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2.) Wasn’t Jesus the Lord of the Sabbath?
Yes He is the Lord of the Sabbath but He declared that sabbath was made for man by Him and not man for sabbath; meaning that the sabbath was created by God for the good of mankind. Mark 2: 27-28 ‘And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath’
Jesus never did away with the sabbath. The sabbath that was done away with was of the ceremonial laws of the jews, of the laws of Moses, which was ended when the curtain in the temple was torn in 2 at the death of Jesus.
Colossians 2:16-17 ‘Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.’
But the 10 commandments were never done away with. That is why as Christians we should not kill, steal, commit idolatry etc. The 4th commandment days keep the sabbath, the 7th day.
Ceremonial Sabbaths
Leviticus 23:7, 8, 21, 24, 25, 27, 32, 39. There are seven ceremonial Sabbaths as follows:- 1. 16th of Abib; 2. 23rd of Abib; 3. Pentecost; 4. 1st of the 7th month; 5. 10th of the 7th month; 6. 15th of the 7th month; 7. 22nd of the 7th month. These were annual Sabbaths, coming only once a year. As they always came on the same day of the month, they would come only occasionally on the 7th day of the week. BHB 79.8
• Colossians 2:16, 17. These Sabbaths were all shadows of things to come. BHB 80.1
• Hebrews 9:8-11. The types, or shadowy service, ceased at the cross. The Desire of Ages, 774. BHB 80.2
• Matthew 27:50-51. At the death of Christ God rent the vail of the temple, thus showing that the shadowy service had ended. BHB 80.3
• Hebrews 9:10; Romans 14:1-6; Colossians 2:16. All of these ceremonial Sabbaths were connected with the annual feast days. On the Passover Sabbath bitter herbs were mingled with the feast. The day of atonement was a fast day; the others were feast days. BHB 80.4
• Leviticus 23:38. These annual Sabbaths were separate and distinct from the Sabbath of the Lord. BHB 80.5
• Exodus 20:10. The seventh day of the week is the Sabbath of the Lord. BHB 80.6
• Exodus 20:8-11. “Meats and drinks” not connected with the weekly Sabbath. BHB 80.7
• Exodus 20:11. Seventh-day Sabbath a memorial of creation. The Desire of Ages, 289. BHB 80.8
• Isaiah 66:22, 23. As long as the world stands the memorial of creation will be celebrated. BHB 80.9.