Is Jesus the Sabbath

Introduction I see Christians all over posting how Jesus is the Sabbath, but the scriptures nowhere states this explicitly. The scriptures they usually provide are unrelated, vague, opinionated and contradictory. They would usually refer to texts such as Matthew 11:28-30, or Hebrews 4:1-11 Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. – Matthew 11:28-30 The words used for “rest” in Greek is in verse 28, “anapauo” and in verse 29 “anapausis”. Anapauo #G373: Take ease, to refresh. Anapausis #G372: Tranquility. I also want to define the word “yoke” here: Zugos #G2218: Servitude. So the text with its proper interpretation reads: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you ease. Take my servitude upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find tranquillity unto your souls. For my servitude is easy, and my burden is light. – Matthew 11:28-30 The whole chapter of Matthew 11 has nothing to do with the voiding fourth commandment. On the contrary, it is about yielding yourself servant unto Jesus and not unto sin as the cities did, more specifically the wise and the prudent. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? – Romans 6:16 Hebrews 4:1-11 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. – Hebrews 4:1-11 Paul was quoting verse 3 from Psalms 95:11: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. – Psalms 95:11 So psalmist that wrote this didn’t need to keep the Sabbath day holy as he’s clearly entered into God’s rest? The Hebrew word for “rest” in Psalms 95:11 is “m’nûchâh” which means abode, a place of resting, judging from the context of Psalms 95, the kingdom of God. M’nûchâh #H4496: Abode, a place of resting, house, kingdom of God So now let’s look at the Greek translations first and then I’ll put them in the text: Katapauo #G2664: To cease or desist from labour. In Hebrew: “shâbath”. Katapausis #G2663: Abode, a place of resting, house, kingdom of God. In Hebrew: m’nûchâh (#H4496). Sabbatismos #G4520: “Sabbat-“ is a transliteration of the Hebrew word “shâbath”. “-ismos” means to keep. Thus word means the keeping of the Sabbath day. Apeitheia #G543: Disobedience or willful unbelief. And now for their interpretations: Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his kingdom (katapausis), any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into the kingdom (katapausis), as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my kingdom (katapausis): although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did cease (katapau!3;) the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my kingdom (katapausis). Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of disobedience or willful unbelief (apeitheia): Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus had given them the kingdom (katapausis), then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a keeping of the Sabbath (sabbatismos) to the people of God. For he that is entered into his house (katapausis), he also hath ceased (katapau!3;) from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that kingdom (katapausis), lest any man fall after the same example of disobedience or willful unbelief (apeitheia). – Hebrews 4:1-11 Israel was under the impression that the coming of the Messiah would come and free them from the servitude (yoke) of the Romans and establish an earthly kingdom and be their king. However, Jesus’ first coming was to first set them free from the bondage (yoke) of sin in dying as a humble man. So Jesus told them (verse 8) that there is another day of visitation. The fourth commandment was used as an example that we should keep it least we become an example of disobedience or wilful unbelief.