Most Jews will tell you a non-Jew is not allowed to keep Shabbat. Most Christians will tell you the Sabbath was nailed to the cross and replaced by Sunday. Most Muslims will tell you the real Shabbat is Friday.
All three are wrong. The proof is hidden in plain sight. It lies in the mirror between the Seven Days of Creation and the Seven Stages of the Flood.
Rabbi David Fohrman explains in his breathtaking Aleph Beta series “Noah & the Flood: The Second Creation.” He argues that the entire Flood narrative is a deliberate replay of Genesis 1. However, this time, the world is re-created for all of people, not just Israel.
| Day of Creation | Genesis 1 | Flood Parallel | Who Receives the Sign? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 – Light / Darkness | “Let there be light” – Spirit hovers over the face of the waters | Genesis 8:1 – “A wind from God hovered over the face of the waters” – total darkness, void | All living creatures |
| Day 2 – Separation of waters | Firmament separates waters from waters | Waters above and below separated again | — |
| Day 3 – Dry land & vegetation | Dry land appears, seed-bearing plants | Dove returns with olive leaf – first sign of dry land and vegetation | — |
| Day 4 – Sun, moon, stars for seasons | “For signs and for seasons” | Genesis 8:22 – “Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter… shall not cease” – the rainbow covenant | All descendants of Noah |
| Day 5 – Birds & sea creatures | “Let the waters swarm… let birds fly” | First to leave the ark: creeping things, birds, swarming creatures | — |
| Day 6 – Land animals & man | Beasts, cattle, and man in God’s image – “Be fruitful and multiply” | Animals leave, then Noah’s family – but they separate (violating “be fruitful”) | — |
| Day 7 – God rests | “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy” | Genesis 9 – Rainbow covenant: “I will establish My covenant with you and all flesh” – an eternal sign | Every human being |
The rainbow is the ot — the eternal sign — of the seventh day for all the children of Noah. And the last time I checked, every male on earth descends from Shem, Ham, or Japheth — Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson’s Y-chromosome research in Traced proves it.
Charlie Kirk, in his book Real Citizenship, writes: “God gave the rainbow as a universal covenant. It was not given to one nation, but to every living creature. The Sabbath rest was baked into that covenant before Sinai ever happened.”
Yet today: • Some rabbis declare a gentile may not keep Shabbat (a tragic over-correction against missionary theft). • Christians move the day to Sunday — the only day in Creation week never called “good.” • Muslims change it to Friday, which is Day Six. This day represents the beast and man’s animal nature. It is also the very day the Torah warns against murder (Sixth Commandment).
We sing every Shabbat morning in VeShamru. This passage is found in Exodus 31:16–17: וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת… כִּי אוֹת הִיא בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעֹלָם. “The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath.” It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever.
But read the Hebrew carefully — the word בֵּינִי (“between Me”) appears twice in the Torah:
- Exodus 31 — between God and Israel
- Genesis 9 — the rainbow between God and all flesh that is on the earth
Two covenants, one sign.
Rabbi Fohrman’s conclusion is shattering: The Flood was not destruction — it was re-creation. And the seventh day of that re-creation was given as a gift and responsibility to every human being alive.
So who is right about Shabbat? No religion today. The Torah is.
Shabbat was never taken from the nations — it was stolen by bad theology and fear.
The rainbow still hangs in the sky every seventh day, whispering the same promise it whispered to Noah:
Rest. Remember who made you. Because the world depends on it.
The children of Noah must learn to rest together on the day God actually blessed. They include Jews, Christians, Muslim, and everyone else. Until they do, the Flood’s waters of chaos will keep rising.
Related essays on beithashoavah.org • Essay 4 – The Fourth Commandment in Toldot: The First Shabbat in Exile. Why Does God Play Favorites? The Silence Cain Heard Wrong • The Rainbow Covenant Science Cannot Erase (Dr. Jeanson & Genesis 9)
Shabbat Shalom — to all the children of Noah, [Your Name] Kohen, descendant of Aaron Beit HaShoavah – Return, Repent, Rejoice
(Publish this as a separate post — it’s too explosive to bury. Link it right after Essay 4 with: “And if you think Shabbat belongs only to the Jews… read this.”)