Jewish Rabbi Has a Message to All Seventh-day Adventists. #sabbath

Summary

This video centers on a discussion between a caller and Rabbi Tovia Singer about Isaiah 56, the Sabbath, and whether non-Jews are expected to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. The rabbi argues that the Sabbath commandments are a special covenant for Israel, while also saying it is positive for non-Jews to treat the seventh day as holy. The host then pushes back, arguing Isaiah 56 is about all believers in Christ, including Gentiles, and connects the passage to the New Covenant. The video also branches into broader claims about the history of Sabbath observance, the lost tribes of Israel, Ethiopian Christianity, and the role of the Sabbath in Adventism and biblical prophecy. Overall, it is a mix of theological argument, historical commentary, and counterargument aimed at defending a Christian reading of the Sabbath.

Highlights

• A caller asks whether Isaiah 56 supports Gentiles keeping the Sabbath 👂
• Rabbi Tovia Singer says the Sabbath is a covenant sign for Israel, though non-Jews can still honor it respectfully 🌙
• The host strongly disagrees with the idea that “sons of strangers” refers to lost tribes of Israel 🔥
• The video highlights debates about the New Covenant, Hebrews, and whether Sabbath rest continues for Christians 📖
• Historical references to Ethiopia and Sabbath observance are used to support the broader Sabbath tradition 🏛️
• The closing argument says Isaiah 56 welcomes outsiders and supports an inclusive gospel message 🌎

Key Takeaways

• The rabbi says the Sabbath covenant is uniquely given to Israel, not imposed on all nations ✡️
• The host argues Isaiah 56 applies to Gentile believers in Christ, not just Jews or lost tribes ✝️
• Both sides agree the Sabbath is holy, but they disagree on who is obligated to keep it 🕊️
• The discussion expands into history, including Ethiopian Sabbath-keeping and early Christian Sunday observance 📜
• The host frames the New Covenant as broadening God’s people beyond ethnic Israel 🌍

Overview

The video begins with a caller asking Rabbi Tovia Singer whether Isaiah 56 means Gentiles should keep the Sabbath. The rabbi responds with a detailed explanation of Genesis, Exodus 31, and Jewish covenant theology, insisting that Sabbath commandments are specifically tied to Israel. He also says it is good for non-Jews to honor the seventh day, but not required in the same legal sense.

From there, the host shifts into a counterargument. He insists Isaiah 56 is not about lost tribes of Israel but about Gentiles and outsiders who come to God through faith. He links the passage to the New Covenant, Hebrews, 1 Peter, and other texts to argue that Sabbath rest remains meaningful for Christians without being limited to Jewish practice.

The video then broadens into historical material about Sabbath observance in Africa, Ethiopia, and early Christianity. It presents the Sabbath as a long-standing biblical and historical practice and ends by arguing that Isaiah 56 shows God’s kingdom welcoming the rejected, the outsider, and all who believe in Jesus Christ.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 05:00: Introduction: The Rabbi’s Answer and the Sabbath Question The host introduces a discussion with Rabbi Tovia Singer about the seventh-day Sabbath, framing it as a response to a Seventh-day Adventist caller who asks whether Isaiah 56 applies to Gentiles keeping the Sabbath and whether Sabbath observance should begin now rather than only in the messianic age.
• 05:00 - 12:30: Genesis and Exodus: The Sabbath as a Covenant with Israel The speaker explains that Genesis presents the Sabbath as a holy day, but the specific Sabbath commandments are later given in Exodus as a covenant uniquely binding Israel. He emphasizes that, in his view, the Sabbath laws are not for non-Jews to keep as an obligation, though non-Jews can still honor the day reverently without violating anything.
• 12:30 - 22:30: Isaiah 56, Strangers, and the Meaning of the Eunuchs The speaker argues that current events reflect a messianic era in which many people who were raised as non-Jews may actually be descended from Jews, citing Ezekiel’s two sticks and Isaiah’s language about the children of strangers clinging to God. He claims many hidden Jews are being discovered across the world and suggests Hashem is gathering them back in, including those from Spain and other nations.
• 22:30 - 32:30: Messianic Age, the New Covenant, and the Inclusion of Outsiders The speaker recommends several books and resources on Sabbath history and African Christianity, including works by B.G. Wilkinson, Charles E. Bradford, and F.C. Gilbert, and references a related sermon on the Ethiopian eunuch. He emphasizes that Africa had a long-standing Sabbath-keeping witness before Adventist missions and that Ethiopian and other African Christian communities preserved Sabbath observance even as Europe moved toward Sunday worship.
