Dd-2. Is Keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY in the New Testament?

Dd-2. Is Keeping the WEEKLY SABBATH DAY in the NEW Testament?

Keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY is NOT in the NEW Covenant?

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Keeping Jesus is Keeping the TRUE Sabbath REST!

The Seventh Day Adventist Church and all other seventh-day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians teach that Jesus and all of the Apostles kept the weekly Sabbath DAY. 

And Peter said that Jesus is our example to follow who did no sin. 

Therefore, they conclude that this PROVES that Christians MUST keep the weekly Sabbath DAY as well.

Is that true? Must Christians keep the weekly Sabbath DAY under the NEW Covenant? 

Does Jesus keeping the weekly Sabbath DAY PROVE that we must follow the steps of Jesus, according to 1 Peter 2:19-25? 

For you see, the context of 1 Peter 2:19-25 is actually about suffering WRONG when you are INNOCENT. 

And Christians who do NOT keep the weekly Sabbath DAY are wrongly being blamed for sinning by the SDA Church and other seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians. 

So then, do not ALLOW their judgment of you to affect you. 

Rather, follow the example of Jesus and do not revile back at them. 

Paul says their faith is weak and we need to receive them in love as our brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ and God is able to make them stand.

Let us begin this study in God’s word by reading a quote from an official SDA Church website. 

Please know and understand that the SDA Christians do NOT keep the weekly Sabbath day in the same WAY that the Jews keep the weekly Sabbath day in the WAY that is taught in the ORDINANCES in the Old Testament Scriptures.

So, in TRUTH, they are NOT keeping the weekly Sabbath day that God COMMANDED in the ordinances contained in the FOURTH commandment. 

And thus, even though they sincerely believe that they are keeping the FOURTH commandment through the WAY that they CLAIM the New Testament teaches, they are NOT TRULY keeping the fourth commandment. 

For you see, the ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment that God COMMANDED to write down in a book called the book of the law and the Law of God have been abolished, so that by FAITH we can trust in Jesus as our TRUE Sabbath REST. 

However, the SDA Church CHANGED the FOURTH commandment to still keep a DAY as being Holy by simply having their church service moved from being on a Sunday to now being on a Saturday. 

You see, before the mid 1800 hundreds there was a movement to go back to being more like the New Testament church. 

And one of those movements was called the Millerite movement. 

Now, BEFORE the mid 1800 hundreds the Millerites worshiped God on Sunday and the Adventist church that came out of the Millerite movement changed their worshiping God from Sunday to worshiping God on Saturday based on the OLD Testament Scriptures and NOT on the teachings in the New Testament. 

With that being said, here is the SDA Church quote as to how they keep what they call the New Testament Sabbath. 

The emphasis is mine. What I highlight in green is NOT sound Biblical teaching. 

And what I highlight in yellow may agree with the Scriptures but the SDA Church INTERPRETATION actually CONTRADICTS the Scriptures.

SABBATH in the NEW TESTAMENT

When Jesus lived among humanity on earth, He often referenced Old Testament commandments in a new light. 

The primitive Israelites needed a lot of instruction on what to do and what not to do. 

But in Jesus’ day, humanity had matured SOMEWHAT. 

Now it was time to enlighten His followers on the depth of God’s laws—the blessings and meanings behind them.

Jesus did this with the Sabbath as well. The proud, rigid religious rulers of the day wanted all the Jews to keep the commandments in a concrete, measurable fashion (Which made it easier for them to feel as if they were more righteous than others). 

But whenever they tried to “trap” Jesus into breaking the Sabbath, He responded by digging further into Scripture. 

Several times He made the point that Sabbath was supposed to be a blessing that freed us from the burden of work so we could delight in God and His creation. It wasn’t supposed to be a burden itself!

“The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath,” Jesus said (Mark 2:27, CSB).

Jesus spent time with His disciples on Sabbath, healed people on the Sabbath, and taught His followers to serve others on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:11-12). His words and His deeds upheld the holiness and joy the Sabbath represented.

Even after Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension back to heaven, the Sabbath is mentioned all throughout the book of Acts as a day people gathered at the synagogue or in people’s homes. The early church grew quickly.

The last specific mention of the Sabbath is in Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, declaring that “a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people” (Hebrews 4:9). He further encourages them to “make every effort to enter that rest” (vs. 11).

Now, just like Satan uses a little truth MIXED with his deceptive lies, so has the SDA Church done the same thing in all their writings regarding their mandatory keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY on the SEVENTH day of the week. 

In other words, in the eyes of the SDA Christians it is a SIN to REST on a SUNDAY. 

To say this another way, the SDA Church dogmatically demands that if Christians do NOT rest on SATURDAY, the seventh day of the week, then they are SINNING. 

In fact, the SDA Church wrongly teaches that Christians who observe Sunday as their day of REST to have their church service are taking the “MARK of the beast” spoken of five times in the Book of Revelation.

Please understand that I absolutely agree that Jesus CHANGED the WAY that we, as Christians, are to KEEP the FOURTH commandment by his death on the cross. 

In other words, Jesus abolished the ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment. 

The ordinances are the INSTRUCTIONS on the HOW to, or the WAY that the children of Israel were to keep the fourth commandment under the OLD Covenant written in the Old Testament. 

So, I agree that Jesus CHANGED the WAY that we are to keep the FOURTH commandment but the problem is that the SDA Church has not changed ENOUGH from the OLD WAY of keeping the fourth commandment. 

Yes, the SDA Church fully knows and understands that Jesus made some CHANGES in the WAY we, as Christians, are keeping the fourth commandment by our keeping what the SPIRITUAL MEANING of the Sabbath REST REPRESENTS. 

Let us read that SDA quote again.

His words and His deeds upheld the holiness and joy the Sabbath represented.

And I totally agree that Christians ARE keeping the fourth commandment by our FAITH in what the weekly Sabbath DAY of REST REPRESENTS. 

In other words, the New Testament clearly teaches us that we are to keep the SPIRIT of the law and NOT the LETTER of the law.

Please read Romans 7:6. 

“But NOW (Speaking of being under the New Covenant written in the New Testament) we are DELIVERED FROM the law, (Speaking of being delivered from the ORDINANCES contained in the CEREMONIAL commandment to God and NOT delivered from the MORAL law of God) that being dead wherein we were held; THAT we should serve in NEWNESS of SPIRIT, and NOT in the OLDNESS of the LETTER.”

And SDA Christians know this truth deep down in their hearts because they know NOT to keep the weekly Sabbath day, in the SAME way that the Jews kept the Sabbath day in the oldness of the LETTER under the Old Covenant contained in ORDINANCES in the handwriting of Moses. 

But yet, they CONTRADICT themselves by rejecting Paul’s teaching in Colossians 2:14-17 concerning the Sabbath days where Paul CLEARLY says that the Sabbaths, nailed to the cross, are SHADOWS pointing to Jesus. 

Now, the “how” that the SDA Christians reject the TRUTH of the gospel that Paul preaches, is that they TWIST the teachings of Paul to fit their already preconceived belief that they concluded FROM the Old Testament Scriptures and NOT from the New Testament Scriptures? 

Let me say this again, they reject the teaching of the Apostle Paul by their INCORRECT INTERPRETATIONS of Paul’s words. 

In other words, the SDA Church argues against the clear, plain, and simple word of Almighty God by wrongly teaching that the word “Sabbaths” in Colossians 2:16 can NOT possibly mean the WEEKLY Sabbath days. 

And by doing this they are changing the TRUTH into a LIE. 

Perhaps not intentionally, but nonetheless, they are twisting the words of Paul to FIT their own preconceived belief, that the ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment, under the Old Covenant are ETERNAL statutes that REMAIN BINDING on Christians under the New Covenant.

And then, they CONTRADICT themselves by saying that the “New Testament” Sabbath is to keep what the Sabbath REPRESENTS. 

You can NOT have it both ways. Either keep the WHOLE letter of the law as the children of Israel did in the days of Jesus. 

Or you keep the WHOLE SPIRIT of the law by keeping ONLY which is what the Sabbath DAY REPRESENTS. 

You cannot pick and choose PARTS from each covenant. You must choose ONE of the covenants. 

And, obviously, the New Covenant is a BETTER covenant. 

So, if I were you, then I would pick the New Covenant and then STAY in the New Covenant written in the New Testament. 

All there is to know about being saved and receiving eternal life in the world to come is found in the New Testament.

Please read Romans 3:28.

“Therefore, we (The Apostles and eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ) CONCLUDE that a man is justified by faith (in Jesus and by what the ordinances contained in the commandments of the law REPRESENT) WITHOUT the DEEDS of the law.” 

So, what does the keeping of the Passover DAY represent? The keeping of the DAY of the Passover lamb represents the SPIRIT of WHY the children of Israel celebrated being delivered from BONDAGE in the land of Egypt. 

And all of the WORKS of the children of Israel doing the CARNAL services of obedience to God, following every INSTRUCTION to the LETTER of the law of commandment CONTAINED in ORDINANCES, are a SHADOW pointing to the TRUE Passover Lamb that we all agree is Jesus. 

