The Lord's Sabbaths are they current or obsolete?

The Lord’s Sabbaths are they current or obsolete?

I beg to ask a question When the Lord spoke to Moses saying; “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths (plural) you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you” Are these instructions current or obsolete? (Exodus 31:13).

Because the Lord also spoke to the Prophet Ezekiel and said to Him; “Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” Also,” hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God” (Ezekiel 20:12, 20).

As far as I can perceive the Sabbaths, is a perpetual sign between God and His people to be observed throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. This is the period that God has specifically ordained for His people to appear before Him and to have fellowship (communion) with Him and with one another and Jesus Christ our High Priest, the One and only Mediator between God and man, presenting His flesh and blood which we present to Him in the form of the bread and wine in order to grant us access with boldness to the throne of grace.

In order for us to have fellowship with God the Father and with one another, this is what the apostle John wrote; “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1John 1:5-7).

Please note carefully that the cleansing is current and not something of the past, it is something that transpires during the time of fellowship, because according to the apostle John; “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all un-righteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1John 1:8-10).

Thus signifying that, in order for one to have fellowship with the Father one must be free from sin and since no one can say I have no sin, or I have not sinned it is imperative that one is cleansed from his/her sin before having fellowship with the Father and it is only through partaking of the cup of the New Covenant that one receives forgiveness for sins.

And hence the reason why the Lord instructed Moses saying: “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time” (Numbers 28:2).

Therefore, it is the God’s given responsibility of every individual to find out and be fully convinced for themselves when is God’s appointed time to offer to Him the food for His offerings as He has ordained because, the crux of the matter is, every individual has the prerogative to observe or not to observe but for certain we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

One should also take into consideration the fact that, salvation is of the Jews and Gentiles are to glorify God together with His people and so the perpetual covenant which the Lord made with the children of Israel for all generations is also applicable to all who profess to believe in Jesus Christ.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph