Why Protestant churches dont keep the Sabbath.

[reddogs]

reddogs Do you still do animal sacrifices? Of course not! The New Testament has changed the old covenant given as a national law for Israel into an international law for the church. The external form of the laws has been done away (Colossians 2, but its inner principles remain for new-covenant believers. For example, the day could be changed to celebrate Jesus' resurrection, while the principles of rest and worship remain.

Col 2:13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Col 2:14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Col 2:15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Col 2:16 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.
Col 2:17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

2Co 3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
2Co 3:2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.
2Co 3:3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2Co 3:4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,
2Co 3:6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

The Law written with Gods own finger has not changed one iota or tittle to say the least, Moses ceremonial law was not Gods Law which even in the new covanent is written in our hearts...

2 Corinthians 3:3
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

 

[reddogs]

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:24


Maybe you could give us some specific details as how we as Christians are to properly observe the Sabbath, under the new covenant?

And what is truth, that a change was made by God to Sunday observance, but scripture says nothing on this, its nowhere in the scriptures. Now lets look at how the belief was held by the Reformers as they knew Sunday sacredness was not scriptural.....

The Reformers held that Sunday observance was not juris divini (of divine law), but only quasi juris divini (of semidivine law); yet they did would not allow that the claim that it could be changed and appointed by the authority of the Roman Catholic church (Augsburg Confession of 1536, part 2, art. 7, "Of Ecclesiastical Power"). However the Protestant churches held to the idea of Sunday sacredness, and followed the Catholic practice of Sunday observance. This is not found in the Bible, and Christ confirmed that as Creator He made the Sabbath for man, and He kept the Sabbath:

Mark 2:27-28 King James Version (KJV)
"27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath."

Christ observed the Sabbath and He set an example for us to follow:

Luke 4:16 King James Version (KJV)
"16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."

The practice of observing the first day of the week as Sabbath has no sanction either in Christ or in the New Testament. Jesus kept the Sabbath and He went to on Sabbath to the synagogue to worship, and nowhere does scripture have anything contesting this. We find it in many text:

Luke 4:17 King James Version (KJV)
"17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,"

The Sabbath was not only for going to church in order to worship but also to hear God’s Word. On the Sabbath day we find Christ in His mission to teach, to relieve the oppressed, to heal every kind of disease, and to restore those who are brokenhearted and without hope. And Christ did even more:

Luke 4:31-41 King James Version (KJV)
"31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ."

We also see how on the Sabbath day Christ handled the demon-possessed man who confronted Jesus, and He rebuked the evil angels just as He rebuked the Devil himself.

Mathew 4:1-11 King James Version (KJV)
"1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

Notice He states "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve", worship is important. Now much of the Christian world reverences Sunday or holds to Sunday sacredness, but did God know that this attempt to change His holy Sabbath would occur? Lets look:

"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. " Daniel 7:25

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." Acts 20:28-30

God predicted that from within the church itself, there would arise men who would attempt to change what He had set from Creation and His holy law. So the prophecy has shown to be true, and it has come to about as the Sabbath and those who kept it were swept away, and a substitute put in.

 

[jonathanbrickman0000]

It is very interesting to me, that from God, the Sabbaths are not merely a seventh day of rest. There are many more. And there is a "continual burnt-offering" associated with them. And certainly many not under the Roman principality do keep a seventh day. But of course, which seventh day varies, and very few try the burnt-offerings, especially given the Law which dictates them. Happily, God broke that covenant, when the thirty pieces of silver were thrown to the potter.

 

[follower]

the church which arose after them, having restored lost Bible truths, was not willing to search for other lost truths

Or, if they did search for the truth and find it , it was not permitted to be made known. The coverup continues daily everywhere. Support for the truth is not here. Rules are more important than God's Word. Forums are set up for numbers, for money, and are bought and sold .....

 

[JLB]

And

And what is truth, that a change was made by God to Sunday observance, but scripture says nothing on this, its nowhere in the scriptures. Now lets look at how the belief was held by the Reformers as they knew Sunday sacredness was not scriptural.....

The Reformers held that Sunday observance was not juris divini (of divine law), but only quasi juris divini (of semidivine law); yet they did would not allow that the claim that it could be changed and appointed by the authority of the Roman Catholic church (Augsburg Confession of 1536, part 2, art. 7, "Of Ecclesiastical Power"). However the Protestant churches held to the idea of Sunday sacredness, and followed the Catholic practice of Sunday observance. This is not found in the Bible, and Christ confirmed that as Creator He made the Sabbath for man, and He kept the Sabbath:

Mark 2:27-28 King James Version (KJV)
"27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath."

