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The Sabbath Never Commanded of Any But Participants in The Religion of Israel
God’s covenants apply only to those who are named as party to them. Most of us have probably heard the story of the man impressed with his need to obey God’s word. So he determined that he would close his eyes, open his Bible, flip through the pages, and at some random point, he would stick his finger on the page. Then he would open his eyes and do what the Bible said at that verse. On the first try, he opened his eyes and read, “And Judas went away and hanged himself.” Not to be outdone, he determined that he would try this approach one more time and see if he didn’t get better results. On the second try, he turned to the pas¬sage that says, “Go thou and do likewise.” He decided that he would give the procedure one more trial before he quit entirely; he again closed his eyes, flipped the pages once again, and stuck his finger on the page. When he opened his eyes, he read, “What thou doest, do quickly.”
This story illustrates the principle that God’s instructions and covenants apply only to whom they’re given. God commanded someone to build an ark, but it wasn’t Christians. God commanded someone to circumcise their children, but it wasn’t Christians. God commanded someone to keep the sabbath, a day off, not a day of collective worship (synagogues originated over 1000 years later in Babylonian captivity), but it wasn’t Christians.
In the ten commandments, God told the Jews what to do on the sabbath. In Dt. 5.15, he said:
“And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.”
Do any of you do that on the sabbath? Not Sunday, for in the New Testament, the sabbath and Sunday were two separate days, and they still are, see Mt. 28.1: “Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”
Another difference in the two is that the sabbath was a holy day, but Sunday is not. To Christians, Paul wrote in Rom. 14.5: “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.”
Thanks for reading, and considering.
quote(Another difference in the two is that the sabbath was a holy day, but Sunday is not. To Christians, Paul wrote in Rom. 14.5: “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.”)
Why is Saturday holy?
Isn’t that a date Antichrist Judaism has been forced to follow because they don’t have the Son and have no idea what day the Passover Lamb dies?
There is NO evidence he was talking about the Sabbath in this verse. That would be totally out of character and contradictory to the Paul we know about. The preponderance indicates this was about other ceremonial days and holidays. Is it a sin to not observe Christmas? There were two additional (sabbaths) holidays mentioned in the O.T. in laws of ordinances. There were constantly secular holidays declared by Emperor decree and so on and so forth.
The Sabbath was made for all of mankind and we know this because it was first started by God in Genesis to commemorate His creation. Gen. 2:2,3