• 32:30 - 37:30: Historical Sabbath Observance Among African and Early Christian Communities The speaker argues that the new covenant through Jesus does not отменate the Sabbath but includes it, citing Hebrews and Mark to claim Sabbath rest remains for both Jews and Gentiles who believe in Christ. They emphasize that the Sabbath was made for all people, not just Jews, and introduce the idea of two gatherings in Scripture: the restoration of the outcasts of Israel and the inclusion of additional people.
• 37:30 - 42:30: Reinterpreting Israel, the Lost Tribes, and the Global Reach of God’s Mission The speaker argues that Isaiah 56 and related New Testament passages show God’s salvation extending beyond Israel to Gentiles and other outsiders. He cites Jesus’ “other sheep,” Acts 10 and Cornelius, and emphasizes that under the new covenant no one should be treated as unclean or excluded because of ethnicity. The point is that Israel’s gathering is not the end of the story; God’s mission is to include the outsider, the rejected, and the forgotten.

Jewish Rabbi Has a Message to All Seventh-day Adventists. #sabbath Transcription

• Segment 1: 00:00 - 02:30 Hello there friends. Welcome once again to the YouTube channel. You here with pastor James Devalon. Listen, we're going to take a listen today to this discussion. All right. A seventh event is called in this uh doing this show and asks the question to the rabbi and the name of this rabbi is Rabbi Tovia Singer. He's answering a question here regarding the 7-day Sabbath. And the the the questioner was asking based on Isaiah 56, does that have a relationship? right with with the Gentiles keeping the Sabbath and stuff like that. And the rabbi went on to say a number of things. We're going to take a listen to that and when he is done, as of as always, I'm going to have a presentation here. Link is going to be in the description below. The Sabbath and the strangers, I'm going to do a counterargument to some of the claims that he's going to make. All right, let's take a listen to what he has to say. >> Pedro, you are live on the air. Go right ahead with your question, sir. >> Um, Rabbi, thank you for taking my call. Um I'm a 7th day Adventist so we actually have a lot of agreement on how we look at Abraham. So hoping um at least you can answer this for around 22 million um SDAs um around the world. So we actually view that um the Sabbath was meant for our humanity and because Abraham um obeyed the holy law. Um just like you know we do believe that when they uh Cain killed Abel, he was breaking the commandments. So we do believe that um he was there for them. Um, I heard you mention that the Sabbath was given for Israel from Exodus 31. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel >> of Israel forever. Yes. >> Um, I wanted to ask cuz I know there are some differences in views from rabbis, but when I look at Isaiah and it talks about in Isaiah 56, um, the sons of the stranger that dress
• Segment 2: 00:00 - 02:30 themselves to the Lord to serve him, everyone that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant, my covenant, even them will I bring to my holy mountain. So, is this like um part of that messianic age fulfillment where all the nations are going to be keeping the commandments? Um and um is it not true
• Segment 3: 02:30 - 05:00 then that since Israel is a lie to the Gentiles, shouldn't that start now instead of waiting for the messianic age? >> Mhm. Good question. >> I hope my question was clear. >> That is sweet. I'm so blessed. really very very blessed. Very blessed. I I just when you when you speak that way and you're so you have a love for Hashem. Um [snorts] the SDA church is a you know from 19th century. I I w I I I hope you my dear friend would reconsider just the the doctrine of the trinity which is really not a good thing. Baker was not the best person in the world. And this woman who se seventh day Adventist hold out as a prophet was someone who really engaged in plagiarism. And the reason I say it I normally don't talk that way is because there's something about you. There's something about the flavor of your question, the texture of your voice. It tells me that you really are a sacred soul, a sweet little soul who has a really a genuine love for God. So what I say, I hope you won't be offended at all. Just say be, you know, the it's a the SDA is a billionarian group. What that means is not important. But you a lot a lot of uh many members of seventh day adventists do uh become ben Noah the pious among the nations do convert and there's a reasons for it but I'm not going to go into it now rather I'm going to address your question very directly. So, so Shabbat, if you notice that the first time we're introduced to Sabbath is Genesis chapter 2, as you know, in Genesis chapter 2, where God is creating the seventh day. So, this is a day that's different than the other six days. Not only did God rest, but it was a day that's outside of nature. If you notice, it's the only day where it doesn't say it was evening, was morning.
