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1 | Why is the Sabbath now Sunday? | Ex 20:10 | Moozer | 138195 | ||
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2 | Why is the Sabbath now Sunday? | Ex 20:10 | kalos | 138196 | ||
"Are the Sabbath laws binding on Christians today? " "We believe the Old Testament regulations governing Sabbath observances are ceremonial, not moral, aspects of the law. As such, they are no longer in force, but have passed away along with the sacrificial system, the Levitical priesthood, and all other aspects of Moses' law that prefigured Christ. . . . Here are the reasons we hold this view. "In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul explicitly refers to the Sabbath as a shadow of Christ, which is no longer binding since the substance (Christ) has come. It is quite clear in those verses that the weekly Sabbath is in view. The phrase "a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day" refers to the annual, monthly, and weekly holy days of the Jewish calendar (cf. 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 31:3; Ezekiel 45:17; Hosea 2:11). If Paul were referring to special ceremonial dates of rest in that passage, why would he have used the word "Sabbath?" He had already mentioned the ceremonial dates when he spoke of festivals and new moons. "The Sabbath was the sign to Israel of the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:12; Nehemiah 9:14). Since we are now under the New Covenant (Hebrews 8), we are no longer required to observe the sign of the Mosaic Covenant. "The New Testament never commands Christians to observe the Sabbath. "In our only glimpse of an early church worship service in the New Testament, the church met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7). "Nowhere in the Old Testament are the Gentile nations commanded to observe the Sabbath or condemned for failing to do so. That is certainly strange if Sabbath observance were meant to be an eternal moral principle. "There is no evidence in the Bible of anyone keeping the Sabbath before the time of Moses, nor are there any commands in the Bible to keep the Sabbath before the giving of the law at Mt. Sinai. "When the Apostles met at the Jerusalem council (Acts 15), they did not impose Sabbath keeping on the Gentile believers. "The apostle Paul warned the Gentiles about many different sins in his epistles, but breaking the Sabbath was never one of them. "In Galatians 4:10-11, Paul rebukes the Galatians for thinking God expected them to observe special days (including the Sabbath). "In Romans 14:5, Paul forbids those who observe the Sabbath (these were no doubt Jewish believers) to condemn those who do not (Gentile believers). "The early church fathers, from Ignatius to Augustine, taught that the Old Testament Sabbath had been abolished and that the first day of the week (Sunday) was the day when Christians should meet for worship (contrary to the claim of many seventh-day sabbatarians who claim that Sunday worship was not instituted until the fourth century). "Sunday has not replaced Saturday as the Sabbath. Rather the Lord's Day is a time when believers gather to commemorate His resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week. Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11). "So while we still follow the pattern of designating one day of the week a day for the Lord's people to gather in worship, we do not refer to this as "the Sabbath." ____________________ (www.gty.org) |
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3 | Why is the Sabbath now Sunday? | Ex 20:10 | Jeff W | 138216 | ||
Hello, I would like to take a moment to thoroughly respond to this post little by little. First you state that the old testament regulations regarding the sabbath are ceremonial, not moral. I agree with you because the regulations which the Jews put on the sabbath made it such a burden which drove people away from God. All through Ezekiel, and most of the prophets God says that the jews have profaned His sabbath, and by adding manmade regulations they did just that, but God's seventh day sabbath was given to man by God Himself. Many want to use Colossians 2:14-17 to support the thought that the commandments, especially the forth have been "nailed to the cross". But when we breakdown what Paul writes here we find something quite different. "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances. . ." what are ordinances? Is the constitution of the united states ordinances? The constitution is the law of the land, the bill of rights are ammendments to the constitution, these are the ordinances. Just as God's TEN commandments are His unchangeable, immutable, written with His own finger in stone laws, not ordinances. Jesus stated, quoting from Isaiah 29:13, ". . .teaching for doctrine the commandments of men." The jews were guilty of this forever. They tried to turn God's law into mans traditions, forcing all to