GOD'S SABBATH AND THE REAL TRUTH OF COL 2:14-17 WHO DO WE BELIEVE GOD or MAN?

[Inquistor]

He was crucified on a Wednesday. The Romans said it was Friday because of the sundown Sabbath was approaching. But it says in John 19:14 it was the preparation day (crucifixion day) which is the day before the annual Sabbath of the First Day of Unleavened Bread. Ask any jew what the preparation day is. Three days and three nights raises Him on Saturday evening. He had already risen by early Sunday (John 20:1).

I agree with you completely on your post above, but many people on this forum do not, or would not!

 

[Inquistor]

Really?

How many commandments are in the 10 commandments? (Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; 10:4)

What is the Old Covenant to you and do you know what makes up the Old Covenant?

Here is a list of the rules, laws and commandments that make up the Old Covenant, both things you MUST DO, and things you MUST NOT do!


All 613 Commandments in the Old Testament Law of Moses

 

[Deade]

You are assuming that the Sabbath was established under Mosaic law. No, it was established at creation. The Catholic Church changed the day of worship. You are welcome to keep Sunday, but I will worship Saturday (or sundown Friday).

 

[posthuman]

I am no one neither did I accuse you or judge you.

you haven't accused or judged me?

what's all this then:

It is the Word of God, Jesus who you close your eyes and ears to see and hear that he may heal you. It is hard to kick against the pricks

you say i am willfully blind and deaf, haven't been healed ((i.e. i'm sick)) and 'kicking against the pricks' -- directly comparing me to Saul tracking down & murdering the believers

Yet God's Word disagrees with you as you do not BELIEVE the scriptures

you say i don't believe scripture and that it is against me

If this is true how can you know the Gospel? If you do not know the Gospel you are still in your SINS. Those who teach others to break God's commandants are the least in the Kingdom of heaven because they do not go there. (Matthew 5:18-19)

you say i don't know the gospel, am living in sin and going to hell

you have not listened neither do you understand because you have closed your eyes to see and ears to hear so hearing you now hear, and do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not perceive with your heart to BELIEVE and FOLLOW Him who is calling you who's Words you have rejected.

you say again that i'm willfully blind and deaf and hard of heart, and you go on to accuse me of actively rejecting the Word of God.



isn't there something in the Law about bearing false witness?

 

[BillG]

You are assuming that the Sabbath was established under Mosaic law. No, it was established at creation. The Catholic Church changed the day of worship. You are welcome to keep Sunday, but I will worship Saturday (or sundown Friday).

Did God tell Adam & Eve to observe the Sabbath?

Genesis 2:15-17


15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

It seems to me that God says, tend the garden and don't eat from the tree.

 

[Inquistor]

You are assuming that the Sabbath was established under Mosaic law. No, it was established at creation. The Catholic Church changed the day of worship. You are welcome to keep Sunday, but I will worship Saturday (or sundown Friday).

No, the Catholic Church did not change the day of worship! But the followers of Jesus came to celebrate the Lord's Supper on the FIRST day of the week. What was "the Lord's Supper," other than communion? Are church gatherings SEPARATE from communion, in those churches which actually OFFER communion?


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[Magenta]

you haven't accused or judged me?

what's all this then:

LoveGodForever

It is the Word of God, Jesus who you close your eyes and ears to see and hear that he may heal you. It is hard to kick against the pricks​

you say i am willfully blind and deaf, haven't been healed ((i.e. i'm sick)) and 'kicking against the pricks' -- directly comparing me to Saul tracking down & murdering the believers

LoveGodForever

Yet God's Word disagrees with you as you do not BELIEVE the scriptures​

you say i don't believe scripture and that it is against me

LoveGodForever

If this is true how can you know the Gospel? If you do not know the Gospel you are still in your SINS. Those who teach others to break God's commandants are the least in the Kingdom of heaven because they do not go there. (Matthew 5:18-19)​

you say i don't know the gospel, am living in sin and going to hell

LoveGodForever

you have not listened neither do you understand because you have closed your eyes to see and ears to hear so hearing you now hear, and do not understand; and seeing you see, but do not perceive with your heart to BELIEVE and FOLLOW Him who is calling you who's Words you have rejected.​

you say again that i'm willfully blind and deaf and hard of heart, and you go on to accuse me of actively rejecting the Word of God.

isn't there something in the Law about bearing false witness?

