Dd-5. What Does CONTAINED in ORDINANCES TRULY MEAN?

Dd-5. What Does the Law Contained in Ordinances Mean?

What Are the ORDINANCES that Jesus ABOLISHED?

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Jesus ABOLISHED the KEEPING of DAYS!

Is the law of the fourth commandment of the weekly Sabbath day one of the laws of the commandments of God contained in ordinances that were abolished at the cross? 

In other words, does the fourth commandment CONTAIN any ORDINANCES? 

YES! The fourth commandment is a commandment contained in ORDINANCES. 

And, according to Ephesians 2:15, the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment were abolished at the cross. 

Please understand that the SIX MORAL commandments in the TEN Commandment were NOT abolished at the cross. 

It is ONLY the law of commandments containing ORDINANCES that were abolished at the cross. 

Also, understand that the FOURTH commandment ITSELF was NOT abolished. 

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

And ALL of the Sabbath DAYS contain “ordinances” in them. All the feast DAYS contain ordinances. 

ALL the ceremonial commandments contain ordinances. All the dietary laws contain ordinances. 

And the ceremonial commandment of the FOURTH commandment is contained in ORDINANCES.

So then, what is an ordinance? Simply put, an ordinance is a verbal or written “instruction” giving the directions of what to do and HOW to perform a commandment of God. 

So then. what are the ordinances of the fourth commandment?

Please read Exodus 35:2,3.

“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of REST to the LORD: whosoever does work therein shall be put to death. 

Exodus 35:3. You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.”

The law of the fourth commandment itself simply states in Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” 

But the ORDINANCES contained in the fourth command are many. 

Exodus 35:2,3 only gives 2 ordinances and one judgment for not obeying the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment. 

Here are some of the ordinances contained in the fourth commandment.

ORDINANCE #1 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

There are six DAYS to do work in.

ORDINANCE #2 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

The seventh DAY is a holy day.

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ORDINANCE #3 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

The Sabbath is a rest to Yahweh.

ORDINANCE #4 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

You shall kindle no fire on the seventh DAY.

Now there are SHADOWS in the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment that point to our REST in Jesus, the New PERPETUAL Covenant, and the future 1000 year long SEVENTH day Sabbath of Yahweh. 

But there are more ORDINANCES contained in the fourth commandment. 

Please read Numbers 15:32-36 where Moses and the children of Israel learn for the first time that anyone who disobeys any ORDINANCE of the fourth commandment must be put to DEATH and that THEY are the ones who must put to death those who break the fourth commandment.

Please read Numbers 15:32-36.

“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 

Numbers 15:33. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 

Numbers 15:34. And they put him in ward, because it was NOT declared what should be done to him. 

Numbers 15:35. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 

Numbers 15:36. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.” 

Now, if you are just simply reading the LETTER of the law contained in ORDINANCES of the FOURTH commandment, then you will not see the SPIRIT of the law which is to OBSERVE or the DISCERN the MEANING of the SHADOWS hidden in the “ordinances contained” in the fourth commandment. 

The GATHERING of STICKS symbolically represents Yahweh gathering TWO sticks prophesied by the MAN, Jesus Christ. 

The MAN that was put to DEATH for gathering the sticks symbolically represents the Jews and the Gentiles being gathered by Yahweh to be ONE people in His HOLINESS in Jesus Christ. 

So, the SHADOW of a MAN gathering sticks can mean one of two things or even BOTH things. 

It could mean that all people who WORK by keeping the Old Testament law on the Lord’s Sabbath DAY speaking of the seventh 1000 year long Sabbath day of Yahweh’s rest shall be put to death for doing the work of the LETTER of the law. 

Or it could be prophetically speaking of a specific MAN, the Son of MAN, Jesus who was put to DEATH by the congregation of the children of Israel crying out to Julius Caesar to CRUCIFY him. 

For you see, Jesus is the MAN that was put to death for GATHERING the TWO sticks, the Jews and the Gentiles who BELIEVE to be ONE stick, the new creation created by God in the MAN, Jesus Christ. 

The point is that simply picking up sticks was a HARSH punishment and there is something significant about working on a DAY of the week SHADOWING those NOT RESTING in Jesus being put to DEATH.

Then there is the ordinance contained in the fourth commandment on how far to WALK on the seventh DAY and then CEASE from walking to REST and walk no further on the Seventh DAY. 

And to me, this is a shadow teaching the children of Israel to walk in the Old Covenant so far and then CEASE from walking in the Old Covenant to REST in the New PERPETUAL Covenant that was establish when the MAN Jesus was put to death on the cross by a congregation of the children of Israel crying out to have their Messiah crucified.

Please read Acts 2:36-42.

