Questions About The Sabbath?

1. Questions About The Sabbath? If every man from Adam to Moses kept the sabbath, why is the Hebrew word for weekly sabbath never found in the book of Genesis? Why were the patriarchs never instructed to keep the sabbath but they were instructed in offerings (Gen. 4:3-4); Altars (Gen. 8:20); Priests (Gen 14:18); circumcision (Gen. 17:10); and marriage (Gen. 2:24; 34:9). Why would God leave out the sabbath if it was bound?

2. Should Christians KeepThe Sabbath ?

3. Sabbath = 7th Day • Ex. 16:26:26Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.” • Mt 28:1:1Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. • Mk 16:1-2:1Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

4. The Issue Is • Has God commanded or taught Christians to observe the Sabbath today? • Are the ten commandments a part of God’s law today?

5. Three Basic Arguments • The covenant containing the command to keep the Sabbath was made with the Jews alone • The covenant containing the command to keep the Sabbath has been replaced by the new covenant of Jesus Christ • The Jewish Sabbath was not observed in the early post-apostolic period

6. Sinai Covenant Made With Jews The Sinai covenant was made with the Israelites (Ex. 20:1-2; 24:7-8; Lev. 26:46; Dt. 5:1-6) The Sinai covenant was not made with the fathers (Dt. 5:2-3), the surrounding nations (Dt. 4:7-8) the Gentiles (Rom. 2:12-14) A law applies only to those to whom it is addressed (Rom. 3:19)

7. The Sabbath & Israel The Sabbath was made known at Mt. Sinai (Neh. 9:13-14) The Sabbath was a sign between God and Israel (Ex. 31:12-13, 16-17; Ezek. 20:10-12) The Sabbath was a memorial of the Exodus from Egypt (Dt. 5:15)

8. The Sabbath In Exodus 16 • Seventh day first called “Sabbath” (Ex. 16:23) • Context indicates something new • “Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath….” (Ex. 16:23) • Some gathered manna on the 7th day (Ex. 16:25-27) • This “Sabbath-keeping” evidently anticipates the Sabbath command (Ex. 20:8-11) • Punishment for Sabbath violation unknown (Num. 15:32-36)

9. Replacement Prophesied Jer. 31:31-32 31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 “not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.

10. Replacement Prophesied Jer. 31:33-34 33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34“No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

11. The Two Covenants(Heb. 8:7-13)

12. The Two Covenants(Heb. 8:7-13)

13. Understanding Jer. 31:31-32 David Watts, Sr.

14. Old Covenant Replaced • God wants us to hear His Son (Mk. 9:2-8) • Christians have been made dead to the law (Rom.7:4)and dischargedfrom the law (Rom. 7:6-7) • The old covenant has passed away (2 Cor. 3:1-18) • Christians are no longer under the tutorthat brought the Jews to Christ (Gal. 3:23-25)

15. The Transfiguration(Mt. 17:1-8; Mk. 9:2-8; Lk. 9:28-36a) • Jesus transfigured(Mk. 9:2-3) • Moses & Elijah talk with Jesus (Mk. 9:4) • “Let us make three tabernacles” (Mk. 9:5) • “This is My beloved son. Hear Him!” (Mk. 9:7) • “And All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.” (Mk. 9:8) Heb. 1:1-2

16. 10 Commandments &The Covenant • The 10 commandments were the foundation of the old covenant (Ex. 34:27-28; Dt. 4:13; 9:9-11; 2 Chr. 6:11; 1 Ki. 8:9, 21) • If the old covenant has been replaced by the new covenant, then the 10 commandments have been replaced • The principles of 9 of the 10 commandments are taught in the gospel

17. Where Is The NT Sabbath Command? David Watts, Sr.

18. The 10 Commandments

19. The 10 Commandments

20. The 10 Commandments

21. The Two Covenants(2 Cor. 3:1-18)

22. The Issue Is Not Whether God commanded some to keep the Sabbath Whether the Sabbath is mentioned in the NT Whether Sunday is the Sabbath (Lk. 23:56-24:1; Mt. 28:1) Whether Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath” Whether Sunday is or was a pagan day of worship Whether Christians are to worship on Sunday

23. The Two Covenants(2 Cor. 3:1-18)

24. The Two Covenants(2 Cor. 3:1-18)

25. Exodus 34 V. 1: “Lord said…Hew Two Tables of Stone…I Will Write Upon These Tables” V. 4: “Moses…Went Up Unto Mt. Sinai…And Took…Two Tables Of Stone V. 27: “Lord Said…Write These Words…I Have Made A Covenant With…Israel V. 28: “He Wrote Upon The Tables The Words Of The Covenant, The Ten Commandments” V. 29: “When Moses Came Down…With Two Tables Of Testimony…His Face Shone” V. 32: “He Gave Them In Commandment All That The Lord Had Spoken…In Mt. Sinai” V. 33: ‘He Put A Veil On His Face” V. 35: “Skin Of Moses’ Face Shone: And Moses Put The Veil Upon His Face”

26. Which Tables Of Stone? Ex. 34:29-30, 33-35: 29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai… that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone…. 33 And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. …. 35And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. 2 Cor. 3:7-8, 12-13: 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? …. 12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.