And what ordinances did the children of Israel obey? 

They obeyed the handwriting of ordinances that Moses wrote down in the book of the law that God COMMANDED him to write down. 

And what happened to the handwriting of ordinances at the cross of Jesus? 

That is right! Jesus abolished the Old Testament ORDINANCES contained in the CEREMONIAL commandments. 

And the WAY that we as Christians KEEP the CEREMONIAL commandments is by our FAITH in what the ceremonial commandments REPRESENT as being their TRUE SPIRITUAL meaning of why they were given to the children of Israel in the first place. 

So then, in truth, it is NOT the fourth commandment ITSELF that Jesus nailed to the cross. 

But rather, what Jesus nailed to the cross and took out of the way were the Old Covenant ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment of keeping a DAY. 

In other words, one of those Old Covenant ORDINANCES was to rest on the SEVENTH DAY of the week as a SIGN for a PERPETUAL COVENANT. 

That is what the fourth commandment REPRESENTS. 

And under the New PERPETUAL COVENANT, we as Christians, are not OBLIGATED to keep a DAY every week, week after week, to rest upon.

For you see, we know and understand what the seventh DAY of the week REPRESENTS. 

In this present world, Jesus is our TRUE Sabbath REST!. We REST in Jesus for our RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Faith is Jesus FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS is the ONLY WAY to ENTER into the TRUE SEVENTH Day of Yahweh’s rest, which is the 1000 year reign of Jesus.

Thus, the TRUE Sabbath rest of the TRUE seventh DAY points to our yet future rest on ANOTHER DAY in the world to come, according to Hebrews 4:1-11. 

That is when Jesus will come and give the faithful Christians ETERNAL LIFE who are RESTING in him for Holiness and righteousness and who are obeying the MORAL laws of God in this present world. 

So then, if you want to enter into the TRUE 1000-year-long Seventh day of Yahweh’s REST in the world to come that Hebrews 4:8,9 calls ANOTHER DAY, then you need to CEASE from the works or deeds of keeping the Old Testament ordinances of the CEREMONIAL commandments. 

And you need to start keeping the TRUE MEANING of what the ceremonial commandments REPRESENT. 

In other words, if you are trying to keep BOTH covenants, then you are not TRULY keeping the NEW Covenant to rest in Jesus for holiness and righteousness.

And under the New Covenant written in the New Testament there are no DAYS of OBLIGATION that must be kept lest we sin. 

But the SDA Church dogmatically demands that Christians MUST learn to rest on the literal physical seventh DAY every week for the rest of their lives lest they SIN and lose their reward of eternal life for NOT keeping a DAY Holy. 

The LITERAL translation says the Aleph Tav Sabbath to keep Holy HIM to you or keep him Holiness to you.

Here is the LITERAL translation of Exodus 31:13,14.

“And speak you to sons of Israel to say yea (Untranslated Aleph Tav. The Aleph Tav is the FIRST and the LAST letters of the Hebrew alphabet and Jesus said that he is the FIRST and the LAST. 

So, to me, the untranslated Aleph and Tav is speaking of Messiah Jesus. So then, Moses you say to the children of Israel the Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) Sabbath of Me (Or REST of me) you shall keep SIGN He between Me and you for generation of you to KNOW that I Yahweh the one hollowing you. (Or the one making you HOLY) 

Exodus 31:14. And you keep (Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) the Sabbath (Or you keep Messiah Jesus REST) that HOLINESS he to you ones profaning of her (Speaking of the HOLINESS he to you) to death he shall be put everyone doing work in her (The HOLINESS he to you).”

Now can you see the MEANING for WHY such a HARSH punishment of being stoned to death for simply picking up STICKS on the Sabbath REST? 

It is because the resting on a DAY represents RESTING in Jesus for HOLINESS. 

And if a Christian profanes the Holiness that God provided for them when they have in FAITH in Jesus, they FALL from GRACE.

In other words, they DEPART from the TRUE FAITH in Jesus by doing the WORKS of the law of the FOURTH commandment contained in the Old Testament ORDINANCES to keep a DAY Holy.

And some eventually convert to keeping the Law of Moses to be saved. Thus, they shall suffer the second death on the final Day of Judgment.

And that is why Paul was in FEAR for the Christians who were observing DAYS.

It leads Christians AWAY from the TRUE FAITH in Jesus as our REST for RIGHTEOUSNESS.

We are saved to do good WORKS to our fellow man.

And to keep the WORKS that Jesus ABOLISHED is to DENTY the finished work of Jesus dying on the cross.

And Jesus abolished the WORKS of keeping letter of the Law of Moses to keep DAYS holy.

Galatians 4:10-12.

“You observe DAYS, and months, and times, and years. 

Galatians 4:11. I am afraid of you, (Or I am afraid FOR you) lest I have bestowed upon you labor in VAIN. 

Galatians 4:12. Brethren, I beseech you, (Or I am begging you) be as I am; (And cease from the works of the law of commandment contained in ordinances of keeping of DAYS, the weekly Sabbath DAYS, and months, the new moon festivals, and times, the resting from sundown to sundown, and years, the yearly feast day Sabbath) for I am as you are: (Or for I, Paul, am a Jew the same as you that once kept those days under the Old Covenant) you have not injured me at all.”

Paul clearly teaches us in Romans 14:5 to not ESTEEM any DAY above any other DAY and that we are to be as Paul is and NOT keep DAYS as being BINDING to be kept lest we sin. 

This is why I highlighted the word SOMEWHAT in green. 

I want to point out that the SDA Christians have matured SOMEWHAT by knowing and understanding that ALL of the ceremonial feast DAY Sabbaths no longer need to be kept because we KNOW that they were SHADOWS pointing to what the feast DAYS REPRESENTED. 

So NOW, under the New Covenant, we are NOT OBLIGATED to keep those ceremonial feast DAYS. Let us read that SDA quote again.

When Jesus lived among humanity on earth, He often referenced Old Testament commandments in a new light. The primitive Israelites needed a lot of instruction on what to do and what not to do. But in Jesus’ day, humanity had matured somewhat. Now it was time to enlighten His followers on the depth of God’s laws—the blessings and meanings behind them.

Jesus did this with the Sabbath as well.

And the SDA Church has matured SOMEWHAT, in that, they fully understand that no ceremonial commandments are BINDING on Christians. 

And thus, most SDA Christians know that it is wrong to keep a DAY that Jesus NAILED to the cross. 

But where SDA Christians need to MATURE a little more is to know and understand that the FOURTH commandment is also a CEREMONIAL commandment containing ORDINANCES. 

And they need to mature even further to know that those ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment were also NAILED to the cross. 

Again, it was NOT the fourth commandment ITSELF that Jesus nailed to the cross. 

But rather, Jesus nailed ONLY the handwriting of the ORDINANCES that Moses wrote contained in the FOURTH commandment. 

And they need to mature or grow in faith a little more as well concerning the ordinances contained in the dietary laws. 

For you see, the SDA Church INTIMIDATES the SDA Christians to learn to discipline themselves to become complete vegetarians over time. 

And the forbidding of abstaining of MEAT is a doctrine of DEVILS, according to 1 Timothy 4:1-6.

1 Timothy 4:1-6.

“Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 

1 Timothy 4:2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 

1 Timothy 4:3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the TRUTH. (The unclean meat REPRESENTED the unclean Gentiles. 

And now that we KNOW the TRUTH of what the ordinance to not eat unclean meat MEANS symbolically that God has cleansed the Gentiles, we are NOT to teach that Christians that they are not eat meat for any reason that makes not eating meat an OBLIGATION to be pleasing to God)

1 Timothy 4:4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 

1 Timothy 4:5. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 

1 Timothy 4:6. If you put the brethren in remembrance of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up (Or MATURED) in the words of faith and of good doctrine, where unto you have attained.”  

So then, it is ONLY the TRUE SPIRITUAL MEANING of all the ceremonial commandments are binding on Christians to be kept by our FAITH in the TRUE MEANING of what the fourth commandment REPRESENTS.

Now, many SDA Christians are seeing the TRUTH and they are leaving the SDA Church to no longer keep the LETTER of the fourth commandment to keep a DAY Holy. 

For they now see that the seventh DAY points to ANOTHER DAY that REMAINS for the people of God to REST in the world to come from all their labors of PHYSICAL work. 

Again, that ANOTHER DAY is in the future known as the 1000-year long DAY of Yahweh’s REST in the world to come.

But for those SDA Christians who have not yet seen this TRUTH, please read the study Dd-37b. WHAT DOES HEBREWS 4:1-11 TRULY MEAN? 

For now, I will briefly show you how the SDA Church TWISTS the true sound Biblical meaning of Hebrews 4:9 to wrongly mean the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY remains BINDING on Christians. 

Let us read one quote at a time from that SDA Church article.

Several times He made the point that Sabbath was supposed to be a blessing that freed us from the burden of work so we could delight in God and His creation. It wasn’t supposed to be a burden itself!

