Subject: Difference between Sabbath and Sunday? |
Bible Note: Not to be argumentative but I think we give Constantine to much credit and/or to much blame. The Lord's day, "first day of the week" was chosen long before Constantine came into being. Today I was reading a excerpt from Josh McDowell's book New Evidence that Demands a Verdict. In it Josh wrote one of the things that convinced him of Christianity was. "THE LORD’S DAY: All the apostles were Jews, and for any Jew to turn from the observance of their time-honored Sabbath Day, which was established in Eden and had been made a sign of the covenant-relation with God, Exodus 31:13 and Ezekiel 20:12 and 20, a miraculous event would have to have happened. However, these disciples did change their day of worship from the time-honored Sabbath to the first day of the week, and that custom has continued down to our times. As early as A.D. 70, Barnabas, one of the early Fathers wrote, “We keep the Lord’s Day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose from the dead.” We also see this referenced in scripture in Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Revelation 1:10. To me the name is arbitrary it could very well be Sonday as it is Sunday. As to the origin of "halos" I can't speak with authority but I believe it is more artistic liberty than trying to honor any particular god. Ancients often portrayed their deities with a glow or halos around their heads but this was more to emphasis their radiance rather than any form of homage to a the sun god. In scripture we often see a reference to a radiance or glow (possibly a halo) in the description of God, Jesus or even Moses after he spent time in God's presence. |