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feast: Simplifying Life (Part Five)

Finding Rest in the Sabbath
David F. Maas
Given 12-Oct-25; Sermon #FT25-06; 59 minutes

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God's called out saints over the entire earth are keeping the feast of Tabernacles, symbolizing the glorious millennial Sabbath when the resurrected saints will be ruling under Jesus Christ, bringing blessed rest and peace for the first time in 6000 years. After mankind's disastrous, futile attempts to substitute their combat warmongering governments, every one of them, a colossal failure, including democracy. Actually, it's the worst form of government when 51% of the population rejects God's holy and spiritual law, which, sadly, All of Jacob's offspring in America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and our brother Judah's postage stamp domicile, the State of Israel have recently done instead of accepting the benevolent, blessed rule of Almighty God. Encouraged by the prophet Samuel I Samuel 8:7, sadly, Jacob's rebellious offspring around the globe have also glommed on to the evil principle of divisive party spirit. And factions condemned by the apostle Paul in I Corinthians 1:10 to 13, Galatians 5:192019 to 21. Please turn over to Exodus 20. Verses 8311. Exodus 20. Verse 8. Exodus 20:8. Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. Verse 96 days, you shall labor and do all work. Verse 10. But the 7th day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work, nor your son, nor your daughter nor your male servant nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gate. Verse 11, for in 6 days the Lord made the heavens and earth, the sea, and all that is in them and rested on the 7th day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. The amplified Bible adds a few additional salient details. Exodus 218. Remember the Sabbath 7th day to keep it holy, set apart, dedicated to God. Verse 96 days, you shall labor and do all your work. Verse 10. But the 7th day is a Sabbath. A day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day, you shall not do any work. You or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your livestock or the temporary resident, the foreigner who stays within your city gates. Verse 11. For in 6 days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them, and he ceased, rested on the 7th day, that is, set it apart for His purposes. I trust that most of us I think most of us. Understand the crucial difference between cardinal and ordinal numbers. Anybody who doesn't? Cardinal numbers signify quantity. 3 oranges. Two pomegranates. 5 loaves of bread. To vicious But ordinal numbers signify order. Or position Just as the musical scale carries God's indelible watermark, the autograph of Almighty God, the ordinal number 7, for example, When we sing C D E F G A B. Bringing us back to another city. One octave higher, bringing us to a brand new beginning, such as the magnificent 8th day following the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles. God blessed the 7th day, not 1 day out of 7, as many antiomian Protestants insist. And equally, egregious aninomian falsehood is that Moses gave us the Sabbath. No, God hallowed the Sabbath, that creation. And reintroduced it to Moses after 2,668 years on two tablets of stone to give it to our ancestors on the Sinai, who had fallen under pagan influence in the land of Egypt. drifting into apostasy, having nearly rejected all of God's holy and spiritual laws, including the Sabbath, which were fully enforced then since creation and are still today and will furthermore, be enforced throughout all eternity. Psalm 119152. Sadly, One of my former Yeah OK. Sadly, one of my former students in England. Who had fallen under the influence of Grace Communion International. The group that devolved from our previous fellowship out Protestanting all other Protestants she accused me of worshiping the day rather than God. Well, I replied to her. That the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church, the Anglican Church, the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Church of Christ, And yes, even the new swaggering kid on the block, Grace Communion International. Pitifully lacks the power and authority to hallow or sanctify a day or any other segment of time for that matter. Only Almighty God can hallow or sanctify time. Now, as God's called out saints. We keep only the days which Jesus. And the apostles kept Not those introduced from faulty pagan human traditions, including the rebirth of the sun on December 25 or the ancient fertility rituals, Istar. Concurrent with Easter, which the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of professing Christians adhere to, such as Craig pointed out. In his September 23rd message is Jesus Christ a Christian, and also his message that he gave here. OK. In my previous messages on, in the simplifying life series, I have stressed one, eliminating clutter, that's both physical and spiritual, redeeming time through organization, managing relationships with love and wisdom, and waiting on God's timing. With patience. Today, We will explore the topic of how the 7th day Sabbath simplifies our lives by anchoring us to God's perennial rhythms of rest and renewal. Indeed, the 7th day Sabbath is no burden. That's another antinoian lie we can refute. But instead, it's a divine spiritual gift bringing us simplicity, rest, and spiritual renewal to our daily lives, aligning and synchronizing us with Almighty God's rhythm and purpose. And God's timing is quite a bit different from ours, right? Brothers and sisters, we all realize that modern life is perpetually cluttered with endless tasks. Notifications, stressful pressures. Almighty God has blessed us with His holy Sabbath, offering to simplify our lives by providing rest, focus, and connection to his divine purpose for us as His called out saints. Consequently, the seventh day Sabbath, weekly. Annually and millennially greatly simplifies our lives by, one, providing physical and spiritual rest. 2, realigning our priorities with God's purpose. 