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made that same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

Acts 2:37. Now when they (The unsaved congregation of the children of Israel) heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 

Acts 2:38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 2:39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 

Acts 2:40. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 

Acts 2:41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 

Acts 2:42. And they continued steadfastly in the Apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” 

Now, the Seventh Day Adventist Church argues that the keeping of the weekly Sabbath DAY on the SEVENTH day is still binding on Christians and it must be kept lest a Christian sins. 

The SDA Church argues that the fourth commandment is NOT a commandment contained in ORDINANCES and that ONLY the Law of Moses has commandments contained in ordinances. 

And they argue that if any Christian breaks any of the MORAL commandments in the TEN Commandments, then they would be sinning.

So, WHY is not keeping the weekly Sabbath day NOT a sin? 

And it would be as sin if the fourth commandment contained no ordinances that Jesus abolished and nailed to the cross in order to CHANGE the WAY in which we NOW keep the TRUE MEANING of the weekly Sabbath commandment.

And as you have just seen, there are no less than seven ORDINANCES and one judgment of DEATH contained in the fourth commandment. 

And they are all SHADOWS pointing to Jesus, the New PERPETUAL COVENANT, and the seventh 1000 year long Sabbath DAY OF Yahweh’s rest in the world to come. 

There are no less than seven ORDINANCES contained in the law of commandment number four, the FOURTH commandment, CONTAINED in ORDINANCES that Jesus abolished at the cross. 

Remember that Jesus did not ABOLISH ANY of the TEN Commandments themselves or ANY of the feast DAY commandments themselves.

But rather, Jesus abolished the ORDINANCES contained in ALL of the CEREMONIAL commandments UNTO the Lord.

ORDINANCE #1 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

There are six DAYS to do work in.

ORDINANCE #2 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

The seventh DAY is a holy day.

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ORDINANCE #3 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

The Sabbath is a rest to Yahweh.

ORDINANCE #4 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

You shall kindle no fire on the seventh DAY.

ORDINANCE #5 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

No gathering of STICKS.

ORDINANCE #6 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

Put to DEATH those who break any of the ordinances of the fourth commandment.

ORDINANCE #7 contained in the FOURTH commandment.

Walk so far and then REST to walk no further on the seventh DAY.

Can you not see that Christians ARE keeping the TRUE meaning of WHY the ceremonial commandments of service UNTO Yahweh were given to the children of Israel FOR in the first place? 

I can, and so can almost all other Christians. 

We KNOW that it is NOT a sin to NOT keep the weekly Sabbath DAY because Christians ARE keeping the “SPIRIT” of the Law of God’s Sabbath REST by our FAITH in Jesus as our TRUE Sabbath rest. 

The “spirit” of the law is the spiritual significance of why the law was given in the first place. 

And the “letter” of the law is the ORDINANCES teaching the children of Israel HOW to keep each individual commandment.

Think of an ordinance as being an INSTRUCTION on what to do and HOW to do it in order to be keeping a law of a commandment. 

In other words, there are INSTRUCTIONS in the Old Testament even before the Law of Moses was given on how to keep a commandment of God. 

But there were no ceremonial laws until the Law of God was ADDED because of TRANSGRESSION of God’s MORAL law written in the God given CONSCIENCE that man “inherited” when Adam sinned. 

Now, the Law of God is also called the Law of Moses and it may SEEM as if they are different to some Christians but they are NOT. 

However, the “LETTER” of the law spoken of in the New Testament means that the children had to obey the law of commandments ACCORDING to the handwriting of the ORDINANCES written by the hand of Moses. 

And thus, there is a difference between the “letter” of the law and the “spirit” of the law. It is the SAME law but the ORDINANCES of the SAME law have CHANGED. Let me explain what I mean by this.

Let us use the example of Abraham being given a COMMANDMENT by God to be circumcised as a TOKEN or as a SIGN of being in a COVENANT with Almighty God. 

In other words, no circumcision means you have no covenant with God. Now the ORDINANCES of the law of CIRCUMCISION are the INSTRUCTIONS on HOW to obey the law of commandment to be “circumcised”. 

Just because the word commandment is not used we all know and understand that God was not SUGGESTING for Abraham to circumcise himself and his seed.

Please read Genesis 17:9-14.

“And God said unto Abraham, You shall keep my covenant, therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations. 

Genesis 17:10. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; (And here is the commandment contained in ordinances or in INSTRUCTIONS on what to do and HOW to do it) Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 

Genesis 17:11. And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token (Or a SIGN) of the covenant between me and you. 

Genesis 17:12. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed. 

Genesis 17:13. He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in YOUR flesh (Abraham) for an everlasting covenant. (For you see, Abraham obeyed God to circumcise his own flesh of his foreskin God made Abraham a PROMISE that he would always be in covenant with God. 

This is a SHADOW pointing to Jesus who CUT away the sins in our flesh to circumcise us who BELIEVE so that we can be in COVENANT with Almighty God. 

And Jesus did this BY suffering temptation and NOT sinning during the days of his FLESH to establish the PERPETUAL COVENANT. 