obey their ordinances, and yet hiding the truth from the honest seeker. This is one of the reasons Jesus came, to show us how to keep the moral law. When you look at Col 2:16 it uses sabbath in the plural. During the time of the feast days all the feast days were called sabbath dayS. In Leviticus 23 we read about many of these sabbath feast days. Also in Leviticus 16 we are told about the day of attonement sabbath. These are the shadows that Paul writes about in Colossians. AAMOF the meat, and drink refered to in this verse is meat and drink offerings that have been polluted. I ASK ALL; Who was the TEN commandments given to? Was Abraham a Jew? Was Moses a Jew? Abraham, who was given the new covenant while he was uncircumcised, was a Babylonian from Ur of the Chaldeas. Moses was a Hebrew born and raised in Egypt. To say that the TEN commandments were given to the Jews, well, that just doesn't add up. There were no Jews at Mount Sinai. If you read Ezekiel 20:20 closely it does not mention the jews, it's talking about His people, aren't we His people today. The new testament does not command anyone to observe the sabbath, but there are many examples of sabbath keeping throughout, especially the book of Acts. AAMOF the sabbath commandment is mentioned more than any other commandment in the new testament. To say that the apostles were just keeping the sabbath because they were accustumed to it but after they all died the SUNday started to be recognized for some reason or another, this does not add up either, because we read in Hebrews 4:8 "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day." There are many worship services in the book of Acts, but the apostles never had a place to worship, their church was wherever people were gathered in Jesus name. They worshipped on beaches, by rivers, in houses, etc. Let's take a look at Acts 20 where Eutychus fell from the church. First off, what time does it tell us when Paul was preaching? One ths first day of the week, he preached until midnight, then Eutychus fell, then he preached until the break of day. When does the the first day of the week start? Back then, as should be today, the days started at sundown, so the first day of the week started at sundown on sabbath, and to preach to someone does that tell us that he was keeping a certain day holy? God's Commandment is explicit, it tells us to keep THE seventh day holy. I have bible study, and preach on any day, but the sabbath is the Lord's day, set apart for HIM. As for keeping the sabbath before sinai, well, even the commandments were kept by the Israelights before sinai. Please read Exodus 16, especially verses 28-29. When the apostles met to write the letter to recomend what laws to obey, you will notice these are just the cermonial laws which they imposed on the Gentiles. The letter didn't tell them not to kill, or steal either. In Galatians 4 we must remember who Paul is writing this to. These Gentiles had a form of worship, and they did observe days, and weeks, and months, and years. Not necessarily the sabbath. Romans 14 does not even mention anything about keeping anything holy. Romans 14 tells us that some days we will be happy and some days we won't. It tells us that we all regard days differently, let us all be persuaded in our own minds. AAMOF I am not trying to persuade anyone, all I can do is share what the Lord has laid on my heart, and I thank you all for the priviledge. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath! Consequently the Sabbath is the Lord's day. Happy Sabbath God Bless you Jeff W |
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4 | Why is the Sabbath now Sunday? | Ex 20:10 | kalos | 138225 | ||
To (or for) whom was the Sabbath given? "a sign forever between me and the people of Israel" Exodus 31:13 (ESV) "You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you. Exodus 31:16-17 (ESV) Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. [17] It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.' " Leviticus 24:8 (ESV) Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. Leviticus 25:2 (ESV) "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord." Neh. 9:13-14 (ESV) You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, [14] and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. |
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5 | Why is the Sabbath now Sunday? | Ex 20:10 | Jeff W | 138264 | ||
Hello Today, I am not a Jew but I am an Israelite. I am of Israel spiritually not physically. What I wrote was that the commandments werre not given to the Jews like many believe and teach. The Israelites are the people of God today. All throughout Pauls writings we read verses like this: ". . .they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children. . ." Romans 9:6-7 KJV. Check out Romans 2:28 or Galatians 3:16. Praise God for this forum. God Bless you Jeff W |
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