[00:00:00] Welcome to Faith in Focus from the Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn, The Shabbat Mystery Code. The teacher and I were returning to the school after a long journey, before. We arrived, the sun began to set, it was the Sabbath. He sat down on the sand and motioned for me to join him. Do you remember what I shared about the Sabbath of ages? He asked.
[00:00:27] That the Sabbath is a shadow of the age to come? Yes. A shadow of the kingdom, the millennium. There's more to that mystery, he said. Who was it that was commanded to keep the Sabbath? The Jewish people, I replied, the children of Israel. And so each week, as the Jewish people keep the Sabbath, we have a prophetic shadow of the Sabbath age. Could it be that what they do on that day,
[00:00:56] in the liturgy of their Sabbath observance, holds the mystery of what will happen in the age to come, the age of the Sabbath? As the Sabbath liturgy begins, proclamations are made of the Lord's coming. The Lord is coming to judge the earth. The Lord reigns. Let the earth rejoice. In his temple, all cry out glory.
[00:01:20] In the same way, the age to come will begin with the coming of the Lord to earth, to judge and reign from the temple of Jerusalem. The Sabbath liturgy then speaks of the coming of the bride. So too does the book of Revelation. Then it is proclaimed that the word of God shall go forth from Jerusalem. So too, in the age to come, the word of God will go forth from Jerusalem to all the earth.
[00:01:46] The liturgy continues with the speaking of ancient blessings, one of which blesses God, who revives the dead. Thus, the age to come will see the resurrection of the dead. Then comes the proclamation that every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that the kingdom belongs to the Lord, the King of Kings.
[00:02:10] That's exactly what it says of the age to come in the book of Revelation. It's amazing how it all lines up. The age of the Sabbath, the Messianic age, would correspond to the millennium. At the end of the book of Revelation, the millennium ends with the beginning of eternity. Is there anything in the Sabbath observance that speaks of that, perhaps at the end of the liturgy?
[00:02:36] There is, said the teacher, and it comes at the end of the Sabbath service. It's called Adon Olam, which is translated as the Lord of Eternity. And these words are then proclaimed, After all has ceased to be, He alone will reign, the Awesome One, without beginning and without end. And so, said the teacher, As the Jewish people look forward to the Sabbath day and prepare to enter it,
[00:03:04] So live your life looking forward to, and in preparation for that day, the Sabbath of Ages. The Mission In God the best comes at the end. Live this day in full confidence of that fact, looking forward and preparing in hope for that day. Exodus 31, 16-17 16
[00:03:29] Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. Isaiah 2, 1-5
[00:03:54] The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.
[00:04:22] And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
[00:04:51] O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. Isaiah 66, 22-23
[00:05:24] Matthew 12, 8 For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day. The Shabbat Mystery Code 1-2 Thank you for joining me on Faith in Focus. Remember, these insights are inspired by Jonathan Cahn's The Book of Mysteries. Until next time, may you find strength in the revelation of his love. The Shabbat Mystery Code 1-2