Saturday 17 December 2016

Lord of sabbath

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. (Matthew 12:8)

Christians love using this statement to show Jesus was Somewhat superior then everyone else. Now what prompted the author to call him the lord of Sabbath? Well, when you read the context of  verse 8 you get to realise why Jesus was called the Lord of Sabbath.

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?  He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.  Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’you would not have condemned the innocent.  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” (Matthew 12:1-8)

They also say, he healed on Sabbath which wasn't allowed according to the Old Testament.

The LORD then gave these further instructions to Moses: ‘Tell the people of Israel to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you forever.  It helps you to remember that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.  Yes, keep the Sabbath day, for it is holy.  Anyone who desecrates it must die; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community.  Work six days only, but the seventh day must be a day of total rest.  I repeat: Because the LORD considers it a holy day, anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.’ (Exodus 31:12-15)

Working on the sabbath was considered as a capital offence yet Jesus healed doesn’t this show was Lord. Interestingly we read from the Talmud, that  it is permissible to heal on sabbath. Again only if the Christians took more notice of the oral law (explanation) of the Old Testament they wouldn't brag on such a pathetic saying LORD OF SABBATH

Talmud

The Sages frequently use the verse from Hosea 6:6, that helping people was of greater importance than observing the rituals and customs (Sukkah 49b, Deuteronomy Rabbah on 16:18, etc.), just as jesus did. In fact, they used the same examples As jesus  presented, David’s eating the Tabernacle bread and the Temple offerings made on the Sabbath, to demonstrate the same general principle, that the needs of life override the Sabbath restrictions (Y’lomm’denu, Yalkut II, par. 130, Tosefta Shabbat 15b).


There you have it, the oral law is clear one is allowed to work during Sabbath, however conditions apply providing it’s for a greater good.  We can conclude Jesus of the Bible wasn’t the Lord of the Sabbath after all.

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