So, the cutting of the flesh symbolically represents the cutting away of sins)

Genesis 17:14. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is NOT circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” 

So then, the circumcision is the COMMANDMENT itself and the ORDINANCES are the INSTRUCTIONS on HOW to be circumcised.

 And in the Old Testament times the ordinances of the law of commandment of the FIRST circumcision was the cutting away of the foreskin in the FLESH made with hands. 

Now the law of commandment to be circumcised which I will call the law of commandment of circumcision continued for the next 430 years and God told Moses on Mount Horeb to write DOWN the commandment AND the ORDINANCES contained in the law of circumcision in a book that became to be called the Book of the Law, the Law of God, and the Law of Moses. 

There is only ONE law and that is the law of Yahweh who COMMANDED Moses what to give to the children of Israel. 

You can NOT separate the Law of God from the Law of Moses but you can discern the difference between the commandment and the ORDINANCE contained in each CEREMONIAL commandment. 

For you see, there are no ORDINANCES in the SIX MORAL commandments in the TEN Commandments. 

All the feast days are ceremonial commandments and so are the weekly Sabbaths a ceremonial service UNTO Yahweh. 

This is why Yahweh says My Sabbaths. ALL of the Sabbaths point to RESTING in Jesus. 

The feast of the Passover lamb is a SHADOW pointing to Jesus as the TRUE Passover Lamb, and by our FAITH in Jesus as our Passover Lamb we ARE keeping the NEW ORDINANCE on HOW to keep the feast of Passover, under the New Covenant, which is our FAITH in Jesus as our TRUE Passover Lamb. 

And thus, we are NOT obligated to keep the ORDINANCES written in the Old Testament under the Old Covenant where a DAY had to be kept.

Now, under the New Covenant written in the New Testament the LAW of commandment of circumcision ITSELF is still BINDING, but the ORDINANCES have been ABOLISHED and NAILED to the cross. 

In other words, all the INSTRUCTIONS in the Old Testament on what to do and HOW to do it in order to keep the law of circumcision have been abolished and nailed to the cross. 

The Old Testament ordinances have been CHANGED to the NEW ordinances, under the NEW Covenant written in the New Testament. 

And the NEW ordinance or instruction on HOW to keep the LAW of circumcision under the New Covenant is our FAITH in Jesus as BEING our circumcision NOT made with hands.

Please read Colossians 2:11.

“IN whom (Or by FAITH you are in Jesus Christ and in whom) also you ARE CIRCUMCISED with the circumcision made WITHOUT hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:”

Now, since we ARE keeping the LAW of circumcision by our FAITH in Jesus as BEING our circumcision then we are not OBLIGATED by Almighty God to keep the Old Testament ORDINANCES or the INSTRUCTIONS on HOW to keep the law of commandment of circumcision under the Old Covenant written in the Old Testament that were abolished and nailed to the cross. 

In other words, our FAITH in Jesus is the TOKEN that we are in a covenant with God being under the New PERPETUAL Covenant which is a BETTER covenant, according to Hebrews 8:6-13. 

So then, the law of the commandments itself was not abolished but the ORDINANCES or the instructions on HOW to keep the law of commandments under the Old Covenant written in the Old Testament was indeed abolished and nailed to the cross.

With that being said, the FOURTH commandment ITSELF was NOT abolished, but rather, the ORDINANCES in the fourth commandment were abolished and nailed to the cross. 

For you see, the ordinances are SHADOWS pointing to the TRUE. 

To say this another way, the actual COMMANDMENT itself is to REST, and the ORDINANCES are the instructions of WHEN to rest and HOW to rest and where to rest which are all SHADOWS pointing to Jesus, the New PERPETUAL COVENANT.

And thus, the true meaning of the seventh day is the yet future 1000 year long Seventh DAY of Yahweh's REST in the world to come.

Plain and simple, the WAY that the fourth commandment was kept under the Old Covenant by resting on the seventh DAY has been abolished and CHANGED.

 And the new WAY that we KEEP the fourth commandment under the New Covenant is by our FAITH in Jesus for HOLINESS. 

In other words, by our RESTING in Jesus for Holiness, we ARE keeping the fourth commandment. 

And thus, we are NOT obligated to keep the “letter” of the law contained in the OLD ordinances written in the Old Testament under the Old Covenant in the fourth commandment. 

Plain and simple, we are not obligated to keep the Sabbath DAY or any other DAY as a DAY of rest. So it is NOT a SIN for Christians who do not keep the seventh DAY or the FIRST day to rest. 

Paul teaches us in Romans 14 that we are not to esteem ANY DAY above any other DAY and to esteem EVERY day the same.

So then, by our remaining in Jesus to endure unto the END by CEASING from the works of the law contained in ORDINANCES, we ARE keeping the THIRD commandment as well to NOT take the Lord’s NAME in VAIN or for no profit. 

