THE MYSTERY OF THE SHABBAT, THE LORD’S DAY

The Jewish people and those who believe that Saturday is the true Shabbat worship the Lord on Saturday. This is also called the Lord’s Day or “the day of the Lord” in the Bible. It is prophetic and has deep meaning.

The Lord’s calendar, the calendar the Jewish people keep, bases time as we know it, from the birth of Adam. Since then, using Bible genealogy, the current year is 5776. The Bible says that a day is as a thousand years with the Lord. In Jewish interpretation man has been given six days to work and we are to rest on the Sabbath.

In prophetic terms, man has been given six days or six thousand years to have dominion over the earth. Since the birth of Adam we are close to the six thousand years (5776). The seventh day then refers to the Millennial Kingdom which is a Sabbath, since prophetically it is the seventh day.

Man is given six days or six thousand years. The beginning of the seventh day or seven thousandth year is the day of rest when all the world will live in peace during Yahshua’s thousand year reign as is seen in Revelation 20.

All these things are “hidden’ in the Bible but can also be seen in how the Jewish people worship on the Sabbath. If we go to a synagogue on the Sabbath the first thing that takes place is that they welcome in the Sabbath. This is called Kabbalat Shabbat in Hebrew = Welcome Sabbath.

The word Sabbath in Hebrew is feminine. There are masculine and feminine words in Hebrew just as in the French language. Therefore, the Sabbath is seen as female. In the Bible God looks upon his people as his bride. Christians are seen as the Bride of Christ—so this view of Sabbath is a prophetic shadow of Yahshua and his bride in the MK. We must receive Jesus as King before he will come to us.

As we look deeper into the liturgy that the Jewish people use on Shabbat we see more prophetic shadows of the Millennial Kingdom (MK). The synagogue service begins with readings from six Psalms:

1 – Psalm 95, (Hebrews 3.7-8; 4 rest). 2 – Psalm 96, the Lord reigns. 3 – Psalm 97, He reigns and comes again. 4 – Psalm 98, He comes to judge the earth. 5 – Psalm 99, The Lord establishes justice. 6 – Psalm 29, The Lord in his temple.

These six Psalms have been read in the synagogue for two thousand years. At this time the shofar is blown six times in the service. The book of Revelation 8-9 has seven trumpet judgements. The seventh trumpet is a shadow of the MK—when this trumpet is blown (Rev 10.7) the mystery of God is finished – the Lord returns! This is the day of the Lord (also read Rev 19.11-20).

The Feast of Tabernacles is the celebration of the Lord and his bride. He comes to “tabernacle among his people” at this time—it is a shadow of the wedding feast of Jesus and his bride. “Come and welcome the bride” is a shadow of welcoming the Shabbat (female noun) Revelation 19.7). Rise up from the dust is seen in Isaiah 52.2—this is resurrection day! The entire world will know that the Lord He is God in that day!

Finally, in the synagogue service they sing a song called the Hashki-veinu which means: Welcome the Bride. It is a prayer to lie down at the end of the day in peace-shalom- and to wake up the next day refreshed. This is talking about when we die we lie down in peace and await our resurrection from the dead the next day—the day of the Lord—the 7^th day Shabbat!

In Isaiah 4.6 it speaks of a tabernacle or canopy being spread over us in that day (Rev 7.15). The canopy is a sukka or booth. This is what the Jewish people build during the Feast of Tabernacles—it represents Yahweh coming and dwelling with his people. This also is a shadow of the wedding feast of the Lord. That is what the feast is all about.

In the MK we are married to God. His canopy is spread over us—at a Jewish wedding the couple are married under a canopy. All the world will see God’s glory during the MK—the 7^th day, the 7^th thousand year, all a shadow of the 7^th day Sabbath! The thousand year millennial reign with Jesus Christ.


Notes from a teaching by Jonathan Cahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RojgfOj_h8k