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The Sabbath was never a day about worship, it was a day about rest. ;)

Worshiping God on Saturday or Sunday has nothing to do with the Sabbath even if some want to make it such.
Throughout the Old Testament, we see that "Sabbath" is associated with "rest." Exodus 16:23 - Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' "

Exodus 31:15 - Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 35:1 - Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the (Church, the body of Christ? NO) children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death."

Leviticus 23:3 - Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 5:14 - but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 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 ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

God's Word makes it quite clear that Sabbath observance was a sign between God and Israel: "The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested." (Exodus 31:16-17)

After commanding Sabbath observance in verses 12–14, Moses gives the reason the Sabbath was given to the nation Israel: "Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day." (Deuteronomy 5:15)

Sabbath keeping with all it's rules and regulations, was part of a covenant with Israel (Exodus 16:23, 29; 31:12-18; 35:1-3; Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3, 32; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13; Amos 8:5; Nehemiah 10:31) that is not binding on Christians under the new covenant.

*Colossians 2:16 - Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:16 is not merely talking about "ceremonial Sabbaths." The words "ton sabbaton" or "sabbath days"; are the same words translated "Sabbath day" in Exodus 20:8 in the Septuagint (the Jewish translation of the Old Testament into Greek). Paul's reasoning is clear, "Let no one judge you in regards to a

festival - yearly Sabbaths,
a new moon - monthly Sabbaths,
or a Sabbath day - weekly Sabbaths (or Sabbath days)
Christ, he goes on to say is the "Substance", these things were shadows.

When compared with Galatians 4:9 we see an obvious connection in Paul's teaching:

"But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? You observe days and months and seasons and years."

Verse 10 states, "you observe...",

days (weekly Sabbaths, corresponding to "Sabbath days in Colossians 2)
months (new moons, corresponding to "a new moon" in Colossians 2)
seasons (the 7 feasts, corresponding to "festivals" in Colossians 2)
and years (the sabbatical year and the 50th year of Jubilee)

Obviously Paul is talking about the observances of all Jewish holy days, including the weekly Sabbath.

The sequence “festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths” is found multiple times in the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:33; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). At times the order is reversed and "new moon" is found in the middle. Since the festivals were annual and the new moons were monthly, the sequence implies that the Sabbaths were weekly.

The phrase "festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths" was used as a term to refer to all of Israel’s holy days, which means that this phrase must include the Sabbath, which is confirmed by Numbers 23, which lists Israel’s holy days, including the weekly Sabbath. The implication is that the weekly Sabbath was regarded as part of the system of holy days.

All the verses that refer to the sequence “festivals … new moons … Sabbaths” are a summary of the daily, weekly, monthly and annual sacrifices prescribed in Numbers 28. Many of these verses that refer to the sequence “festivals … new moons … Sabbaths” refer explicitly to sacrifices, for example:

The Sabbath in Colossians 2:16 includes the weekly Sabbaths because Colossians 2:16 is based on Numbers 28, and Numbers 28 include sacrifices for the weekly Sabbath:

Daily: “a continual burnt offering every day” (Numbers 28:3-8)
Weekly: “on the sabbath day … every sabbath” (Numbers 28:9-10)
Monthly: “at the beginning of each of your month” (new moons) (Numbers 28:11-15), and
Annual: the feast days (Numbers 28:16-40); “the LORD’S Passover” (Numbers 28:16), “feast, unleavened bread” (Numbers 28:17) and “the day of the first fruits” (Numbers 28:26).

The annual Sabbaths are already included in the "festivals" in the sequence "festivals … new moon … Sabbath day." (Colossians 2:16) If a Sabbath day merely meant the annual Sabbaths there would be a needless repetition. The evidence concludes that the Sabbath in Colossians 2:16-17 includes the weekly Sabbath. :oldthumbsup:
 
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Well there was a change to God’s commandment and the Catholic Church takes credit for that change. The Bible tells us to not make changes, God’s Ten Commandments are an eternal covenant. Luke 16:17, Psalms 89:34, Psalms 111:7,8 I believe the Words of the Bible. God is unchanging. I do not believe the Holy Spirit gave a license to any church or person or institution to freely make changes to God’s Word. How confusing would it be to disregard so much from the Bible because it was changed outside of scripture. To me there would be no point of the Bible. Jesus told us to obey God and not commandments of man, so the only thing I know for certain is what is within the Holy Bible. God bless
There was a change in the early church’s approach to the law and the church acted accordingly. At a later date in time the Catholic Church officially acknowledged that change as it affected sabbath observance, a change which involved more than just the western, Roman, church. It’s no different than the church assembling the canon of Scripture, or dogmatically supporting infant baptism, or ruling on the Trinity at Nicaea. This is a matter of the church authoritatively ruling on often times controversial matters that Scripture may not support with perfect overwhelming clarity, and where some people continued to disagree and consider the rulings to be wrong, just as you do now in the case of the sabbath, or others do in the case of the Trinity or infant baptism.

