The Advent Truth
"The Sabbath is a Covenant sign between God and Israel" .
You think you have a mic drop here, but the only thing you’ve dropped is Scripture.
A covenant sign is not necessarily the origin of the thing it signifies. Marriage is a picture of Christ and His church (Ephesians 5:31-32), yet marriage existed in Eden. The rainbow became the sign of God’s covenant with Noah, but water existed before Noah. Circumcision became the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham, but Abraham existed before receiving that sign.
Likewise, the Sabbath existed before it became a covenant sign for Israel.
Genesis 2:2-3 says God rested, blessed, and sanctified the seventh day. There were no Jews in Eden. No nation of Israel. Just humanity. Then, when God called Israel to be His covenant people, He gave them the Sabbath as a special sign of their relationship with Him (Exodus 31). The Sabbath didn’t begin there—it took on an additional covenant significance.
What about Deuteronomy 5:15?
Notice that Moses doesn’t say the Sabbath began at the Exodus. He’s reminding Israel that the God who created them is also the God who redeemed them from slavery. Exodus 20 grounds the Sabbath in Creation: “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth…” Deuteronomy 5 adds redemption as another reason Israel should cherish the Sabbath. The two passages complement one another—they don’t contradict.
And don’t forget Exodus 16. Before the Ten Commandments were spoken from Sinai, God had already established the weekly cycle of six days of gathering and a seventh-day Sabbath. When some went out to gather manna on the seventh day, God rebuked them. Why would He do that if the Sabbath had not yet existed?
Finally, Jesus settled the matter when He said, “The Sabbath was made for man” (Mark 2:27). He didn’t say it was made only for Israel. He pointed back to God’s original gift for humanity.
The real question isn’t whether the Sabbath became a sign for Israel. It did. The question is whether Scripture ever says that is when it began. It doesn’t. Genesis says otherwise.
"The Sabbath is a Covenant sign between God and Israel" .
You think you have a mic drop here, but the only thing you’ve dropped is Scripture.
A covenant sign is not necessarily the origin of the thing it signifies. Marriage is a picture of Christ and His church (Ephesians 5:31-32), yet marriage existed in Eden. The rainbow became the sign of God’s covenant with Noah, but water existed before Noah. Circumcision became the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham, but Abraham existed before receiving that sign.
Likewise, the Sabbath existed before it became a covenant sign for Israel.
Genesis 2:2-3 says God rested, blessed, and sanctified the seventh day. There were no Jews in Eden. No nation of Israel. Just humanity. Then, when God called Israel to be His covenant people, He gave them the Sabbath as a special sign of their relationship with Him (Exodus 31). The Sabbath didn’t begin there—it took on an additional covenant significance.
What about Deuteronomy 5:15?
Notice that Moses doesn’t say the Sabbath began at the Exodus. He’s reminding Israel that the God who created them is also the God who redeemed them from slavery. Exodus 20 grounds the Sabbath in Creation: “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth…” Deuteronomy 5 adds redemption as another reason Israel should cherish the Sabbath. The two passages complement one another—they don’t contradict.
And don’t forget Exodus 16. Before the Ten Commandments were spoken from Sinai, God had already established the weekly cycle of six days of gathering and a seventh-day Sabbath. When some went out to gather manna on the seventh day, God rebuked them. Why would He do that if the Sabbath had not yet existed?
Finally, Jesus settled the matter when He said, “The Sabbath was made for man” (Mark 2:27). He didn’t say it was made only for Israel. He pointed back to God’s original gift for humanity.
The real question isn’t whether the Sabbath became a sign for Israel. It did. The question is whether Scripture ever says that is when it began. It doesn’t. Genesis says otherwise.
The Advent Truth
"The Sabbath is a Covenant sign between God and Israel" .
You think you have a mic drop here, but the only thing you’ve dropped is Scripture.
A covenant sign is not necessarily the origin of the thing it signifies. Marriage is a picture of Christ and His church (Ephesians 5:31-32), yet marriage existed in Eden. The rainbow became the sign of God’s covenant with Noah, but water existed before Noah. Circumcision became the sign of God’s covenant with Abraham, but Abraham existed before receiving that sign.
Likewise, the Sabbath existed before it became a covenant sign for Israel.
Genesis 2:2-3 says God rested, blessed, and sanctified the seventh day. There were no Jews in Eden. No nation of Israel. Just humanity. Then, when God called Israel to be His covenant people, He gave them the Sabbath as a special sign of their relationship with Him (Exodus 31). The Sabbath didn’t begin there—it took on an additional covenant significance.
What about Deuteronomy 5:15?
Notice that Moses doesn’t say the Sabbath began at the Exodus. He’s reminding Israel that the God who created them is also the God who redeemed them from slavery. Exodus 20 grounds the Sabbath in Creation: “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth…” Deuteronomy 5 adds redemption as another reason Israel should cherish the Sabbath. The two passages complement one another—they don’t contradict.
And don’t forget Exodus 16. Before the Ten Commandments were spoken from Sinai, God had already established the weekly cycle of six days of gathering and a seventh-day Sabbath. When some went out to gather manna on the seventh day, God rebuked them. Why would He do that if the Sabbath had not yet existed?
Finally, Jesus settled the matter when He said, “The Sabbath was made for man” (Mark 2:27). He didn’t say it was made only for Israel. He pointed back to God’s original gift for humanity.
The real question isn’t whether the Sabbath became a sign for Israel. It did. The question is whether Scripture ever says that is when it began. It doesn’t. Genesis says otherwise.
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