Please read the study Dd-19. What Does Taking the Lord’s NAME in VAIN TRULY MEAN? 

But for now, please read Exodus 20:7. 

Exodus 20:7. 

“You shall NOT take the (Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) NAME of the LORD your God in VAIN; for the LORD will NOT hold him guiltless that takes His NAME in VAIN.”

In other words, those who take the Lord’s NAME in VAIN will be held ACCOUNTABLE. 

Now, in most Bibles you would not know about the Aleph and the Tav because these two Hebrew letters are NOT translated. 

The Aleph and the Tav are the FIRST and the LAST letters of the Hebrew alphabet and Jesus said that he is the FIRST and the LAST. 

Jesus also said, “The Scriptures testify of me.” So the untranslated Aleph and Tav are hidden pointers to Messiah Jesus. 

And the untranslated Aleph and Tav SHADOW is found everywhere in connection with the FOURTH commandment of the weekly Sabbath DAY. 

Some concordances and some study Bibles have the Strong’s numbers by each word. 

Here is an example on E-Sword that you can download on your computer for free. 

I highly suggest you do so if you have not already downloaded it. It is a great Bible study tool.

Exo 20:7  Thou shalt not H3808 take H5375 (H853) the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in vain; H7723 for H3588 the LORD H3068 will not H3808 hold him guiltless H5352 (H853) thatH834 taketh H5375 (H853) his name H8034 in vain. H7723 

In other words, you shall NOT take or receive Aleph Tav NAME of Yahweh your God in VAIN. 

Now translate the untranslated Aleph and Tav as H853 Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus and read this verse again.

Here is Exodus 20:7 translated with (H853 Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) 

“You shall NOT take (Or you shall NOT receive) the (H853 Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) NAME of the LORD (Or Yahweh) your God in VAIN; (Or to not profit you) for the LORD will not hold him (The believer in (H853 Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) guiltless that takes His (H853 Aleph Tav Messiah Jesus) NAME in VAIN.”

The untranslated Aleph and Tav is found three times in this one verse of Scripture that is the THIRD commandment in the TEN Commandments. 

The word “VAIN” symbolically means, that if any Christian receives the TRUTH to believe that the NAME of Jesus is the ONLY NAME given among men whereby we MUST believe, and they DEPART from the faith, then they believed in VAIN.

In other words, if they take Jesus to be their Lord and Savior, but they do NOT ENDURE unto the END, then their faith in Jesus would in VAIN, as in, their faith in Jesus did not profit them to receive eternal life in the world to come. 

So, the TRUE gospel is centered on our FAITH in Jesus for HOLINESS and for RIGHTEOUSNESS. And you can NOT be more holy or more righteous than what God Himself MADE us in Jesus Christ by His grace through FAITH. 

This is why Paul WARNS Christians in Ephesians 2:8,9 that we are NOT saved by WORKS. And the “WORKS” that Paul is referring to are the WORKS of the law of commandments CONTAINED in ORDINANCES that is the ENMITY that Jesus abolished and nailed to the cross, according to the CONTEXT in Ephesians 2:15.

So then, any Christian who KEEPS any law of commandment contained in ordinances, is being DISOBEDIENT to the gospel of TRUTH. 

And the keeping of DAYS, as in, ANY DAYS whether they are a holy DAY like the weekly Sabbath day, according to Exodus 34:2. 

And even whether they are the Sabbath DAYS like the weekly Sabbath days are Sabbath DAYS. 

No matter if it is a holy day or a Sabbath day, they are the WORKS of the law of commandments contained in ORDINANCES that Jesus nailed to the cross. 

So then, rather than PLEASING God by doing the WORKS of the law of commandments contained in ORDINANCES, Christians who keep the Sabbath DAYS, a holy DAY, or the dietary laws in the Old Testament as being OBLIGATORY lest they sin, then they are actually DISPLEASING God by NOT honoring what Jesus did on the cross, to abolish and nail those ORDINANCES to the cross. 

You see, all Sabbath-keeping Christians only use PART of the Scriptures by taking verses of Scripture out of context and then twisting the New Testament Scriptures to agree with their OWN private interpretation of the Old Testament Scriptures.

Now let us read some verses where the Apostle Paul WARNS Christians that THEIR faith in Jesus is in VAIN because they are observing DAYS. 

And is not the observing of the weekly Sabbaths, DAYS that they are observing? YES! 

Also, keep in mind that the Sabbath is A HOLY DAY as well, according to Exodus 35:2.

Let us go ahead and read Exodus 35:2.

“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever does work therein shall be put to death.” 

Now what did Paul say in Colossians 2:16 that were NAILED to the cross and taken out of the way? 

Let us read this verse as well and notice that BOTH a holy DAY and the Sabbath DAYS were nailed to the cross. 

