I was reading the information on your website and I read the article entitled “Three Objections Concerning the Sabbath” and it states something that I would like more information on. One of the point that was listed was – “The Sabbath was never intended for the Gentiles. It was given to the Jews (Exodus 31:17). Nowhere is there a command for the Gentiles to keep the Sabbath.” https://www.gospelgazette.com/gazette/1999/nov/page15.shtml Upon on reading and searching I found that in Genesis 2:2-3, “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. 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.” Is this talking about something different from the Jewish Sabbath? ~ Brian Watson
The first five books of the Old Testament were written by Moses, well after creation and after Judaism was instituted. Hence, these volumes record historical information that occurred both under Patriarchy and Judaism. There is no record of the implementation of a Sabbath keeping under Patriarchy. However, at the time of the institution of the Jewish Sabbath, one of the reasons given for selection of the seventh day as the Jewish Sabbath is that after six days of creation, God “rested” or desisted from the exertion of creation; God was not tired and in need of rest, but he simply stopped creating.