And it’s not a matter of there being no point in the Bible; it’s a matter of there being insufficient understanding when going by the Bible alone. God didn’t leave His people so unguided as to end up with the chaos we have today due to the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, with people very often coming up with conflicting, yet each very plausible, interpretations.
 
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The Bible tells us to not make changes,

Changes to God's word and commands, no.
But there is no command to keep the Sabbath on a Saturday - especially not for Gentiles.

God’s Ten Commandments are an eternal covenant. Luke 16:17, Psalms 89:34, Psalms 111:7,8

With the Hebrew slaves who were rescued by the Lord from Egypt and given his covenant. A covenant which, incidentally, also includes not eating pork, wearing clothes of only one fabric and stoning to death anyone who breaks the Sabbath or commits adultery.
Quoting parts of verses out of context does not prove your point.

I believe the Words of the Bible.

So, I would say, does everyone here.

God is unchanging.

His nature is unchanging, yes. But the way that he works does change.
In the OT it was believed that anyone who looked at God would die; in the NT many people looked at God, in Jesus.
In the OT God "lived" first in a tabernacle, then in a temple, in the holy of holies; in the NT Jesus taught that God would live in his followers.
Jeremiah prophesied that God would make a NEW Covenant with his people - Hebrews says that when the new comes, the old is obsolete.
God told Ezekiel that he would put his Spirit in people, and told Joel that he would pour out his Spirit so that young and old alike would prophesy.

And consider salvation - there is only one Gospel and one way to be saved, but God's approach changes with each of us. Some are convinced by reasoned arguments, some by what they read, some by the witness of other Christians. Some have dramatic conversions, others find their faith and understanding grow over time. Some find God in tragedy, others find him in the beauty of creation or the birth of a child.
So the way that he works in bringing individuals to faith changes according to the temperament and circumstances of the individual.

I do not believe the Holy Spirit gave a license to any church or person or institution to freely make changes to God’s Word.

No, neither do I.
But there is no command to keep the Sabbath on a certain day. The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. God gave us the example of having one day to rest from work and, I don't believe, would be offended if people chose to keep a day other than the 7th. Some are busy saving lives that day and cannot rest.

How confusing would it be to disregard so much from the Bible because it was changed outside of scripture.

If there was a command to ALL people that the sabbath HAD to be kept on a Saturday, no exceptions or excuses, and this was an important part of our salvation; you might have a point.
But there isn't.

Jesus told us to obey God and not commandments of man, so the only thing I know for certain is what is within the Holy Bible.

Well it's "in the Bible" that the early church - who were Jews but believed in Jesus and preached Jesus - started to celebrate the day on which his tomb was found to be empty and they realised he had overcome sin and death.
It's also clear from the NT that followers of the Way, or Christians as they came to be called, were treated as members of a Jewish sect - persecuted by both Romans and Jews - Christianity is not the same as Judaism.
 
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There was a change in the early church’s approach to the law and the church acted accordingly. At a later date in time the Catholic Church officially acknowledged that change as it affected sabbath observance, and which involved more than just the western, Roman, church. It’s no different than the church assembling the canon of Scripture, or dogmatically supporting infant baptism, or ruling on the Trinity at Nicaea. This is a matter of the church authoritatively ruling on often times controversial matters that Scripture may not support with perfect overwhelming clarity, and where some people continued to disagree and consider the rulings to be wrong, just as you do now in the case of the sabbath, or others do in the case of the Trinity or infant baptism.

And it’s not a matter of there being no point in the Bible; it’s a matter of there being insufficient understanding when going by the Bible alone. God didn’t leave His people so unguided as to end up with the chaos we have today due to the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, with people very often coming up with conflicting, yet each very plausible, interpretations.
I do not think we need the Catholic Church to interpret scriptures for us. The history of the Church concerns me. The commandments that God wrote with His own hand and spoke with His own voice are really simple and easy to understand. God told us to keep Holy the seventh day. Exodus 20:8-11.

I also believe the only authority over us is God. Only Jesus can save us from our sins, not anyone else. Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord, And besides Me there is no savior.

The Holy Spirit can guide each of us to God’s true Word. The Holy Spirit is given to help us keep God’s commandments not break or tweak them. John 14:15-18

We are told to seek God first and only His Word is True and pure.

I appreciate the discussion and you seem like a really nice person. :) We will have to disagree though as I do not see that the Church has the authority to make any changes to God’s Word. God bless
 
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Changes to God's word and commands, no.
But there is no command to keep the Sabbath on a Saturday - especially not for Gentiles.