Christ observed the Sabbath and He set an example for us to follow:

Luke 4:16 King James Version (KJV)
"16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read."

The practice of observing the first day of the week as Sabbath has no sanction either in Christ or in the New Testament. Jesus kept the Sabbath and He went to on Sabbath to the synagogue to worship, and nowhere does scripture have anything contesting this. We find it in many text:

Luke 4:17 King James Version (KJV)
"17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,"

The Sabbath was not only for going to church in order to worship but also to hear God’s Word. On the Sabbath day we find Christ in His mission to teach, to relieve the oppressed, to heal every kind of disease, and to restore those who are brokenhearted and without hope. And Christ did even more:

Luke 4:31-41 King James Version (KJV)
"31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ."

We also see how on the Sabbath day Christ handled the demon-possessed man who confronted Jesus, and He rebuked the evil angels just as He rebuked the Devil himself.

Mathew 4:1-11 King James Version (KJV)
"1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

Notice He states "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve", worship is important. Now much of the Christian world reverences Sunday or holds to Sunday sacredness, but did God know that this attempt to change His holy Sabbath would occur? Lets look:

"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. " Daniel 7:25

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." Acts 20:28-30

God predicted that from within the church itself, there would arise men who would attempt to change what He had set from Creation and His holy law. So the prophecy has shown to be true, and it has come to about as the Sabbath and those who kept it were swept away, and a substitute put in.

You have me mixed up with someone else.

I never said God changed the Sabbath to Sunday.


My question is -

Maybe you could give us some specific details as how we as Christians are to properly observe the Sabbath, under the new covenant?

 

[jonathanbrickman0000]

Moses ceremonial law was not Gods Law which even in the new covanent is written in our hearts...

Interesting addition to Scripture there.

 

[miamited]

Sabbath is to cease from our work so we can commune with God and praise and worship Him, we can see what the Creator made for us including the Sabbath as He didnt need to rest, but did it to show us as an example what the Sabbath was made for and blessed it and hallowed it. So it is beyond a day of rest and all made for man.

Well, that's not what the 10 laws say concerning the Sabbath commandment. It says that we are to keep the day holy, which means set apart to God and that we, or anyone in our family or even the foreigner in our land is not to work on the Sabbath. Now, I understand that there are other Sabbaths mentioned in the Scriptures, but the seventh day Sabbath described in the law says only to keep the day set apart for God and not to work. And yes, according to Jesus, the law of the seventh day Sabbath was given as a benefit to man's well being.

 

[232 Ben Yissachar]

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. John 5:16-18

If Jesus broke the Sabbath, Then He would have been a sinner. The Word translated "broke" is Lyo in the Greek and means to Loose, The same word Yeshua used in when He said “Loose" him, and let him go.” in regards to the grave clothes that Lazarus was wrapped in

Jesus loosed the false interpretation of the religious rulers that said carrying a mat on the Sabbath was forbidden,

Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a Sabbatismos for the people of God.

Sabbatismos
Strong's - Keeping Sabbath
Thayer's - Keeping Sabbath
Vine's - Keeping Sabbath
LXX - The Act of Keeping The Sabbath

Acts 20:

20​	But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21​	For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day

After deciding that Adult Circumcision was not required for Salvation, The Council gave Four minimal requirements to enter into the congregation, Idols The First Commandment, Fornication - Sexual immorality, the Seventh commandment, Things Strangled a dietary command, Blood a dietary command.

Because they would learn the Rest of Moses=Torah on the Sabbath.

Your Jesus is a sinner that came to do away with God's Law, not the Jesus of the scriptures

 

[232 Ben Yissachar]

I bet you don't keep Sunday like the Jews keep their Sabbath (I don't either)

I found this list of The 39 Categories of Sabbath Work Prohibited By Law: Each one is a link that explains each one.
The first one on carrying seems to mean you can't carry anything like your Bible or car keys.
the Prophet Jeremiah specifically warns his people not to carry on the Sabbath. He says (Jeremiah 17:21-22), “Take heed and carry no burdens on the Sabbath … Also do not carry any burden out of your houses on the Sabbath.”

Number 5 about writing -This includes all forms of writing and drawing. Typing, printing, and using a rubber stamp all come under this heading. You can't take notes while the preacher is preaching. You can't let your kids play with coloring books.

Looking at the whole list, I don't see how you could even get out of bed in the morning.

