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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