There is still much misunderstanding in the religious world concerning the Law of Moses and the keeping, or not keeping thereof.  The major problem in regard to this question is the misunderstanding of “what is the Law of Moses” and of what does it consist. Those who want to hold on to and profess to keep the Sabbath as a day of worship today, make the argument that the ten commandments constitute the “Law  of God”  and call it  “God’s unchangeable law” ( in their pamphlet p. 19).  They then say that the rest of the Old Testament is the Law of Moses.  Much of the denominational world makes a similar distinction. 

Let us examine these thoughts in view of the scriptures.  The ten commandments are first given in Exodus 20:1—17.  They are repeated in Deuteronomy chapter five. There are several vital points found concerning this topic in this chapter. 1)  The first point is found in verse one. That point is that the law was given to the nation of Israel, not to all nations for all times.  2) The ten commandments are repeated in verses 2  through 30 and were given at Mount Sinai.  3) But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. (Deut. 5:31-33)

Notice three points from these three verses. 1) God gave these to Moses just as He gave the ten commandments to Moses (v.31),  2) “God gave Moses all “the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them,” (v. 31),  3) They were not to turn aside to the right hand or the left,  Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live,  … (v. 32, 33)   Nehemiah 8:1, Ezra 7:6 and Malachi 4:4 all tell us that God gave Moses all the commandments and statutes that he taught Israel to keep, not just the ten commandments.

The division (difference) that those who seek to bind the Sabbath today between the ten commandments and the rest of the Old Testament is not taught any where in God’s word. The truth is that the contrary is taught in the scriptures. It begins, again, with the point that the Old Testament law (all of it, its entirety) was given to the national of Israel, not to all nations. ( Ex. 31:11-14, Ezek. 20:8-13, Deut. 5)  Yes, it is inspired and needs to be studied by all, it prepares us for the coming of Jesus as Savior, it s written for our learning, but it is not the law under which we serve Jesus Christ as Savior.  Those who profess to bind and keep the Sabbath fall woefully short of doing so.

Hebrews eight teaches us that Jesus is the mediator of a new and better covenant and that the old covenant was ready to vanish away at the time of the writing of Hebrews. The Old Testament law including the ten commandments and all other of the commandments and statues could not bring about the forgiveness of our sins –our salvation. (Gal. 3:11, 5:4)

Let us close this study by showing by the scriptures that the whole of the old law is no longer binding on men today, including the ten commandment as such. The teachings of nine of the ten commandments are found in principle in the teaching of the New Testament. It is note worthy that keeping the Sabbath is not found taught in the New Testament.  In       2 Corinthians a comparison between the Old Testament and the New Testament  (ministration of death, glorious—engraved in stones ‘OT’) and the ministration of the Spirit, more glorious,  ‘NT’.  The Old was to  be done away, and abolished (v. 11-13). That engraven in stones would include the ten commandments. Paul makes this same point in Romans 7 when he said we are delivered (discharged) from the law. He included the ten commandments when he mentioned the ‘tenth commandment’ of the ten  - “thou shalt not covet.”