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Exodus<\/b> 16:4\u201330, <\/i>The Sabbath.<\/b> <\/i>This chapter chronicles YHVH\u2019s efforts to literally force an irreverent, unruly and disobedient nation to keep the seventh day Sabbath. He did so in a most poignant way\u2014through food and hunger. It\u2019s as if he were instructing the stiff-necked and rebellious Israelites that if they refused to follow his Sabbath instructions, they would literally go hungry. \u201cIf you don\u2019t obey me, you don\u2019t eat.\u201d This shows the gravity the Creator places on the Sabbath command. Yet despite these clear instructions, most in the Babylonian church today, like the rebellious children of Israel of old, refuse to obey YHVH\u2019s clear instructions regarding the Sabbath. Instead, they prefer to believe the doctrines of men proffered to them by their spiritual leaders that purport to invalidate the Sabbath command. Paul\u2019s sage observation in Romans 8:7 describes the situation perfectly: \u201cBecause the carnal mind is enmity against Elohim: for it is not subject to the [Torah] law of Elohim, neither indeed can be.\u201d In our day, the same question can still be asked of followers of Yeshua that YHVH asked of the Israelites at that time, \u201cHow long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?\u201d (Exod 16:28).<\/p>\n

Not only this, but by forcing the Israelites to gather manna each day, he is teaching them to work for their daily bread for six days. Though the bread came from heaven\u2014YHVH\u2019s was its source\u2014he still required the people to work each day by going out and gathering it. There is no free lunch even where YHVH is concerned. The nation of Israel wasn\u2019t a welfare state empowering lazy freeloaders! If a man doesn\u2019t work, he doesn\u2019t eat. The Sabbath command in Exodus 20 not only prescribes resting on the Sabbath, but this presupposes that one has followed the preceding command to work the previous six days. Humans are naturally inclined to laziness. If one doesn\u2019t have to work, they won\u2019t. YHVH works maintaining and sustaining the universe. YHVH who created humans in his image expects us to follow his example of working and then resting.<\/p>\n

Moreover, this chapter is almost entirely dedicated to instructions pertaining to preparing for the Sabbath. This shows the priority that YHVH places on Sabbath observance for his people. Also note that these instructions are given many weeks before<\/i> the official giving of the Torah (or law of Moses) at Mount Sinai. This is but one of the many examples of YHVH revealing key aspects of his Torah-law before<\/i> he gave it the Israelites in one legal codified corpus at Mount Sinai.<\/p>\n

Exodus<\/b> 16:4, On the sixth day\u2026prepare.<\/i><\/b> <\/i>(Also note verse 23.) The sixth day of the week was to be a day of preparation for the Sabbath, so that the Sabbath rest could be complete allowing for man to fully focus on being spiritually edified in the presence of his Creator without the distractions of food preparation and the other mundane duties of life.<\/p>\n

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