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Today's Poem
Above All
Above all the powers and all the kings
Above all nature and created things
Above all the wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all the kingdoms and all the thrones
Above all the wonders the world had ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of this earth
There is no way to measure what You’re worth
Crucified, and laid behind a stone
You lived to die, rejected and alone
You were like a rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me above all.
Therefore I will sing, all hail the Lamb, enthroned on high
His praise shall be my battle cry
He will reign victorious and forever glorious
His Name is Yeshua, He is my Adonai
When I sing, I will give all to Yeshua
All I am, all I have and ever hope to be
All my ambitions, all my hope and all my plans
I surrender these into Your Hands
For it is only in Your will that I am free
Amein
Daily Prayer
Blessed are You Adonai Eloheinu, for in Yeshua Mashiach, the Word made flesh, You share in our humanity. You come among us to be one with us and that we may come to You. Blessed are You Father, our King and Creator. Adonai, we welcome You into our hearts, our lives and our homes. We ask Your blessings upon TTN as it worships You in many countries of this world. May it ever witness to Your presence and Your love. Guide all teachers of the Word, that they my lead all their people to You and help us all to know You and to love You. We rejoice with the angels and pray for peace on earth and goodwill among all people. We ask Your blessing on all areas where there is war, conflict and oppression. We think of those and bring them before You, who are not at peace with themselves or with others. We pray for all who are disturbed or distressed and everyone in Afghanistan living in fear. Adonai, we welcome You into our homes and our lives that we may reflect Your peace and Your glory. We ask Your blessing upon all our loved ones, those who are near and those who are far from us. We pray for all who find life today stressful, we pray for the world’s poor and we pray for those who are deeply in debt to make a living. We pray for the homeless, those who are hungry, in shelters and other relief organisations. We ask Your blessing upon all who are lonely, in old age homes, children’s homes and those who feel neglected or forgotten at this time. We pray for those who are ill or who have a disability. We ask that You touch each one of them and give them the assurance that You are with them and give them comfort. Adonai, we rejoice that You came down to earth as a human that we may share in the joys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Adonai, this world is in a bad state, come to us, save us and help us. Make the world aware that there are only One source of Love, One source of Life, One source of Grace, One source of Wisdom and Knowledge and One King everlasting and that is You, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We honour and worship You. We pray this and ask this only in the Name of our redeemer Yeshua Mashiach, amein.
Shabbat Shalom brothers and sisters. Have blessed day resting in Yahuah. Please pray for our families in Canada who are going to be quartined soon if they don't have a passport. Please pray to all those in harms way in the Gulf, Afghanistan, and Australia and even here.
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SHABBAT PART 2
SHABBAT RULES
Returning from the seventh year to the seventh day, the Old Testament Law goes into considerable detail about the types of work that may and may not be done by YHVH’s people on the Shabbat day. The rules about the Shabbat were not meant to rule out activity of any kind. Instead, the Laws were meant to stop regular, everyday work, because if YHVH had set aside the Shabbat (Exodus 20:11), the most obvious way of being disrespectful was to treat it just like any other day. Rules were spelled out in specific terms that the farmer (34:21), the salesman (Jeremiah 17:27), and even the housewife (Exodus 35:2-3) would understand. The details may seem trivial to people today, but obedience to the Shabbat Law was seen as the main test of the people’s loyalty to YHVH. It was made quite clear that wilful disobedience of the Shabbat Law required the harsh punishment of death (Exodus 35:2) and the fate of the person who was caught gathering wood in defiance of Shabbat regulations showed that this was not an idle threat (Numbers 15:32-36). Because it involved so many rules and regulations (and with the death penalty overhanging all), the Shabbat Day easily could have become a day when the Israelites were more afraid of committing an offense than worshiping our Adonai and enjoying a weekly rest. However, YHVH intended the Shabbat to be a blessing, not a burden. Above everything else, it was a weekly sign that our Adonai loved His people and wanted to draw them into a closer relationship with Him. People who valued that relationship with YHVH enjoyed the Shabbat and they called it a delight (Isaiah 58:13-14). In Psalm 92, which is titled, “A Song for the Shabbat,” a person’s joy about the Shabbat Day is very clear. Later on in the Old Testament, the later prophets