Sabbath Observance Part 2

What is the New Testament Sabbath? Did Yeshua (Jesus) change the Sabbath? 1 Peter 2:21 says: "For even hereunto were ye called: because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...." What steps ought we to follow? Luke 4:16 says: "And Yeshua came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read." If you claim to be a disciple of Yeshua, you should follow His custom. His custom was to worship on the Sabbath. What is your custom? Did Yeshua change the Sabbath? Yeshua had been executed on the stake. Afterwards, Luke 23:56 describes the actions of His followers: "And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." The followers of Yeshua rested on the Sabbath. This is strong evidence that Yeshua did not teach a different sabbath. Yeshua's followers would not even break the Sabbath day to visit His tomb! Psalm 111:7-8 says: "The works of Your hands are truth and judgment; all Your commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness." How long are the laws of YHWH to last? They are for ever and ever. When the Messiah predicted a time of great trouble, He said in Matthew 24:20-22: "But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." If the Sabbath had been done away with or would be done away some time in the future, what difference would it make if the flight took part on the Sabbath? The only reasonable and logical conclusion is that Yeshua did not do away with the Sabbath during His physical time on earth and He did not anticipate it being done away with in the future. YHWH has commanded that the Sabbath be remembered. It is to be kept. While we may disagree on how it should be kept, like Yeshua and the Pharisees, we should be obedient to the law of YHWH and observe the Sabbath. Over the next few days, we shall examine how the Sabbath was changed, how to keep the Sabbath, and the blessings of the Sabbath.