whos gettin ready for the sabbath?

Shabbat Shalom Rambill..Blessings..Miles

I am - looking forward to it.

Peace to you.

The work week is over. We have a day of rest!
It is a blessing that tomorrow is a day of rest. I do surly need a day of rest after the day of hard work I had today. I was on my knees all day, not praying to God, but painting the shoe molding in the three-floor seven-bedroom new home. The work of painting this house needs to be done ASAP (that stands for always say a prayer right?) I was praising God for enabling me at my advanced age to still be able to spend a whole day working on my knees, albeit with some discomfort. The day of rest will be a blessing tomorrow.
Our pastor is out of town for the hunting season. He goes up to a cabin and keeps the fire going for the men who go up to go hunting. When they come back, with or without their deer, they have fellowship. In his stead, we have a man who will preach on Creation tomorrow. He is a gifted speaker. It will be a very uplifting morning service I hope. I then have a few hours to bow in front of the throne of the almighty TV for a football game (that will be my nap time) and then back to church for our praise and worship service on Sunday evening. The choir practices before the evening service. I get a ride with a couple who are both in the choir. I have an hour to sit and read along in my Bible in the sanctuary as I listen to the words of scripture being read by Alexander Scorby through my MP3 player. It is an effortless way to read the Bible. It is read to you. I usually listen in the car, but on Sunday evening I have an hour where I have nothing else to do but to read along as the words are read to me. I love it!
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Have you ever considered the symbolism of the Sabbath and the preparation day? The Sabbath foreshadows things to come, Col 2. Thus, it is prophetic.

Man was created on the sixth day. The Sabbath created on the 7th day. Man was commanded to work and do all his labor for 6 days and to rest on the 7th day, the sabbath.

In that context, the scriptures state that a day is like a thousand years prophetically, Pslam 90:4, 2Pet 3. Thus the Sabbath foreshadows that there would be 6,000 years for man to do his own work, build his own governments and religions, then there would come the 7th, or last thousand years, the millennial rest of God.

This is when Christ returns and rules for a thousand years. It is called the "time of refreshing" and "His rest." It is the kingdom of God on earth.

Those who attain the resurrection will rule with Christ for this thousand year period (Rev 20:1-5. They will help spread the kingdom and the knowledge of God around the world until the earth is covered with it like the water covers the sea.

So, the Sabbath foreshadows that wonderful time. But, what about the preparation day? What does it foreshadow? God tells us that we are to prepare for the Sabbath. We are to be ready for it when it comes. The preparation day is there to remind God's people every week that they must prepare if they desire to be a part of that millennial kingdom.

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