I had written:".....According to Ex.31:13-17 the Sabbath was a sign between God and the children of Israel....."
To which you responded:"No. Read the command again. the word "for" means because. It was given to man long before there ever was an Israel. It is part of creation itself.So says the command."
Dear brother, this command is given specificly to Israel. (Ex.31:13,16 and 17)
No such command was ever given to man (the race) at or after creation! It is simply stated that on the 7th day God rested. Gen.2:2 No observance of the 7th day by any man is ever recorded in scripture until God commanded Israel and Israel alone to keep it as a day of rest as a sign between them and God.
You continued:"The other part of the command, about working the SIX days, is also part of creation. There are more work days to observe than there are rest days."
Again, brother, no such command was ever given by God to any man until Israel and Israel alone was commanded to work 6 days and rest the 7th.
You also wrote:"It is impossible to keep the weekly sabbath everyday, as some suppose, in order to justify sun-day worship. This would destroy God's whole creation of a seven day week. When would anybody work?"
I do not in any way support or propagate sun-day worship! Observance of days is all part of a system that is to be foreign to new covenant saints! See Col.2:16,17
If God intended that one day was to be observed by new covenant saints in a particular way that was distinct from all the rest, Paul could never have written Romans 14:5 and 6 under the inspiration of the Spirit of God!
Your brother in Christ, Bruce
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