7. Tremble before Him all the earth.
To tremble before God simply means
to tremble at His word and take it seriously, for we have been duly admonished
saying; “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and
open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews
4:12-13).
I therefore beg to ask the question,
when one decides to appear before the Lord on a day or on an occasion which the
Lord has not ordained are we trembling, or expressing fear and awe before the
Lord! When the Lord categorically said to Moses; “These are the feasts of the
LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times” (Leviticus
23: 2, 4).
Even in our New Testament
dispensation we have been duly instructed saying; “There remains therefore a
rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His (God’s) rest has himself
also ceased from his works as God did from His” (Hebrews 4: 9-10).
So, the question is, when it comes
to the weekly Sabbath Day of rest has God designated a special day of rest?
Well, if we are trembling before Him as we should this is what the word says; “For
we who have believed do enter that rest, as He (the LORD) has said: " So I
swore in My wrath, ' They shall not enter My rest,' " although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken in a certain
place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day
from all His works" (Hebrews 4:3-4).
And this coincides with the scriptures which
state; “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were
finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He
rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed
the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work
which God had created and made” (Genesis 2: 1-3).
So, my humble question is, if we
are truly trembling at the word and standing in awe, respect, adoration and
appreciation to the Lord for what He has done for all humanity why are we not
all speaking the same thing, why are there so many divisions among us, and why
can’t we instead be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment? And this question applies not only to the seventh day weekly Sabbath
but also to all of the Lord’s ordained festivals.
So then, why the division? Is it a
different level of faith? This should not be because as clearly stated; “But do
you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? And we have
been further instructed saying; “since there is one God who will justify the
circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. Do we then make void
the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law” (James
2:20; Romans 3: 20-31).
So, what we all need to bear in
mind and focus on is the fact that, the Sabbaths not only the weekly Sabbath
but also the yearly Sabbaths are all memorials, commemorating what the Lord did
for humanity on that particular day and by observing them we show and express
our sincere love, appreciation, and gratitude for what the Lord did for
humanity and perpetuating them for future generations.
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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