“The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath,” Jesus said (Mark 2:27, CSB).

Notice that the SDA Church means the WEEKLY Sabbath, and NOT our yet future Sabbath rest in the world to come. 

But what Jesus is teaching is that the REASON why God commanded the children of Israel to rest on the seventh day is that there REMAINS ANOTHER DAY in the future that God made FOR EVERY human being to rest from ALL their labors in this present world, if they BELIEVE. 

In other words, Jesus is saying that man is not made FOR the REST on the WEEKLY seventh DAY. 

But rather, the rest during the yet future 1000-year long seventh day, is a BLESSING that was made for ALL of mankind, if they BELIEVE in Jesus for Holiness and Righteousness and not in their own works for righteousness. 

In truth, the real reason that God made man was to JUDGE Lucifer and the fallen angels guilty as charged, and Jesus is the first FAITHFUL and TRUE WITNESS that God will use to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels as His primary objective. 

For you see, the lake of fire was for the devil and the fallen angels and not originally intended for any of mankind. 

But hell has ENLARGED herself and God takes no pleasure in the death of those who choose to live in a lifestyle of sin, by disobeying the MORAL law of God written in their CONSCIENCE. 

So then, it is the future seventh day rest that is a BLESSING for suffering the temptations of Satan to endure unto the end to receive the gift of eternal life, and all the BLESSINGS that come with the REWARD that Jesus will bring with him at his coming. 

Jesus went on to say that he is the Lord of the Sabbath.

Please read Matthew 12:6-8.

“But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. (Jesus is speaking of himself as being greater than the Jewish temple made with hands)

Matthew 12:7. But if you had known what this MEANS, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the GUILTLESS. 

Matthew 12:8. For (Or because) the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” 

Jesus is NOT talking about being Lord over the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY. 

But rather, Jesus knew that the Scriptures testify of him and that God would make him to be Lord of the Sabbath of Yahweh’s Sabbath rest in the world to come. 

Hebrews 12:1 teaches us that God set a JOY before Jesus to ENDURE the cross. And Acts 2:36 teaches us that God MADE Jesus Lord AFTER the cross. 

Keep in mind that the Apostles and disciples of Jesus were being UNJUSTLY CONDEMNED for WORKING on the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY by the ignorance of the Jews that Jesus is their Messiah. 

And Jesus said had they KNOWN what this MEANS, then they would NOT have wrongly condemned the GUILTLESS of sinning by their WORKING on the weekly Sabbath DAY.

In other words, neither the Jews NOR the SDA Church understands the true MEANING of the words of Jesus saying that the Sabbath was made FOR man and NOT that man was made FOR the Sabbath. 

You see, the disciples were WORKING on the weekly Sabbath DAY and they were, indeed, BREAKING the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment under the OLD Covenant. But yet, Jesus said they were GUILTLESS. 

And that is because a TRANSITION was about to take place at the cross to ABOLISH those OLD ordinances of WORKING on the seventh DAY of the week. 

And NOW, under the New Covenant Christians are GUILTLESS for WORKING on the seventh DAY because all the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment were ABOLISHED and NAILED to the cross.

So then, while the SDA Christians have matured in their faith by leaps and bounds past the extremely weak faith that all the other seventh DAY of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians who try to keep ALL the Law of Moses. 

But the SDA Church needs to grow and mature a little further in the GRACE and the knowledge of Jesus to no longer compel Christians to keep ANY DAY above any other day just like Paul teaches in Romans chapter 14 and Galatians chapter 4. 

Paul was in fear FOR Christians who desired to keep DAYS. 

And Paul said to NOT ESTEEM any DAY above another day, but rather, we are to esteem EVERY day the SAME. 

Otherwise, according to the Apostle Paul, you are a WEAK Christian and you need to grow and MATURE a little more in your FAITH to know the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ.

Now here is how the SDA Church MIXES a little truth with the deception of their PRECONCEIVED belief that the keeping of the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY is binding on Christians.

His words and His deeds upheld the holiness and joy the Sabbath represented.

So then, the little truth is that Jesus UPHELD the Holiness and the joy that the Sabbath REPRESENTS. 

However, they quickly turn right around and contradict themselves by TWISTING the TRUTH into a lie from Satan seducing them by their using a tiny bit more truth, before they READ into the Scriptures their own preconceived belief, that the keeping of the weekly seventh DAY week after week for the rest of their life, is binding on Christians lest they SIN. 

Here is that tiny bit more truth highlighted in yellow before they bring forth Satan’s seducing lie of deception.

Even after Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension back to heaven, the Sabbath is mentioned all throughout the book of Acts as a day people gathered at the synagogue or in people’s homes. The early church grew quickly.

The last specific mention of the Sabbath is in Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, declaring that “a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people” (Hebrews 4:9). He further encourages them to “make every effort to enter that rest” (vs. 11).

Satan’s very subtle DECEPTION that SDA Christians use is the MISREPRESENTATION that the MENTIONING of the WORD “Sabbath” 60 times in the New Testament MEANS the same as TEACHING us to KEEP the weekly Sabbath DAY. 

So that TINY bit of truth is that the word Sabbath is, indeed, MENTIONED 60 times in the New Testament. 

But Satan’s deceiving lie seared into the minds of the SDA Christians is their READING into the Scriptures that all 60 times that the word Sabbath is MENTIONED in the New Testament MEANS to THEM that Jesus and his Apostle are TEACHING us as Christians that we must keep the seventh DAY of the week to rest upon lest we SIN.

But, in truth, FIFTY of those 60 times are in the four Gospels. 

And thus, NONE of those times that Jesus kept the Sabbath prove that we must keep the weekly Sabbath DAY because Jesus was BORN under the Old Covenant. 

That leaves only TEN other times that the actual word Sabbath is mentioned in the New Testament. And NINE of those 10 times are found in the book of Acts. 

The first of those 9 times is before the church actually began on the Day of Pentecost. And thus, that only leaves NINE times that the word Sabbath is MENTIONED in the New Testament AFTER the church actually began. 

And EIGHT of those times simply MENTION Paul going into the synagogue to PREACH the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

In other words, there is no mention of Paul TEACHING Christians to KEEP the weekly Sabbath DAY in any of those 8 times. 

And there is no mention of Paul going into the synagogue as was his CUSTOM. 

Paul ONLY went into the synagogue to preach the gospel to the Jews. 

For you see, that is where Paul could find a great number of Jews already gathered together in one place. 

And the last time that the word Sabbath is actually found in the New Testament Scriptures is in Colossians 2:16 where Paul clearly teaches us that the ORDINANCES of the Sabbath days were NAILED to the cross.

So why does the SDA Church NOT tell SDA Christians the WHOLE truth? Are they deliberately deceiving the SDA Christians? 

Maybe, or maybe not. I say maybe because the SDA Church has deliberately HID the truth from the SDA Christians concerning the prophecy in Daniel 8:13,14 about the 2300 days ending in October 22 of 1844 in their doctrine called the Investigative Judgment but that is another study in and of itself. 

But for now, please know and understand that Paul WARNS us that even if an angel preaches ANY OTHER gospel that what Paul teaches us in the New Testament then do NOT believe that other gospel. 

And Paul does not teach one word about any so-called investigative judgment that would begin in the future BEFORE Jesus actually comes in the clouds of glory to send his angels to gather the elect to meet him in the air. 

So then, by the SDA Church deliberately hiding the truth that their INTERPRETATION of Daniel 8:13,14 contradicts other Scriptures, then there is that “possibility” that the SDA Church could ALSO be deliberately holding back just enough truth to keep SDA Christians obeying their teaching, that Christians MUST keep the seventh DAY of the week as a day of rest, lest they SIN.

 I mean it takes a lot of humbleness for any church to have preached error for over a hundred years to admit that they were wrong. 

They would probably lose so many members that they would go bankrupt not being able to pay all the bills that the tithe money pays for.

My point right now is why does the SDA Church say that the last time the Sabbath is mentioned is in Hebrews 4:9? 

The word “Sabbath” is NOT found anywhere in the book of Hebrews. 

It is only in the footnotes in SOME Bibles that you can find a COMMENTARY saying that the word “rest” in Hebrews 4:9 means keeping “a” Sabbath. 

But when the COMMENT of keeping “A” Sabbath that remains is studied in the LIGHT of the whole word of Almighty God, then you can see that this COMMENTARY is actually speaking of ANOTHER DAY in the future there REMAINS a keeping of “A” Sabbath. 

And it is only the SDA Church’s preconceived belief that is read INTO Hebrews 4:9 to MEAN that the keeping of the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY that remains BINDING on Christians to keep week after week their whole life lest the sin. 

For the in-depth study on the TRUE SOUND Biblical meaning of Hebrews 4:9 please read the study Dd-37b. WHAT DOES HEBREWS 4:1-11 TRULY MEAN?

One of the main central arguments for the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY as being BINDING on Christians is the SDA interpretations of the Scriptures that the TEN Commandments MUST have been given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden at creation week. 