1. Carrying​

2. Burning​

3. Extinguishing​

4. Finishing​

5. Writing​

6. Erasing​

7. Cooking​

8. Washing​

9. Sewing​

10. Tearing​

11. Knotting​

12. Untying​

13. Shaping​

14. Plowing​

15. Planting​

16. Reaping​

17. Harvesting​

18. Threshing​

19. Winnowing​

20. Selecting​

21. Sifting​

22. Grinding​

23. Kneading​

24. Combing​

25. Spinning​

26. Dyeing​

27. Chain-stitching​

28. Warping​

29. Weaving​

30. Unraveling​

31. Building​

32. Demolishing​

33. Trapping​

34. Shearing​

35. Slaughtering​

36. Skinning​

37. Tanning​

38. Smoothing​

39. Marking​

In Jeremiah 17:21-22 The prohibition is against carrying a burden into Jerusalem, Burden is Massa in Hebrew and means a burden, specifically tribute, or (abstractly) porterage;

In the Bible, Tribute primarily refers to money, porterage is carrying goods to make money

Nehemiah 13:15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions.

16 Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

Carrying a mat after being healed does not violate not bringing a burden into Jerusalem on the Sabbath.

 

[JLB]

If Jesus broke the Sabbath, Then He would have been a sinner. The Word translated "broke" is Lyo in the Greek and means to Loose, The same word Yeshua used in when He said “Loose" him, and let him go.” in regards to the grave clothes that Lazarus was wrapped in

Jesus loosed the false interpretation of the religious rulers that said carrying a mat on the Sabbath was forbidden,

Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a Sabbatismos for the people of God.

Sabbatismos
Strong's - Keeping Sabbath
Thayer's - Keeping Sabbath
Vine's - Keeping Sabbath
LXX - The Act of Keeping The Sabbath

Acts 20:

20​	But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21​	For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day

After deciding that Adult Circumcision was not required for Salvation, The Council gave Four minimal requirements to enter into the congregation, Idols The First Commandment, Fornication - Sexual immorality, the Seventh commandment, Things Strangled a dietary command, Blood a dietary command.

Because they would learn the Rest of Moses=Torah on the Sabbath.

Your Jesus is a sinner that came to do away with God's Law, not the Jesus of the scriptures

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. John 5:16-18

• because He not only broke the Sabbath,
• but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

Which of these two phrases of scripture is true?

He not only broke the Sabbath
said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.



JLB

 

[232 Ben Yissachar]

For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. John 5:16-18

• because He not only broke the Sabbath,
• but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

Which of these two phrases of scripture is true?

He not only broke the Sabbath
said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.



JLB

They're both true if you understand the meaning of the word translated as "Broke", It does not mean to break as in not keep a commandment of God.

The religious rulers sat in Moses seat, and the people were required to do as they interpreted the scriptures.

Matthew 23

2​	Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3​	All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Where is the prohibition against healing on the Sabbath written? or carrying a mat after being healed on the Sabbath?

Their traditions had made void the law, YESHUA Loosed the unlawful commands that the religious rulers had added to the scriptures that the people under their authority had to follow, "the works the law" an actual document found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, what a person could and couldn't do to become Righteous.

 

[jonathanbrickman0000]

How many laws of the actual Torah have to be disregarded, before we become unwilling to say that righteousness is actual keeping of the Torah?

There are far, far more laws than ten, which were given by God Himself. Here are just a few.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

Leviticus 12:1-7

One will encounter this claim sometimes:

Moses ceremonial law was not Gods Law which even in the new covanent is written in our hearts...

And it is not what God has said. Try His Very Words of the real Torah, instead.

And see that we do not obey the words we find, because no one of Christ the Lord, is of the children of Israel.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Matthew 23:9

 

[miamited]

How many laws of the actual Torah have to be disregarded, before we become unwilling to say that righteousness is actual keeping of the Torah?

There are far, far more laws than ten, which were given by God Himself. Here are just a few.

One will encounter this claim sometimes:

And it is not what God has said. Try His Very Words of the real Torah, instead.

And see that we do not obey the words we find, because no one of Christ the Lord, is of the children of Israel.

Hey jonathanbrickman0000

Well, I think the christian perspective on the laws that God gave unto Israel, were that they were laws that God gave unto Israel. We, or at least I, am not Israel. I am a gentile who has come to faith and trust in God through the preaching of the gospel of salvation that God, according to Isaiah, has afforded to all mankind. Both Jew and Gentile. Isaiah wrote the words of God saying that the sacrifice of His servant was too great a thing to only be afforded to the Jew, but that his sacrifice would also be for the Gentile. (Ted's paraphrase)

As I understand the old covenant, which is not like the new covenant, it was given to Israel that they could be holy before God before the final sacrifice for sin that was accomplished in Jesus, that would be for the whole world. Both Jew and Gentile. And I believe that a lot of that law, while I don't hold it as ceremonial, I mean God does mean what He says, was to ensure that Israel would keep themselves from being assimilated into the Gentiles until God's work through them was completed.

