God's Laws vs. the laws of men

[Otto]

Otto. My dear.

I'm with you on 1,2,3, and 4.
. God doesn't give a rip which day you pick. Just pick one and make it your Sabbath.

A lot of European countries call their 7th day of the week after “Shabbat.” So that tells me he cares.

 

[MeganC]

A lot of European countries call their 7th day of the week after “Shabbat.” So that tells me he cares.

I used to know a lot of people who worked in the hospitality industry. Their days off were typically Monday and Tuesday.

If such people were inclined to call Monday or Tuesday their Sabbath then what's the problem?

 

[steve]

Label me a heretic all you want, but I reached a personal compromise with Yah.
For business reasons we have chosen to temporarily hold our Shabbat on Sunday.
But wait, it gets worse.
Being in the trucking industry, weekends are often just an illusion. I do get more Sundays off than any other day, so there is that.
I do honor the day in not spending any money, even to the extent of not getting that free coffee refill, because it required someone to make it.

I do believe that the time will come when Yah requires us to go all-in on the day that He chooses, and I am prepared make the sacrifices that will be required.

 

[Off-Grid Artist]

The Jewish calendar as we know it was created by the scholar Hillel in about 358 BC.

Just for the sake of clarity, it was AD, not BC. I have a mentor friend, he has a conspiracy theory that Hillel worked for Constantine to subvert the Jews and to hide the real Shabbat.

That friend is a good man. He's a lunar Sabbath observer, which I am not. However, he believes also that the true Sabbath has been hidden from us and will be restored during the Second Coming. His view is that the real Sabbath was lost when the sun was moved backwards on the stairs by Yahweh for Hezekiah.

It's a topic I've been researching but not convinced enough of either direction.

I spent a long time out in the world. I worked in nightclubs and bars for many years. And, during times when I didn't work in those places, I was often in them anyway. I've always been social, and drawn to the center of the "celebration." I like to use the term "revelry."

Instinctually I feel compelled to accept that we have it right with Saturday primarily because Friday nights and Saturdays are THE time that the "world of revelry" parties hard. The majority of the world let's go of the workaday week and seeks oblivion in partying. For many people it is the greatest distraction. That lifestyle feels very much like the Luciferian inversion of the Biblical Sabbath.

I'm willing to accept that we have the wrong day. I don't believe that, but it's a discussion I don't mind. The idea that we can just make up our own minds, however, that idea isn't supported by scripture. It feels Luciferian in nature, the idea that I can create my own sense of what is sin and what isn't sin.

Yahweh rested on the seventh day and sanctified it. Maybe that's Tuesday, or the seventh day of the moon cycle after the not-counted zero day of reset. I have a hard time with the lunar calendar because it isn't every seven days, and they can't even seem to get it right between themselves. We know a lot of lunar people and they're always asking each other what their next month's Sabbath day will be and comparing notes.