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Q. In “When Did the Old Covenant End and the New Covenant Begin?” you say that the New Covenant began at the Cross when Jesus died and His blood was shed. But several Scriptures in the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ crucifixion mention the Sabbath day after Jesus’ death, and Luke 23:56 specifically says that the women “rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.” Doesn’t this mean that the Sabbath was in the New Covenant and that we should be keeping it today?

A. Sabbath keepers often point to references to the Sabbath in verses surrounding Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection as proof that the Sabbath command is still in effect. The passages in question are Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:54, 56; and John 19:31.

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