Jeremiah prophesied that God would make a NEW Covenant with his people - Hebrews says that when the new comes, the old is obsolete.
God told Ezekiel that he would put his Spirit in people, and told Joel that he would pour out his Spirit so that young and old alike would prophesy.

And consider salvation - there is only one Gospel and one way to be saved, but God's approach
But there is no command to keep the Sabbath on a certain day. The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. God gave us the example of having one day to rest from work and, I don't believe, would be offended if people chose to keep a day other than the 7th. Some are busy saving lives that day and cannot rest.

If there was a command to ALL people that the sabbath HAD to be kept on a Saturday, no exceptions or excuses, and this was an important part of our salvation; you might have a point.
But there isn't.

How confusing would it be for God to tell us to keep holy a day and than not tell us which day. Which is why God LITERALLY spelled it out for us with His handwritten scripture that He left for all of us.

Exodus 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 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.

That seems pretty clear to me. The Ten is God's moral laws. That's why today, it is still a sin to worship idols, break His Sabbath, vain His name, steal, covet, murder, those commandments are not just for Israel, they are for all of us.

The New Covenant was also given to the same people as the Old Covenant.

Jeremiah 31: 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Do you really think God would write His laws in our hearts all but the exception of the TEN that He personally spoke and wrote and was stored inside the ark in the most Holy of Holy in the Temple? Jesus came to magnify God's laws Isaiah 42:21 not destroy them. Mathew 5:17-20

The same laws apply then as they do today, written in our hearts and we obey because true faith you believe in God's Word and obey. God bless
 
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There was a change in the early church’s approach to the law and the church acted accordingly. At a later date in time the Catholic Church officially acknowledged that change as it affected sabbath observance, a change which involved more than just the western, Roman, church. It’s no different than the church assembling the canon of Scripture, or dogmatically supporting infant baptism, or ruling on the Trinity at Nicaea. This is a matter of the church authoritatively ruling on often times controversial matters that Scripture may not support with perfect overwhelming clarity, and where some people continued to disagree and consider the rulings to be wrong, just as you do now in the case of the sabbath, or others do in the case of the Trinity or infant baptism.

And it’s not a matter of there being no point in the Bible; it’s a matter of there being insufficient understanding when going by the Bible alone. God didn’t leave His people so unguided as to end up with the chaos we have today due to the doctrine of Sola Scriptura, with people very often coming up with conflicting, yet each very plausible, interpretations.


One more thing, another reason why I do not think the Church has the authority to change God's Sabbath day is Jesus said Mathew 24:20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. He is referring to ends times and we are told by the Prophet Isaiah we will be worshipping God on His Sabbath day forever Isaiah 66:23. If the Catholic Church was guided by the Holy Spirit to make this change than this verse would say we would be worshipping God on His new day the first day but instead it says:

Isaiah 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.

Which makes sense since God already told us His Sabbath is a perpetual covenant Exodus 31:13 and Jesus told us the Sabbath was made for us (man) Mark 2:27

God bless
 
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If there was a command to ALL people that the sabbath HAD to be kept on a Saturday, no exceptions or excuses, and this was an important part of our salvation; you might have a point.
But there isn't.
Amen! Sadly, there are those who make Sabbath keeping an important part of our salvation (even though they may try to deny it) and are looking for their “Sabbatismos” rest (Hebrews 4:9) in keeping the weekly sabbath day under the law (the shadow) rather than in Christ (the substance). Colossians 2:16-17.
 
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How confusing would it be for God to tell us to keep holy a day and than not tell us which day. Which is why God LITERALLY spelled it out for us

No, he didn't LITERALLY spell it out.
God rested on the 7th day, after he had finished his work. What was the 7th day then? We don't know - but certainly not Saturday, which was named, much later, after a planet and a pagan god. The Israelites called it something completely different - therefore it was not literally spelled out for us.

We know that Saturday is the 7th day of the week because Sunday is the first day - when Jesus rose again; a fact which is celebrated in Scripture.
Exodus 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 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.

That seems pretty clear to me. The Ten is God's moral laws. That's why today, it is still a sin to worship idols, break His Sabbath, vain His name, steal, covet, murder, those commandments are not just for Israel, they are for all of us.

And if someone works on 6 days and has a day, or more likely 2, of rest, they are doing what God commanded - resting after their labour.
It would not be possible for everybody to stop working on any given day - people, and animals, get sick, may be unlucky enough to be in an accident/fire/flood, or need help or mental health support.

"Sabbath was made for man" = "human beings need one day to rest, recover etc after working hard" - which is the example that God gave us.
Do you really think he needed to "rest" after creating the universe?
Do you really think that he had one day without doing anything at all? What happened during that day - was God absent from his universe? Where did he go?

