tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29480201.post1188141385500376320..comments2023-07-31T10:50:36.357-04:00Comments on serna Bible Blog: Matthew 12:1–8David Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08992882297558499646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29480201.post-39504817789394746852010-05-18T18:34:51.231-04:002010-05-18T18:34:51.231-04:00The sabbath is a very interesting subject and you ...The sabbath is a very interesting subject and you make well placed comments with the idea of the Pharisees and Jesus at odds with each other. I thought that I would just mention that the Pharisees may have come as a result of the Babylonian captivity.<br /> The Nation goes into captivity to Babylon that could be in part because of there not letting the land rest in the seventh year(sabbath year of rest). Captivity 70 years for all the sabbath years mist.<br /><br /><br />Passage results: <br />Leviticus 26:31-35 (New King James Version)<br /><br /> 31 I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet aromas.<br /><br /> 32 I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.<br /><br /> 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you;<br />your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.<br /><br /> 34 Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land;<br />then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.<br /><br /> 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest—<br />for the time it did not rest on your sabbaths when you dwelt in it.<br /><br />New King James Version (NKJV)<br />Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.<br /><br /><br />It may explain why the religious leaders were so stuck on the miss understanding of the Sabbath and also other laws. So out of fear they tried to follow the law in such a way that they mist the hole point of it, the Lord of the Sabbath.<br /> Thanks for your Blog, interesting.<br /> <a href="http://www.outofthecity.webs.com" rel="nofollow">outofthecity</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388122688577831608noreply@blogger.com