Adams-Ross Debate February 19, 2013 Hickory, NC. Sunday Is the Lord’s Day Rev 1:10, I was in the...

Adams-Ross Debate

February 19, 2013Hickory, NC

Sunday Is the Lord’s Day

• Rev 1:10, I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice ….

• What does this mean, ‘the Lord’s day’?• The word (kuriakós) is not a regular possessive word, as

in day of the Lord, but rather an adjective describing something that belongs to the Lord

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• It is a completely different expression than the phrase “day of the Lord” in 2 Peter 3:10; 1 Thess 5:2 (2 Thess 2:2 ASV) and the similar OT expressions

• Only used one other time in the NT, in 1 Cor 11:20, where it refers to the Lord’s Supper



• However, there is a special day that John refers to as ‘the Lord’s Day,’ so what day was especially connected with the Lord?

• The first day of the week, Sunday!• All of our previous points have emphasized this fact,

Sunday was special to the Lord



• Sunday was the day the Lord was raised from the dead, Matthew 28:1 & parallels

• Sunday was the day the Lord was declared to be the Son of God, Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4 w/ Matthew 28:1, etc.

• Sunday was the day the Lord was first preached as being the Savior, Acts 2



• Sunday was the day the Lord’s church was established, Acts 2; 11:15

• Sunday was the day the Lord’s people re-membered his death in the eating of the Lord’s Supper, Acts 20:7; 1 Cor 11:17ff

• The Lord’s Day is the day the Lord’s Supper is to be eaten!



• Sunday was the day the Lord’s people col-lected funds for his work, 1 Cor 16:1–2

• No other day of the week held the same significance for the Lord and his people

• The Bible shows the Lord’s Day is Sunday• But let’s consider the meaning and usage of this word John

used in Revelation 1:10



BDAG: [kuriakós, ē, on] pertaining to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s … the Lord’s Supper 1 Cor 11:20. … the Lord’s day … i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Modern Greek …) Rv 1:10. … For this … Didache 14:1. … Gospel of Peter 9:35; 12:50. … observe the Lord’s day (opposed [to the sabbaths]) Ignatius to the Magnesians 9:1 ….[BDAG] A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000).



TDNT: It [kuriakós] occurs twice in the NT: 1 C. 11:20 …, and Rev. 1:10. … The Lord’s Day takes its significance from the resurrection of Christ. The [kuriakós] … became the day when the congregations assembled, Ac. 20:7; Did. 14.1 …. John’s Gospel emphasises that Jesus rose on the first day of the week, Jn 20:1, 19, 26 ….Gerhard Kittel, et al., eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 1964–).



Little Kittel: kyriakós. This adjective, meaning “of the lord or owner,” occurs in the NT in 1 Cor 11:20 and Rev. 1:10 for the Lord’s Supper and the Lord’s Day. … As regards the latter, the day of Christ’s resurrection takes on special significance (cf. Jn. 20:1; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2). [cont.]



Little Kittel: kyriakós. … Already the first day is important to Judaism as the day when creation began, and it becomes a special day of Christian assembly as the beginning of a new aeon.Geoffrey W. Bromiley, ed. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 1985).



Robertson: Rev. 1:10. … On the Lord’s Day …. the Christians … take this term, already in use, and apply it to the first day of the week in honour of the Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection on that day (Didache 14, Ignatius Magn. 9). … It has no reference to hēmera kurio (the day of judgment, II Pet. 3:10).A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933).



Vincent: Rev. 1:10. … On the Lord’s day (en kuriakē hēméra). … The first day of the week, the festival of the Lord’s resurrection. Not … the day of judgment … (2 Thess 2:2); … (2 Pet. 3:10); or … (Philip. 2:16) ….Marvin Richardson Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887).



Zodhiates: kuriakós; fem. kuriakē, …. Belonging to a lord or ruler. Only in 1 Cor. 11:20; Rev. 1:10 as belonging to Christ, to the Lord, having special reference to Him. Hence, Kuriakē, which came to mean Kuriakē Hēméra, the “Day of the Lord,” what we call Sunday. It was kept in commemora-tion of Christ’s resurrection (John 20:19–23; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2 [see Rev. 1:10]).Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2000).



•The next few charts contain quotes from non-biblical ancient documents that were contem-porary with John’s writing of Revelation

•These are the documents referred to in the definitions from the lexicons in previous charts

•These quotations are simply used to show that the word John used in Rev 1:10 (kuriakē) was in common use and clearly meant Sunday



•“The Gospel of Peter” in the Akhmîm papyrus “was a narrative gospel of the synoptic type which circulated in the mid-1st century under the authority of the name Peter.”Paul Allan Mirecki, “Peter, Gospel of” in vol. 5, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 278.

•Other scholars date it to 70–150 AD•The Gospel of Peter describes the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus from the dead



Gos. Pet. 9:35, Now on the night when the Lord’s Day [hē kuriakē] was drawing on, as the soldiers kept guard by two and two ….Gos. Pet. 12:50, Now at dawn on the Lord’s Day [tēs kuriakēs] Mary Magdalene, a female disciple of the Lord … took with her her female friends, and came to the sepulchre where He was laid.Translation: H. B. Swete, The Akhmîm Fragment of the Apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter (London: MacMillan and Co., 1893).



The Didache is a collection of teachings for Christians and churches dated to 70–120 AD14:1, And coming together on the Lord’s day [kuriakēn] of the Lord, break bread ….Translation: Rick Brannan, The Apostolic Fathers in English (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012).

cf. Acts 20:7, Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread ….



Ignatius, an elder of the church in Antioch, wrote several letters dated to 98–110 ADMagnesians 9:1, [I]f those who lived in ancient customs came to newness of hope, no longer keeping the Sabbath but living according to the Lord’s day [kuriakēn], on which our life also arose through him and his death, (which some deny) ….Translation: Rick Brannan, The Apostolic Fathers in English (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012).



Philip Schaff, eminent scholar of ‘church history’:The celebration of the Lord’s Day [which he later identified as Sunday] in memory of the resurrection of Christ dates undoubtedly from the apostolic age. Nothing short of apostolic precedent can account for the universal religious observance in the churches of the second century. There is no dissenting voice.Philip Schaff and David Schley Schaff, History of the Christian Church, electronic ed. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), 2.5.60.




2nd [Day]3rd [Day]4th [Day]5th [Day]Preparation [Day], Mk 15.42

Sabbath, Mk 15.42; 16.1–2Lord’s [Day], Mk 16.2; Rev 1:10

Sunday Proposition

• Sunday is a special day to NT Christians• Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20 | Ps 2:7; Acts 13:33; Rom 1:4 |

Joel 2; Isa 2; Zech 6; Acts 2

• Sunday is a day of worship for NT Christians• 1 Cor 11:17–34; 14:23, 26; Acts 20:6–7 |

1 Cor 16:1–2; 4:17; 7:17

• Sunday is the Lord’s Day for NT Christians

• Rev 1:10; Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20; Acts 20:7


Laws NOT Repeated, NOT Binding

Great Britain•Murder is illegal•Theft is illegal•Perjury is illegal•Must pay taxes•Subject of the Queen

United States of America

•Murder is illegal•Theft is illegal•Perjury is illegal•Must pay taxes•???



Ezekiel 20:10–12, Wherefore I caused them [house of Jacob/Israel, v5; cf. v13] to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.



Nehemiah 9:13–14, Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them [our fathers, v9] from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant ….



Old Covenant•Adultery is sin•Murder is sin•Theft is sin•Lying is sin•Keep the Sabbath

New Covenant•Adultery is sin•Murder is sin•Theft is sin•Lying is sin•???


Smite v. Speak / Saturday v. Sunday

Exodus 17•No water to drink, v1

•Take thy rod, v5•Smite the rock, v5•Moses did so, he smote the rock, v6

•Moses is faithful

Numbers 20• No water, v2• Take the rod, v7• Speak to the rock, v8

• Instead, Mosessmote the rock, v11

•Moses failed to believe / sanctify God, punished, v12



Old Covenant / Israel

• Remember the sab-bath day, Exod 20:8

• Keep my sabbaths, Lev 19:3, 30; 26:2

• Keep the sabbath day, Deut 5:12

• Sabbath given to Israel, Neh 9:13–14

New Covenant / Christians

• Lord raised on Sunday, John 20:1

• Disciples met on Sunday, Acts 20:7

• Churches met on Sunday, 1 Cor 16:1–2

• Lord’s Day, special day, Sunday, Rev 1:10



Old Covenant / Israel

•When Israel kept the sabbath, faithful

•When Israel failed to keep the sabbath, punished, Num 15:36

New Covenant / Christians

•When God’s people worship him on the Lord’s Day, faithful

•When God’s people fail to worship him on the Lord’s Day, pun-ished, Heb 10:24–31


Acts 20:7–10, Resurrection Theme

• v7, 1st day of the week, when Jesus was resurrected (cf. John 20:1)

• v7, to eat the Lord’s Supper (lit. ‘break bread’), memorial of Jesus’ death and resurrection (cf. 1 Cor 11:23–27)

• vv9–10, Eutychus raised from the dead


Constantine’s Edict of 321

On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pur-suits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time.)Philip Schaff and David Schley Schaff, History of the Christian Church, electronic ed. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910), 3.7.75, n692.


