Are you really that unhappy to see the Bible details in the OP that you refuse to address them?
That is the attention to detail - we might have guessed.
How is this even a tiny bit difficult for the unbiased objective reader to see the avoidance of the OP Bible details?
Others have responded to most everything you have said. In many ways, repeatedly. Here I will attempt to do so for every statement you made.
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Post 2 is a very direct response to your 1-7.
By the same token there is not one text in the new covenant that says we are to worship on Saturday.
Your statements 1 through 7 demonstrate nothing more than what they simply say. Which is not an affirmation of what you believe. Simply what you post arguing that is supports your beliefs.
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We also find this in the NT
1. "the Gospel was preached to Abraham" Gal 3:8
2. there is only ONE Gospel Gal 1:6-9
3. The "Gospel was preached to us just as it was to them also" Heb 4:2
4. the NEW Covenant of Jer 31:31-34 quoted verbatim in Heb 8:6-12
5. Moses and Elijah stand in glory with Christ in Matt 17 - even before the cross.
=========== by contrast EVERY reference to the weekly Sabbath in the NT refers to the seventh day of the week - Saturday
Acts 18:4 4 And he (the Apostle Paul) reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks."
Acts 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Acts 13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.
1- How does Gal 3.8 'the gospel' have anything to with a sabbath day? Gal 3.8 is about Paul showing that he is true by referring back to Abraham and the Scriptures and Salvation message. Nothing to do with Sabbaths.
2- There is only one Gospel. But its understanding is not the same for those in the OT looking forward with limited understanding, as it is to those during the NT, or us later looking back with greater understanding.
3- Heb 4.2 The Isrealites did not have faith. Without faith the Gospel means nothing.
4- Jer 31.1-34 This is about the Isrealites in captivity and in the future, God would make a new covenant, which Jesus fulfilled.
c.
My covenant which they broke: A new covenant was promised and needed because Israel did not and could not keep the covenant God made with them at Sinai. That covenant was not designed to be enough;
it was preparation for the new covenant to come.
d.
I will put My law into their minds, and write it on their hearts: The new covenant brings
inner transformation. The law of God was no longer only external; God would change the minds and hearts of those connected to Him by the new covenant.
i. The new covenant does not do away with or renounce the law. It makes the law
closer and
more important by setting it in the mind and heart, instead of on a stone tablet or page. “It would no longer be like the external one made with the fathers, but spiritual and internal, and based on an intimate knowledge of Jehovah.” (Morgan)
ii.
“Obedience to the Law is not a prior condition for entering the New Covenant. Rather, it is one of the promised blessings of the New Covenant.” (Ryken)
iii. “Things required by the law are bestowed by the gospel. God demands obedience under the law: God works obedience under the gospel.
Holiness is asked of us by the law:
holiness is wrought in us by the gospel.” (Spurgeon)
iv. Here, the heart is written upon in a good, positive sense. “The heart as a writing material is spoken of in
Jeremiah 17:1 in relation to sin.” (Thompson)
e.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people: The new covenant brings
new relationship with God. Those connected to God by the new covenant have personal, close relationship with God that they did not have before:
they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
i. Notably, this relationship with God had a
personal aspect (
they all show know Me). “Probably the most significant contribution which Jeremiah made to religious thought was inherent in his insistence that the new covenant involved a one-to-one relationship of the spirit. When the new covenant was inaugurated by the atoning work of Jesus Christ on Calvary, this important development of personal, as opposed to corporate, faith and spirituality was made real for the whole of mankind. Henceforth anyone who submitted himself consciously in faith to the person of Christ as Saviour and Lord could claim and receive membership in the church of God.” (Harrison)
f.
I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more:
The new covenant brings true cleansing from sin. The sacrificial system under the old covenant could only cover sin and its guilt; the
new covenant brings forgiveness so complete that it could be said that God no longer remembers the sin of those connected to Him through the new covenant.
i. “The new covenant does not envision sinlessness
but forgiveness of sin resulting in restoration of fellowship with God.” (Feinberg)
There is no record of a sabbath being observed before the children of Israel leaving Egypt.
And the sabbath was a command to the Children of Israel. Only.
Exo 31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exo 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exo 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exo 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exo 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
4 - Heb 8.6-12
Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Heb 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Heb 8:8
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
a.
He has obtained a more excellent ministry: No earthly priest could take away sin the way Jesus did. Therefore Jesus’
ministry is far better than the ministry of the priesthood under the Law of Moses.
b.
Mediator of a better covenant: Jesus has mediated for us a
better covenant, a covenant of
grace and not of works, guaranteed for us by a cosigner (
Hebrews 7:22). It is a
covenant marked by
believing and receiving instead of by earning and deserving.
i. Jesus is our
Mediator for this greater covenant.
