Sabbath pt 2

Shabbat Shalom!

Exodus 16:25-30 KJV

[25] And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. [26] Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. [27] And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. [28] And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? [29] See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. [30] So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 20:8-11 KJV

[8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: [11] For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 31:13-15 KJV

[13] Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. [14] Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. [15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 19:30 KJV

[30] Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord .

Deuteronomy 5:12-15 KJV

[12] Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. [13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: [14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. [15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Isaiah 1:13 KJV

[13] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isaiah 56:2 KJV

[2] Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 58:13-14 KJV

[13] If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord , honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: [14] Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it .

Nehemiah 13:19-20 KJV

[19] And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. [20] So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

Amos 8:5 KJV

[5] Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Luke 4:16 KJV

[16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

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It's not a sin to do good on the Sabbath (if someone is choking, you can do the Heimlich maneuver) (John 9), nor is it sinful to cook/gather/eat (Matthew 12), nor is it sinful to pull your ox out of the ditch (or buy jumper cables when your car won't start) (Luke 14:5).

A big thing about the verses about the sabbath is you really have to have a pretty solid understanding of the Old Testament to understand what they are talking about in the New Testament.

YAHVEH-YIREH

Ebola, ISIS, Hamas, one world order, martial law…

Point blank, whatever is going to happen is going to happen.  There is no reason to be afraid or to worry about that what you cannot change.  But the one thing that I do know, all devices will fail.  And I don't mean your cell phone, though I am sure it will too, but I mean if you really want to be safe from terrible things, GIVE IT ALL TO YAH. 

YAHVEH-YIREH (Yah provides)

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 KJV

[29] But if from thence thou shalt seek Yahveh thy Elohim thou shalt find, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. [30] When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Yahveh thy Elohim, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; [31] (For the Yahveh your Mighty One is a merciful El;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

In the meantime, reading about all the crap in the world really just drops our countenance and wastes precious, limited time that could be spent reading something much more valuable…

Moral Obligation

As one who walks with Yah, I believe we have a moral obligation to go above and beyond what Scripture commands so that our actions cannot be perceived as out of accordance with The Word.   So as not to aid someone in rationalizing something in a way that is not in accordance with Yah.  So as not to rationalize ourselves in a way that is not in accordance with Yah.

We should be modest with those things that require a deeper understanding around those who do not have the wisdom to understand. 

James 1:22 KJV

[22] But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Deuteronomy 27:18 KJV

[18] Cursed he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amein.

Proverbs 8:11 KJV

[11] For wisdom better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Luke 12:48 KJV

[48] ...For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required...

1 Corinthians 8:13 KJV

[13] Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Real

In a world where Kings and Queens are figureheads and leaders don't lead, it's hard to understand the power of THE KING.

When nothing is kept personal and anything goes, HOLY is a foreign concept.

When we abort babies and husbands for convenience sake, LOVE is cheapened.

In a world where people blow each other up in movies and games and back alleys and schools, LIFE is just a word.  And all that other crap is just part of it.

You are deprived without internet but never without food.  That isn't luck, that's BLESSED.

RESPECT

HONOR

GLORY

DILIGENCE

TRUST

SACRIFICE

We live in a world of words with no meaning.  That is the work of the enemy (Yahveh rebuke him).

Once upon a time, I realized these words didn't invoke any emotion in me.  I was numb.  I was blind.  I was living in darkness.

If these words don't make you feel, you're numb too.

Wake up!  

Persecution

Matthew 5:12 KJV

[12] Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Acts 5:41 KJV

[41] And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

New Moon

2 Kings 4:23 KJV

[23] And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

1 Chronicles 23:31 KJV

[31] And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord :

2 Chronicles 2:4 KJV

[4] Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chronicles 8:13 KJV

[13] Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

2 Chronicles 31:3 KJV

[3] He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit , for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord .

Isaiah 66:23 KJV

[23] And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord .

Ezekiel 46:1 KJV

[1] Thus saith the Lord God ; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Amos 8:5 KJV

[5] Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Sabbath

SABBATH

Genesis 2:2-3 KJV

[2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Exodus 16:23-26 KJV

[23] And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day , and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. [24] And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. [25] And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. [26] Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

Exodus 16:30 KJV

[30] So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 20:11 KJV

[11] For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is , and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 23:12 KJV

[12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:15 KJV

[15] Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 34:21 KJV

[21] Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Exodus 35:2 KJV

[2] Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 5:14 KJV

[14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Hebrews 4:4 KJV

[4] For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Luke 23:56 KJV

[56] And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Staring down Goliath

I was reading 1 Samuel 17 this morning, the story of David and Goliath.  The most powerful thing about that story to me is not that Goliath was a giant or that David was a child or even that he won with only one shot from his sling.  To me, the most powerful message is that this little kid or teenager (scripture says youth) was not afraid.  he was standing up for what he knew was righteous (The armies of Israel) and he owned the attitude of, "Pfft!  Yah's got this!"

The mustard seed attitude is easier said than done.

But ya know what?

Pfft!  Yah's got this!

Do you remember

Do you remember the first time

Do you remember the feeling inside

Do you remember the first time you lied

And a piece of your conscience that died

Do you remember 

Do you remember

I can remember the first time I swore

The first time I took pride in the dress that I wore

I can remember the first time I was meant

I knew it was wrong, it was felt in my being

Do you remember the first time

Do you remember the feeling inside

Do you remember the first time you pried 

And that little piece of your conscience that died

Do you remember 

Do you remember

I can remember the first time

I do remember that feeling inside

I remember the first time I slacked off and said that I tried

Remembering the pieces of conscience paralyzed

HalaluYah !

