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NASB | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. |
Bible Question:
This has been an issue with me for a long time regarding the sabbath. I need to know if there is a reason that it is in the ten commandments since it is no longer necessary to be observed. |
Bible Answer: I think your question should be stated the other way around: “Why, if the fourth commandment order to keep the Sabbath holy, we do not observe it anymore” This is a very sensible question. There are several arguments regarding the change: 1. It is said, by the Roman Catholic Church, that the Sabbath was made for man (Mark 2:27) therefore man can change it. This is not quit true because Jesus said that not even a Jot of the law will be changed, also that he did not came to change the law but to fulfill the law. 2. That the first day of the day is more suitable to spend time in worship with God is a non-sense assertion. We were commanded to keep the Sabbath holy because God made everything in six days and he rested on the Sabbath. In the assumption that creation took only three days, the fourth day had to be the Sabbath. Therefore, the only way the Sunday would be the Sabbath of the Lord is we assert that there was no creation. You have to read Dan 7:25 to understand that the Beast will think to change the law and the times and it already did it. 3. That the Sabbath was given as a time for rest. But the Sabbath was put as a sign between God and His people, we should be recognized by keeping the Sabbath of the Lord, no the Sabbath of the Church. 4. That Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath; therefore, his Vicar has the authority to change the Law and times. There is no biblical sustain that Jesus gave anybody authority to change the Law or times, except that given to the beast (Rev 13:2). Jesus kept the Sabbath, and he rested on the grave on the Sabbath. 5. That the law is not in force. This is half the truth. There are two laws: The Law the God, that was set on the arc of the covenant and the ceremonial law, that Moses ordered to put besides the arc of the covenant. The second one, the ceremonial law is not in force, since the sacrifice of Our Lord. But the Lord says: “if you love me you will keep my commandments”, All of them, there is no exceptions. 6. That Paul preached one day on the First day of the week (Acts 20:7). The Christians use to live in communities and they use to break bread every day. As we can see this day Paul preach on Sunday at noon and broke bread with the others, he continue preaching till midnight. Eutychus fall down and after Paul embrace him, and then they break bread, on the morning of Tuesday. We could speculate on this but still is not conclusive that the Christian met on the first day of the week. 7. The Old Testament does not command the gentile nations to observe the Sabbath. This is true, the Old Testament was no given to the gentiles, therefore it cannot give commands to the gentiles, it is only for the people of God, when the Gentiles convert to the people of God, they are suppose to follow the Law of God, not the ceremonial law, and the Sabbath is not on the ceremonial law of Moses, but in the law of God. 8. Before the time of Moses, God kept the Sabbath. 9. That Paul did not warn the Gentiles about breaking the Sabbath, this is true, but there are many others sins that Paul does not mentioned. While the Beast thinks he change the Law and times, he did not. The Sabbath is the Saturday and it will always be. The Papacy uses Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Our Lord and to break bread and persecute all Christians that kept the Sabbath, as Jewisants, in this way most of the Christians do not keep the Sabbath, which is the sign that the Lord said was the sign by which He will recognize us. I think that we should go to church for service every Sunday, but we should always keep the Sabbath, even if it has to be in private form. The very last beast of Revelation already in forces the Sunday as the “Sabbath”. You will find a lot of non-sense in this kind of discussion, as we keep the Sabbath even if we do not call it Sabbath. In history we change or jump over some dates in order to put order on our calendar, but the seven day cycle was never changed, therefore the Sabbath is the Sabbath, and it is Saturday. God Bless you Oscar |