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NASB | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. |
Bible Question: Why do we as christians celebrate the lord's day as sunday and not saturday? Is'nt saturday the sabbath? |
Bible Answer: The Hebrew word sabbath means "the day of rest (or ceasing)" and entails a ceasing or resting from labor. The institution of the Old Testament Sabbath, a "perpetual covenant ... for the people of Israel" (Exodus 31:16-17), was in respect for the day during which God rested after having completed the Creation in six days (Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-11). Originally, the term "Sabbath" denoted Saturday, the seventh day of the week (or, more precisely, the period from Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall). Under the "new covenant", New Testament Christians are not bound to keep the sabbath as Jesus IS our sabbath (rest). The custom of observing Sunday as the sabbath day as many Christians do, most likely came from the 1st century church who gathered and worshipped on Sunday, in commemoration of Christ's resurrection on Sunday. Since Christ is our sabbath rest and he lives within us, EVERY day is really the sabbath for Christians. Col 2:16 -17 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. |
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