So then, you cannot argue that BOTH a holy day and the Sabbath DAY are NOT the weekly Sabbath DAYS. 

Clearly, the weekly Sabbath day is a Holy DAY and the weekly Sabbath DAY are Sabbath DAYS. Now the SDA Church argues that the Sabbath DAYS are referring to the FEAST days. So what is a Holy DAY? 

Is not the weekly Sabbath called a Holy DAY? 

It makes no sense for the Apostle Paul to list the feast days TWICE as being a Holy DAY AND as being Sabbath DAYS. 

Please read the IN-DEPTH study called Dd-3.  WHAT DOES COLOSSIANS 2:14-17 TRULY MEAN? 

But for now, here is Colossians 2:16 and a short explanation to its true meaning.

Colossians 2:16.

“Let no man, therefore, JUDGE you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy DAY, or of the new moon, OR of the Sabbath DAYS:”

So, BOTH a HOLY DAY AND the Sabbath DAYS were nailed to the cross. 

So, no matter how one INTERPRETS the words of Paul to mean to THEM, the weekly Sabbath DAYS are DAYS that are called SABBATHS AND an HOLY DAY. 

And the feast days are also called a holy DAY. And some of the feast days are also specifically called Sabbaths as well. 

So then, is the weekly Sabbath A HOLY DAY? YES! 

According to Exodus 35:2, the weekly Sabbath DAY is a Holy DAY. Is the fourth commandment NOT about keeping the SEVENTH day Holy as a Sabbath or as a DAY of REST? YES! 

So then, the weekly Sabbath DAY to rest on the seventh day are Sabbath DAYS. 

Their weekly Sabbaths are DAYS that were commanded to be observed according to the WAY they were instructed in the ORDINANCES under the Old Covenant that is no longer accepted by God. 

So then, the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment are no longer BINDING on Christians because we ARE keeping the TRUE meaning of the SHADOW of the ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment to REST. 

In other words, under the New Covenant we do not keep any DAY as a day of REST, but rather, we rest in Jesus as our TRUE Sabbath REST. 

Please read the study Dd-13. Is Jesus OUR TRUE SABBATH REST? 

But for now, the Apostle Paul WARNS those Christians who keep DAYS that their FAITH in Jesus is in VAIN. Please read the following verses of Scripture.

1 Corinthians 15:1,2.

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached (And NOT the perverted gospel that the SDA Church preaches.

But rather, DECLARE the TRUE gospel that the Apostle Paul preaches) unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; 

1 Corinthians 15:2. By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory WHAT I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.”

Will Christians who believe a false perverted gospel be SAVED? 

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling is what the Apostle Paul said to the Judaizing Christians.

2 Corinthians 6:1.  

“We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the GRACE of God in VAIN.” 

Were you SAVED by the hearing of the law? Are you saved by keeping the law? 

Or were you initially saved by GRACE through FAITH to believe the forgiveness of all your past sins is a GIFT from God? 

We are God’s workmanship by His GRACE to save us His WAY so that we will do GOOD works of walking in LOVE toward our fellow man. 

And by walking in love we FULFILL ALL the law that God REQUIRES of us.

Galatians 2:2.  

“And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them (Speaking of the sect of Jewish Christians who were subverting and compelling the Gentile Christians to be circumcised AND to keep the Law of Moses. 

In other words, God revealed to Paul that it was time to preach to THEM) that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.” 

In other words, if Paul were to preach the TRUE gospel to a whole congregation of Christians who have the REPUTATION of NOT obeying the TRUE Gospel then he would have been wasting his time because he would not be able to get a word in edgewise so to speak. 

So, Paul preached to the Jewish Christians privately. This means that Paul preached the TRUE gospel that was in opposition to what the Jewish Christians THOUGHT the gospel of salvation was. 

And by the end of the day the WHOLE church came into agreement that the gospel Paul preached to the Gentiles is the TRUTH. 

And that truth is that from that day forward neither the Jewish Christians nor the Gentile Christians are to be compelled to keep ANY of the Law of Moses. 

But James said for safety sake we should tell the Gentile Christians to abstain from eating meat sacrificed to idols 

For you see, many Jews still preach Moses and they will kill the Gentile Christians if they eat meat that is sacrificed to idols even though we are FREE to eat even the meat sacrificed to idols, according to 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 and 1 Corinthians 10:25-33.

Same chapter or same CONTEXT in Galatians 2:21. 

“I do not frustrate the GRACE of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in VAIN.”

So then, to those Christians who keep the law of commandments contained in ORDINANCES that Jesus nailed to the cross to take out of the way, the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross for them is in VAIN. 

They are FALLEN from GRACE. 

Again, the ceremonial commandments are services UNTO God and the SIX MORAL commandments are DUTIES toward our fellow man. 

We MUST obey the moral commandments in order to be found worthy to receive eternal life in the world to come. But we are NOT obligated to keep any of the ceremonial commandments UNTO Yahweh. 

