Ten Reasons why the
Sabbath is not Jewish
by Steve Wohlberg
1) Adam and Eve
were not Jewish. "God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it"
(Genesis 2:3) before sin entered. "Sanctified" means "to be set apart for
holy use." The only ones in the Garden of Eden for whom the Sabbath was
“set apart” were Adam and Eve, who weren’t Jewish.
2) "The Sabbath
was made for man." Mark 2:27. Jesus said this. It was
"made" in the Garden of Eden before it was "written" down on Mount Sinai.
The Sabbath was "made" for "man," not just Jews.
3) The other nine
commandments are not "just for Jews." God wrote "Ten Commandments"
on stone, not just nine (See Deut. 4:12, 13; Ex. 20). Does “Do not commit
adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” and “Do not bear false witness”
apply "only to Jews"?
4) "The seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Exodus 20:10.
God calls the Sabbath, "my holy day." Isaiah 58:13. The Bible never calls
it "the Sabbath of the Jews." It isn’t their Sabbath, but God's.
5) The Sabbath
commandment is for the "stranger" too. The fourth
commandment itself says the "stranger" is to rest on the Sabbath. Exodus
20:10. “Strangers” are non-Jews, or Gentiles. Thus the Sabbath applies to
them too. Read also Isaiah 56:6.
6) Isaiah said
Gentiles should keep the Sabbath. "Also the sons of the stranger
... every one that keeps the Sabbath ... for mine house shall be called an
house of prayer for all people." Isaiah 56:6, 7. Thus the Sabbath
is for Gentiles and “all people,” not just for Jews.
7) "All" mankind
will keep the Sabbath in the New Earth. In "the new earth ... from
one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says the
Lord." Isaiah 66:22, 23. Here God says that “all flesh” we will be keeping
the Sabbath in “the new earth.” If this is the case – and it is – shouldn’t
we start now?
8) Gentiles kept
the Sabbath in the Book of Acts. "The Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached to them the next Sabbath .. Paul and Barnabas ...
persuaded them to continue in the grace of God."' Acts 13:42, 43. Here
saved-by-grace Gentiles kept the Sabbath (see also verse 44).
9) "The law" [of
Ten Commandments] is for "all the world," not just for Jews. Paul
wrote these words. Read Romans 2:17-23; 3:19, 23.
10) Luke was a
Gentile who kept the Sabbath. Luke was the only Gentile who wrote
any New Testament books (he wrote The Gospel According to St. Luke and The
Acts of the Apostles). Luke traveled with Paul and wrote, "On the Sabbath
we went out of the city by a river side." Acts 16:13. It was the
seventh-day Sabbath, the memorial of the creation (see Ex. 20:11). Both
Luke and Paul knew it.
For more
information, read Truth Left Behind by Steve Wohlberg, Sunday:
The Origin of Its Observance in the Christian Church, by E.J. Wagonner,
or watch the fascinating 5-part TV documentary, The Seventh-day:
Revelations from the Lost Pages of History (view trailor),
produced by LLT Productions. All three are now available from White Horse
Media.
www.whitehorsemedia.com.