THE ADVENT TRUTH
Some claim “Jesus is our Sabbath” using Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 4:9–10, and Colossians 2. But let’s slow down and actually read what the texts say.
Matthew 11:28 — Jesus says, “I will give you rest,” not “I AM your Sabbath.”
The Greek word for rest is anapausis, meaning relief, refreshment, intermission. It is never the word for Sabbath (sabbaton). Jesus offers spiritual rest from sin—not permission to break the 4th commandment. If “rest = Sabbath,” then Jesus saying “I am the door” would let us break other commands too. That logic falls apart.
And here’s something people rarely admit:
Jesus is the Creator (John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16). He made the Sabbath.
The One who created the Sabbath cannot be the Sabbath He created any more than the Creator of marriage “becomes” the institution of marriage. Creation and Creator are not interchangeable.
Hebrews 4:9–10 — “There remains a Sabbath rest (sabbatismos) for the people of God.”
The word sabbatismos literally means a Sabbath-keeping—a continuation, not cancellation. The context points back to creation (Heb. 4:4), not forward to abolishing the 4th commandment.
Colossians 2:16–17 — Paul speaks of festival Sabbaths, yearly ceremonial rest days tied to offerings (Leviticus 23).
He mentions holy days, new moons, and sabbaths—the same yearly/monthly/seasonal shadows. The weekly Sabbath was established before sin, before Jews, before ceremonies. It is never called a “shadow of things to come.”
The real issue?
Some want Jesus to “be” the Sabbath because it frees them from obeying the command that confronts their lifestyle. But freedom in Christ is not freedom to ignore His law. Grace writes the commandments on the heart—it doesn’t erase them.
If Jesus is our rest in a spiritual sense, praise God—He is our peace and righteousness.
But that does not eliminate the literal day He made holy, blessed, and commanded us to remember.
Some claim “Jesus is our Sabbath” using Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 4:9–10, and Colossians 2. But let’s slow down and actually read what the texts say.
Matthew 11:28 — Jesus says, “I will give you rest,” not “I AM your Sabbath.”
The Greek word for rest is anapausis, meaning relief, refreshment, intermission. It is never the word for Sabbath (sabbaton). Jesus offers spiritual rest from sin—not permission to break the 4th commandment. If “rest = Sabbath,” then Jesus saying “I am the door” would let us break other commands too. That logic falls apart.
And here’s something people rarely admit:
Jesus is the Creator (John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16). He made the Sabbath.
The One who created the Sabbath cannot be the Sabbath He created any more than the Creator of marriage “becomes” the institution of marriage. Creation and Creator are not interchangeable.
Hebrews 4:9–10 — “There remains a Sabbath rest (sabbatismos) for the people of God.”
The word sabbatismos literally means a Sabbath-keeping—a continuation, not cancellation. The context points back to creation (Heb. 4:4), not forward to abolishing the 4th commandment.
Colossians 2:16–17 — Paul speaks of festival Sabbaths, yearly ceremonial rest days tied to offerings (Leviticus 23).
He mentions holy days, new moons, and sabbaths—the same yearly/monthly/seasonal shadows. The weekly Sabbath was established before sin, before Jews, before ceremonies. It is never called a “shadow of things to come.”
The real issue?
Some want Jesus to “be” the Sabbath because it frees them from obeying the command that confronts their lifestyle. But freedom in Christ is not freedom to ignore His law. Grace writes the commandments on the heart—it doesn’t erase them.
If Jesus is our rest in a spiritual sense, praise God—He is our peace and righteousness.
But that does not eliminate the literal day He made holy, blessed, and commanded us to remember.
THE ADVENT TRUTH
Some claim “Jesus is our Sabbath” using Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 4:9–10, and Colossians 2. But let’s slow down and actually read what the texts say.
Matthew 11:28 — Jesus says, “I will give you rest,” not “I AM your Sabbath.”
The Greek word for rest is anapausis, meaning relief, refreshment, intermission. It is never the word for Sabbath (sabbaton). Jesus offers spiritual rest from sin—not permission to break the 4th commandment. If “rest = Sabbath,” then Jesus saying “I am the door” would let us break other commands too. That logic falls apart.
And here’s something people rarely admit:
Jesus is the Creator (John 1:1–3; Col. 1:16). He made the Sabbath.
The One who created the Sabbath cannot be the Sabbath He created any more than the Creator of marriage “becomes” the institution of marriage. Creation and Creator are not interchangeable.
Hebrews 4:9–10 — “There remains a Sabbath rest (sabbatismos) for the people of God.”
The word sabbatismos literally means a Sabbath-keeping—a continuation, not cancellation. The context points back to creation (Heb. 4:4), not forward to abolishing the 4th commandment.
Colossians 2:16–17 — Paul speaks of festival Sabbaths, yearly ceremonial rest days tied to offerings (Leviticus 23).
He mentions holy days, new moons, and sabbaths—the same yearly/monthly/seasonal shadows. The weekly Sabbath was established before sin, before Jews, before ceremonies. It is never called a “shadow of things to come.”
The real issue?
Some want Jesus to “be” the Sabbath because it frees them from obeying the command that confronts their lifestyle. But freedom in Christ is not freedom to ignore His law. Grace writes the commandments on the heart—it doesn’t erase them.
If Jesus is our rest in a spiritual sense, praise God—He is our peace and righteousness.
But that does not eliminate the literal day He made holy, blessed, and commanded us to remember.
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