There is no scripture that specifically states this. Although the fourth commandment commands the observing of the seventh day as a sabbath rest, it must be kept in mind that the Ten Commandments were part of the law given to the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai. This law covenant was not given to any other people, and regarding the sabbath observance contained in it, Moses said: “You must remember that you became a slave in the land of Egypt and Jehovah your God proceeded to bring you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why Jehovah your God commanded you to carry on the sabbath day.” (
Deut. 5:15) The sabbath was given to the Israelites to commemorate their deliverance and to act as a sign of their covenant relationship with God. (
Ex. 31:16, 17) That cannot be said of Christians.
Hi nice to meet you Bjm. According to the new covenant scriptures, Gods Israel in the new covenant are no longer those born of the flesh of the seed of Abraham (Romans 9:6-8; Romans 2:28-29 and Galatians 3:28-29) but are now all those who are born again of the Spirit of God through faith in Gods Word (see John 3:3-7; compare 1 John 3:4-10 and Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:1-4) into Gods new covenant promise (Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:24-27). Therefore, Gods Israel according to the scriptures in the new covenant are now all those who through faith believe and follow Gods Word and all believers both Jews and gentiles are all now one in Christ (Romans 10:11-13; Colossians 3:11). Gentile believers have been grafted in with Jewish believers (Romans 11:13-27).
If we are not a part of Gods Israel in the new covenant we have no part in God's new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12. God never made His new covenant with Gentiles (Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:24-27). 'Israel' "born after the flesh of the seed of Abraham", as an
unbelieving 'nation', is left desolate (Matthew 23:38; Luke 13:35), to bear no more fruit ever again (Matthew 21:19), cursed, withered away (Mark 11:21), dried up from the roots (Mark 11:20), "twice dead" (Jude 1:12), and the axe already laid at their root (Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9), and the unbelieving branches are cut down and ready to be thrown into the fire (Romans 11:13-26) to perish forever more. The New [or Everlasting] Covenant is only made with Gods true “Israel” defined in the scriptures as all those who through faith have accepted the Messiah in Jesus and choose to believe and obey what Gods Word says.
According to Jesus, God made the Sabbath for all mankind (see Mark 2:27).
MARK 2:27 27, And he said to them,
The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath
It is one of Gods 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken *see Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7 and 1 John 3:4 and James 2:10-11). The Sabbath was made for mankind on the seventh day of the creation week where God blessed the seventh day of the week and made the seventh day of the week a holy day of rest for all mankind (see Genesis 2:1-3). There was no Moses, no sin, no Jew and no Israel when God made the Sabbath for all mankind. Only Adam and Eve who were the father and mother of all mankind who were created on the 6th day of creation (see Genesis 1:26-31). The reason for the Sabbath commandment for all mankind is written in the commandment itself spoken by God and written with Gods own finger on two tables of stone "
EXODUS 20:8-11
8, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9, Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:
10, But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: (Note the reason given for the Sabbath in the next verse)
11,
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
V11 is a reference back to Genesis 2:1-3
GENESIS 2:1-3
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 sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
On the other hand Sunday worship is a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many away from God and His Word into breaking the commandments of God against the very warnings of Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9. There is not a single scripture in all the bible that teaches that Gods Sabbath commandments has now been abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a holy day of rest in honor of the resurrection of Jesus. Sunday worship is a man-made teaching and tradition handed down by the Roman Catholic Church to most of mainstream Christianity that has led many away from God and His Word into breaking the commandments of God against the very warnings of Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9.
According to the scriptures there are 10 commandments in Gods 10 commandments, that give us the knowledge of what sin is when we break them in the new covenant not 9 commandments or 613 (see Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4). Everyone of Gods 10 commandments are repeated in the new covenant scriptures as the standard of Christian living and if we break anyone of them we stand guilty before God of sin and death (see James 2:10-11; 1 John 3:4; Romans 3:19-20; Romans 7:7). They have been teaching us lies at Sunday school. Its time to return to the Word of God.
Take Care.