There’s not one Old Testament reference Christians can point to where God authorized breaking the Sabbath for ANY reason, even "good" humanitarian works like healing.
Instead, there is one clear and very scary evidence for what happened if any work was done on the Sabbath day (Num 15:32-36).
But only Jesus as the promised Jewish Messiah, 2nd Moses, had been given the unique authority to declare his followers lords of the Sabbath in Mark 2.27-28.
Only Jesus could declare, time and again, that human needs are only now of greater value than Sabbath-keeping.
Only Jesus, as God’s only-procreated Son, could free both Jews and Gentiles from the unqualified, strict obligations of that Old Covenant Sabbath law.
And only Jesus could say that his followers "break the Sabbath and yet are innocent"! Matthew 12.1-5
Instead, there is one clear and very scary evidence for what happened if any work was done on the Sabbath day (Num 15:32-36).
But only Jesus as the promised Jewish Messiah, 2nd Moses, had been given the unique authority to declare his followers lords of the Sabbath in Mark 2.27-28.
Only Jesus could declare, time and again, that human needs are only now of greater value than Sabbath-keeping.
Only Jesus, as God’s only-procreated Son, could free both Jews and Gentiles from the unqualified, strict obligations of that Old Covenant Sabbath law.
And only Jesus could say that his followers "break the Sabbath and yet are innocent"! Matthew 12.1-5