But have you ever stopped to think how useless the TEN Commandments would have been to Adam and Eve who were the ONLY two people on the planet? Think about this for a moment. 

How would Adam and Eve honor their mother and their father? How would they commit adultery? 

How could they covet their neighbor's goods because they had no neighbors? 

How could they steal unless they stole for each other? 

How could they bear false witness against their neighbor? 

The TRUTH of the matter is that God gave Adam and Eve ONE commandment to NOT eat of the tree of KNOWLEDGE of good and evil. 

And when they disobeyed God’s ONE commandment then their EYES were opened and they were CONSCIOUS that they were naked. 

So then the very day that Adam and Eve ate of the tree of KNOWLEDGE they received a CONSCIENCE to KNOW or to have KNOWLEDGE of the difference between good and evil in their CONSCIENCE mind WITHOUT ANY commandments from God. 

This is how God led mankind from Adam's time to this very day. 

God REASONED with Cain in his CONSCIENCE to know that the evil that he was THINKING to do in his mind, by listening to Satan, was wrong. God speaks to us in our conscience telling us to say no to doing wrong. 

So then, the SDA Church argument that God MUST have given Adam the TEN Commandments in the Garden of Eden because how ELSE could have Cain known that murder was a sin, is NOT a valid argument. 

Cain knew it was wrong to be jealous and hate his brother so much that he plotted in his mind to kill Abel. 

And like God speaks His Will to us in our CONSCIENCE that is the way that God reasoned with Cain as well. 

So there is no need to dogmatically demand that the ONLY way Cain could have known that murder was a sin was for God to have given the whole TEN Commandments to Adam at creation week.

Now, obviously, in order for God to fulfill His plan of salvation God, then needed intervene and speak commands of instructions to key people like Noah to build an Ark, Abraham to offer his son Isaac, and Moses at the burning bush instructing Moses that he would deliver the children of Israel out of bondage in the land of Egypt. 

God also made covenants with Noah, Abraham, and Moses, and God talked with them in visions, through His angels, and by voice from heaven. 

Now, God's voice may have been audible or it may have been God speaking in the CONSCIENCE commanding SPECIFIC people so God could fulfill His 7000-year plan of salvation. 

Please read the study J-1. The 7000-YEAR PLAN of God’s SALVATION? 

But for the most part, every other human being was led by their CONSCIENCE.

Plain and simple, the keeping of ANY DAY is NOT binding on Christians. 

If you choose to rest one day a week then you are FREE to choose ANY day of the week to rest upon. 

If your job requires you to work seven days a week then do NOT allow any Christian to JUDGE you for NOT resting on the seventh day of the week or for NOT resting on Sunday the first day of the week for that matter. 

We are to esteem EVERY day the SAME and NOT esteem any DAY above any other day.

Before I end this study on Dd-2. Is Keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY in NEW Testament?, I want to point out some of the other SDA Church doctrines that are NOT sound Biblical teachings as well. 

All Christians need to be made aware that the SDA Church has their OWN Bible, which by the way, they no longer call it a “Bible”. 

And the reason that their Clear Word Bible is no longer called a “Bible” is because of all the controversy it caused WITHIN the SDA Church.

FALSE TEACHINGS IN THE SDA CHURCH

False SDA Church Doctrine #1. 

The SDA Church has printed their OWN Bible.

It is a doctrine because they use their own BIAS version of the Bible to teach their church doctrine. They teach that their version of the Bible and their interpretations are the truth and every other Christian is wrong.

Here is a quote from a former SDA Church member where leaders in the SDA Church protested against the Clear Word Bible as ADDING to the word of God. 

Keep in mind that these were leaders in the SDA Church that brought these charges against the SDA Clear Word Bible. The emphasis is mine.

Taking God’s view of this into account, we should examine the SDA’s 1994 Clear Word Bible to note numerous examples of just to what extent it has been distorted through additions, deletions & changes which are made to support their doctrinal views found in their commentaries and Ellen White’s books. As early as July 1994, this ‘Clear Word Bible’ was even receiving negative reviews by SDA’s own writers, as David Newman, editor of Ministry magazine who named several specific difficulties with it:

1. Its disclaimers in the preface are seldom read, so not being heeded. Thus it is widely used for Bible study and even preaching from the pulpits and as a textbook!

2. Claiming to be a paraphrase, it’s not for ‘a paraphrase is not a loose rendering of someone else’s words with added commentary’. Paraphrase does not add to or subtract from the original meaning. 

3. The author replaces ‘ambiguity’ with ‘his interpretation’ as changing “Lord’s day” to ‘Sabbath’. 

4. It ‘intertwined so much of Ellen White…that the general effect has been to canonize Ellen White’. 

5. The title ‘Clear Word Bible’ “is most unfortunate. This is not a “Bible”. 

6. The format is not by paragraphs, as paraphrases do, but verse by verse to appear like the KJV. 

7. “I fear what our critics will say when they find how much Ellen White has contributed to this “bible.” 

8. People will begin memorizing it and quoting it as Scripture. Already used for Sabbath School class. 

9. Even though the author of CWB may not feel that Rev 22:18+19 apply to this book, since it is called a Bible some will draw the opposite conclusion. “I hope the author (of CWB) will withdraw or at the very least drastically revise this book.” (see http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/clearword/reservations.htm) 

Sadly, J. David Newman’s warnings landed on deaf ears, and it began selling at SDA’s Book and Bible houses, like hotcakes at a country fair, being heavily promoted at camp meetings and in magazines etc. 

Several years later, after more alarming reviews, the Clear Word Bible was renamed “the Clear Word” and though having some modifications, yet remained largely the same as before. 

It took several years for leaders in the SDA Church to finally get the SDA Church to STOP calling the Clear Word Bible a “BIBLE” because it DISTORTED the TRUTH of what the Bible actually STATES. 

But yet the SDA Church still uses the Clear Word version of the Bible in their Sabbath schools and uses quotes from it to teach SDA Christians. 

Many of the additions of paraphrased INTERPRETATIONS in the Clear Word text are the interpretations and words of their prophetess, Ellen G, White, which the SDA Church adopted as being the truth in their eyes. 

Basically, in the eyes of hard core SDA Christians, if Ellen G. White said it, then it is the truth, according to SDA Christians. 

And to me that is like Roman Catholic Christians saying that if the Pope said it, then it's the truth. 

If you want to look deeper into just how many ERRORS that are in the Clear Word then click on these two links.

Deliberate distortions in the SDA Clear Word Bible

The Clear Word Bible-Is it the Word of God?

But for now, let us move on to some other false teachings in the SDA Church. 

False SDA Church Doctrine #2.

The doctrine of soul sleep.

To learn WHY the doctrine of soul sleep is NOT sound Biblical teaching please read all the studies under the heading **THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF SOUL SLEEP!**

False SDA Church Doctrine #3.

The SDA doctrine of the Investigative Judgment.

False SDA Church Doctrine #4.

The SDA Church does not believe in DISPENSATIONALISM.

Here is a quote from Wikipedia.

... following the public humiliation of the October 22, 1844, Great Disappointment, there was widespread abandonment of historicism in eschatology among Protestant and Evangelical churches in favor of the new Dispensationalism. The Seventh-day Adventists are among the few larger groups that still adhere to a historicist interpretation of Bible prophecy...

The SDA Church does not believe in the rapture of the church, as in, they do not believe in the pre tribulation so-called “SECRET” rapture and neither do I. 

But just because some Christians wrongly teach a pre-tribulation secret rapture of the church does NOT mean that Dispensationalism is not sound Biblical teaching. 

To me personally, Dispensationalism and covenant theology are virtually the same thing under different names. 

Here is a quote from an official SDA Church website. The emphasis is mine.

Unlike many evangelical churches, the Seventh-day Adventist Church does not support a “dispensational” view of prophecy. Adventism is not awaiting a “secret rapture,” after which tens of thousands of Jews—144,000, to be precise—will be converted and evangelize those “left behind.” 

Now, I agree that there is no so-called “SECRET” rapture of the church but there will, without fail, be a POST- tribulation rapture of the church that every eye shall SEE, including the REMNANT of the Jews, LEFT BEHIND, to suffer the WRATH of Almighty God that will be executed by Jesus, right after the church has been caught up in to the AIR to escape the wrath of God. 

The faithful Christians will then be gathered together to MEET Jesus in the AIR over the place called Armageddon to help Jesus execute the wrath and vengeance of Yahweh our heavenly Father. 

For the correct sound Biblical DISPENSATIONAL teaching of end time prophecy please read all the studies under the heading ** PROPHECY-THE COMING OF JESUS! **

False SDA Church Doctrine #5.

The SDA Church choose Ellen G. White INTERPRETATIONS over the Bible.

Interpretations of Ellen G. White verses the Bible

False SDA Church Doctrine #6.

The writings of Ellen G. White are held at the level of the Bible ITSELF.

Here is a quote from the SDA documents called Review and Herald. The emphasis is mine.

