Let’s look at what the Bible says in Mark 2:27, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.”

The Sabbath was established by Jesus at the creation of this world. Jews did not exist at that time, so the Sab­bath was not created solely for the Jews. God established the Sabbath as a blessing for the entire human race. When the Ten Commandments were spoken by God on Sinai to the people of Israel, they were told to "remember" the seventh-day Sabbath that God had given to the whole human family hundreds of years before.

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The Sabbath Is for All Humanity

The fourth commandment of the Decalogue applied not only to the Jews but also to the "stranger within your gates" (Exodus 20:10). Even the Gentile (to the Jew, a "stranger") was commanded to keep the Sabbath of creation. If we belong to the human family, then God's seventh-day Sabbath is for us.

Is God’s Law for Jews Only?

If the Sabbath were made just for the Jews, then the whole law of the ten moral commandments would be for the Jews alone as well. If that were the case, then Gentile Christians could take God’s name in vain and worship before idols of wood and stone. God’s law, including the seventh-day Sabbath, is binding on all people of the earth. Besides that, keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy brings a great blessing to the one who does so (Isaiah 58:13-14).

We Should Walk as Jesus Walked

“He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:6). Are you walking as Jesus walked? Jesus kept the seventh-day Sabbath. Won't you keep the Sabbath as Jesus did and do it because you love God so much that you want to please Him with all your heart?