Laura and Mary of Little House on the Prairie books kept the Sabbath on Sunday, and a very trying day it was for them... if you've ever read the books... I don't know that the movies ever mention it. They walked to church because they couldn't hitch a horse. They ate cold leftovers, and had to sit and read their catechicism all day.
My grandmother to this day still will do no work on Sunday, such as laundry, cleaning the house etc. It is the Lord's day, and the only thing you need to do in her mind is go to church, and take a nap
We have been pondering the Sabbath keeping ourselves, and studying the scriptures for answers.
I had a question come to mind the other day, that I have not heard before mentioned on the topic of the Sabbath. Just thought I would bring it up here for discussion, since the subject is refreshed.
As a preface to my question... There are many natural laws noted throughout scripture. And there are spiritual laws that correspond to those natural laws.
For example, headship. In the natural, according to the Apostle Paul (many times in his writings) ... a wife is to be submitted to her husband, as her husband is submitted to Christ. This I would call a natural law. The spiritual application of this law is that we are all submitted to Christ as our head, each one of us being the bride of Christ.
Another example would be marriage. As a husband loves and respects his wife naturally, so does Christ love and cherish His bride, the church, spiritually.
My point being this.
The 10 commandments is a natural law. It is law that is naturally binding to us. Even people who have never darkened a church door in their life know it is wrong to commit murder, steal or lie.
The 10 commandments have been ingrained on our hearts naturally.
So what about the spiritual application? How do we apply the natural law of the ten commandments spiritually in our lives?
By loving the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and spirit.
Could celebrating the Sabbath naturally by resting and regarding the seventh day holy, also be applied spiritually by celebrating Christ as the rest for ever more?
I don't know if what I am saying is as clear as mud... because I am still trying to put it together in my own mind.
But I am wondering... have we set aside or done away with the natural law of observing the Sabbath in order to celebrate the spiritual law which is more convenient?
In our Christian world today, the spiritual application of Christ being our Sabbath throws out the natural law that set it in place. Is that wrong?
So that is my question... has the natural law of keeping the Sabbath, as well as all the other 9 commandments, been set aside, in order to not have to deal with its inconveniences, and to just celebrate the "spiritual" Sabbath instead?
What if we set aside the headship law... with woman not being in submission to her husband... (well, in many homes it has been set aside...perhaps in our nation or the world as a whole). Yet it is a natural law that came into existence in the garden, along with a curse of childbearing that has not yet been removed for women. In many marriages, the law of submission has been set aside, yet women still suffer in childbearing, and that part of the curse has not changed.
My question then goes farther... So why would the submission part change? For if Christ removed the "submission" aspect, would he not also have removed the pain in childbearing aspect for women? .... obviously not. Read
Genesis 3:16
So when there is a "natural" application of a law, and also a "spiritual" application of a law.... does the spiritual application trump and do away with the natural law? Or do they walk together hand in hand?
Just questions that I have.... Thoughts anyone?
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