1031 Pentecost Part 6

In Pentecost part 6, Reverend Catania handles the concept of a sabbath day's journey. We saw that the first truth given to the apostles on the day of the Ascension was he is coming back. The great hope of the return of Jesus Christ was given to them so that they could move forward in the coming days of their ministry. We saw that Zachariah 14 identifies the exact geographical location were Jesus Christ will return, then fight the battle of Armageddon. He'll land on the Mount of Olives and he will set up his kingdom there. We saw that Bethany was a village at the Mount of Olives; about 2 miles from Jerusalem - on or near the normal road to Jericho.

Now the Sabbath Day's journey was less than that. according to the Pharisees, okay? It was 4/5 or almost a mile. Right? Now, 4/5 of a mile was about 3000 feet give or take. But Bethany was about 2 miles. So that meant he traveled farther than what they say. We saw the many memorable events took place in Bethany. We saw that Jesus was anointed with ointment there before his death. The raising of Lazarus happened in Bethany. We saw that he often lodged there. The house of Martha and Mary was in Bethany. The home and of Simon the leper was in Bethany. And we saw that he ascended in Bethany, just to mention a few.

Acts 1:12 said that they returned unto Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet in Bethany, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. A sabbath day's journey, although it only appears once in the Bible: here in Acts chapter 1. It was a term known amongst the people in the lands and times of the Bible. We saw that according to ancient rabbinical writings, a sabbath day's journey was approximately 3000 to 4000 feet, or maybe 4/5 of a mile. Rabbis and religious leaders of Christ's day set that as the limit that a person could travel from his home on the Sabbath, but just like everything else that they touched from God's Word, they made a Sabbath day's journey into a yoke of bondage instead of a blessing that was meant to be.

Jesus said unto them, "Full well do you reject the commandments of God, that you may keep your own traditions." A Sabbath day's journey was what the rabbis and religious leaders of Christ's day set as the limit a person could travel from his home on the sabbath. Now let me read you again from a book, "But they perverted even a Sabbath day's journey. There were bizarre shortcuts and contrivances to get around the legal requirements of the legal distance established for travel on the sabbath. Clearly, a sabbath day's journey is not meant to be a literal distance, just what was considered a normal sabbath travel.
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