A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath in May

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KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS

Blessed are You, YHWH, our God,

King of the Universe,

Who commanded all humanity

to set aside the Sabbath as a day of rest,

And as we Sinaites, Gentile Sabbath-keepers,

follow the symbolic act in Jewish tradition,

of lighting the Sabbath candles,

We welcome Your Queen of all days,

Your Holy Sabbath at sundown Friday.

[Source: 7th Day Adventist

“Remember the Sabbath”/Revised Lyrics for SINAI 6000]

1. Remember the Sabbath, the 4th commandment,

it’s the seventh day;

The day when we cease from our daily strivings,

in all and every way—

The Lord of the Sabbath,

Yahuwah is His Name,

He rested on His Sabbath,

we do the same.

2. Let’s enter the Sabbath, His Sanctuary . . .

in the realm of time;

Take joy and delight in each passing moment,

it’s His special time . . .

Let’s kindle the Sabbath lights,

break bread and drink the wine,

Take time to read His Torah,

His Tree of Life.

3. Remember to praise the Lord of Sabbath,

Yahuwah is His Name,

For six days He spoke “let there be” existence,

and all things came ‘to be’,

The crown of creation,

the first humanity,

Formed from existing matter,

a perfect ‘BE’.

4. Remember the Source of all Life and Being,

Yahuwah is His Name,

On Sinai the God of Creation descended

to speak His Words of Life;

Today we still hear Him,

and heed His Words for Life,

He is the Lord of Sabbath,

the Source of Life.

Praise Him, the Lord of Sabbath,

Our God for Life.

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Psalm 19 (ESV) / A Psalm of David.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God,  
and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.
 2 Day to day pours out speech,  
and night to night reveals knowledge.
 3 There is no speech, nor are there words, 
whose voice is not heard.
 4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,  
and their words to the end of the world.
 In them he has set a tent for the sun,
 5which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
     and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
 6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, 
 and its circuit to the end of them,
     and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

⁷The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
⁸the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
⁹the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
¹⁰More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹Moreover, by them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12 Who can discern his errors?  
Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
 13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;  
let them not have dominion over me!
 Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

[A Borrowed Prayer from the Jewish Prayer Book:

Gates of Repentance]

We cannot pray to You, O God,

to banish war,

For You have filled the world

with paths to peace,

if only we would take them.

We cannot pray to You

to end starvation,

For there is food enough for all,

if only we would share it.

We cannot merely pray

for prejudice to cease,

For we might see

the good in all

that lies before our eyes,

if only we would use them.

We cannot merely pray,

‘Root out despair,’

For the spark of hope

already waits within the human heart,

for us to fan it into flame.

We must not ask of You, O God,

to take the task that You have given us.

We cannot shirk,

we cannot flee away,

avoiding obligation for ever.

Therefore we pray, O God,

for wisdom and will, for courage

to do and to become,

Not only to look on

with helpless yearning

as though we had no strength.

For your sake and ours,

speedily and soon, let it be:

That our land may be safe,

that our lives may be blessed.

May our words be pleasing in Your sight;

May our deeds be acceptable to You,

O God, our Rock and our Redeemer.

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[Original Tune: In His Time/Revised Lyrics for SINAI 6000]

Bless this home, bless this time;

Bless each one who celebrates in YOUR TIME,

Sabbath-keepers, such are we,

heard Your call for us to be,

Live Your Life for all to see, in our time.

Bless the bread, bless the wine,

Bless our loved ones where they are,

pray they’re ‘fine’,

May they know You more each day,

Show their love for You their way,

Live their lives so that they may . . . just obey.

Bless our loved ones always Lord,

IN YOUR TIME.

SABBATH MEAL

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TORAH DISCUSSION

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[HERE I AM, LORD

Original Words and Music are by Daniel L. Schutte,

1. I, the Lord of earth and sky,

I have heard the people cry.
All who dwell in darkness they . . .

will see My Light,
I who made the stars of night,

I can make the darkness bright.
Who will bear My Light to them,

whom shall I send?

CHO: Here I am Lord, is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling all my life.
I will share all that You teach me,
They will hear from me,

Your Words of Life.

2. I, the God of Israel ,

I am LORD of all as well,
I have Law for humankind,

to live in peace—
I will write it in their minds,

and impress it in their hearts,
Who will spread my Word to them,

whom shall I send?

CHO: Here we are Lord,

we have sought You,

We have heard You calling all our life,
We have followed where You’ve led us,
We will be Your witness where we are.

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Shabbat Shalom

to all

Sabbath-Keepers —

Jewish,

Christian,

Messianic,

Unaffiliated Gentiles,

and Sinaites

all over YHWH’s world,

On behalf of the Sinai 6000 Core Community,

NSB@S6K

Source: Exodus/Shemoth 24 – "the sight of the Glory of YHVH (was) like a consuming fire" -- We gentiles living in this 21st century are able to experience that climactic moment [God appearing on Sinai] by reading and studying this portion of the TORAH. Indeed, we see YHWH not quite as dramatically as the mixed multitude did, but perhaps even better through these accounts recorded in Exodus. There is a saying that hindsight is 20/20 vision, i.e., we begin to see and understand the question marks in our past only later in our lives, as we mature and hopefully become wiser and more introspective about the meaning or seeming meaninglessness of happenings in history, whether personal, national, or universal. Søren Kierkegaard adds a twist to this: “Only 20:20 vision is hindsight. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” As we endeavor to understand each portion in the TORAH of YHWH, much of it will seem irrelevant to our current situation but if we see beyond the time-bound cultural and religious situations and begin to understand what truly has not change—human nature and the Great Revelator who designed the perfect blueprint for living in peace, happily and contentedly with family, community, country and the nations, the unquestionable conclusion is: TORAH is relevant to ALL humankind, not just to Israel, to this very day.

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