The Jews And The Sabbath There had been many laws and rules evolved and framed by the Jewish Rabbis in regard to the Sabbath. Instead of relaxing, resting and rejoicing in the Lord for His finished work of redemption and His promises, they made the people feel miserable and vexed on the Sabbath day with their strict and exacting rules and laws concerning the observance of the day (Matthew 12: 2, Mark 2: 24, Mark 3: 2, Luke 6: 2, John 5: 8-10). There was no element of Justice, Mercy, Faith, Humanitarian Consideration and Love involved at all in their observance of Sabbath (Matthew 23: 23, Luke 11: 42-52, Acts 1: 12). On the Sabbath day the people were only under fear, and mental tension. They even brought into practice, the Sabbath day’s distance. Since the Sanhedrin (Their Church Council) had extreme power over the people, they could not do anything. …show more content…
There were no provisions for the people for sitting at the feet of the Lord and relaxing their tense minds and resting in the Sabbath day and making them feel happy and joyful over the Lord’s finished work of redemption and His promises. When the Israelites went into captivity, they went out with the Torah to Babylon. When they came back from captivity, they had the rules and regulations called ‘The Babylonian Talmud’. It contained a lot of man-made laws and interpretations added to the Torah and was called ‘The Talmud’. They even were instructed in what to do and what not to do on their own in everything. The Talmud rules made their thinking go far away from the Lord's commandments. They were driven by their laws even to go the extent of opposing vehemently, the Lord Jesus Christ, their Messiah, when He healed the sick and ministered to the people on the Sabbath day (Matthew