Hello MMD,
Thanks for sharing what you believe from the word of websire. Now let's look at the Word of God....
WAS THE SABBATH GIVEN FOR ALL MANKIND TO KEEP PERPETUALLY? No,
Exodus 31
13, Speak you also to the children of Israel, saying,
Truly my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does sanctify you.
14, You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15, Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16, Why the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a
EVERLASTING COVENANT
17, It is a sign between me and the children of Israel FOREVER: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Seems like GOD disagrees with you
Then the Sabbath is given to Israel and Israel alone. The Sabbath is a covenant sign between God and the nation of Israel. "And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Notice also that this Sabbath "SIGN" (Exodus 31:13) is between God and "the sons of Israel" (Exodus 12:15,17) and not for all of mankind.
GOD'S ISRAEL in the NEW COVENANT are all those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW the WORD of GOD.
THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: FOR YOU ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS AND IF YOU BE CHRISTS, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS and IF YOU BE CHRISTS, THEN ARE YOU ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE
(Galatians 3:28).
FOR THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL,: NEITHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ARE THEY ALL CHILDREN: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called <Christ> That is, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, THESE ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD: BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE <those who believe> ARE COUNTED FOR THE SEED
(Romans 9:6).
FOR HE IS NOT A JEW WHICH IS ONE OUTWARDLY; NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS OUTWARDS IN THE FLESH: BUT HE IS A JEW WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; and CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT, AND NOT IN THE LETTER; whose praise is not of men, but of God
. (Romans 2:28-29)
Colossians 3:11,
WHERE THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Romans 10:11-13,
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEW OR GREEK: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.
Hebrews 8:10-12,
BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE
HOUSE OF ISRAEL; After those days, says the LORD, I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR INWARD PARTS, AND WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Gentiles are now grafted into God's ISRAEL (Romans 11:13-24)
God's ISRAEL in the NEW COVENANT are ALL those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD. God's Sabbath is an EVERLASTING and PERPETUAL Covenant that will be continued in the NEW EARTH (Isaiah 66:22-23)
Isaiah 66
22, For as the
new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, said the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23, And it shall come to pass, that
from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, said the LORD.
Yep seems like God says the Sabbath is an everlasting (FOREVER) Covenant with those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW the WORD of GOD (God's ISRAEL).
Though Genesis 2:1-3 says that after the Lord had ended all His work He rested on the seventh day and blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, there is not a word about it being given to Adam and Eve as a commandment. You don't hear another word about the Sabbath in the entire book of Genesis. All fifty chapters are silent about the Sabbath.
Well that is not true. Jesus is the Creator of the Sabbath and says that it was made for mankind;
Mark 2
27, And he said to 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.
To say Adam and Eve did not keep the Sabbath when God said it was made for mankind is to make God out to be a liar when he said he made it for man.
STRONGS Greek MAN G444 ἄνθρωπος; anthropos (
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.
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. As shown already 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.
Only God's Word is true and we should BELIEVE it. Those that do not BELIEVE God's Word are UNBELIVERS and UNBELIEVERS have no part in God's Kingdom.
You do not hear that the righteous Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob kept the Sabbath. There is a conspicuous silence for 2,500 years after the Fall of man. It is not until after the redemption of God's people Israel out of Egypt when they are safely on the other side of the Red Sea that you read in the Book of Exodus that the Sabbath is mentioned again. (Exodus 16:22-30).
Hmm just another presumption I think because it is written...
Genesis 26
5, Because that Abraham
obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
COMMANDMENTS, my
STATUTES, and my
LAWS.
Abraham was given commandments and ordinances, but the Sabbath is never mentioned as one of them.
Now it is written that Abraham
obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
COMMANDMENTS, my
STATUTES, and my
LAWS. That pretty much covers all God's commandments don't you think?
Lets look at the three Hebew words here that Abraham OBEYED...
1. COMMANDMENT H4687HEBREW meaning מִצוָה mitsvah (mits-vaw') n-f. a command, whether human or divine;
collectively, the Law. [from H6680] KJV: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept. Root(s): H6680
2. STATUTES H2708 חֻקָּה chuqqah (chook-kaw') n-f. 1. an enactment. (hence) an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage).[feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same] KJV:
appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute. Root(s): H2706
Here comes the big one now are you ready...
3. LAWS H8451 תּוֹרָה
towrah (to-raw') n-f. תֹּרָה
torah (to-raw') 1. a
teaching precept or statute. 2. (formally)
a law.
3. (specially)
Torah-Law (i.e. the Ten Royal Edicts (Commandments) and
Pentateuch; see Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13, Deuteronomy 10:4). 4. (of redemption)
the complete Law-of-Liberty in Yeshua the Messiah for the redeemed (see James 1:25, James 2:12, Romans 8:2). [from H3384] KJV: law. Root(s): H3384 See also: G3551
Well seems God is pretty clear on this. Abraham kep the torah which included the 10 Commandments and the sacrificial sin offereing for remission of SINS.
Notice that the reason why the Lord links the Sabbath to creation is that He is identifying Himself to Israel as the true and living Creator God. He is separate and apart from all of the other gods of Egypt and of the Gentile world. "Keep the Sabbath, worship Me, for I AM the true, living Creator of the Universe."
Absolutely;
God's ISRAEL as shown above in the NEW COVENANT are those that BELIEVE and FOLLOW the WORD of GOD.
Gentiles are now grafted in to God's Israel (Romans 11:13-24).
If you are not a part of God's Israel then the NEW COVENANT is not for you (Heberws 8:10-12)
My friend Gods Word disagrees with your website that you follow in order to practice your Catholic heritage that has led many to break the Commandments of God. There is only truth in God's Word and this is where we need to point all to seek God for his truth.
SIN is the transgression of God's LAW. Those who CONTINUE in KNOWN UNREPETANT SIN will NOT enter the KINGDOM of HEAVEN
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God's 4th commandment is one of the ten (Exodus 20:8-11) If we knowingly break it when God asks us not to we stand guilty before God of committing sin (James 2:8-12). If we do not seek him in repentance and forgiveness we are in danger of the Judgement (Hebrews 10:26-27)
Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (Matthew 15:3-9)
There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says that God's 4th Commandment is now ABOLISHED and we are now commanded to KEEP Sunday as a Holy day.
Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God?
In times of ignorance God winks at but now ,<when a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come> calls all men everywhere to REPENT (FOLLOW) (Acts 17:30-31).