I’m not sure you understand your own arguments.
You keep reposting links to humongous threads and expect me to respond to them - after I already have…
That can mean only one thing: an attempt to frustrate your opponent…
You keep dodging any answers given to you and then claim answers have not been given and then re-request answers to already answered questions….
Round and round the mulberry bush!!
You are afraid to post the ACTUAL QUESTIONS you claim were not answered since doing so would expose the fact that the questions have already been answered.
Yet, you do not answer questions put to you did fear of exposing you’d own ignorance on the matter.
As far as I can see you think that the ways of the Jews are the only ways the whole world should behave … and certainly THAT WAS GOD’s intention in the beginning. However, the Jews subverted the laws and made them of ‘no effect’ … This is the contention with regard to SABBATH.
The Jews were working seven days a week - no rest - no time to properly worship God except for the several special worship days set aside during the year when all the Israelites would come together to worship AS ONE GROUP. Of course, when a number of Jews sinned by marrying women from a tribe God banned them from marrying into, these were ejected from the Jewish group - and they worshipped together separately as Samaritans (Samaria being the town they were ejected to after their sin!).
These Samaritans could not join in the worship services held in Jerusalem and so remained worshipping on the mountain that the Jews originally worshipped on before Jerusalem became the established and only authorised place to publicly worship God as a group.
Because the Jews felt so dutiful towards God’s laws (Sabbath day) in our case, they criticised everyone who were not doing things strictly as the law stated (Hmmm…. Sounds like someone I debate with !!!??).
And, as a result, they made the law a millstone around their own necks.
But all was not well! It would become obvious that such strictness to the law could never be upheld entirely and so many Jews broke the law WHEN IT SUITED THEM even while criticising their fellows for far lesser ‘offences against the same law’.
Take, for instance two examples of ‘offences’ they made against Jesus Christ. In one, Jesus was hungry and merely made ‘bread’ for himself … that was deemed as WORKING (being a Baker) and violated the law of the Sabbath. In another, Jesus healed a man on the sabbath. That was deemed a sin since it meant Jesus was being a Doctor.
Jesus pointed out that he was not violating the law of the Sabbath. In fact, Jesus pointed out that God was working EVEN ON THE SABBATH:
- “In his defence Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” (John 5:17)
Q: Now, if Jesus says it’s ok to WORK ON THE SABBATH DAY if it results in DOING GOOD; WORSHIPPING GOD; and RESTING from week day work, HOW is it a Sin to call a REST DAY FROM YOUR WEEKLY your SABBATH DAY.
Q: Is a Godly person to be strangulated by the law of the Sabbath Day because HIS SABBATH DAY falls on a NON-JEWISH (Friday sundown to Saturday Sundown) day?