Israel NEW to the Sabbath

• Sabbath NOT mentioned before Exodus 16• Sabbath was only made known at Mt. Sinai after leaving

Egypt, Nehemiah 9:13–14, meaning it was NOT known prior to then

• In Exodus 16:4–5, 22–30, God tested whether or not they would keep his laws with the first mention of the sabbath



• The sabbath of Exodus 16 was not the same as the sabbath of Exodus 20 and following because the penalty of violating the latter was death (Exod 31:13–17) and the violators in Exodus 16 were not put to death (v27ff)

• Again the sabbath of Exodus 16 was given as a test; it was something new!



• The people of Israel were NOT familiar with the sabbath before Exodus 16

• Exod 16:22–23, the rulers of Israel didn’t know what the Sabbath was about, had to be told

• Exod 16:27, others in Israel didn’t yet realize they weren’t supposed to work on the sabbath



• Events of Numbers 15:32–36 show that Israel was not familiar with the sabbath and that it was something NEW for them

• A man violated the sabbath, picked up sticks• They recently learned it was wrong, but were confused about what

to do with the man• God had to tell them what to do, because the sabbath was NEW,

they were learning about it


Not Known/Made Known to Fathers

• In Deut 5:3 Moses said the covenant with the Sabbath (vv12–15) was not made known to ‘our fathers,’ meaning Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (1:8)

• In Nehemiah 9:9–14, the Levites (v5) said God made known the covenant with the Sabbath to ‘our fathers,’ meaning those God brought out of Egypt to Mt. Sinai


Deut 5.3: Who Are ‘Our Fathers’?

•1:8, your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

•6:10, thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob

•9:5, thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob




Deuteronomy 5:1–22

• vv2–3, 10–15, God made a covenant that included the sabbath

• v2, God made this covenant with ‘us’• Us = ‘all Israel … O Israel’ (v1)• This covenant was not made with any other nations past,

present, or future• This covenant was not made with Gentiles




• v2, God made this covenant in Horeb• cf. Exod 3:1, 12; 19:1–2; Num 10:33• God did not make this covenant in Eden with all people, but at

Horeb with Israel alone• God did not make this covenant before Horeb, but with Israel who

alone was at Horeb




• v3, God did NOT make this covenant with ‘our fathers’• ‘our fathers’ = Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (1.8)• God did NOT make this covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,

Adam and Eve, nor with anyone else prior to Israel!




• v6, ‘brought thee out … of Egypt’ = covenant made with Israel, NOT Gentiles and NOT ALL people

• vv12–15, covenant incl. 10 Commandments




• v15b, ‘therefore the Lord they God com-manded thee to keep the Sabbath’

• Why is the ‘therefore’ ‘there for’?• v15a, BECAUSE they (Israel) were a servant in Egypt & God

brought them (Israel) out of Egypt• Keeping the sabbath was NOT given to others who were not

delivered by God from Egypt!


Deut 5:1–22 Summary

•God made a covenant that included ‘keep the sabbath day to sanctify it’

•He made this covenant only with Israel,NOT with any other nation or people

•He made this covenant at Mt. Horeb,NOT before and NOT in the Garden of Eden

•He did NOT make this covenant with the fathers: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or Adam

•He made this covenant with those he brought out of Egypt, NOT with any other nation or people


Argument: God Never Changes

• No one denies this fundamental truth!• This is NOT the issue!• The issue IS has God made different covenants with

and given different commandments to different people in different ages?



• Gen 2:15, God commanded Adam to ‘dress’ and ‘keep’ the Garden of Eden

• Using my opponents reasoning: Adam is the father of all people, therefore this is a universal commandment—ALL people are required to ‘dress’ and ‘keep’ the Garden

• Does my opponent practice or teach this?• Notice how Adam was NOT commanded to ‘keep’ the sabbath



• Gen 6:14, God commanded Noah to build an ark of gopher wood, etc.

• Using my opponents reasoning: Noah is the father all people today (Gen 9:1), therefore this is a universal commandment—ALL people are required to build an ark

• Is my opponent currently engaged in such a building project and teaching others to do so?



• Exod 31:16, the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations ….

• cf. Deut 5:3; Nehemiah 9:13–14• This commandment was given to ‘the children of Israel’ and NOT

to Gentile peoples• Just like the command to ‘keep’ the Garden was given to Adam

and the command to build an ark was given to Noah; NOT to us today


Colossians 2:16

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•Question: what are the ‘sabbath days’?•Are they the weekly sabbath or special annual festival sabbaths?


Colossians 2:16

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•Some contend the plural ‘sabbath days’ means Paul only referred to special annual sabbaths, and not to the weekly sabbath•What saith the Scripture?


Colossians 2:16

• Exodus 31:12–18• v13, my sabbaths ye shall keep• v14, ye shall keep the sabbath therefore• v15, the seventh [day] is the sabbath / day• v16, the sabbath (2x)

• sabbaths = the sabbath day• Col 2:16, sabbath days = weekly sabbath


Colossians 2:16

• Matthew 12:1–13• vv5, 10, 12, sabbath days• vv1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, sabbath day

• sabbath days = sabbath day• Col 2:16, sabbath days = weekly sabbath


Col 2:16 / 1 Chron 23:29–31

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [daily], or in respect of an holyday [yearly], or of the new moon [monthly], or of the sabbath days [weekly] ….And to stand every morning …, and likewise at even [daily]; And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths [weekly], in the new moons [monthly], and on the set feasts [yearly], … continually before the Lord ….


Col 2:16 / 2 Chron 2:4

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [daily], or in respect of an holyday [yearly], or of the new moon [monthly], or of the sabbath days [weekly] ….Behold, I build an house to … God, … for the burnt offerings morning and evening [daily], on the sabbaths [weekly], and on the new moons [monthly], and on the solemn feasts [yearly] …. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.


Col 2:16 / 2 Chron 8:13

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [daily], or in respect of an holyday [yearly], or of the new moon [monthly], or of the sabbath days [weekly] ….Even after a certain rate every day [daily], offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths [weekly], and on the new moons [monthly], and on the solemn feasts [yearly], three times in the year, ….


Col 2:16 / 2 Chron 31:3

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [daily], or in respect of an holyday [yearly], or of the new moon [monthly], or of the sabbath days [weekly] ….[A]lso … for the burnt offerings, … for the morning and evening [daily] burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths [weekly], and for the new moons [monthly], and for the set feasts [yearly], as it is written ….


Col 2:16 / Hosea 2:11

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [daily], or in respect of an holyday [yearly], or of the new moon [monthly], or of the sabbath days [weekly] ….I will also cause all her mirth to cease,Her feast days [yearly], her new moons [monthly], and her sabbaths [weekly],and all her solemn feasts.



Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly

1Ch 23morning &

evening sabbaths new moons set feasts

2Ch 2:4morning &

evening sabbaths new moons solemn feasts

2Ch 8:13 every day sabbaths new moons solemn feasts

2Ch 31:3morning &

evening sabbaths new moons set feasts

Hos 2:11 sabbaths new moons feast days

Col 2:16meat & drink

sabbath days

new moon holyday

Colossians 2:14–17

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ….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 shad-ow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.


Colossians 2:14–17

• What was in the handwriting of ordinances?• [daily] meat and drink, [yearly] holydays, [monthly] new moons,

[weekly] sabbaths

• What happened to these things?• Weekly sabbaths were blotted out• Weekly sabbaths were taken away• Weekly sabbaths were nailed to the cross


Colossians 2:14–17 Summary

• Jesus, ‘blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, … took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross’; this included the weekly ‘sabbath days’ (v16)

• So what happened to the weekly sabbath?• Weekly sabbaths were blotted out• Weekly sabbaths were taken away• Weekly sabbaths were nailed to the cross


Deut 5:1–22 & Col 2:14–17

• Deut 5: God gave the sabbath to Israel, who he brought out of Egypt, at Mt. Horeb, NOT to their fathers, NOT to the Gentiles, NOT in the Garden of Eden

• Col 2: when Jesus died on the cross weekly sabbaths were blotted out, taken away, and nailed to his cross; they are no more


Jesus Kept the Sabbath

• No one denies this; this is NOT the issue• Gal 4:4, Jesus lived under the Old Law• Heb 9:17, the Law of Christ only went to effect AFTER he

died• Col 2:14–17, when he died sabbaths were blotted out,

taken away, nailed to his cross


Jesus Did Not End Old Law ???

• Matt 5:17, Jesus came not to destroy, but to fulfill the Old Law

• Argument: Jesus did not end the Old Law• Col 2:14, Jesus took Old Law out of the way• Eph 2:15, Jesus abolished the Old Law• Rom 10:4, Jesus fulfilled the Old Law in that he ‘is the end

of the law’


Jesus Gave ALL NT in Gospels

• Argument: Jesus had to reveal everything in his will before his death

• John 16:12–16, Jesus still had ‘many things to say unto’ the apostles that the Holy Spirit would ‘speak of’ after his death

• 1 Cor 14:37, Paul wrote ‘commandments of the Lord,’ including 11:17–34; 16:1–2


Paul Kept the Sabbath

•Argument: Paul, as an apostle, kept the Sabbath in worshiping God

•No one denies Paul visited synagogues on some sabbaths; this it not the issue

•Where did Paul eat Lord’s Supper on the sabbath?

•Acts 9:20, 22; 17:1–4, Paul taught on the sabbath and ‘confounded the Jews … proving that this is very Christ’; some believed and left synagogue!


Sabbath & Acts 15

•Discussion not only about circumcision, also about keeping ‘the law of Moses,’ vv5, 21, 24

•Paul dissented and disputed the need to keep the Law of Moses, v2

•Peter said they should not ‘put a yoke upon the neck of the [Gentile] disciples’ by teaching them to keep the Law of Moses, v10


Sabbath & Acts 15

•James said ‘that we trouble not them … Gentiles’ by teaching them to keep the Law of Moses, v19

•The apostles and elders at Jerusalem never commanded anyone to teach that the Gentiles keep the Law of Moses, v24;16:4

•It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, apostles, elders at Jerusalem not to burden the Gentiles with keeping the law of Moses, v28


Sabbath & Galatians

• The Law of Moses, including the sabbath, is the topic of Galatians, 3:17, 19; 4:25

• How does Paul describe you who want to keep the Law of Moses today?

• Christ shall profit you nothing, 5:2• You are a debtor to do the whole law, 5:3• Christ is of no effect unto you, 5:4a• Ye are fallen from grace, 5:4b• Paul wishes you were ‘cut off,’ 5:12


Sabbath, Acts 15, Galatians

Opponent•Circumcision•Sabbath•Law of Moses

Who’s Right???

Acts 15•Paul•Peter•James•Apostles•Elders•Holy Ghost


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‘Let God be true, but every man a liar,’ Rom 3:4

Lord’s Supper = Annual ???

•Argument: the Lord’s Supper may be eaten on Sunday, Acts 20:7, but this was only once a year on the 14th day of the 1st month

•The annual event in Law of Moses that occurred the 14th day of the 1st month was the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread, Exod 12

•According to Acts 20:6 this had already occurred when the disciples in Troas came together on the first day of the week to eat the Lord’s Supper


Between Cross & Pentecost

Old President/New Pres.

•Election Day, Nov• Old President voted

out• New President voted

in•Inauguration Day, Jan 20• Old President no

longer• New President in office

Old Law / New Law

•Cross of Jesus• Old Law nailed to

cross• New Law

commissioned•Pentecost

• Old Law no longer• New Law

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Between Cross & Pentecost

Last Will and Testament

•Death of person•Some days pass•Reading and execution of their last will and testament

New Testament•Death of Jesus•Some days pass•Reading and execution of his testament


Sabbath: 60x in 55vv (KJV)

•Argument: sabbath mentioned more than the first day of the week / Sunday / Lord’s Day

•50x in Gospels, people still under Law of Moses

•9x in Acts; 1x length of journey; 8x Paul persuading Jews to accept Christ and his day!

•1x in Romans–Revelation! in Col 2:16 Paul teaches weekly sabbaths were blotted out, taken out, and nailed to the cross


Sabbath: 60x in 55vv (KJV)

•Argument: sabbath mentioned more than the first day of the week / Sunday / Lord’s Day

•Sin: 220x in 185vv (KJV NT)•Godly/Godliness: 52x in 26vv (KJV NT)•Does this make sin more important than godli-ness or mean we should sin instead of practice godliness? If not, why not?


Law of Moses from Angels?

•Acts 7:53; Gal 3:19; Heb 2:2 all allude that the Law of Moses was delivered by angels

• Why is this? Is this stated in the OT???

•Deut 33:2 (LXX), And he said: ‘The Lord came from Sinai / and displayed himself to us from Seir / and made haste from Mount Paran together with myriads of Kadesh, / from his right, angels with him.’

The Lexham English Septuagint, ed. Rick Brannan, Ken M. Penner, Israel Loken et al. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012).


Sabbath = 7th Day

• Ex. 16:26: 26Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

• Mt 28:1: 1Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

• Mk 16:1-2: 1Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

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Three Basic Arguments

• The covenant containing the command to keep the Sabbath was made with the Jews alone

• The covenant containing the command to keep the Sabbath has been replaced by the new covenant of Jesus Christ

• The Jewish Sabbath was not observed in the early post-apostolic period

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Sinai Covenant Made With Jews• The Sinai covenant was made with the

Israelites (Ex. 20:1-2; 24:7-8; Lev. 26:46; Dt. 5:1-6)

• The Sinai covenant was not made with the fathers (Dt. 5:2-3), the surrounding nations (Dt. 4:7-8) or the Gentiles (Rom. 2:12-14)

• A law applies only to those to whom it is addressed (Rom. 3:19)

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The Sabbath & Israel

• The Sabbath was made known at Mt. Sinai (Neh. 9:13-14)

• The Sabbath was a sign between God and Israel (Ex. 31:12-13, 16-17; Ezek. 20:10-12)

• The Sabbath was a memorial of the Exodus from Egypt (Dt. 5:15)

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The Sabbath In Exodus 16

• Seventh day first called “Sabbath” (Ex. 16:23)

• Context indicates something new• “Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath….”

(Ex. 16:23)• Some gathered manna on the 7th day (Ex.

16:25-27)• This “Sabbath-keeping” evidently

anticipates the Sabbath command (Ex. 20:8-11)

• Punishment for Sabbath violation unknown (Num. 15:32-36)

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Replacement Prophesied

Jer. 31:31-32: 31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 “not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.

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Replacement Prophesied

Jer. 31:33-34: 33 “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34“No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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The Two Covenants(Heb. 8:7-13)

First CovenantFirst Covenant Second CovenantSecond Covenant

FaultyFaulty (8:7-8) (8:7-8) FaultlessFaultless (8:7-8) (8:7-8)

SinaiSinai covenant (8:9) covenant (8:9) NewNew covenant (8:8) covenant (8:8)

Laws in Laws in mind & heartmind & heart (Pr. 3:1-3; (Pr. 3:1-3; 7:1-3; Psa. 37:31; 40:8; Isa. 51:7)7:1-3; Psa. 37:31; 40:8; Isa. 51:7) Laws in Laws in mind & heartmind & heart (8:10) (8:10)

TheirTheir GodGod & & MyMy peoplepeople (Ex. 6:7; (Ex. 6:7; Dt. 7:6; 2 Sam. 7:24)Dt. 7:6; 2 Sam. 7:24) Their GodTheir God & & My peopleMy people (8:10) (8:10)

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The Two Covenants(Heb. 8:7-13)

First CovenantFirst Covenant New CovenantNew Covenant

Taught to know God Taught to know God afterafter covenant relationship (8:11)covenant relationship (8:11)

Taught to know God Taught to know God beforebefore covenant relationship (8:11; Jn. covenant relationship (8:11; Jn. 6:44-45)6:44-45)

SomeSome knew God (Rom. 9:6-8, knew God (Rom. 9:6-8, 27)27)

AllAll will know God (8:11) will know God (8:11)

Sins remembered Sins remembered every yearevery year (Lev. 16:29-30; Heb. 10:1-3, 18)(Lev. 16:29-30; Heb. 10:1-3, 18)

Sins remembered Sins remembered no moreno more (Heb. 8:12)(Heb. 8:12)

ObsoleteObsolete (8:13) (8:13) NewNew covenant (8:13) covenant (8:13)

Ready to Ready to vanish awayvanish away (8:13) (8:13) EverlastingEverlasting covenant (Heb. covenant (Heb. 13:20)13:20)

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Understanding Jer. 31:31-32

““He Didn’t Say I’ll He Didn’t Say I’ll Give Them A New Give Them A New Law. He Said I’m Law. He Said I’m Going To Give Them Going To Give Them The Exact Same Law The Exact Same Law I Gave Them Before I Gave Them Before With A New With A New Covenant, Which Covenant, Which Means An Means An Agreement.” (Bill Agreement.” (Bill Rorick, 10/20/79)Rorick, 10/20/79)

Vs.Vs.

Ex. 34:28:Ex. 34:28: “He Wrote Upon The “He Wrote Upon The Tables The Words Of The Tables The Words Of The Covenant, The Ten Covenant, The Ten Commandments”Commandments”

Dt. 4:13:Dt. 4:13: “He Declared…His “He Declared…His Covenant…Even The Ten Covenant…Even The Ten Commandments; And He Wrote Commandments; And He Wrote Them Upon Two Tables Of Stone.”Them Upon Two Tables Of Stone.”

1 Ki. 8:9, 21:1 Ki. 8:9, 21: “There Was Nothing “There Was Nothing In The Ark Save the Two Tables Of In The Ark Save the Two Tables Of Stone…The Ark, Wherein Is The Stone…The Ark, Wherein Is The Covenant Of The Lord Which He Covenant Of The Lord Which He Made With Our Fathers, When He Made With Our Fathers, When He Brought Them Out Of The Land Of Brought Them Out Of The Land Of EgyptEgypt

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Old Covenant Replaced

• God wants us to hear His Son (Mk. 9:2-8)

• Christians have been made dead to the law (Rom. 7:4) and discharged from the law (Rom. 7:6-7)

• The old covenant has passed away (2 Cor. 3:1-18)

• Christians are no longer under the tutor that brought the Jews to Christ (Gal. 3:23-25)

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The Transfiguration(Mt. 17:1-8; Mk. 9:2-8; Lk. 9:28-36a)

• Jesus transfigured (Mk. 9:2-3)

• Moses & Elijah talk with Jesus (Mk. 9:4)

• “Let us make three tabernacles” (Mk. 9:5)

• “This is My beloved son. Hear Him!” (Mk. 9:7)

• “And All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.” (Mk. 9:8)

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10 Commandments &The Covenant

• The 10 commandments were the foundation of the old covenant (Ex. 34:27-28; Dt. 4:13; 9:9-11; 2 Chr. 6:11; 1 Ki. 8:9, 21)

• If the old covenant has been replaced by the new covenant, then the 10 commandments have been replaced

• The principles of 9 of the 10 commandments are taught in the gospel

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Where Is The NTSabbath Command?

Acts 14:15Acts 14:15 No Other GodsNo Other Gods

1 Jn. 5:211 Jn. 5:21 No Graven ImagesNo Graven Images

Jas. 5:12Jas. 5:12 Don’t Take God’s Name In VainDon’t Take God’s Name In Vain

Remember SabbathRemember Sabbath

Eph. 6:1-2Eph. 6:1-2 Honor Father & MotherHonor Father & Mother

Rom. 13:9Rom. 13:9 You Shall Not KillYou Shall Not Kill

Rom. 13:9Rom. 13:9 You Shall Not Commit AdulteryYou Shall Not Commit Adultery

Rom. 13:9Rom. 13:9 You Shall Not StealYou Shall Not Steal

Rom. 13:9Rom. 13:9 You Shall Not Bear False WitnessYou Shall Not Bear False Witness

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The 10 Commandments

10 Commandments10 Commandments The GospelThe Gospel

You shall have You shall have no other no other godsgods before Me (Ex. 20:3) before Me (Ex. 20:3) Acts 14:11-18; 1 Cor. 8:4-6Acts 14:11-18; 1 Cor. 8:4-6

You shall not make for You shall not make for yourself a yourself a carved imagecarved image (Ex. 20:4)(Ex. 20:4)

Acts 17:24-25, 29; 1 Cor. Acts 17:24-25, 29; 1 Cor. 8:4; 10:7, 14; 1 Jn. 5:218:4; 10:7, 14; 1 Jn. 5:21

You shall not take You shall not take the the namename of the Lord your God of the Lord your God in vainin vain (Ex. 20:7) (Ex. 20:7)

Mt. 5:33-37; Jas. 5:12Mt. 5:33-37; Jas. 5:12

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Remember Remember the Sabbath the Sabbath dayday, to keep it holy. (Ex. , to keep it holy. (Ex. 20:8)20:8)

NOT TAUGHT IN NT(cf. Col. 2:13-14, 16-17)

Honor your Honor your fatherfather and your and your mothermother (Ex. 20:12) (Ex. 20:12) Eph. 6:1-3; Col. 3:20Eph. 6:1-3; Col. 3:20

You shall not You shall not murdermurder (Ex. (Ex. 20:13)20:13)

Rom. 1:29-32; 1 Pet. 4:15; Rom. 1:29-32; 1 Pet. 4:15; 1 Jn. 3:151 Jn. 3:15

You shall not commit You shall not commit adulteryadultery (Ex. 20:140 (Ex. 20:140

Rom. 13:8-10; 1 Cor. 6:9-Rom. 13:8-10; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Heb. 13:410; Heb. 13:4

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You shall not You shall not stealsteal (Ex. (Ex. 20:15)20:15) Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15Eph. 4:28; 1 Pet. 4:15

You shall not You shall not bear false bear false witnesswitness (Ex. 20:16) (Ex. 20:16)

Eph. 4:25; Col. 3:9; Rev. Eph. 4:25; Col. 3:9; Rev. 21:821:8

You shall not You shall not covetcovet (Ex. (Ex. 20:17)20:17)

Lk. 12:15; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Lk. 12:15; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Eph. 5:3-6; Col. 3:5-6Eph. 5:3-6; Col. 3:5-6

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The Two Covenants(2 Cor. 3:1-18)

Old CovenantOld Covenant New CovenantNew Covenant

Epistle in Epistle in inkink (3:3) (3:3) Epistle by Epistle by the Spiritthe Spirit (3:3) (3:3)

Tables of Tables of stonestone (3:3, 7; cf. (3:3, 7; cf. Ex. 31:18)Ex. 31:18)

Tables of Tables of fleshflesh (3:3) (3:3)

OldOld covenant (3:14) covenant (3:14) NewNew covenant (3:6) covenant (3:6)

The The letterletter (3:6) (3:6) The The spiritspirit (3:6) (3:6)

KillsKills (3:6) (3:6) Gives Gives lifelife (3:6) (3:6)

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Ministry of deathMinistry of death (3:7) (3:7) Ministry of the spiritMinistry of the spirit (3:8) (3:8)

Was Was gloriousglorious (3:7) (3:7) Be Be more gloriousmore glorious (3:8) (3:8)

Ministry of condemnationMinistry of condemnation (3:9)(3:9)

Ministry of righteousnessMinistry of righteousness (3:9)(3:9)

Had gloryHad glory (3:9) (3:9) ExceedsExceeds in gloryin glory (3:9) (3:9)

PASSING AWAYPASSING AWAY (3:11, (3:11, 13)13) RemainsRemains (3:11) (3:11)

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Was gloriousWas glorious (3:11) (3:11) Much more gloriousMuch more glorious (3:11)(3:11)

Moses Moses wore a veilwore a veil (3:13) (3:13) Great boldness of speechGreat boldness of speech (3:12) (3:12)

Veil Veil remainsremains unliftedunlifted (3:14-15)(3:14-15)

Veil Veil taken awaytaken away in Christ in Christ (3:14-15)(3:14-15)

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Exodus 34

• V. 1: “Lord said…Hew Two Tables of Stone…I Will Write Upon These Tables”

• V. 4: “Moses…Went Up Unto Mt. Sinai…And Took…Two Tables Of Stone

• V. 27: “Lord Said…Write These Words…I Have Made A Covenant With…Israel

• V. 28: “He Wrote Upon The Tables The Words Of The Covenant, The Ten Commandments”

• V. 29: “When Moses Came Down…With Two Tables Of Testimony…His Face Shone”

• V. 32: “He Gave Them In Commandment All That The Lord Had Spoken…In Mt. Sinai”

• V. 33: ‘He Put A Veil On His Face”• V. 35: “Skin Of Moses’ Face Shone: And Moses Put The Veil Upon

His Face”


Which Tables Of Stone?

Ex. 34:29-30, 33-35: 29

Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai… that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone…. 33

And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. …. 35And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.

2 Cor. 3:7-8, 12-13: 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? …. 12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.

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The Promise & The Law(Gal. 3:16-29)

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NationLandSeed

Gen. 12:1-3

430 years

“Till”(v. 19)

Under Guard(v. 23)

No LongerUnder Tutor(v. 25)

Seed(v. 16)

Tutor to bring to Christ (v. 24)

Transgressions(v. 19)

Elements Of The Covenant

• Book (Ex. 24:7)

• Blood (Ex. 24:8)

• Words (Ex. 34:27-28)

• Tables (Dt. 9:9; Heb. 9:4)

• Ark (Dt. 31:26)

• Mediator (Gal. 3:19)

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• Ex. 34:27-28: “And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.”

• Dt. 4:13: “And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.”

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• Dt. 9:9-11: “When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you....Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.”

• 2 Chr. 6:11: “And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.”

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• 1 Ki. 8:9, 21: “There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt....And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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Two Laws

2 Ki. 21:8: and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers -- only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

2 Chr. 33:8: and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers -- only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”

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Law Of God = Law Of Moses

God GaveGod Gave Moses GaveMoses Gave

The law of Moses (Ezra 7:6)The law of Moses (Ezra 7:6) God’s Law (Neh. 10:29)God’s Law (Neh. 10:29)

The book of the law of Moses The book of the law of Moses (Neh. 8:1)(Neh. 8:1)

The book of the law of the Lord The book of the law of the Lord (2 Chr. 34:14)(2 Chr. 34:14)

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• Ezra 7:6: 6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given….

• Ezra 7:12: 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Perfect peace, and so forth.

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Luke 2:22-24, 27: 22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord” ), 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” ….27 And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law….”

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Law Of God = Law Of Moses• “The Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses” (2 Chr. 34:14)

• “The Book of the Law” (2 Chr. 34:15)

• “The Law” (2 Chr. 34:19)

• “The book” (2 Chr. 34:21, 24)

• “The word of the Lord” (2 Chr. 34:21)

• “This book” (2 Chr. 34:21)

• “The words of the book of the covenant” (2 Chr. 34:30)

• “The words of the covenant that were written in this book” (2 Chr. 34:31)

• “The covenant of God” (2 Chr. 34:32)

• “The Book of Moses” (2 Chr. 35:12)

• “The Law of the Lord” (2 Chr. 35:26)

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Law Of God = Law Of Moses(Nehemiah 8)

• “The Book of the Law of Moses” (8:1)• “The Law” (8:2, 7)• “The Book of the Law” (8:3)• “The Book” (8:5)• “The Book in the Law of God” (8:8)• “The Words of the Law” (8:9, 13)• “The Words” (8:12)• “The Law which the Lord had

Commanded by Moses” (8:14)• “The Book of the Law of God” (8:18)

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A Distinction WithoutA Difference

Given By Given By GodGod

Given By Given By MosesMoses

Ex. 34:27Ex. 34:27 The CovenantThe Covenant Dt. 29:1Dt. 29:1

Ezra 7:6; Lk. Ezra 7:6; Lk. 2:23-242:23-24 The LawThe Law Lk. 2:22Lk. 2:22

Ex. 31:18;Ex. 31:18; Mt. 15:4 Mt. 15:4 10 Commandments10 Commandments Mk. 7:10Mk. 7:10

"And they found written in the law which "And they found written in the law which the Lordthe Lord had commanded by had commanded by MosesMoses...."...." (Neh 8:14) (Neh 8:14)

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The Law Of God & Moses• The “law of God” contained

“ceremonial laws” (2 Chr. 31:3-4; Neh. 8:14, 18; Lk. 2:23-24)

• The “law of Moses” contained “moral laws” (Ex. 22:21-22; Lev. 10:16-18; 19:1-37; Mt. 22:34-40)

• The law is called the “law of God,” because He was the Author of it

• It is called the “law of Moses,” because he was the mediator of it (Dt. 5:5; Gal. 3:19; Jn. 1:17)

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• The Law Of God• Ceremonial laws

• Burnt Offerings (2 Chr. 31:3)

• Rituals for cleanliness (Lk. 2:22-24)

• Feasts and new moons (2 Chr. 31:3)

• Feast of tabernacles (Neh. 8:8, 14).

• The Law Of Moses• Ten Commandments

• Honor Father & Mother (Mk. 7:10; Mt. 15:4)

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• Christ came to free the Jews from the bondage of the law (Gal. 4:1-7)

• The old covenant has been cast out (Gal. 4:21-31)

• The law of commandments contained in ordinances has been abolished (Eph. 2:11-18)

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The Two Covenants (Gal. 4:21-31)


HandmaidHandmaid (4:22) (4:22) FreewomanFreewoman (4:22) (4:22)

SonSon by handmaid (4:23) by handmaid (4:23) SonSon by freewoman (4:23) by freewoman (4:23)

Born after Born after the fleshthe flesh (4:23) (4:23) Born through Born through promisepromise (4:23)(4:23)

Covenant from Covenant from Mt. SinaiMt. Sinai (4:24)(4:24)

[Covenant from [Covenant from Mt. ZionMt. Zion] ] (Heb. 12:22)(Heb. 12:22)

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Children unto Children unto bondagebondage (4:24)(4:24)

Children of Children of promisepromise (4:28) (4:28)

HagarHagar (4:24) (4:24) Our Our mothermother (4:26) (4:26)

JerusalemJerusalem that now isthat now is (4:25)(4:25)

Jerusalem that is aboveJerusalem that is above (4:26)(4:26)

BondageBondage (4:25) (4:25) FreeFree (4:26) (4:26)

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Born after Born after the fleshthe flesh (4:29) (4:29) Born after Born after the Spiritthe Spirit (4:29) (4:29)

PersecutorPersecutor (4:29) (4:29) PersecutedPersecuted (4:29) (4:29)

CAST OUTCAST OUT the handmaid the handmaid and her son (4:30)and her son (4:30)

Son of the freewoman Son of the freewoman inheritsinherits (4:30) (4:30)

We are We are notnot children of a children of a handmaidhandmaid (4:31) (4:31)

We are We are children of the children of the freewomanfreewoman (4:31) (4:31)

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Eph. 2:11-17

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The Enmity=

The Law

Gentiles

Jews

Without ChristAliens from IsraelStrangersNo hopeWithout God

Eph. 2:11-17

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Brought nearMade both oneOne new man from twoPeaceReconciled to God in one bodyAccess by one Spirit to the Father

Gentiles

Jews

&


• The bond written in ordinances has been nailed to the cross (Col. 2:13-17)

• The change in the priesthood demanded a change in the law (Heb. 7:11-14)

• The law of a carnal commandment has been disannulled (Heb. 7:16-19)

• The law was a shadow of good things to come (Heb. 8:4-5)

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The Two Circumcisions(Col. 2:11-12)

Literal CircumcisionLiteral Circumcision Spiritual CircumcisionSpiritual Circumcision

Made Made with handswith hands (Eph. (Eph. 2:11)2:11) Made Made without handswithout hands

Outward, of Outward, of the fleshthe flesh Inward, of Inward, of the heartthe heart (Rom. (Rom. 2:28-29; Phil. 3:2-3)2:28-29; Phil. 3:2-3)

The The foreskinforeskin (Lev. 12:3) (Lev. 12:3) The The body of the fleshbody of the flesh

Circumcision of Circumcision of AbrahamAbraham and and MosesMoses Circumcision of Circumcision of ChristChrist

DeadDead Through Trespasses Through Trespasses Made aliveMade alive

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Handwriting Of RequirementsIs The Law Of Moses

• This handwriting contained “ordinances” or “requirements” (Col. 2:14)

• The parallel passage (Eph. 2:14-18) points to the law of Moses

• Paul’s subsequent admonitions concern Jewish rituals (Col. 2:16-17)

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Col 2:13-15: 13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Eph 2:14-18: 14For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

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How Was The Law Against Us?• It required perfect obedience (Lev.

18:5; Dt. 27:26; Neh. 9:29; Ezek. 20:11, 13, 21; Rom. 10:5; Gal. 3:10-12)

• It was weak through the flesh (Rom. 8:1-3)

• It could not provide true forgiveness (Heb. 9:11-15; 10:1-4)

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Inadequacy Of The Law

• Weak through the flesh (Rom. 8:3)

• Ministration of death and condemnation (2 Cor. 3:7, 9)

• Brought a curse to those who didn’t keep it (Gal. 3:10)

• Could not give life (Gal. 3:21)

• Separated Jew and Gentile (Eph. 2:14-16)

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Inadequacy Of The Law

• Weak and unprofitable and made nothing perfect (Heb. 7:18-19)

• Faulty (Heb. 8:7)

• Sacrifices could not make the worshipper perfect (Heb. 9:6-10)

• Sacrifices could not take away sin (Heb. 10:1-4, 11)

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Why?

• Circumcised with Christ’s circumcision (2:11)

• Handwriting of ordinances wiped out and taken away (2:14)

• Principalities and powers disarmed (2:15)

• Jewish rituals merely a shadow of things to come (2:17; cf. Heb. 10:1)

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Shadow Vs. Substance

“A shadow is less significant than the object which causes it. A shadow is temporary, lasting until the substance arrives in view. A shadow is inferior in that it imperfectly resembles the object. No one prefers the shadow to the substance. Thus the reality is of more significance and value than the shadow. The shadow is anticipatory.” (Richard Melick, Jr., “Colossians,” NAC, 32:268)

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Shadow & Substance(Col. 2:16-17)


Physical BirthPhysical Birth New Birth (Jn. 3:3, 5)New Birth (Jn. 3:3, 5)

Physical CircumcisionPhysical CircumcisionSpiritual Circumcision Spiritual Circumcision (Rom. 2:28-29; Col. 2:11-(Rom. 2:28-29; Col. 2:11-12)12)

Physical NationPhysical Nation Holy Nation (1 Pet. 2:9)Holy Nation (1 Pet. 2:9)

Physical TemplePhysical Temple Spiritual Temple (Eph. Spiritual Temple (Eph. 2:21-22; 1 Pet. 2:5)2:21-22; 1 Pet. 2:5)

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Physical KingdomPhysical Kingdom Spiritual Kingdom (Jn. Spiritual Kingdom (Jn. 18:36; Rom. 14:17)18:36; Rom. 14:17)

Special PriesthoodSpecial Priesthood Priesthood of All Believers Priesthood of All Believers (1 Pet. 2:5, 9) (1 Pet. 2:5, 9)

