We see in Exodus that there is one law.
Exodus 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
And we also see in Exodus 20:8 – 20:11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
If Christians are keeping Sunday as the Sabbath then how come so many restaurants after noon on Sunday are packed? They would be making someone work and be taking their Sabbath away from them.
Thoughts?
Re: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." But what day?
My thought is that the Sabath was a predominately Old Testament law for the people of Israel. If you agree with covenant theology, this would say that the law of the sabath itself is null and void and instead is kept on as tradition, (just as when Paul condemned the Jews for their FORCING of circumcision on the gentiles, but did not condemn the PRACTICE of circumcision.) I believe that the underlying principle for the Sabath is that God rested. If God rested, the people of God (Israel) should rest as well.
Now we also see in the New Testament that Jesus healed on the Sabath. This brings up another interesting debate. Did he sin? Another thought would be, are gentile Christians right in observing the Sabath on Sunday, if the Sabath was originally instituted on a Saturday?
Frankly I believe that this is yet another instance of Christian liberty. One may be convicted to see the Sabath as on a Saturday, one a Sunday, and one whatever time he is resting. We shouldn’t condemn our brother if they observe this law rigedly, observe it in a fluidic state, or choose not to observe it at all.
As for whether the shop owner would be taking away the person working’s sabath, I do not he/she would be doing this. The person working has the choice to not work on the Sabath. He/She has to find out for him/herself whether the law of the Sabath is one that God has layed upon his/her heart to keep or not.