Christ Jesus however, is LORD OF THE SABBATH,
As such He SET US AN EXAMPLE to follow. The early Christians - Jewish and Gentile alike - kept the biblical Sabbath and did good works, just like we're all supposed to.
Jesus said not to misunderstand and think He came to destroy or annul His Father's Commandments. He showed us how they're even more binding, because the New Covenant looks at attitudes AND actions.
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So "the first day of the week" -- which is called "Sunday" but for Christians is designated "The Lord's Day" is meant for WORSHIP
As my post revealed, some would THINK to change the times and the seasons. It was the Babylonian Mystery Church that said we're now to keep SUNday: NOT THE BIBLE! I'll believe God over human tradition any day.
If you want to be a Sabbatarian, go right ahead. Except, you are then obligated to keep THE WHOLE LAW perfectly.
What is sin but the transgression of the LAW (I Jn. 3:4). IF someone has repented of Sabbath-breaking they start to keep it as God commands: they go and sin no more while relying upon GOD'S GRACE and Holy Spirit to pardon and EMPOWER them to prove their love for God by keeping His commandments (I Jn. 5:3, Rev. 22:14). Christ spoke against those who teach the LIE that we're not supposed to keep the commandments, only relying on "faith" rather than FAITH AND WORKS (Matt. 5:19, I Jn. 2:4).
If I thought I could turn the GRACE of God into lasciviousness, and didn't even have to GO AND SIN NO MORE by God's RESURRECTION POWER, I suppose I could go out and whore around and get drunk - after all, there are commandments against those unlawful actions as well, but following your faulty line of reasoning I could fool myself and justify myself against OBEDIENCE saying: "You're trying to keep the law! You're not relying on grace! You'd better be perfect or else!" However, I know I rely on God's grace for pardon and His Spirit for POWER to do His will and keep His commandments to the degree that I use the available RESOURCES of His grace and Spirit!
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BTW, Israel, to whom the sabbath was given... The kingdom of Judah went into Babylonian captivity for 70 years because they failed to keep the sabbaths of the land for 490 years (7 x 70)! So much for sabbath-keeping.
That's upside down! ALL THE MORE REASON FOR NATIONAL SABBATH OBSERVANCE not less! They weren't keeping the Sabbath day holy but buying and selling like our countries do today on the seventh day - to our shame and imminent DEFEAT, DESTRUCTION and DEPORTATION by the fascist EU! God gave mankind the Sabbath at CREATION and restored the knowledge of it to mankind through His Israeli instrument.