There Remains A Sabbath Rest For The People

“There Remains A Sabbath Rest For The People Of God” --------------------Jesus & the Sabbath

Jewish Captivity in Babylon

Jewish Captivity in Babylon • “seventy years” (see 2 Chr. 36: 21; Jer. 25: 11; 29: 10; Dan. 9: 2)

Jewish Captivity in Babylon • “seventy years” (see 2 Chr. 36: 21; Jer. 25: 11; 29: 10; Dan. 9: 2) • first deportation from Jerusalem: ~605 BC

Jewish Captivity in Babylon • “seventy years” (see 2 Chr. 36: 21; Jer. 25: 11; 29: 10; Dan. 9: 2) • first deportation from Jerusalem: ~605 BC • fall of Babylon/decree of Cyrus: ~539 BC

Jewish Captivity in Babylon • “seventy years” (see 2 Chr. 36: 21; Jer. 25: 11; 29: 10; Dan. 9: 2) • first deportation from Jerusalem: ~605 BC • fall of Babylon/decree of Cyrus: ~539 BC • captivity was the ultimate consequence for violation of God’s covenant with Israel

Sabbath & the Old Covenant

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12)

• 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. – Exodus 20: 8 -11

• 12 Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25 – sabbatical year (every 7 th year, vv. 17)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25 – sabbatical year (every 7 th year, vv. 17) – year of Jubilee (every 50 th year, vv. 812)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25 – sabbatical year (every 7 th year, vv. 17) – year of Jubilee (every 50 th year, vv. 812) – God’s provision (vv. 18 -22)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25 – sabbatical year (every 7 th year, vv. 17) – year of Jubilee (every 50 th year, vv. 812) – God’s provision (vv. 18 -22) • Lev. 26

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • rest (Ex. 20: 8) & deliverance (Deut. 5: 12) • Lev. 25 – sabbatical year (every 7 th year, vv. 17) – year of Jubilee (every 50 th year, vv. 812) – God’s provision (vv. 18 -22) • Lev. 26 – covenant blessings & curses

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10 – 7 (sabbath number) x 10 (fullness)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10 – 7 (sabbath number) x 10 (fullness) • Daniel 9 & the “seventy weeks” (v. 24)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10 – 7 (sabbath number) x 10 (fullness) • Daniel 9 & the “seventy weeks” (v. 24) – “seventy units of seven” (i. e. , 490)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10 – 7 (sabbath number) x 10 (fullness) • Daniel 9 & the “seventy weeks” (v. 24) – “seventy units of seven” (i. e. , 490) – 490 = 49 (jubilee number) x 10 (fullness)

Sabbath & the Old Covenant • 2 Chron. 36: 15 -21 – 70 = 7 x 10 – 7 (sabbath number) x 10 (fullness) • Daniel 9 & the “seventy weeks” (v. 24) – “seventy units of seven” (i. e. , 490) – 490 = 49 (jubilee number) x 10 (fullness) • 11 Q Melch (Dead Sea Scroll) – “Messiah spoken of by Daniel” at the end of a “tenth (last) Jubilee”

Jesus & the Sabbath

Jesus & the Sabbath • proclaiming the “favorable year of the Lord” (Lk. 4: 14 -21)

Jesus & the Sabbath • proclaiming the “favorable year of the Lord” (Lk. 4: 14 -21) • healing on the sabbath (Lk. 13: 10 -17)

Jesus & the Sabbath • proclaiming the “favorable year of the Lord” (Lk. 4: 14 -21) • healing on the sabbath (Lk. 13: 10 -17) • a picture of the ultimate sabbath rest (Heb. 4: 1 -13)