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The weekly Sabbath is a time set apart for God. It is a Sabbath TO God, in his honor. You can think of it as a date or as an appointment with the King.  From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com).  This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal.  Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

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00:00the first question we have to ask and to answer as part of this sabbath series is what is the

00:10sabbath really how can you talk about something in any meaningful way unless you know what it is

00:16so what is the sabbath first it's a time set apart for god second it's a statement of faith

00:23third it's a day of rest mercy and healing so let's look at that first definition a time set apart

00:32for god the seventh day is a sabbath to the lord your god exodus 2010 and this is also in exodus 16

00:41leviticus 23 and deuteronomy 5 just to name a few one thing to note whenever you see lord in the bible

00:50in all capital letters that means that the actual hebrew word is yod hey vav hey or yahweh now

00:57there's a lot of controversy about how that name is supposed to be pronounced so most of the time

01:02i'm just going to spell it out yod hey vav hey if i need to say anything about it at all

01:09i tend to go with yahweh because that's the scholarly consensus now i know that there is some

01:15disagreement yehovah yahuwah lots of variations but i'm not a hebrew scholar so i kind of have to

01:25defer to those people who are they know a lot more than i do the first thing that we can get out of

01:30this verse is that this is a sabbath to god but what does that mean in genesis 8 20 someone builds

01:40an altar to yahweh well what does it mean to build an altar to him it means as an act of worship to him

01:48now we're not giving him the altar the altar isn't for god's benefit it's for ours but it's something

01:54done in his honor it's kind of like a parade to veterans or a toast to a newlywed couple this is a date

02:04with god this is a time that god has set apart for us to spend with him a day to spend worshiping

02:12studying contemplating simply resting in his honor or in his name as an act of worship god created the

02:22sabbath on the seventh day of creation one thing that this tells us is that there are six days that

02:29god gave to adam to spend working in the garden and then one day in the garden to spend with god

02:37now when adam was there in the garden god spent that time with him he walked with adam in the

02:41evening in the garden but those were working days the seventh day is a day for god's purposes

02:50adam is still in the garden but he's spending that time with god rather than just being in god's company

02:56he is taking some time specifically to give all of his attention to god remember that god created man

03:04on the sixth day one of the most important things we can learn from that is that god didn't want adam

03:11just sitting around all week while he finished creation as soon as he created man god's favorite

03:18creature he immediately stopped and spent a whole day with him the sabbath is a time set apart for god

03:26like a date like a summons to a king if a king summoned you to his court on wednesday would you show up on

03:34tuesday or thursday or would you send a note back to the king saying you know i'll let you know what

03:39day works better for me no the purpose of the audience might be to help you so that you get to

03:46tell the king what you need but the king tells you what day you show up someone doesn't set a date with

03:52you and then expect you to show up on some other day or whenever it feels good to you we keep the

03:58sabbath for our benefit but we keep it in god's honor according to his standards and his timetable

04:07now let's look at this passage from isaiah 58 on the same topic if you turn back your foot from the

04:12sabbath from doing your pleasure on my holy day and call the sabbath a delight the holy day of yahweh

04:18honorable if you honor it not going your own ways or seeking your own pleasure or talking idly

04:25then you shall take delight in yodhe vavhe and i will make you ride on the heights of the earth

04:30i will feed you with the heritage of jacob your father for the mouth of yodhe vavhe has spoken

04:39this first part if you keep from doing your pleasure on my holy day god isn't forbidding fun on

04:45the sabbath that's not what this is about what this is really about is god's priorities not yours

04:52the focus changes from you to god you have all all week long to do the things that are solely for your

05:02purposes to make a living or to get your chores done or to worry about the things of the world in

05:08your own relationships this day is for god's priorities it's a day for building your relationship

05:15with god and also your neighbors because it's a community day but primarily it's about taking

05:21time with god and remember that this day belongs to god it doesn't belong to us even though it's for

05:28our benefit god wants us to refrain from doing the things that we want to do in order to do the things

05:35that he wants us to do and he wants us to take delight in this day with him it's not supposed to be a

05:42drudgery if keeping the sabbath becomes a burden then something's wrong with the way you're keeping

05:48it because it's supposed to be a delight specifically it's supposed to be a day of taking delight

05:56in god yodhe vavhe this can be a challenge if your spirit isn't in alignment with god's if you haven't

06:05learned to love the things that he loves and to hate the things that he hates it's going to be a

06:10challenge taking delight in his presence but that's one of the reasons that we do it so we can spend

06:16time with him to learn the things that he loves to learn the things that he hates and to make those our

06:22own to love what god loves to hate what god hates just to reiterate the sabbath isn't a day just for us

06:32it's not ours to choose what day of the week or how to do it it's a time set apart for god he set

06:40apart this day for our benefit so that we can rest so that we can refresh and recharge from a hard week

06:48but he did it so that we would take that time in his honor to spend a day with him this is a time set

06:56apart for god

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