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The Sabbath Day is Still Saturday
Jeremiah 17:19–27
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J. Vernon McGee told of a man who came to him and said, “I’ll give you $100 if you will show me where the Sabbath day has been changed.” McGee answered, “I don’t think it has been changed. Saturday, the seventh day is still Saturday, and it is still the Sab … More
God told Jeremiah to stand at the gate of the people (v. 19). Which gate this was is unknown, though it is identified as the gate through which the kings go in and out. The spot was selected because of the large number of people who passed by. Possibly this was the Eastern Gate that led from the temple mount to the Kidron Valley. Whatever the gate’s location, Jeremiah did not stay there. He was to take his message to all the other gates so that the whole city would hear it.
His message to those who passed through these gates was to keep the Sabbath Day holy (vv. 20-24). This was in contrast with their forefathers who disobeyed what they were to honor; the day God had set aside by not doing any work on it. Faithfulness to the Law would bring blessing (vv. 25-27). If the people obeyed God’s commandments, Jerusalem would be inhabited forever. People would flock to the city from all over. These people would bring their offerings and sacrifices to the temple. However, if they would not obey God’s injunction on the Sabbath He would kindle a fire of judgment that would consume her fortresses and leave her defenseless (Jer. 49:27).
A mechanical obedience to the Sabbath law wasn’t what God wanted, but obedience that came from their hearts because they loved the Lord. God had reasons for instituting the Sabbath. Once again there is a promise that blessing will follow obedience, but judgment will follow disobedience.Application
Nine of the ten commandments are repeated in the New Testament epistles for believers to obey, but the Sabbath Law isn’t among them. I am free to honor special days as I feel convicted by the Lord (Col. 2:16-17). However Heb. 10:25 says “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together."
Jeremiah 17:19-27 (English Standard Version)
Thus said the LORD to me: "Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, and say: 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. Thus says the LORD: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction. "'But if you listen to me, declares the LORD, and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, then there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall be inhabited forever. And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD. But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'"
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