Matthew 24:20 says,
“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:”
The reason why a believer in Judaea was not to travel during the winter because it can be too harsh of an environment to travel. The reason why a believer in Judaea is told not to travel on the Sabbath is because it would draw too much attention by the surrounding Jews who were resting that day. The believer in Judaea needed to escape to the mountains when the abomination of desolations takes place. It does not mean that Jesus was commanding believers to keep the Sabbath command perpetually. It was not even a command to observe the Sabbath. It was a command to simply not travel on the Sabbath (for obvious reasons), and not command to keep it. So this verse is not a good argument for one saying that the Saturday Sabbath is still a command that is still in effect.
Side Note:
Please keep in mind that the existence of the calendar day of the Sabbath by the Jews in the future does not mean that the COMMAND to keep the Sabbath still exists within God's laws under the New Covenant. That's reading something into the text that is simply not there.
“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:”
The reason why a believer in Judaea was not to travel during the winter because it can be too harsh of an environment to travel. The reason why a believer in Judaea is told not to travel on the Sabbath is because it would draw too much attention by the surrounding Jews who were resting that day. The believer in Judaea needed to escape to the mountains when the abomination of desolations takes place. It does not mean that Jesus was commanding believers to keep the Sabbath command perpetually. It was not even a command to observe the Sabbath. It was a command to simply not travel on the Sabbath (for obvious reasons), and not command to keep it. So this verse is not a good argument for one saying that the Saturday Sabbath is still a command that is still in effect.
Side Note:
Please keep in mind that the existence of the calendar day of the Sabbath by the Jews in the future does not mean that the COMMAND to keep the Sabbath still exists within God's laws under the New Covenant. That's reading something into the text that is simply not there.
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