Author: tim

As the early Christian church grew, Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians debated about the continuing relevance of certain institutions and commands dating from Old Testament…

The Bible records that Jesus died on a Friday afternoon “at the ninth hour” (Mark 15:34), or 3:00 PM. His death came only six hours…

Jesus performed many miracles of healing on the Sabbath, for which He was frequently persecuted by the religious leaders of His day. These miracles included…

Throughout His life on earth, Jesus observed the seventh-day Sabbath. Luke 4:16 records, “And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and,…

Jesus made it clear that God’s divine law is enduring and everlasting. In the gospel of Matthew, He stated that the purpose of His life…

In the centuries leading up to the time of Christ, the Sabbath was often chosen by the Jews’ enemies as the preferable day for an…

The trend towards a strict Sabbath observance increased during the intertestamental period, and reached its peak in the Mishna of the third century A.D. These…

After spending 70 years in Babylonian captivity, the Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city and the temple. The restoration process was slow and…

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem several times before its final destruction. Nebuchadnezzar’s second attack came on March 16, 597 BC—a Sabbath. It appears that…

The prophet Ezekiel was among those Jews held captive in Babylon. Like the other prophets, he repeatedly warned about the results of neglecting the Sabbath.…