Jesus and Judaism-continued

Jesus and Judaism
part 3

In Genesis 2:1, it was written that God rested on the seventh day from all his work which He had made. The seventh day was blessed and hallowed because He had finished creation relative to earth and its needs. God did not rest because He was tired. Isaiah 40:28 teaches us: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding.

So, a special memorial of creation was established by the Lord. A day of rest. Exodus 20:8 picks up the theme; remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. That particular day was hallowed by the Lord Himself. Not only do the ten commandments mention that Gods name is holy, but they also express that a certain day is holy.

Elsewhere, in Exodus 31:16-17, the sabbath is said by the Lord, to be a symbol of His covenant with Israel, throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant. It was said to be a "sign" between God and the children of Israel for ever. Jesus, being raised by a Jewish mother, was well aware of these teachings.

"Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."

Since the Christian Bible wrote in 1Peter 2:22, that Jesus was sinless, and had no deceit in his mouth, we safely assert that he kept the shabbat, and observed all Jewish laws as handed down by Moses and the elders. What else would we expect of a good and observant Jew?