There are only TWO commandments under the New Covenant 

written in the New Testament. 

The first and greatest commandment of all is to LOVE God. And if we truly LOVE God in spirit and in TRUTH we will LOVE Jesus and OBEY the commandments of Jesus written in the NEW Testament under the NEW COVENANT. 

The second and only other commandment under the New Covenant written in the New Testament is to LOVE one another even as we love ourselves. 

And by our obeying these TWO commandments we ARE keeping ALL of the Law of God that Yahweh REQUIRES us to keep in order to receive the END of our salvation which is eternal life in the world to come.

Galatians 3:4.  

“Have you suffered so many things in VAIN? If it be yet in VAIN?” 

Christians were being persecuted from without the church and from within the church. 

Paul was being persecuted by the unsaved Jews for teaching against the Law of Moses to be circumcised. 

But yet, circumcision in the flesh is God’s LAW that Yahweh gave to Abraham 430 years before the Law of Moses was ADDED. 

And Paul was also being persecuted by Jewish Christians for teaching the TRUTH that they THOUGHT was against the Law of God. 

When Peter FIRST heard God say slay and eat all manners of meat he said no Lord. 

But after Peter LEARNED that God had cleansed all manner of meat then he ate as the Gentiles ate. 

So, Paul is saying to the Christians who had not yet learned to CEASE from doing the works of the law of commandments contained in ORDINANCES that their faith in Jesus is in VAIN. 

Then Paul quickly adds if it be yet in VAIN which means that if they repent to OBEY the TRUE gospel of Jesus Christ under the new Covenant to CEASE from doing the WORKS of the law of commandments containing ORDINANCES, then their faith in Jesus would no longer be in vain and all the suffering they endured will not be in vain either.

Galatians 4:10-12.  

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

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

Galatians 4:12. Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; (Did the Apostle Paul observe DAYS? No! 

According to Romans 14:5, Paul teaches us NOT to esteem ANY DAY above any other DAY. 

So, Paul is saying for us to be as he is and NOT esteem ANY DAY of the week, month, or year as being above any other DAY of the week, month, or year. 

And Paul also said NOT to observe TIMES. The word “times” here means appointed times. 

And another ORDINANCE which I did not remember until now is the ORDINANCE of the TIME in which the weekly Sabbath is to be observed. 

The TIME for the Sabbath to begin is at sunset on Friday and the TIME that the Sabbath would end is at sundown on Saturday) for I am as you are: (Here, Paul is saying that he is a natural born Jew just like the BRETHREN he is speaking to, about NOT keeping DAYS lest their faith in Jesus be in VAIN) you have not injured me at all.” 

And in the last sentence Paul is saying your persecuting me for preaching the TRUTH has not injured me at all. 

I am not moved from the TRUTH by all of your PERSUASION that does NOT come from Him that has called you to His GRACE. 

Now you can try to reason away this WARNING of the Apostle Paul so you can keep believing in the perverted gospel of the SDA Church and all the other seventh day of the week Sabbath DAY keeping Christians, that the word “DAYS” in verse 10 is not the weekly Sabbath DAYS. 

But in TRUTH, Saturday is a DAY, so if you observe the weekly Sabbath DAYS then you are observing DAYS.

Colossians 2:6-8.  

“As you have, therefore, received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in him: 

Colossians 2:7. Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, (By the TRUE gospel and NOT by any PERVERTED twisted gospel) abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:8. BEWARE lest ANY man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, (The word translated as “philosophy” means Jewish sophistry and sophistry means the use of fallacious arguments of persuasion that is not from God) after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, (The rudiments of the world are speaking of the ceremonial services TO God contained in ORDINANCES in the Jewish SYSTEM. 

The Greek word translated as world also means SYSTEM. So Paul is talking about the traditions of the Jewish SYSTEM) and NOT after Christ.” 

The CONTEXT of these verses is speaking about the Jesus traditions that they had been keeping all their life and these sayings of Paul are HARD to understand. 

How can God give TEN Commandments and NOW we only have to keep NINE of the TEN Commandments?  

And like some of the Jewish Christians in Paul’s day some Sabbath-keeping Christians in our day still argue with the Apostle Paul. 

They argue that Paul is talking about man-made traditions. 

And if Paul is talking about the Jewish traditions then he must be talking about the Scribes and the Pharisees that were not keeping the law correctly by their own traditions. 

But in truth, the Son of MAN, Jesus born UNDER the law contained in ORDINANCES kept the TRADITION of the Jewish customs to keep the weekly Sabbath DAYS. But that is NOT the EXAMPLE we are to follow. 

We are to follow the steps of Jesus who did no SIN. Jesus kept BOTH the MORAL commandments AND the ceremonial commandment because he was UNDER the Law of Moses. 

Jesus kept the ORDINANCES of  all of the CEREMONIAL laws of God UNTO his God and Father, to FULFILL THEM. 