Do you really think God would write His laws in our hearts all but the exception of the TEN that He personally spoke and wrote and was stored inside the ark in the most Holy of Holy in the Temple?

No, the 10 commandments are all valid and in force, because Jesus affirmed them - I never said otherwise.
I am just saying that if we rest on one day of the week, we are honouring the Sabbath just as God asked - it's not a sin if that day of rest is on a Tuesday or Thursday rather than a Saturday or Sunday.
 
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Jesus told us to obey God and not commandments of man, so the only thing I know for certain is what is within the Holy Bible. God bless

I am not sure if you have ever really stopped to think about the Bible?

It is a book that was compiled by man. Does that mean it is not true? No. I believe it is.

However, that does not mean God said it was the only way He would ever communicate with us. Never has been - never will be.

Sometimes I think believers can be a bit like Saul was before his change. In the way that he was zealous, for good reason, based on what he knew from teachings of man - who taught him from written scripture.

Saul/Paul was not following some far-off cultish doctrine - he was very much following what he understood the scriptures to mean. He was following the same scriptures you have and read from.

Yet he was so far off the mark that it took a personal appearance from Jesus Himself.

Jesus said to him - "It is hard for you to kick against the goads". Think about that for a second.

Paul had been fighting against the very thing that was directing him in the way he should go.

What were the "goads" do you think Jesus was speaking of?
 
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You have not addressed the points made in the post you responded to.
I am not sure I understood from your previous post what you were relaying, but I think this one clarified. I will attempt to further clarify, then address it.

The REST mention in Verse 3 is of the GOSPEL mention in verse 2

Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For He, God spake in a certain place, Mt Sinai. And this again HE SAYS. IN THIS AGAIN WHAT? IN this Again He speaks. WHAT DOES HE SPEAK? HE SPEAKS, of the Seventh Day IF they shall enter in my rest, the rest that is of the Gospel. THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT for the Sabbath ALL SAY IS NOT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Heb 4:5 And in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.


He speaks from Sinai, which I agreed with last time. And he speaks of the 7th day, agreed, It is a reference to God speaking the 4th commandment. However, as I noted, here he is referring to the portion dealing with God's rest. He is doing that to explain God's rest that is being entered into. So he says God is at rest. He cites the words of God to demonstrate this. and it refers back to the statement a moment ago:

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world

He notes God's ongoing rest from His creative works. And then He gives the Scriptural basis for that:

And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

So he is highlighting God's continuous (not every 7 days) rest from His works, that He entered on the 7th day (of creation). His creative works were finished since creation.

Now what I did not see previously in your post, but I now perceive you are saying, is that you believe He is asserting in verse 10 that we are to observe the 7th day Sabbath rest.

How does He speak it? As He did on Mt Sinai. As a Matter of fact, as a commandment for all who partake of His Rest which is the Gospel.

Now I need to clarify something else. When you say "as He did on Sinai" which are you referring to there?

The rest of God is shown to be starting on the 7th day and have been continuous since in verse 3-4.

And then the author notes it is spoken of again in the time of the Psalmist....Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts. That is the "again" spoken of.

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”



When it is spoken of "again" it is in the day of the Psalmist. Today, if you hear, do not harden your hearts. There is an ongoing invitation to enter God's rest through faith. That rest started from the time He rested from His created works.

There remaineth therefore a Sabbath Keeping to the people of God. For he that has entered into his rest, the rest in which is of the Gospel. He ALSO hath Ceased from his own works AS GOD did from His. (vs 9 and 10)

Now I think this is what I did not perceive concerning your view previously.

Now the rest that remains from the day of David, referenced in Psalm 95 is the rest of the Gospel. I think you are agreeing with that.

However, you seem to be asserting a reiteration of the Seventh-day Sabbath in verse 10 since it references ceasing from our own works?

A few things NEED TO BE NOTED from verse 9. Two separate things are being mentioned. THE rest which is of the Gospel And a ceasing from work AS God did. HOW DO WE KNOW there are 2?

Because the word "ALSO" tells us there are two separate things being spoken of here. A rest which has been entered. And because of entering into that Rest we ALSO cease from our work as God did from His. How did God cease from working? He stop working. Did He enter into a Spiritual Rest? NO, He is always in that state He is God. HE CEASED FROM WORK, physical work.

So you see verse 10 as more the reiteration of the command portion of the Sabbath command?

Once you have clarified I will respond.
 
