One can not read and understand the new without the old. The new covenant is God's Law written on the heart. Many words in the new are defined in the old... I have a list that keeps growing including the word food. In the Greek Hebrews 4:9 says, "There remains therefore a Sabbath to the people of God."
Are you suggesting the 4th commandment is still in effect? I haven't puzzled out the Greek in Hebrews yet, or really given that book much study.
Thanks for asking. God does not change. God's morals do not change. Matthew 5:17-19. One thing to keep in mind, if today's modern day Jews (they are anti-Christ) do something that looks similar to what scripture talks about, they do it incorrectly. Their book is the pornographic Talmud. They do not follow the old testament. We worship the same God today as Abraham did. Isaiah 43:11 I, I am Yahweh; and beside me there is no savior. - http://www.oraclesofyah.org/sabbath.php
I've understood the Sabbath to be a sign of the Mosaic covenant and, just as circumcision was a sign of the Abrahamic covenant and expired with the completion of it, the requirement to keep the Sabbath expired with the Mosaic covenant.
This is something I am studying very closely because I spent some time in an SDA church. Thank you for the link. I am still seeking the truth and will include the thoughts at that path in my studies.
God did not command Sabbath observance until Mt. Sinai. Exodus 19:5 states the intent of making the Mosaic covenant. This was after spending 40 years in the desert chastising the Israelites for getting up to gather food on the Sabbath. Yet Christ did not rebuke His disciples for picking corn on the Sabbath. There's also the matter of Romans 14:5-6. It is a difficult question.
God's law does change though. It isn't arbitrary or without purpose. When the purpose is fulfilled the law no longer obtains. God's character is eternal.
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