3, fostering fellowships with family and spiritual siblings, and the rest of mankind. Before pointing to eternal rest. As well as responsibility in God's kingdom. Please turn to Genesis 2 verses 2 and 3. Genesis 2:2. And on the 7th day, that's ordinal, not Cardinal, God ended his work, which he had done. Verse 3, then God blessed the 7th day, ordinal, not cardinal. And sanctified it, because in it, he rested from all his work, which, which he had created and made. Let's flesh out some additional details from the amplified edition. And by the 7th day, God completed his work, which he had done, and he rested, ceased on the 7th day from all his work that he had done. Verse 3, so God blessed the 7th day. I repeat, orinal, not cardinal, and sanctified it as his own, that is, set it apart from other days because in it, He rested from all his work which he had created and done. The Sabbath It's not merely a law. But a profound Revelation of God's entire creation design. We must remember that the 7th day Sabbath established at creation before sin even entered the world is not merely a law, but a universal principle of rest, reflecting Almighty God's own example and perfect character. When we rest, we emulate our Creator, simplifying our lives by trusting in His providence for our lives. In my May 28, 2016 message. Spiritual light motifs patterns of seven. I made the case that the recurring pattern of 7. Exists in both public and private Revelation. God's signature, the repeatable pattern of the recurring number 7777, can be seen in astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, Genetics, music, and all other sciences, which are merely alternate expositions of the mind of God eternally present before the foundation of the world. God's perennial light motif, the recurring seven, analogized by the ascending seven-note musical scale, is embedded throughout all scripture, beginning with the seven days of creation, with a 24/7 cycle beginning in Genesis 1:14. And the weekly Sabbath, the appointed times outlined in Leviticus 23, including the Passover, the Days of unleavened bread, the counting for Pentecost, the feast of trumpets, atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles, leading to the magnificent eighth day. As well as the embedded patterns of seven revealed in the Gammatria of the Hebrew and Greek texts. The Bible itself has a seven-part division with 22 books using the Jewish numbering in the Old Testament containing the law, prophets, and writings, and 27 books in the New Testament containing the law, prophets, and writing, adding up to 49 or 7 x 7. My dear friend and brother in Christ, Mark Kaplan, informed me that if we would Uh, number that the Psalms have 5 books and if we would like the children's choir did Proverbs 1, I mean uh, Psalms 1, Psalms 2, Psalms 3, Psalms 4, Psalms 5. Now you know the 70 books of the Bible, we are going to have to do that, OK. Um, Well, OK, God's called out ones that's you brothers and sisters by keeping the seventh day Sabbath. have been metaphorically plucking on a harp of seven strings on a weekly and annual basis, rehearsing God's holy days, spiraling and ascending continually to a higher level of understanding. The new song sung by the 144,000 will be based on existing spiritual motifs and scales practiced throughout the sanctification process motifs to which the rest of the world totally oblivious. Now, the foundational commandments, Genesis 2:2 and 3, Exodus 28 to 11, and Deuteronomy 5, 12 to 15, establishes the seventh day Sabbath as a divine mandate to pause. In his commentary on Genesis 2:2 and 3, John Wright and Baugh stated that the Hebrew word Shabbath means to cease or stop, indicating that God's rest was an act of observance and sanctification rather than a need for recuperation, which it is for the rest of us. This act should be viewed as a climax of creation Week rather than an afterthought. highlighting its importance as a divine example for all humanity, not just Jews and Israelites to follow. In its commentary, Genesis 22 to 3, understanding the Sabbath. God's example of rest in Genesis 2, Martin Collins asserts that the Sabbath is a memorial creation, a day set apart for holy use, where God's Holy Spirit is present, guiding God's people to proper behavior through principles rather than strict mechanical rules, elevating Sabbath keeping to the spirit rather than merely the letter. Additionally, Martin also underscores the universal validity of the Sabbath as it originates from creation itself, rather from later cultural or religious developments. The Sabbath plays a critical role in the ongoing spiritual creation. Symbolizing that God's work continues to progress far, far, far, far beyond the current physical creation, shaping the spiritual destiny of God's called out saints. Because of modern culture's ardent obsession with boundless speed and productivity as demonstrated by the overpacked schedules, constant connectivity with spam emails, I get 100 a day. Uh, I do not know about you, but