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Matt 5:17 does not say "Jesus fulfilled our Sabbath rest"Jesus fulfilled (Mt 5:17) our Sabbath-rest
But it does say Jesus came to fulfill the Law RATHER than end/delete/abolish it.
So then He perfectly fulfilled the command to "Love God with all your heart" Deut 6:5
He perfectly fulfilled the command to "Love your neighbor as yourself" Lev 19:18
He perfectly fulfilled the Law to "not take God's name in vain" Ex 20:6
And so on for ALL of the TEN commandments.
But it is obvious to all that this did not mean "delete" or "downsize" or diminish.
The point remains.
No text says that Jesus "is our Sabbath rest from our own works".by being our Sabbath-rest from our own works
Sola scriptura means support for a suggestion such as the above - needs actual scripture to make the case.
Obviously Gen 2:2-3 and Ex 20:8-11 refer to the fact that "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" -- an actual day of the week.Jesus, not a day of the week,
The same as "Honor your father and mother" refers to actual humans really related to you.
Jesus said in Mark 2:27 "The Sabbath was made for mankind not mankind made for the Sabbath" -- that statement refers to the making of BOTH - mankind and the Sabbath - that we see in Genesis 1 - Gen2:4.
No way to dance around it - or delete the day it references
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