You are, free to follow whatever you want. We do not insist you follow the Sabbath--we state the reasons we do. There are many--and there have been many, many threads on the topic.
In the first place--the Sabbath was not given only to the Jews-- it was instituted by Jesus at creation--Jesus created it as He created everything.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
The original Hebrew says cease, not rested.
CEASE(V) (וַיִּשְׁבֹּת /
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Mar_2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Jesus did not say it was for the Jew. Besides, it had been God's intention for the Jews to carry their faith to all the world, they were not supposed to have become the exclusive club they became--when they left Egypt, they had a great multitude and all strangers were to keep it, and that is what the 4th commandment states.
"in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:"
God wrote the 10 on stone in His own hand, and placed those in the ark. The ark being a replica of the heavenly sanctuary. The Mosaic law, the sacrificial laws, He dictated to Moses and were written on parchment--or animal skins. They were kept outside the ark. The Mosaic laws pointed to Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb. Those are the ones that are a shadow of things to come--they were done away with at the cross.
Col_2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Heb_8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
The heavenly temple has the ark and it has the testimony in it.
Rev_11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the
ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
The Sabbath was never a shadow of things to come but pointed backwards to creation and the creator of all.
The 10 are now written in the heart. It does not say, they are erased. Nor does it say there are 9.
Jer_31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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:
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
This is a quote from Duet--it does not mean there are only 2--it means they all are summed up in these 2. The 1st 4 are how we show our love to God, the last 6 are how we show our love for mankind.
Deu_30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
All first Christians kept the Sabbath---this is way too long to post:
Sabbath keepers throughout history
There is not one single verse in the bible that states--"God has changed the 7th day Sabbath to Sunday in honor of His resurrection."
Not one verse that states the disciples met on Sunday instead of the 7th day. They met a few times, it was not for the keeping of the sabbath. The one verse is actually a Saturday night meeting--the days started at sundown for the Jews.
What God has written with His own hand stands unless God Himself says otherwise. No man can change what He has made holy and only He can make anything holy.
The Sabbath will still be kept in the new earth--
Isa 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
The Lord's day is not Sunday. There is only one day in the bible that God claims as His day--the 7th day Sabbath. You will find not one verse that says otherwise.
As I said--you can do whatever you want--since Adam and Eve man has had a tendency to go their own way. Cain wanted to offer to God what he wanted, instead of what God said to do. If you want to keep Sunday--go right ahead--just make sure it is not because you find it fits your lifestyle better and keeping the 7th day Sabbath would be too difficult and mess up your lifestyle. It is a choice between what God has said, and what man has decided. Your choice.
