Interesting translation. The sabbath came because of mankind. This could mean the sabbath came because mankind weren't resting. And that makes sense because the Israelite's were slaves and worked 7 days a week.
Well the text in Genesis 2:1-3 and Exodus 20:11 does not say "because Hebrew slaves were not allowed to rest". It says "therefore the Lord blessed" and "THEN the Lord blessed and sanctified...". It speaks of day 7 of creation week ... long before there was a single Jew or Egyptian.
Gen 2
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2
By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done,
and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3
Then God blessed the seventh day
and sanctified it,
because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Ex 20
8 “
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but
the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD (YHWH) your God.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who
is within your gates. 11
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, and rested
the seventh day.
Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
and hallowed it.
you responded
That really works -- if and only if you're governed by the Old Covenant.
1. Gen 2:1-3 is before all Jews -- it is mankind. Ex 20:11 is pointing to the creation of the world not "the creation of Jews" for the 7th day rest.
2. No Bible text says "all scripture before the cross is old covenant"
3. OT text Jer 31:31-34 "
this is The NEW Covenant" - Heb 8:6-12 quotes Jer 31 as the NEW Covenant - verbatim... unchanged.
Mark 2:27-28, "
Then Jesus told them, "The Sabbath was made for mankind, not mankind for the Sabbath". Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
1. The LORD's DAY is the Sabbath as we see in the above statement.
2. The Sabbath was "made for mankind" not "made for just-the-jews"
Isaiah 56:6-8 - gentiles specifically singled out for blessing as they choose not to "
profane My Sabbath"
Those who false accused Jesus would use this false accusation
John 9:16a, "Some of the Pharisees said, “This man [referring to Jesus] is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”
Jesus' response to false accusations --
John 8:46
46
Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?
I choose not to join the opposers of Christ in John 8 who accused him of breaking the Word of God
In the NT - "
SIN IS transgression of the LAW" 1 John 3:4
Get it?
According to the expert on the Word of God (Christ) Jesus Christ did not oppose/break/condemn/reject the Word of God -- not even one of God's Commandments.
So then what did Jesus say about his false accusers?
Matt 22:29 “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God."
Mark 7:6-13
“Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
8
Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the
tradition of men.”
9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at
setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep
your tradition. 10 For
Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’; 11
but you say, ‘If a man says to
his father or
his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given
to God),’ 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for
his father or
his mother; 13
thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and
you do many things such as that.”
