The creation week is the design, the pattern for human history. One the seven day, Yahweh rested from Creation just like the seventh 1,000 years will be the millennial rest.
Genesis 2
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 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.
When Yahweh re-gave the Torah to Moses, He instructed Israel about the Sabbath and not to gather manna on the Sabbath in Exodus 16 BUT did not give the rest of Torah to Moses to write down until chapter 20
Exodus 16
22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
Exodus 20
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Torah did not originate when Yahweh gave it to Moses to write down - it was given to Adam and Eve. Cain and Abel knew to sacrifice and what to sacrifice and Abel killed Cain because he was upset his sacrifice was not accepted by Yahweh. Abraham knew about sacrifice and was going to sacrifice his son Isaac and Yahweh prevented it. Lot, a contemporary of Abraham, sacrificed for his sons and daughters. Iniquity, which is lawlessness, was found in satan so there had to have been law for satan to have broken. Before the flood, the people were wicked and held accountable and they could not be held accountable to a law if it did not exist.
Many "pastors" claim the Sabbath is "for the Jews" and "gentiles never had to keep it" which contradicts what scripture clearly says:
Deuteronomy 5
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Ezekiel 20
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Those who were grafted into Yeshua becoming yoked with faithful Israel are to keep the Sabbath day. Other "pastors" claim "sunday is the christian Sabbath" yet Messiah Yeshua kept the "Jewish" Sabbath and He is the LORD OF THE SABBATH - the Sabbath defined by Yahweh in the Garden of Eden and re-given to Moses to codify (write down)
There is a popular (although incorrect) teaching that the early church kept sunday observance which clearly goes against what scripture teaches. They use the following verse to make their very weak, although faulty as well as widely accepted, point:
Acts 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
The day began at sunset. The believers gathered after the Sabbath - after sunset on saturday - to fellowship and break bread before the work week began in the morning. The work week was six days and te early church met on the Sabbath to learn Torah along with the unbelieving Jews until the Bar Kokbha revolt which occurred about 135 AD. Worship on sunday did not start until long after constantine about 350AD combined lukewarm "christianity" with paganism forming the roman catholic church.
Acts 15
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
The apostle Paul, apostle to the gentiles, met in synagogues every Sabbath:
Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Yeshua never violated the Sabbath and Paul never taught against it. If Yeshua had violated the Sabbath or Paul teach against it, the Bereans would have rejected Yeshua as a false Messiah and Paul as a false teacher. The only scripture they had to check out Paul's teachings was Torah:
Acts 17
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
A favorite verse of those who love to twist scripture to justify their rebellion is :
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:
This does NOT say "Do not let the believers judge you in rebelling against Yahweh, celebrating pagan holidays, and eating what Yahweh calls an abomination" What it DOES say is "do not let your pagan friends and family judge you because you are now observing Yahweh's feast days, eating only what Yahweh says to eat, and celebrating the new moon and Sabbath days that Yahweh instructs you to celebrate"
Yeshua said He will REJECT those who do not obey Yahweh AND He said those that love Him obey Torah:
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Matthew 7
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458
Matthew13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; G458
Matthew 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.G458
Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity G458 shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity G458 doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Strong's number G458 iniquity (transliterated as anomia) :John14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
anomia
1) the condition of without law
a) because ignorant of it
b) because of violating it
2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
John14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
1 John 2
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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