• Segment 4: 02:30 - 05:00 because this is already we one the Sabbath is a a metaphysical space that God creates. However, if you look at Genesis chapter 2, there's something very striking about it. That is there is no mention whatsoever of anybody keeping any laws with regards to the Sabbath. It
• Segment 5: 05:00 - 07:30 just says God rested. Now, what does it mean? Why would God have to rest? He needs a vacation. He's tired. No, we I talk about that in another many other videos where I talk about the name of God, not for here. But that day is holy. It's set aside. And but notice that there's no commandments there yet. Why? Because observing the specific commandments that relate to the Sabbath is set aside just for the children of Israel. Which means something very specific. It does not mean that a person who's not Jewish should not like Charlie Kirk on the Sabbath day. He put down his phones. He didn't engage. Now I I don't know exactly what he did, but the point is he considered that the holy day. And it's truthfully it was Ignatius, a very early 2n century church father who is the bishop of Antioch that really introduces the idea of Sunday Sabbath. So that's it is not in the Christian Bible. In the Christian Bible, you don't have a Sunday Sabbath. You say it was day the resurrection but has nothing to do with Shabas. In the Christian Bible the Christian the Christians are keeping Sabbath not Sunday. So 7day Adventists are right. They nailed that and that's why it's a growing movement because they nailed that. The only thing is I wish they would get rid of I I say it with love not in in you know not to say it in a harmful way. It's because I find that so attractive that I I would encourage you really really really really to rethink the doctrine and trinity like use that same kind of rigorous methodology. It's really important for your soul when it comes to observing the laws of Shabas. The mitzvot of Shabas, you're absolutely correct. The Tyra says in Exodus 31, we're told explicitly that the children of Israel should guard the Shabas Sabbath for all generations, for all eternity. And then verse 17,
• Segment 6: 05:00 - 07:30 it's a unique covenant between God and Israel. Because six days God created the heavens and the earth. But on the seventh day, he rested and he abstained from creating. But notice my sweethearts that this comes up in Exodus
• Segment 7: 07:30 - 10:00 after the nation has been formed after the tentacles have given. So, Exodus, the book of Exodus, I'd like you to think of it in a way that Exodus is the formation of the Jewish nation. So, once you have a Jewish nation, that's what Exodus really about. It's about a lot of things, but it's really the nation that's brought out of the cauldron of of Egypt. So, the nation is thus sanctified that there's a new covenant on the Sabbath. Now, here the context is keeping the law. So I want to so I want to say this part which is not controversial at all. We talk about the Sabbath is only for Jews and that's that is not being conveyed correctly. The any person the pious among the nations say you know the seventh day is a beautiful day. It's it's a the it's the real Lord's day. It's a day that is hallowed by the Almighty. Blessed be his name. It was a day I'm going to treat differently. If a non-Jew says that, this is a very great thing. The question is about are non-Jews supposed to keep the laws of Sabbath. There are very specific laws with regard to Sabbath. There are different opinions about this. So in generally speaking, the opinion is that that only a Jew, only the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob should observe the actual commandments of the Sabbath. But there are different opinions about this. So I want to just say my view on this. Okay. There are different views on this exercise point. If because it's not one of the seven no laws that a non-Jew has to make sure to violate the Sabbath then so if a non-Jew in there are really are different views on this. It is universal that the laws of Shabas Sabbath is uncumbent upon the Jewish people alone. If a non-Jew decides that he's going to read a book Friday night and the lights had the the candles happen to all already be lit in his house, so it's all illuminated and then he goes to sleep and the next day he's reading and then
• Segment 8: 07:30 - 10:00 the next day he has a a a cookie and then he has a he has a [clears throat] tuna fish sandwich. It just happens to be that for 24 hours straight or 25 hours straight. He just didn't vibe. He doesn't violate anything. He's not obligated to go and just light a fire and carrying all over the place. He's not obligated to do that. Okay.