I have pointed out before how self deceived is the poster you are addressing, as he frequently judges and accuses others just as he has you, and then turns around and says he judges nobody.

 

[posthuman]

How do you know that he did not offer a sacrifice according to the LAW for his SINS?


Where does it say that David did not do what the Mosaic laws for remission of sin required in God's Word?

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has taken away your sin; you shall not die."
(2 Samuel 12:13)
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this is the end of the conversation Nathan & David had, where Nathan told him the story of the little ewe lamb of the poor man, stolen by the rich man - and when Davids indignation was aroused, Nathan said "you are that man!"

as the scripture records it, without pause for David to run down to the temple and make sacrifices ((what is the sacrifice that atones for covetousness, rape, adultery, theft and murder?)) the moment David confesses Nathan tells him God has "taken his sin away"

not "covered his sin" -- not "atoned for his sin" -- removed it.

God set the burden of His judgement on the son, who died in David's place.

did David go down to the temple as soon as Nathan left, and make the sacrifice for rape & murder? did he cover his sin with the blood of bulls or goats?
nope: the record ((vv 15-20)) goes on to say that David lay on the ground fasting for the next 7 days, and that his household tried to lift him up, but he would not.
in fact, if David had then gone to make a sacrifice for sin over this matter, he would have been in unbelief: Nathan had just relayed to him the word of God: his sins were taken away


do you see Jesus?


God then blessed David's marriage with the woman he had seized in adultery and she bore him the wisest man who ever lived, the man with clean hands to build His house. that man said this:

Do not accuse anyone for no reason
— when they have done you no harm.
(Proverbs 3:30)
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[posthuman]

He was crucified on a Wednesday. The Romans said it was Friday because of the sundown Sabbath was approaching. But it says in John 19:14 it was the preparation day (crucifixion day) which is the day before the annual Sabbath of the First Day of Unleavened Bread. Ask any jew what the preparation day is. Three days and three nights raises Him on Saturday evening. He had already risen by early Sunday (John 20:1).

Saturday evening is Sunday according to the calendar of the Jews

most people get this mixed up because they forget that the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] day is not the only sabbath commanded by God in the Law.

 

[BillG]

Acts 20:7
Ministering at Troas
7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.

The first day of the week was Sunday. The people gathered to worship on this day for the same reason we do today, to celebrate the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Jewish believers continued to worship on the Sabbath, which is Saturday. The Book of Hebrews tells us that Christ and His finished work is our Sabbath, our rest (see Heb. 4:8–10). to break bread: The primary purpose of the gathering was the Lord’s Supper. (NKJV Bible study notes)

Week-sabbaton

g4521. σάββατον sabbaton; of Hebrew origin (h7676); the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications: — sabbath (day), week.
AV (68) - sabbath day 37, sabbath 22, week 9;
the seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all workthe institution of the sabbath, the law for keeping holy every seventh day of the weeka single sabbath, sabbath day
seven days, a week

God said "6 days you shall work and on the seventh you shall rest"

Exodus 34:21
21 “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.


So if one observes the Sabbath on a Saturday do you work on a Sunday?

Is God going to send a believer to hell because the observe the Sabbath on a Sunday and not a Saturday?
Is God going to send a believer to hell because they observe the Sabbath on a Saturday but not work 6 days a week?

What is the reason that God condemns a believer to hell?

Not keeping the Sabbath on a Saturday?
Keeping the Sabbath on a Sunday?
Not working for 6 days of the week?

Biblically why is a person condemned?

Sheep and goats come to mind for me.

