3rdAngel
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Hey nice to meet you @seekandfind and welcome to the thread. Yes I agree there is many different shadow sabbaths in the old testament. However, the purpose of these were different to God's creation Sabbath of the 4th commandment. There was no Jew or Israel when God made the creation Sabbath for all mankind (see Genesis 2:1-3 and Mark 2:27-28). After the fall of mankind in Genesis 3 there were two groups of people emerging over the generations. These included those who 1. Believed and following Gods Word and 2. Those who did not believe and follow Gods Word or did not know God. The point here is that Gods Word is for Gods people. According to the scriptures in the new covenant purpose of Gods 10 commandments is to give us the knowledge of GOOD (moral right doing when obeyed) and EVIL (moral wrong doing when disobeyed); SIN (moral wrong doing with disobeyed) and RIGHTEOUSNESS (moral right doing when obeyed) *see Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4 and Psalms 119:172.The Hebrew scriptures were finished writing several hundred years before Jesus was born. The law for the Sabbath(which were several Sabbaths- not just a weekly one) was directed to the Israelites- who agreed to carry it out. Christians were never under such an agreement. Christians are taught " By means of his (Jesus') flesh he abolished the enmity, the Law of commandments consisting in decrees, in order to make the two groups in union with himself into one new man and to make peace..."- Ephesians 2:15
Also, there is nothing in the Christian Greek scriptures indicating any day of the weak is to be set aside. The only celebration or special day mentioned "Christ's remembrance" which replaced the Passover, as the Passover was about the Christ- the Passover lamb.
Everyone of Gods 10 commandments are repeated in the new covenant as the standard of good and evil; sin and righteousness. So to claim there is no more 4th commandment is simply a false teaching and something that is not taught anywhere Gods old or new testament scriptures. Christians therefore according to the scriptures are all those who believe and obey Gods Word not believe and disobey Gods Word. James in James 2:13-26 says the later class has the dead faith of devils and in James 2:10-11 says if we break anyone of Gods 10 commandments is the same as breaking all of them. Lets be honest. You cannot find me a single scripture in all the bible that says Gods 4th commandment has now been abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a holy day of rest now can you? This is simply a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many away from God and His Word to break the commandments of God against the very warnings of Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9.
Take Care.
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