Where does the Bible says the Sabbath was change?

Answer 1

What changed were the covenants. The sabbath was a requirement of the old covenant that ended.

Answer:

The Sabbath was made on the seventh day... and has never been abrogated. It was made for all the nations of the earth to remember their Creator and that they are His creation. Adam and Eve were the entire population on the earth at that time, and from them all the nations sprang.

* You are making claims without Scriptural support. Where does it day the sabbath requirement was made for all nations? It does not. God rested on *that* seventh day and God blessed *that* seventh day. It does not say God blessed the recurring seventh day, nor does it state God rests as a result every seventh day. Jesus exclaimed that He and the Father work on the sabbath days.

No other day of the week remembers creation but the seventh day.

* The purpose of the sabbath was not for it to be an end in itself, but rather to point the children of Israel to their God who created all and rested on that seventh day, and the God who freed them from the slavery of Egypt (Deut. 5). The sabbath was a shadow of Christ and the rest we find in Him (Col. 2:16-17) and this it God's rest as described in Hebrews chapter 4 that the Israelites could not enter into due to their unbelief (faithlessness) even though they had the weekly shadow sabbath.

The Sabbath is also included in the Creator's Ten Commandments. And unless the Ten Commandments have been "done away"... then this is further testimony it has not been changed.

No where in Hebrew are the ten referred to as "commandments". They are the "ten words". They are the core of the old covenant between God and the Israelites. No others were present at the ratification of that covenant. You cannot be held to the conditions of a covenant you are not a party to, and God does not deal with us illegally as you claim and assume.

While some religions of men claim God's Commandments were "done away" by Jesus' sacrifice... the Holy Spirit inspired Word of God refutes their beliefs and doctrines.

*Which you neglect to site in order to back up your claims. These were God's commandments for Israelites, period. They were party to that covenant law. It was a COVENANT, get it? I have a covenant with a finance company for a vehicle. Once I make all the payments, I own the vehicle free and clear. Your take on the matter would have you liable to make my car payments for me. You are not a party to this covenant between me and the bank any more than you are party to that old covenant between God and Israel.

If God's Commandments were done away in the New Testament... then the Holy Spirit should not have inspired ANY SCRIPTURE OR PASSAGE that speaks of KEEPING THEM.

* Non Sequitur. Any passages that you believe are NC commands to keep the old covenant law are misunderstood and misrepresented by you. There are many scriptures that show we are not under that law; dead to that law. There are many that show that covenant ended that was written on stone, such as II Corinthians chapter 3, which, unfortunately, those who reject the plain statements of scripture are blinded to (a veil before their eyes) for to hold to the old covenant as taught and written down by Moses is to reject the gospel. We are saved by grace, and not grace and sabbath keeping, for example.

If the Commandments no longer exist... then these passages should not exist in the New Testament:

"...whosoever therefore shall break one of these least Commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of heaven..." (Matt.5:19).

* Proof texts, taken out of context and treated eisegetically. Verse 17 has Jesus referring to the law and prophets. The law in this context are the first 5 books of the OT and the prophets are those books written by them. You cannot do away with or fulfill in the prophets what is not in the prophets. There are no laws codified in the prophets. The only thing in the law and prophets with the potential to be fulfilled or destroyed are prophesies. If this were, as you imply, about the legalities of "the law" then you would be required to observe all the law, from circumcision to sacrifices. Also, if this were about the law not being changed down to jots and tittles, then why does Jesus then "contradict" himself later in the same chapter where He alters points of law way beyond jots and tittles? You ignore the context.

"...in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men..." (Matt.15:9).

* Who was speaking, and who was being spoken to? Jesus was speaking to those who were under the law and addressed how they were not keeping the law according to Scripture, but rather they thought they were keeping the law by keeping their traditions instead. For example, the law of the sabbath states that the people were to remain in their dwellings on the sabbath. You do not do this. You probably go out and attend a religious meeting on that day; a worship service, yet the law states that only in Jerusalem can a person worship God. So you probably do at least two things on the sabbath, thinking you are complying with the sabbath, when in fact you are keeping it in a manner not in line with the commandments concerning the sabbath.

"...if thou wilt enter into life, keep the Commandments..." (Matt.19:17).

