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As I have started to keep the Sabbath in the last 6 months, many have turned to me to inquire about my beliefs around the sabbath, questions like "are you trying to be justified by works?" or why I'm "keeping the law of Moses" if christ fulfilled it and so on... And to be honest, I was more than expecting such questions and responses since we often see the sabbath as an outdated, for jews only commandment, and a matter of legalism when done, but as I explored in my previous post and will continue to do so here, this can't be farther from the truth. I'm not going to adress the issue of the sabbath being still relevant in this post, as i covered the basis for sabbath observance here . Credit for the photo to Lawton First Baptist Church, Oklahoma Now, a quick recap: the sabbath was kept since creation, not only God himself set the sabbath appart  and made it holy, but also Christ seemingly expected christians to keep it during the destruction of th...

Hello Again! Hey, before you begin, this will be a post that is somewhat (who am I kidding.. sorta, kinda, little bit) long, and that is because this topic is really important, after all, the Sabbath is the fourth commandments, so it deserves to be discussed in detail. That said, there's a lot I didnt cover, and if you want to engage with me, tell me I'm wrong or whatever, then leave a comment, i'd really appreciate it! now, lets begin, shall we? Christians usally take a "The Old Covenant is no longer relevant" mentality, and while it is true that the sacrifies are no longer offered, and the Temple is not longer the dwelling place of the Eternal God, it doesn't really mean that it is no longer relevant. First, its hugely importart to understand it as to have a very clear picture of how much we transgress God's Law. Even so, there's an even more important point... God doesnt change his mind, Numbers 23:19 says in this aspect:  God is not man, that...

Jesus said he did not come to abolish the law but to fullfill it, we know that, but a question is begging to get answered... What is to "abolish"? What did Jesus ment with that? Did he mean he came to do away with? Maybe He fulfill as in "it is done and finished"? Let's answer this, because in this verse lies a great point... Lets see, first, to abolish is " to do away with, to finish, to discard" . If he did not come to discard the law, what did he came for? Well, a translation of fulfill can be "to complete", another is "to carry out as required or pledged" This is quite interesting, because it poses a question, if Jesus did not come to "discard" the law, but to "carry it out as intended" then, should WE  also live by Mosaic law? Should WE , and by "we" I mean 21st century non-jewish christians, also keep the sabbath? Should we eat Pork? should we carry on with Jewish law? after all, according to Je...