saw that a great deal of Shabbat observance was a sham. In that time and even in today's time many people treated the Shabbat day more as holiday than holy day and they used it as an opportunity for self-indulgence rather than a day for worshipping YHVH (Isaiah 58:13). Some greedy tradesmen found the restrictions an annoyance to their business (Amos 8:5). As YHVH’s spokespeople, the prophets did not shrink from exposing this disobedience and abuse of the Shabbat Laws (Ezekiel 22:26). Isaiah said that those who go through the motions of Shabbat worship with hearts that were not truly repentant nauseated our Adonai (Isaiah 1:10-15). Jeremiah told the people that their breaking of the Shabbat Laws would eventually bring destruction to the city of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 17:27). And Ezekiel warned the people that YHVH had been very patient with His people, but if they continued to disobey His rules about the Shabbat, He would severely judge them (Ezekiel 20:12-24). When the axe of judgment fell and the Israelites were exiled to Babylon in 586 BC, the people who remained in Israel took the prophets’ words to heart. Shabbat keeping was one of the few distinctive practices faithful Jews could continue to follow in a foreign land. Because of this, it became especially significant. At the prompting of prophets like Ezekiel, who set out rules for Shabbat worship in the rebuilt temple at Jerusalem (Ezekiel 44:24, 45:17 and 46:3), and under the leadership of men like Nehemiah, the Israelites were more careful than the people before them in observing the Shabbat day (Nehemiah 10:31 and 13:15-22).
THE SHABBAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Before the first century, some Jews in Palestine developed several more rules for promoting the observance of the Shabbat. Two small passages in the Mishnah are devoted exclusively to these Shabbat rules and regulations. Their main purpose is to define work by telling the Israelites what is and is not permitted on the Shabbat. Unfortunately, this led to such hair-splitting complexities and detailed Laws that Jewish lawyers often could not agree on the interpretation of certain parts of the Law. Because of this, the main purpose of the Shabbat became lost beneath a mass of legalistic detail. The rabbis themselves were aware of how much they were adding to the straightforward teaching about the Shabbat in the Old Testament. As one of them put it, “The rules about the Shabbat... are as mountains hanging by a hair, for Scripture is scanty and the rules many.”
YESHUA AND THE SHABBAT
Yeshua had many confrontations with the Jewish religious leaders over Shabbat observances. From their perspective, Yeshua was a Shabbat breaker and was guilty of breaking the Law. Yeshua however, never saw Himself as a Shabbat breaker. He went to the synagogue regularly on the Shabbat day (Luke 4:16). He read the lessons from Scripture, preached and taught (Mark 1:21 and Luke 13:10). He clearly accepted the principle that the Shabbat was an appropriate day for worshipping YHVH. However, Yeshua did not agree with all of the Laws the Pharisees had created for the Shabbat that were not based on the Old Testament. He made this clear when He defended His disciples by appealing to Scripture, after they had been accused of breaking Shabbat tradition by walking through grain fields and breaking off heads of wheat. For the Pharisees, this was against the Law because it was classified as harvesting (Mark 2:23-26). He followed this up with a remark that took His listeners straight back to YHVH’s Creation purpose for the Shabbat: “The Shabbat was made to benefit people and not people to benefit the Shabbat” (2:27). The Pharisees had exalted the tradition of the Shabbat above the people it was meant to serve and they had robbed the Shabbat of one of its main purposes. Yeshua’s Words must have sounded uncomfortably familiar in His opponents’ ears. A famous rabbi had once said, “The Shabbat is given over to you, but you are not given over to the Shabbat.” More than anything else, the miraculous healings Yeshua performed on the Shabbat contradicted the Laws of the Pharisees. The Old Testament does not forbid cures on the Shabbat day, but the Pharisees thought all healing was work, which must always be avoided on the Shabbat unless someone’s life was at risk. Yeshua fearlessly exposed the absurd results of this Law. He asked, how could it be right to circumcise a baby or lead an animal to water on the Shabbat day, which was allowed by tradition, but wrong to heal a chronically handicapped woman and a crippled man, even if their lives were not in immediate danger (Luke 13:10-17 and John 7:21-24)? Yeshua taught that the Shabbat Day was a particularly appropriate day for acts of mercy and healing (Mark 3:4-5). Yeshua, the man from heaven, claimed that He was the Adonai of the Shabbat (Mark 2:28 and Matthew 12:5-8). Just as YHVH kept working, despite His Creation rest, to sustain the world in His mercy, so Yeshua would continue to teach and to heal on the Shabbat day (John 5:2-17). However, Yeshua also said that one day His redemptive work would be complete and then the Shabbat’s purpose as a sign of redemption would be accomplished.
