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That’s the point. There is no longer a biblical model of rest. Christ fulfilled all of the law and became the Lord of the sabbath. Our rest is now in Him, TODAY (Heb. 4:3). We don’t have to keep one day. We can worship and rest any day.
Secondly, the Mosaic law including the 10 commandments was given to Israel 430 years after Abraham. There was no sabbath keeping before then. Abraham commandments and statutes mentioned in Gen. 26:5 could not have included the Mosaic law Including the 10 commandments BECAUSE it was given to Israel 430 years later. In addition, Abraham was not justified by his works of any law since he was justified by his faith (Rom. 4:13-14).
Thirdly, the law was never given to the church. There is absolutely no mention in scripture where the law was given to the gentiles. We can’t be forced to follow laws that were never given. The new covenant for the church is the new convent of blood that Jesus speaks about in Luke 22:20. Notice that He ushers the new covenant to the church through communion.
The moral commandments of the Jewish law including the Ten Commandments were summarized in Jesus’s two commandments.
“Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.””
Matthew 22:40 NASB2020
Most sabbath keepers attempt to separate the 613 mitzvot which included the 10 commandments but that is not biblical. Scriptures says ALL of it not just some of it was fulfilled(completed) by Jesus sacrifice on the cross.
“For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.””
Galatians 5:14 NASB2020
The WHOLE LAW was fulfilled (completed) in ONE word. All of the law is now one word in the one commandment but both love commandments apply.
With Jesus we still sin (1 John 1:8-9) but we don’t live in sin. In the old covenant people were convicted by the letter of the law but now that faith has come (Gal. 3:23) we are convicted by the Spirit. There was no indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Old Covenant. This is one of the great things that makes the gospel of good news so great.
“But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: regarding sin, because they do not believe in Me; and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.”
John 16:7-11 NASB2020
The only people that remain under the law is unbelieving Israel, as they rejected the Messiah, and those who choose to remain under the law. Sabbath keeping is no longer necessary because the law is no longer necessary. As Paul explains in Col. 2:16 no one should judge anyone whose decides to keep the sabbath or decides not to keep it. The problems comes when those that want to keep it accuse those that do not as living in sin because they consider the sabbath as a moral law and necessary for salvation although they will deny that. The effect is the same, if I dont keep the sabbath then I am sinning and if I don’t repent then I cant be saved. It is works salvation. There is no biblical model to keep the sabbath that does not involve being under the law.
Why would we need the law if we have something much better? Where in scripture is there a post crucifixion verse that requires the Christian to keep the 4th commandment? Hint: there isn’t one.
Your analysis is very good, but may I expand?
The Sabbath commandment was under the Old Covenant and is considered part of the law. During the Old Covenant, there was no atoning sacrifice of Christ. It was repetitive work to walk in righteousness. Since it was work, it was a covenant of flesh. Do this and you will be saved
In the New Covenant, we are no longer in the flesh, but in the spirit. Romans 8:6-11
The Israelites kept the law of the flesh, but it did not please God. We read in Isaiah 29:13 and Matthew 15:8 that God does not want lip service or outward appearance. The spirit cleanses the heart.
The New Covenant fulfills the Old Covenant. The New Covenant does not nullify the Old, as Jesus said not one jot or tittle shall pass
The principle of the Sabbath is rest. Is then sloth? God forbid. We rest from our fleshly ambitions and put to death the deeds of the flesh
We do not profane the Sabbath, we honor the principle of the Sabbath by mortifying the deeds of the flesh. Scripture says that if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away, all things become new.
We honor Jesus by following His commandments. Our first love was when He called us. If any man come after me, let him deny his very self and follow in my footsteps. We mark this as the new birth, scripture says we need to be born of water and the spirit.
Baptism is a sacrament commanded by Christ to mark this occasion. Baptism is called the circumcision of Christ, Colossians 2:11-12
This is significant because the matter of baptism is water. Water was created on the first day and circumcision occurs of the eighth day. Circumcision was given to mark entry into the Old covenant and was given to infants of members of the Old Covenant. Our Lord was circumcised the eighth day under the Old Covenant. As there was no New Covenant yet established, Jesus was baptized as an adult, as were new believers entering the New Covenant. Once the people were established as the New Covenant church, they baptized their children, just as once Old Covenant Israel was established, they circumcised their infants on the eight day.
Because Jesus established baptism as the rite of entry into His kingdom, we honor him on the first day of the week, Sunday, as water was created first, and we are born again, going back to the beginning per se, to be new creatures under the new covenant. Circumcision also occurred on the eighth day, which if we mark the start of the week, not the beginning of fleshly life, follows the Sabbath
We read the words of the resurrection account in the Gospel, the words begin after the sabbath was past toward the dawn of the first day of the week…….
Although we honor Our Lord on Sunday, we do not profane the Sabbath. We honor its principles by dying to our flesh and mortifying its deeds every day of the week. We do not treat Saturday as some kind of Mardi Gras to go hog wild then go to Mass on Sunday. We died with Christ and now live with Him every single day of the week.
The fleshly keeping of the Sabbath is no longer necessary, but if one’s conscience leads him to keep it, as scripture says, whatever you do, do it for the Lord
I like sabbath blessings post that says the sabbath teaches her of a way of worship and honor to God. That is well and good to look at it that way for her
I strongly disagree when some say Christians apostacize by worshipping on Sunday. That is not scripture, as Jesus Himself performed the first Mass on the way to Emaus, which was on a Sunday. He opened the scriptures to the two disciples and revealed Himself in the breaking of bread. That happens every Sunday at Catholic Mass to commemorate the first Mass, and we also have Mass every single day of the week multiple times per day all over the world, as Jesus commands do this in remembrance of Me, and I will be with you always until the end of the age. What madness would say to have the flesh of the Son of God before us always until the end of the age could be the mark of the beast?
Keep the sabbath if it helps you worship the Lord, but do not judge your brother. As scripture also says how can you claim to love God whom you cannot see, if you fail to love your brother whom you can see?
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