2006-09-27 15:22:29 · 20 answers · asked by ? 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the times of the Jews of the Old Testament, they did not name the week as we do (sunday, monday, tuesday...), but they name it first day, second day, third day, and so on. The first day is what we now call sunday, and the seventh day or Sabbath is on saturday.
If you follow what the Bible says, you want to keep Sabbath day --saturday. Seventh day as the Sabbath is mentioned through the whole Bible. Genesis 2:2,3 tells us how God blessed the seventh day: "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: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made". And Exodus 20:8-11 clearly identifies the seventh day as the Sabbath: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 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". Let's note it that Exodus 20:8 starts with the word "Remember". God wanted the israelites to remember the day He blessed --the seventh day--, and gave it as a resting day for men (Mark 2:27). When God blessed the Sabbath there were no jews, only two human beings: Adam and Eve. Besides, God calls it "the Lord's day" not jewish day. It's God's day for man.
There are a few bible verses about the first day of the week and it never refers to it as a day of worship.
There are honest christians who keep the sunday as the Sabbath day because they were taught that way. They are good people who believe they're observing the Lord's day. Sabbath was "oficially" changed by Constantine on the early III a.C. century from Saturday to sunday. We know Constantine was not born being christian, so when he decided to covert to christianity he wanted to bring in some of his traditions. The word sunday means "day of the sun" which is the god sun. Before Constantine's turning to christianity, sunday was a day to worship a pagan god. However, many christians already kept it two centuries before. This means it was not a big change. Throughout the centuries, little by little, some christians started to worship on sunday. And the number increased as the time passed by. We can say that after the apostles's death, some doctrines which were not biblical started to get in the church. However, there were some who stayed loyalty to the biblical Sabbath and kept observing it. We know this because there are historical documents which refer to some christians who did not want to adopt what everybody else was doing: keeping sunday instead of saturday as the Sabbath day.
Sabbath day will be kept in Heaven: "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD" (Isaiah 66:22,23).
These are only a few bible verses out of so many about the Sabbath. However, if you have a Bible, I invite you to search for yourself. God wants us to study His Word, because He can tell us a lot of truths. Don't forget to pray God for guidance before opening your Bible, so the same Spirit who inspired the Scriptures may teach you what He meant.
I would really like to keep talking about it, but I wanted to make it "short" so you may read it easily. Please e-mail me if you want to, if you would like to know more bible verses regarding the Sabbath day of the Bible. I'll be glad to help you in any doubts or questions you may have.
However, I'm gonig to start by giving you a webpage which is going to be very helpful, I promise. Everything you'll see is a 100% biblical, I promise that too. You'll find all the answers to your question: http://www.sabbathtruth.com/
Is the Sabbath day, and therefore the Ten Commandments, part of the Old Covenant or New Covenant? You'll see on the above webpage...
Well, take care; and may God help you to discover the truth found in the Bible. Good question; God bless you!
2006-09-28 00:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by Cachanilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Christian people observe the Sabbath day on Sunday; even though there are some who still observe it on Saturday; the Seventh-Day Adventists. I do not believe that God is really all that concerned with which day we set aside to rest, and to worship Him, and have fellowship together. The important thing is that we do so. I personally look at Sunday as the Sabbath Day; yet I do not look down on those who observe it on a different day. I believe that Saturday was the Sabbath day before the crucifixion of Jesus; according to the teaching that Jesus' body had to be taken down from the cross before the beginning of the Sabbath. However, after much study, I have discovered that there are questions which could be raised concerning the day in which Jesus was actually crucified also. I have a Bible lesson which I have written concerning the matter, if you desire to read it. If so, just e-mail me and let me know. It is free of charge. May God Bless you.
2006-09-27 15:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Calvin S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is such an interesting question, kudos. I would say that most Christians consider Sunday to be the Sabbath. i, personally, am unsure about this. The sabbath is a holy day, a day when no work is to be done. it may be that one day can be set aside strictly for this purpose. There were no calendars when the world was created, and after one was made, who is to say that the days were properly followed? The sabbath would have been lost under the strictest reading of the bible or torah. Also, there are too many people that have to work on Sundays. should all jobs be left because they work on a day depicted as the Sabbath? Rotating shift workers really don't have a prayer. Perhaps they can set aside days as they come available. Regularly, without failing.
2006-09-27 15:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by Not a Superhuman body builder 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It certainly wasn't the Sabbath for the early Christians in the Bible. Those who accept Sunday as Sabbath now are following something other than Biblical directives.
2006-09-27 15:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by jewel_flower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the seventh day actually falls on a Saturday, but some how in time it got put on a Sunday the first day of the week. I as a Christian confess Sunday as the Sabbath. If i went to church on Saturday then I would probable be the only one there besides God and Jesus.
2006-09-27 15:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by mosierjuly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Christians do hold Sunday as the Sabbath. Some, however, believe it is Saturday.
2006-09-27 15:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by Writer of Truth 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sabbath is the seventh day...Saturday.
So to Ana does your calendar start on sunday or monday? haha
You wouldn't know what a Christian knows or believes because you aren't one. The Bible says the seventh day of rest is the Sabbath. Count 7 days.....
This is a calendar week for all those who forgot this school: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Organized religions or churches have made it Sunday. Either way as long as One day is meant for God and rest it could be on tuesday if you want. You should read God's word everyday to please Him anyway.
2006-09-27 15:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are six days of work and a day of rest on the seventh day. If you start your week on Monday then Sunday would be the day of rest.
However, in the Christian Church the seventh day of rest or Sabbath is now a day of instruction. The Christian Church is an interior church so the Levitical Laws of getting stoned if you do work on the Sabbath is no longer in effect.
2006-09-27 15:25:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, Sunday is our day of worship to honot the fact that Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday. The sabbath and the laws pertaining to it including the commandment were a covenant with Israel, a shadow of things to come
Exodus 31:16
Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
2006-09-27 15:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by SETFREEBYJESUS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
The sabbath is laid out in the scriptures as being the seventh day of the week. That makes it Saturday.
Some faiths still observe sabbath as a day of gathering together in congregation.
Christians understand (or should) that sabbath is Saturday, but the the Christian church has a tradition of gathering together on Sundays.
2006-09-27 15:23:55 · answer #10 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is supposed to be, however, an overwhelming number of christians today use this day to visit church and then ignore the true purpose of the day. To "keep the sabbath day holy" doesn't mean to go out and have fun like it's just a second Saturday. Sadly, many christians have no clue that they are supposed to use this day to worship God and pursue spritual activities that both bring them closer to God and bless the lives of others.
2006-09-27 15:27:54 · answer #11 · answered by mormon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