Was Jesus Christ, even according to him, really the Lord of the Sabbath (Saturday)?
The sections of this article are:
1- The importance of the Sabbath.
2- Jesus' explanation and excuses for breaking the Sabbath.
3- Do you honestly see any trinity in any of this??
4- Jesus showed a great deal of ignorance about the story of the man who
was put to death in
Numbers 15:32-36.
5- Conclusion.
1- The importance of the Sabbath:
Trinitarian Christians are too desperate to prove their blaspheme about Jesus being the Creator of the Universe. All Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone and only Alone, every single lie and deliberate mistranslation of theirs had been thoroughly refuted at the Answering Trinity section and elsewhere on the net. One of these desperate and ridiculous lies is the lie of Jesus Christ being the Lord of the Sabbath supposedly proves that he is GOD Almighty. Let us examine the following verses and sections to see if this claim really stands up to scrutiny or not.
Exodus 20:8
8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall
not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your
manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all
that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD
blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Exodus 31:14-15
14 " 'Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to
you. Anyone who desecrates it must
be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut
off from his people.
15 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest,
holy to the LORD. Whoever does any
work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
There ample more verses that I could provide, but these verses should be enough to demonstrate that the Sabbath (Saturday) is big deal in the Bible's Old Testament, and the punishment for any work done in it is death.
2- Jesus' explanation and excuses for breaking the Sabbath:
Jesus Christ in the Bible's New Testament explained why he broke the Sabbath:
Man is the Lord of the Sabbath:
Mark 2:27-28
27 Then he said to them, "The
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 So
the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
The Priests desecrated the Sabbath, and therefore, Jesus also could:
Matthew 12:4-6
4 He entered the house of God, and he and his
companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but
only for the priests.
5 Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the
temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?
6 I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
Children could be circumcised on the Sabbath, and thus, Jesus also
could break it:
John 7:23
23 Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of
Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole
man on the Sabbath?
David and his companions also broke the Sabbath:
Luke 6:1-11
1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the
grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in
their hands and eat the kernels.
2 Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the
Sabbath?"
3 Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his
companions were hungry?
4 He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate
what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his
companions."
5 Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord
of the Sabbath."
6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was
there whose right hand was shriveled.
7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse
Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.
8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled
hand, "Get up and stand in front of everyone." So he got up and stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to
do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"
10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." He did so, and his hand was completely restored.
11But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do
to Jesus.
Mark 2:23-28
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the
grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of
grain.
24 The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the
Sabbath?"
25 He answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions
were hungry and in need?
26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate
the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave
some to his companions."
27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the
Sabbath.
28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
So what do we see here:
1- In these passages, we see Jesus himself explained why he broke the Sabbath. It is not because he is GOD Almighty. He never claimed it, and it is indeed a lie. It is rather because the Sabbath was broken before by Moses, David, and a number of Companions and Priests.
2- Jesus also said that good had always been allowed to be done in the Sabbath.
3- Jesus also said that the Sabbath was discontinued and violated a long long time ago, and that he wasn't the first one to do so.
4- Jesus also said that man, in general, is the Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:27-28, Luke 6:5).
3- Do you honestly see any trinity in any of this??
I must ask you this question: Do you honestly see any thing in here that suggests that Jesus Christ is GOD Almighty?? Do you now see why Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath? It is because man had always been the Lord of the Sabbath. It is not because Jesus is GOD. This is no more than a desperate lie that was invented by the polytheist trinitarian pagans like the rest of their desperate lies, deliberate mistranslations, and false conclusions.
When we read Jesus' own words throughout the Bible, we find:
Trinity is one of history's biggest lies, Jesus was never called Yahweh in the entire Bible, and the Bible's corrupt books and gospels were:
Such falsehood can not be from GOD Almighty, nor the Divine Truth and Word of GOD Almighty. Islam is the Divine Truth of GOD Almighty. I strongly recommend visiting the following links:
Again, the Bible's books and gospels, according to its own
translators and theologians, were
So now based on what objective grounds should we reject the claim about the Bible's New Testament's accounts being mostly false and fabricated by men?
