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This occurs BEFORE Israel got to Sinai. BEFORE the old covenant was struck. God tells Israel that HIS holy sabbath is the next day.

Ok, you are technically right and I am technically wrong. What I should have wrote was something along the lines of "the order of Sabbath keeping doesn't appear until Moses."

However, this is the first place you find sabbath mentioned in the Old Testament. It is as easily understood that this is the first time God establishes it. The children of Israel didn't fully understand it then either, because some tried to gather manna on the 7th day.

It's been HIS holy sabbath since the beginning of the world.

That is your reading into Scripture something that is not spelled out. You know that there are NO verses telling of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or anyone else prior to Moses to "keep the Sabbath."

A mature Christian KNOWS that the sabbath IS the sabbath of the Lord. He will recognize and respect it's holiness and see that it's infused with the Lord's presence. The physical appearance will be that he is "keeping the sabbath".

Where does Scripture say that the Lord's presence is?

Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

No mention of needing to gather on a special day. I'm reminded of the woman at the well story. If Jesus believed as the SDA's do, then you would have seen Jesus answering her questions about worship with some kind of Satuday requirement. But, amazingly, nothing of the sort happens.

John 4:21-24 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

In fact the entire New Testament is conspicuously silent on two key things....1)a reiteration that Sabbath keeping is required, and 2)Sabbath breaking is a sin. All of the other commandments of the Old Covenant are repeated as sins in the New Testament, but Sabbath requirements are gone. In fact there are verses telling Gentiles not to worry about people judging them about sabbath.

Col 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.

Sincerely

In fact the entire New Testament is conspicuously silent on two key things....1)a reiteration that Sabbath keeping is required, and 2)Sabbath breaking is a sin. All of the other commandments of the Old Covenant are repeated as sins in the New Testament, but Sabbath requirements are gone. In fact there are verses telling Gentiles not to worry about people judging them about sabbath.
Col 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.

The sabbath has been discussed quite a bit in other threads.

Jesus Christ and the Sabbath

Keepin g the Sabbath Keeping Your Job

The Berean Daily Verse, The Sabbath

There Remains a Sabbath Rest

You may also want to search on the posting history for the following:

diego1618

kerryusama04

xeniast

All of these users post extensively about the 7th day sabbath.