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Matthew 24:20

"But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day."

Problem:

This passage is cited by Seventh Day Adventists in an attempt to prove that the sabbath is binding upon believers. The question is pressed: "Why would Jesus instruct his disciples to pray that their flight be not on the sabbath, if sabbath observance were no longer binding?"

Solution:

Nehemiah had commanded that the gates of the city be closed on the sabbath. (Neh. 13:19). The Jews, with veiled eyes, failed to respond to the teaching of Christ about the sabbath [and consequently continued to practice the custom of Nehemiah]. Consequently, if the [Christians tried to flee] the city on a sabbath, they would be confronted by closed gates and the prejudice of conservative Judaisers who would not work on the sabbath. The resulting confusion, with advancing Roman armies, would bring great hardship on those attempting to flee to the mountains [for they would find themselves trapped within the city]. Similar hardships would face those fleeing in winter.