The Bible is to be taken as
a whole; the Old Testament and the New Testament complete each other (Matt.
13:52, Luke 24:27, Deut. 8:3, John 5:39, John 10:35). Some believe that the Old
Testament is no longer significant in the light of the New Testament and that
there isn’t proof for the Sabbath in the New Testament. Consider the following:
(1) “And he came to
(2) “But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath
day.” Matthew 24:20. Yahushua
prophesied that His followers (Christians) would still be keeping the Sabbath
40 years after His death (at the destruction of
(3) Yahushua said,“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.18For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew 5:17, 18.
As long as heaven and earth exist, not even the smallest changes will happen to
the Ten Commandments (including the Sabbath fourth commandment).
(4) “The sabbath was made for man….” Mark 2:27. The Sabbath was made
for mankind. Remember, the Sabbath was sanctified at creation 2,500 years before
the Jews existed.
(5) Referring to the Ten
Commandments, Yahushua said, “but if thou wilt enter into
life, keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17.
(6) The disciples kept the
Sabbath “And they . . . rested the sabbath day
according to the commandment.” Luke 23:56 “they .
. . went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.” Acts
13:14; “And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the
next sabbath…And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to
hear the word of Yahuwah.” Acts 13:42, 44; “And on
the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to
be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.” Acts 16:13; “And he reasoned
in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”
Acts 18:4.
There is no verse in the
New Testament that mentions that the fourth commandment (Sabbath) was changed.
But there are verses that mention that the commandment will never change. The
disciples continued to keep the Sabbath holy after Yahushua’s resurrection.