Ziggy
Well-Known Member
This made me think about timing.
The only time of the day when there is no shadow is usually high noon, or, the heat of the day.
So you could say that in the heat of the sixth day, God created his own vine and fig tree in which to rest in.
So, Abram was sitting under a tent in the heat of the day when 3 men approached him heading to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Tent, tabernacle....
Apparently there had been a lot of noise coming from that direction and they were going to find out what it was all about.
It's hot out. So Abram says, look, come sit under this tree and let me wash your feet and get you some food before you go on with your journey.
I don't know what day of the week it was, But Abram was resting, in his place and was showing hospitality to the Lord and his friends.
Basically Abram was doing what God had told the children of Israel to do while they was in the wilderness.
Gen 18:1
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Gen 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Gen 18:3
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
Gen 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Gen 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Gen 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Gen 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
So while I'll admit that the Sabbath has always been established the day God created it.
It didn't become a burden or with consequence if someone didn't observe it according to Moses' law.
You wouldn't get stoned for picking up sticks to light a fire so you wouldn't starve to death, specially in the heat of the day.
Thinking about Jonah:
Jon 4:4
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Jon 4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Jon 4:6
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Jon 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jon 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Jon 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jon 4:10
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Jon 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
There so much to unpack in that book.
Isa 4:6
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Gen 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
2Pe 3:10
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.
Gal 4:1
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Gal 4:2
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Gal 4:3
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Gal 4:4
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 4:6
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Gal 4:7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Gal 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Gal 4:9
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Gal 4:10
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Gal 4:11
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
God gave man the Sabbath to rest in with him. So when the evil days come we have a place of refuge. Or when the days of famine come, we have a place of refreshing, a place where when we are angry we can cool off, or if we are sad, to find joy.
It's not about a day, it's a place God created for us to sit under his vine and his fig tree and find peace.
I don't know everything that transpired on the sixth day God created man. I'm thinking God had a lot to consider before he created them, and knowing what troubles we would go through, the seasons of cold and bitterness, heat and anger, the days of spring and fall with joyfulness and frolicking.
The seeds that would flourish and the weeds that would take root.
But at the end of the day God said It is good.
And took a journey to a far country to find peace in the day that he created to have it. And to sit under his vine and fig tree, to be refreshed and consoled and to enjoy the works of his hands.
This Day God created that he calls His Sabbath Day, God calls his Son and we call him Jesus.
While Jesus walked the earth, God was resting from his works, and the Son came to finish the work his Father had begun.
And we are to finish the works that Jesus created in us. To walk perfect before our God.
And we find our peace, our rest, our refreshing, our solace, our everything in Him.
Now if your still walking according to the law, you need to understand that you have graduated from school.
You've aquired the skills that the Spirit has supplied you with, charity, hospitality. kindness, goodness..
And now you have to put them to the test.
You have to learn how to turn the other cheek, learn to forgive, learn compassion and empathy.
And to put them into action, not just book knowledge, it's hands on training from here on in.
And don't go out into the world without the full armor of God.
Your going to need it to sustain you. Because we're in the middle of spiritual warfare.
And remember there is no armor for your back, because The Lord has your back. And he also goes before you in every battle.
And after you have conquered your fears, your temptations, your challenges, there is always a place to find rest and peace.
For he is with you.. ALWAYS.
Trust God.
Keep the faith.
Hugs