AND Jesus also kept all the MORAL laws of God that have no ordinances toward his fellow man to live a godly and righteous life. 

So, Paul is warning us to BEWARE of ANY man who through their fallacious Jewish persuasion AFTER the Jewish TRADITIONS that is not from God, according to Galatians chapter 5, try to subvert you to keep what Jesus FULFILLED and thus abolished on the cross.

1 Timothy 1:3-7.  

“As I besought you to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine, (In other words, SOME of the Jewish Christians were wrongly teaching ANOTHER gospel that Christians Must keep the Law of Moses contained in ordinances that Jesus nailed to the cross)

1 Timothy 1:4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 

1 Timothy 1:5. Now the END of the commandment is LOVE out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: (Jesus is the END of the law for righteousness and the END of the Old Testament commandments is LOVE, to love God and also LOVE one another. 

And thus, there is no other law that is binding on Christians, not even the keeping the weekly Sabbath DAYS)

1 Timothy 1:6. From which some having swerved have turned aside unto VAIN jangling;  

1 Timothy 1:7. Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.” 

This describes the Hebrew Roots Movement to the “T” so to speak. 

It is like Paul knew that there would be the same kind of DOCTRINE of vain jangling that would arise in the last days where deceived Christians would desire to be teachers of the LAW. 

It is called VAIN jangling, because those who become DECEIVED by it have fallen from GRACE and their faith in Jesus is in VAIN and it profits them nothing.

Titus 1:10.  

“For there are many unruly and VAIN talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:” 

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; (The Greek word translated as “hypocrisy” means speaking what is NOT the TRUTH by using only PART of God’s word by taking verses of Scripture OUT of their CONTEXT) having their conscience seared with a hot iron; (And here is just a couple of the doctrines of devils that use PARTS of Scripture to PERSUADE weak Christians to believe and obey what those who have DEPARTED from the faith wrongly teach as doctrines of devils)

1 Timothy 4:3.  Forbidding to marry, (Sounds like the Roman Catholic doctrine not allowing the clergy to marry based only on PART of Paul’s SUGGESTING that it is better for the ministry that neither men or women marry and be single like him) and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (And the TRUTH is that Christians are FREE to eat all manners of meat, EVEN meat that has been sacrificed to idols, according to 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 and 1 Corinthians 10:25-33)

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 in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.” 

Now, the SDA Christians as well as all other seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians are keeping the “LETTER” of the Law of God. 

They wrongly teach that Christians OUGHT to keep the dietary instruction in the Old Testament of the Bible. And they do it in such a way as to INTIMIDATE Christians that if they do not follow the dietary instructions in the Old Testament then they are not GOOD Christians. 

And the SDA Church also teaches their followers that Christians MUST keep the FOURTH commandment lest they SIN and they become DISPLEASING to God. 

However, the SDA Church teaches the TRUTH concerning NOT keeping any of the feast days.

Please read the following quote from a Seventh Day Adventist website.

Should we keep the Feast Days?

*1 Corinthians 5:7-8, "Purge  out therefore the old leaven, that ye  may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.  For even Christ our passover is sacrificed  for us:  Therefore let us keep the  feast, not with old leaven,  neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with  the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."

Truth is, we no longer need to sacrifice a Passover lamb according to this passage. This is actually common knowledge among most  Christians of today. 

The exact same principle therefore applies to  all the Jewish feasts as they are indeed fulfilled already, just as the sacrifice  of the Passover lamb was fulfilled…

...The Jewish feast days were a shadow of things to come. They pointed forward in a prophetic manner as to what Christ would  do when He came to this Earth for us.

 I ask, why should we embrace or seek to  keep feast days that speak of things already done? My faith alone in the "Lamb  of God who taketh away the sins of the world" [John 1:29] already proclaims  that which the feast days looked forward to as fulfilled at Calvary.

In fact, some of the feast days required the  believer to offer sacrifice in the Jerusalem Temple did they not? How is that  possible today? How was that possible in fact since 70 AD when the Jerusalem  Temple was completely destroyed by Rome?

Scriptures openly declare these feast days "nailed  to the cross" in the following passage…

*Colossians 2:14, "Blotting out the handwriting  of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out  of the way, nailing it to his cross;"...

...Was it prophetically BLUNT? Daniel the Prophet  declares the Feast Days as something that was to STOP the moment Christ died on the cross...

*Daniel 9:27, "And he shall confirm the covenant  with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he  shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,  and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until  the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."...

...Prophecy itself confirms the feast days  CEASED at the time of the cross. In the "midst of the week" (3.5 yrs  after Jesus was baptized) the Temple veil RIPPED completely  in two. At the exact moment  the "Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world" spoke from  His very lips, "It is FINISHED"-John 19:30…

......We need to understand that orthodox Jews to this day still observe the feast days because they refuse to accept the sacrifice of the Messiah Jesus Christ on their behalf. 