PAUL AND THE SHABBAT
Because he was alive after Yeshua’s death and resurrection, the apostle Paul was quick to understand the significance of the Shabbat. He did not go so far as to ban all observance of the Jewish Shabbat. Indeed, he attended many Shabbat synagogue services himself while he was travelling (Acts 13:14-16). Jewish Believers who insisted on keeping up their Shabbat practices were free to do so, provided they respected the opinions of those who differed (Romans 14:5-6, 13). However, Paul emphasized that any suggestion that observing the Jewish Shabbat rules was necessary for salvation must be resisted (Galatians 4:8-11). Paul considered the Shabbat to be a shadow, while Mashiach Himself is the reality of that shadow (Colossians 2:17). Finally, it is the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews who explains how Yeshua Mashiach fulfils the twin biblical “Shabbat themes” of creation and redemption. He did so by linking together the ideas of YHVH’s rest after Creation and His redeeming work in bringing Israel to “rest” in the promised land of Canaan. He then describes how both of these events relate to the present and future rest that believers can enjoy with a relationship with Yeshua (Hebrews 4:1-11).
THE FINAL SHABBAT YHVH
intends all His people to share His rest and His promises (Hebrews 4:1). He showed this intention clearly when He brought Israel to the Promised Land, but that did not mark the complete fulfillment of His promise. The full and complete rest that is still waiting for the people of YHVH is in heaven. Mashiach has already entered there. He is resting from His work, just as YHVH did after the Creation. And because of Yeshua’s redeeming work, He invites all people who believe in Him to share that same “Shabbat.
SHABBAT PART 1
The word “Shabbat” comes from the Hebrew word that means “cease” or “stop.” The Shabbat was a day (from Friday evening until Saturday evening in Yeshua’s time) when all ordinary work stopped. The Scriptures tell us that YHVH gave His people the Shabbat as an opportunity to serve Him and as a reminder of two great truths in the Bible: Creation and redemption. The Shabbat was to be a day of rest and worship --- a day set aside for spiritual, mental and physical refreshment. After Yeshua’s resurrection, the believers began to worship on Adonai’s Day, the first day of the week, the day of our Adonai’s resurrection (1 Corinthians 16:1-2). But the model for our Adonai’s Day was the Shabbat.
THE SHABBAT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
The relationship between Creation and the Shabbat is first expressed in Genesis 2:2-3. YHVH “ceased” His work in Creation after six days and then “blessed” the seventh day and “declared it holy.” In the fourth Commandment (Exodus 20:8-11), YHVH’s “blessing” and “setting aside” of the seventh day after Creation form the basis of His demand that the Israelites should remember the seventh day as a day of Shabbat rest.
