The Seventh day Sabbath Was Made for Everyone
(Not Just For The Jews)
(Not Just For The Jews)
"A multitude of Christians call God’s fourth commandment the “Jewish Sabbath.”
Luke, a Gentile writer of the New Testament, often refers to things that were particularly Jewish. He writes of the “nation of the Jews,” “the people of the Jews,” “the land of the Jews,” and the “synagogue of the Jews” (Acts 10:22; 12:11; 10:39; 14:1).
But he never refers to the “sabbath of the Jews,” although he mentions the Sabbath repeatedly.
Christ also taught that “the sabbath was made for man” (Mark 2:27).
Adam and Eve were the only two people who existed when God actually established the Sabbath.
There were no Jews in the world until 2,000 years later, so it was never meant just for the Jews.
Jesus uses the term “man” in the generic sense, referring to all mankind.
---The same word is used in connection with the institution of marriage that was also introduced at creation.
---Certainly no Christian can believe that marriage was made only for the Jews."
IAR
But nowhere is this expression found in the Bible.
The seventh day is called “the sabbath of the Lord,” and it is never called “the sabbath of the Jew” (Exodus 20:10).
But he never refers to the “sabbath of the Jews,” although he mentions the Sabbath repeatedly.
Christ also taught that “the sabbath was made for man” (Mark 2:27).
Adam and Eve were the only two people who existed when God actually established the Sabbath.
There were no Jews in the world until 2,000 years later, so it was never meant just for the Jews.
Jesus uses the term “man” in the generic sense, referring to all mankind.
---The same word is used in connection with the institution of marriage that was also introduced at creation.
---Certainly no Christian can believe that marriage was made only for the Jews."
IAR