THE ADVENT TRUTH
But didn't Paul say the Sabbath doesn't matter in Colossians 2?
This is what happens when people repeat church tradition instead of reading the text carefully. Colossians 2 is not canceling God’s Sabbath. It’s condemning man-made rules and legalistic additions—not God’s commandments.
Paul literally tells us what he’s talking about:
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days which are a shadow of things to come” (Col. 2:16–17 KJV).
Ask yourself: which Sabbaths were shadows pointing forward? Not the 7th-day Sabbath of Creation—that pointed back to God as Creator (Genesis 2:2–3). The only Sabbaths that were shadows were the yearly ceremonial Sabbaths in Leviticus 23 tied to sacrifices, feast days, and the sanctuary system. Paul is talking about ceremonial laws, not the moral law of the Ten Commandments.
If Colossians 2 erased the 4th commandment, then it erased all Ten Commandments, including “Thou shalt not kill” and “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Nobody believes that. So let’s be consistent.
And please stop saying “Jesus is my Sabbath” as if that cancels obedience. Jesus is also our righteousness—does that mean “Thou shalt not steal” is gone too? Of course not. Christ didn’t replace the Sabbath; He made it deeper. He said, “The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28). You can’t be Lord of something that doesn’t exist anymore.
Hebrews 4 doesn’t say the Sabbath ended—it says “There remains therefore a rest (sabbath-keeping) for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). The Greek word is sabbatismos—literally Sabbath observance. New Testament. Written decades after the resurrection. No cancellation. No confusion.
The issue today is simple: people don’t have a Bible problem—they have a submission problem. The Sabbath exposes the war in the human heart: Will I follow God’s Word, or man’s tradition?
Jesus said, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Not just the 9 we find convenient. All 10 still matter. The Sabbath isn’t a burden. Breaking it is.
But didn't Paul say the Sabbath doesn't matter in Colossians 2?
This is what happens when people repeat church tradition instead of reading the text carefully. Colossians 2 is not canceling God’s Sabbath. It’s condemning man-made rules and legalistic additions—not God’s commandments.
Paul literally tells us what he’s talking about:
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days which are a shadow of things to come” (Col. 2:16–17 KJV).
Ask yourself: which Sabbaths were shadows pointing forward? Not the 7th-day Sabbath of Creation—that pointed back to God as Creator (Genesis 2:2–3). The only Sabbaths that were shadows were the yearly ceremonial Sabbaths in Leviticus 23 tied to sacrifices, feast days, and the sanctuary system. Paul is talking about ceremonial laws, not the moral law of the Ten Commandments.
If Colossians 2 erased the 4th commandment, then it erased all Ten Commandments, including “Thou shalt not kill” and “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Nobody believes that. So let’s be consistent.
And please stop saying “Jesus is my Sabbath” as if that cancels obedience. Jesus is also our righteousness—does that mean “Thou shalt not steal” is gone too? Of course not. Christ didn’t replace the Sabbath; He made it deeper. He said, “The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28). You can’t be Lord of something that doesn’t exist anymore.
Hebrews 4 doesn’t say the Sabbath ended—it says “There remains therefore a rest (sabbath-keeping) for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). The Greek word is sabbatismos—literally Sabbath observance. New Testament. Written decades after the resurrection. No cancellation. No confusion.
The issue today is simple: people don’t have a Bible problem—they have a submission problem. The Sabbath exposes the war in the human heart: Will I follow God’s Word, or man’s tradition?
Jesus said, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Not just the 9 we find convenient. All 10 still matter. The Sabbath isn’t a burden. Breaking it is.
THE ADVENT TRUTH
But didn't Paul say the Sabbath doesn't matter in Colossians 2?
This is what happens when people repeat church tradition instead of reading the text carefully. Colossians 2 is not canceling God’s Sabbath. It’s condemning man-made rules and legalistic additions—not God’s commandments.
Paul literally tells us what he’s talking about:
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days which are a shadow of things to come” (Col. 2:16–17 KJV).
Ask yourself: which Sabbaths were shadows pointing forward? Not the 7th-day Sabbath of Creation—that pointed back to God as Creator (Genesis 2:2–3). The only Sabbaths that were shadows were the yearly ceremonial Sabbaths in Leviticus 23 tied to sacrifices, feast days, and the sanctuary system. Paul is talking about ceremonial laws, not the moral law of the Ten Commandments.
If Colossians 2 erased the 4th commandment, then it erased all Ten Commandments, including “Thou shalt not kill” and “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Nobody believes that. So let’s be consistent.
And please stop saying “Jesus is my Sabbath” as if that cancels obedience. Jesus is also our righteousness—does that mean “Thou shalt not steal” is gone too? Of course not. Christ didn’t replace the Sabbath; He made it deeper. He said, “The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28). You can’t be Lord of something that doesn’t exist anymore.
Hebrews 4 doesn’t say the Sabbath ended—it says “There remains therefore a rest (sabbath-keeping) for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). The Greek word is sabbatismos—literally Sabbath observance. New Testament. Written decades after the resurrection. No cancellation. No confusion.
The issue today is simple: people don’t have a Bible problem—they have a submission problem. The Sabbath exposes the war in the human heart: Will I follow God’s Word, or man’s tradition?
Jesus said, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Not just the 9 we find convenient. All 10 still matter. The Sabbath isn’t a burden. Breaking it is.
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