Most Sabbatarians regularly break the very Sabbath they claim to keep!
Keeping the Sabbath involves MUCH more than merely resting. Modern Sabbath Keepers would be condemned by any ancient Jewish priest that knew his Bible!
A. Those who teach the Sabbath don't keep it. There was more to keeping the Sabbath than just resting!
B. God regulated how the Sabbath was to be observed:
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Do Sabbatarians keep all these laws? |
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Sabbath law regulations |
meaning today for Sabbatarians |
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Do no work: Ex 31:15 |
Must quit shift work jobs or work Saturday |
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kindle no fire for heat: Ex 35:3 |
cannot start a barbecue or start fire while camping |
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Gather not sticks for fuel: Num 15:32 |
cannot refueling the car |
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buy no goods: Neh 10:31; 13:15-22; 28:9-10 |
no more eating out, visits to 7-11, the coffee shop or Wal-Mart. |
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stay in one place: Ex 16:29; Acts 1:12 |
Park the car and stay either home or in the hotel if traveling, no long walks either |
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carry no burdens: Jer 17:21-22 |
no gardening |
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Death to violators: Ex 31:12; Num 15:32-36 |
Stone other Adventist members who break! |
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strangers within their gates forced to keep: Ex 20:10 |
guests within house forced to keep |
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Animal sacrifices specific only to the weekly Sabbath: Lev 24:5-9 Num 29:9-10 |
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Was there ever a law God gave relaxing ANY of the Sabbath day restrictions? NO! |
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We Speak truth in LOVE
"you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth" Jn 8:40