it, this, this drives me insane sometimes. Texts and invasive spam phone calls. Many of us from time to time have probably teetered on the treacherous brink of adrenaline overload or massive burnout, which Joe was talking about. In a recent study conducted last year by Deloitte University in Los Angeles, 77% of workers in the LA basin reported symptoms of burnout. And they were not talking about the palisades Altadena blazes, but instead of a profound shock to their overburdened nervous systems, living in an endless rat race, coping with increased knowledge exploding out of control. If these poor, stressed out souls could only glom on to God's holy Sabbath, which interrupts this infernal idiotic Daniel 124 rat race, requiring and mandating a full day of cessation from work, reflecting God's own rest after creation, they would find profound relief. The hallowed sanctified 7th day Sabbath is a stark radical simplification. One full day is non-negotiable, reserved exclusively for Almighty God, and wholesome rest, not arduous, pesky, mundane tasks. When we make a complete 24 hour stop. We sensibly acknowledge our puny and futile limits, trusting instead on Almighty God's provision, pushing back on the lie that only constant busyness determines true and genuine worth, a lesson which my sons and I have had much, much difficulty understanding. And applying to ourselves. I was highly moved when I learned that slain beloved martyr, Charlie Kirk. had so much love for the Sabbath that he and his wife, Erica, totally disconnected themselves from email, phone, and text for 24 hours during Almighty God's sanctified holy time. Personally, I have a long, long way to go to emulate his sterling example. Tried a little bit. Uh, I've turned off all news sources during this feast. This is the first time in a long time. I haven't watched Fox, Gutfeld, Mark Dice uh, Australia, Sky News. I would always go with that because the American lied to us. OK. Uh, more about that later. We, as God's called out saints must assiduously silence work-related apps and endless emails to create mental space to reflect and grow close to Almighty God as well. As our spiritual siblings. I believe God helped me to understand this principle on September 30th. That's 13 days ago. When he permitted. Our internet service to go out for 3 whole days. Even after all of our neighbors had their internet service restored, Now, after calling a technician and later purchasing a new router, I felt a new dramatic sense of relief of not being bombarded with disturbing interruptions from mendacious media sources and relentless social media preventing me from making progress on this feast message which I'm delivering today. And Because of that, this is the first time. In all the years I've been keeping the feast that I've got a sermon ready for the feast before the feast. That has never happened before. OK, thankfully, I, I, I made a substantial progress on this message, the 3 days that the internet was not in service. Finally, concentrating or giving my soul undivided attention to what Almighty God was inspiring me to prepare. Without the perpetual interruptions from social media and the disturbing, often discouraging messages from the leftist legacy media. I remember a piece of valuable advice from the late Rush Limbaugh, who encouraged his frustrated listeners that if they wanted to remove the horrible stress and discouragement from listening to the daily news, To disconnect from the poisonous agenda-driven legacy media for two entire weeks that their sense of well-being and productivity would be fully restored. Now Consequently, we as gods called out saints, should be able to abstain. From the legacy media for at least 1 24 hour period, as Charlie and Erica Kirk have been practicing for several years. The internet outage that Julie and I experienced from September 29th to October 1st. has indeed proved to be a profound blessing. God's sanctified holy Sabbaths weekly, annually, and millennially provide an opportunity to reconnect with the teachings of Almighty God through sermons, sermonettes, Bible studies, and commentaries restoring our flagging faith. Romans 10:17, as well as reconnect with our spiritual siblings, Hebrews 10:25, who are preparing to rule with us under Jesus Christ in the coming millennial kingdom of God on this earth. Please turn to Mark 2 verses 27 and 28. Mark 2:27, and he said to them, The Sabbath was made for men. And not man for the Sabbath. Verse 28. Therefore, the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath. The amplified classic edition provides some additional details. And Jesus said to them, the Sabbath was made on account and for the sake of man, not man for the Sabbath. Verse 28. So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath. The context of these verses is the condemnation from the Pharisees of Jesus' disciples, picking heads of grain on the Sabbath to quell their hunger. Jesus responds that the Sabbath is a gift for humanity, for humanity's well-being rather than a burdensome rule. Science substantiates the benefits of a weekly 24 hour pause. A Harvard Medical School study in 2019 maintains that a non-negotiable 24 hour rest improves cognitive function, something that we can all profit from, brothers and sisters. Greatly reduces cortisol, that's a pesky stress hormone, and lowers risks of chronic diseases. Consequently, the Sabbath's weekly rhythm offers a blessed reset that combats anxiety and fatigue, simplifying life by prioritizing restoration rather than obsessive breakneck achievement. By declaring