Originally Posted By: David Koot
Originally Posted By: John317
[quote=David Koot] The King James translators added the wrong noun, "sanctuary," instead of the correct one, "covenant." It means, then, that the first covenant also had divine ordinances as well as an earthly sanctuary as opposed to a heavenly.


Yes, and some confusion has resulted, I think. It is good to be able to compare with the original.

Well, I think this whole discussion of hagia has been very fruitful. At this point in time, I would like to proceed to another interesting Greek word, this one occurring in Hebrews 4:0. The word is 'sabbatismos.' I do not now have time to share research on it. We are just beginning an evangelistic push out here, and I won't be able to get back to this for a few weeks. Meanwhile, I wonder if John317 would have time or interest to begin reviewing the word, which I believe only occurs once in the Greek NT, but does occur elsewhere in Greek literature?Dave


I agree with you, Dave, that the word 'sabbatismos' (nominative singular masculine) will be a very interesting word to study and discuss. We might begin with the preliminary observation that it is contrasted with the rest [katepausen] that Joshua failed to give the children of Israel (Hebrews 4:8). As Jesus is contrasted with Joshua, so the "rest" offered to Israel is contrasted with the Sabbath-keeping, or rather Sabbath-state, that is still offered to the people of God.

The word apparently was coined by the writer of Hebrews, although a related word occurs in the Septuagint at Exodus 16: 30, "And the people kept sabbath [esabbatisen] on the seventh day."

It takes on importance for Seventh-day Adventists because of the question whether it is related in any way to the keeping of the weekly, seventh-day Sabbath under the New Covenant. We will look at this and other issues.

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