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One more thing, another reason why I do not think the Church has the authority to change God's Sabbath day is Jesus said Mathew 24:20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. He is referring to ends times

According to Ellen White this passage is speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem, which He talks about, as well as end time events in the passage. This is in line with the context of the question asked of Him:

24 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”


So Ellen White notes:

Tell us,” they said, “when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?” Jesus did not answer His disciples by taking up separately the destruction of Jerusalem and the great day of His coming. He mingled the description of these two events. Had He opened to His disciples future events as He beheld them, they would have been unable to endure the sight. In mercy to them He blended the description of the two great crises, leaving the disciples to study out the meaning for themselves.

And a bit later...

Christ gave His disciples a sign of the ruin to come on Jerusalem, and He told them how to escape: “When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.” This warning was given to be heeded forty years after, at the destruction of Jerusalem. The Christians obeyed the warning, and not a Christian perished in the fall of the city. “Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter; neither on the Sabbath day,” Christ said.
Ellen White, Desire of Ages
 
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Isaiah 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.

You will need to explain why Isaiah's new heavens and new earth have sinners living to a hundred, children dying, levitical priests, and the rest.

Also, are you assembling on the new moon?
 
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You have not addressed the points made in the post you responded to.


The REST mention in Verse 3 is of the GOSPEL mention in verse 2

Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For He, God spake in a certain place, Mt Sinai. And this again HE SAYS. IN THIS AGAIN WHAT? IN this Again He speaks. WHAT DOES HE SPEAK? HE SPEAKS, of the Seventh Day IF they shall enter in my rest, the rest that is of the Gospel. THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT for the Sabbath ALL SAY IS NOT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Heb 4:5 And in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.


How does He speak it? As He did on Mt Sinai. As a Matter of fact, as a commandment for all who partake of His Rest which is the Gospel. There remaineth therefore a Sabbath Keeping to the people of God. For he that has entered into his rest, the rest in which is of the Gospel. He ALSO hath Ceased from his own works AS GOD did from His. (vs 9 and 10)

Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a Sabbath Keeping to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

A few things NEED TO BE NOTED from verse 9. Two separate things are being mentioned. THE rest which is of the Gospel And a ceasing from work AS God did. HOW DO WE KNOW there are 2?

Because the word "ALSO" tells us there are two separate things being spoken of here. A rest which has been entered. And because of entering into that Rest we ALSO cease from our work as God did from His. How did God cease from working? He stop working. Did He enter into a Spiritual Rest? NO, He is always in that state He is God. HE CEASED FROM WORK, physical work. AS denotes a direct comparison. So we who have entered in the Rest which is of the Gospel, a rest which is Spiritual ALSO cease from our own work AS GOD DID from His. WE Stop our physical labor on the SEVENTH DAY AS HE DID and We keep the DAY holy through CHRIST through the rest which He offers that is of the Gospel.

And once again we are not a SDA, so.....
Hello HIM, please do not misquote the bible verse in Hebrews 4:5, it should read like this..."They Shall "NEVER" enter my Rest"... (this is referring to the 7th day in the previous verse)...

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Throughout the Old Testament, we see that "Sabbath" is associated with "rest." Exodus 16:23 - Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' "

Exodus 31:15 - Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 35:1 - Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the (Church, the body of Christ? NO) children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death."

Leviticus 23:3 - Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 5:14 - but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 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 ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

God's Word makes it quite clear that Sabbath observance was a sign between God and Israel: "The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested." (Exodus 31:16-17)

After commanding Sabbath observance in verses 12–14, Moses gives the reason the Sabbath was given to the nation Israel: "Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day." (Deuteronomy 5:15)

Sabbath keeping with all it's rules and regulations, was part of a covenant with Israel (Exodus 16:23, 29; 31:12-18; 35:1-3; Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3, 32; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13; Amos 8:5; Nehemiah 10:31) that is not binding on Christians under the new covenant.

*Colossians 2:16 - Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Colossians 2:16 is not merely talking about "ceremonial Sabbaths." The words "ton sabbaton" or "sabbath days"; are the same words translated "Sabbath day" in Exodus 20:8 in the Septuagint (the Jewish translation of the Old Testament into Greek). Paul's reasoning is clear, "Let no one judge you in regards to a

festival - yearly Sabbaths,
a new moon - monthly Sabbaths,
or a Sabbath day - weekly Sabbaths (or Sabbath days)
Christ, he goes on to say is the "Substance", these things were shadows.

When compared with Galatians 4:9 we see an obvious connection in Paul's teaching:

"But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? You observe days and months and seasons and years."

Verse 10 states, "you observe...",

days (weekly Sabbaths, corresponding to "Sabbath days in Colossians 2)
months (new moons, corresponding to "a new moon" in Colossians 2)
seasons (the 7 feasts, corresponding to "festivals" in Colossians 2)
and years (the sabbatical year and the 50th year of Jubilee)

Obviously Paul is talking about the observances of all Jewish holy days, including the weekly Sabbath.