4- Jesus showed a great deal of ignorance about the story of the man who was put to death in Numbers 15:32-36:
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www.answering-christianity.com/abrogation_in_bible.htm: 5- Can the Bible followers work on Saturday or not? (Jesus showed a great deal of ignorance about the story of the man who was put to death in Numbers 15:32-36) In the Old Testament, we read: "32Once, while the Israelites were traveling through the desert, a man was caught gathering firewood on the Sabbath. 33He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community. 34But no one knew what to do with him, so he was not allowed to leave. 35Then the LORD said to Moses, " Tell the people to take that man outside the camp and stone him to death!" 36So he was killed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses." (CEV Bible, Numbers 15:32-36) "14-15Keep the Sabbath holy. You have six days to do your work, but the Sabbath is mine, and it must remain a day of rest. If you work on the Sabbath, you will no longer be part of my people, and you will be put to death." (CEV Bible, Exodus 31:14-15) "8Remember that the Sabbath Day belongs to me. 9You have six days when you can do your work, 10but the seventh day of each week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day--not you, your children, your slaves, your animals, or the foreigners who live in your towns." (CEV Bible, Exodus 20:8-10) In the New Testament, we read: "9Jesus left and went into one of the Jewish meeting places, 10where there was a man whose hand was crippled. Some Pharisees wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong, and they asked him, "Is it right to heal someone on the Sabbath?" 11Jesus answered, "If you had a sheep that fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't you lift it out? 12People are worth much more than sheep, and so it is right to do good on the Sabbath." 13Then Jesus told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man did, and it became as healthy as the other one." (CEV Bible, Matthew 12:9-13) "23One Sabbath Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields. His disciples were picking grains of wheat as they went along. 24Some Pharisees asked Jesus, "Why are your disciples picking grain on the Sabbath? They are not supposed to do that!" 25Jesus answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his followers were hungry and in need? 26It was during the time of Abiathar the high priest. David went into the house of God and ate the sacred loaves of bread that only priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his followers." 27Jesus finished by saying, "People were not made for the good of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for the good of people. 28So the Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath."" (CEV Bible, Mark 2:23-28) We see how in Numbers 15, the man lost his life for gathering firewood on Saturday, perhaps because the weather was either very cold or the man needed to cook food with it. From the context of the verse, we clearly see that the man's work was a necessity. Yet, We see Jesus saying that "it's right to do good on the Sabbath"? I totally understand Jesus' example of the sheep falling into the well on Saturday. In emergency cases, whether it be the house catching fire, or the enemies attacking, or a sheep drowning in a well, it becomes necessary and permissible to break the Sabbath. But to do general work on the Sabbath is clearly forbidden in the Mosaic Law, and a man lost his life for it! Yet, we see Jesus showing ignorance about this. We also see his disciples picking up grains of wheat and his excuse for them was that David and his followers did similar things? Again, Jesus showed a great deal of ignorance about the man in the Old Testament who lost his life for merely collecting firewood on the Sabbath. Also, Jesus statement: "The Sabbath was made for the good of people" also shows a great deal of ignorance about the story of the man who was put to death, because in the case of the man, the Sabbath wasn't any good for him. It brought death upon him for simply collecting necessary firewood! Now, was it really Jesus Christ who was ignorant, or was it the writers who wrote this on the mouth of Jesus and his disciples who fabricated all of this on their own?
More verses about the New Testament abrogating the Old Testament regarding the Sabbath: No: "Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (Exodus 31:14)" "Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. (Exodus 31:15)" "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. (Exodus 35:2)" Yes: "And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. (John 9:14)" John 7:22-24 Mark 6:1-3 For more verses and analysis, please visit:
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5- Conclusion:
It is clear that Jesus being the Lord of the Sabbath doesn't prove that he is GOD Almighty. The polytheist trinitarian pagans and infidels are too desperate to prove Jesus is GOD Almighty. This false desperation is clear blaspheme. Jesus was no GOD, and man had always been the Lord of the Sabbath according to Jesus Christ himself.
In the end, I'd like to end this article with the following verses from the Holy Quran, and the Bible's Old and New Testaments:
"Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him. (The Noble Quran, 112:1-4)"
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (From the NIV Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4)"
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. (From the NIV Bible, Mark 12:29)"
""Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good–except God alone." (From the NIV Bible, Mark 10:18)"
"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (From the NIV Bible, Numbers 23:19)"
Indeed, Jesus Christ, the man, is only a Messenger from Allah Almighty, and he was never crucified.
May Allah Almighty enable you to see the Light and the Truth of Islam. And may Allah Almighty send His Peace, Mercy and Blessings upon our beloved and blessed Prophet, Teacher and Role Model, Muhammad. Ameen.
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