Darth Dane

"Seeing a man laboring on the Sabbath, Jesus said to him, 'Man, if thou knowest what thou doest, blessed art thou: but if thou knowest not, accursed art thou and a transgressor of the Law."


I have been told it is not in every version of the bible, if in any!, but what do you think the saying means?






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Gregg

I think the writer is trying to get across the idea of those "in the know" vs. those not in the know. The enlightened vs. the unenlightened, the saved vs. the unsaved, the spiritually aware vs. the spiritually unaware, the awakened vs. the unawakened.

If the man is working on the Sabbath and "knows what he's doing," it means that he understands "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." He understands the Sabbath from a spiritual perspective (and as something he can practice at any time, rather than only on a certain day) rather than a perspective of ritual obligation.

On the other hand, if the man is working on the Sabbath and "doesn't know what he's doing," it means he still understands the Sabbath only as a ritual obligation--something God has commanded him to do on a specific day--and he's just decided he's not going to fulfill his obligation.

It's sort of a matter of following the "spirit" of the law vs. following the "letter" of the law.

At least that's my take on it.

Gregg

Darth Dane

It sure sounds sensible to me

Yes, even though you do something that is considered a Sin by others, if you see or understand a higher purpose, like that of healing the sick on sabbath, you are not sinning.


Free your mind and the rest will follow?








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Amos

Nicely done Gregg. What you are saying is that after enlightenment every day is sunday and no longer the day of obligation. Sunday is, of course, the seventh day of creation and is there depicted there as the day on which evening does not follow the day. This could only be true if the celestial light has become our light by day and by night as in Rev.22:5, "the night shall be no more."