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Do Col 2:16-17 and Rom 14:5 abolish the weekly Sabbath? Investigate the ceremonial triad, the skia (shadow) designation, and whether "sabbath days" refers to weekly Sabbath or ceremonial feast sabbaths.

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SABBATH

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • Signifying a period of rest: GEN 2:2,3; LEV 23; 25; 26:34,35
  • Preparations for the: EXO 16:22; MAT 27:62; MRK 15:42; LUK 23:54; JHN 19:31
  • Religious usages on the: GEN 2:3; MRK 6:2; LUK 4:16,31; 6:6; 13:10; ACT 13:14
  • Sacrifices on the: NUM 28:9,10; EZK 46:4,5
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: GEN 2:2,3; EXO 16:5,23-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; LEV 16:29-31; 19:3,30; 23:1-3,27-32; 24:8; 26:2,34,35; NUM 15:32-36; 28:9,10; DEU 5:12-15; 2KI 4:23; 1CH 9:32; 2CH 36:21; NEH 9:13,14; 10:31; 13:15-22; PSA 92:1-15; 118:24; ISA 1:13; 56:2,4-7; 58:13,14; 66:23; JER 17:21,22,24-27; LAM 1:7; 2:6; EZK 20:12,13,16,20,21,24; 22:8; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1,3; HOS 2:11; AMO 8:5; MAT 12:1-8,10-12; 24:20; MRK 2:27,28; 6:2; 16:1; LUK 4:16,31; 6:1-10; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; 23:54,56; JHN 5:5-14; 7:21-24; 9:1-34; 19:31; ACT 13:14,27,42,44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; COL 2:16; HEB 4:4,9
  • OBSERVANCE OF: By Moses (NUM 15:32-34); By Nehemiah (NEH 13:15,21); By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of Jesus (LUK 23:56); By Paul (ACT 13:14); By the disciples (ACT 16:13); By John (REV 1:10)
  • VIOLATIONS OF: Gathering manna (EXO 16:27); Gathering sticks (NUM 15:32); Men of Tyre (NEH 13:16); The inhabitants of Jerusalem (JER 17:21-23)

NEW MOON

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • Feast of: NUM 10:10; 28:11-15; 1CH 23:31; 2CH 31:3
  • Traffic at time of, suspended: AMO 8:5

FEASTS

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • Ancient customs at: Men alone present at (GEN 40:20; 43:32,34; 1SA 9:22; EST 1:8,9; MRK 6:21; LUK 14:24)
  • Men and women attend: EXO 32:6
  • ANNUAL FESTIVALS (Instituted by Moses):
  • Designated as SOLEMN FEASTS: NUM 15:3; 2CH 8:13; LAM 2:6; EZK 46:9
  • SET FEASTS: NUM 29:39; EZR 3:5
  • APPOINTED FEASTS: ISA 1:14
  • HOLY CONVOCATIONS: LEV 23:4
  • First and last days were SABBATIC: LEV 23:39,40; NUM 28:18-25; 29:12,35; NEH 8:1-18
  • The three principal were: PASSOVER, PENTECOST, TABERNACLES
  • All males were required to attend: EXO 23:17; 34:23; DEU 16:16
  • Observed By Jesus: MAT 26:17-20; LUK 2:41,42; 22:15; JHN 2:13,23; 5:1; 7:10; 10:22
  • Observed By Paul: ACT 18:21; 19:21; 20:6,16; 24:11,17

CONSCIENCE

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • General scriptures concerning: JOB 15:21,24; 27:6; PRO 20:12; MAT 5:15,16; 6:22,23; LUK 11:33-36; ACT 23:1; 24:16; ROM 2:14,15; 7:15-22,23; 9:1; 14:1-23; 1CO 8:7-13; 10:32; 2CO 1:12; 4:2; 5:11; 1TI 1:5,19; 3:9; HEB 9:14; 10:22; 13:18; 1PE 2:19; 3:16,21; 1JN 3:20,21
  • Note: Rom 14:1-23 is listed under CONSCIENCE, linking the "doubtful disputations" chapter to matters of individual conscience rather than settled doctrine.

COMMANDMENTS

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • General scriptures concerning: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; JOS 8:30-35; 2CH 17:7-9; NEH 8:2-8; PSA 78:1-7; PRO 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; ISA 57:8; JER 11:4; ZEC 7:9,10; 8:16,17
  • PRECEPTS OF JESUS: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; JHN 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22
  • See DECALOGUE; See TABLES
  • OF MEN: ISA 29:13; MAT 15:3-20; MRK 7:2-23; ROM 14:1-6,10-23; 1TI 4:1-3
  • Note: Rom 14:1-6 is classified under "commandments OF MEN" -- not divine commandments.

TEN COMMANDMENTS

Source: Nave's Topical Bible

  • See COMMANDMENTS (cross-reference only)

Rom 14:1-23 appears under CONSCIENCE and Rom 14:1-6 under COMMANDMENTS OF MEN. This Nave's classification is significant: the passage is categorized under matters of individual conscience and human tradition, not under divine commandments or the Sabbath. The SABBATH topic lists COL 2:16 and HEB 4:4,9 but does NOT list Rom 14:5 -- Nave's does not associate Rom 14:5 with the Sabbath.

Col 2:16 in Nave's

Col 2:16 appears in the SABBATH topic under "Unclassified Scriptures Relating To." It is listed alongside creation texts, Decalogue texts, prophetic texts, and other Sabbath references without differentiation between weekly and ceremonial sabbaths.