Jewish Sabbath
"Jewish Sabbath" is a misnomer and covert polemic used to imply that the Sabbath was instituted only for the Jewish nation. The phrase is employed by most Christian denominations which regard the Sabbath as a shadow and obsolete for Christians, who instead are to worship on the first day of the week (Sunday).
However, the concept of the Sabbath was established at creation rather than originally given as a Mosaic Law:
| “ | And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. | ” |
The Jews are descendants of Shem, one of the sons of Noah. Due to the Jewish nation forming after the Great Flood, the Sabbath cannot be regarded as an outgrowth of Judaism because its establishment predates the existence of the Jews. In addition, Jesus declared that the Sabbath "was made for man" (emphasis added), not only the Jews. (Mark 2:27)