this question with reference of keeping the Sabbath (Saturday) as the only holy day other than Sunday
2007-01-30 01:00:58 · 8 answers · asked by luvdub 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The days are all man made. For instance, we consider Monday- Friday weekdays and Saturday and Sunday the weekend. So if Sunday ends the week then why is it that Saturday is the Sabbath in that case we should go back to work and school on Sunday.
Genesis 2:3 "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. "
God's "rest" on the seventh day is not continuing; the verb is in the past tense--"rested," not "is resting." His blessing and hallowing of the seventh day could not apply to this present age of sin and death, but only to the "very good" world He had just completed. Nevertheless, this "hallowing" of every seventh day was for man's benefit (Mark 2:27 "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:" )
and was obviously intended as a permanent human institution. This institution is not controlled by the heavenly bodies which mark days, months, seasons and years.
2007-01-30 01:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by Child of God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says that God created the heavens and the earth and all contained therein in six days and rested on the seventh. The day of rest was the last day of the week - we call it Saturday, but the names of the days of the week were given by the Greeks (if I remember correctly) and are named after the Greek 'gods'.
The reason most Christians rest on Sunday (the first day of the week) instead of Saturday, is because Jesus rose from the grave on the first day of the week and the church, deciding that it was the most holy day, changed the day of rest to Sunday.
2007-01-30 01:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible references days by their numbers, day one, day two, etc., to day seven. The seventh day is also called the Sabbath Day.
We came to receive the other names from the Roman names for them (Sun)day (Mon/Mars)day, etc.
Try Spanish! In Spanish Sunday is Domingo (the Lord's Day) and Saturday is Sabbado (The Sabbath)
2007-01-30 01:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by huskerjeff1971 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible needless to say makes the Sabbath the final day of the week, yet does no longer proportion how that corresponds to our 7 day week. yet via greater effective-biblical components that's obtainable to establish that the Sabbath on the time of Christ corresponds to our present day 'Saturday.' for this reason that's uncomplicated Jewish and Christian practice to treat Sunday because of the fact the 1st day of the week (as is likewise obtrusive from the Portuguese names for the week days). in spite of the undeniable fact that, the reality that, as an instance, Russian makes use of the call "2d" for Tuesday, exhibits that some countries regard Monday because of the fact the 1st day. In international common ISO-8601 the international employer for Standardization (ISO) has decreed that Monday often is the 1st day of the week.
2016-11-23 13:52:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The names of the days of the week come mainly from mythology. Ex: Thursday came from Thor, etc. Recognizing that a week is made up of 7 days comes from the story of creation in Genesis where God created in 6 days and rested on the 7th.
2007-01-30 01:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by mark777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monday lundi Moon
Tuesday mardi Mars
Wednesday mercredi Mercury
Thursday jeudi Jupiter
Friday vendredi Venus
Saturday samedi Saturn
Sunday dimanche (Sun)
Monday
Monday is the second day of the week, day of moon goddess, Selene, Luna and Mani.
Derived from Lunae Dies, day of the moon, the name reflects the ancient observance of feast days dedicated to moon goddess or planet.
The metal silver, dedicated to the moon, is associated with Monday.
Tuesday
Tuesday is the third day of the week. In the Roman calendar the corresponding day was dies Martis, the day of Mars, associated with Ares. Tiw's day is derived from Tyr or Tir, the god of honorable war, the wrestler and the son of Odin and, or Woden, the Norse god of war and Frigga, the earth mother. His emblem is the sword, and in olden days the people paid him great homage. Tuesday was named in his honor.
The metal iron, dedicated to Mars and interpreted as his spear and shield, is an attribute of Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday, the fourth day of the week, corresponds to the Roman Dies Mercurii. The name derives from the Scandinavian Woden (Odin), chief god of Norse mythology, who was often called the All Father.
Quicksilver, a liquid mercury that contains amounts of the platinum group metals, has been interpreted as the caduceus of the Greek Hermes (Mercury in Roman myth), and is therefore an attribute of Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday is the fifth day of the week. It derives its name from the Middle English Thoresday, or Thursdaye, corresponding to the Roman dies Jovis.
Thor, the god of strength and thunder, defender and help in war, son of Odin, is the counterpart of Jupiter or Jove. Thor is one of the twelve great gods of northern mythology. He is the only god who cannot cross from earth to heaven upon the rainbow, for he is so heavy and powerful that the gods fear it will break under his weight. It was said that whenever Thor threw his hammer, the noise of thunder is heard through the heavens. Thursday was sacred to Thor.
The metal tin is associated with the thunderbolt of Jupiter (Zeus in Greek myth) and is an attribute of Thursday.
I am the Thunderer!
Here in my Northland,
My fastness and fortress,
Reign I forever!
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Friday
Friday is the sixth day of the week. The name is derived from the Germanic Frigga the name of the Norse god Odin's wife. Frigga is considered to be the mother of all, and the goddess who presides over marriage. The name means loving or beloved.
The corresponding Latin name is Dies Veneris, a day dedicated to Venus, the goddess of love.
The metal copper, dedicated to Venus, is associated with Friday.
Saturday
Saturday is the seventh day of the week, corresponding to the Roman dies Saturni, or day of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture.
Saturday is also represented by Loki, the Norse god of tricks and chaos.
The metal lead is associated with the scythe of Saturn, and is therefore an attribute of Saturday.
Sunday
Sunday is the first day of the week.
From prehistoric times to the close of the fifth century of the Christian era, the worship of the sun was dominant.
Sunday celebrates the sun god, Ra, Helios, Apollo, Ogmios, Mithrias, the sun goddess, Phoebe.
The metal gold, as dedicated in the symbols of alchemy, is associated with the sun god and Sunday.
In the year 321, Constantine the Great ruled that the first day of the week, 'the venerable day of the sun', should be a day of rest. The sun's old association with the first day is responsible for the fact that the Lord's Day of Christianity bears the pagan name of Sunday.
2007-01-30 01:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by ZZ9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, the romans gave them the names we use. And since the Bible doesn't name them then they don't exist.
2007-01-30 01:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by ron n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are all pagan.
2007-01-30 01:05:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