YHVH’S REST
The idea of YHVH resting from His work is a startling one. It comes across even more vividly in Exodus 31:17, where YHVH tells Moses how He was refreshed by His day of rest. This picture of the Creator as a manual labourer is one the Bible often describes. There is no doubt that YHVH talks about the Shabbat in this way to show people that they must follow the pattern the Creator has set for them. A day of rest is necessary for individuals, families, households and even animals (20:10). The Shabbat’s setting in the biblical account of Creation implies that it is one of the rules in the Old Testament that is meant for all people and not just for Israel. When YHVH included the Shabbat law in the Ten Commandments, it emphasized its importance. The Ten Commandments had a special position in Old Testament law. It was the only Law spoken by YHVH’s voice (Exodus 20:1), written by His finger (31:18), and placed in the ark of the covenant which was a very important part of Israel’s worship services (25:16). The New Testament also emphasizes the fact that the Ten Commandments describe principles that are important for all people in all places at all times. Whether or not Sunday is recognized as the Christian Shabbat, all believers should accept the importance of the Shabbat described in the Bible. YHVH’s instructions require all people to observe a regular weekly break from work.
YHVH’S LAW
Significantly, the second idea behind the teaching in the Bible about the Shabbat --- the idea of redemption --- is also featured in the Ten Commandments. YHVH’s Law about the Shabbat, which was already described in Exodus 20:8-11, reappears in Deuteronomy 5:12-15. However, in this passage, YHVH gives the people a different reason for observing the Shabbat day: “Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt and that Adonai your Elohim brought you out with amazing power and mighty deeds. That is why our Adonai your Elohim has commanded you to observe the Shabbat day” (5:15). The differences between these two accounts of the Sabbath are important. The first (Exodus 20) is addressed, through Israel, to all people as created beings. The second (Deuteronomy 5) is directed to Israel as a nation of YHVH’s redeemed people. Because of this, the Shabbat is YHVH’s signpost. It points not only to His goodness toward all people as their Creator but also to His mercy toward His chosen people as their Redeemer.
YHVH’S JUSTICE
There is one other significant point in Deuteronomy’s version of the Shabbat Commandment that must not be missed. After YHVH prohibits all work on the Shabbat day, He adds an explanatory note: “On that day no one in your household may do any kind of work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do” (Deuteronomy 5:14). Practical concern for others is an idea found in all of YHVH’s Laws in the Old Testament. Because YHVH was merciful to the people of Israel while they were slaves in Egypt, he expected the Israelites to show loving concern for the people who served them. The Shabbat Day offered the Israelites a perfect opportunity to show this loving concern. During Yeshua's time, many of the Israelites had forgotten this very important idea behind the Shabbat Day. Because of this, Yeshua was especially sure to emphasize the humanitarian side of the Shabbat observance (Mark 3:1-5). When the Old Testament describes a “shabbatical year,” it develops this humanitarian theme even further (Exodus 23:10-12, Leviticus 25:1-7 and Deuteronomy 15:1-11). This Law stated that every seventh year the land was to lie fallow and be uncultivated (Leviticus 25:4). It needed a regular rest just as much as the people it sustained. The primary purpose of this Law was to show loving concern for the people who worked the land: “But you, your male and female slaves, your hired servants, and any foreigners who live with you may eat the produce that grows naturally during the Shabbat year. And your livestock and the wild animals will also be allowed to eat of the land’s bounty” (25:6-7). Deuteronomy 15:1-11 extends the same humanitarian principle into the world of business. The Law of the sabbatical year commanded that the people of Israel must cancel all of their debts. For people who refused to loan money out because the sabbatical year was approaching, the Law added a warning and a promise: “Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year of release is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to our Adonai, you will be considered guilty of sin. Give freely without begrudging it, and our Adonai your Elohim will bless you in everything you do” (Deuteronomy 15:9-10). The shabbatical year was obviously a great test of the Israelites’ obedience to YHVH. It also required them to depend on YHVH for their livelihood and food during that year. In some cases, the temptation to turn a blind eye was too strong. However, history shows us that Israel was usually courageous by observing the Law on many occasions, despite threats of invasion and famine. Both Alexander the Great and the Romans excused Jews from paying taxes every seventh year because the Jews were so faithful to their religious beliefs.
Thought for today: Shabbat August 28: Heavy Burdened?
Yeshua did not come to argue away or eliminate our tension and stress. He came to fill it with peace and quiet.
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest --- Mt. 11:28
I praise and thank You, Adonai Eloheinu, that the peace and quiet of Yeshua fills my life even amidst life's greatest tensions and pressures, amein.
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