• Segment 9: 10:00 - 12:30 However, however, this is really what's forbidden to a non-Jew. And that is to say that the covenant of keeping and observing the laws of Shabbat was given to the non-Jews as well. Okay. Now again there are a number of opinions on this but this is my view of this that is if a non-Jew just there are many people who are not Jewish who just happen to be that they happen to not do anything they don't feel like it's a holy day I'm going to just enjoy myself they read a book they they they talk to their wife they play with their kids they never violate chabas they don't violate anything which is very easy to do cuz you're just eating and enjoying your family and so on you They're not obligated to go light fires and turn light switches on and and carrying they're not obligated to do that. The only thing that in that is forbidden in my view there are some people who think that they have to violate Sabbath. This is not my view at all. It's just that what is forbidden is that a non-Jew should not say that the Sabbath laws are obligatory on the nations of the world. But they must recognize that this is a unique covenant given to the Jews. Okay? That's all that's all it is. Not they don't have to go nuts and figure out a way to violate the Sabbath. Not do it. They and it's very nice thing if a non-Jew says you know what the seventh day is Sabbath. I read Genesis chapter 2 and I I think it's holy day and I'm not into this whole Sunday business at all. That's a great thing. Now, you asked me a very very good question and I knew right away you said yet another question. You asking about Isaiah chapter 56 which is a messianic chapter. It's really quite elegant and quite beautiful. But many people in Isaiah 56 think that this passage is referring to the Gentiles. And it's not true at all. And here is where if you don't have the Hebrew in front of you, you can get into a lot of
• Segment 10: 10:00 - 12:30 trouble because in many of the translations that you see, the alien, the foreigner, what does that mean exactly? It doesn't say the gentile there, but there are translations that do this. And it's that's not correct. In the messianic age, all the Jewish people will be gathered in. Isaiah 43:5 and 6, Hashem is
• Segment 11: 12:30 - 15:00 bringing them in. All of them take two rods in your hand. Ezekiel is told in chapter 37. One of it right for Judah and his companions. The other frame and his companions. They become one in your hand. That means the Jewish people today, we're living in what I believe is the messianic age. We're really in the time of the event itself that it's all unfolding now. I believe that I believe that I I'm not hearing voices, but it's very transparent to me that what we see in Tanakh is unfolding now. And that's what we're finding today. Something that's unbelievable. And there's a many many people and you know those who watch your show know how many people who thought they weren't Jewish and then they study this they be they they are on fire for terror. They're on fire for God and they start researching the genealogy and they find out they were Jewish all along. That means they grew up they were told you were a Roman Catholic that grew up in Mexico City. They told you a Roman Catholic who grew up in Panama. You a Roman Catholic who grew up in Honduras. You're a Roman Catholic who grew grew up in S. Paulo in Rio de Janeiro and wherever and they weren't told they were Jewish at all. And now Hashem is opening the floodgates where people are drawn to the Jewish people. But here in Israel, there's so many conversion programs and they're packed with people who have a considerable amount of evidence that they are Jewish and that they Jews were forced to convert in Spain. It is believed, no one really knows the answer to this question, but it is believed that among people living in Spain, Spanish people living in Spain, that somewhere in the order of 70% have Jewish blood. It's very high number. In matter of fact, it's considered many many many of the Arabs that live in Israel, many of them have Jewish blood. Many a very very high number. very high number. And in Jordan, you have 70%
• Segment 12: 12:30 - 15:00 Palestinian. A high number that my descent of Jews a lot. A lot. It's very high. If you can go to Afghanistan, don't ask what's going on. These are what are called my sweethearts kind of children who are the most high who are living in a duro. We're living in a a generation of the redemption. So what happens is they are raised as strangers, which means these are people who are
• Segment 13: 15:00 - 17:30 impostor Gentiles. meaning they are ven hanar which really means what does that mean the sons of the strangers hanilim al-hashem who cling who join themselves to hashem so why is he using such a a mudna it's a yiddish such an unusual language the child it really says the son and the sons of the strangers what does this mean that means these are Jews Jews, but they didn't know they were Jewish. They're raised among the nations of the thing. I'm not Jews. You know how many people there are like that today? So, let's say there are 15 million. You ask somebody you how many Jews in the world? If you go into any AI, I think usually they'll say somewhere in the order of 15 million Jews in the world. Usually, that's the numbers spelled out. I don't I can't tell you this with certainty. Like I don't it's all you know anecdotal but I feel a certain sense of confidence that there are far more impostor Gentiles who are really Jewish than there are known Jews in the world. There are probably many more than 15 million people who think they're not Jewish or raised to believe they're not Jewish who who really are Jewish. And now Hashem is making the crooked the crooked ways straight. And now Hashem is gathering them in. He's bringing them in. See Isaiah 43, holy sons and daughters of Hashem. And that's why. So it doesn't say Gentiles at all. It says here the sons of the strangers who are clinging to Hashem and they want to serve him with love. So it does not and therefore these people of course should keep Shabas of course should they I can't tell you how many how many people today [snorts] all over the world are discovering that they're really Jews I mean what happens all these Jews who were in Spain in 148 okay now you heard the claims now a number of things were said okay about the sevenist church and things and Ellen White and Trinity and