According to Paul, the chief most important purpose for God even raising up a people to be beholden to Him, before the sacrifice of Jesus for sin, was to write down His testimony for all of us. We know the truth of God because we know that it came to us through His people, Israel. One of the reasons I say this is because if it is true that God wants all people to obey the law that He gave unto Israel, then God himself messed up. He declared Noah a righteous man in his day. Yet after the flood he told Noah that he could eat of anything that moved about upon the ground.

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; I give you everything, as I gave you the green plants and vegetables. Gen 9:3

Now, if God didn't intend for the law of food that He gave unto Israel to be only for Israel, but to be for all of mankind, then God worked to make Noah an unrighteous man. I don't believe that God did that. I believe that it is fine for us to eat whatever we want as far as animals for food. But for the Jew living in the days of the old covenant, in order to be kept apart, even ostracized by any non-Jew, He gave them dietary restrictions that would accomplish that. Even today, a devout Jew will generally not eat with a Gentile because their food isn't prepared kosher.

So yes, God gave unto Israel many, many laws and restrictions and commands and decrees. But the 10 laws are different. They were written on stone by the very finger of God. All of the other commands, decrees and restrictions that God gave unto Israel were merely written on parchment by the hand of the Scribes of Israel. For me, that seems to show that there is some kind of difference between the 10 laws and all of the others.

 

[mailmandan]

Hebrews 4:9 - So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. (NASB)

Everyone should take note that the Greek word "sabbatismos" here is used nowhere else in the Bible.

W. E. Vine, Greek Dictionary points out:

Sabbath rest (4520) (sabbatismos from sabbatízo = keep the Sabbath) literally means a keeping of a sabbath or a keeping of days of rest. It is used in this passage not in the literal sense (meaning to keep a specific day, the "Sabbath" day) but to describe a period of rest for God’s people which is modeled after and is a fulfillment of the traditional Sabbath.

SABBATISMOS a Sabbath-keeping, is used in Heb. 4:9, R.V., "a Sabbath rest," A.V. marg., "a keeping of a Sabbath" (akin to sabbatizoµ, to keep the Sabbath, used, e.g., in Ex. 16:30, not in the N.T.); here the Sabbath-keeping is the perpetual Sabbath rest to be enjoyed uninterruptedly by believers in their fellowship with the Father and the Son, in contrast to the weekly Sabbath under the Law.

Because this Sabbath rest is the rest of God Himself, its full fruition is yet future, though believers now enter into it. In whatever way they enter into divine “rest,” that which they enjoy is involved in an indissoluble relation with God. (Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words)

http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=35458

 

[mailmandan]

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)

If sabbath day observance is still required today, then so would the burnt offerings that went along with them. (Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3; Numbers 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13) So no kindling a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath. (Exodus 35:3) Every man must remain in his place on the Sabbath. (Exodus 16:29) No trading. (Amos 8:5) No marketing. (Nehemiah 10:31; 13:15,19) These were commanded by God to Israel. (Exodus 35:1)

Exodus 35:1 - Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: 2. For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. 3. You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.” The congregation of THE SONS OF ISRAEL, God said to them.

If keeping the weekly sabbath day is still in effect today, then why don't Sabbatarians seek to obey ALL that the Lord commanded in regard to it? If keeping the weekly sabbath day is still in effect today, then according to Exodus 31:12-18; 35:1-3; and Numbers 15:32-36, anyone who profaned the Sabbath was put to death and any person who does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from his people. Who is going to enforce that today? The Jewish synagogue or perhaps the SDA church?

Since we do not live under a theocratic state as ancient Israel did under the old covenant of law, no Sabbatarian today can live consistently under these Mosaic regulations.

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 2:16-17)

 

[follower]

If sabbath day observance is still required today, then so would the burnt offerings that went along with them.

Only (wrongly thought) in a wrong mislead legalistic way.

A sheep follows the Shepherd. Or ought to? Not a false teacher.

 

[mailmandan]

Only (wrongly thought) in a wrong mislead legalistic way.

A sheep follows the Shepherd. Or ought to? Not a false teacher.

Luke 5:37-39 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

 

[follower]

New wineskins obey Jesus. Old wineskins burst. oh dear, what a choice !

 

[mailmandan]

New wineskins obey Jesus. Old wineskins burst. oh dear, what a choice !

Mixing the old and new covenants together under the new covenant is not obeying Jesus. (2 Corinthians 3:6-9; Hebrews 8:13)