Yahshua conquered death 

Filthy

The dirt on my hands

Affects where I stand

Heart-driven vision 

Trying to pad where I'll land

I need dry land

I'm drowning in what I am

And I'm screaming

Filthy, filthy 

I've been so filthy

Yahveh yireh 

Won't you please hear me

Guilty, guilty

I am so guilty

Yahveh yireh

I need you near me

So far from you I'm nothing more 

Than a ghost of what I used to be

Come to me and show me more 

Show me what's yet unseen

So long I've been like this

An empty shell with nothing left to lose

Please save me from myself

Please help me RUN TO YOU

Working all day for the fake pay

Trying to walk the straight way

But the choir is singing come play

This way

The voice is fall fall away

But I am here and here I am screaming 

(Chorus except for "you know I'm guilty")

Letter to the Editor

First and foremost, I want to express that I do not have any kind of enmity towards my coworkers nor the people below me.

I told you that I would tell you if I was not fine.  So as not to render myself a liar, I am sending you this correspondence.  When we spoke last Thursday and yesterday, I wasn't really sure how I felt and am still not entirely sure but will do my best to illiterate my feelings on the subject.

As far as work ethic and work performance, I have made all decisions in fairness and have always taken actions as I have seen fit only for the best interest of the company and never for my own intentions or motives.  I have only behaved professionally at work.  For example, I passionately believe pork is an abomination.  But I cook, serve, and even promote pork products within stores (bacon wrapped chicken skewers, corn dogs, sausage, etc).  I passionately believe catfish and pangasius are both abominations.  But I cook, serve, and endorse them within stores, as well.  I even voluntarily promoted some of these items via facebook.  If offered, I politely decline and say I don't eat them without explanation.  If pushed, I will provide that it is for religious reasons.  I believe that xmas is a ridiculously wicked pagan holiday but I watch register in my stores for them to have an xmas party.  I don't discourage them from decorating.  I make them treat their employees fairly for those days.  And I volunteer to work extra so others don't have to.  I went to the xmas party and said nothing to anybody about my feelings about xmas and was discreet about dodging the return of many awkward holiday wishes either by distraction or feigned deafness.  I was both professional and respectful.  Even when the food I had ordered turned out to have bacon in it, I politely and inconspicuously pushed it to the side and continued on.

As for religion on my Facebook, my Facebook is in no way linked to the corporate Facebook nor to that of the stores.  My Facebook does not reflect employment and I don't discuss nor refer to work.  In fact, there are very few pictures even linking my Facebook to me and those would require some "creeping," or online stalking, meaning that an adult willingly sought the content of my Facebook.  Other adults on my Facebook were given the warning or disclaimer that my Facebook is personal and not business related.  While the twisted American court system may side with your right to curb my freedom of speech, I neither ethically nor morally agree with the decision.  I understand your fears of how it may reflect on the company, but I feel they are unjustified.  By removing the only social connection I did have with select coworkers, I feel as though you have successfully built the very wall you were seeking to destroy.   I know that there is a "division" between me and others and there always will be as scripture commands the "set-apartness" of Israel.  I diligently seek to conceal this in the work environment by focusing on current tasks and productivity, it does not however change the compassion I do feel towards coworkers and the Jordan's "family."  And while I may understand your personal objections to some of my posts, I don't feel that they are in any way rude or inappropriate as you expressed, as I am careful to word them in the most politically correct way possible while still conveying my point.

I feel like by you asking me to call the Holy Days vacation days, you are asking me to lie because I work extra on other days to make up the hours of the ones that I missed.

I have compromised a lot of things in my relationship with Jordan's in exchange for what I mistook as respect and, I guiltily must admit, partially for fleshly fear of rejection, such as hats for headcoverings in an attempt to be "professional" though they do not coincide with the Greek word "katakalupto" translated as "cover" in 1 Corinthians 11.  While both the seventh day sabbath and feasts bar any form of work (even cooking on most), I have diligently answered my phone day and night, even postponing worship services and such for even the most trivial calls, many of which most would likely politely be postponed if I did not conceal many of my beliefs so as not to reflect illy on the company.  I have rationalized myself away from convictions such as the keeping of New Moon as a sabbath (The next one on a weekday is Dec 23 btw).

I have appreciated and do appreciate all of the things you have done for me, such as time off when my husband was sick, allowing me to take off for the Feast Days, for bonuses, free lunches, my cell phone, etc.  I am truly thankful for every opportunity.  

It does not, however, compensate for the hurt and disrespect that I felt after our conversation.  As for retribution, I don't know that it is possible at this time.  I am merely determined to maintain my utmost professionalism while I take the time to reevaluate my thoughts and feelings regarding these matters.

Be Somebody

You don't have to be somebody to be somebody.

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Genesis 25:27 KJV

[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

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Isaiah 53:2-5 KJV

[2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. [3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of Elohim, and afflicted. [5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Like a Melody

The world tells me

That you're no good for me

Out of jealousy

On my mind like a melody

There's a story of us

Written since the beginning

Of love and of blood 

And I know who is winning

On my mind like a melody

I would give it all

Just to keep you here

This love is real

And real to fear

On my mind like a melody

The world tells me

That you're no good for me

Out of jealousy

On my mind like a melody

My days pass by

Under chemtrail skies

Waiting for the day

That You roll it all away ayeayee

On my mind like a melody

I don't care what they say

I'm gonna love you anyway

Nothing could make this feeling

Go away

You're on my mind like a melody

The world tells me

That you're no good for me

Out of jealousy

On my mind like a melody