• Segment 14: 15:00 - 17:30 prophets and all of that listen let's focus on the main point of the men's question which is Isa Isaiah 56. Does that have a relationship with the Gentiles with their keeping of the Sabbath because of the Messiah? Right. Well, keep in mind this man does not believe that Jesus Christ is the
• Segment 15: 17:30 - 20:00 Messiah. So, they're looking they are still anticipating a Messiah to come. So, that is a thought. Keep that in mind that cuz that plays a crucial role in the way that the answer is being given. But nevertheless, some things he validated is the significance of the Sabbath. Why it is good to be kept and how the Christian world reject the Sabbath is not right. One thing he also made reference to is this idea that the Sabbath ought to be kept in the way that the Jewish people keep it. We don't find biblical verses for that. You have to go to the Talmud and other practices to confirm this. That's not a thing. But the Sabbath was meant to be a day of rest. Still is when you rest in God's love. You couldn't do it in different ways. Jews have a whole another ball game, right? No cell phones and no emails, no el this elevator. We don't ride this elevator. There's a lot of other things. Sabbathke keeping is different for each one of us depending on where we are in our relationship with the Lord. But one thing that matters the most is that we have been called to rest, right? Rest, abstain from labor and to spend quality time with the Lord. Here are some areas where I will have to take an issue with some of the claims being made in this video. So this is coming from Isaiah chapter 53. They were one of the things that the rabbi said is that Isaiah 53, the word strangers. Here we find in Isaiah 53 is in reference to um to the lost tribes of Israel. There were Jews who didn't know that they were Jews. That's what he said. Neither let the sons of strangers. He says this is Jewish people who don't know that there are Jewish people that are coming back to keeping the Sabbath of the Lord. I respectfully disagree and I'm going to show you. Reason number one, let's go through our presentation here. All right. There is no biblical verse that use stranger or
• Segment 16: 17:30 - 20:00 geer explicitly to describe the descendants of the lost troubles Israel as a group. You do not find that text in the Bible. It's not there. It's not there. Now, let's continue. Now, here is the Bible hub and I'm going to share a few thoughts with you here. The Bible hub says this topical encyclopedia in the biblical context. The term stranger then often then often refers to individuals who are not native to Israel or who are strangers residing temporarily or permanently among the Israelites. The Hebrew word for strangers is jer which can also be translated as sojourer or alien. The treatment and status of
• Segment 17: 20:00 - 22:30 strangers are significant themes throughout the scriptures reflecting God's concern for justice, compassion, and inclusivity. So, I'm going to highlight four major words in this whole passage. When you read Isaiah 56, the first one is the sons of strangers. The second thing is the Unix. All right, the unic. And third, we're going to look at the word covenant. Covenant. And there is what I called in verse six, in verse eight, the two gatherings. You're going to find what you're going to understand what I mean in a minute. All right, let's go through this. So, here are the four terms. Okay, we're going to work with those four terms. Number one, the sons of strangers from a biblical perspective. Who are they? I'm going to give you the reference point and just I'm just going to read the main idea of what the text is saying, okay? We're not going to read every single verse, but the reference point is right there. Strangers or non-Israelites in scripture were to be under the same law as nativeborn Israelites. Number two, God reminds Israel not to mistreat strangers because they themselves were once strangers. Number three, God emphasizes emotional sympathy. You know how it feels to be a stranger. Number four, a clear call to love strangers equally rooted in Israel's own immigrant history. Number five, God reinforces equality in law between Israelites and strangers. Number six, worship practices applied equally to all native and foreigner alike. Number seven, God himself is describes as protector and provider for the stranger. Number eight, a curse upon anyone who denies justice to the vulnerable, including strangers. This is how strangers is used. And again, I can actually give you 30 more different examples of this, but I think this is enough. Let's talk about the Unix. Now, who are the Unix? Let's look at that um answer. A unic is typically a man who was castrated either voluntarily
• Segment 18: 20:00 - 22:30 or by force and was often put into position of royal service or court administration, especially in ancient near east and Asian cultures. We have an example of a unic in the Bible. All right. This is called the Ethiopian unic. You find this in the book of I think it's Acts chapter 9 or 10. Uh I believe it's chapter 10. So the story of the Ethiopian unic is actually very very