Mediator is the ancient Greek word
mesites, which means “
one who stands in the middle between two people and brings them together.” (Barclay)
iii. Jesus’ covenant is
a better covenant, better than any of the previous covenants God made with men. The covenant of Jesus fulfills the other covenants described in the Bible.
- There is an eternal covenant between the members of the Godhead that made possible the salvation of man (Hebrews 13:20).
- God’s redemptive plan was continued through the covenant He made with Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3).
- The Mosaic covenant was another step in God’s redemptive plan (Exodus 24:3-8).
- The Davidic covenant was yet another step in God’s redemptive plan (2 Samuel 7:1-16).
- The redemptive plan of God was fulfilled in the New Covenant (Luke 22:14-20).
c.
Which was established on better promises: Jesus has
better promises for us. These are
promises to see us through the most desperate and dark times. These are
promises that become alive to us through the Spirit of God. These are
promises of blessing and undeserved favor instead of promises to curse and judge.
B. The superiority of the New Covenant.
1. (
Hebrews 8:7) The fact that God mentions another covenant is proves that there is something lacking in the Old Covenant.
For if that first
covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
a.
If the first covenant had been faultless: It is in the nature of man to come up with things that are “new” but not needed. God isn’t like that. If God established a New Covenant, it means that there was something lacking in the Old Covenant.
2. (
Hebrews 8:8-12) The New Covenant as it is presented in the Hebrew Scriptures (quoting from
Jeremiah 31:31-34).
Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. For this
is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘
Know the LORD,’
for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and
their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
a.
Finding fault: In this passage from
Jeremiah 31, God shows that something was lacking in the Old Covenant — because a New Covenant was promised. In the days of Jeremiah the New Covenant was still in the future, because he wrote
“Behold the days are coming.”
i. In its context, Jeremiah’s prophecy probably comes from the days of Josiah’s renewal of the covenant after
finding the law (
2 Kings 23:3). This renewal was good, but it wasn’t enough because Jeremiah looked forward to
a new covenant.
b.
I will make: The Lord made it clear that this covenant would originate with God, and not with man. At Sinai under the Old Covenant the key words were
if you (
Exodus 19:5), but in the New Covenant, the key words are
I will.
c.
A new covenant: This covenant is truly
new, not merely “new and improved” in the way things are marketed to us today. Today, products are said to be “new and improved” when there is no substantial difference in the product. But when God says “
new,” He means
new.
i. There are two ancient Greek words that describe the concept of “new.”
Neos described newness in regard to
time. Something may be a copy of something old but if it recently made, it can be called
neos. The ancient Greek word
kainos (the word used here) described something that is not only
new in reference to time, but is truly
new in its quality. It isn’t simply a new reproduction of something old.
d.
With the house of Israel and the house of Judah: The New Covenant definitely began with Israel but it was never intended to end with Israel (
Matthew 15:24 and
Acts 1:8).
e.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers: This covenant is
not like the
covenant God made with
their fathers. Again, this emphasizes that there is something substantially
different about the New Covenant.
f.
Because they did not continue in My covenant: The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the Covenant itself. It was in the weakness and inability of man. The reason the Old Covenant didn’t “work” was
because they did not continue in My covenant.
g.
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts: The New Covenant features transformation from within,
not regulation through external law.
i. The Old Covenant came in with such awe and terror that it should have made everyone obey out of fear. But they sinned against the Old Covenant almost immediately. The New Covenant works obedience through the law written
in their mind and
on their hearts.
h.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people: The New Covenant also features a greater intimacy with God than what was available under the Old Covenant.
i. “The best way to make a man keep a law is to
make him love the law-giver.” (Spurgeon)
i.
Their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more: The New Covenant offers a true, complete cleansing from sin, different and better than the mere “covering over” of sin in the Old Covenant.
5- Book of Matthew
Jesus predominantly taught the Jews. where else would one find the Jews gathered, but in the temple on their sabbath. This is not an argument for a 7th day sabbath for Gentiles. It is simply how Jesus taught, where he taught, when he taught. To the Jews.
Acts
Paul also taught the Jews. He taught them in their synagogue, on their sabbath.
The gentiles wanted to hear and not be left out, so they also asked to be taught. On the same day the next week. The Jewish sabbath.
Many Gentiles accepted, most Jews said no.
This is about the Gospel being spread and people accepting or denying it. And the Apostles saying you are underserving. Does that undeserving make an implication against the sabbath and the jews? No. Because it is not about the sabbath. The context is hearing the gospel and responding or remaining dead. Dead in the old ways.
Peace and Blessings
