Jesus Our Sabbath, part 2.
This missive was written in response to a friend who has insisted that Saturday is the only day for worship. Part 1 is here Summary: Come to ME, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Sabbath) Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest (Sabbath) for your souls. Matthew 11:28–29 Rick as I read through your letter, I am hesitant to respond in detail as I fear you have missed my main point. But I will get to that. Unfortunately, you have unreliable sources for excluding the phrase “he declared all foods clean” The parentheses are not in the original text, btw, but the attestation for that line goes back to early manuscripts: https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/was-thus-he-declared-all-foods-clean-inserted-by-man-mark-719/ Your assertion that the situation was unique to Antioch about using the Noahic Covenant for Gentiles is just not true. It is repeated three times in Acts as a counsel as to how to treat Gentile believers. That Noahic Covenant declared all foods clean: “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh … Read more