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If we are commanded to remember the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments, why do we go to worship on Sunday? In my paper, I am seeking possible answers to this question. At the beginning of my research, I outline the position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In the following sections, I aim to present a biblical alternative to this position. I argue that the Sabbath institution was not known to the Jewish people before their wilderness wanderings. But here it becomes the sign of the Mosaic covenant. Since the covenant was made with the Jews, the Lord does not require foreign nations to observe the Sabbath. But God promises to make a new covenant that will not only apply to the Jews. This has been realised in Jesus Christ. He is the one to whom the Sabbath points. In light of this, we cannot cling to the shadow when the light of the world has come among us.

Magyarázat a Zsid 1-3 fejezeteihez.

The purpose of the Epistle to the Hebrews. In this essay we argue that the particular purpose of Hebrews is obscure for the modern reader. It is clear, that it was addressed to a particular community that needed to be warned not to apostatize, not to turn away from Christianity. But no dogmatic conclusion can be reached on a more precise identification of the danger could consist in. The drift of the argument on the levitical cultus, the exhortations and argumentations from the exposition of so many Old Testament passages would possibly give weight to the theory that the danger was that of relapsing into Judaism, a theory held by numerous scholars. However, this is an inference, though reasonable. But each further step in order to identify the exact form of the apostasy to Judaism will be conjectural.

„Észak felől támad a veszedelem e föld minden lakosára…” - hirdette Jeremiás próféta az ítéletet Júda JHVH-tól elfordult népének. De annak ellenére, hogy több próféciája is arról szólt, hogy JHVH egy északi nép által fogja megbüntetni bűnös népét, mégsem nevezte meg konkrétan az ítélet végrehajtóját. Így megválaszolatlan kérdést hagyott az utókorra, amelyre a bibliakutatók igyekeztek választ adni. Ebből fakadóan több elmélet is napvilágot látott az északi ellenség beazonosítását illetően, de a témát kutató teológusok nem jutottak közös nevezőre. Ebbe a kutatómunkába kapcsolódik be e dolgozat is.