Animal SacrificesAnimal Sacrifices Living Sacrifices (Rom. Living Sacrifices (Rom. 12:1-2)12:1-2)

Worship in Jerusalem Worship in Jerusalem Worship in Spirit & Truth Worship in Spirit & Truth (Jn. 4:22-24)(Jn. 4:22-24)

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Blood of AnimalsBlood of Animals Blood of Christ (Heb. Blood of Christ (Heb. 9:11-14; 10:4)9:11-14; 10:4)

Countless Sacrifices Countless Sacrifices (Heb. 10:1)(Heb. 10:1)

One Sacrifice (Heb. 9:28; One Sacrifice (Heb. 9:28; 10:10, 12) 10:10, 12)

Could not Make Perfect Could not Make Perfect (Heb. 10:11)(Heb. 10:11)

Sanctified & Perfected Sanctified & Perfected (Heb. 10:14)(Heb. 10:14)

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• The old covenant has been replaced by a new covenant (Heb. 8:6-13)

• The first was taken away to establish the second (Heb. 10:1-10)

• The old covenant has been removed (Heb. 12:18-29)

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For You Have Not Come To

“18 …the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, 19and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. (Heb. 12:18-19)

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Mt. Sinai(Ex. 19:12-19; 20:18)

But You Have Come To

“22 …Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. (Heb. 12:22-24)

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Do Not RefuseHim Who Speaks

“25See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” (Heb. 12:25-26)

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Do Not RefuseHim Who Speaks

“27Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29For our God is a consuming fire.” (Heb. 12:27-29)

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Sabbath Regulations

• No cooking (Ex. 16:23)

• No leaving the home (Ex. 16:29)

• No work done (Ex. 20:8-10; Dt. 5:12-14; Neh. 13:15)

• No burdens borne (Jer. 17:21-22)

• No fires kindled (Ex. 35:3)

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Sabbath Regulations

• Two lambs sacrificed every Sabbath (Num. 28:9-10)

• Shewbread prepared every Sabbath (Lev. 24:5-9; 1 Chr. 9:32)

• No buying and selling (Neh. 10:31; 13:16-18)

• City gates locked (Neh. 13:19-22)

• Violators put to death (Ex. 31:14-15; 35:2; Num. 15:32-36)

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The Sabbath

Patriarchal AgePatriarchal Age Mosaic AgeMosaic Age Christian AgeChristian Age

No command No command

to observeto observeCommand to observe Command to observe

(Ex. 20:8-11)(Ex. 20:8-11)No commandNo command

to observeto observe

No exampleNo example

of observanceof observanceExample of Example of observanceobservance

No exampleNo example

of observanceof observance

No penalty No penalty forfornon-observancenon-observance

Penalty forPenalty for non-observance non-observance(Num. 15:32-36)(Num. 15:32-36)

No penalty No penalty forfornon-observancenon-observance

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Answering Sabbatarian Arguments

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Sabbatarian Assumptions

• “Commandments” = 10 Commandments (cf. 1 Cor. 14:37)

• “Law” = Law of Moses (cf. 1 Cor. 9:20-21)

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A Closer Look At Gen 2:3

KJV: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.


Does It Say

“Would Rest”?

“Was Resting”?

“Had Rested”?

Did God Bless

Before He Rested?

While He Was Resting?

After He Had Rested?

Dt. 5:15; Ezek. 20:10-12; Neh. 9:13-14

Gen. 2:2-3 Does Not Say…

• The seventh day of creation week was called “the Sabbath”

• God commanded Adam and Eve to keep the Sabbath (cf. Neh. 9:13-14)

• God commanded anyone to keep the Sabbath

• God sanctified the seventh day at that time (Prolepsis: Gen. 3:20; 4:20; Mt. 10:4)

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“Prolepsis”

• “ANTICIPATION: as a: the representation or assumption of a future act or development as if presently existing or accomplished.” (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)

• Example: Jn. 11:1-2 & 12:1-5

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God Sanctified The Sabbath(Gen. 2:3)

• Tabernacle (Ex. 29:44)• Altar (Ex. 29:44)• Breast of wave offering (Ex. 29:27)• Passover (Joel 1:14)• Firstborn (Num. 8:17)• Solomon’s temple (2 Chr. 7:16)

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Patriarchs Kept Sabbath

• Passages do not mention the Sabbath or the Ten Commandments

• Sinai covenant not made with the fathers (Dt. 5:2-3)

• Sabbath made known at Sinai (Neh. 9:13-14)

• If patriarchs kept Sabbath, this does not prove that Christian’s should keep it today

• Circumcision (Gen. 17:10-14; Gal. 6:15

• Animal sacrifices (Gen. 22:13; )

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“Remember The Sabbath”(Ex. 20:8)

• God had already told the Israelites to keep a Sabbath day (Ex. 16:23, 25-26, 29)

• God told the Israelites to remember the Passover (Ex. 13:3)

• The Israelites could not have kept the Passover before the Exodus

• The Israelites were to remember both the Passover and the Sabbath in the future

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Sabbath Unto Jehovah(Ex. 20:10)

• Animal sacrifice (Ex. 24:5)• Blood of atonement (Ex. 30:10)• Ransom money (Ex. 30:12)• Meat offering (Lev. 23:13)• Incense (Lev. 24:9)• Nazarite vow (Num. 6:2)• Drink offering (Num. 15:7)• Tribute of the spoil (Num. 31:28)

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Unto Jehovah

Should Christians Do These Things Today?

Sabbath Holy To The Lord(Ex. 31:15)

• Altar of incense (Ex. 30:10)• Wave offerings (Lev. 23:22)• Field released in Jubilee (Lev. 27:21)• Devoted offerings (Lev. 27:28)• Tithe (Lev. 27:30, 32)• Nazarite (Num. 6:8)• Levites (2 Chr. 35:3)• Male child (Lk. 2:23)

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Are These

Binding Today?

Sabbath Holy To The Lord(Ex. 31:15)

• Altar of incense (Ex. 30:10)• Wave offerings (Lev. 23:22)• Field released in Jubilee (Lev. 27:21)• Devoted offerings (Lev. 27:28)• Tithe (Lev. 27:30, 32)• Nazarite (Num. 6:8)• Levites (2 Chr. 35:3)• Male child (Lk. 2:23)

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Are These

Binding Today?

“Forever” Or “Everlasting(owlam)

Gesenius: "(A) pr. what is hidden; specially hidden time, long; the beginning or end of which is either uncertain or else not defined; eternity, perpetuity. It is used -- (1) of time long past, antiquity ....(2) It more often refers to future time, in such a manner, that what is called the terminus ad quem, is always defined from the nature of the thing itself. When it is applied to human affairs, and specially -- (a) to individual men, it commonly signifies all the days of life....Elsewhere -- (b) it belongs to a whole race (dynasty), or people, and it comprehends all the time until their destruction....(c) the metaphysical idea of eternity” (Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon of the Old Testament, #5769, pp. 612-613)

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“Forever” Or “Everlasting”(owlam)

• ISBE: “In the OT, the Heb word `olam is used for ‘eternity,’ sometimes in the sense of unlimited duration, sometimes in the sense of a cycle or an age....” (Vol. 2, p. 1010)

• Strong: “prop. concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; gen. time out of mind (past or fut.), i.e. (practically) eternity; freq. adv. (espec. with prep. pref.) always....” (Hebrew And Chaldee Dictionary, #5769, p. 86)

• Young: “Age, age-lasting” (Young's Analytical Concordance, p. 310)

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“Forever” Or “Everlasting”(owlam)

• John W. Haley: “...the Hebrew word ‘olam’ rendered ‘forever,’ does not imply the metaphysical idea of absolute endlessness, but a period of indefinite length, as Rambach says, ‘a very long time, the end of which is hidden from us.’” (Alleged Discrepancies Of The Bible, p. 216)

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“Forever Things” Can Cease

ForeverForever CeaseCease

Gen. 17:11-14Gen. 17:11-14 CircumcisionCircumcision Gal. 5:1-6; 6:15Gal. 5:1-6; 6:15

Ex. 12:14Ex. 12:14 PassoverPassover Col. 2:16-17Col. 2:16-17

Ex. 29:9; 40:15; Ex. 29:9; 40:15; Num. 25:13Num. 25:13 Aaronic PriesthoodAaronic Priesthood Heb. 7:11-17Heb. 7:11-17

Lev. 16:29, 31, 34; Lev. 16:29, 31, 34; 23:3123:31 Day Of AtonementDay Of Atonement

Heb. 9:23-28; Heb. 9:23-28; 10:1-12, 1810:1-12, 18

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“Forever Things” Can Cease

ForeverForever CeaseCease

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Righteous Righteous OrdinancesOrdinances

Gal. 3:24-25; Heb. Gal. 3:24-25; Heb. 9:109:10

Gen. 13:14-17; 17:Gen. 13:14-17; 17:7-8; 1 Chr. 16:16-7-8; 1 Chr. 16:16-18; Psa. 105:9-1118; Psa. 105:9-11

Land Land PossessionPossession

Dt. 28:45-46;Dt. 28:45-46; 1 Chr. 28:9 1 Chr. 28:9

Ex. 31:16-17Ex. 31:16-17 SabbathSabbath Col. 2:16-17Col. 2:16-17

Psa. 78:69; Eccl. Psa. 78:69; Eccl. 1:41:4 EarthEarth 2 Pet. 3:7, 10-122 Pet. 3:7, 10-12

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“Throughout Your Generations”

• Circumcision (Gen. 17:9-10; cf. Gal. 6:15)• Passover (Ex. 12:14, 42)• Daily Burnt Offering (Ex. 29:38-42)• Burning Incense (Ex. 30:7-9)• Day of Atonement (Ex. 30:10)• Anointing Oil (Ex. 30:31)• Pentecost (Lev. 23:15-21)• Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:39-44)• Tassels on Garments (Num. 15:38)• Etc.