himself the Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus affirms its purpose as life-giving, liberating practice under His authority rather than a legalistic trap of petty dos and do nots concocted by the Pharisees and the Sadducees, placing human tradition over God's holy and spiritual law and word, as well as elevating mercy over judgment. As Jesus's half brother proclaimed, for judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Jesus assured the Pharisees that the Sabbath has been created for the benefit of mankind, designed to liberate individuals from bondage and endless toil, reminding them of their redemption from slavery, both literally and spiritually. This blessed day of rest frees us from the cycle of work-driven life, allowing time for reflection, worship. and reconnecting with our spiritual siblings. It greatly simplifies life by setting a clear boundary between work and rest, ensuring that people firmly prioritize Almighty God over any competing Material pursuits, thereby reducing or neutralizing the irritation and complexity of competing demands. Asserting his authority as Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus declared that the Sabbath must remain a day of freedom rather than oppression, rejecting man-made laws which turned the Sabbath into a burden and a blessing that was intended to be. Please turn over to Isaiah. 58 verses 13 and 14. Isaiah 58:13. If you turn your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord Honorable and shall honor him not by doing your own ways, not finding your own pleasure nor speaking your own words. Verse 14, then you shall delight yourself in the Lord. And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth and feed you with the heritage of Jacob, your father. Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord and feed you with the heritage of Jacob, your father. The amplified, you knew I was going to do this. The amplified addition adds a few more clarifying details. If you turn back your foot from unnecessary travel on the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a spiritual delight, And the holy day of the Lord Honorable and honor it, not going your own way or engaging in your own pleasure or speaking your own idle words. Verse 14, then you will take pleasure in the Lord, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the promised heritage of Jacob, your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Consequently, This passage proves the Sabbath as a delight. Rather than a burden, promising joy and blessings to all of you who honor it by setting aside competing personal pursuits, thereby reframing this day as a bountiful source of spiritual enrichment. When we focus on the Almighty God and our Savior Jesus Christ, we are liberated from the horrible stress of personal agendas, enabling us to find fulfillment in divine connection, providing a pleasant break from working concerns. One of my former ed psych professors back at Minnesota State University at Mankato, instead of hosting office hours on his doors, placed a poster with the words, it'll wait. The promise from Almighty God of delight simplifies our life when we align our focus with God's will, ensuring that the Sabbath will bring reward rather than restriction, thereby enhancing our spiritual and emotional well-being. Now my third favorite verse in the Bible. Uh, in Psalm 37 verses 4 to 5 highlights this prince, let me read this for you. Uh, verse Psalm 37:4, delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Verse 5, commit your way to the Lord, trust also him in him, and he shall bring it to pass. Now, David's son, Solomon, reiterate his father's admonition about yielding to God's superior wisdom in Proverbs 3:6-163 and 169. The amplified edition reads, Proverbs 3:6, in all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him. And he will make your path straight and smooth, removing obstacles that block your way. Personally, I interpret that as a solemn promise from Almighty God that he will profoundly simplify, simplify our lives if we yield and submit to him, wrapping ourselves in His Holy Spiritual walk. I will now scroll ahead to Proverbs 16:3. Proverbs 16:3, commit your works to the Lord. Submit and trust them to Him, and your plans will succeed. If you respond to his will and guidance. Scrolling down to verse 9, we read Proverbs 16:9, a man. His mind plans his way as he journeys through life, but the Lord directs his steps and establishes them. Now, I personally prefer a continuous smooth pathway to one perpetually dominated by obstacles. Scrolling down to Proverbs 22:5, we learn that thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate, for their lack of honor and their wrongdoing traps them. He who guards himself with godly wisdom, which includes embracing God's holy and sanctified Sabbath, will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer. Please turn to Exodus 31 verses 13 through 70, 17, sorry. The passage which declares that God's hallowed sanctified seventh day Sabbath is a sign throughout generations, forever, and through eternity. Exodus 31:13. Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Surely my Sabbath, you shall keep, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 you shall keep the Sabbath. Therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death, for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Verse 15. Work that shall be done for 6 days, but the 7th. Cardinal is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Verse 16. Therefore, the children of Israel shall keep observe the Sabbath as a perpetual covenant. Verse 17, it is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever, forever, for in 6 days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the 7th, Ordinal, not cardinal day he rested and was refreshed. Consequently, the Sabbath is a perpetual covenant. Uh, Covenant as well as a sign of sanctification. Simplifying life by marking believers as almighty God's sanctified people, providing identity and purpose beyond their worldly roles. The strict prohibition against work accentuates the importance of rest. Reducing life's chaos by enforcing a clear barrier between labor and worship. Prioritizing spiritual over physical and material concerns. As a generational command, it simplifies family traditions by establishing a consistent perennial practice of rest and communion with Almighty God, promoting stability and continuity across time. Please turn over. To Ezekiel 20:12. Ezekiel 2012. Ezekiel 20:12. Moreover, I also gave them my Sabbath to be a sign between them and me that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. The amplified edition adds some additional details. Also, I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them that they might know without any doubt that I am the Lord who sanctifies them, that is, separates and sets them apart. The Sabbath is a divine sign of sanctification, setting God's called out saints apart, liberating them from burdens and worldly identities, simplifying spiritual life by renewing and ref reinforcing a relationship with Almighty God, bringing holiness and purpose to their pilgrimage. The, the Sabbath is a sign of Almighty God's covenant with his called out saints, setting them apart for his divine purpose, offering them a weekly rhythm. Countering the chaos of worldly pressures. Which is auto rhythm that many times. When God's People faithfully observe his weekly 7th day Sabbath. They are reminded of their, that's your identity, brothers and sisters, as God's redeemed, which simplifies their perspective of life's challenges, aligning their priorities with divine will. Now, our ancestors on the Sinai greatly defiled God's Sabbath. Leading Almighty God to pour out His fury upon them in the wilderness to utterly consume them. Ancient Israel's pitiful failure to keep the Sabbath led to punitive judgment from Almighty God, proving that neglecting the Sabbath greatly complicates through severing contact with God. Obedience though simplifies life by maintaining divine favor. The warning God gave to our forebears on the Sinai also applies to the Israel of God, that is Galatians 16. You, me, all of us who are managed to learn from their horrible example of what not to do. I Corinthians 10:6. God's people are obligated to keep the sanctified Sabbath to avoid disastrous spiritual consequences, focusing life on God's will rather than on their own rebellion. Again, as too many of our forebears did on the Sinai. Well, too many of our contemporaries have also dropped out by rejecting God's holy Sabbath, rejecting his clean and unclean laws, embracing pagan sun worship and fertility rites. For the past week, We have been rehearsing the coming 1000 year period of rest and peace on the earth based upon II Peter 3:8 which states that with the Lord, a day is like 1000 years. Finally After 6000 years of botched human history marked by horrific wars, arduous toil, sin, and endless conflict, the millennium symbolized by the Feast of Tabernacles represents a Sabbath-like era of total restoration under Christ's rule in which God's resurrected saints. will be serving as kings and priests. Please turn to Revelation 20 verses 1 through 6. Revelation 2:1. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Verse 2, he laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for 1000 years. Verse 3. And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more till the 1000 years were finished. But after the 1000 years were finished, but after these things he must be released for a little while. Verse 4. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands, and they lived and reigned with Christ for 1000 years, but The rest verse 5 did not live again until the 1000 years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Verse 6, blessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection. Over such, the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him 1000 years. That's your That's that that that's, that's your uh. Job resume, sorry, I was looking for that. Please turn over to Isaiah 14:7. Isaiah 14:7. The whole earth. is at rest. And is quiet, they break forth into singing, foreshadowing a lengthy period of global tranquility. Now please turn over to Hebrews 4, verses 4 through 11. A passage directed to us. The Israel of God. Hebrews 44. We've heard this The feast as well, for he has spoken in a certain place of the 7th day in this way. And God rested on the 7th day from all his works, verse 5, and again in this place they shall not enter my rest. Verse 6, since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, rebellion, verse 7. Again, he designates a certain day, seeing in David today after such a long time as it has been said, today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Verse 8, for if Joshua had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day. Verse 9, there remains a rest for the people of God. Verse 10, for he who had entered this his rest has himself also ceased from his own works as God did from his works as God did from His. Verse 11, Let us brothers and