So do you mean to say that Abraham kept all the ceremonial laws also without the temple? Was he born again without the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Did he love his enemy as himself? Did he go preaching the gospel of Jesus and then baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost?
how serious is it to hold the Bible in one's hand and twist what it says?
Deuteronomy 5
7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
11 “‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Exodus 34:28 (KJV)
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
People look very carefully to what God said about Abraham concerning these commandments written after Abraham
Genesis 26:5 (KJV)
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham kept these laws that were written on stone
In other words people abraham kept the sabbath day
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
People look very carefully to what God said about Abraham concerning these commandments written after Abraham
Genesis 26:5 (KJV)
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham kept these laws that were written on stone
In other words people abraham kept the sabbath day
Intent of the Law
15Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it. 16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ. 17 What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. 18For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.
19Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 20Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one. 21Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. 22But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe
Can you provide one single example in the entire book of Genesis where the sabbath is commanded for man?
even one?
no. even though Genesis is one of the five "Books of the Law"!
Israel (Abraham's descendants) did not know that the seventh day was to be observed (without any work being done on it, etc) until it was revealed in Exodus 16!
in the wilderness, shortly before Sinai: Exodus 16:22–31
that's why it said, Exodus 20 8 “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”
nehemiah said the same about the sabbath day not being even MENTIONED prior to the exodus.
he reminded the israelites that God had revealed the weekly sabbath to their ancestors at the exodus.
Nehemiah 9 14 “And made known unto them your holy sabbath …”
ezekiel said the same thing.
Ezekiel 20 12 “Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am YHWH that sanctifies them.”
the sabbath did not become a “sign” (nor is there any record whatsoever of it being commanded until the time of moses). please post it if you have it.
stop reverse engineering the weekly sabbath given to israel as they came out of egypt (Exodus) back into Genesis - it isn't there!
do go and see all that God commanded Abram, and post it here - then we can discuss THAT. not what you have invented.
Guess what people it can be done the sabbath and commandments can be kept
God said it!
It can be done
God said it!
It can be done
Romans 3 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Romans 3 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.
Galatians 2 16 know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
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