The Perpetual 7-Day Cycle From Creation
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day Elohim ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Elohim created and made."
The seven-day week was established in Genesis 1-2 BEFORE the sun and moon were given for "signs and seasons" in Genesis 1:14. The true Sabbath cycle is INDEPENDENT of any celestial body and lunar sabbath deception. It depends solely on counting to seven repeatedly, proving lunar sabbath doctrine is false.
For 40 years in the wilderness, Yahuah provided manna six days a week and withheld it on the seventh. This pattern NEVER CHANGED - not once in 2,080 weeks!
"And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread... And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto YAHUAH: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none."
CONCLUSION: The true Sabbath MUST be a continuous 7-day cycle! This destroys the lunar sabbath deception completely.
"From even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."
"And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
"And he 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."
"And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Master also of the sabbath."
This sequence proves a continuous weekly cycle. There's no gap for a lunar reset. The days follow immediately: Preparation → Sabbath → First Day.
TRUTH: While calendar dates have changed (Julian to Gregorian), the 7-day weekly cycle has NEVER been interrupted. Saturday is still the seventh day, just as it was in Yahusha's time. Historical records confirm this continuity.
TRUTH: The Jews have kept the Sabbath for 3,500 years without losing track. Yahusha confirmed they had the right day. Muslims keep Friday, Jews keep Saturday, Christians keep Sunday - all agree on the weekly cycle!
TRUTH: Read verse 17! Paul was defending Sabbath-keepers FROM judgment, not abolishing the Sabbath. He says these ARE (present tense) shadows of things to come, and the body of Messiah should judge these matters, not outsiders.
"For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith YAHUAH, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith YAHUAH."
The Sabbath will be kept in the New Earth! It's not temporary - it's ETERNAL.
"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of YAHUAH thy Elohim... For in six days YAHUAH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore YAHUAH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."