Bev52X

I've been on that road for about 20 years now. The richness of the Olive Tree is mostly unknown in the "church" of today and that is a crying shame of a loss. My favorite teachers are all jewish it seems. Paul, Peter, James, Yeshua, etc.... This has some great "MJism 101" articles: http://baruchhashemsynagogue.org/menus/menusart.html Why not come on in to the Come to Zion Site and join us in the Fellowship Room? It's live (Israel time 6.00am) - so you'd have to adjust your time to suit in the USA. It's really great! Maybe we'll talk there soon eh? Shalom.

Glad you liked the site FresnoJoe. However I didn't put the time in for the Fellowship Room. It's 6.00am (Israel time) - so you'd have to make the necessary adjustments for whatever time zone you're in. It's very convenient for me as I'm in Australia so it's 1.00pm for me. The programme goes for two hours and the discussions are really really good and of course we have a moderator to keep us on track if we look like straying a bit. Excellent, can't speak highly enough of it!!

[f ont="Arial Black"] I'm extending an invitation to all those people who, like me, have been called by the Lord to search out the church's and their Jewish roots. The Lord called me about two years ago and it's the most amazing journey I've ever been on in my enitre life!! Click on the following link and come join us in the Fellowship Room for teaching and the best fellowship ever. www.ctz.org.il Shalom.

The Bible does not prohibit doctors, nurses and other life-saving emergency personnel from working on the Sabbath. Even Jesus confronted the Pharisees that Jewish law did not prohibit, things like feeding the poor, taking a sick child to the doctor as a violation of the Sabbath. When Jesus healed the woman who was bent over, and the man who suffered from a withered hand, he did these things on the Sabbath, and demonstrated the hypocrisy of his enemies to criticized Him for it. In ancient Jewish law and even today, Sabbath observance is trumped by saving or preserving human life. In fact, you are more in violation of the sabbath by not helping a person in need on the Sabbath. Taking care of sick person, rescuing someone from a burning building are not violations of the Sabbath by any stretch of the imagination, so one cannot really use emergency personnel as an argument against the sabbath. Absolutely spot on - well said and bless you.

Saturday is indeed the Lord's Shabbat - no doubt of it. It was changed to a Sunday many centuries ago. Mind you the Lord doesn't mind which day you worship Him BUT the Shabbat (or Sabbath if you like) is indeed the seventh day of the week - Saturday from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. God doesn't change and He didn't change His Shabbat to suit man's laws. His laws are the ones we're to pay attention to. Hope this helps. Shalom.