sisters, therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. This passage links the Sabbath to the ultimate rest for God's people, extending way beyond. The weekly observance to an annual eternal promise. Isaiah 24. I'll read this for you. He shall judge between nations and rebuke many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. That's a blessing. Let's scroll ahead to Mica 4 verses 1 through 5. reiterating this promise of world peace and millennial joy. Mica 41. Micah 41. Now it shall come. It shall, it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established at the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. Verse 2. Many nations shall come and say, come. And let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, and we shall walk in his paths, for out of Zion, the law shall go forth. I thought it was put away. You remember that the Old Covenant relic, which many Aninomian Protestants believe is nailed to the cross, and the word of the Lord. The same one that you're holding in your laps right now from Jerusalem. Verse 3. He that is our Lord, Savior, and bridegroom and king shall judge between many peoples and rebuke strong nations afar off. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears. into pruning hooks, bringing to a rapid and the horrible military industrial complex. Former President Eisenhower warned us about on January 1716. No, I can't be it. 7, I copied the wrong data. Whenever his, his last speech before he left, nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Verse 4, but one shall sit under his vine under his fig tree. I have a fig tree. It's delightful, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. Verse 5, for all people walk each in the name of his God, but we will walk in the name of the Lord forever and ever and ever. The millennial Sabbath has multiple spiritual implications, including. Number one, rest from sin and spiritual warfare, which God's saints, all of you have had to endure since their calling. And when Satan is bound, Revelation 22-3, humanity will experience relief from continuous deception and temptation, allowing for for a widespread knowledge of Almighty God. Isaiah 11:9, proclaiming, the Lord, the earth shall be full of knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. This abundance of knowledge was also described in Hebrews 8:10, 1016, Jeremiah 31:31 to 34, representing the fulfillment of God's sanctification process in which believers enter a state of holiness and direct communion with Jesus Christ. Number 2, the role of the saints, the resurrected believers, or the bride of Christ. They will rule as priests and kings. Revelation 5:10 26, embodying God's glory as glorified spirit beings, shepherding survivors, the remnants of Jacob's family, as well as Gentiles. The millennial practicum includes a period of teaching and spiritual growth, preparing for eternity. Number 3, Sabbath observant prophecies. Uh, including Isaiah 66:23, it reinforces the seventh day Sabbath, will universally be kept throughout the millennium. Jews, Gentiles, and everybody. And animals even, yeah. The millennial Sabbath contains several societal and global implications, such as one, peace and justice. Some have proclaimed that the millennium as a golden age without war, poverty, or oppression, perhaps a divine mandate to make the world great again. MWGA ushering in a theocratic government under Jesus Christ resolving all human failures like democracy, nationalism, or tolerance or legalizing sin, which the children of Jacob have had to endure recently. 2, Population and survivors, post-tribulation survivors, namely, Those who have endured judgment like the four horsemen or the plagues will repopulate the earth under Jesus Christ's rule. Some suggest that the massive depopulation beforehand during the trumpet plagues will finally yield, lead to a humbled society focused on rebuilding and repentance. Number 3, Environmental restoration. Finally, the earth can rest from a vicious human exploitation akin to a sabbatical year for land, Le Leviticus 254. The curses from Genesis 3, that's Thorns, toil, painful childbirth, are finally lifted, resulting in a blessed abundance and harmony. Where even wolves and lambs can dwell peacefully together, Isaiah 65:20 25, as we are gathered here today in Myrtle Beach to celebrate the feast of Tabernacles, we have caught a glimpse. A tiny foretaste of the glorious millennial Sabbath when our Lord and Savior will return to bring true rest and lasting peace to a weary world. My mentor, the late Bob Hoops used to tell the Rapid City congregation that we should consider every weekly Sabbath as a miniature feast of Tabernacles. Uh, which is a miniature millennium, which is a miniature of the new heavens and earth, every weekly Sabbath bearing God's watermark or signature. Ubiquitous number 7, we keep it as a rehearsal for that magnificent day. A moment to practice the rest and rule we will share with our Savior. Brothers and sisters, the Sabbath simplifies our lives today by anchoring us to God's eternal plan. We need to make sure that we do not measure our identity with our work, our achievements, or the chaos of this world, but in our calling as God's sanctified saints. Let us Embrace the Sabbath with joy, knowing that each 7th day which we honor brings us closer and closer to the day when we reign with Jesus Christ, bringing rest to all nations. Let us go forth from this feast in Myrtle Beach with renewed zeal to keep God's holy Sabbath, for it is our sign, our delight, and our destiny.

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