To Whom Is the Seventh Day Sabbath For and When Actually Is It?

Exodus 20:10 - 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:

Isaiah 56:4 - 7 - For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

First, let's establish when the Sabbath is.

Leviticus 23:32 states, "It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."

So the Sabbath is the seventh day from evening to evening. In Genesis 1:5 God YHWH establishes when the day starts - "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."

So the Sabbath is Friday evening to Saturday evening.

God says that all of Israel (the Jews) are to observe it and all of the strangers, but how do we know that verse is for today and not specifically for the time, which Moses wrote it? Let's see what the recompense is for observing it. "Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer."

What does God's Holy Mountain refer to? Zechariah Chapter 8 refers to the millennial reign. Verse 3 states, "Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain."

Where is the Holy Mountain now? Ezekiel 28:14 states, "Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire." So we know that Satan, before He fell, was the cherub, which stood always by the Lord's throne. Therefore, YHWH's Holy Mountain is in Heaven. It is within the New Jerusalem.

Revelation 21:2 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

That tabernacle of YHWH is the one which Jews and strangers (Gentiles, who have joined themselves to the Lord) is the House of Prayer for all people! All the other tabernacles/temples in the past were only for the Jews and small number of strangers which resided in their midst. Only the tabernacle from Heaven, within the New Jerusalem will be for all people, because the Gentiles had not yet been preached to.

Therefore, we may deduct that Isaiah 57:4 - 7 is for ALL PEOPLE.

©2010 Kimberly Padilla, A.A Religion