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1 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | khuck | 102981 | ||
As Lord of the Sabbath Jesus is the Ruler and King of it... His Kingdom was established on the day of Pentecost. Which fell on the 1st day of the week. These have always been the reasons that I have held as with most Christians for Sunday worship. Matthew 12 5 And haven't you ever read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath? 6 I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple! 7 But you would not have condemned those who aren't guilty if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: 'I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices.' F67 8 For I, the Son of Man, am master even of the Sabbath." As Lord of the Sabbath Jesus is the Ruler and King of it... His Kingdom was established on the day of Pentecost. Which fell on the 1st day of the week. In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. the end - The Hebrew word Schabbath, from which our English word is derived, signifies rest, and is applied to all solemn festivals, equally with that one day of every week devoted to the worship of God; Eze 20:21, "they polluted my sabbaths. Three evangelists say, the transaction recorded in this verse, occurred upon the first day of the week, early in the morning, about sunrising, and John says, while it was yet dark. Commentary...Try as one might, he will search in vain for New Testament evidence that the primitive church observed the sabbath with apostolic approval. Yes, it certainly was the case that the apostles frequented the synagogues on the sabbath for the purpose of proclaiming the gospel. That is where the greatest concentration of Jews would have been (cf. Acts 13:14; 17:1-2, etc.), and the message regarding Jesus was to be spoken first to them (Rom. 1:16). But where is the evidence that the early church, under divine guidance, came together to worship God on the sabbath day? The kingdom of Christ was established on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1), which always fell on “the morrow after the sabbath” (Lev. 23:15-16), hence, on Sunday. So the church started out meeting for worship on the first day of the week (cf. Acts 2:42). The disciples at Troas “were gathered together” [passive voice] upon “the first day of the week” to break bread, i.e., to worship, (Acts 20:7). The specific day of meeting was no accident. Though Paul was anxious to get to Jerusalem (20:16), he waited seven days for the opportunity to assemble with the church. Moreover, the passive voice (see above) indicates that the assemblage was orchestrated by someone other than the disciples; it was of divine initiative. The saints in Corinth were assembling, and contributing into the church treasury, “every first day of the week” (1 Cor. 16:2 – Greek text; cf. NASB). On the isle of Patmos, John was “in the spirit” on “the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10). The term for “Lord’s” is kupiakos, which is defined here as “relating to the Lord.” Thayer comments: “. . . the day devoted to the Lord, sacred to the memory of Christ’s resurrection” (365). The Gospel narratives, of course, make it clear that the resurrection occurred on Sunday. While Revelation 1:10 would not be conclusive by itself, the very fact that the day is specifically mentioned is significant. God's Peace be with us! -khuck |
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2 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Searcher56 | 103202 | ||
You said "His Kingdom was established on the day of Pentecost" ... Do you mean He waited until that day ... or was it established on the cross, ressurrection .. ? | ||||||
3 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | khuck | 103279 | ||
I meant what I said. and not what you think I meant | ||||||
4 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Searcher56 | 103283 | ||
I quoted you ... did I take it out of context? What did you mean by "His Kingdom was established on the day of Pentecost?" |
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5 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | khuck | 103414 | ||
The final piece was put into place... the promise of the Holy Spirit. He was born, He died, He rose again and then He sent the power. | ||||||
6 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Leox | 105710 | ||
Factions Fractions: The Mathematics of the Ontology (Being) of God by Jonathan Sjordal Given to all of us by our Creator is a deep desire to know Him, and understand who He is. There can be no greater subject of study than the ontology of God … who God is. At the heart of every religion and every form of worship is the need of the worshippers to know the nature of the one they worship. Within the Christian factions, nearly all profess the belief in some manner of monotheism. This is understandable because the Bible says plainly in many places that there is one God: “Hear, O Israel: hwhy (Yahweh, God’s personal name, some 7,000 times) our God is one hwhy” (Deut. 6:4). “I am hwhy: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images” (Isa. 42:8). “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God [Elohim[1]] created us?” (Mal. 2:10). “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Messiah Jesus” (I Tim. 2:5). “You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble” (James 2:19). “And the scribe said to him, ‘Right, Master, you have spoken the truth: for there is one God; and there is no other except He’” (Mark 12:32). “Now therefore, hwhy our God, I beseech You, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are hwhy God, You only” (II Kings 19:19). “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (I Tim. 1:17). “And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus the Messiah, whom You have sent” (John 17:3). Once we see the scriptural evidence it becomes clear that the Bible is thoroughly monotheistic. The definition of polytheism is belief in or worship of more than one god. To evade the charge of polytheism, those who explain that God is two or three must shoehorn multiple entities into one. Factional wrangling over ontology has devolved into mathematical absurdity for one simple reason: trying to avoid the appearance of polytheism. Monotheism, the belief in one God, is unity. Splitting the unity of God into two or three or more parts necessitates doing violence to both mathematics and language. The result is confusion. Doctrinal differences over the nature of God resulted in several factions that are at variance with one another. The major polytheistic faction in Christianity is called the Trinity. The doctrine of the TRInity is that we have a Triune God, that is, God is in three Persons, together making up one God. We read this in the famous creedal statements from history: It has been said: “To deny the Trinity is to lose one’s soul. To understand the Trinity is to lose one’s mind.” It is easy to understand the latter half of that statement by simply reading the Athanasian Creed and other such Trinitarian explanations. Witness the impossibility of the statement “Thus the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three gods; there is but one God.” Trinitarian scholars would have you believe that three make one: 1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1 But mathematics comes to our rescue, reminding us that: 3 is not equal to 1 and 1 is not equal to 3 In fact, the correct mathematical representation is: 1/3 plus 1/3 plus 1/3 equals 1 This suggests that each member of the TRInitarian Godhead is not God in his own right, but rather only a fraction of God … an odious conclusion to the Trinitarians, but inescapable. The concept of a Triune God suggests that God is one, but has multiple personalities; a sort of divine schizophrenia. This idea is biblically indefensible. The Bible consistently and vehemently condemns polytheism. One must search outside of the Bible to locate a threefold God. Leo |
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7 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | Leox | 105711 | ||
OOOPS! Sorry wrong place to post this. Leo |
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