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 trailer), produced by LLT Productions. All three are now available from White Horse Media. www.whitehorsemedia.com. 1-800-78-BIBLE.
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