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To: OneVike
As for the idea the Sabbath came from GOD in the beginning, Well, nowhere in the explicit commands of Genesis 1–2 is it stated that humans must honor the Sabbath. Moreover, not only is a command to rest missing, there’s also no mention of a Sabbath. Nor after Noah left the Ark God never stated anything about the Sabbath, It is first mentioned in Exodus for the Israelites to follow.

Yes, God did.

Mar 2:27  And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

The word translated "man" here is the greek word:

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ἄνθρωπος
anthrōpos
Thayer Definition:
1) a human being, whether male or female

In other words mankind. Jesus, God in the flesh, said the Sabbath was made for mankind. 1a) generically, to include all human individuals. So it was created for mankind way back in Genesis:

Gen 2:2  And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

  Gen 2:3  Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. 

No amount of rationalization or justification or hatred of God can change the words that God himself caused to be written down and understood.

80 posted on 03/03/2024 6:58:29 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

You totally misread that. Even Jesus pointed out that. The reason He stated it was because Jesus is the Sabbath.

Plus, again, you conflate teachings of Israelites and Jews to teachings of Christians.

The new covenant under Christ that freed us from the law and ceremononies did not start until Jesus died,


89 posted on 03/03/2024 7:09:31 PM PST by OneVike ( Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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