REST: THE CASE FOR SABBATH
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sermon on the foundation of the Law and the prophets. Only modern scholars make up their own Gospel in this claiming this must be new Law. It is not. Proverbs 6:23-25 KJV For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 3. Divorce (Matt. 5:31-32)
The highly debated topic of divorce today seems elusive yet the Bible is far clearer and Messiah defines this well. However, this time He clarifies where the thinking comes from that He addresses. He no longer says this thinking comes from olden times but just it has been said. He is expressing that the Pharisees are not teaching the Bible nor do they represent it but they say you can essentially put your wife away for any reason. This has never been the intent of the Law as Moses gives specifics and Messiah gives the same. Matthew 5:31-32 KJV It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Though He hates divorce, there is a reason in which it is lawful. If your spouse commits adultery, then, that is the only reason in which it is permissible. It does not change His disdain for it nor the sanctity of the institution. However, He offers nothing new but the ancient understanding in which the Law of Moses has always represented. He is addressing those who say things that are the Pharisees who are putting their wives away for arbitrary reasons. That has never been lawful. In fact, Jesus(Yahusha) expressed exactly that later in Matthew when He says “from the beginning it was not so.”
