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To: daniel1212
Acts 17:2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them,and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
46 posted on 05/12/2013 7:11:27 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: BipolarBob
Acts 17:2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them,and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.

Wrong BipolarBob. That is not an example of a NT church specifically meeting on the 7th day, but evangelizing those who did, and my argument was that you cannot one example of a NT church specifically meeting on the 7th day, while there are many examples of the disciples meeting on the first day.

Nor can you provide one place in which the 4th command is reiterated under the new cov., in conspicuous contrast to the other 9, while by nature the 4th command pertains to class of ceremonial laws regarding ritual observances of "days, and months, and times, and years," (Gal. 4:10) "in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (Colossians 2:16-17)

This states that And the words "ton sabbaton" or "sabbath days"; are the same words translated "Sabbath day" in Exodus 20:8 in the Septuagint (the Jewish translation of the Old Testament into Greek).

Vines states that in 68 occurrences the plural here is only once used in the New Testament of more than a single day. (Act 17:2).

Another study finds that of all 180 occurrences of sabtt, sabbaton, and sabbata in both Hebrew and Greek, 85% of the time these refer to the weekly sabbath.

Then,

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Click to View If Col 2:16 refers to the weekly Sabbath, then Sabbatarians are 100% refuted. Herein lies the battle ground. But as you will see, Sabbath keepers have little more than a few lame arguments that are easily falsified. Only the blind and deceived could miss the simple truth in Col 2:16.

A. One of the most stunning and irrefutable proofs that Col 2:16 must be the weekly Sabbath day, is the common "Year, Month, Week" pattern used in Col 2:16.

When God wanted to refer to the whole system of Jewish holy days, rather than name them all, He would refer to the yearly, monthly and weekly as representing the whole system. Sabbatarians argue that the Sabbath Day of Col 2:16 is the years Sabbaths. But yearly Sabbaths were already referred to in Col 2:16 as "festivals". The "Year, Month, Week" pattern is so well established in the Old Testament, that Col 2:16 must refer to the weekly Sabbath. Notice, even Gal 4:10, following this pattern, states the weekly Sabbath is abolished!

Yearly, monthly, weekly pattern proves it is the weekly sabbath

 

Yearly

monthly

weekly

1 Chronicles 23:31

fixed festivals

new moons

Sabbaths

2 Chronicles 2:4

appointed feasts

new moons

Sabbaths

2 Chronicles 8:13

annual feasts

new moons

Sabbaths

2 Chronicles 31:3

fixed festivals

new moons

Sabbaths

Nehemiah 10:33

appointed times

new moon

Sabbaths

Isa 1:13-14

Appointed feasts

New moon

Sabbath

Ezekiel 45:17

appointed feasts

new moons

Sabbaths

Ezek 46:1-11

appointed feasts

new moons

Sabbath

Hosea 2:11

festal assemblies

new moons

Sabbaths

Galatians 4:10

years

months

days

Colossians 2:16

festival

new moon

Sabbath day

 

B. All Sabbatarians are taught by their pastors, the false argument that the Plural "sabbaton" in Col 2:16 cannot refer to weekly Sabbath day. But as we can clearly see, there are at least 5 other places where the plural is used of the weekly Sabbath. The deception is even worse, given the fact that while most Seventh-day Adventist pastors know about these other passages, they do not tell their people in the pews!

  1. Matthew 28:1, "Now after the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
  2. Luke 4:16, "He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
  3. Acts 16:13, "And on the Sabbath day" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
  4. Exodus 20:8 (in Septuagint) "Remember the Sabbath day" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]
  5. Leviticus 23:37-38 (in Septuagint) "besides those of the Sabbaths of the Lord" [Greek- plural: sabbaton]

C. Some Sabbatarians will put forth another false argument saying, "The lack of the definite article before the word "Sabbath" in the Greek in Col 2:16 proves it cannot refer to the weekly Sabbath. Of course this argument is no more valid than the one above regarding the plural "sabbaton". The truth is, we find several places where the weekly Sabbath lacks the definite article. An example of a definite article is the word THE in the following sentence: "Only Jews kept THE weekly Sabbath." The same sentence that lacks the definite article would be: "Only Jews kept weekly Sabbath." Or "Only Jews kept a weekly Sabbath."

  1. Matthew 28:1, "Now after the Sabbath" [Sabbath lacks article in original Greek]
  2. John 5:9, "Now it was the Sabbath on that day" [Sabbath lacks article in original Greek]
  3. John 5:10, "It is the Sabbath" [Sabbath lacks article in original Greek]
  4. John 5:16, "on the Sabbath" [Sabbath lacks article in original Greek]

D. A final false objection Sabbath keepers will sometimes raise against Col 2:14-16 referring to the weekly Sabbath, is the fact v14 calls that which was nailed to the cross "hostile to us". Sabbatarians continue to falsely argue: "The weekly Sabbath was not hostile to us!" However, 2 Cor 3:7 calls the entire ten commandment law, a "ministry of death". (http://www.bible.ca/7-Col2-14-16.htm)

66 posted on 05/12/2013 7:51:46 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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