The sequence “festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths” is found multiple times in the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Nehemiah 10:33; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). At times the order is reversed and "new moon" is found in the middle. Since the festivals were annual and the new moons were monthly, the sequence implies that the Sabbaths were weekly.

The phrase "festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths" was used as a term to refer to all of Israel’s holy days, which means that this phrase must include the Sabbath, which is confirmed by Numbers 23, which lists Israel’s holy days, including the weekly Sabbath. The implication is that the weekly Sabbath was regarded as part of the system of holy days.

All the verses that refer to the sequence “festivals … new moons … Sabbaths” are a summary of the daily, weekly, monthly and annual sacrifices prescribed in Numbers 28. Many of these verses that refer to the sequence “festivals … new moons … Sabbaths” refer explicitly to sacrifices, for example:

The Sabbath in Colossians 2:16 includes the weekly Sabbaths because Colossians 2:16 is based on Numbers 28, and Numbers 28 include sacrifices for the weekly Sabbath:

Daily: “a continual burnt offering every day” (Numbers 28:3-8)
Weekly: “on the sabbath day … every sabbath” (Numbers 28:9-10)
Monthly: “at the beginning of each of your month” (new moons) (Numbers 28:11-15), and
Annual: the feast days (Numbers 28:16-40); “the LORD’S Passover” (Numbers 28:16), “feast, unleavened bread” (Numbers 28:17) and “the day of the first fruits” (Numbers 28:26).

The annual Sabbaths are already included in the "festivals" in the sequence "festivals … new moon … Sabbath day." (Colossians 2:16) If a Sabbath day merely meant the annual Sabbaths there would be a needless repetition. The evidence concludes that the Sabbath in Colossians 2:16-17 includes the weekly Sabbath. :oldthumbsup:
Wow Dan, God bless you brother!..may our God bless you with wisdom and understanding as you journey with Him through Faith..1Corinthians 8:7

Great post!
 
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Amen! Sadly, there are those who make Sabbath keeping an important part of our salvation (even though they may try to deny it) and are looking for their “Sabbatismos” rest (Hebrews 4:9) in keeping the weekly sabbath day under the law (the shadow) rather than in Christ (the substance). Colossians 2:16-17.
Yes, "shadows" are of the "substance "..
 
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Hi Dan, again shorter replies so they are easy to read.
Throughout the Old Testament, we see that "Sabbath" is associated with "rest." Exodus 16:23 - Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' "
The Sabbath rest goes back to the “seventh day” of the creation week when God made the Heavens and the Earth and rested on the “seventh day of the week of creation (God’s rest / My Rest / His rest of Hebrews 3:11; 18; Hebrews 4:1; 3; 4-5; 10)

Hebrews 4:4 For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. from… Genesis 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.

The Sabbath rest therefore goes back before Exodus 16 as Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for mankind in Mark 2:27 and God created the Sabbath on the “seventh day” of the creation week. Which is the context of Hebrews 4:4 which is referring to Genesis 2:2. This is also supported in the context of Hebrews 4:3 that is referring to the “seventh day” Sabbath rest created for mankind from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

It is interesting to also point out that Just as Hebrews 4:9 shows that Sabbath keeping through rest remains for the people of God.

Sabbatismos rest in the Greek and Aramaic

Greek language

American Standard Version
There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

International Standard Version
There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep

New International Version
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God

Aramaic (Syriac) language


Aramaic Bible in Plain English
So then, it remains for the people of God to keep the Sabbath.

Lamsa Bible
It is therefore the duty of the people of God to keep the Sabbath.

............

Rest in Hebrew language from Genesis 2:2

This same idea is also stated in Genesis 2:2 that Hebrews 4:4 refers to as the Hebrew word used in Genesis 2:2 is the root word of Sabbath which means to keep Sabbath by resting..

Genesis 2:1-3 [1], Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2], And ON THE SEVENTH DAY God ended his work which he had made; and he RESTED [שׁבת; shâbath H7673; Keep Sabbath] on the SEVENTH DAY from all his work which he had made. [3], And GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY: because that in it he had RESTED [שׁבת; shâbath H7673; Keep Sabbath] from all his work which God created and made.

The Hebrew word for REST used here is שׁבת; shâbath (H7673) and the root word of Sabbath. It's meaning is; to repose, that is, desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causatively, figuratively or specifically): - (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, KEEP SABBATH, suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.

Which of course is how the Sabbath is kept. We cannot separate the word “rest” from Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) here because context of God’s rest / My rest / His rest from Hebrews 3:11; 18; Hebrews 4:1; 3; 4-5; 10 is the “seventh day” Sabbath from the foundation of the world from Genesis 2:2.