• Segment 19: 22:30 - 25:00 interesting because he teaches you a number of things. Now there are some books out there. I will also recommend Truth Triumphant the church in the wilderness by BG Wilkinson. He traces the history of the Sabbath and the faithful Christians throughout Asia Minor, throughout Asia, uh throughout Africa, throughout the Western uh Roman Empire. Okay? He traces their history and shows that many of them were faithful and also kept the Sabbath day. There's a documentary called the history of the Sabbath. You can find it on my channel. That documentary is actually based on that book. There is another book as well written by Charles E. Bradford. Bradford speaks about the Sabbath roots, the African connection. Powerful, powerful manuscript. I'm going to read a few quotation from there today. [snorts] Well done. He traces the history of the Sabbath and how it was being kept before Christ after Christ. Many Ethiopian uh as well as many other African nations were keeping Sabbath while in the Western Roman Roman Empire they were they were accepting Sunday. It traces that there is an interesting guy and I have this one here as well. This is Messiah in his sanctuary by FC Gilbert. FC Gilbert was a Jewish and man who actually got converted and wrote this powerful powerful manuscript. I mean this is a Bible study I should call it. This is a Bible study question and answers and then he breaks it all down for you. He magnifies Christ as the Messiah and it's coming from a Jewish perspective who was converted to the seventh adventist church. Powerful manuscript. I would recommend that as well. Actually, I studied this some sometime in my morning devotion. Now, here's the thing. I have a another sermon you can listen to. It's called Philips Audience of One. And it's actually about the Ethiopian unic, the reading of Isaiah 53. And I went through
• Segment 20: 22:30 - 25:00 the history of that and also break it down. I'm going to give you some reference point that I made reference to. And if you haven't heard this, I would recommend take a listen to that because you'll make sense of a lot of what I'm saying right now. Now, Charles E. Bradford in his book said the following things I want to read. Africa has never been without a witness to the Sabbath. Long before Adventist missionaries arrived, the Sabbath was already embedded in the memory, customs and worship of her people, her peoples, I should say. In Africa, we discover a remarkable fact. While Europe was abandoning the Sabbath under ecclesiastical pressure, great centers of African Christianity continue to
• Segment 21: 25:00 - 27:30 honor the seventh day as holy. Now, it's good to know where did they get this idea from. Here is the point. The queen of Sheba made contact with Solomon in first Kings chapter 10. She, this is what the historical is showing, she must have gotten converted and she brought the the Jew the the Sabbath as well as the God of Israel back to her homeland. And this brought about what is known as Jewish communities in Nubia and Kush. the the better Israel Ethiopian Jews who kept the Sabbath long before the time of Christ. Did you know that? Long before that. Here's the point. And there are some people called um today they are known as Hebrew Israelites. Okay? I don't agree with all their position and the way they interpret scripture. But when it comes to the history of the church, the Sabbath, they done a really good job digging into that, right? They're not always wrong about that. as far as their interpretation of them being the tribes of Israel and so on and all black people or the Jews and I'm I'm not I'm not going to run with that. Okay, there may be some truth to it, but I'm not going to run with that too hard. But um here is the point. Ethiopia stands as one of the oldest Sabbathkeeping nations on earth. This is what we are told in history. In the book Great Controversy, Ellen White says the following words. The churches of Ethiopia held the Sabbath as it was held by the papal church before her complete apostasy. While they kept the Sabbath day in obedience um to the commandment of God, they abstained from labor on Sunday in conformity to the custom of the church. Upon obtaining supreme power, talking about Rome, Rome had shled upon the Sabbath of God to exalt her own. But the churches of Africa hidden for nearly a thousand years did not share in this apostasy. Did you guys realize during the 1,260 years of papal supremacy and apostasy and compromisation even during the
• Segment 22: 25:00 - 27:30 policy reformation the Ethiopian churches and as well as many other nations in in in West Africa they were not actually part of this. That's why you don't see too much historical record of either them being persecuted and things like that. They were faithfully obeying the Lord, keeping Sabbath, and they were faithfully they were the faithful Christians among they they were a stronghold. I would say there are manuscripts of the Bible that were kept by many of these
• Segment 23: 27:30 - 30:00 nations in Ethiopia. Friends, we can actually spend some hours breaking this down. So, it's good to keep that in mind that side of history is often time forgotten, but we shouldn't forget it. So, let's talk about the the covenant, right? We find this in two uh in two verses. He says, "Thus sayith the Lord unto the Unix that keepeth my Sabbath and choose those things which that please me and take hold of my covenant." So obviously those Unix were not Jewish. That's why they were allowed to take hold of God's covenant. Next in verse six, we are told also the sons of strangers that join themselves to the Lord to serve him to love the name of the Lord to be his servants and everyone that keepeth the servant from polluting it taketh hold of my covenant. So the sons of strangers and the unix are synonymous term within those two verses that are being used to explain the same thing and they all coming to the same conclusion. One the requirement is keep the Sabbath and the conclusion is and the benefit is hey you keep the Sabbath if you keep the Sabbath you take hold of God's covenant by faith. So this was what was laid out in the text for the sons of strangers. People outside of Judaism that includes every single person. We are told the following words and this is what you will begin to understand a little bit more about the new covenant experience in Hebrews 8:8. For finding fault with them, who are the them? The Jews. The Jews of the time who were unrepentant and were unbelief who denied and rejected the Messiah. He saith to them, "The days cometh, sayaith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah." So he's going to make a new covenant. But now this is a covenant of grace. And the people now who are the house of Israel, the house of Judah or not the people who rejected the covenant, the people who believe in the