"The writings of Mrs. white were never designed to be an addition to the canon of Scripture. They are, nevertheless, the messages of God to the remnant church and should be received as such, the same as were the messages of the prophets of old. As Samuel was a prophet to Israel in his day, as Jeremiah was a prophet to Israel in the day of the captivity, as John the Baptist came as a special messenger of the Lord to prepare the way for Christ's appearing, so we believe that Mrs. White was a prophet to the church of Christ today. And the same as the messages of the prophets were received in olden times, so her messages should be received at the present time. (R&H, Oct. 4, 1928)

Keep in mind that the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Mormons in the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and Christian Science make the same claims but that does NOT mean that they teach the TRUTH.

We are to TEST the prophets to SEE if they are truly from God. They may teach some things that are true but that does NOT mean that everything they teach is the TRUTH. So we must TEST every word that people say with the word of God, and even more so if they say that God gave me this revelation to give to you.

False SDA Church Doctrine #7.

Ellen G, WHITE ADMITS that the DEVIL could have spoke to her.

Here is a quote from one of Ellen G. White's own writings. The emphasis is mine.

“God is either teaching His church, reproving their wrongs and strengthening their faith, or He is not. THIS WORK IS OF GOD, OR IT IS NOT. God does nothing in partnership with Satan. MY WORK ... BEARS THE STAMP OF GOD OR THE STAMP OF THE ENEMY. There is no half-way work in the matter. THE TESTIMONIES ARE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD OR OF THE DEVIL.Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 230.

Here is another quote from one of Ellen G. White's own writings. Again, the emphasis is mine.

“IF THE TESTIMONIES SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS WORD OF GOD, REJECT THEM. Christ and Belial cannot be united.” Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 691 

And MANY testimonies of Ellen G. White directly CONTRADICT what the Bible itself teaches.

Please read from another website all their teachings under the heading Ellen G. White’s teaching compared with the Bible.

False SDA Church Doctrine #8.

The SDA Church teaches that Sunday-keeping Christians have taken the MARK of the beast.

To learn what the MARK of the beast truly is please read the study J-27. COULD ISLAM BE THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 

For you see, the TRUE mark of the beast must fulfill ALL of the prophecies and some so-called future Sunday law comes nowhere near fulfilling all of the prophecies of the mark of the beast.

False SDA Church Doctrine #9.

THE SDA Church teaches that Satan is the scapegoat for sins.

Please read the article on another website called Scapegoat: Jesus or Satan?

False SDA Church Doctrine #10.

The SDA Church instills the belief in SDA Christians that they should never say that they ARE saved.

But the Bible ITSELF teaches us that we can KNOW that we ARE saved and in a right relationship with God having NO CONDEMNATION of sin.

Please read Romans 8:1-4.

“There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

Romans 8:2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 

Romans 8:3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 

Romans 8:4. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

In closing, only NINE of the TEN Commandments are repeated in the New Testament under the New Covenant.

1st Commandment. 

Mark 12:29; Ephesians 4:6; 1 John 5:21; Mark 4:10.

2nd Commandment. 

1 Corinthians 10:14; Romans 1:25.

3rd Commandment. 

James 5:12; Matthew 5:34-35.

4th Commandment.

Not one single verse of Scripture repeating the command to keep the weekly Sabbath DAY on ANY day of the week. 

But in contrast, there are no less than three SPECIFIC passages of Scripture that teach AGAINST keeping ANY day above another day or the week, month or year.

Romans 14:5-6. 

“One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Romans 14:6. He that regards the day, regard it unto the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eat to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.”

Colossians 2:16-17.

“Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 

Colossians 2:17. These are a shadow of the things that were to come, and the body is Christ.”

Galatians 4:10-11. 

“You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! 

Galatians 4:11. I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.”

5th Commandment. 

Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20.

6th Commandment. 

1 John 3:15; Matthew 5:21.

7th Commandment.  

Hebrews 13:4; Matthew 5:27-28.

8th Commandment. 

Romans 2:21; Ephesians 4:28.

9th Commandment. 

Colossians 3:9; Ephesians 4:25; 2 Timothy 3:3.

10th Commandment. 

Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5.

For further study on WHY the SDA Church and other seventh day Sabbath-keeping churches are wrong in their teaching that Christ must or should keep the weekly Sabbath DAY to please God, then I implore you to read all the studies under the heading **Dd-0. What Is the TRUE SABBATH?**

Please read all the studies linked within this study and all the studies linked below. 

This study was just the TIP of the iceberg of exposing the ERRORS of interpretation made by the Saturday seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping churches, and the Sunday first day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians. 

All of the studies listed below can be sent to a brother or sister caught up in the Hebrew Roots Movement or a Sabbath-keeping church by sending them this one link **Dd-0. What Is the TRUE SABBATH?**

Also read Dd-20. Did the EARLY Church KEEP the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY?

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The 4th Commandment is a SIGN Pointing to Jesus!

YES! I myself find ONLY NINE of the TEN COMMANDMENTS repeated in the NEW Testament. But that does NOT mean that the fourth commandment ITSELF was abolished and nailed to the cross. 

But rather, it was only the ORDINANCES contained IN the fourth commandment that Jesus abolished and nailed to the cross, according to Ephesians 2:15 and Colossians 2:14-17. Please read the studies Dd-5.WHAT DOES CONTAINED IN ORDINANCES MEAN? and Dd-2. IS THE WEEKLY SABBATH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? 

But for now, in this study we will take a close look at the passages of Scripture where all the moral commandments are repeated and we are taught to keep them in the New Testament under the New Covenant. 

And as you will see, they are all MORAL laws or moral commandments of God and no CEREMONIAL commandments of keeping of DAYS of the week, month, or year. 

You will NOT find any teaching in the New Testament to keep ANY of the CEREMONIAL commandments of keeping of DAYS, including the “ceremonial” fourth commandment of keeping the weekly Sabbath DAY. 

But rather, under the New Covenant written in the New Testament we are to keep the SPIRIT of the law and NOT the LETTER of the law.

Please read Romans 7:6.

“But NOW, we are DELIVERED from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; THAT we should serve in NEWNESS of SPIRIT, and NOT in the OLDNESS of the LETTER.”   

And that means that under the New Covenant we are to keep the TRUE meaning of the FOURTH commandment which points to Jesus as our TRUE Sabbath REST to enter into the New PERPETUAL COVENANT established in his shed blood. 

Please read the study Dd-15. The WEEKLY SABBATH DAY is a SIGN! 

Also read the study Dd-13. Jesus is OUR TRUE SABBATH REST!

So then, we are, indeed, commanded in the New Testament under the New Covenant to keep ALL of the SIX MORAL commandments found in the TEN Commandments. 

However, concerning the keeping of the FOURTH commandment to keep the weekly Sabbath day, you will NOT find it repeated or taught anywhere in the NEW Testament. 

YES, obviously, Jesus who was born UNDER the LAW kept ALL the law at that time BEFORE Jesus actually died for their sins and ours. 

But during the FORTY days of Jesus showing himself alive there is no evidence of Jesus keeping the weekly Sabbath day. 

And then, AFTER the church began at the day of Pentecost you do NOT find the early church keeping the Sabbath day. 

YES, the Apostles went into the synagogues on the Sabbath day, but the REASON they did go into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day was to PREACH the GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

We can read over and over where Paul DISPUTED and PERSUADED the JEWS in the Synagogue on the Sabbath day and in the market, and daily in the temple. 

But in none of the verses are we clearly and plainly told that Paul was OBSERVING the SABBATH of the JEWS when he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day to PREACH the gospel. 

Now, some may argue and say, what about Acts 1:12?

Acts 1:12.

“Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day’s journey.”

This is simply saying that the place that Jesus ascended into heaven at Mount Olivet is about 2 miles, a Sabbath day’s journey from Jerusalem. 

Keep in mind that Jesus ascended into heaven on a THURSDAY and NOT on the Sabbath day. 

Jesus showed himself alive for 40 DAYS beginning of a SUNDAY, the FIRST day of the week. 

Simply count FORTY days including the Sunday that Jesus began to show himself alive and that brings you to a Thursday on which Jesus ascended into heaven and the disciples returned to Jerusalem that was simply a Sabbath day’s JOURNEY.

We will talk more on the KEEPING of the weekly Sabbath DAY not being found anywhere in the New Testament later on in this study of God's word. 

But for now, let us take a look at the passages of Scripture that do, indeed, REPEAT the other NINE commandments of God.

Please keep in mind that there are sometimes many more verses that may teach a particular commandment. 

However, it is only needful to show two or three for us to understand that ONLY NINE commandments are repeated in the New Testament. 

Also, we as Christians, are taught under the NEW Covenant to KEEP these the SIX MORAL commandments according to Jesus in Matthew 19:16-19. 

Again, we will look more closely at the FOURTH commandment a little later in this study.

Commandment # 1 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 & Acts 14:15)

Exodus 20:1-3.

“And God spoke all these words, saying,

Exodus 20:2. I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3. You shall have no other gods before me.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? Is commandment #1 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #1 under the NEW covenant.

