We were born on this earth because we sinned in heaven. So, Jesus said He came to this earth to seek and save the lost.
Mt 9:13 『" . . . For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."』
Lk 19:10 『"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."』
Jesus used to pray very early in the morning, and He never stopped preaching to find the lost. It was because the ultimate purpose of Christ's life on this earth was to save human beings.
As Jesus said He came to save the "lost," we were originally angels who used to be with Jesus in the kingdom of heaven. The book of Isaiah definitely shows us what kind of sin we committed in heaven.
Isa 14:12-14 『How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."』
Lucifer, son of the dawn, harbored an evil intent to raise his throne above that of God and make himself like the Most High. In other words, Satan, the devil, became a criminal opposing God and numerous angels who were tempted by Satan joined him in his rebellion against God. As a result, they were all cast down to this earth. We are the spiritual sinners who lost our discretion and opposed God unknowingly. So, our supreme task on this earth is to receive the forgiveness of sins so that we can go back to heaven.
God established a covenant to bring us back to our senses and restore us to our original state. The Sabbath is a covenant God has made with us, human beings, which is one of God's commandments.
Ge 2:1-3 『Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.』
Ex 20:8-11 『"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. . . . For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."』
The Sabbath is a day God made His promise to make His people holy and to give them blessings from the creation of the world. It is also a day given as an opportunity for us to commemorate the authority of the Creator and to understand God correctly. On this holy day, God cleanses us from our sin and rebellion we committed against God unknowingly and purifies our hearts.
God has given us the Sabbath as the fourth of the Ten Commandments, and told us not to forget the Sabbath day but remember it by keeping it holy. When we are made holy and pure by keeping the Sabbath, we can restore our spiritual senses and come to salvation, resisting the temptation of Lucifer, son of the dawn. God continues to make us holy every Sabbath day, even while we are unaware of it.
to be continued....
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