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Formal Rebuttal to Anonymous Blog Review of Rest: The Case for Sabbath by Timothy Jay Schwab

Published Review Date: September 19, 2021
Title of Blog Post By Anonymous Blogger: The God Culture: Rest: The Case for Sabbath Book Review

Overview:
This document serves as both a theological and academic rebuttal to the above blog post. The post in question is riddled with doctrinal bias, intentional misrepresentation, and multiple acts of intellectual dishonesty. It not only fails as a fair or scholarly critique but contains elements of personal defamation, libel, and potential religious discrimination.

1. Misrepresentation of Hebrews 4

Claim: Timothy Jay Schwab misinterprets Hebrews 4 and confuses Jesus with Joshua.
Correction: The KJV uses "Jesus" for Joshua, but Hebrews 4:8–10 clearly refers to a greater rest beyond what Joshua provided. The word “sabbatismos” (Hebrews 4:9) is a unique term that means “Sabbath-keeping,” not merely spiritual rest. Timothy's interpretation aligns with this accurately.

2. Twisting Paul's Teaching on the Law

Claim: Tim conflates the Law of Moses with the Law of the Spirit, against Paul.
Correction: Tim distinguishes between:

• Law of Sin and Death (Romans 8:2, nature of sin)

• Law of Moses / Law of God, which Paul says is holy (Romans 7:12)

The blog falsely assumes that Timothy denies grace. In Rest, Tim says salvation is through Yahusha alone and the Law is not a means of salvation, but instruction.

3. Misuse of 2 Corinthians 3 and Galatians 4

Claim: The Law of Moses is the Law of death and bondage.
Correction: Paul speaks contextually of the Law misused for justification. Timothy explains this distinction extensively. Cherry-picking verses from Paul to dismiss the entire Law is eisegesis, not exegesis.

4. Fallacy in the Use of Church History

Claim: Tim doesn’t know the Church Fathers or that the early Church kept both Sabbath and Sunday.
Correction: The citation of Ignatius used is from the longer recension, widely regarded as a forgery. Tim prioritizes authentic documents and Scripture over manipulated Church history. He also provides multiple quotes of the progress of changing the Sabbath to Sunday and forcing it down the throats of the ekklesias in time abandoning the Saturday practice. That is not just 1 quote but this blog fails. 

5. Mockery of Language and Research Method

Claim: Tim uses an English dictionary and Blue Letter Bible, which makes him unqualified.
Correction: Blue Letter Bible contains Greek, Hebrew, and lexicon tools used by millions worldwide. Beyond Strong's Concordance and Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, this includes Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon, Thayer's Greek Lexicon, and Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon. For this blogger to be unaware, demonstrates a lack of understanding on another topic once again. These are not the only Concordances used by The God Culture either which is a misrepresentation as seems to be a consistent pattern. The blog omits that Tim does use Greek later in the book. The critique is meant to degrade, not correct. Let us not pretend.

6. Distortion of Christ's Fulfillment of the Law

Claim: Tim claims "fulfill" means to set an example.
Correction: Tim discusses "plēroō" and includes both application and prophetic fulfillment. His broader teaching includes the Greek meaning and prophetic typology. The blog isolates one portion early in the book and hides the full context, as is an observable pattern of misrepresentation.

7. Outright Libel and Character Assassination

• Claims Tim denies the divinity of the Holy Spirit (false)

• Mocking Tim's appearance and shaving habits (irrelevant and defamatory)

• Falsely claims Tim said "Law redeems us" when he explicitly teaches salvation is through Messiah alone

8. Failure to Address Hebrews 7:12

The blog claims Tim ignores Hebrews 7:12, yet Rest covers the priesthood of Melchizedek in connection to Yahusha. The argument here is again misleading. Also, refer to our Mystery of Melchizedek videos and the Biblical Tithe Series which teachings embrace and fully explain Melchizedek in clearer manner than we have ever seen. 

9. Research and Attribution Ethics

• Accuses Tim of plagiarism from SDA sources but admits he cited them in the footnotes. That is not plagiarism.

• Attacks his use of secondary sources while hypocritically quoting Wikipedia and unsourced blog-level commentary.

10. Doctrinal Bias and Sectarian Agenda

The blogger repeatedly attacks Sabbath-keepers, Hebrew roots believers, and those who reject Constantine’s version of Christianity, as he hates them perhaps as much as Filipinos it appears. He openly labels Tim as a heretic, a fraud, and a liar. This is not theological critique but hate speech.

Conclusion: This review is not a good-faith theological critique but a malicious polemic aimed at defaming Timothy Jay Schwab and The God Culture. It uses:

• Misquotes

• Theological misrepresentation

• Ad hominem attacks

• Mockery

• Selective omissions

This rebuttal provides both necessary clarity for readers and critical legal context should this material be submitted in cases of religious harassment, libel, or cybercrime. On top of this blog, the same individual has published an Amazon review under another fake name — a review in which he accidentally linked and exposed himself [evidence submitted to authorities]. That so-called “review” is nothing more than a condensed version of this defamatory blog — a blatant abuse of Amazon’s platform.

Worse still, this individual takes it to the most reprehensible extreme imaginable: he falsely accuses Tim and Anna of adultery — in writing, repeatedly, over the course of multiple years. On Amazon... on a book about the Sabbath. Let that sink in. We can scarcely imagine a single rational person on this planet who would consider that behavior anything but grossly defamatory and illegal.

This is not critique. This is not theology. This is a personal smear campaign and coordinated psy-op, and it will be dealt with soon.

More to come as needed. We will continue to correct the record.
—The God Culture