The Gospel According to Mark part 5

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The Gospel According to Markpart 5The Lord of
the SabbathMark 218 36
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In those days, it was customary for the Pharisees
to fast twice per week. Yet, here was Jesus and
His disciples feasting with sinners.
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Jesus of course was referring to Himself as the
bridegroom, a metaphor He will often use in the
future.
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Two points Jesus was making

• Jesus was saying He was the bridegroom and He was
  spending time with His friends, so there was no
  expectation for them to fast, but rather to
  celebrate with Him.
• Jesus was foretelling there would come a time
  for fasting, namely, that time when He would go
  away.

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What is Sabbath?

• The Hebrew word is Shabbat which means to
  rest. The Jews were given the command to rest or
  Shabbat every week.

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Who is bound or under this command to keep the
Sabbath?

• Clearly, all Jews are intended to keep the
  Sabbath in perpetuity, as a covenant between God
  and the children of Israel, forever.

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• Jesus even admits it was unlawful for David to
  eat it, yet Jesus offers this as a defense!
• In fact, Jesus never offers the idea of innocence
  of either David or His disciples, why?

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Because that was never the point Jesus wanted to
make, it was much, much bigger.

• Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath. The very one
  who set this day aside and blessed it, has every
  right to Lord over it, to keep it anyway He
  wants, or even to not keep it all.

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They are not even arguing His ability to heal,
only that He may heal on the Sabbath.

• You bet they kept silent, no matter what they
  said, Jesus would have showed them their
  hypocrisy.

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• Notice the drama Jesus creates. He gets the
  man ready, turns to the Pharisees and asks them a
  question. They cannot answer without condemning
  themselves. He looks right into the eyes of each
  of the Pharisees and gives them a bit of stare,
  the silence is deafening, then He turns back to
  the man and says, Stretch out your hand. And
  the hand is whole!

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Why were they so mad?

• Jesus continually outsmarted, out maneuvered,
  and out played them.

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The Greek word used is ap-ol'-loo-mee, which
means to kill or to put an end to to utterly
destroy.
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If the seventh day of the week (Saturday) is the
Sabbath, why dont we worship on Sabbath?

• According to Ex 208) The act of keeping
  Sabbath is not laboring.

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This bodes the question Who must keep and
observe the Sabbath?

• Again, Ex 3117) tells us, it is specific to the
  children of Israel as a covenant between God and
  them.

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Jesus was saying God did not create the Sabbath
as a day to honor Himself, therefore He created
man to have someone play out that role.

• Jesus was saying, I made the Sabbath for your
  benefit, to give you rest, a chance to be free
  from your labors and commune with Me in rest.

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This rest or Sabbath is Eternity

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We can place our trust in Jesus, because Jesus is
the Lord of all. Even the Lord of the Sabbath.