1 Corinthians 8:4-6.

“As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

1 Corinthians 8:5. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

1 Corinthians 8:6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”

Acts 14:15.

“And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:”

Commandment # 2 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Galatians. 5:18-21, Romans. 1:22,23, & 1 John 5:21)

Exodus 20:4-6.

“You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

Exodus 20:5. You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 

Exodus 20:6. And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #2 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #2 under the NEW covenant.

Galatians 5:18-21.

“But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Galatians 5:19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Galatians 5:20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedition, heresies,

Galatians 5:21. Envying, murders, drunkenness, revelings (Or partying with drunkenness and or partying with sexual intentions), and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Romans 1:21-23.

“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 1:22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.”

1 John 5:21.

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”

Commandment # 3 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in James 5:12)

Exodus 20:7.

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #3 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #3 under the NEW covenant.

James 5:12.

“But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest you fall into condemnation”

Commandment # 4 under the Old Covenant.

(NOT FOUND repeated or taught in anywhere in the NEW TESTAMENT under the New Covenant)

Exodus 20:8-11.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:9. Six days shall you labor, and do all your work.

Exodus 20:10. 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:

Exodus 20:11. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and RESTED the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #4 repeated in the New Testament? No!

Now, WHY would God place the FOURTH commandment in the CENTER of the TEN Commandments and then NOT give any teaching or instruction the keep the weekly Sabbath DAY as a day of REST like He taught the children of Israel to REST on the seventh day in Exodus chapter 16 for the first time? 

It is because the keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY is a SIGN pointing to the New PERPETUAL COVENANT. 

Again, please read the study Dd-15. The WEEKLY SABBATH DAY is a SIGN! 

Also read the study Dd-13. Jesus is OUR TRUE SABBATH REST!

But for now, let us continue taking a close look at the rest of the TEN Commandment that ARE repeated in CLARITY in the New Testament under the New Covenant.

Commandment # 5 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Ephesians 6:1-3)

Exodus 20:12.

“Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #5 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #5 under the NEW covenant.

Ephesians 6:1-3.

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Ephesians 6:2. Honor your father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians 6:3. That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Commandment # 6 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Romans 13:8-10)

Exodus 20:13.

“ You shall not kill.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #6 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #6 under the NEW covenant.

Romans 13:8-10.

“Owe no man any thing, but to LOVE one another: for he that LOVES another has FULFILLED the law.

Romans 13:9. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be ANY OTHER commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 13:10. LOVE works no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE is the FULFILLING OF the law.”

Commandment # 7 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Romans 13:8-10 and 1 Corinthians 6:9,10)

Exodus 20:14.

“You shall not commit adultery.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #7 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #7 under the NEW covenant.

Romans 13:8-10.

“Owe no man any thing, but to LOVE one another: for he that LOVES another has FULFILLED the law.

Romans 13:9. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be ANY OTHER commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 13:10. LOVE works no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE is the FULFILLING of the law.”

1 Corinthians 6:9,10.

“Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Corinthians 6:10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

Commandment # 8 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Romans 13:8-10 and Ephesians 4:28)

Exodus 20:15.

“You shall not steal.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #8 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #8 under the NEW covenant.

Romans 13:8-10.

“Owe no man any thing, but to LOVE one another: for he that LOVES another has FULFILLED the law.

Romans 13:9. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be ANY OTHER commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 13:10. LOVE works no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE is the FULFILLING OF the law.”

Ephesians 4:28.

“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.”

Commandment # 9 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Revelation 21:7,8, 22:15 and Colossians 3:9)

Exodus 20:16.

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #9 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #9 under the NEW covenant.

Revelation 21:7,8.

“He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Revelation 21:8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Now, it is one thing to NOT know that what a Christians is teaching is LIE, but it is a different thing to KNOW that a church doctrine is FALSE teaching and STILL keep on teaching it.

Revelation 22:14,15.

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:15. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.”

Now, this can be interpreted as whosoever LOVES making a LIE. Or this can be interpreted as whosoever LOVES, as in, Christians who walk in  LOVE to FULFILL ALL the law and who make a LIE that the as Christians MUST ALSO keep the weekly Sabbath DAY lest a Christian SINS. 

Did not Paul say that if there is ANY OTHER commandment that it is FULFILLED by our LOVING one another? 

Let us read what the New Testament teaches us is SIMPLICITY under the New Covenant again.

Romans 13:8-10.

“Owe no man any thing, but to LOVE one another: for he that LOVES another has FULFILLED the law.

Romans 13:9. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be ANY OTHER commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 13:10. LOVE works no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE is the FULFILLING OF the law.”

Commandment # 10 under the Old Covenant.

(Repeated in Romans 13:8-10 and Ephesians 5:3)

Exodus 20:17.

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor's.”

Now WHAT commandments are REPEATED for us as Christians in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT? 

Is commandment #10 repeated in the New Testament? YES!

Commandment #10 under the NEW covenant.

Romans 13:8-10.

“Owe no man any thing, but to LOVE one another: for he that LOVES another has FULFILLED the law.

Romans 13:9. For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be ANY OTHER commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself.

Romans 13:10. LOVE works no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE is the FULFILLING OF the law.”

Ephesians 5:1-7.

“Be you, therefore, followers of God, as dear children;

Ephesians 5:2. And walk in LOVE, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.

Ephesians 5:3. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;

Ephesians 5:4. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Ephesians 5:5. For this you know, that no whore monger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:6. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:7. Be not you therefore partakers with them.”

So then, ALL SIX MORAL commandments in the TEN Commandment are REPEATED several times in the New Testament with the CLEAR teaching. 

And the first three commandments are also repeated in the New Testament. 

So you have to ask yourself WHY the FOURTH commandment is NOT repeated anywhere in the New Testament under the New Covenant? 

Why is there not one single HINT of a teaching that we are to keep ANY DAYS under the New Covenant?

Let us take a CLOSER look at the FOURTH commandment to see WHY Christians are NOT to keep ANY DAYS of the week, month, or year under the new Covenant. But first, let us look at why the seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians INTERPRET as the keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY as being TAUGHT in the New Testament.

The English word “SABBATH” is found 60 times in the King James Version of the Bible in the NEW Testament. Of these 60 times, 50 of those times the word Sabbath is found in the four Gospels and the remaining 10 times are found 9 times in the book of Acts and 1 time in Colossians 2:16.

There is no point in looking at the times that Jesus kept the weekly Sabbath day because Jesus was BORN UNDER the law and the New Covenant had not yet been established in his shed blood on the cross. 

So then, we will only be looking at the 9 times that the word “Sabbath” is found in the book of Acts and the 1 time that the word “Sabbaths” is found in Colossians 2:16. 

Here is a list of the nine times the “WORD” Sabbath is found in the book of the ACTS of the Apostles. 

Please read them checking the CONTEXT as well and judge for yourself as to whether or not these passages of Scripture CLEARLY and PLAINLY can be interpreted in such a way as to DOGMATICALLY teach that we as Christians are to KEEP this fourth commandment in the same manner as God's peoples Israel were commanded to OBSERVE it under the OLD Testament law of Moses. 

We already covered Acts 1:12 and found that it was on a THURSDAY that Jesus ascended into heaven and the disciples returned to Jerusalem that was a Sabbath day’s JOURNEY back to the city of Jerusalem from Mount Olivet. 

And thus, that mere MENTIONING of the word Sabbath is simply stating how FAR it is from Mount Olivet to the city of Jerusalem. 

The disciples were traveling on a THURSDAY which has nothing to do with the weekly Sabbath Day’s restriction to only walk 2 miles on the Sabbath day and no further. 

So then, that leaves 8 more times that the word Sabbath is found in the New Testament. And YES, once again, I fully understand that you will obviously see Paul going into the synagogue on the Sabbath day.

But you will also see that the REASON that he went INTO the synagogue on the Sabbath day was to PREACH the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. 

There is no teaching in the New Testament that states Paul RESTED on the Sabbath day. In fact, Paul taught AGAINST the keep of DAYS which we will look at shortly.

But for now, consider A NON Saturday seventh day of the week Sabbath keeping Christians going INTO a Saturday Sabbath keeping church to visit or to witness the true gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Now, that does NOT mean that they are KEEPING Saturday, seventh day of the week as the Sabbath-keeping Christians. 

Consider a Christian that may be seen going into a bar to share the gospel, or just to have a bite to eat with some non Christians friends. 

But again, that does NOT PROVE beyond any shadow of a doubt to dogmatically say that they were going into that bar as others were to drink alcohol and get drunk. 

And thus, the Apostle Paul going INTO the synagogue on the Sabbath day does not prove that Paul was keeping the weekly Sabbath DAY. 

In fact, Paul taught AGAINST the keeping of ANY DAYS and the Judaizing Christians all through his letters and epistles. And again, we will cover those passages of Scripture further on in this study in God’s word. 

But for now, I want you to read the 9 verses of Scripture in the book of Acts with the word Sabbath in them. 

