1. Ten Reasons why the Sabbath is not Jewish <br />by Steve Wohlberg <br />1) Adam and Eve were not Jewish. quot;
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified itquot;
(Genesis 2:3) before sin entered. quot;
Sanctifiedquot;
means quot;
to be set apart for holy use.quot;
The only ones in the Garden of Eden for whom the Sabbath was quot;
set apartquot;
were Adam and Eve, who weren't Jewish. <br />2) quot;
The Sabbath was made for man.quot;
Mark 2:27. Jesus said this. It was quot;
madequot;
in the Garden of Eden before it was quot;
writtenquot;
down on Mount Sinai. The Sabbath was quot;
madequot;
for quot;
man,quot;
not just Jews. <br />3) The other nine commandments are not quot;
just for Jews.quot;
God wrote quot;
Ten Commandmentsquot;
on stone, not just nine (See Deut. 4:12, 13; Ex. 20). Does quot;
Do not commit adultery,quot;
quot;
Do not murder,quot;
quot;
Do not steal,quot;
and quot;
Do not bear false witnessquot;
apply only to Jews? <br />4) quot;
The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.quot;
Exodus 20:10. God calls the Sabbath, quot;
my holy day.quot;
Isaiah 58:13. The Bible never calls it quot;
the Sabbath of the Jews.quot;
It isn't their Sabbath, but God's. <br />5) The Sabbath commandment is for the quot;
strangerquot;
too. The fourth commandment itself says the quot;
strangerquot;
is to rest on the Sabbath. Exodus 20:10. quot;
Strangersquot;
are non-Jews, or Gentiles. Thus the Sabbath applies to them too. Read also Isaiah 56:6. <br />6) Isaiah said Gentiles should keep the Sabbath. quot;
Also the sons of the stranger ... every one that keeps the Sabbath ... for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.quot;
Isaiah 56:6, 7. Thus the Sabbath is for Gentiles and quot;
all people,quot;
not just for Jews. <br />7)quot;
Allquot;
mankind will keep the Sabbath in the New Earth. In quot;
the new earth ... from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says the Lord.quot;
Isaiah 66:22, 23. Here God says that quot;
all fleshquot;
we will be keeping the Sabbath in quot;
the new earth.quot;
If this is the case - and it is - shouldn't we start now? <br />8) Gentiles kept the Sabbath in the Book of Acts. quot;
The Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath ... Paul and Barnabas ... persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.quot;
' Acts 13:42, 43. Here saved-by-grace Gentiles kept the Sabbath (see also verse 44). <br />9) quot;
The lawquot;
[of Ten Commandments] is for quot;
all the world,quot;
not just for Jews. Paul wrote these words. Read Romans 2:17-23; 3:19, 23. <br />10) Luke was a Gentile who kept the Sabbath. Luke was the only Gentile who wrote any New Testament books (he wrote The Gospel According to St. Luke and The Acts of the Apostles). Luke traveled with Paul and wrote, quot;
On the Sabbath we went out<br />