From: Eddie Chumney
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Chapter 4: Restoring the Two Houses of Israel
CHAPTER
4
THE SABBATH: OUR REST IS IN
MESSIAH
from
the book by Eddie Chumney
"Restoring
the Two Houses of Israel"
Copies can be purchased for individual or
group study by
writing to me (Eddie Chumney) at: (chumney@hebroots.org)
PART
3 of 3
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CHAPTER
4
THE SABBATH: OUR REST IS IN
MESSIAH
THE
BIBLICAL DAY BEGINS
IN THE EVENING AND ENDS IN
THE MORNING
The Biblical day begins in the evening and ends in the
morning
(Genesis [Bereishit] 1:1,5,8,13,19,23,31). Likewise, the Sabbath
(Shabbat) begins in the evening and ends in the morning. Each of the
seven days of creation is a spiritual picture of 1,000 years of time.
In Psalm (Tehillim) 90:4 it is written:
"For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday when it
is past, and as a watch in the night."
The seventh day of creation, the Sabbath (Shabbat), is a
spiritual picture of the 1,000-year Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). The
Apostle (Shaliach) Peter (Kefa) associates the day of the L-rd to the
coming of the Messiah (Mashiach) and the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo)
in II Peter 3:7-10 it is written:
"But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word
are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of
judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not
ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord
as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord
is not
slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but
is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish,
but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the
Lord
will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein
shall be burned up."
THE SABBATH
AND BIBLICAL PROPHECY
The Sabbath (Shabbat) was given to us by the G-d of Israel to
understand end-time Bible prophecy because the Sabbath (Shabbat) is a
foreshadowing of the time known as the day of the L-rd or the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). Furthermore, the Biblical day begins in
the EVENING (a time of darkness) and ends in the MORNING (a time of
light). Therefore, is it possible that the day of the L-rd or the
1,000-year Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) also begins in the EVENING (the
time of the seven year tribulation or birth pangs of the Messiah
(Chevlai shel Mashiach/Ya'acov's trouble) and ends in the MORNING (a
time of light) or the remaining 993 years ???
In my book, The Seven Festivals of the Messiah, I explain that
one of the themes of Rosh HaShanah (the Feast of Trumpets - Leviticus
(Vayikra) 23:23-25) is HaMelech (the king). This is the Biblical
appointed time when the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will
be crowned King (Messiah ben David). Psalm (Tehillim) 47 is a
coronation psalm. This event happens in Revelation 4-5.
After the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus has His
coronation ceremony, the events of the tribulation (Chevlai shel
Mashiach/Ya'acov's trouble) and the judgment of the nations are
described in Revelation 6-18. The return of the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus as the Kingly Messiah known as Messiah ben
David when He sets His feet down upon the mount of Olives (Zechariah
14:4) happens also in Revelation 19. Because traditional corporate
Christianity (house of Israel) has not understood that the Sabbath
(Shabbat) was given by the G-d of Israel as a prophetic foreshadowing
of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) and by corporately rejecting that
the Biblical Sabbath (Shabbat) is the seventh day of the week and
goes from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, is it possible that
this has darkened the understanding of traditional corporate
Christianity (house of Israel) regarding correctly interpreting the
events surrounding the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus as the Kingly Messiah (Messiah ben David), the
tribulation (Chevlai shel Mashiach/Ya'acov's trouble) and the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo)???
TITLES
FOR THE DAY OF THE L-RD
There are many titles for the day of the L-rd. Some of these
titles will indicate a time of trial, trouble, tribulation and
darkness (EVENING = a time of darkness) while other titles will
indicate a time of peace and tranquility (MORNING = a time of light).
Some of the titles of the day of the L-rd that indicate trial,
trouble, tribulation, wrath and darkness are:
1) A day of visitation and
desolation (Isaiah 10:3)
2) A day of fierce anger
(Isaiah 13:13)
3) The day of grief and
desperate sorrow (Isaiah 17:11)
4) The day of trouble (Isaiah
22:5, Jeremiah 51:2,
Zephaniah 1:14-15)
5) The day of the great
slaughter (Isaiah 30:25)
6) The day of the Lord's
vengeance (Isaiah 34:8, 61:2,
63:4)
7) The day of His wrath
(Zephaniah 1:15,18)
8) The day of darkness and
gloominess (Joel 2:1-2,
Zephaniah 1:14-15)
9) The day of clouds and
thick darkness (Joel 2:1-2,
Zephaniah 1:14-15)
10) The great and terrible
day of the Lord (Joel 2:31,
Malachi 4:5)
11) The day of battle
(Zechariah 14:3)
12) The day of Jacob's
trouble (Jeremiah 30:7, Daniel 12:1)
13) A day of desolation
(Zephaniah 1:15)
14) A day of trumpet and
alarm (Zephaniah 1:16)
15) The day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men (II
Peter 3:7)
There are other titles for the day of the L-rd which seem to
indicate a time of peace, rest, comfort, tranquility and victory.
