First you stated we should keep the Sabbath, but it doesn’t have to be on Saturday.
I provided the scripture on what God personally wrote and spoke and He was very clear when the Sabbath is.
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
The Sabbath is the only day God gave a name- all other days are day 1, day 2 and so forth. So when we see the Sabbath repeated throughout the scripture we know which day its on because God revealed that to us and He is the Creator of heaven and Earth so what He says is final.
So do you disregard the teachings of Christ in the New Testament? Maybe you prefer being a part of the old covenant. I prefer to follow Jesus into the new covenant. Have you ever thought of taking on al of the 613 Orthodox laws of the nation of Israel? You may find comfort there because they also follow the old covenant.
I’m not referring to 613 other laws, I am referring to the Ten Commandments which is where the Sabbath was written and part of the only law God both personally wrote and personally spoke Exo 32:16 and the only law that was placed inside the ark of the Covenant. The law that defines sin when we break Mat 5:19-30 Rom 7:7 John 3:4 James 2:10-12 and what all man will be Judged by James 2:10-12 Mat 5:19-30 hence why Jesus taught not to break or teach others to break the least of these commandments and not a dot or tittle can be changed to God’s law because no one is above the Authority of God. So changing the Sabbath to the first day, it not a doctrine from Christ, but was predicted Dan 7:25 just as we see history playing out
Again, as Jesus said:
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
I'm not sure how this supports your argument. Man was made on the sixth day, the Sabbath was made afterward for man, not man for the Sabbath, man was made first. The Word Jesus used here means mankind. The Sabbath was made for man and for everyone Isa 56:6, thus saith the Lord- because we need God’s sanctification Eze 20:12- man cannot sanctify themselves. When we keep the Sabbath the way God told us to Exo 20:8-11 it shows we are worshipping the one True God, the only God who can create heaven and earth Exo 20:11 and it shows our allegiance is to God Eze 20:20, instead of to man who changed God’s times and laws just as predicted Dan 7:25
I understand how people can feel more secure depending on works of the law in the first covenant for their salvation. It makes sense but when you decide that following the letter of the law and being a part of the first covenant will be one's salvation, they need to remember that the entirety of the first covenant la is 623 non-negotiable commandments.
I prefer to join the second covenant where I have a savior to advocate for me and teach me the way to him. In the above verses, I do not believe that our Christ is lying to us. I'm a Christian, not a member of the House of Israel. The Christ also told his followers:
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
LET NO MAN pass judgment on you about the Sabbath.
Are you implying that Jesus is a liar? As a Christian, I would be very surprised if you were.
Sigh, sadly no one ever looks at the context of this passage which starts in v 14. There is more than one Sabbath in scripture and Paul made it abundantly clear if one were to examine carefully, would see Paul was not referring to God’s Sabbath commandment, that Paul has no authority to undermine nor would he, as he was a servant of Christ and why he also kept every Sabbath decades after the death of Christ Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 18:4 just as Jesus in His own Words said His faithful people would Mat 24:20
Where in the
Ten Commandments does it deal with food, drink, festivals, new moons and sabbath(s) its plural here, but modern bible translations changes it to singular, but that's not in the original transcripts. No where does the Ten Commandments deal with these things, but it is in the handwritten ordinances by Moses. So not referring to the Ten Commandments, plus we should have faith that God keeps His promises.
Psa 89:34 Mat 5:18-19
Col 2:14 Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
So we know this from
Colossians 2:14 the context is about
1. ordinances that are handwritten
2. ordinances- not The Ten Commandments
3. ordinances that are contrary and against
Does this fit the Ten Commandment/Sabbath commandment in any way?
1. The Ten Commandments/Sabbath was
finger-written by God
Exo 31:18 Exo 32:16
2. The Ten are
commandments Exo 20:6 Deut 4:13 Exo 34:28
3. The Sabbath is
holy and
blessed by God- not the definition for contrary or against. Plus
only God can reverse His blessing
Num 23:20 so one would need a thus saith the Lord to change His commandments- all the thus saith the Lords on His Sabbath and there are many are for us to keep and not profane.
Obviously if one is being honest, this is not about any of the Ten Commandments but the ordinances handwritten by Moses placed outside the ark of the Covenant (where the Sabbath commandment is) as a witness against
There is more than one Sabbath in scripture, so obviously not referring to the weekly Sabbath commandment, but the
yearly sabbath(s) and festival
ordinances that were
handwritten by Moses placed outside the ark of the covenant that are about
food and
drink offerings that all pointed forward to Christ
1 Cor 5:7 Exo 12:43
Deuteronomy 31:24 So it was,
when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 26 “
Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you;
The book that contained the ordinances were outside the ark- all of the Ten Commandments, which includes the Sabbath commandment are inside the ark, written by God Himself, no greater Authority than He.
Colossians 2:17 gives us more insight...
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Lets go to Hebrews 10 as it explains it....
Hebrews10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3
But in those sacrificesthere is a reminder of sins every year. 4
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. 5
Therefore, when He came into the world,
The Sabbath commandment is not a shadow of anything, as it was part of Creation
Gen 2:1-3 God’s perfect plan before the fall of man and God said Remember the Sabbath day- the Sabbath brings us back to Creation
Exo 20:11 so we never forget who created us and where we came from. The annual sabbath(s) ordinances that had to do with food and drink offerings came after the fall of man so Paul made it abundantly clear he was not referring to the Sabbath commandment that he himself kept
every Sabbath
decades after the Cross. Jesus in His own Words predicted 30+ years after His death His people at the destruction of Jerusalem would still be keeping the Sabbath
Mat 24:20 and the Sabbath continues for worship for eternity thus saith the Lord
Isa 66:22-23. If we have faith in Jesus we really need to have faith in His teachings
Mat 5:18-30 Mat 15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 Mat 19:17-19 and the example He left for us.
Luke 4:16 I John 2:6
