Why wasn't the Sabbath a law in Genesis? Its mentioned right at Creation.

[Soyeong]

Yet we don't see it implemented into law until Exodus, the 10 Commandments. Or was it assumed before Exodus and done automatically by God fearing people back then? I found it odd to do a word search for sabbath in Genesis and find nothing.

What is holy to God should not be profaned by man, so we would still be obligated to keep the Sabbath holy even if God had never commanded anyone to do that.

 

[disciple Clint]

They were fourth generation descendants of Abraham over 200 years later when they went to Egypt.
They were not slaves in the beginning, it was about 50 years before they were put into slavery by a new king who did not know Joseph.
They carried their religion with them, taught it and practiced it in Egypt.
They did not leave Egypt as pagans and have to be educated in who God is.

They were delivered from Egypt as God foretold Abraham, to be given the land of Canaan and to set up a nation of God's people, to move into the next step of God's plan of salvation for mankind.
That is what Sinai was about, the law given to reveal the meaning of sin, its consequences (death, Romans 6:23) and its remedy in blood sacrifice.

and then explain why God had to instruct them not to have other gods and why they built an idol and began to worship it? Seems that they were not previously practicing the worship of the God of Abraham.

 

[Clare73]

Actually no. I quoted Hebrews 3:8-19 to Hebrews 4:1-11 to show that these scripture disagree with you. Happy to discuss and show why they disagree with you in detail if your interested. Do you know why these scriptures disagree with you? Once again your post here is non-responsive and does not answer a single question in the post you are quoting from that are in disagreement with you. Again, how can God's Sabbath be a shadow law of anything when it points backwards as a "memorial" (Remember the Sabbath day - Exodus 20:8) to the finished work of creation *Exodus 20:11 and not forward to things to come? Think it through. There was no sin and no plan of salvation given to mankind because there was no sin and no "shadow laws" that point forward to the coming of a Savior from sin because there was no sin *Genesis 2:1-3? Your post and claims here are not biblical or supported in scripture. Your mixing up God's Mosaic "shadow laws" given after the fall of mankind with God's eternal laws that in the new covenant scriptures give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4; James 2:10-11.

Previously addressed. . .

 

[Clare73]

What is holy to God should not be profaned by man, so we would still be obligated to keep the Sabbath holy even if God had never commanded anyone to do that.

Making up the rules as you go. . .boot-strapping your way to your personal theology.

 

[Clare73]

and then explain why God had to instruct them not to have other gods

The same reason he had to instruct them on murder, lying and adultery; i.e., because he was giving them his code for their conduct.

and why they built an idol and began to worship it? Seems that they were not previously practicing the worship of the God of Abraham.

If you're referring to the golden calf, they built it as an image of Abraham's God whom they worshipped.

 

[Mink61]

and then explain why God had to instruct them not to have other gods and why they built an idol and began to worship it? Seems that they were not previously practicing the worship of the God of Abraham.

It's not that they weren't necessarily worshipping the God of Abraham, but that (some) were worshipping other 'gods' in addition to God, even going so far as to have these 'images' of other gods in their homes.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

LoveGodsWord said: ↑ Actually no. I quoted Hebrews 3:8-19 to Hebrews 4:1-11 to show that these scripture disagree with you. Happy to discuss and show why they disagree with you in detail if your interested. Do you know why these scriptures disagree with you? Once again your post here is non-responsive and does not answer a single question in the post you are quoting from that are in disagreement with you. Again, how can God's Sabbath be a shadow law of anything when it points backwards as a "memorial" (Remember the Sabbath day - Exodus 20:8) to the finished work of creation *Exodus 20:11 and not forward to things to come? Think it through. There was no sin and no plan of salvation given to mankind because there was no sin and no "shadow laws" that point forward to the coming of a Savior from sin because there was no sin *Genesis 2:1-3? Your post and claims here are not biblical or supported in scripture. Your mixing up God's Mosaic "shadow laws" given after the fall of mankind with God's eternal laws that in the new covenant scriptures give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4; James 2:10-11.

Your response here..

Previously addressed. . .

You did not address anything or answer any questions asked of you that were in disagreement with you. Your post is unresponsive to the post you are quoting from. I will leave it between you and God if your not interested in a discussion.

Take Care

 

[Clare73]

Your response here..

You did not address anything or answer any questions asked of you that were in disagreement with you. Your post is unresponsive to the post you are quoting from.
I will leave it between you and God if your not interested in a discussion.

Take Care

Good decision. . .

 

[disciple Clint]

The same reason he had to instruct them on murder, lying and adultery; i.e., because he was giving them his code for their conduct.

If you're referring to the golden calf, they built it as an image of Abraham's God whom they worshipped.

Golden Calf

 

[eleos1954]

It pointing to that full-time salvation rest in his one and only beloved Son, where we would rest from our own work to save, and in his coming and exceedingly costly work which saves.

We can have the assurance of salvation through Jesus .... the reality of it (full time as you call it) doesn't happen until He returns.

His word is clear .... He created the day and made it HOLY (separate and special from all the other days).

Hebrews 4

The Sabbath Rest
(Genesis 2:1–3; Exodus 16:22–30)

1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.a3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said:

“So I swore on oath in My anger,

‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ”

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”c 5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”

6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Jesus kept the 7th day Sabbath .... follow the Lamb.

 

[Clare73]

We can have the assurance of salvation through Jesus .... the reality of it (full time as you call it) doesn't happen until He returns.

We rest full-time now from our own works to save and rest completely in his work which has saved.

His word is clear .... Hebrews 4
6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated:
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 3:7-4:11 is talking about two different rests, one physical, the other spiritual:
the former is the physical Canaan rest from their enemies into which they refused to go in Numbers 14, and which is used as a warning against failure to go into
the latter spiritual full-time salvation rest of the gospel.

"Today, when you hear his voice (in the gospel), do not harden your hearts against it."

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

The rest by Joshua spoken of here is the physical Canaan rest from their enemies (Joshua 1:13; Exodus 33:14; Deuteronomy 12:9-10, Deuteronomy 25:19), into which they refused to go in Numbers 14, and paid a high price, denial of Canaan to that generation, and which rest was fulfilled in 1 Kings 5:3-4, 1 Kings 8:56.

While the rest of Hebrews 3:7-4:11 is the spiritual full-time rest (from one's own works to save) of gospel salvation.

9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest,
so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

That is the disobedience regarding the Canaan rest from their enemies.

While that rest is v.3, God's own full-time rest from all his work, into which we enter when we receive and believe the gospel of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ.

God's own full-time rest is our full-time rest in gospel salvation from our own work to save ourselves, and in Christ's work alone which saves us from the wrath of God (Romans 5:9; John 3:36).