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Are These Binding Today?

Perpetual Things

• Aaronic priesthood (Ex. 29:9)• Burning incense (Ex. 30:7-8)• Sabbath (Ex. 31:16)• Eating fat & blood (Lev. 3:17)• Shewbread (Lev. 24:5-9)• Levites common land (Lev. 25:34)• Water of purification (Num. 19:21)

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Are These Binding Today?

Sabbath Kept By Gentiles(Isa. 56:1-8)

• Is salvation (56:1) under the Messiah or under Cyrus? (cf. Isa. 41:2; 45:13; 46:13)

• Instructions for:

• Jews (56:2)

• Eunuchs (56:3-5)

• Gentile proselytes (56:3, 6)

• “I will bring to My holy mountain” (56:7)

• If this requires Sabbath keeping today, it also requires animal sacrifices (56:7)

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Isa. 56:7-8

• Son of the foreigner• Join himself to the Lord

(55:3)• Serve the Lord (55:6)• Love the name of the Lord

(55:6)• Be his servants (55:6)• Keeps from defiling my

Sabbath (55:6)• Holds fast my covenant

(55:6)• Gentile proselytes to Judaism

• Be circumcised (Ex. 12:48)• Keep Day of Atonement (Lev.

16:29)• Keep Sabbath (Lev. 25:6)• Offer burnt offering (Num. 15:4)

• Bring to holy mountain (56:7)

• Make them joyful in My house of prayer (56:7)

• Burnt offerings and sacrifices accepted (56:7)

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Trying To Proof Sabbath-Keeping From Isaiah 66

• Assumptions:

• “New Heavens & New Earth” Means The Eternal State

• “From One Sabbath To Another” Means Observing Succeeding Sabbaths

• “From One Sabbath” Means Sabbath Observance Now, But “From One New Moon” Doesn’t Mean New Moon Observance Now

• TOO MANY ASSUMPTIONS!


Jesus Didn’t Come To Destroy The Law Or The Prophets

• Jesus came to fulfill (Mt. 5:17)

• Nothing would pass away from the law till all is fulfilled (Mt. 5:18)

• Jesus accomplished the work God sent Him to do (Jn. 17:4)

• Therefore, Jesus fulfilled the law, and the law could be destroyed

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• Jesus didn’t come to destroy the law or the prophets till all is fulfilled (Mt. 5:17-18)

• All has been fulfilled (Lk. 24:44-48; Jn. 19:28; Acts 3:18)

• Therefore, the law and the prophets have been replaced (Gal. 3:19, 16, 23-25)

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• Jesus didn’t come to destroy the law or the prophets till all is fulfilled (Mt. 5:17-18)

• The law and the prophets have been replaced (Gal. 3:19, 16, 23-25)

• Therefore, all has been fulfilled (Lk. 24:44-48; Jn. 19:28; Acts 3:18)

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Christians Keeping Sabbath(Mt. 24:20; Mk. 13:18)

• Pray Flight Not In Winter

• Pray Flight Not On Sabbath • City shut down (Jer. 17:21-22)

• City gates locked (Neh. 13:15-22)

• No assistance from Jews

• Danger from Jewish Zealots

• Hesitancy among Jewish Christians (cf. Ex. 16:29; Acts 1:12)

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Mark 2:27-28

Mark 2:27Mark 2:27TellsTells

Why The Sabbath Why The Sabbath Was Given Under Was Given Under

The Old LawThe Old Law

Mark 2:28Mark 2:28TellsTells

Christ’s AuthorityChrist’s Authority Over The Over The SabbathSabbath

NotNotWhether The Whether The Sabbath Is Sabbath Is

Commanded Commanded Under Christ’s Under Christ’s

New LawNew LawDavid Watts, Sr.David Watts, Sr. 163163

Law Holy, Just & Good

• Was the ceremonial law holy, just, & good?

• If No: A holy God gave an unholy law

• If Yes: A holy law was replaced


Rom. 7:12: Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

Keep The Commandments

• Mt. 19:17• Jn. 14:15, 21• Jn. 15:10• 1 Cor. 7:19• 1 Jn. 2:3, 4• 1 Jn. 3:22, 24• 1 Jn. 5:2, 3• Rev. 12:17• Rev. 14:12• Rev. 22:14

• Assumes “commandments” = ten commandments

• God has other commandments

• 1 Cor. 14:37

• 1 Cor. 9:20-21


Keep Whole Law(Jas. 2:10)

• James quotes “ceremonial law” (Lev. 19:18; Jas. 2:8)

• James doesn’t quote Sabbath command

• “Law” is the “law of liberty” (Jas. 2:12)

• Christians are not under the law of Moses but under law to Christ (1 Cor. 9:20-21)


Jesus Kept The Sabbath(Lk. 4:14-16)

• Jesus lived under old covenant (Gal. 4:4)• We are not under old covenant today (Rom.

7:4, 6, 7)• Jesus also:

• Circumcised (Lk. 2:21)• Kept Passover (Mt.26:17-25)• Paid Temple Tax (Mt. 17:24-27)• Offered Sacrifices (Lk. 2:22-24)• Visited Jerusalem on Holy Days (Lk. 2:41-

47)• Should Christians today do all that Jesus did?

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When Was Jesus Raised?

• Tomb empty on first day (Lk. 24:1)

• Son of Man rise on third day (Lk. 24:7)

• Two disciples traveling that same day (Lk. 24:13)

• “Today is the third day” (Lk. 24:21)

• Christ rise the third day (Lk. 24:46)

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When Was Jesus Raised?

• “Three days and three nights” (Mt. 12:40)

• “The third day” (Mt.16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mk. 9:31; 10:34; Lk. 9:22; 13:32; 18:33; 24:7, 46; 1 Cor. 15:4)

• “In three days” (Mt. 26:61; Jn. 2:19-21)

• “On the third day” (Acts 10:40)

• “After three days” (Mt. 27:63; Mk. 8:31)

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How Long WasJesus In The Tomb?

MatthewMatthew MarkMark LukeLuke JohnJohn““in three in three days” (2:19-days” (2:19-20)20)

““three days three days and three and three nights” nights” (12:40)(12:40)

““the third the third day” (16:21)day” (16:21)

““after three after three days” (8:31)days” (8:31)




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MatthewMatthew MarkMark LukeLuke JohnJohn““the third day” the third day” (13:32)(13:32)




““in three in three days” days” (26:61)(26:61)

““within three within three days” days” (14:58)(14:58)



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MatthewMatthew MarkMark LukeLuke JohnJohn““After three After three days” days” (27:63)(27:63)

““until the until the third day” third day” (27:64)(27:64)



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MatthewMatthew MarkMark LukeLuke JohnJohn


Other PassagesOther Passages

““on the third day” (Acts on the third day” (Acts 10:40)10:40) ““the third day” (1 Cor. 15:4)the third day” (1 Cor. 15:4)

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A Part CountedAs A Whole

• The starving servant (1 Sam. 30:12-13)

• Israel (1 Ki. 12:5, 12; 2 Chr. 10:5, 12)

• Esther (Est. 4:16; 5:1)

• The faithless Jews (Mt. 27:63-64)

• Cornelius (Acts 10:3, 9, 23, 24, 30)

• Eleazar ben Azariah [AD 100]: “A day and night are an Onah [‘a portion of time’] and the portion of an Onah is as the whole of it.” (Jerusalem Talmud: Shabbath ix. 3)

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Women Kept The Sabbath(Lk. 23:56)

• The law was nailed to the cross (Col. 2:14-17)

• These women were following the only law they knew

• A testament becomes effective at the death of the testator (Heb. 9:15-17)

• One cannot follow the instructions of a will until it is read

• Jesus did not reveal all of His instructions during His lifetime (Jn. 16:12-15)

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Paul Kept The Sabbath(Acts 13:14, 42, 44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4)

• Paul was preaching on the Sabbath, not keeping the Sabbath

• Paul was preaching to non-Christians

• If I preach on Monday, does that mean that I keep Monday as a holy day?

