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    Jesus points out that circumcision takes priority over the Sabbath in John 7:19-23. He mentions that those he is talking to break the law of Moses, and uses the example of them circumcising on the Sabbath to prevent breaking this law. This implies that Jesus refers to the Sabbath as part of the law of Moses. The author argues that if circumcision, which was called a perpetual covenant, was done away with at the cross, then the Sabbath covenant could also end as its purpose was served. Both circumcision and the Sabbath served their purposes for their time, but Christians are not bound by them according to Acts and Colossians.

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    Jesus points out that circumcision takes priority over the Sabbath in John 7:19-23. He mentions that those he is talking to break the law of Moses, and uses the example of them circumcising on the Sabbath to prevent breaking this law. This implies that Jesus refers to the Sabbath as part of the law of Moses. The author argues that if circumcision, which was called a perpetual covenant, was done away with at the cross, then the Sabbath covenant could also end as its purpose was served. Both circumcision and the Sabbath served their purposes for their time, but Christians are not bound by them according to Acts and Colossians.

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    Jesus points out that circumcision takes priority over the Sabbath in John 7:19-23. He mentions that those he is talking to break the law of Moses, and uses the example of them circumcising on the Sabbath to prevent breaking this law. This implies that Jesus refers to the Sabbath as part of the law of Moses. The author argues that if circumcision, which was called a perpetual covenant, was done away with at the cross, then the Sabbath covenant could also end as its purpose was served. Both circumcision and the Sabbath served their purposes for their time, but Christians are not bound by them according to Acts and Colossians.

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    Sabbath versus circumcision – which is greater?

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    Stephen Korsman September 24, 2018

    Adventists think that the law of God and the law of Moses are two separate things. That is
    nonsense, as I have shown here: The Law of God vs the Law of Moses .

    It is worth pointing out that in John 7:19-23,


    Jesus points out that circumcision takes priority
    over the sabbath, and lists the sabbath as an
    example of the law of Moses.

    John 7:19-23 (KJV) – [19] Did not Moses give you


    the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
    Why go ye about to kill me? [20] The people
    answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth
    about to kill thee? [21] Jesus answered and said
    unto them, I have done one work, and ye all
    marvel. [22] Moses therefore gave unto you
    circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of
    the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day
    circumcise a man. [23] If a man on the sabbath
    day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses Moses with the Tablets of the Law –
    Rembrandt
    should not be broken; are ye angry at me,
    because I have made a man every whit whole on
    the sabbath day?

    Jesus mentions (verse 19) that the law of Moses is broken by those he is talking to. He
    then gives the example of circumcising on the sabbath (verse 22). He the (verse 23) says
    that circumcising on the sabbath prevents the law from being broken. One could potentially
    view this passage like this:

    1. Jesus said they all break the law of Moses.


    2. Jesus says they circumcise on the sabbath to prevent the law of Moses from being
    broken.
    3. They therefore break one law of Moses (the sabbath) to ensure that a greater law of
    Moses (circumcision) is upheld.

    That means that Jesus actually refers to the sabbath as being part of the law of Moses
    (just as he did with honouring one’s father and mother in Mark 7:10). It’s undeniable that
    Jesus is pointing out to them that circumcision is superior to the sabbath, and so is
    healing.

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    And if circumcision can go out the window … so can the sabbath.

    God refers to circumcision as a perpetual covenant in Genesis 17:11-13, to incense as one


    in Exod 30:8, to the Levitical priesthood as one in Exod 29:9. All these so-called perpetual
    covenants have been done away with at the cross. Just because they are called perpetual
    covenants does not mean that their purpose will never come to an end. Circumcision was
    for ALL Abraham’s generations, yet although we are part of that people, circumcision if not
    necessary for Christians. The same goes for the Sabbath.

    The Sabbath was made to serve man, and so was circumcision. They served their purpose,
    and Acts 15 tells us we need not circumcise any longer, and Col 2:16 and other texts tell us
    the same about the Sabbath.

    Further reading:
    John 7 – circumcision on the Sabbath
    The Law of God vs the Law of Moses
    The Sabbath and the Old Covenant, part 1
    The Sabbath and the Old Covenant, part 2
    The Sabbath and the Old Covenant, part 3

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