Keeping Sabbath - Part 2

GOOD WORKS | CARING FOR ANIMALS | EMERGENCIES | TRAVEL | PART 1 | PART 3 | PART 4

THE BEST SABBATH KEEPER

Who was the best Sabbath Keeper ever? - Yahshua the Messiah!

He knew exactly what was right and wrong to do and what was the original purpose of the Sabbath.

There is no better way to do something right than to understand it and know the reason for it.

Lets see what we can learn about the Sabbath from Yahshua and His disciples.
 

FOOD PREPARATION

Mat 12:1-2, 7-8 At that time Yahshua went through a grain field on the Sabbath day and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of grain, and eat them. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day." . . .[Yahshua said] "But if you had known what this means, 'I will have mercy, and not sacrifice', you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Master even of the Sabbath day." We see that a little simple food preparation may be done on Sabbath for eating on Sabbath. No cooking here.
 

GOOD WORKS

Matthew 12:11-13 And he said to them, "What man shall there be among you, that shall have a sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it IS lawful to do well [good works] on the Sabbath days."

Then said he to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it forth and it was restored; whole like the other.

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CARING FOR ANIMALS

Luke 13:15-16 Yahshua then answered him, and said, "You hypocrite, does not each one of you, on the Sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" It is clear that we have responsibilities to our animals which depend on us for their care. A milking cow must be milked twice every day; but at some size the herd will be too large to be cared for without breaking the Sabbath. The afternoon milking should be done just before Sabbath on the sixth day and then immediately after Sabbath as the first day begins.
 

EMERGENCIES

Luke 14:5 And [Yahshua] answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day? An ox in a pit, water in the basement, a cut in someone's hand or something spilled may each need attention immediately to prevent further damage or to relieve pain or distress. As Yahshua explained, it's just common sense to take care of these things. Be careful not to overdo this.
 

TRAVEL

Mat 24:20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day. Do we in our day consider that the Sabbath is important enough that we would hesitate to flee from danger because doing so may break the Sabbath? Isn't that the meaning of Yahshua's word?

Also in connection with travel think about the 'Sabbath day's journey.' This was a distance determined by the Jewish leaders to limit walking on a Sabbath. It was probably less than a mile. Neither Moses, the prophets, Yahshua nor the Apostles said anything about this being Yahweh's law. The principle of spending very little effort in traveling on Sabbath is still a good idea.