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Introduction

t has been nearly 6,000 years since Adam was created by Elohim. It has also been 2,000
Iyears since Yahshua (Jesus) walked this Earth in fulfilling the ministry that His Father
entrusted to Him. It is recorded for us in scripture, that in the mystery of Yahweh’s plan of
the ages, a thousand years correlates to one day, and one day to a thousand years. We find
this truth revealed in II Peter 3:8, Psalms 90:4, as well as in other passages.

II Peter 3:8
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day
is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

When Yahshua walked among the Jews He chided them because they could forecast
the weather, but they could not discern the day in which they lived.

Matthew 16:2-3
He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather,
for the sky is red'; and in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red
and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you
cannot discern the signs of the times.”

In contrast, when David went to Hebron to establish the kingdom we are told, in a
very favorable mention, that among those who joined themselves to him were 200 chief
men from among the sons of Issachar, “who had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do” (I Chronicles 12:32). It is an important matter with Yahweh that His
children have an understanding of the days in which they live.
As we examine Peter’s words we can discern that not only have 6,000 years elapsed
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since Adam’s creation, with man poised to enter the 7 millennium, but man equally stands
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ready to enter the 7 day of Yahweh’s divine timetable. We can understand much of what
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this 7 day will hold as we look at what occurred on the 7 day of creation, and what the 7 th
day represents throughout scriptures.
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The 7 day is a day of rest. The 7 day is the Sabbath. In the epistle to the Hebrews,
Paul wrote that there yet remained a Sabbath rest for the children of God to enter into
(Hebrews 3, 4). He gave great cautions lest any of the saints of God should fall short of
entering into this rest. Entering into this rest holds far more significance than most saints
have considered, and many are oblivious to the peril of failing to enter in.
The Sabbath is much more than just a day that occurs once a week in which physical
labor is to be avoided. It was given to be a symbol of something much greater. In
understanding the symbol we can see that its significance has such importance as to touch
on Satan’s original sin, as well as mankind’s transgression in the Garden of Eden. By
violating the principles that the Sabbath represents all the sins listed in the ten
commandments of Yahweh ensued, including lying, covetousness, envy, and murder. It is
in returning and entering into the true fulfillment of the Sabbath rest of God that these
transgressions will be overturned.
We live in that very transitional period of the ages when man will enter into the 7 th
millennium, the Sabbath rest of Yahweh. However, not all will enter in at the appointed