When we echo their observance of these abolished ordinances today, we are doing the exact same thing as those Jews who are not moved by faith in Christ Jesus as Lord. In fact, some of the early Christians continued on with the feast days as well. How did Paul respond to this?

*Galatians 4:9-11, "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire             again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."

Now, the SDA Church, as you have just seen, knows full well that all of the feast days AND the observing of DAYS under the Old Covenant written in the Old Testament have been abolished and nailed to the cross. 

And they openly admit that if any Christian KEEPS that which has already been FULFILLED in Jesus is NOT moved by FAITH in Jesus, the same as the Jews who rejected Jesus as their Messiah.

In other words, if any Christian KEEPS the feast of Passover then they are NOT having FAITH in Jesus as their TRUE Passover Lamb. 

They are, in truth, REJECTING that Jesus FULFILLED the shadows of the feast of the Passover lamb. Thus, their faith is WEAK. 

They lack understanding of the TRUTH that the REASON for WHY the feast of Passover was given in the first place was to lead the children of Israel to Jesus as being the TRUE Passover Lamb. 

But the SDA Christians, as well as ALL of the seventh day of the week Sabbath-keeping Christians, fail to see that the law was a SCHOOLMASTER teaching in SHADOWS about Jesus. 

All Sabbath-keeping Christians fail to see that when FAITH in Jesus came that the Jews who became Christians are no LONGER under the obligation to keep the “ceremonial” Law of God CONTAINED in ORDINANCES.

Please read Galatians 3:21-29.

“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 

Galatians 3:22. But the Scripture has CONCLUDED ALL under sin, THAT the promise by FAITH of Jesus Christ might be given to them that BELIEVE. 

Galatians 3:23.  But before faith came, we (Speaking of the Jewish Christians BEFORE the cross) were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 

Galatians 3:24. Wherefore, the law was our schoolmaster (Again, speaking of the children of Israel before the cross) to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 

Galatians 3:25. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (In other words, AFTER a person BELIEVES in Jesus as their Lord and Savior then the LAW is no longer BINDING. 

And the law here is referring to the law of commandments CONTAINED in ORDINANCES and NOT the SIX MORAL commandments of God that are listed in the TEN Commandments)

Galatians 3:26. For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 

Galatians 3:27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 

Galatians 3:28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

Galatians 3:29. And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” 

So then, the question under discussion is whether or not the FOURTH commandment is a law of commandments CONTAINED in ORDINANCES spoken of in Ephesians 2:15 and Colossians 2:14-17?

Let us read Ephesians 2:15.

“Having ABOLISHED in his flesh the ENMITY, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;”

Well, we all agree that the FOURTH commandment is a Law of God and that it is indeed a commandment. 

But is the fourth commandment a law of the TEN Commandments that has ORDINANCES contained IN the fourth commandment?

The answer is YES! We already read SEVEN ordinances and then God brought to my remembrance an eighth ordinance of walking so far on the Sabbath day and then walk no further. 

So YES, there are no less than EIGHT ORDINANCES contained in the FOURTH commandment. So to me, the SHADOW of the eighth ordinance to walk so far and then REST to walk no further is for the children of Israel to walk in the Law of Moses so far until faith in Jesus comes to them and then walk no FOURTH in the Law of Moses.

We learned that the Sabbath is a HOLY DAY and that the Sabbath days are DAYS. So no matter how one INTERPRETS the words of Paul in Colossians 2:16 they must CONCEDE that either the weekly Sabbath is a HOLY DAY or the weekly Sabbath is the Sabbath DAYS. 

So then, if you TRULY desire to know the TRUTH on the subject of the weekly Sabbath DAY and WHY it was given ONLY to the children of Israel for THEM to keep throughout THEIR generations AS a SIGN for a PERPETUAL COVENANT, then please read all of the studies under the heading **Dd-0. WHAT IS THE TRUE SABBATH?** 

In that heading you will find links to all the studies I have written concerning the weekly Sabbath DAY and why Christians are not obligated to keep ANY DAY of the week, month or year to be PLEASING to God.

Please feel free to send a link to any of my studies to help others to know and understand the TRUE Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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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?

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. 

For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called ** Q-0 Why Are We Here?  Is God at WAR? **.

More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God. 

If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.

For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD! 

At the top of my homepage, there are subjects or categories which contain compiled lists of ** ALL Studies! ** I have written on that particular subject. So, if a link within a study is broken, then click on ** ALL Studies! ** to find the suggested study.

Or you can scroll down to the MORE dropdown menu list to find those studies as well. 

Thanks again 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. 

And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading ** D-0 The BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of Jesus! **

And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading ** C-0 The TRUE FOUNDATION of the Church! ** 

This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.

Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,

Brother Mark.

My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century. 

So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament. 

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