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The Sabbath: A Sign And An Eternal Covenant // Part 3 the sabbath is a sign.
Would it shock you to learn that during the time that the New Testament was being written, during the whole first century, all the way up to around 80 or 90 A. I mean, the fourth commandment. Would it id you to learn that for over years, the great majority of Christian Churches still observed the Sabbath Day and that years later, the Roman Church was still trying to inhibit Sabbath Day observance among a substantial number of Christians of that century.
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Actually, as late as the 80s and 90s of the first century, when the last of the epistles of the New Testament were being written, the New Testament Church universally observed the seventh day Sabbath. This part is beyond dispute. This is not a matter of a few proof texts and some technical arguments. It is something that is woven into the very fabric of the New Testament. To explain what I mean by this, I will have to start with some common ground, with something that everyone will agree on.
There is an event recorded by Luke that opens the door on this question. It is found in the fourth chapter in verse 16 where "Jesus came to Nazareth, where he been brought up and as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day and stood up to read". I want, at this moment, to look at the question click the Jews who were sitting there who heard Jesus when He stood up to read.
I don't know of anyone who would doubt for a moment that the seventh day Sabbath was the universally recognized day of rest and worship among all Jews when Christ came on the scene. Here is my first question.
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How did the Jews in the Synagogue on that day, view the Sabbath? What was the status of the Sabbath Day in their faith and their practice? What place did it hold in their life? The first aspect was of course the fourth commandment which you find in Exodus chapter 20 and verse eight.
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It is simple enough. It says to: "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. But for the Jew in the Synagogue on the day when Jesus taught there, the Sabbath was dign more than just one of the Ten Commandments.
The Sabbath Day was the very core of their identity as a people. There is a passage back in Exodus 31 that illustrates this and I think it is sometimes overlooked.]
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