Christ is our Sabbath "rest", not just one day a week, but constantly for those of us who have accepted His works at Calvary.
Where does it say in the scriptures that Christ is a Sabbath? According to the scriptures Jesus is the Lord and creator of the Sabbath that he made for all mankind as shown in Mark 2:27-28 and John 1:1-4; 14. The only definition of Gods' 4th commandment Sabbath of the 10 commandments according to the scriptures is the "
seventh day" as shown in Exodus 20:10 where it is written "
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God." There is no scripture that says Jesus is a sabbath dear friend just the same as there is no scripture that says the Sabbath which is a holy day of rest is every day of the week. Scripture please, you have provided none to support your teachings here that are not biblical.
In the passage below Paul reveals the Sabbath day was a "shadow" of Christ. Col 2:16 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, Col 2:17 which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body is of the Christ
If that interpretation was true Paul would be talking about the Sabbath singular as a definite article in the Greek but it is not. The scripture here is to sabbaths plural and the Greek used here is genitive neuter plural [
N-GNP] to sabbaths. The context in Colossians 2:16 is to the meat and drink offerings and the new moons and sabbaths in the Feast days not Gods' 4th commandment of the 10 commandments. You may want to consider that according to the scriptures there are many different kinds of sabbaton in the old covenant that were simply meaning in the Greek days of no work or rest and in fact the Greek sabbaton also can mean a week. So scripture context here determines words meaning and application. Unlike God's 4th commandment of the 10 commandments there were many different annual sabbaths connected to the Feast days or Greek sabbaton (no work) in the old covenant which included; (1) Feast of Unleavened Bread (first and last day) *
Leviticus 23:6-8 (2) Feast of Trumpets *
Leviticus 23:24-25 (3) Day of Atonement *
Leviticus 23:27-32 (4) Feast of Booths *
Leviticus 23:34-36 (5) Feast of First Fruits *
Leviticus 23:39 (6) Feast days of Holy convocation of
no work (sabbaton
Colossians 2:16 *
Leviticus 23:7-8; 21;24; 27; 35-36. Unlike God's 4th commandment that is linked only to the "seventh day" of the week. These ceremonial sabbaths are linked directly to the Feast days and can fall on any day of the week depending on the yearly cycle. The scripture that Paul is referring to here in Colossians 2:16-17 are found here; you may want to compare them if you have an interest in seeing what Colossians 2:16-17 is really talking about.
COLOSSIANS 2:16 [16] Let no man therefore judge you in (1)
MEAT, or in DRINK, or in respect of an (2)
HOLY DAY [FEAST DAYS], or of the (3)
NEW MOON, or of the
(4) SABBATH DAYS <plural GNP>
PAUL'S within scriptures CONTEXT and use of
COLOSSIANS 2:16-17 is in reference to the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures.
EZEKIEL 45:17 [17] And it shall be the prince's part to give
BURNT OFFERINGS, and (1)
MEAT OFFERINGS, and DRINK OFFERINGS, in the (2)
FEASTS, and in the (3)
NEW MOONS, and in the (4)
SABBATHS, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
NUMBERS 28 [9] And on the Sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a
MEAT OFFERING, mingled with oil, and the
DRINK OFFERING thereof: [10] This is the burnt offering of
EVERY SABBATH, beside the continual BURN'T OFFERING, and his
DRINK OFFERING.
ISAIAH 1:10-14 [10] Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.[11] To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I AM FULL OF THE BURNT OFFERINGS of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.[12] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?[13] BRING NO MORE VAIN OBLATIONS; incense is an abomination unto me;
THE NEW MOONS AND SABBATHS, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.[14] Your
NEW MOONS and your
APPOINTED FEASTS my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
LEVITICUS 23:4 [4] These are THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. [5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is THE LORD'S PASSOVER. [6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread…… [13] And the MEAT OFFERING thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the DRINK OFFERING thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
HOSEA 2:11 [11], I will also cause all her mirth to CEASE, HER [ISRAEL'S] FEAST DAYS, her NEW MOONS, and HER SABBATHS, and all HER [ISRAELS] SOLEMN FEASTS.
Note in HOSEA the prophecy to put an end to all the end to all the annual feasts and in all the above scripture applications that link directly to
Colossians 2:16, the sabbaths being referred to here are always applied the annual feast days, meat and drink offerings, and the new moons? So the scripture context is to the annual sabbaths in the feast days that are shadows of things to come. As shown earlier these annual ceremonial sabbaths or days of holy convocation included (1) Feast of Unleavened Bread (first and last day) *
Leviticus 23:6-8 (2) Feast of Trumpets *
Leviticus 23:24-25 (3) Day of Atonement *
Leviticus 23:27-32 (4) Feast of Booths *
Leviticus 23:34-36 (5) Feast of First Fruits *
Leviticus 23:39 (6) Feast days of Holy convocation of no work *
Leviticus 23:7-8; 21;24; 27; 35-36
WHAT IS PAUL REFERRING TO IN
COLOSSIANS 2?
Well of course it is the ceremonial “shadow laws” and the annual ceremonial shadow sabbaths of the Mosaic book of the law. The chapter context of
Colossians 2:11-17 is to “circumcision” and “baptism” and the blotting out of the “ordinances that were against us” that were all “shadows of things to come v17.
Deuteronomy 5:3, and 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Galatians 3:16-19, and Galatians 4:24-31, and Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 12:18-24 all reveal the temporary nature of the Sinai Covenant, which is now "obsolete".
True we are in the new covenant now not the old covenant. I asked you earlier what do you think the old covenant was made up of and what do you think the new covenant is (scripture please). None of your post here of course addresses anything in the post you were responding to.
Anyhow hope this is helpful.