 

[posthuman]

No, the Catholic Church did not change the day of worship! But the followers of Jesus came to celebrate the Lord's Supper on the FIRST day of the week. What was "the Lord's Supper," other than communion? Are church gatherings SEPARATE from communion, in those churches which actually OFFER communion?


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really totally another subject, but "by the way" reading 1 Corinthians 11 in particular, it seems to me that what the first believers called 'the Lord's supper' and how they remembered it is a lot more like our modern pot-luck fellowship suppers, and little to no relation at all to the ritualistic way we take a tiny piece of bread and a tiny sip of grape juice. in Corinthians, Paul is chiding them for getting drunk - that's an awful lot of itty bitty cups of grape juice to accomplish such a feat - and that because of their selfishness some were going hungry - obvious implication is that the food should have satisfied their hunger, which is an awful lot to ask from a bit of cracker [SUP]1[/SUP]/[SUB]4[/SUB] the size of a postage stamp.


anyhow yes, obviously, they did this on what they called "the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] day" -- an abundance of evidence from the early church writings, long before catholicism, clearly demonstrates this -- it's not hard to imagine how this would be convenient not only in remembrance of the day He rose, but in order not to offend any who still kept sabbath, as Paul instructed "each should be convinced in his own mind" regarding observing a special day - neither commanding to keep nor not to keep the day - & traveling & kindling fire ((to meet & prepare a feast)) would be violating the sabbath according to the Law, violating the conscience of anyone compelled in their own mind to do so.

 

[posthuman]

I have pointed out before how self deceived is the poster you are addressing, as he frequently judges and accuses others just as he has you, and then turns around and says he judges nobody.

*sigh*

this whole thread is in fact an accusation & judgement, isn't it?

 

[Inquistor]

Saturday evening is Sunday according to the calendar of the Jews

most people get this mixed up because they forget that the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] day is not the only sabbath commanded by God in the Law.

That right!


Bible Search: the evening and the morning

 

[Inquistor]

really totally another subject, but "by the way" reading 1 Corinthians 11 in particular, it seems to me that what the first believers called 'the Lord's supper' and how they remembered it is a lot more like our modern pot-luck fellowship suppers, and little to no relation at all to the ritualistic way we take a tiny piece of bread and a tiny sip of grape juice. in Corinthians, Paul is chiding them for getting drunk - that's an awful lot of itty bitty cups of grape juice to accomplish such a feat - and that because of their selfishness some were going hungry - obvious implication is that the food should have satisfied their hunger, which is an awful lot to ask from a bit of cracker [SUP]1[/SUP]/[SUB]4[/SUB] the size of a postage stamp.


anyhow yes, obviously, they did this on what they called "the 8[SUP]th[/SUP] day" -- an abundance of evidence from the early church writings, long before catholicism, clearly demonstrates this -- it's not hard to imagine how this would be convenient not only in remembrance of the day He rose, but in order not to offend any who still kept sabbath, as Paul instructed "each should be convinced in his own mind" regarding observing a special day - neither commanding to keep nor not to keep the day - & traveling & kindling fire ((to meet & prepare a feast)) would be violating the sabbath according to the Law, violating the conscience of anyone compelled in their own mind to do so.

What makes you think they were using "micro portions" of bread and/or wine? When Jesus took the cup, gave thanks, and told EVERYONE to drink, do you think they each got just a drop or two to drink?

 

[posthuman]

YHWH set apart/made holy the 7th day Sabbath and the Feast Days

and also the new moon days:

Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the LORD your God.
(Numbers 10:10)
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When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale?
(Amos 8:5)
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three types of sabbath in the Law: feasts, festivals, and the weekly sabbath

let no one judge you in regard to food, or in regard to drink, or in regard to a feast, or a New Moon, or Sabbaths, which are a shadow the things coming.
(Colossians 2:16-17)
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feasts
festivals
weekly sabbath

let no one judge you over such things -- who could possibly be judging the believers over such things as feasts, festivals & weekly sabbaths?
people who judged them for keeping these things in the Law of the Covenant?
or people who judged them for not keeping the Law of the Covenant?

seems awfully obvious to me. Colossians 2:16 begins with "therefore" -- what precedes it tells us why we do not stand condemned:

And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority, in whom also you were circumcised with the circumcision made without hands in the removal of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised with Him through the faith of the working of God, the One having raised Him out from the dead.
(Colossians 2:10-12)
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because in Him, we have died!!
so that we may live
circumcised according to spirit, not according to the Law of the Sinai Covenant

Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?
(Romans 7:1)
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He has saved me from this body of death!!

