6d • General discussion
Sabbath keeping & Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil
The following ain't my post, yet I wanted to share:
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil paralled with Sabbath resistance.
This might explain more of the resistance to the Sabbath than people are comfortable admitting.
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1. The Core Issue Is the Same: Authority vs Autonomy
The Tree was not forbidden because fruit is dangerous.
The Sabbath is not commanded because days are magical.
Both test who defines good.
“God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it…”
— Genesis 2:3
Notice: the Sabbath exists before sin, just like obedience itself.
Which means resistance to it is not about legalism. It’s about relational posture.
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2. Sabbath, Like the Tree, Is Not About Information
Most people who resist the Sabbath do not lack Bible knowledge.
They know:
• It’s in the Ten Commandments
• Jesus kept it
• The apostles observed it
• It is grounded in creation, not Sinai
So the resistance is not intellectual.
It is experiential.
Same as the Tree.
The Sabbath forces a person to feel dependence, not merely agree with it.
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3. What the Sabbath Exposes
The Sabbath does something no other commandment does:
It requires you to stop producing and trust God anyway.
“In it you shall do no work…”
— Exodus 20:10
That’s not moral effort.
That’s surrender of control.
Which is why the resistance often sounds like:
• “That feels restrictive”
• “That sounds legalistic”
• “That makes me uncomfortable”
• “That can’t matter anymore”
Those aren’t theological objections.
They are autonomy reflexes.
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4. Same Pattern as the Tree
Let’s line them up.
The Tree:
• God defines what is good
• Humanity is asked to trust
• The temptation is independence
• The response is resistance framed as wisdom
The Sabbath:
• God defines sacred time
• Humanity is asked to rest
• The temptation is self-definition of worship
• The response is resistance framed as liberty.
Same sin, different fruit.
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5. Why Sabbath Resistance Feels So Emotional
Very few people get angry about:
• Not murdering
• Not committing adultery
• Not stealing
But Sabbath?
It triggers things.
Why?
Because Sabbath says:
“You are not the measure of your worth.”
“You are not sustained by your effort.”
“You are not the final authority over time.”
That’s existential, not merely moral.
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6. Jesus Didn’t Abolish the Test, He Clarified It
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
— Mark 2:27
That verse is often used as an escape hatch.
It’s actually a rebuke.
Jesus is saying:
“The Sabbath was given as a gift of dependence, not a tool of oppression.”
He never removes it.
He removes the distortion.
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7. Paul Fits the Pattern Too (Despite How He’s Used)
When Paul talks about freedom, he is not arguing for autonomy.
“You are not your own… you were bought with a price.”
— 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
That is the opposite of Genesis 3.
Paul is fighting works-based identity, not surrender-based obedience.
Which is why he never argues against God’s authority over time.
He argues against righteousness by performance.
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8. Why “Any Day Alike” Arguments Miss the Point
“One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike.”
— Romans 14:5
That passage is about conscience in DISPUTABLE MATTERS, not abolishing creation ordinances.
No one reads Romans 14 to mean adultery is negotiable.
But Sabbath suddenly becomes optional?
Why?
Because Sabbath uniquely threatens self-rule.
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9. Sabbath Is the Tree Reversed
The Tree said:
“Take autonomy. Define good yourself.”
The Sabbath says:
“Lay autonomy down. Trust God with time.”
One is seizure.
One is surrender.
One produces anxiety.
One produces rest.
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10. Final Anvil Strike
Resistance to the Sabbath is rarely about calendars.
It is about who owns authority over Life’s Rhythm!
Just like Eden.
The Tree tested whether humanity would trust God with morality.
The Sabbath tests whether humanity will trust God with time, productivity, and identity.
And that is why the resistance feels so deep!
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