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DEUTERONOMY 4:30 (Moses to Israel)
30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you, even
in the latter days, if you turn to YHWH your God, and shall be obedient to his voice;
31 (For YHWH your God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake you, nor destroy you,
nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
MATTHEW 24:15-20 (Jesus to his disciples)
15 Therefore when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:)
16 Then let those who are in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 And woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days!
20 But pray that your flight is not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath day.
Note: Moses told Israel that if they would obey God "in the latter days", God would remember the covenant of their Fathers. Which covenant was that? The book of Deuteronomy is Moses speaking to Israel in the land of Moab before they crossed over Jordan to inherit the promised land. The previous generation had died in the wilderness during the previous 40 years, and it was with them that he made a covenant when he called them out of Egypt.
(Deuteronomy 4:12) "And YHWH spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no figure; only you heard a voice. And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.
Obviously this covenant was the ten commandments, which included the
Sabbath Commandment, to be remembered in the last days. According to the
prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:32-33) the New Covenant would not be applied
in the same way as it was at Mount Sinai. It would not be written on stone
as it was then, but the law would be written in their hearts. however, it
will be the same commandments.
Why did Jesus tell his disciples to "pray that your flight is not ... on
the Sabbath day." (Matthew 24:20)? Simply because in the very last days, which Jesus is talking about here, they will still be keeping the Sabbath, and some may be
unwilling to travel on that day, which could prevent their flight. In those days only true believers in Jesus will be left of the Jews (Zechariah 12:9-10;
13:8-9; Romans 11:26). This scripture (Matthew 24:20) shows that Jesus expected the Jews to be keeping the Sabbath commandment in the very last days..
ISAIAH 66:22-24
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me
says the LORD.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire
be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.
Note: Looking at this in context, it seems to be after the second coming of Jesus:
(Isaiah 66:15-16) "For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and
his rebuke with flames of fire.
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the
slain of the LORD shall be many."
This being so, it will be a time when the Devil will be chained in the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:1-3), and because he will not be able to deceive the nations any more, they will all be able to come to worship God, "from one Sabbath to another" (Isaiah 66:23). If we will observe the Sabbath day at that time, then it shows that it has not been done away with.
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