 

[posthuman]

What makes you think they were using "micro portions" of bread and/or wine? When Jesus took the cup, gave thanks, and told EVERYONE to drink, do you think they each got just a drop or two to drink?

you misunderstand me; i'm saying that they had full meals, big spreads, enough for everyone to eat and drink and be satisfied ((as they were able to do so)) - in sharp contrast with what the 'modern church' does today with our little micro-bites and mini-sips.

IMO we have it all twisted, and when we have for ex. a wednesday night 'fellowship dinner' that is the early church how celebrated 'communion' -- not the ritual most churches perform.

sounds like we agree

 

[Studyman]

let no one judge you over such things -- who could possibly be judging the believers over such things as feasts, festivals & weekly sabbaths?
people who judged them for keeping these things in the Law of the Covenant?
or people who judged them for not keeping the Law of the Covenant?

seems awfully obvious to me. Colossians 2:16 begins with "therefore" -- what precedes it tells us why we do not stand condemned:

We spoke of this before and you never answered my question, so I'll ask again for those who may have missed our other conversation.

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;

To believe your preaching I must accept that The handwriting of ordinances that are "Against us" is God's Commandments. And therefore you can reject God's Commandments like Passover etc. and be righteous.

But Paul is warning, not about people who preach honor and obedience to God as Jesus did, but those who try and further man's doctrines.

"8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

There is nothing in verse 16 that comes from man.

furthermore:

15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Since you preach it is God's Laws that Jesus nailed to the Cross, then you must also preach that the "powers and Principalities" Jesus spoiled was God, since it was His Laws you claim were nailed to the Cross.

That Jesus made a show of "THEM" openly. You must believe Jesus made a show of both God and His Son Jesus who created the Commandments in the first place. That doesn't make sense I know. But you are the one claiming Jesus nailed God's Laws to the Cross.

So then in you're preaching Jesus must have triumphed over God????? Was His Battle with God, who created the Law? But the Bible says Jesus created the Law before He became a man. So then are you preaching Jesus triumphed over Himself?

Col. 2 does not say what you preach.

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Did Jesus walk in these Holy declarations? Did Jesus keep and teach to keep the Passover? Did Paul keep the Sabbath Jesus made for man?

1 Cor. 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Did Paul let men judge Him in the observance of God's Holy Sabbaths? Or God's Holy Days? Did Jesus? Did Peter?

No, you are confused. The "Tradition of man, Rudiments of the World, the Vain deceit Paul warned of was not God's just, good and holy Commandments and instructions of God. They were never against any of us. The Handwriting of ordinances that were against Paul and the Gentiles was not God's Commandments, but were the teaching of the Mainstream Church of that time, the Pharisees who have preached against God's true instruction for centuries.

It was their law Jesus nailed to the cross. "We have a Law, and by our law he should die". So they killed Him, but He didn't stay dead did He.

No, He rose from the dead "spoiling" the powers that killed Him. He rose from the death, making a show of "THEM" openly. He triumphed over "THEM" and their Law, not God.

Did Jesus follow God's Instruction. Yes

Did the "lawyers" of that time follow God's Instructions. NO.

So given that Jesus followed His Fathers instructions, and rejected the Law of the Mainstream Preachers of His Time, and God raised Him from the dead for this very reason.;;;;;;;;;

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Let no man judge us in following God rather than man.

 

[LoveGodForever]

Now posthuman taking what I have said out of context from different posts I was responding to is not very nice is it? Should you not post also what the context is that I am replying to?

you haven't accused or judged me?

