Folks, Scripture speaks for itself. Please take a look:
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, along with everything in them. 2 On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created, so that it itself could produce. (CJB)
NOTE in the above that He "BLESSED the Seventh Day and separated it as holy"... (The Seventh Day on our Gregorian calendars falls on Saturday.)
Exodus 31:16 The people of Isra'el are to keep the Shabbat, to observe Shabbat through all their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the people of Isra'el forever; for in six days ADONAI made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and rested.'" (CJB)
NOTE: Since God’s people AND the “grafted-in” are “one in Messiah” ((Ephesians 2:15 and Galatians 3:28), this means ALL who accept the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are required to keep God’s Seventh Day Sabbath HOLY!
Ezekiel 20:11 I gave them my laws and showed them my rulings; if a person obeys them, he will have life through them. 12 I gave them my shabbats as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I, ADONAI, am the one who makes them holy. (CJB)
Exodus 20:8 "Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God. 9 You have six days to labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work -not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. 11 For in six days, ADONAI made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why ADONAI blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself. (CJB)
Isaiah 56: 2 Happy is the person who does this, anyone who grasps it firmly, who keeps Shabbat and does not profane it, and keeps himself from doing any evil. 3 A foreigner joining ADONAI should not say, "ADONAI will separate me from his people"; likewise the eunuch should not say, "I am only a dried-up tree." 4 For here is what ADONAI says: "As for the eunuchs who keep my Shabbats, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant: 5 in my house, within my walls, I will give them power and a name greater than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
6 "And the foreigners who join themselves to ADONAI to serve him, to love the name of ADONAI, and to be his workers, all who keep Shabbat and do not profane it, and hold fast to my covenant, 7 I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples." (CJB)
Isaiah 58: 13 If you hold back your foot on Shabbat from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call Shabbat a delight, ADONAI'S holy day, worth honoring; then honor it by not doing your usual things or pursuing your interests or speaking about them. 14 If you do, you will find delight in ADONAI - I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Ya'akov, for the mouth of ADONAI has spoken." (CJB)
Isaiah 66: 23 And it shall be that from one New Moon to another New Moon and from one Sabbath to another Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord. (CJB)
Jeremiah 17: 21 Here is what ADONAI says: "If you value your lives, don't carry anything on Shabbat or bring it in through the gates of Yerushalayim; 22 don't carry anything out of your houses on Shabbat; and don't do any work. Instead, make Shabbat a holy day. I ordered your ancestors to do this, 23 but they neither listened nor paid attention; rather, they stiffened their necks, so that they wouldn't have to hear or receive instruction. 24 However, if you will pay careful heed to me," says ADONAI "and carry nothing through the gates of this city on Shabbat, but instead make Shabbat a day which is holy and not for doing work; (CJB)
THERE ARE MORE PASSAGES, but hopefully the ones I posted here will suffice. Just please remember that, when ADONAI commands something, it should never be ignored.
It is unfortunate that most people don't seem to realize that some common sense is needed when reading Scriptures. For instance, we today, cannot possibly (nor are we expected to) keep all 613 original commands.
Why? Because they didn't all pertain to "everybody!" Most were meant for the Levite Priests, while some were meant only for men and others only for women...
However, we should definitely pay attention to those that we CAN keep ... the ones that have the word "forever" or "throughout your generations" attached to them. They were never meant "just for the Jews!" (Remember, there were 12 tribes in the desert with Moshe for 40 years - along with myriad foreigners" who had followed Israel out of Egypt ... and they were told to obey "exactly as" God's people did... See Numbers 15:13-16.)
The truth is, if you believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, then you are "grafted in" and required to keep God's "forever" commands. (For proof, re-read all the above mentioned passages and Numbers 15: 13-16, and Deuteronomy 31:11-12.)
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