- Prayer
- Worship: “Shalom” by Joshua Aaron, “The Sabbath Song” by Derrel Sawyer, “Remember the Sabbath” by Pillars of Faith
- Word study: Seventh
- Torah study: Numbers 20, Daniel 2
Shabbat Shalom: The Creator’s Gifts to Weary Man
by Ya’acov Natan Lawrence
Why Did You Take Off Your Wedding Ring?
by Jack Woodring
Why did you take off your wedding ring?
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
I write this knowing that ALL of you desire obedience to God. Many of you are my heroes in the faith. I love you, and so that is why I must write this important letter today. I merely feel compelled to tell you the truth. I know that if I don’t say something then my work for the Kingdom is in disobedience. I have given up everything for the Kingdom, there will be even more to give up in the future. It is a painful process. I never would have believed the cost.
The physical sign that makes known that I’m married to Linda is my wedding band. I never take it off. It has become one with me as Linda and I have become one. Our relationship is not perfect but the commitment is always there. The moment I take the ring off I owe Linda an explanation as to why.
The signs that we belong to Yehovah are the Sabbaths that He ordained from creation. Our Messiah is our example in this. He would not follow man’s rules concerning the Sabbath, but He did follow the Father’s Sabbath. In the New Covenant we are to walk as our Messiah walked.
Over time, the Spirit of Antichrist leads the people of God to be deceived about how to walk and the way things truly are. The Roman Church has been quite effective in planting pagan seeds of deceit. Today we have believed the 4th command to be merely a type of the rest we have in Messiah. This is half of the truth. Rest in Messiah makes the command clearer and greater in beauty. It makes it all the more vital to obey. In no way did Messiah nullify the literal keeping of the Seventh day rest. He made it lovelier than ever, and we missed it. (Nowhere does the Bible say the Seventh Day is null, void, and common) It is meant to be the physical, outward sign of the People of God. It’s one of the many manifestations of what the Kingdom looks like. We have used the blessed resurrection of Messiah as an excuse to disobey a straight forward profound command. That is really clever. Please worship on any day…every day… we are free to…but the seventh should always be Holy according to the Scriptures.
I will be frank. If you will not repent and obey this command as Yahovah wrote it with his own hand, then please stop weeping for America. Stop speaking out about abortion. Stop being burdened that so many believers are ravaged by pornography. Stop complaining about gay marriage. Stop praying that the apathy gripping America will be met with revival. Please don’t make any claims that you are seeking His KINGDOM first. I know I just made this very personal. It is personal. “James 2:11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.” And he who said these things also said to keep the Sabbath holy. Remember the Sabbath and declare HOLY that which He has declared HOLY. He sanctified two at creation marriage and the seventh day. Both must be sanctified by us right now before the time of War, Tribulation, and End comes.
Eyes are opening everywhere to the truth that we must be willing to obey this simple yet profound command. The only thing holding most other believers back is tradition and culture. Stop using Scripture to make God’s command void! Yehovah has given great grace and mercy to our forefathers in history because the lie has been so great. That was for then, but this is for now. Right now you can witness this serious repentance in the final hours before the Man of Sin be revealed. Today thousands upon thousands of Yehovah’s people are waking up and understanding the beauty of sanctifying the seventh day . They are leaving traditions of men and church for the real thing. Messiah is real and He made the Sabbath for you! He is giving more people than ever a heart to see what His Kingdom looks like in the Thousand Year Reign. Yehovah and His Son never commanded to move the Sabbath to Sunday (The Catholic Church did). The seventh day is the old path! If you are offended and upset that’s normal… drop to your knees. The Bible says that except the days be shortened even the elect would be deceived. That’s speaking about the mark of the beast. I guess we thought that God would not allow the Spirit of Antichrist to bring a mass deception to His elect throughout church history.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it HOLY. You have been warned, you will remember this warning if you have not stopped reading by now, or your more worried about how “off base” Jack has become. Please don’t ignore this plea for repentance. Turn and obey the command. You will not loose your reward for putting the ring of the Seventh Day on your finger. I know many of you exhort people to obey. You have dedicated your entire life to this. I challenge you to pray this prayer for the next seven days with all purity of heart – “Father, I know that continual sin hardens my heart. Have I been deceived? If I have been breaking the Sabbath command continually all my life please break my heart. If you want me to Remember the Seventh day to keep it Holy please break my heart. Make me soft and willing…”
The following verses prove the Sabbath to be a visual sign (like a ring) of our relationship with The Almighty! Please read them the next seven days.
Ezekiel 20:19 I am the YEHOVAH your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the YEHOVAH your God. 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. (History is about to repeat itself again.)
Exodus 31:13 Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the YEHOVAH who sanctifies you.
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