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Just because it's not recorded doesn't mean it didn't happen. we know God instituted the sabbath at Creation.

C'mon Bob- You believe "God instituted" the sabbath at creation.
You have no evidence to make that an absolute.
And thats where Faith comes in- good.
But you can't brush aside that what we DO KNOW from Gen 2 or 3-
and that is God punished Adam with toil and burden after they sinned.
So we can say God intended life in Paradise to be without sin, without burden, and a life we cannot imagine from where everything from intellect to sexuality would be much more greatly advanced.
Enter satan.

Christ's mission turned all that upside down like the tables in the Temple.
There would be no need for a 3rd Jewish Temple-
no need for dietary laws, as Christ we KNOW Christ said "Nothing we eat defiles us".
We KNOWhe admonished those who placed unnecessary burdens on the Jewsh people, namely sabbath rules for them.
And we KNOW Jesus' successors decided the law of Circumcision could and should be circumvented.

In these early days of Christianity KNEW The Word (and the Law) became flesh- and the Commandments of that Word becoming Flesh gave us NEW commandments
to which fulfilling the Laws and the Prophets made them secondary.
Someone came along 1800 years later and decided
the Holy Spirit finally woke up- and it was all wrong up unitil then.
I wish you luck with that- I really do. Always remember, His Law is written in Our Hearts.
The MoraL or Natural Law existed before Sinai or Levtcus.
Always remember, God does not need anything- not even us.
He certainly doesn't need our any of our self-aggrandizing pelagianism-
in how well we adhere to our earthly conventions.
We cannot do anything to save ourselves.

Finally, If the God you Worship -would be so petty to be obsessed
with what day of the week he should have our attention-
I would say to anyone...
it's time to look for a New God.

Bob, You get the last Word.

Finally, If the God you Worship -would be so petty to be obsessed with what day of the week he should have our attention-

I've heard God called a lot of superlatives . . but petty? We are in His House. And therefore His rules. The Ten Commandments are not suggestions. They are perfect (Ps. 19:7). They last forever (Ps. 111:7,8) It's purpose is to point out sin (1John3:4) Not abolished by Christ (Matt 5:17). Written by God ((Ex 24:12) Faith establishes this law ((Rom 3:31) The Law is based on love. Our love towards God and love towards our fellow man. Gods nature is love and therefore the Law is a reflection of God. If you do not love the Law, you do not love God. You cannot love the Law unless the Holy Spirit dwells within you.

The world has been deluded about their duty to God. (2 Thess. 2:10, 11). If you think God will let sin slide in His New Heaven, you have been deluded. All of the world perished before in a Great Flood and it happen again in a different manner. Peace be unto you.