{"id":1462,"date":"2005-11-05T18:35:03","date_gmt":"2005-11-05T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2018-03-10T21:10:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:10:17","slug":"remember-the-sabbath-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1462","title":{"rendered":"Remember the Sabbath day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A common Adventist argument is that “remember the Sabbath<\/strong>” means that the Sabbath existed prior to this instruction.<\/p>\n

Remember your dentist appointment.<\/p>\n

Am I asking you to remember\/think back on your dentist appointment?<\/p>\n

Or am I asking you to remember, when the future time comes, to get your teeth checked?<\/p>\n

Strong’s H2142<\/a>
\nzakar
\nzaw-kar’
\nA primitive root; properly to mark (so as to be recognized), that is, to remember; by implication to mention; also (as denominative from H2145) to be male: –\u00a0 X burn [incense], X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record (-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew Definitions
\nH2142<\/a>
\nzakar
\nBDB Definition:
\n1) to remember, recall, call to mind
\n1a) (Qal) to remember, recall
\n1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
\n1c) (Hiphil)
\n1c1) to cause to remember, remind
\n1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
\n1c3) to mention
\n1c4) to record
\n1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance
\nPart of Speech: verb
\nA Related Word by BDB\/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
\nSame Word by TWOT Number: 551<\/span><\/p>\n

Recognise<\/span> <— this is what God is telling them.<\/p>\n

If we use the meaning of the Hebrew to translate it “Recognise the Sabbath day,” that destroys the Adventist position that God was telling them to look into the past.<\/p>\n

Observe the day.<\/p>\n

That is why the parallel passage in Deut 5:12 uses a <\/strong><\/span>different word<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strong’s H8104<\/a>
\nshamar
\nshaw-mar’
\nA primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard;
\ngenerally to protect, attend to, etc.: – beware, be circumspect, take heed
\n(to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard,
\nreserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).<\/span><\/p>\n

H8104<\/a>
\nsha^mar
\nBDB Definition:
\n1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
\n1a) (Qal)
\n1a1) to keep, have charge of
\n1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
\n1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
\n1a3) to watch for, wait for
\n1a4) to watch, observe
\n1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
\n1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
\n1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
\n1a8] to keep, preserve, protect
\n1a9) to keep, reserve
\n1b) (Niphal)
\n1b1) to be on one’s guard, take heed, take care, beware
\n1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
\n1b3) to be kept, be guarded
\n1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
\n1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from
\nPart of Speech: verb
\nA Related Word by BDB\/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
\nSame Word by TWOT Number: 2414<\/span><\/p>\n

The part about thinking back is not to think back and recall the Sabbath. It’s about thinking back and recalling the Exodus from Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If we use the meaning of the Hebrew to translate it “Recognise the Sabbath day,” that destroys the Adventist position that God was telling them to look into the past.<\/p>

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