...As for the Sinai covenant.... Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were not party to that covenant.
De 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
De 5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Correct, the 'old covenant' was not made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for God has never entered into such a statment like this with them:
Exodus 19:1 KJB - In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus 19:2 KJB - For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Exodus 19:3 KJB - And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exodus 19:4 KJB - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Exodus 19:5 KJB - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:6 KJB - And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 19:7 KJB - And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus 19:8 KJB - And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
and in so citing, notice that the Ten Commandments are
not the 'old covenant'. The 'old covenant' was the agreement entered into by the peoples with God in how they were to keep God's "My covenant" [aka "His covenant"], in other words a covenant about how to keep an already existing and eternal covenant:
Exodus 19:5 KJB - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:8 KJB - "All that the LORD hath spoken we will do."
3 days before they even heard the Ten Commandments out loud by God's voice. You will not find that God entered into such agreement anywhere with Abraham, Isaac or Jacob. Yet they all had the Ten Commandments:
[see
Exodus 19:3-8 KJB, for the
'old covenant' is
never, in all of scripture [KJB], the Ten Commandments [the perfect, righteousness, spiritual, holy, just and good and eternal Law of God;
Psalms 19:7;
Romans 9:31;
Romans 7:14;
James 1:25;
Psalms 119:44-45;
Romans 7:12;
Psalms 89:34;
Exodus 20:1-17, especially
Exodus 20:8, “holy”, see
Isaiah 58:13;
2 Peter 3:2 KJB], but was always the faulty promises of the peoples Israel after the flesh, made in agreement to do all that the LORD says. They failed. Why? Works and no Faith [
Romans 9:32 KJB]. They [in general] attempted without God's strength [
Revelation 12:10-12;
Romans 5:6;
1 Corinthians 1:24 KJB], and though they were free physically, they were still slaves spiritually, that is of the heart and mind:
'all that the LORD hath said we will do', their faulty promises, and yet they did not, for they sinned by the golden calf.
The Everlasting Covenant [New, which existed before the 'old', even from eternity, for the Father and Son clasped hands in agreement, the Holy Ghost as Witness, should [when] sin [the mystery of iniquity] arise, they would work out the plan of Redemption, thus it is “the everlasting covenant” or the covenant of life and peace, or the counsel of peace, ratified by the blood of the Son of God Himself and by the Father in Heaven, see
Psalms 89:3,28,34, 105:8;
Isaiah 13:12, 42:6;
Malachi 2:5 [Jesus is the True Levi, meaning attached unto His Father], 3:1;
John 19:30 [he finished laying the foundation, the words were unto His Father], 17:24 [the agreement in eternity past was made, Jesus kept His word, performed His vows, and now the promise from the Father was to be fulfilled];
John 3:16;
John 19:28;
Hebrews 13:20;
Revelation 13:8;
Psalms 40:7-8;
Hebrews 10:7-9;
Psalms 116:14-18;
Ezekiel 38:23;
John 17:19;
John 10:18; 8:28;
Psalms 110:4;
Zechariah 6:13, etc., etc. for surely as the Rainbow is above God's throne, so the covenant between Father and Son, witnessed by the Holy Ghost, is eternal, KJB]
is God's,
“I will ...”, His Promise; more on this in detail later, as needed. The 'old covenant' is
not the same as God's 'my covenant', which we establish by Faith [
Romans 3:31 KJB]. They are two things, not one, which will be demonstrated in thorough detail later, as needed. God's Ten Commandments are all perfect promises, without fault, more on this later, as needed.]
The Sabbath of the LORD thy God was not just for the "Jews" - [
Link], see also in another area of the forums [
Link].
See
1 Corinthians 10 KJB. They had the same Rock, the same Jesus, see Acts 7:45,55,59;
Hebrews 4:8 KJB, as Jesus was in the cloud/fire that led them, see
Joshua 5 KJB, etc]], the same salvation by faith [looking forward, see
John 8:56 KJB], the same everlasting Gospel, see
Hebrews 4:2;
Galatians 3:8 KJB, etc.
Abraham, the friend of God [
2 Chronicles 20:7;
Isaiah 41:8;
James 2:23 KJB; just as Moses was [
Exodus 33:11 KJB], just as the disciples were; [
John 14:15, 15:14,15]] had the Ten Commandments, spoken to Him by God, by very voice:
Genesis 26:5 KJB - Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and
my laws.
The same thing that was basically said to Moses but in the negative:
Exodus 16:28 KJB - And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
But notice that Abraham was to teach his children those Ten Commandments, etc:
Genesis 18:19 KJB - For I know him, that
he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Which went with the Everlasting Gospel [
Genesis 3:15;
Galatians 3:16;
Revelation 14:6 KJB, etc] itself:
Genesis 18:18 KJB - Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Thus Abraham taught his children, and their children as it was written of him. Who was his child and his children, and their children, etc?
Isaac.
Isaac begat Esau and Jacob.
Jacob is Israel.
Israel begat the 12 tribes, of whom was Joseph.
Joseph went down into Egypt, likewsie the brethren and father Jacob.
After a new pharaoh arose, and Joseph was forgotten, the people turned aside from obedience to God, fell into the bondage of sin/slavery and forgot to "remember" the Sabbath. Which is why God asked the question:
Exodus 16:28 KJB - And the LORD said unto Moses,
How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Moses was a Sabbath reformer - [
Link]