Some of the these titles are:
1) A day the Lord gives you
rest (Isaiah 14:3)
2) The day of the EAST wind
(Isaiah 27:8)
3) The day of salvation
(Isaiah 49:8)
4) A day of clouds (clouds
refer to believers) - (Ezekiel
30:3,
Hebrews 12:1)
5) The day that I am
glorified (Ezekiel 39:13)
6) The day of His preparation
(Nahum 2:3)
7) The day when the Son of
Man is revealed (Luke 17:30)
8) The day of our Lord Jesus
(I Corinthians 1:8, II
Corinthians 1:14, Philippians
1:6)
9) The day of redemption
(Ephesians 4:30)
10) The day of Christ
(Philippians 1:10, 2:16)
11) The day of G-d (II Peter
3:12)
After the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus returns to the
earth at His second coming as the Kingly Messiah (Messiah ben David),
there will be perpetual peace and harmony on the earth during the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). Some of the Scriptures which speak of
this time of peace (shalom) are:
1) The animals will be at
peace with each other and with
mankind
(Isaiah 11:6-8).
2) The farmland will be
prosperous (Ezekiel 34:24-27).
3) G-d's people shall dwell
safely and peacefully (Ezekiel
34:25,
28).
4) The whole world will be
filled with the knowledge of G-d
(Isaiah
11:9, Jeremiah 31:33-34).
5) There will be peace and no
wars (Isaiah 2:3-4, Micah
4:3).
6) The Torah will be taught
from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:2-3,
Micah
4:1-2).
7) There will be continual
light on the earth (Zechariah
14:6-8).
8) The Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus will be King
over
all the earth (Daniel 7:13-14,18,27, Zechariah 14:9,
Revelation
2:27, 11:15, 12:5, 19:15-16).
So, the day of the L-rd is described as being a time of trial,
trouble, tribulation, wrath and darkness and ends with a time of
peace, prosperity, dwelling safely, no wars, universal knowledge of
the Torah and the Messiah (Mashiach) and light. There is no
contradiction that the day of the L-rd is both darkness and light if
we understand the Sabbath (Shabbat) is a term for the day of the L-rd
and that each Biblical day begins in the evening and ends in the
morning.
Therefore, it seems quite possible that the evening part of the
day of the L-rd and the first seven years of the 1,000-year Messianic
Age (Athid Lavo) is the tribulation or birth pangs of the Messiah
(Chevlai shel Mashiach/Ya'acov's trouble) and the morning part of the
day of the L-rd is the last 993 years of the 1,000-year Messianic Age
(Athid Lavo) when the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus who is
called the day star (II Peter [Kefa] 1:19) and the bright and morning
star (Revelation 22:16) returns to the earth at His second coming as
the Kingly Messiah (Messiah ben David) and sets His feet down on the
mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4).
THE
SABBATH WILL BE KEPT
FOR
ALL ETERNITY
When the G-d of Israel gave the Sabbath (Shabbat) to His people,
He proclaimed that it was to be an ETERNAL/EVERLASTING ordinance. In
Exodus (Shemot) 31:15-17 it is written:
"Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the
sabbath of
rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the
sabbath
day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the
children of
Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout
their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign
between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six
days
the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed."
The Sabbath (Shabbat) will be kept during the days of the new
heaven and the new earth. In Revelation 21:1 it is written:
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea."
During the days of the new heaven and the new earth, the G-d of
Israel will REQUIRE that ALL FLESH keep the Sabbath (Shabbat).
In Isaiah (Yeshayahu) 66:22-23 it is written:
"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I
will make,
shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed
and
your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one
new
moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all
flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord."
In conclusion, in order for full restoration to come to both the
house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity),
both houses of Israel need to come to a more fuller understanding and
application of the Biblical Sabbath (Shabbat) that the G-d of Israel
gave His people to celebrate on the seventh day of the week from
Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. For the house of Judah (Judaism),
they need to realize that the fullness of their Sabbath (Shabbat)
rest is in the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus. For the house
of Israel (Christianity), they need to understand that the Biblical
Sabbath (Shabbat) day is from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown and
that the G-d of Israel gave the Sabbath (Shabbat) as an eternal
covenant that is to be kept by His people forever.
Furthermore, the house of Israel (Christianity) needs to
understand that the G-d of Israel gave the Sabbath (Shabbat) to His
people to more fully reveal His redemptive plan through the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus including the marriage of His bride,
the prophetic events regarding the second coming of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus as the Kingly Messiah (Messiah ben
David) and the events surrounding His rule and reign during the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
May the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus come speedily in
our days and set up His Messianic Kingdom bringing eternal peace
(shalom) and teaching the Torah to all nations from the city of
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) so that both houses of Israel can abide
forever in the Sabbath (Shabbat) rest of the G-d of Israel. Amen !!!
(End
Part 3 of 3)
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