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If Jesus knew His 7th day Sabbath, God's 4th Commandment, would be nailed to the cross and no longer be in effect after His resurrection, why did He instruct His followers to pray they would not have to flee on the Sabbath after his resurrection?

After His death, Jesus was already resurrected  He warned his followers, Matthew 24:20, "But pray ye that your flight be not on the Sabbath Day.  Does this mean that "The Lord's Day," God's 4th commandment, was and is in effect now, today?  God's 10 commandments were not and are not nailed to the cross?

Matthew 24:20

NKJV - 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

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Mini Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army
In my opinion, Jesus (speaking prior to His death and resurrection, as well as to the admission (starting in Acts 15) of non-Sabbath-observing Gentiles into the early church) was referring to the original intent of the seventh-day Sabbath as a day of rest for Israel (even before the Ten Commandments were given), as noted in Genesis 2:3.

Observance of this purpose would impair the ability of the Jewish faithful to flee in the face of the distress described in Matthew 24:15-31.

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20230618 192834 Donna Williams Supporter
Bro. Smith, the ten commandments were not nailed to the cross. Jesus became our sin bearer and it was our sins that were nailed to the cross of Calvary. 

According to Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus did not come to destroy the law, or the prophets, but he came to fulfill the righteous requirements of the law and all that the prophets of old spoke about him being the Messiah!

Now, as it pertains to why he instructed his disciples to pray that their flight was not on the Sabbath, it was to avoid the potential difficulties that would occur because of the Jewish custom that would forbid them to travel on the Sabbath, and would hinder their escape from the city of Jerusalem and its destruction, according to the Biblica Study Bible. This would be during the time of great tribulation. 

Remember that Jesus was warning them about what would happen before his second coming. 

The Jews of today still observe the Law of Moses; however, Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. See Romans 10:4.

Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."

Titus 3:5, "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit."

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