subjects shall come up to worship before Him in the earth made
new.
Mrs. E. G. White.
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Ezekiel 46:1 Thus saith Yah-Yahweh The gate
of the inner court that looketh toward the east, shall be shut the six working days; but
on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new-moon it shall be opened.
Here we can see three components
of the law,
1. worship on the new moon, [blow up the trumpet to announce it],
2. then work six days,
3. then the seventh day sabbath rest.
To the law and to the testimony if they speak not
according to this word it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
Ezekiel 46:1 is incorrect if there is no reference
in the testimony and law. But there is.
Exodus 20:8 Explains the Shabat day, as the New Moon marks
which day the Shabat is
Exodus 20:8
Mark(#2142)even(#853-et-alef-tav),day(#3117)the(he)Shabat(#7676),to(lamed)consecrate(#6942)it(vav)
"Mark it, even the day, of the Shabat, to consecrate
it." Read below #2342 & 2145 for" zakar(as being the most noteworthy)
as the new moon is the primary Shabat marking the beginning of time.
(the new moon is the male, the leader of the 4 passive weekly sabbaths of the month,
marking "even-namely" the day)
In Deut. 5:12 the first word is "shamar" Observe,
watch for it, then it is identical to Exodus 20:8 with an added
phrase, 'as Yahweh your elohim hath commanded you.'
"Observe it, even the day, of the Shabat, to consecrate(khodesh) it."
Testimonies for the Church Volume Six
Cautions and Counsels
PR- 03, PG- 368
God teaches that we should assemble in His house to
cultivate the attributes of perfect love. This will fit the
dwellers of earth for the mansions that Christ has gone
to prepare for all who love Him. There they will assemble
in the sanctuary from Sabbath to Sabbath, from one
new moon to another, to unite in loftiest strains of song,
in praise and thanksgiving to Him who sits upon the
throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.
He calls the new moon "The Shabat" because all sabbaths
will fall upon this day, marking the beginning of time for this month. 'Mark the new moon
day, work six days, rest the seventh.'
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work."
(the next sentence begins with "vav" the Hebrew symbol for the word meaning
"and").
"And the seventh day is a Sabbath of Yahweh Elohim, in
it thou shalt not do any work."
(notice "a sabbath" as there is not a prefix to the word
"shabat" as in verse 8, with "he" meaning "the", or
"the primal marking new moon shabat", as new moon is an intermission day from
the week days, marking at its ending the beginning of the new set of four lunar weeks.)
Three components of the law,
1. Marking of the new moon, [blow up the trumpet to announce it],
2. Work six days, and finish it.
3. Rest on the seventh day sabbath, and not any work, we should do.
Four 7th day Sabbaths occur in a moon, New moon sabbath,
Then 7 days later the first 7th day sabbath on the 8th day of the Moon.
Then 7 days later the second 7th day sabbath on the 15th day of the Moon.
Then 7 days later the third 7th day sabbath on the 22nd day of the Moon.
Then 7 days later the 29th day of the Moon is the last or fourth and dark 7th day sabbath.
The New Moon determines when the times (weeks) are. But
the Seventh-day Shabat does not determine when the New Moon is. The New Moon is all
important as the establisher of the week days feast days sabbath days, and The Holy of
Yahweh, Honorable.
Isaiah 58:13
13 ¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy
day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of Yahweh, honourable; and shalt honour him,
not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:
-- The Most High is challenging us to keep the new moon "as the holy of Yahweh,
honoring Him" He is challenging us to see if He will not elevate us up to feed upon
Yacob's heritage. Abraham's Farm.
Isaiah 58:14
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in Yahweh; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high
places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Yacob thy father: for the mouth of
Yahweh hath spoken [it].
Here we see that work is not forbidden, we may cook
food and eat, kindle a fire, find pleasure and delight ourselves in happiness in our
Creator as He dwells in us, and someday eat the new fruit of the tree in the place of
renouwn, Abraham's farm, that part of the earth that has been purified, future,
after His feet touch the mount of olives and it becomes cleansed, like His touch purified
leprosy from the lepars, His feet that appears to be burning like fire will cleanse away
the leprosy sin has made.
6942 qadash, kaw-dash'; a prim. root: to be (causat, make, pronounce
or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):--appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate,
defile, hallow, (be keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify
(-led one, self) X wholly.
2320 chodesh {kho'-desh} Hebrew: noun masculine
from 2318;(chadash-kahw-dash' ; a prim. root; to be new; caus.
to rebuild: renew, repair.)