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Exodus 31:15 - Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exodus 35:1 - Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the (Church, the body of Christ? NO) children of Israel together, and said to them, “These are the words which the Lord has commanded you to do: 2 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death."

These death penalties were not unique to the Sabbath but to all of God’s 10 commandments and were a part of the civil laws of Moses to help teach God’s people that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).

The same death penalty was given to anyone who was caught openly breaking anyone of Gods' 10 commandments (see 1st commandment Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 17:1-5; 14:6-10; Exodus 22:20); 2nd Commandment, Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any idols (Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 27: 15); 3rd Commandment, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain (Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 24:16); 4th yep; 5th commandment and cursing there Mother and farther (Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:15-17); 6th commandment thou shalt not kill (Exodus 20: 13; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:31-33); 7th commandment thou shalt not commit Adultery (Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 20:10; John 8:3-5); stealing kidnapping (Exodus 21:16) Coveting (Joshua 7:21-25).

This of course ceased during the new covenant and the time of Christ when Israel was under Roman law and at the death of Christ bringing in the NC. The death penalty is still in force today for those that do not repent before the time of judgement is finished (Romans 6:23; James 2:8-12).

The only difference today in regards to the death penalty for breaking anyone of Gods’ 10 commandments is that we are in the new covenant now so we no longer put people to open death and we are not in the nation of ISRAEL. The death penalty for sin is still the same however for those who reject the gift of God's dear son *Romans 6:23 but JESUS says Vengeance is mine and his reward will be with him at the 2nd coming *Romans 12:19-21; Revelation 22:12

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God's Word makes it quite clear that Sabbath observance was a sign between God and Israel: "The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested." (Exodus 31:16-17)

According to the scriptures if we are not a part of God’s Israel as have no part in God’s new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12. God’s Israel in the new covenant is no longer those born of the flesh but all those who are born of the Spirit (John 3:3-7; 1 John 3:6-9) and therefore all those according to Jesus and Paul who now believe and follow Gods’ Word (e.g. John 8:31-36; Romans 9:6-8; Romans 2:28-29; Galatians 3:28-29). According to the scriptures in the new covenant Gentile believers are now grafted in *Romans 11:13-27. There is not one set of laws for gentile believers and another set of laws for Jewish believers as the scriptures teach that all believers are now one in Christ *Colossians 3:11; Romans 10:11-13; Ephesians 2:11-13.

So of course, all God’s laws apply equally to all Christians in the new covenant. So if God’s law including the Sabbath was given to Israel in the old covenant it is also given to all of God’s people in the new covenant who are Israel as Gods’ 4th commandment “seventh day” Sabbath is one of God’s 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken and righteousness when obeyed *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4; James 2:10-11; Psalms 119:172 and are the standard of moral right doing to God and our fellow man and how love is expressed to both God and man *Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 22:36-40; James 2:8-12.

So the Sabbath is a sign to Gods’ true Israel in the new covenant that we worship the only true God of creation and that it is a sign to us that this same God of creation saves us from our sins being also an everlasting covenant to Israel as shown in the scriptures from Ezekiel 20:12; 20; Exodus 31:16. As posted earlier if we are not a part of God’s Israel we have no part in Gods’ new covenant promise of a new heart to be born again through faith to love which promise is to Gods’ Israel defined in the new covenant scriptures as all those who believe and follow Gods’ Word *Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:24-27.

The new covenant promise now being to God’s Israel defined in the scriptures as all those who believe and follow God’s Word. Hebrews 8:10-12 [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: [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. [12], For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. If we are not a part of Gods’ Israel in the new covenant, we have no part in God’s new covenant promise. According to the scriptures this includes God’s 4th commandment “seventh day” Sabbath which is an everlasting covenant to Gods’ Israel (those who now through faith believe and follow Gods’ Word).

So to make a claim that God's laws are only to God's Israel while being true, God' Israel according to the new covenant scriptures are all those who now believe and follow God's Word therefore all of God's Word is for those who believe and follow them as they are now Gods' Israel no longer born of the flesh but all those who are born of the Spirit through faith (1 John 3:6-9) who do not practice sin (breaking God's commandments)

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After commanding Sabbath observance in verses 12–14, Moses gives the reason the Sabbath was given to the nation Israel: "Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day." (Deuteronomy 5:15)

No, but allow me to explain why. Deuteronomy 5:15 quotes a part of Gods’ 4th commandment which is in regards to the seventh day Sabbath rest where God reminds the children of Israel that they were slaves to work where there was no rest and no Sabbath just the same as before Gentile believers were slaves to work and no Sabbath rest. God is reminding His people in Deuteronomy 5:15 that Gods’ Sabbath is one of God’s commandments to his people and that through a might hand God delivered them from slavery just as he delivers us today from the slavery of sin as shown by Jesus in John 8:31-36.

