Mark 2:27 does NOT say "The Sabbath was made for the Jews". It says "mankind". So, yes, that's all inclusive.
Adam was made on day 6. The sabbath on day 7 for "mankind".
Do you remember what you had for breakfast yesterday? This implies you DID have breakfast yesterday. Remember means "to remind", "to call into remembrance", something from the past.
"Remember the sabbath day" God said to the Hebrews at Mt. Sinai. This alone implies a pre-Sinai existence of the 7th day sabbath.
It is not the sabbath of the Jews. "The seventh is the sabbath of the Lord thy God"
Exo 20:10
It is His "holy day"
Isa 58:13
No, Paul actually commands observance of the 7th day sabbath in commemoration of God creating the world in 6 days and resting on the 7th day (
Heb 4:1-11 esp verses 4, 10 & 11)
Heb 8:13 - You should really read the verses before it too. The new covenant is the law written in our hearts. No longer from tablets of stone or written on parchments. No need to teach others to know the Lord. All will know Him. The same 10 commandment law just written in new places
I am unwilling to let
anyone smuggle the Sinai covenant back into the New Covenant by appealing to creation, Hebrew word studies, or English assumptions about the word
remember.
“Mark 2:27 says mankind, not Jews — therefore the Sabbath is universal.”
False — because Jesus is not giving a creation ordinance. He is correcting Pharisees.**
Mark 2:27:
“The Sabbath was made for man…”
Yes,
anthrōpos means “humanity.”
But Jesus is not:
universalizing the Sabbath,
legislating a creation command,
re‑imposing Sinai on Gentiles,
giving Adam a Sabbath,
giving the nations a Sabbath.
He is correcting
Pharisaic abuse of the Sabbath.
He is saying: “The Sabbath was made to benefit Israel, not to burden Israel.”
Context determines meaning — not lexicons.
If
anthrōpos meant “all humanity must keep Sabbath,” then:
Paul could not say “one person esteems one day, another every day alike.”
Paul could not say “let no one judge you regarding Sabbaths.”
The apostles would have commanded Gentiles to keep Sabbath.
The Jerusalem council would have required Sabbath observance.
But none of that happens.
“Adam was made on day 6, Sabbath on day 7 — therefore Adam kept Sabbath.”
False — Genesis never says Adam kept the Sabbath.**
Not once.
There is:
no command to Adam,
no mention of Adam resting,
no mention of Adam sanctifying the seventh day,
no mention of Adam observing a Sabbath,
no mention of any human keeping Sabbath before Moses.
Genesis 2:3 says
God rested. It does not say
man rested.
The first time the Sabbath is commanded is
Exodus 16 — to Israel alone.
Deuteronomy 5:2–3:
“The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us.”
The Sabbath was
not given to Adam.
It was given to
Israel.
“Remember the Sabbath day implies pre‑Sinai observance.”
False — ‘remember’ means ‘do not forget what I am commanding you now.’**
The Hebrew
zākar (“remember”) is used constantly for
new commands:
“Remember what Amalek did…” (Deut 25:17)
“Remember you were slaves…” (Deut 5:15)
“Remember the LORD your God…” (Deut 8:18)
None of these existed before Sinai.
“Remember” does
not mean “this command existed before.” It means:
“Do not forget this command I am giving you.”
Your argument is based on
English sentiment, not Hebrew grammar.
“The Sabbath is the Sabbath of the LORD, not of the Jews.”
Correct — but irrelevant.**
Yes, the Sabbath belongs to God.
But God gave it to
Israel, not to the nations.
Exodus 31:13–17:
“It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever.”
Not:
Adam
Noah
Gentiles
the Church
mankind
Israel.
The Sabbath is the
sign of the Sinai covenant.
When the covenant ends, the sign ends.
“Hebrews 4 commands Sabbath observance.”
False — Hebrews 4 is about salvation rest, not Saturday rest.**
Hebrews 4:
never mentions Saturday,
never mentions the seventh day command,
never tells Christians to keep Sabbath,
never ties the Sabbath to the New Covenant.
Hebrews 4 uses:
God’s rest (Gen 2:2)
Joshua’s rest
David’s rest
Christ’s rest
to show that the
true Sabbath is salvation, not a day.
Hebrews 4:10:
“He who has entered His rest has ceased from his works.”
That is
conversion, not calendar.
Hebrews 4:11:
“Let us labor to enter that rest.”
That is
faith, not Saturday.
Your reading forces Hebrews to contradict Paul, who explicitly says:
“Let no one judge you regarding Sabbaths.” (Col 2:16)
“One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike.” (Rom 14:5)
Hebrews 4 is not a Sabbath command.
It is a
gospel sermon.
“The New Covenant is the same law written in our hearts.”
False — Hebrews says the opposite.**
Hebrews 8:13:
“By calling this covenant ‘new,’ He has made the first obsolete.”
The Ten Commandments were:
the
tablets of the covenant (Deut 9:9)
the
foundation of Sinai (Ex 34:28)
When the covenant ends, its legal structure ends.
The New Covenant is:
not Sinai,
not tablets,
not the Ten Commandments,
not the Sabbath,
not the Mosaic law.
It is:
Christ’s blood,
Christ’s priesthood,
Christ’s Spirit,
Christ’s law of love.
The law written on the heart is
Christ’s law, not Moses’ law.
Every claim in that argument is false:
- Mark 2:27 does not universalize the Sabbath.
- Adam never kept Sabbath.
- “Remember” does not imply pre‑Sinai observance.
- The Sabbath is the sign of the Sinai covenant, not creation.
- Hebrews 4 does not command Sabbath keeping.
- The New Covenant is not the Ten Commandments written on hearts.
- The Sinai covenant is obsolete (Heb 8:13).
- Therefore its sign — the Sabbath — is obsolete.
The Sabbath was for
Israel under Moses, not for
the Church under Christ.