• Segment 24: 27:30 - 30:00 new covenant because they accepted Christ as the Messiah. Abraham now become the true seeds of Abrahams are those who now believe in Jesus Christ. We are told now not according to the covenant that I made with the with their fathers in the days that I took them by the hand and to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued not in my covenant. They did not continue in it and I regarded them not say the Lord. Wow. So God says I'm going to bypass you. I'm going to move on to somebody else. So you got this in this issue we have right now is even today many people in in many Jews today still believe they are still God's special people. There is this sense of entitlement based on their DNA, right? There is this biological claim
• Segment 25: 30:00 - 32:30 that, hey, as long as we are Jewish, we have this much blood in us, we are special. Guys, we're not reading the same Bible. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, say the Lord. I will put my laws into their minds and write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. So you see this issue of the new covenant here. The experience of the new covenant is God converting the hearts of man rather than writing the law of God on tables of stones. He's writing that in his in his heart. So he's not nailing the law of God to the cross. He's writing all the commandments of God in the hearts of men. That's what's happening under the new covenant experience. Now we are told now in 1 Peter chapter 2:9. So speaking to Gentiles, Gentiles here is this p is this promise. You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, and that you shall show forth uh the praises of him who have called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now, what condition were these people uh in before they were called out of darkness into his God's marvelous light? Number one, which in time past were not a people but are now the people of God. We shall not obtain mercy but have now obtained mercy. So obviously this is being applied to who? Gentiles, foreigners, sojourners, any man who believes. Now where is Peter quoting from? Peter is quoting from Exodus chapter 19, which was a statement that was once applied to Jewish people. Look, it says, "Now, therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall you be a peculiar treasure unto me above all the people, for all the earth is mine, and you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." Do you see the words? Holy nation, peculiar people, kingdom of
• Segment 26: 30:00 - 32:30 priests, right? Holy priesthood. These are the words which thou shall speak on the children of Israel. So you get the sense that God is now moving this element of that which was in the old covenant which the Jewish people. He's moving that and saying I'm applying this to all people who believe in Jesus Christ. Unless you believe only your kind of people is the real people who can be saved. Unless you really believe that and I will say that that's that sounds more anti-semitic in nature, more racist in nature than it is biblical.
• Segment 27: 32:30 - 35:00 But if you were to read the Bible, you see that God so loved the world and he welcomes everyone. We are told now in Hebrews 12:4 to Jesus the med the mediator of the new covenant. Here is the man who makes it all possible. Jesus Christ to the blood of sprinkling and speaketh better things than that of Abel. Christ makes the new covenant possible. His blood is what makes it possible. By so much Jesus made assurityity of a better covenant. Therefore there remainth a rest of the people of God. The new covenant does not get rid of the Sabbath. The word rest here is the word shabatismo. So it doesn't get rid of the Sabbath. It includes it. So Gentiles supposed to keep the Sabbath because they have faith in Jesus because they today are now adopted in the family of God in the new covenant. Both Jews and Gentiles are saved if they believe in Jesus Christ. That's the new covenant experience. Now, we are told now, "And he saith unto them, the Sabbath was made for men and not made for the Sabbath. Therefore, the son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day." This is huge. Does it say here that the Sabbath was made for Jewish people only? Does it say that? Is that in the Bible? Nope. Were Adam and Eve Jewish? Nope. Nope. So let's talk about the two gatherings. Actually this point is crucial here and I'm not going to make this one long. It says, "The Lord which gatherth the children, the outcasts of Israel saith, yet will I gather others to him besides those that are gathered unto him." So obviously there are two gatherings happening here. We have the outcast of Israel. That's one group. Let's make them pink. And the second group is gather others. So they're not exactly the same. How do I mean? Let me explain. Let me
• Segment 28: 32:30 - 35:00 explain. Who are the outcasts of Israel? Those scattered through captivity, the 10 tribes, right? They were scattered by the Assyrian nations, right? And they begin to mingle with the with the Samaritan. They became the Samaritans. Some people say some of the Samaritans were partly Jewish, right? That's why many people, many Jews in the days of Jesus took an issue with the Samaritans,