The above view is also consistent with the commentaries and the full scripture context of Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The exhortation to observe the Sabbath and allow time of rest to servants (compare Exodus 23:12) is pointed by reminding the people that they too were formerly servants themselves. The bondage in Egypt and the deliverance from it are not assigned as grounds for the institution of the Sabbath, which is of far older date (see Genesis 2:3), but rather as suggesting motives for the religious observance of that institution. The Exodus was an entrance into rest from the toils of the house of bondage, and is thought actually to have occurred on the Sabbath day or "rest" day.

Matthew Poole's Commentary
Remember that thou wast a servant, and therefore art highly obliged both to serve that God who redeemed thee, especially upon his own day, and not to grudge thy servants their rest upon that day.

Geneva Study Bible
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

The full scripture context here is…

Deuteronomy 5:12-15
[12], Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
[13], Six days you shall labor, and do all your work:
[14], But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you.

[15], And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out there through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

…………..

The reason for Gods’ 4th commandment Sabbath is given in..

Exodus 20:11 [11], For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (reference to Genesis 2:1-3)

New covenant application

John 8:31-36
[31], Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;
[32], And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[33], They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free?
[34], Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
[35], And the servant stays not in the house for ever: but the Son stays ever.
[36], If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

Hebrews 4:1-6
[1], Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
[2], For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
[3], For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
[4], For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
[5], And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
[6], Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief

Deuteronomy 5:15 is to remind God’s people that we are all slaves to work and sin where there is no rest and no Sabbath and command to keep the Sabbath just the same as we were all slaves to sin in the world where there was no Sabbath rest and rest for our souls *Matthew 11:28-29. God is reminding His people in Deuteronomy 5:15 that Gods’ Sabbath is one of God’s commandments to his people and that through a mighty hand God delivers us from the world of slavery to sin just as he delivered Gods’ people in the old testament from Egyptian slavery he promises to deliver all those who believe and follow His Word today from the slavery of sin and the world as shown by Jesus in John 8:31-36.

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Sabbath keeping with all it's rules and regulations, was part of a covenant with Israel (Exodus 16:23, 29; 31:12-18; 35:1-3; Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3, 32; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13; Amos 8:5; Nehemiah 10:31) that is not binding on Christians under the new covenant.

We are in the new covenant now not the old covenant. There are no rules and regulations attached to new covenant Sabbath keeping only what is written in Gods’ 4th commandment which simply says..

Exodus 20:8-11 [8], REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY [Made Holy at creation GENESIS 2:3]. [9], Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: [10], But THE SEVENTH DAY [ Genesis 2:1-3] IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD YOUR GOD : in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: [WHY?] [11], FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM IS, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY; WHEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY. [Referring to GENESIS 2:1-3]

This is because there is no more old covenant laws for remission of sins (e.g. no more Levitical Priesthood, earthly Sanctuary laws, no more animal sacrifices for atonement and sin offerings, no more circumcision and annual Feasts etc). These of course were shadows of things to come but the body thereof is Christ (Colossians 2:17).

So under the old covenant for example the "shadow laws" for remission of sins pointed to the coming of the Messiah in Christ and his work on our behalf under the new covenant based on better promises according to Hebrews 8:1-6. The earthly Sanctuary along with the Levitical Priesthood, the laws for remission of sins, animal sacrifices and sin offerings and Feasts all pointing to Jesus and God's work of salvation for mankind on behalf of man.

So under the old covenant God's people looked forward in faith to the coming of the Messiah while in the new covenant today God's people look back to the coming of Christ and the fulfillment of these prophetic laws which are now continued in the body of Christ to which they all pointed to (the body of Christ) *Colossians 2:17; John 1:29; Hebrews 8:1-6; Hebrews 9:1-17; Hebrews 10:1-17.

What this means for us today under the new covenant is that there is no more "shadow laws" of an earthly Sanctuary, no more laws of the Levitical Priesthood, not more animal sacrifices and sin offerings which are now fulfilled and continued in Christ based on better promises *Hebrews 8:1-6. Jesus is now our great high Priest *Hebrews 7:1-25 ministering on our behalf in the Heavenly Sanctuary that the Lord pitched and not man *Hebrews 8:2 who is also God's perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world *John 1:29; 36; Hebrews 9:1-28; Hebrews 10:14-24; 1 John 2:2; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 10:10-12; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 4:10. Jesus as our true sacrifice for the sins of the world are also foretold in the "shadow laws" of the Passover and Feast of unleavened bread where it is written in 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

So in the new covenant there are no rules and regulations of the laws for remission of sins attached to the Sabbath or any other day of the week as they were under the old covenant. We are in the new covenant now not the old covenant based on better promises *Hebrews 8:1-6.

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