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No, he
isn’t, because the apostle Paul says to the Colossians: “Therefore do not let
anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious
festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the
things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ” (Colossians
2:16-17
– NIV). Therefore, the reason why we Christians are not bound to keep the Sabbath
day is that the sabbath is one of the shadows of the law, for we should
always keep in mind that the law had a shadow of the good things to come, and
not the realities themselves which we have now in Christ Jesus (Hebrews
10:1). The Jewish Sabbath – or the day of rest – is the shadow of the true
rest which the believers in the Lord Jesus Christ enter when they die, as it
is written: “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for
anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did
from his” (Hebrews 4:9-10 – NIV) and also: “And I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them” (Revelation 14:13)
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