It was created for all mankind as the Lord Jesus tells us:
Mar 2:27 And He said to them, The sabbath came into being for man's sake, and not man for the sabbath's sake.
Again, using a literal interpetation Jesus plainly says that the sabbath came into creation for man, mankind, not just Israel. Jesus could have said Israel, or Judea. It does not show up with Abraham, Issac or Jacob!
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham literally kept God's statutes, laws and commandments. Interestingly the word translated "laws" is the Hebrew word torah. So here is the bible telling us that Abraham kept the torah, part of which is sabbath observance. Apparently Abraham learned from somewhere what God's laws and commandments were, apparently either through oral tradition or divine revelation.
I see no commandment there indicating that the Sabbath was still to be observed.
Biblically nobody ever stopped observing the sabbath. It was only in post biblical times that the practice stopped and/or was transferred to Sunday.
The Lords day for the Christian would be Sunday (due to the Resurrection) but that is not the Sabbath day (7th day)
That's a nice tradition I guess, but God never blessed and sanctified the 1st day or commanded us to observe it. It was established by the Roman church as part of their sacred tradition and most protestants subsequently chose and continue to choose to honor it.
Now, the context in that passage (Mark 2) was that Christ and His disciples were being accused of violating the Sabbath by taking corn from a field.
Christ retorts that the 'Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath' showing that what they had done was lawful, espically since He was 'Lord also of the Sabbath'
Only the Nation of Israel had been commanded to keep the Sabbath.
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Abraham literally kept God's statutes, laws and commandments. Interestingly the word translated "laws" is the Hebrew word torah. So here is the bible telling us that Abraham kept the torah, part of which is sabbath observance.
Well, so much for 'literal reading'!
Not for Abraham it wasn't!
The Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ(Jn.1:17)
Apparently Abraham learned from somewhere what God's laws and commandments were, apparently either through oral tradition or divine revelation.
Apparently ? The first mention of the Sabbath is in Ex.16:29 See, for that the Lord hath given the sabbath...
I see no commandment there indicating that the Sabbath was still to be observed. Biblically nobody ever stopped observing the sabbath. It was only in post biblical times that the practice stopped and/or was transferred to Sunday.
Well, 'Biblically' I see no mention of anyone in the Bible but a Jew observing the Sabbath.
In fact, Paul warns the Colossians against observing sabbath days!(Col.2:16) since they have been put away for the Church age (vs.17)
The Lords day for the Christian would be Sunday (due to the Resurrection) but that is not the Sabbath day (7th day) That's a nice tradition I guess, but God never blessed and sanctified the 1st day or commanded us to observe it. It was established by the Roman church as part of their sacred tradition and most protestants subsequently chose and continue to choose to honor it.
It would seem that the Churces were gathering on the first day of the week since Paul gives instructions to gather money on that day for him. (1Cor.16:2)