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It is a well-established agricultural fact that resting the land every seven years is best for the soil and that much-improved crops result from doing so. During this scriptural practice, there was to be no pruning or planting in the sabbath year, nor any attempt to kill the insects, or otherwise interfere with natural processes in the field. The fruit had to remain in the field, except for what passerby, servants, or owners plucked to eat; no real harvesting was permitted, only eating.Leviticus 25:2-7, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbathunto the LORD. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. And the sabbath of the landshall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat."
Leviticus 25:18-22, "Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store."
Between the Exodus and the Babylonian captivity, the land sabbath was disregarded seventy times by the house of Judah. Hence, those Israelites were sentenced to seventy years in Babylonian captivity, to give the land rest and restore the land:Leviticus 26:28-35, "ÖI [God] Ö will chastise you [Israelites] seven times for your sins. ÖI will scatter you among the heathen Ö and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. "
Leviticus 26:43, "The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes."
This means that more than half the time, this law was not observed. If American farmers would trust God enough to rest the land in the seventh year as He commanded, God promises a bumper crop on the sixth year, enough to provide for the seventh, eighth and ninth years (Leviticus 25:18-22).2 Chronicles 36:16-21, "Öthe wrath of God arose against his people [because of the house of Judah's disobedience], till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them [Nebuchadnezzar] the king of the Chaldees Ö he gave them all into his handÖ. And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they [the remnant of the house of Judah] were servants to him and his sons Ö until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years."
"I am impress"Sue D.,
re: "...actually it's Also in Matthew 28:1 - 7 or so. After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn. Also Mark 16:2 // Luke 24:1 // John 20:1..."
Matthew 28: 1-7, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1 and John 20:1 do not say when the resurrection took place. They only say that the tomb was empty when the women got there. They don't say when it became empty.
re: "Now Why / Who is questioning the authenticity of all four accounts."
I only said that Mark 16:9 is questionable. Foot notes in some translations/versions state that it - as well as verses 10 thru 20 - do not appear in some of the oldest manuscripts.
www.bible-researcher.com/endmark.html
Mark 16:9-20 has been called a later addition to the Gospel of Mark by most New Testament scholars in the past century. The main reason for doubting the authenticity of the ending is that it does not appear in some of the oldest existing witnesses, and it is reported to be absent from many others in ancient times by early writers of the Church.
Sue D.,
re: "...actually it's Also in Matthew 28:1 - 7 or so. After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn. Also Mark 16:2 // Luke 24:1 // John 20:1..."
Matthew 28: 1-7, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1 and John 20:1 do not say when the resurrection took place. They only say that the tomb was empty when the women got there. They don't say when it became empty.
re: "Now Why / Who is questioning the authenticity of all four accounts."
I only said that Mark 16:9 is questionable. Foot notes in some translations/versions state that it - as well as verses 10 thru 20 - do not appear in some of the oldest manuscripts.
www.bible-researcher.com/endmark.html
Mark 16:9-20 has been called a later addition to the Gospel of Mark by most New Testament scholars in the past century. The main reason for doubting the authenticity of the ending is that it does not appear in some of the oldest existing witnesses, and it is reported to be absent from many others in ancient times by early writers of the Church.
God gave mankind the Ten Commandments -- part of which is 20:8 which is the 4th commandment "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." That passage continues on to say that 6 days we work -- the 7th is a Sabbath unto the Lord your God.
And previous to That was the original passage in Genesis 2:2 - 3 -- God rested from having done His work of creation. -- He blessed the 7th day and sanctified it.
As for the 'sun god' -- you seem pretty sure of your 'facts'. So what man are you suggesting that gave the 'command' to worship the sun god on Sunday. The title of your thread is suggesting that the antichrist brought about the change supposedly with justification. Do you realize what you're suggesting? Pretty strong against Scripture. Now there have been and continue to be people teaching against Jesus Christ being the Son of God. There are lots who teach a salvation through works of some kind to enable a person to work their way to heaven. But God's Word Does say "Not of works, lest any man should be boastful".
To my knowledge -- it's mythology that promotes a belief that there Is a 'sun god' and there are those who do worship one. Maybe it's a cult that promotes that. But it's definitely Not from the Bible. Those of us who Do worship the Lord on 1st day of the week, do so because He was resurrected from the dead --bodily resurrection -- early in the morning the day After the Sabbath. Thus, in honor Of that historical event -- we do worship God on Sunday. But certainly not worshiping the 'sun' on Sunday -- it's worshiping God who has provided for our personal salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.
So you strongly believe that since You are in Christ Jesus and choose to worship God on the Sabbath -- that those who Also are in Christ Jesus should Also do the same. Otherwise they might not really Be in Christ Jesus. And those who would try to show you that it's okay to worship on 1st day of the week are somehow your enemy or are trying to mislead you. but that you are Determined to stand your ground. And that you are worshiping the Great 'I Am' -- the Children of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob can / will worship Any day of the week that you choose to. Which is saying that you Stand On worshiping on Sabbath but can worship any day of the week you want to. A bit contradictory?!
Every Scripture passage you quoted is obviously God's Word. and very true.