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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 | Makarios | 103553 | ||
Greetings Kathy, The almost universal observance of a seven-day "week" is one of those habits so ingrained in man that most of us don't stop to realize how remarkable it is. The month and the year have an obvious basis, in astronomy, but this is not true of the week. The seven-day week was not simply adopted in the Western world because of the Christian Scriptures, as is obvious from the fact that the days of the week all have pagan names. Although not all nations have observed a seven-day week, the practice existed long before the Jewish nation was formed and the Ten Commandments were given. The only really satisfactory explanation for this very ancient and almost worldwide custom is found in Genesis 2:1-3. God Himself established the sabbath as a rest day commemorating creation! "Thus, the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made." [KJV] God ordained in the beginning that one day out of seven should be observed as a day of rest and worship. When God established Israel as a covenant nation, and gave the Ten Commandments, the fourth of those divine laws was: "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: ... For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it" (Exodus 20:8-11, KJV). Therefore, from the very beginning the seventh day was set aside by God as a day of commemorating the completed creation, and of fellowship with its Creator. If people needed such a day in the Garden of Eden, we certainly need it much more now in our fallen condition. As Jesus said: "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath" (Mark 2:27, KJV). Observance of the sabbath day was especially important for the people of Israel, so important, in fact, that breaking this law was punishable by death (note Numbers 15:32-35). Later, as Israel fell into deep apostasy, their desecration of the sabbath was a basic cause of God's judgment upon the nation: "If ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, ... then will I kindle a fire in the gates hereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched" (Jeremiah 17:27). "What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?" Nehemiah said to those that had returned to Jerusalem from their exile: "Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath" (Nehemiah 13:17,18). Although the sabbath was a day of rest, it was not intended as a day of lethargy, but rather of worship and study of the Scriptures. A time of such spiritual refreshment is really the most satisfying and fruitful way to rest from one's daily labor. Christians today are no different in this respect. In fact, human nature is such that we need the sabbath day. It was made for man. He must spend at least one day in seven in rest from his job and in spiritual renewal, or he will inevitably deteriorate both spiritually and physically, sooner or later. It is significant that every one of the Ten Commandments is repeated at one place or another in the New Testament and is stressed as applicable in the Christian's life. Christ has fulfilled the Law and redeemed us from its curse (Galatians 3:13), but it is still "holy, and just, and good" (Romans 7:12). The sabbath and its fulfillment in Christ is discussed in Hebrews 4:1-10, and it specifically says "there remaineth therefore a rest (literally 'keeping of a sabbath') to the people of God" (Hebrews 4:9). The new sabbath of which the Scripture speaks here is a more meaningful sabbath than that of the Jews, because now it commemorates not only the completion of God's work in creation but also the completion of His work of salvation! The Christian's sabbath, therefore, is pre-eminently a time of rejoicing in the work of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is still a rest day, but it also is the Lord's Day! (continued) - Makarios |
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3 | Are we supposed to observe the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 2 | khuck | 103664 | ||
Agreed! | ||||||