Posted on 03/16/2008 10:00:56 PM PDT by DouglasKC
SABBATH VS. SUNDAY: THE REST OF THE STORY
'Deception': Christians
war over worship day
Two thousand years after Jesus walked the Earth, Christians are at war with each other concerning – as strange as it may sound – a day of the week mentioned in the Ten Commandments.
The issue boils down to: "When is God's Sabbath?" In other words, what is His holy day of rest?
Most Christians today think it's Sunday, when the majority of churches hold services.
But others confidently say it's Saturday, calling Sunday worship "the most flagrant error of mainstream Christianity," believing Sunday-keepers are victims of clever deception.
Some high-profile evangelical pastors such as California's Greg Laurie say it's simply "wrong to set Saturday apart as a special day for worship."
Today, some high-school sports teams refuse to play in state tournaments for the sole reason the events are held on Saturday – what they say is God's Sabbath.
In the beginning ...
There are seven days in a week, but historians have no consensus about the cycle's origin, since it has no basis in astronomy.
The Bible, though, indicates God created the Earth and its life forms in six days, and then rested on the seventh.
"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it." (Genesis 2:2-3)
Biblically speaking, the first six days of the week had no special name. They were simply identified by ordinal numbers, such as the first, second and third day. But the seventh day was given
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Thanks Chris...
Hi Chuck, here it is...but it only allowed excerpting...
This is a very important and watershed article.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
I agree. It's pretty fair and it's nice to see that.
It is the only commandment not repeated in the New Testament. Jesus never taught anyone to keep the Sabbath. The apostles never taught anyone to keep the Sabbath.
I can deduce from this that Greg Laurie does not believe that
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
Jesus (Yah'shua) is a part of the Godhead with YHvH.
God bless those who regard Sunday as holy.
God bless those who don't regard any day as holy.
God bless those who regard all days as holy.
We get into problems regarding disputable issues such as what days are holy when Christians start judging other believers who they disagree with. In fact, not only does Romans 14:4 tell Christians not to judge other servants of the Lord over disputable matters, but the verses immediately following bring up the example of holy days, essentially leaving individuals to follow their God-given convictions as to what days, if any, are holy.
Also applicable, 2 Timothy 2:14 warns Christians not to quarrel over words because such quarrels discourage those who are seeking the truth in Jesus. In other words, don't be a stumbling block for those who are seeking the truth in Jesus by arguing which day is the Sabbath.
Jesus didn’t like washing his hands before eating either.
Or was the Sabbath made for man?
One more question; who was it that posed answers such as these when he was accused of breaking religious law?
Correct, that would make it Sunday, Jewish time.
The Sabbath was given to the Jews for a sign.(Ezek.20:20).
There is no Christian sabbath day.
We all find out who’s rght when we’re dead. ;-)
If you were familiar with the Holy Word of Elohim,
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
you would know that the washing before meals was not from Elohim
but a Tradition of Elders. See Mark 7:3; Matthew 15:
Is WND becoming a refuge for every kooky Christian cult? First they give Hal Lindsey his own column, now this? What next? Perhaps it will become a forum for Oneness Pentecostals and modalists to correct the Church about the true nature of deity.
Heck of a thing to call a “war” when the majority aren’t even concerned about the dispute.
It seems clear that Jesus was bucking this tradition, and I believe demonstrably that he was wrong.
Yah'shua was wrong ?
The creator of the universe was wrong ?
b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
Oh my goodness, do you know what you have said ?
Frightening what passes for Biblical schoarlship these days. It's almost like some people WANT to rip apart the truth. For 2,000 years it was understood Christ died on Thursday and rose on Sunday. What point is there to denying this truth, other than to train us to keep our eyes off the bigger heresies?
Could that be WND's intent?
Romans 12:1 (NIV) - Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.
You’re welcome to your beliefs. But I wouldn’t try to co-opt the franchise of another faith and hammer it to my own ends.
Or was the Sabbath made for man?
One more question; who was it that posed answers such as these when he was accused of breaking religious law?
Yah'shua was rebuking those who would put man's Traditions Mark 2:27
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
above the Holy Word of Elohim.
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