And as you read through these following passages of Scripture I ask that you keep an open mind and heart laying aside any preconceived teachings that you may have been taught and allow the Holy Spirit lead and guide you into all truth.

Acts 1:12.

“Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.”

Again, to me, this is just a reference to the distance from Jerusalem to the mount of Olives. 

Obviously, the Jews of that day understood what this meant because they had been taught the Law of Moses from a young age. 

The question is does this passage of Scripture PROVE beyond any shadow of a doubt that Christians are to KEEP the Sabbath day? 

You be the judge keeping in mind that it was on a THURSDAY that they traveled back to the city of Jerusalem from Mount Olivet.

Acts 13:14.

“But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.”

Be sure to read the CONTEXT some of which are in the verses that follow. 

All I ask is that you lay aside any previous teaching that you may have been taught and read these verses with your spiritual eyes open and judge for yourself with the leading of the Holy Spirit. 

Ask yourself the question of WHY Paul and those with Paul went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down?

Acts 13:27.

“For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, (Or BECAUSE the Jews at Jerusalem did not know that the Scriptures testify of Jesus as being their Messiah is WHY the disciples of Jesus went INTO the synagogues) nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.”

Here in this passage of Scripture you can see Paul standing up AFTER the rulers of the synagogue read the Scriptures and asked Paul and his company if they had anything to say. 

Paul then began to open up the eyes of their understanding explaining the Scriptures were pointing to Jesus the promised MESSIAH. 

To me, this is the REASON WHY Paul and the believers that were with him went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down to wait for their opportunity to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to them. 

If you wanted to talk to a lot of baseball fans where would you go? Obviously, you would go to a baseball game where baseball fans GATHER. 

And in the same way, Paul's best audience of a lot of Jews gathered together was in the synagogue.

And thus, Paul and the other disciples were simply waiting for the Scriptures to be read as they knew was the custom so that they could EXPLAIN to the Jews that the Scriptures POINTED to Jesus. 

In other words, the REASON they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day was NOT to OBSERVE the Sabbath say as a day of REST as the Jews. 

But rather, they went into a place where they knew that the JEWS would be assembled together so that they could PREACH the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ to the Jews first as the Lord had taught them. 

Acts 13:42.

“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.”

Here we see that the Gentiles who obviously overheard Paul preaching about a MESSIAH or a SAVIOR caused them to sit up and LISTEN. 

To me, it is obvious that these Gentiles wanted to hear MORE about this Jesus, and they obviously knew that the Jews met every Saturday to talk about God. 

So the Gentiles made an APPOINTMENT with Paul to meet back here at the same time and the same place to tell them MORE about Jesus. 

It was NOT the custom of the GENTILES to keep the Sabbath day, but from other verses in the Bible, the women and the children as well as the GENTILES were outside the synagogue itself. 

And, obviously, they could HEAR what was being said on the inside of the Synagogue. 

This verse says that when the Jews had gone OUT of the synagogue, meaning that their custom of reading the Scriptures was over or had ended and the Jews were leaving because they were REJECTING what Paul was PREACHING inside of the Synagogue. 

But the GENTILES having overheard Paul's PREACHING wanted to hear more so they asked Paul if they could hear more on the next DAY that he was going to PREACH, which happened to be on the Sabbath day because that was the DAY that the Jews gathered together in ONE PLACE.

Acts 13:44.

“And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.”

They did NOT come to keep the Sabbath DAY, But rather, it was the WORD of God that they came to HEAR speaking about Jesus being the Messiah, the LAW of Moses to KEEP the Law of Moses? 

They came to hear the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. 

So WHAT was this GOSPEL all about that caused nearly the WHOLE city to come out to HEAR on this Sabbath day? 

Was this PREACHING of Paul about the KEEPING of the LAW of Moses? 

Or was Paul EXPLAINING that Moses and the Old Testament prophets are POINTING to Jesus as being the Savior?

Acts 15:21.

“For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.”

The Apostle James is speaking here in regard to settling a DISPUTE between believers over whether or not they should continue in the Law of Moses to CIRCUMCISE the Gentile believers in the FLESH as the Law of God taught. 

The Judaizing Christians were saying yes while the Christians taught by the Apostle Paul were saying no! 

Please keep in mind that there was much heavy persecution against the church by the unsaved Jews. 

And in most every city the unsaved Jews preached Moses by reading in the synagogues every Sabbath day. 

It was Moses who they revered and followed and not the TRUE meaning FORESHADOWED in the Law of Moses that would lead them to Jesus. 

Also, please keep in mind that the church was still yet receiving REVELATION KNOWLEDGE from the Holy Spirit. 

Just a few chapters before it was yet UNKNOWN or not completely UNDERSTOOD that God has also cleansed the GENTILES by the blood of Jesus as well on the cross as he did for the JEWS. 

But then God gave Peter a VISION in Acts chapter 10 REVEALING to Peter that some CHANGES in the OLD COVENANT were made at the cross of Jesus and now the TIME had come to take the GOSPEL to the GENTILES and obey the CHANGES made under the New Covenant. 

Please read all the studies that I have written on this subject of whether or not we as Christians are to keep the weekly Sabbath DAY as a day of REST under the heading **Dd-0. WHAT is the TRUE SABBATH?** 

But for now, let us finish taking a close look at the rest of the Scriptures in the book of Acts with the word Sabbath in them.

Acts 16:13.

“And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont (Or accustomed, or as was the custom of the women where prayer was) to be made; and we sat down, and spoke unto the women which resorted there.”

This verse makes it clear that the early church did not ALWAYS preach the gospel in the synagogue on the Sabbath day. 

It may be that earlier that Sabbath day they went into the synagogue to preach the gospel as well. The Bible simply does not say. 

But my point is that the NEW Testament does NOT teach us as Christians to keep the Sabbath day as a DAY of REST as the Jews were taught to keep the Sabbath day. 

Again, please keep in mind that the early Church is still learning from the Holy Spirit as what to do, what not to do and what to teach. 

The only thing that is obvious is that Peter still kept the dietary Law of Moses up to Acts chapter 10 and then after being TAUGHT by the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10. 

Peter no longer kept the dietary Law of Moses except for one other time when he was INTIMIDATED by his peers to not eat with the Gentiles. 

And Paul rebuked Peter to his face for he was WRONG to keep the dietary Law of Moses. 

Please read the study Dd-40. Acts 10 Peter’s VISION of God CLEANSING ALL Manners of MEAT!

But for now, we just have a few more verses in Acts with the word Sabbath in them.

Acts 17:2.

“And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,”

Now, obviously, seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians INTERPRET the words of Paul, “as was his MANNER” as being it was the CUSTOM of Paul to OBSERVE the Sabbath day. 

But, to me, it is blatantly clear that these words “as his manner was”  is DEFINITELY speaking of Paul's manner AFTER Paul became a Christian to go UNTO THEM, the Jews wherever they were to REASON with them the Scriptures pointing to Jesus as being the Messiah. 

You see, the manner of Paul was to go into the synagogue UNTO THEM on the Sabbath to PREACH the GOSPEL of Jesus to the Jews. 

And in the CONTEXT of this verse, we can clearly see that Paul is REASONING with the JEWS out of the Old Testament Scriptures about Jesus. 

And thus to me, this is the ONLY REASON of WHY the early church went into the synagogues on the Sabbath day. 

The calling of the church is to PREACH the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. 

CLEARLY, to me, this is what the church was doing when they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. You must judge for YOURSELF.

Acts 18:4.

“And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”

Again, over and over we see that the REASON that Paul and the early church went into the synagogues on the Sabbath day was to PREACH the GOSPEL and PERSUADE the Jews and the Gentiles to BELIEVE in JESUS as the MESSIAH.

So then, in NONE of these passages of Scripture in the book of Acts do we find where we as Christians are SPECIFICALLY commanded, or even a HINT of teaching to keep the Sabbath DAY as a day of REST. 

Again, yes the Apostles went into synagogue on the Sabbath day, but the REASON that they went into the synagogues was to PREACH the gospel to the Jews.

In Acts 16:13, we see the disciples going OUT of the city down by a river on the Sabbath day to preach the gospel to a group of women that were gathered together there, as was the custom of the women, to pray. 

For a deeper understanding on whether or not we as Christians should keep the Sabbath, as in, worshiping God on SATURDAY as opposed to worshiping God on Sunday please read the studies called Dd-21. Saturday, Sunday, or NEITHER? 

Also read Dd-40. Acts 10 Peter’s VISION of God CLEANSING ALL Manners of MEAT!

But for now, let us take a look at Colossians 2:16,17, which is that LAST time that the word “Sabbath” is found in the Bible. 

And Colossians 2:16,17 CLEARLY teaches us that we are NOT to let others judge or condemn us for NOT keeping the Sabbath day, because all the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment were abolished and nailed to the cross. 

Again, it was NOT the fourth commandment ITSELF that was abolished and nailed to the cross by Jesus. 

But rather, it was the ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment that Jesus abolished and nailed to the cross. 