Originally Posted by LoveGodForever
I am no one neither did I accuse you or judge you.

you haven't accused or judged me? what's all this then:

Let's use God's Word as our guide................

Jesus says; If any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects me, and receives not my words, hath one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day (John 12:47-48).

We are sinners and cannot judge anyone, neither do I judge you. Only God's Word can judge another this is why it is written..................

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment (John 7:24).

There is only one good (Righteous) and that is God (Matthew 19:17). This is why the Word of God will judge us all in the last days and only the Word of God can judge RIGHTEOUSLY. So then we are permitted according to the scriptures to judge RIGHTEOUSLY according to God's Word.

All who follow him who LOVES all have a duty of LOVE to GOD and their FELLOW MAN to preach the GOSPEL (the WORD of God) because SIN will keep all who practice it OUT of God's KINGDOM. God's sheep hear HIS VOICE (the WORD = RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT)

Now God's Word says.........

He that says he KNOWS HIM and DOES NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS is a LIAR and the truth in NOT IN HIM (1 John 2:3-4)

So if someone is professing to be from God and does not teach or keep God's Commandments is it RIGHTEOUS Judgement to BELIEVE GOD'S WORD that this person is a LIAR and Does not KNOW God?

and again........

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:17-19)

Now if someone comes along and starts teaching against God's Law and the prophets is it RIGHTEOUS judgement to BELIEVE God's WORD and know that person is not following God's WORD?

and again......

Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins hath not seen him, neither known him. (1 John 3:6)

Now if someone comes along and starts teaching that breaking God's law is OK, and KNOWINGLY breaks God's commandments is it RIGHTEOUS judgement to BELIEVE God's WORD and know that person is not following God's WORD and does NOT KNOW GOD?

and again......

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:7-8)

Once again, if someone comes along and starts teaching that breaking God's law is OK, and KNOWINGLY breaks God's commandments is it RIGHTEOUS judgement to BELIEVE God's WORD and know that person is not following God's WORD and does NOT KNOW GOD and is following the Devil?

and again........

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:15-23)

Once again, if someone comes along and starts teaching that breaking God's law is OK, and KNOWINGLY breaks God's commandments is it RIGHTEOUS judgement to BELIEVE God's WORD and know that person is not following God's WORD and does NOT KNOW GOD and is following the Devil, and that person is a false prophet (messenger). If Jesus tells us that we shall know them by their fruit (SIN or OBEDIENCE) It is RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT to BELIEVE God's WORD?

Now we can go on and on but I think you get the point.......

Severe as it may sound it is the Word of God telling us that those who teach against God's Word including the 10 commandments are NOT BELIEVING God's Word. Now you can spin it any way you want to but at the end of the day it is God's Word not mine.

God's Word is RIGHTEOUS judgement and we should BELIEVE and FOLLOW IT. UNBELIEVERS are those who do not BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's Word teaching against God's LAW (Matthew 5:19).

Now the scriptures teach and say this not me. Our part is to BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's Word. If we do not then we are UNBELIEVERS and in danger of the Judgement.

If I have LOVE to you as my neighbor and God has revealed His Word to me then I have a duty of LOVE to help my fellow man and warn him to REPENT for the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is at hand because God is not willing that ANY should PERISH and not be saved (Ezekiel 3:17-21; 2 Peter 3:9).

Even though the scriptures may appear harsh sometimes they are written in LOVE to wake up those who may miss out on the blessings that God wants to give to all mankind.

Those who wish to FOLLOW God must REPENT and BELIEVE the Gospel. It is the Word of God if you here God's Word calling you BELIEVE and FOLLOW him who calls you....

God's sheep hear His Voice....

 

[shrume]

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

And yet that is precisely what you spend a great amount of time doing.

You chide others for not following the OT food laws, not keeping the feasts of Israel, and not keeping the sabbath.

Let no man judge us in following God rather than man.