Possible Definitions:
1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month
Ezekiel 46:1
Thus saith Yah-Yahweh The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the
east, shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in
the day of the new-moon it shall be opened.
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate without, and shall
stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his
peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go
forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before Yahweh in
the sabbaths and in the new moons.
4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto Yahweh in the sabbath day [shall
be] six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
5 And the meat offering [shall be] an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs
as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
6 And in the day of the new moon [it shall be] a young bullock without blemish, and six
lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram,
and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Conclusion: Here we see that on the day of the new moon in addition
to the sabbath offerings one more is included, a young bullock, showing that the day of
the new moon is The Primary Shabat above and setting the timing of the 7th day shabats, as
Exodus 20:8 shows and means The New Moon Shabat is The foundation of the Shabats for the
lunar cycle.
Psalms 8:3
3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which
thou hast ordained;
Psalms 81:3
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Psalms 89:37
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven.
Selah.
Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise,
and the law of Yahweh is with us? Lo, the false
pen of the scribes have falsified them and written them wrong.
As the following shows us that the New Moon Sabbath has been
obscured or hidden by falsely translating the law of ten.
Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass,
that from one new-moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come
to worship before Me, saith Yahweh.
Here we can see two components of
the law
1. worship before Yahweh on the day of the new moon.
2. worship before Yahweh on the day seventh, sabbath of rest.
Ezekiel 46 and Isaiah 66:23 both show us that the
new moon has always been and always will be connected with the 7th day sabbath as a
worship day. As the correct interpretation and understanding of Exodus 20:8 and
Deuteronomy 12:5 both show us.
from The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
[410] Holiday Prayers
Holidays
... 1. Sabbath and New Moon (Rosh Hodesh), both periodically recurring in the course of a
year. The New Moon is still, and the Sabbath originally was, dependent upon the lunar
cycle. Both date back to the nomadic period of Israel.
#2142 "zakar, zaw-kar': a primitive root; properly to mark (so
as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by impl. to mention: also (as denom., from 2145)
to be male: - burn [incense], X earnestly, be male, (make_ mention (of), be mindful,
recount, record (-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to
(in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
#2145 "zakar, zaw-kawr': from 2142; prop. remembered, i.e. a
male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy rex':--X him, male, man
'child, -kind).
#853 "eth,; appar. contr. from 226 in the demonstr. sense of
entity; prop. self (but gen. used to point out more def. the object of a verb or
prep., even or namely):--[as such unrepresented in english.]
#8104 shamar
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to
protect, attend to, etc.:-beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self),
mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay)
wait (for), watch (-man).
Prophets and Kings page 678
In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored. The breach made
in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be repaired. Elohim's remnant
people, standing before the world as reformers, are to show that the law of Elohim is the
foundation of all enduring reform and that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to
stand as a memorial of creation, a constant reminder of the power of Elohim. In clear,
distinct lines they are to present the necessity of obedience to all the precepts of the
Decalogue. Constrained by the love of the Messiah, they are to cooperate with Him in
building up the waste places. They are to be repairers of the breach, restorers of paths
to dwell in. See verse 12.
Isaiah 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up
the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called; The repairer of the breach,
The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Ezekiel 31:1
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the
month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying,
Prophets and Kings (see just above) - "The
breach made in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be
repaired."
Dear friends, this quote of Ellen White tells us that the 4th
commandment was changed by man and is to be repaired.
The repair is this-
"Mark even day The New Moon to consecrate
it"-Exodus 20:8
Work six days and finish it, and the 7th day is a Shabat unto Yahweh your
Elohim... --- Thus the pattern is laid down in the 4th commandment, "Keep the day of
the New Moon as The Holy of Yahweh honorable, work six days, rest the 7th, work six days,
rest the 7th, work six days, rest the 7th, work six days, rest the 7th, and then observe
and "Mark" the day of the next New Moon, and repeat the Divinely laid down
pattern, written on the tables of stone now hidden in the ark, guarded by two Holy
Angels, as apparently the only record remaining on earth of the orginal Law of ten.
Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? Lo, the false pen of the
scribes have falsified them and written
them wrong.
So, by repairing the original, that is, it
is apparant, the the original ten commandments had the words "new moon" instead
of "the shabat" in Exodus 20:8. The evidence provides sufficient proof that The
New Moon is a greater day than the 7th day, and has to be "The New Moon" in
Exodus that was replaced by man with The Shabat, and in time became less and less
important as it was forgotten that the original law said New Moon. But Jewish tradition
still continues to "consecrate the day of the new moon" |