And Jesus did this so THAT we can NOW keep the fourth commandment is NEWNESS of SPIRIT and NOT on OLDNESS of the LETTER of the law CONTAINED in ORDINANCES.

Please read Colossians 2:14-17.

“Blotting out the handwriting of ORDINANCES that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it (The ORDINANCES) to his cross; ( And NOT the CEREMONIAL commandments themselves which Jesus FULFILLED the SHADOW or all the ceremonial commandments, INCLUDING the ceremonial FOURTH commandment)

Colossians 2:15. And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Colossians 2:16. Let no man, THEREFORE, (Or for this very reason that Jesus BLOTTED out the handwriting of ORDINANCES and nailed them to the cross do NOT allow any man to) judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days:

Colossians 2:17. Which are a SHADOW of things to come; BUT the BODY is of Christ.”

In other words, if you shine a flashlight at a small tree at night and look at the SHADOW then what does the SHADOW point to as the BODY of that SHADOW? Does that SHADOW of the tree look like the BODY of a FISH? No! 

The SHADOW of a tree looks like the BODY of a TREE. 

And in the SAME way, the SHADOW of the weekly Sabbath DAY of REST points to the REST we have in Jesus for HOLINESS or for RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

And the weekly sabbath rest being on the seventh day points to the Seventh 1000-year long day of Yahweh’s Sabbath REST in the world to come. 

And ONLY those who ENTER INTO the TRUE Sabbath REST in Jesus will be counted worthy to receive eternal life to ENTER INTO The Seventh 1000-year long day of Yahweh’s Sabbath REST in the world to come. 

That is what Paul teaches us in Hebrew 4:8,9 about their REMAINING a REST on ANOTHER DAY for the people of God, the unsaved Jews. 

Please read the study Dd-37b. Hebrews 4:1-11 PROVES the TRUE Sabbath is FUTURE!

But for now, here is a list of things Paul is teaching us as Christians to not let any man JUDGE us because Jesus blotted out and nailed to the cross the ORDINANCES contained the the law of commandments. 

#1. Let no man judge you in MEAT referring to food as in what you eat.

#2. Let no man judge you in DRINK.

#3. Let no man judge you in respect of an HOLY DAY referring to a YEARLY high holy Sabbath day.

#4. Let no man judge you in respect of the NEW MOON speaking of the MONTHLY Sabbath days.

#5. Let no man judge you in respect of the SABBATH DAYS speaking of the WEEKLY SABBATH days.

I want you to read Colossians 2:16,17 from several other translations, which make it blatantly clear that we as Christians are NOT to let any man CONDEMN them for NOT observing the ANNUAL YEARLY feast days, for NOT keeping the MONTHLY new moon festivals and for NOT keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath DAYS.

Here is Col. 2:1,17 from the New International Version.

“Therefore, do NOT let anyone judge you by what you EAT or DRINK, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration OR a SABBATH DAY.

Colossians 2:17. These are a SHADOW of the things that were to come; the reality, (Or the TRUE) however, is found in Christ.”

Col. 2:16,17 from the Complete Jerusalem Bible.

“So don't let anyone PASS judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking, or in regard to a Jewish festival or Rosh-Hodesh or Shabbat.

Colossians 2:17. These are a SHADOW of things that are coming, but the body is of the MESSIAH.”

Col. 2:16,17,18 from the New Living Translation.

“So don't let anyone CONDEMN you for what you eat or drink, or for NOT celebrating certain holy days or new-moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.

Colossians 2:17. For these rules were only shadows of the REAL thing, Christ himself.

Colossians 2:18. Don't let anyone condemn you by INSISTING on self-denial. And don't let anyone say you must worship angels, even though they say they have had visions about this. (Such as Ellen G. White the revered prophetess of the Seventh Day Adventist Church) These people claim to be so humble, but their sinful minds have made them PROUD.”

Col.2:16,17 from the Message Bible.

“So don’t put up with anyone pressuring you in DETAILS of DIET, worship services, or holy days.

Colossians 2:17. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.”

Col.2:16-23 from the New Century Version.

“So do NOT let anyone make RULES for you about eating and drinking or about a religious feast, (Referring to NOT keeping of the annual feast days) a New Moon Festival, (The MONTHLY celebrations) or a Sabbath day. (Speaking of NOT keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath day)

Colossians 2:17. These things were like a SHADOW of what was to come. But what is TRUE and real HAS COME and is found in Christ.

Colossians 2:18. Do not let anyone disqualify you by making you humiliate yourself and worship angels (Speaking of keeping the DOCTRINES of Devils) Such people enter into visions, which fill them with foolish pride because of their human way of thinking. (To me this sounds almost exactly like a PROPHECY of the FOUNDING of the Seventh Day Advent Church where the founder and leader had visions. 

But those visions were NOT for God’s angels. But rather, the visions that Ellen G. White received were from Satan manifesting himself as an angel oof light. 

How do we know this? Because the SDA Church doctrines CONTRADICT the Scriptures.

Thus, the SDA Church falsely teaches doctrines of devils by making rules for SDA Christians to abstain from eating meat. 

Simply read 1 Timothy 4:1-6 which ALL seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians do by their doctrine of devils teaching Christians NOT to eat pork, shrimp and other meats that God CLEANSED. 

And this passage of Scripture here in Colossians 2:14-16 is WARNING the church of false teachers that would come into the church to try and Judanize believers to keep all the Law of Moses as the Jews. 

And they ALL begin their deception with subverting weak Christians to keep the weekly Sabbath DAY)

Colossians 2:19. They do not hold tightly to Christ, the head. It is from him that all the parts of the body are cared for and held together. So it grows in the way God wants it to grow.

Colossians 2:20. Since you died with Christ and were made free from the ruling spirits of the world, WHY do you act as if you still belong to this world by following rules like these:

Colossians 2:21. “Don't eat this,” “Don't taste that,” “Don't even touch that thing”?

Colossians 2:22. These rules refer to earthly things that are gone as soon as they are used. They are only man-made commands and teachings.

Colossians 2:23. They seem to be wise, but they are only part of a man-made religion. They make people pretend not to be proud and make them punish their bodies, but they do not really control the evil desires of the sinful self.”

Col. 2:16,17 from God's Word Translation.

“Therefore, let no one judge you because of what you EAT or drink or about the observance of ANNUAL holy days, New Moon Festivals, (MONTHLY feasts) or WEEKLY worship days.

Colossians 2:17. These are a SHADOW of the things to come, but the body [that casts the shadow] belongs to Christ.”

You can continue to read from many more multiple translations and they all speak the SAME thing which is to now allow the Judaizing seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians to JUDGE you for NOT keeping the DIETARY Law of Moses, for not keeping the YEARLY feast day Sabbaths, for NOT keeping the MONTHLY new moon festivals, AND for NOT keeping the WEEKLY Sabbath days. 

Again. I encourage you to read the study called Dd-21. Saturday KEEPING, Sunday Keeping, or NEITHER?

That study will give you a deeper understanding that the early church assembled themselves together on SUNDAY, the LORD'S DAY to worship God. 

And it is an OPTION, whether or not you choose to rest on Sunday or NOT to rest on Sunday. 

In other words, a Christ is free to rest on ANY day of the rest or NOT to rest on ANY day of the week to work seven days a week if they so choose. 

So, if your job requires you to work on Saturday and or on Sunday and you FEEL that you must rest one day a week, the rest on the day that you are not required to work. 

The TRUTH of the matter is that Christians are NOT required by God to rest on ANY day of the week, month, or year. 

So, you are FREE to work seven days a week 365 days a year.

Sorry, but I decided to cut this study short and cover WHY Christians are NOT required by God under the New Covenant to rest on ANY day and cover that question in the study called Dd-15. The WEEKLY SABBATH is a SIGN! 

Also read the study called Dd-13. Jesus is OUR TRUE SABBATH REST!

If you would like to dig deeper into the Scriptures on this subject of whether or not the keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY is binding on Christians please read all the studies under heading **Dd-0. WHAT IS THE TRUE SABBATH?** 

In that subject heading I have links to all the studies related to the weekly Sabbath DAY, the FOURTH commandment, the Law of Moses, and EVERY verse of Scripture used to try and prove that the keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY is binding on Christians under the New Covenant. 

Also, you can read many quotes of the early Church writers who wrote AGAINST the keeping of the seventh day of the week as the Jews by clicking on this link Dd-20. Did the EARLY CHURCH KEEP the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY?

This study was just the TIP of the iceberg of exposing the ERRORS of interpretation made by the Saturday seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping churches, and the Sunday first day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians. 

All of the studies listed below can be sent to a brother or sister caught up in the Hebrew Roots Movement or a Sabbath-keeping church by sending them this one link **Dd-0. What Is the TRUE SABBATH?**

Also read Dd-20. Did the EARLY Church KEEP the WEEKLY Sabbath DAY?

Here is a link to another website that also cares about helping SDA Christians see the TRUTH and come out of the SDA Church.

SDA Church outreach

Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. 

And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. 

Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands. 

And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels. 

Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels. 

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