THE ADVENT TRUTH
Dr Frank Turek claims that the Sabbath was just a “shadow” and that since Jesus is our rest, we no longer need to keep it. But this reasoning misses the point of what shadows actually do. A shadow doesn’t erase the reality—it points to it. The sacrifices were shadows of the true Lamb of God, yet that didn’t make them meaningless, nor did it abolish God’s moral law. The Ten Commandments—including the Sabbath—are not temporary ceremonies but eternal principles of God’s covenant law (Exodus 20:8–11).
When Paul speaks of “shadows” in Colossians 2:16–17, he’s addressing the yearly feast sabbaths connected with sacrifices (Leviticus 23). The weekly Sabbath, however, was instituted at Creation (Genesis 2:2–3), before sin and long before Israel existed. Calling it a “Jewish shadow” ignores the fact that God sanctified it when the world was perfect. Jesus Himself declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27)—not for Jews only, but for all humanity.
It’s true that Christ is our rest (Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4:9–10). Yet notice: Hebrews actually says, “There remaineth therefore a rest [Greek: sabbatismos, meaning ‘Sabbath-keeping’] for the people of God.” The very passage people use to dismiss the Sabbath instead affirms that God’s people still keep it as a sign of resting in Christ. When we cease from our labor on the seventh day, we declare that He alone is our Creator and Redeemer.
To say, “Jesus is my rest, therefore I don’t need the Sabbath,” is like saying, “Jesus is the truth, therefore I don’t need His commandments.” Christ never abolished His own law. Instead, He magnified the Sabbath, stripping away Pharisaical distortions and showing its true beauty. Far from competing with Jesus, the Sabbath points directly to Him—it is the weekly reminder of His creation, redemption, and promised restoration.
The question is: will we honor Him by keeping the very sign He gave of that rest? (Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13). The Sabbath is not against the gospel—it is the gospel written in time.
Dr Frank Turek claims that the Sabbath was just a “shadow” and that since Jesus is our rest, we no longer need to keep it. But this reasoning misses the point of what shadows actually do. A shadow doesn’t erase the reality—it points to it. The sacrifices were shadows of the true Lamb of God, yet that didn’t make them meaningless, nor did it abolish God’s moral law. The Ten Commandments—including the Sabbath—are not temporary ceremonies but eternal principles of God’s covenant law (Exodus 20:8–11).
When Paul speaks of “shadows” in Colossians 2:16–17, he’s addressing the yearly feast sabbaths connected with sacrifices (Leviticus 23). The weekly Sabbath, however, was instituted at Creation (Genesis 2:2–3), before sin and long before Israel existed. Calling it a “Jewish shadow” ignores the fact that God sanctified it when the world was perfect. Jesus Himself declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27)—not for Jews only, but for all humanity.
It’s true that Christ is our rest (Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4:9–10). Yet notice: Hebrews actually says, “There remaineth therefore a rest [Greek: sabbatismos, meaning ‘Sabbath-keeping’] for the people of God.” The very passage people use to dismiss the Sabbath instead affirms that God’s people still keep it as a sign of resting in Christ. When we cease from our labor on the seventh day, we declare that He alone is our Creator and Redeemer.
To say, “Jesus is my rest, therefore I don’t need the Sabbath,” is like saying, “Jesus is the truth, therefore I don’t need His commandments.” Christ never abolished His own law. Instead, He magnified the Sabbath, stripping away Pharisaical distortions and showing its true beauty. Far from competing with Jesus, the Sabbath points directly to Him—it is the weekly reminder of His creation, redemption, and promised restoration.
The question is: will we honor Him by keeping the very sign He gave of that rest? (Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13). The Sabbath is not against the gospel—it is the gospel written in time.
THE ADVENT TRUTH
Dr Frank Turek claims that the Sabbath was just a “shadow” and that since Jesus is our rest, we no longer need to keep it. But this reasoning misses the point of what shadows actually do. A shadow doesn’t erase the reality—it points to it. The sacrifices were shadows of the true Lamb of God, yet that didn’t make them meaningless, nor did it abolish God’s moral law. The Ten Commandments—including the Sabbath—are not temporary ceremonies but eternal principles of God’s covenant law (Exodus 20:8–11).
When Paul speaks of “shadows” in Colossians 2:16–17, he’s addressing the yearly feast sabbaths connected with sacrifices (Leviticus 23). The weekly Sabbath, however, was instituted at Creation (Genesis 2:2–3), before sin and long before Israel existed. Calling it a “Jewish shadow” ignores the fact that God sanctified it when the world was perfect. Jesus Himself declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27)—not for Jews only, but for all humanity.
It’s true that Christ is our rest (Matthew 11:28–30; Hebrews 4:9–10). Yet notice: Hebrews actually says, “There remaineth therefore a rest [Greek: sabbatismos, meaning ‘Sabbath-keeping’] for the people of God.” The very passage people use to dismiss the Sabbath instead affirms that God’s people still keep it as a sign of resting in Christ. When we cease from our labor on the seventh day, we declare that He alone is our Creator and Redeemer.
To say, “Jesus is my rest, therefore I don’t need the Sabbath,” is like saying, “Jesus is the truth, therefore I don’t need His commandments.” Christ never abolished His own law. Instead, He magnified the Sabbath, stripping away Pharisaical distortions and showing its true beauty. Far from competing with Jesus, the Sabbath points directly to Him—it is the weekly reminder of His creation, redemption, and promised restoration.
The question is: will we honor Him by keeping the very sign He gave of that rest? (Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 31:13). The Sabbath is not against the gospel—it is the gospel written in time.
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