="mailmandan, post: 3720809, member: 193497"]Sabbatarians (especially SDA's) often quote Mark 2:27 to imply that the Sabbath was made for all mankind, but the text doesn't say that. It doesn't say, "The Sabbath was made for "mankind", it says, "the Sabbath was made for man."
When the Scripture is meant to be inclusive of all mankind it is clear. *See Matthew 28:19; John 3:16; Acts 2:17; I Timothy 2:4; Titus 2:11. These verses clearly indicate that when God offers something to all mankind He clearly offers it to all
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"MAN" Greek = anthropoa "manfaced, ie "a human being", certain, man.
Mark 2:
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man,(Human Being) and not man (Human being) for the Sabbath:
It is written;
Rom. 3:
3 For what if some did not believe?
shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
The Messiah most certainly said God's Sabbath was made for "Human Beings". You may not believe Him because His Word brings your ancient religious traditions into question, but there can be no doubt what the Christ said. If you are deceived in your understanding above, which the Bible and the Greek say you are, then you can also be deceived about other things.
The Sabbath was not offered to all the nations. It was given only to the nation of Israel
You misled the readers of your posts in your description of the word "man" suggesting it only means Jews and not simply humans. I believe you are mistaken about what the Scriptures say regarding God's Laws only being for Jews as well. You omitted many of God's Word's which more clearly define His intent.
Ex. 12:
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, (Jew) and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. (Gentile)
You can't get much plainer than that.
Gal. 3:
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:
for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye
be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs
according to the promise.
Gen. 26:
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Is. 56:
1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice:
for my salvation is near to come, and
my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed
is the man that doeth this, and the son of man
that layeth hold on it;
that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, (Gentile)
that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I
am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD (Word which became Flesh) unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose
the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and
a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Acts 26:
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa,
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea,
and then to the Gentiles, that they should
repent and
turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
Rom. 11:
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump
is also
holy:
and if the root be holy, so
are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches (Jews) be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, (Gentile)
wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root,
but the root thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness,
if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise
thou also shalt be cut off.
It's hard to make the case that His Holy, Sanctified Sabbath that HE SAID was created for humans, is not part of His Goodness that we are to continue in just as the same Christ, as the Word of God said in Isaiah.
God's Word's were created for all people, at least according to the Christ of the Bible. These verses are not void just because they bring your ancient religious traditions into question, IMO.
If every man from Adam to Moses kept the Sabbath, why is the Hebrew word for the weekly Sabbath found in the Ten Commandments, never found in the book of Genesis? Why is no one before Moses ever being told to keep the Sabbath? Why are there no examples of anyone keeping the Sabbath before Moses? Why were the Patriarchs never instructed about the Sabbath, but were instructed regarding: offerings: Genesis 4:3-4, Altars Genesis 8:20, Priests: Genesis 14:18, Tithes: Genesis 14:20, Circumcision: Genesis 17:10, Marriage: Genesis 2:24 and Genesis 34:9. Why would God leave out the Sabbath command in Genesis if it was for everyone to keep before Moses?
First of all man was destroyed by the Flood because they sinned, Sodom was destroyed because they disobeyed God. So it is a deception to imply that anyone is saying "every man" kept the Sabbath, or followed any on God's instructions. Only those faithful few throughout the Bible followed God's instructions. The rest created their own path to eternity. It didn't work out very well for them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These
are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man
and perfect in his generations,
and Noah walked with God.
So you can preach that Noah knew the difference between clean and unclean animals, but didn't know about God's Creation of His Week if you like, but you have zero evidence to support this teaching, only ancient Catholic Tradition.
You preach Abraham didn't have God's Sabbath. We know He didn't have the "Atonement" laws of the Levitical Priesthood because Levi wasn't born. This Law was "ADDED" 430 years later as the scriptures teach.
But Abraham most certainly had God's Laws.
Gen. 26:
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Now you can preach that Adam didn't know about God's creation, including His Holy, Sanctified, and set apart Sabbath, that the Christ said was made for humans, if you want. But you have nothing but ancient Catholic Tradition to go on. The Scriptures do not say Adam didn't know about God's Creation just as the scriptures didn't say Abraham didn't know. What the Scriptures say is that Abraham obeyed God's Commandments. You have zero evidence that His Holy, Sanctified and set apart Sabbath wasn't one of them. Only man made religious tradition.
We know that Abraham saw the Lord of the Sabbath and was Glad. If you believe Abraham saw a different Lord, well that explains a lot.
Therefore it is "Lawful" to do good on His Holy Sabbath. Rejecting any of His Ten Commandments is not L"GOOD" IMO.[/QUOTE]
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