• Paul’s actions (1 Cor. 9:20-23)

• Paul’s teaching (Col. 2:14-17)

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Jewish Christians & The Law• Peter and John went to the temple at the

hour of prayer (Acts 3:1)

• Paul had Timothy circumcised (Acts 16:1-3)

• Paul cut his hair and took a vow in Cenchrea (Acts 18:18)

• Paul kept a Jewish feast in Jerusalem (Acts 18:21)

• Paul wanted to be in Jerusalem for Pentecost (Acts 20:16)

• Paul sponsored four men who had taken a vow (Acts 21:20-26; 24:18)

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Gentile Christians & The Law• The NT clearly teaches that the old

covenant has been replaced

• Peter lived as a Gentile among Gentiles (Gal. 2:11-14)

• The law was not to be bound on Gentiles (Acts 15:19-21, 24, 28-29; 21:25; Col. 2:13-23)

• Paul became as a Jew to win Jews (1 Cor. 9:19-23)

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Evidence For Roman Time

• Luke was a Gentile, not a Jew (Col. 4:11-14)

• Troas was a Gentile city, not a Jewish city

• Asia was a Gentile nation, not a Jewish nation

• If Gentile time was used, Paul did what he intended to do (Acts 20:7b, 11)

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Acts 20:7, 11(Jewish Time: Sunset to Sunset)

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Saturday 6:00 p.m.

1st Day Begins

Saturday 12:00 a.m.1st Day Continues

Sunday 6:00 a.m.1st Day Continues

Paul preaches Paul departsSaints assemble

Paul intended to depart on the morrow

Paul departed on the same day

Acts 20:7, 11(Roman Time: Midnight to Midnight)

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Sunday 6:00 p.m.

1st Day Continues

Monday 12:00 a.m.

2nd Day Begins

Monday 6:00 a.m.2nd Day Continues

Paul preaches Paul departsSaints assemble

Paul intended to depart on the morrow

Paul departed on the morrow

“Scripture”

• The law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms (Lk. 24:44-45)

• Luke (1 Tim. 5:18 & Lk. 10:7)

• The epistles of Paul (2 Pet. 3:15-16)

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16All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim. 3:16-17)

The Law

• Genesis (1 Cor. 14:34; Gal. 4:21)

• Exodus (Lk. 2:23; Rom. 7:7)

• Leviticus (Mt. 22:36-40; Lk. 2:22, 24; 10:26-27; Jn. 8:5; 19:7; Gal. 5:14; Heb. 10:8)

• Numbers (Mt. 12:5; Heb. 7:5)

• Deuteronomy (Mt. 22:36-37; Lk. 10:26-27; Jn. 8:5, 17; Rom. 7:7; 1 Cor. 9:8-9; Gal. 3:10; Heb. 10:28; Jas. 2:9)

• The Pentateuch (Lk. 24:44)

• Psalms (Jn. 10:34; 12:34; 15:25; Rom. 3:9-19)

• Isaiah (Jn. 12:34; Rom. 3:9-19; 1 Cor. 14:21)

• Ezekiel (Ezek. 37:25)

• The ten commandments (Rom. 7:7; Jas. 2:10-11)

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“The Law”BAGD: “4. of a collection of holy

writings precious to the Jews – a. in the strict sense the law = the Pentateuch, the work of Moses the lawgiver…. b. in the wider sense = Holy Scripture gener., on the principle that the most authoritative part gives its name to the whole: J 10:34 (Ps 81:6); 12:34 (Ps 109:4; Is 9:6; Da 7:14); 15:25 (Ps 34:19; 68:5); 1 Cor 14:21 (Is 28:11f); Ro 3:19 (preceded by a cluster of quotations fr Psalms and prophets). – Mt 5:18; Lk. 10:26; 16:17; J 7:49.” (543)

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“The Law”

Joseph Thayer: “…by metonymy ho nomos, the name of the more important part (i.e. the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the O.T.: Jn. vii. 49; x. 34 (Ps. lxxx.) (lxxxii.) 6; Jn. xii. 34 (Ps. cix. (cx.) 4; Dan. (Theodot.) ii. 44; vii. 14); Jn. xv. 25 (Ps. xxxiv. (xxxv.) 19; lxviii. (lxis.) 15; Ro. iii. 19; 1 Co. xiv. 21 (Is. xxviii. 11 sq.; so 2 Macc. ii. 18 where cf. Grimm)….” (428)

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“The Law”W. E. Vine: “…(c) of the Mosaic Law,

the Law of Sinai…. (d) by metonymy, of the books which contain the law, (1) of the Pentateuch, e.g., Matt. 5:17; 12:5; Luke 16:16; 24:44; John 1:45; Rom. 3:21; Gal. 3:10; (2) of the Psalms, John 10:34; 15:25; of the Psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, 12:34; the Psalms and Isaiah, Rom. 3:19 (with vv. 10-18); Isaiah, 1 Cor. 14:21; from all this it may be inferred that ‘the law’ in the most comprehensive sense was an alternative title to ‘The Scriptures.’” (644)

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A Sabbath-Rest Remains(Heb. 4:9)

• A promise, not a command (Heb. 4:1)

• A promise for believers (Heb. 4:3)

• A rest after the weekly Sabbath was being observed under Joshua (Heb. 4:8)

• A rest remaining (Heb. 4:1, 6, 9)

• A rest when work has ceased (Heb. 4:10)

• A rest to be entered (Heb. 4:11)

• Heaven is a place of rest (cf. 2 Th. 1:7; Rev. 7:14-17; 14:13)

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C

Gen. 2:2

J DM

God rested

Sabbath

Canaan

Not Enter Rest

Rest Remaining

Josh. 1:15; 22:4

Psa. 95:11

Heb. 4:9Rev. 7:16-17; 14:13

Ex. 20:8

A Sabbath-Rest Remains(Heb. 4:9)

• There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. … Let us labour therefore to enter that rest … (Heb 4:9, 11)

• This sabbath rest is obviously in the future

• So will this occur on this coming sabbath???

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Christ’s New Covenant

• Contains some requirements that were in the old covenant

• Contains some requirements that were not in the old covenant

• Does not contain a commandment to keep the Sabbath


Extra Slides

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The Apostleship Of Paul

• Saw the Lord (Acts 22:14-15; 26:16-17; 1 Cor. 9:1)

• A unique case (1 Cor. 15:8-9)

• Apostle to the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13; Gal. 2:8-9; 2 Tim. 1:11)

• Equal to the other apostles (2 Cor. 11:5; 12:11)

• Revelation from Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-3; Gal. 1:11-12)

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• Claimed apostleship in several epistles (Rom. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:1; 1 Tim. 1:1; 2 Tim. 1:1; Tit. 1:1)

• Performed the signs of an apostle (Rom. 15:18-19; 2 Cor. 12:12)

• Taught the commandments of the Lord (Acts 15:35; 1 Cor. 14:37; 1 Th. 2:13; 2 Th. 2:15)

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• Epistles called “Scripture” (2 Pet. 3:15-16)

• Imparted miraculous power (Acts 19:1-6; Rom. 1:11; 2 Tim. 1:6)

• The last to see Christ (1 Cor. 15:8-9)

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QuestioningPaul’s Apostleship

• Questions the testimony of:• Paul (1 Cor. 9:1)

• Peter (2 Pet. 3:15-16)

• Ananias (Acts 22:12-16)

• Jesus (Acts 9:15-16; 26:15-18)

• Luke

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Purpose Of The Law

• Brought knowledge of sin (Rom. 3:20)

• Came in that trespass might abound (Rom. 5:20)

• Made sin known (Rom. 7:7)

• Highlighted sinfulness of sin (Rom. 7:12-13)

• Schoolmaster to bring Jews to Christ (Gal. 3:24)

• Carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation (Heb. 9:10)

• Shadow of the good things to come (Heb. 10:1)

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The Value Of The OT

• Its creation account explains origins (Gen. 1 & 2)

• Its history provides the background for the NT

• Its revelation of God enlightens (Psa. 119:15, 27)

• Its prophecies confirm (Jn. 5:46-47; Lk. 24:44-47; 2 Pet. 1:19)

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The Value Of The OT

• Its principles instruct (Rom. 15:4; Dt. 25:4; 1 Cor. 9:7-12; 1 Tim. 5:17-18)

• Its examples warn and teach (1 Cor. 10:6, 11)

• Its types and shadows illuminate (Heb. 10:1)

• Its message makes us wise unto salvation (2 Tim. 3:14-15)

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First Day Of Week

• Feast of Pentecost (Lev. 23:15-16) • Resurrection of Jesus (Lk. 24:1, 13, 21,

46) • Holy Spirit baptism on Pentecost (Acts

2:1-4) • Beginning of the church (Acts 2:41-42,

47)• Lord’s Supper observance in Troas (Acts

20:7) • Collection of the saints (1 Cor. 16:1-2) • John's vision of the Lord (Rev. 1:10-20)

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For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

Malachi 3:6 (NKJV)

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