Re: Christian unity stagnant?

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> Kendall K. Down wrote:
>> In message <11nmbcvol01p560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> "David Mooney" <dmooney@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > ...Only the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was called a sabbath in the
>> > Hebrew
>> > text, and that was because it, like the weekly sabbath, forbade ALL
>> > work of
>> > ANY kind. The other six holy convocations were never called sabbaths in
>> > the
>> > Hebrew text. They forbade only SERVILE work and allowed exceptions to
>> > the no
>> > work rule.
>>
>> Try Leviticus 23
>
> To add to what Ken says, It's true that in Lev 23 only the Day of
> Atonement is directly called a Sabbath, although in Lev 24 each seventh
> year was called a Sabbath when the land was to lie fallow. The year of
> Jubilee would also be a Sabbath for the land.

David Mooney
Yes, the land sabbath was also called a sabbath as well. In regards to Nisan
15 being a sabbath, consider this: The Pharisees counted Nisan 15 as a
sabbath so the wave-sheaf (Nisan 16) fell on the same day every year. That
means if Nisan 15 fell on a Tuesday then the Pharisees would offer the
wave-sheaf on Nisan 16 (a Wednesday) and that in turn would mean Pentecost
would fall on a Wednesday, the 50th day (inclusive reckoning) since the
wave-sheaf was offered. If Nisan 15 fell on a Thursday, and the Pharisees
offered the wave-sheaf on a Friday, then Pentecost would fall on a Friday.
They don't count Nisan 21 as a sabbath in the seven-sabbath 50 day count
otherwise Pentecost would fall considerably short of the 50 days needed.

Lev. 23:15,16 makes it clear Pentecost falls on a Sunday, which can only
mean that the wave-sheaf also fell on a Sunday. The Pharisees, in their
efforts to establish their own tradition, totally disregarded the fact that
Pentecost would fall on the day AFTER the seventh sabbath (Lev. 23:16). Yet
they persisted in offering the wave-sheaf on the day following Nisan 15. If
it suited their purposes, a holy day (such as Nisan 15) was counted as a
sabbath but if it did not (such as Nisan 21) it was not counted as a
Sabbath. It is clear to me at least that the wave-sheaf always fell on the
day after the weekly sabbath and Nisan 15 was never considered a sabbath in
the Hebrew scriptures.

Regards,
David Mooney
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