• Segment 29: 35:00 - 37:30 right? They like you guys, you guys are a mixed breed. We don't like you guys, you know? We don't know if you're real Jews. You must be 100% blood of Jewish people or else you're not God's people, right? This concept was all the way there. And Jesus actually trying to deal with that. I mean, it's racism in nature if you think about it. But let's keep going. We are told those marginalized and um rejected within Israel, those pushed away because of sin, circumstances or national judgment, these are the people that are outcast of Israel. Now, let's move on. What does it mean that God gathered them? Here is what it means. God brings his people back to himself. He restores what was broken. He brings home that was scattered by sins and judgment and so on. He rebuilds and reclaims his covenant people. Yes, he tried to do that and he's doing that because of who? Because of Jesus Christ. You know, the Bible says in Isaiah 50:43 that I will bring seed from the east and from the north will I gather them. In uh Exodus 34, God himself seeks the lost sheep. You know, God is in the business of saving all kind of people including his lost tribes that were gathered among the nations. He sought for them. But by by what means though? Through the gospel. The same gospel of grace, the same gospel of Christ is through the means by which God saves all mankind, including the lost tribes of Israel. Yet will I gather others to him? Who are the others? That's a good question now because the text says he's going to gather others. So we have the first gathering. The first gathering are what the Bible calls the outcasts of Israel. Now the second gathering is where yet will I gather others to him? Who are the others being gathered here? Good question. I'm glad you asked. This is the prophetic explosive part of the text. The others are Gentiles, not
• Segment 30: 35:00 - 37:30 Israelites. That's why they call others. You can't say the sons of strangers or just lost tribes. No, they are the others. They are the others that God is bringing into the fold. The gospel will expand beyond Israel. The covenant will include all nations. Outsiders will become insiders. That's Bible. That's not some, you know, strange interpretation adding to the text of No, no, no. That's that's scripture. John 10:16 says, "Other sheep that I have that are out of this fold." The only fold that existed then were the
• Segment 31: 37:30 - 40:00 Jewish people. But he says I have other sheep outside of Judaism that I'm going to bring and they shall be onefold and one shepherd. That's Bible. And also in Acts chapter 10, we are told the message was sent to Cornelius. I mean it was sent to Peter. Go and baptize the first Gentile Cornelius. And he says do not call any man unclean. Stop saying you are special. Stop. stop. Some people said, "Well, Peter was a racist and God had to deal with the racism of Peter and let him know God is trying to save every man. Stop this madness that I'm special because I have this type of blood." That's not what the Bible is teaching you under the new covenant. Now, we are told Gentiles brought near by the blood of Jesus Christ as well because they believe. Question number four, besides those that are gathered unto him, what does that mean? So, let's let's read it one more time. is not only gathering the outcasts. He say I will gather others besides those. Who are the those? The those here are the people in pink, right? That's not pink. The those here are the outcast. So the outcasts are gathered. They are the those beside those that are gathered unto him. So the word besides including who? The others. So the others are also being gathered as well as the outcasts of Israel are also being gathered unto the Lord. So to put it simply, this is what we are reading here. God is not finished yet. Israel is just the beginning. Salvation will overflow beyond ethnic boundaries. The Messiah's kingdom will be global. God's family will be larger than anyone expected expects. I will gather my people and I'm also bringing in a whole group you are not expecting. That's what the Bible is saying friends. So the message of Isaiah 56 is this. God welcomes the rejected, heals the broken, brings home the spiritual homeless, includes people uh in includes people the religion world exclude, expand his
• Segment 32: 37:30 - 40:00 kingdom beyond cultural walls, save the unlikely, the outsider, the forgotten. God is doing a powerful work here. Friends, we are told this claim in Isaiah 56, if you studied properly, it destroys racism, nationalism, elism, and also spiritual gatekeeping. God's mission is global, inclusive of all
• Segment 33: 40:00 - 42:30 nations, and driven by grace. Oh boy. All right. All right. All right. Do you see now why Exodus chapter 20 says what he says? I'm excited. Are you excited about the word of God, friends? You see when you read the word of God, you don't let you know some of these teachers and trying to confuse you about simple truth of the word of God. You see how simple and beautiful the scripture is. You don't have to be confused by them. Isaiah 56 explains itself. Okay. So now let's go. It says this, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Why? Because God created the world in sixth day and he rested seventh day. Look what God says. For in it thou shalt not do any work. You Jewish people. Yes. Your son, your daughter, your man's servant. These are slaves. Your maid servant, your cattle, these your animals. Let's go on. And what else? Your stranger that is within thy gates. These are your surgeoners. Alien people who were not Jewish. They themselves were welcome to the keeping of the Sabbath. This is why Isaiah 56 can say what it says. Friends, I hope this was clear. I'm not trying to confuse you. You guys are smart people. So, who are the strangers in Isaiah 56? No, not lost tribes of Israel. These are God's children. Every single one of us who believe and have faith in Jesus Christ. And that's Bible. Thank you so much for listening, friends. Link in the description below. You can have this PowerPoint and study. Use it as you will. Until next time, have a good one. Bye.