If you want to follow God, quit being so judgmental.

 

[LoveGodForever]

Did God tell Adam & Eve to observe the Sabbath?

Genesis 2:15-17

15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

It seems to me that God says, tend the garden and don't eat from the tree.

Hi Bill,

Nice to see you. Great question. Perhaps I can share a few thoughts from God's Word that may be able to help with this question that you can pray about in your own time with the Lord?

To answer this question we need to look at the creation week and the origin of the 7th DAY of the creation week, the 4th commandment and some of the New Testament scriptures in God's Word......

God's Sabbath is a memorial of CREATION that was made in the creation week and given to our first parents (Adam and Eve). Let's look at the scriptures..........

Genesis 2
1, Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2, And ON THE SEVENTH DAY God ended his work which he had made; and he RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY from all his work which he had made.
3, And GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY, and made it HOLY <the 7th day>: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

RESTED H7673 שָׁבַת shabath (shaw-ɓath') v.to repose, i.e. to cease from exertion.
{used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)}[a primitive root]KJV: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep Sabbath, suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.

Some points to note from the scriptures...............

v1 God completed creation in 6 days and RESTED on the 7TH DAY
v2 God RESTED on the 7TH DAY
v3 God SET APART the 7TH DAY and made THE 7TH DAY a HOLY DAY
v2 The 7TH DAY is part of the FINISHED WORK of the CREATION WEEK

Let's now look at God's 4th commandment............

Exodus 20
8, Remember the SABBATH DAY, to KEEP IT HOLY. <Why?> Because God made it Holy for mankind and commands us to keep it as a Holy day)
9, Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
10, But the SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: <WHY>
11, For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested theSEVENTH DAY: wherefore the LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH, and HALLOWED IT.

SABBATH H7676 שַׁבָּת shabbath (shab-bawth') n-e. 1. intermission, a period of temporary rest.2. (specifically) the Sabbath, the seventh day being the day of rest.[intensive from H7673]KJV: (+ every) Sabbath. Root(s): H7673


Now who did God make the 7th day a Holy day for? Is he making that day a Holy day for himself? Of course NOT God is already Holy. He has made the day for MANKIND as a HOLY DAY.

Let’s see what Jesus says…………

Mark 2
27, And he said unto them, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, and not man for the Sabbath.

The Sabbath was made for WHO? The Sabbath was made for MAN. So here we have the God of creation telling us why the 7th Day was made a Holy day. It was made for MANKIND

STRONGS Greek MAN G444 ἄνθρωποςanthropos (an'-thrō-pos) n.
1. (literally) man†-visage (i.e. a man-faced being, a man who has visibly come of age).
2. (concretely, in Hebrew) a clay being (a classification of beings made in the image of God, who made them male and female). 3. (generically, in English) a human being. 4. (indefinitely) a certain man (i.e. someone).
[from G435 and ops “the countenance” (from G3700)] KJV: certain, man Root(s): G435, G3700

So the Sabbath was made for Human beings; clay beings (we are made out of the dust); male and female

So God made the 7th day of the week a HOLY day and blessed it for MAN this now ties in very nicely with the 4th commandment (Exodus 20:8-11)

God says that it is a specific day which is the 7TH DAY OF THE WEEK that he has made to be a HOLY DAY. Jesus says it was made Holy in the creation week for mankind. All scriptures connect and are in harmony. Genesis where God made the Day a HOLY DAY; God’s 4th commandment to His people that says to REMEMBER the Sabbath day to KEEP it a HOLY DAY and Jesus stating that the Sabbath was made for MANKIND (Human beings; male and female).

Now if God made the Sabbath for mankind then obviously Adam and Eve had the Sabbath the GREEK Word for MAN G444 ἄνθρωποςanthropos (an'-thrō-pos) n. is a clay being (a classification of beings made in the image of God, who made them male and female). There is only two people made out of clay (dust) and that is Adam and Eve.

Good question Bill, timing was good as I had only recently studied this in my own time with the Lord.

Hope this helps