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the sabbath."

SDAs argue that "for man" indicates ALL men and not just Jewish men.
The sabbath was made for all men only in the sense that resting one day a

week is practical advice that all men can benefit from. God designed our
bodies to run on 7-day cycles. Experiments with "weeks" of different
lengths have gotten poor results. But as a law and a sign, the sabbath
concerned only the Jews.

And in one sense, Jesus' statement that "The sabbath was made for man"
could only apply to Jews anyway, since He said Gentiles are not "men," but
"dogs" (Matthew 15:22-28). Hence, He said to "preach the gospel to every

creature" (Mark 16:15), which would include men and "dogs." (The Jews
didn't get the hint until Acts 10-11!)

Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the LORD."

Some say that the words "all flesh" prove that the sabbath is not just for
Jews. But like Ezekiel 46, Isaiah is prophesying here about the Millennium,
when Jesus will be physically reigning over the whole earth and everyone on
it, and the sabbath will be reinstated.

Colossians 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink,
or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."

The "all flesh" in Isaiah 66:23 are people on earth in the Millennium who
were not saved before the rapture. During the Millennium, they'll have to
work for the right to eat of the "tree of life" to stay alive (Matthew 5,
Revelation 22:14). Those already saved during the Church Age will have
nothing to do with this, because they'll have been given sinless bodies at the
rapture. (1 Corinthians 15:50-54, Philippians 3:20-21, 1 John 3:2, Romans

8:29)