* Again, context. Who was speaking, and who was being spoken to? Jesus is speaking to a man who asked what "he" himself could do to have eternal life. He thought he was keeping those commandments, the last of which Jesus states is not among the ten. At the end of the narrative, was it established that the man was, therefore, going to enter into life based on his keeping those commandments? No. He failed even as all others under the law failed. Only through God can anyone be saved, and that is the conclusion of the matter. He didn't keep the law perfectly as required, and you have not either. You have already lost that battle; you are already condemned then by that law, seeing as you insist on living by that law. This is why the Apostle Paul calls it the ministration of death and condemnation.

"...circumcision is nothing, and uncircumsion is nothing, but the keeping of the Commandments of God..." (I Cor.7:19).

* And God's commandments are different for different people down through time. Working from assumption like this is one of the methods of deception and error. Assumptions lead to deceptions.

"...hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His Commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments, is a liar, and the Truth is not in him..." (I John 2:3-4).

And He never commanded one Christian to keep the old covenant law. He came to end the old covenant and begin the new. He had His disciples partake of that cup that represented the new covenant in His blood, and not the old covenant that was ratified with the blood of animals that could never wash away sins.

"...whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His Commandments..." (I John 3:22).

Again, you work from assumption that His commandments for Christians are the old covenant commandments, which is legally impossible.

"...he that keepeth His Commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him..." (verse24).

* And His commandments revolve around love and faith.

"...by this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His Commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His Commandments: and His Commandments are not grievous..." (I John 5:2-3).

* More assumption.

"...this is love, that we walk after His Commandments..." (II John 1:6).

* More assumption.

"...the Dragon was wroth with the woman (God's church), and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the Commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (Rev.12:17)

* More assumptions.

"...here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." (Rev.14:12)

* More assumptions.

Believe the religions of men... or believe the Word of God who made the Sabbath. If the Commandments of God are done away... so is the Sabbath.

*The old covenant came to an end, and with it all those requirements with it. If Christians were supposed to keep the sabbath, it would have been so stated in the new covenant. The new covenant is a law of faith (Rom 3:27) and of the spirit (Rom 7) and not about the old covenant letter of the law (Rom 7:6). Gentile Christians were not required to keep that law (Acts 15).

Not changed... but DONE AWAY, ALTOGETHER... AND NO DAY NEED BE KEPT.

* That's right. Christians have the right to esteem a day to God, such as the sabbath, or to esteem no day in their relationship with God. Or do you now reject the witness of Paul?

Back to the original question:

There's no short, "one-reference" answer to the question. First, the Sabbath wasn't "changed," it was taken away. Second, no single verse of scripture "announces" the occurrence. However, a chain of references clearly shows exactly when and where it happened.

Hosea prophesies that the Sabbath (and more) will "cease:"

Hosea 2:11-13 - I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths - All her appointed feasts.

This prophecy is closely followed by a promise to magnify the Gentiles:

Hosea 2:23 - Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who werenot My people, 'You are My people!' And they shall say, 'You are my God!' "

"Flash forward" to these New Testament references, showing what happened to the OT Law, including the sabbath:

Luke 16:16 - "The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it."

After John came Jesus. If "the law and the prophets were until John," this obviously means that Jesus was going to usher in a change. The law and the prophets were ending…the "kingdom of God" was at hand.

Matthew 5:17-18 - "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled."

Oddly, this is often used as a "proof text" that Jesus imposed the Law and the Prophets on His followers (since He did not come to "destroy" them), and that the Law of Moses is still in effect, since "heaven and earth" still stand, and the law won't "pass" until they do. But that's not what it says at all!

Jesus says He came to fulfill the law, and that not one jot or tittle (a way of saying "the tiniest detail") will pass from the law until "all is fulfilled." When did Jesus accomplish this fulfillment? The same place He accomplished everything else He came to do. On the cross.

John 19:28-30 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!" Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

When "it was finished," the sabbath, the old law, and all its ordinances were done away with, replaced by the law of love and liberty in Jesus. John 13:34, 35 - "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

The Apostle Paul leaves no doubt:

Colossians 2:13, 14 - And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Romans 13:10 - Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

[Quotes from NKJV]