27. The Promise & The Law(Gal. 3:16-29) Transgressions(v. 19) Seed(v. 16) “Till”(v. 19) 430 years NationLandSeed Gen. 12:1-3 Under Guard(v. 23) No LongerUnder Tutor(v. 25) Tutor to bring to Christ (v. 24)

28. Elements Of The Covenant Book (Ex. 24:7) Blood (Ex. 24:8) Words (Ex. 34:27-28) Tables (Dt. 9:9; Heb. 9:4) Ark (Dt. 31:26) Mediator (Gal. 3:19)

29. 10 Commandments & The Covenant • Ex. 34:27-28: “And he wrote upon the tables thewords of the covenant, theten commandments.” • Dt. 4:13: “And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.”

30. 10 Commandments & The Covenant • Dt. 9:9-11: “When I was gone up into the mount to receive thetables of stone, even thetables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you....Jehovah gave me the twotables of stone, even thetables of the covenant.” • 2 Chr. 6:11: “And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.”

31. 10 Commandments & The Covenant • 1 Ki. 8:9, 21: “There was nothing in the ark save the twotables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made acovenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt....And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

32. Two Laws 2 Ki. 21:8: and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers -- only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.” 2 Chr. 33:8: and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers -- only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”

33. Law Of God = Law Of Moses

34. Law Of God = Law Of Moses • Ezra 7:6:6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given…. • Ezra 7:12:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Perfect peace, and so forth.

35. Law Of God = Law Of Moses Luke 2:22-24, 27 22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord” ), 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” ….27 And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law….”

36. Law Of God = Law Of Moses • “The Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses” (2 Chr. 34:14) • “The Book of the Law” (2 Chr. 34:15) • “The Law” (2 Chr. 34:19) • “The book” (2 Chr. 34:21, 24) • “The word of the Lord” (2 Chr. 34:21) • “This book” (2 Chr. 34:21) • “The words of the book of the covenant” (2 Chr. 34:30) • “The words of the covenant that were written in this book” (2 Chr. 34:31) • “The covenant of God” (2 Chr. 34:32) • “The Book of Moses” (2 Chr. 35:12) • “The Law of the Lord” (2 Chr. 35:26)

37. Law Of God = Law Of Moses(Nehemiah 8) • “The Book of the Law of Moses” (8:1) • “The Law” (8:2, 7) • “The Book of the Law” (8:3) • “The Book” (8:5) • “The Book in the Law of God” (8:8) • “The Words of the Law” (8:9, 13) • “The Words” (8:12) • “The Law which the Lord had Commanded by Moses” (8:14) • “The Book of the Law of God” (8:18)

38. A Distinction WithoutA Difference

39. The Law Of God & Moses • The “law of God” contained “ceremonial laws” (2 Chr. 31:3-4; Neh. 8:14, 18; Lk. 2:23-24) • The “law of Moses” contained “moral laws” (Ex. 22:21-22; Lev. 10:16-18; 19:1-37; Mt. 22:34-40) • The law is called the “law of God,” because He was the Author of it • It is called the “law of Moses,” because he was the mediator of it (Dt. 5:5; Gal. 3:19; Jn. 1:17)

40. The Law Of God & Moses • The Law Of God • Ceremonial laws • Burnt Offerings (2 Chr. 31:3) • Rituals for cleanliness (Lk. 2:22-24) • Feasts and new moons (2 Chr. 31:3) • Feast of tabernacles (Neh. 8:8, 14). • The Law Of Moses • Ten Commandments • Honor Father & Mother (Mk. 7:10; Mt. 15:4)

41. Old Covenant Replaced • Christ came to free the Jews from the bondage of the law(Gal. 4:1-7) • The old covenant has been cast out(Gal. 4:21-31) • The law of commandments contained in ordinances has been abolished (Eph. 2:11-18)

42. The Two Covenants (Gal. 4:21-31)

43. The Two Covenants (Gal. 4:21-31)

44. The Two Covenants (Gal. 4:21-31)

45. The Enmity=The Law Eph. 2:11-17 Without ChristAliens from IsraelStrangersNo hopeWithout God Gentiles Jews

46. Eph. 2:11-17 Brought nearMade both oneOne new man from twoPeaceReconciled to God in one bodyAccess by one Spirit to the Father Gentiles & Jews

47. Old Covenant Replaced • The bond written in ordinances has been nailed to the cross(Col. 2:13-17) • The change in the priesthood demanded a change in the law(Heb. 7:11-14) • The law of a carnal commandment has been disannulled(Heb. 7:16-19) • The law was a shadow of good things to come (Heb. 8:4-5)

48. The Two Circumcisions(Col. 2:11-12)

49. Handwriting Of RequirementsIs The Law Of Moses • This handwriting contained “ordinances” or “requirements” (Col. 2:14) • The parallel passage (Eph. 2:14-18) points to the law of Moses • Paul’s subsequent admonitions concern Jewish rituals (Col. 2:16-17)

50. Parallel Passages Col 2:13-15:13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Eph 2:14-18:14For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.