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Mark 2:27-28 – The Sabbath was made specifically for man, and Christ is the Lord
of the Sabbath, not some other day.
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Genesis 2:1-3 – It was made by Christ at the same time that man was made, and set apart as
holy time for all mankind forever.
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Exodus 16 – Israel had lost the knowledge of the Sabbath in Egyptian slavery and God showed
them which day it was by means of a special miracle and reemphasized the importance of keeping it holy.
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Exodus 20:8-11 – God commanded all men to remember the Sabbath forever as one of the
cardinal points of His spiritual law.
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Luke 4:16 – Jesus kept the Sabbath Day.
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Acts 17:2 – Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, also kept the Sabbath.
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Isaiah 66:23 – The Sabbath will be kept in the future when God’s Kingdom will be ruling
on the earth.
*From this we see that the Sabbath was made for man at the
time man was made, that it was given before Israel was given
the Ten Commandments, it is one of the Ten Commandments, Jesus
kept it, Paul kept it, and it will be kept in the Millennium
when God’s Kingdom will rule. So, we also ought to keep the Sabbath now.
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