Does anyone know exactly which day by name is the SABBATH?

Question

Everyone speaks of "the Sabbath Day", but no one says exactly what day of the week it really is. The bible, to my knowledge, does not specify the weekly name of the Seventh (7th) day. On what day does day 1 begin (Monday or Sunday)? My first day is Monday, beginning of the work week. However I am not sure if this were made up by man or decreed by GOD. Does anyone know the answer to this without being biased toward Saturday or Sunday. I know all of those arguments. I need the truth, so I will set my Sabbath on the correct day. Food for thought: if GOD rested on the Sabbath, why does man feel the need to go thru rituals i.e. dressing up for church, driving his car, or preparing other things that appear to be work. My thoughts are that we put away our own desires and worship HIM by peaceful study and reflection of HIS word. Which does not entail rushing the kids, getting stressed by time constraints and driving a car. This rush to "fellowship" should be for
other days 4 HIM.

Answer 1

His Way is 100% correct. Jesus Christ kept the same Sabbath the Jews did, and he meant for the adopted family of God to do the same. The 10 Commandments were not nailed to the cross, nor were they initiated for the Jews via Moses. The Mosaic Law or Law of Ordinances etc. is what was nailed to the cross...no longer do we need to go to a human mediator to kill a lamb for us, since Christ was our Lamb for the rest of time, and He is our High Priest in Heaven mediating between the Father and us. The Human tradition to worship on Sunday has nothing to do with God's Law, and in fact is a form of lawlessness, i.e. sin. The Fourth Commandment tells us to Remember the Seventh day to keep it Holy. The first and second chapter of Genesis explain about creation and the very first holiday. Holiday means Holy Day...Preparation Day is Friday...driving a car is in no way considered the same thing as work that it would take to force an animal to work for us to transport us somewhere. We select what to wear for Church on Preparation Day...and we want to look nice for reverence sake out of honor and respect for God.
The changing calender as His Way stated only changed months and years, not days of the week. In God's infinite wisdom, the Sabbath was made for man, since the human body needs one day out of seven for a thorough rest, both spiritually, and physically.
The Roman Catholic Church officially acknowledges they changed the day for convenience and their own authority which they assumed as they believe the Pope to represent Christ on Earth. There is not one scripture in the Bible which condones making the change from Saturday to Sunday.

Answer 2

Saturday is the Sabbath. It is the seventh day of the week. Look at a calendar. The first day of the week on the Calender is Sunday. If you count Starting on Sunday through each day you will end up with Saturday as the seventh day.

Ok that's a kindergarten explaination. Let's get done to the facts.

Our current calender is called the Gregorian Calendar. Prior to this calendar we had the Julian calendar which was used from 46 B.C. to 1582. It had the length of a year as 365 days and six hours. This was 11 minutes more than it was supposed to be. Over the years, the 11 minutes accumulated, and by 1582 the calendar was approximately 10 days out of harmony with the solar system. So it was Thursday, Oct. 4, 1582 and the next day was Friday, which should have been Oct. 5, became Oct. 15.

Many people say that the calendar was changed so you could not know what the true Sabbath day was. Yes the calendar was changed. Only one change was ever done, which I mentioned above. The days of the week were not affected at all, only the dates. Today we do the same thing every 4 years on leap year.

Is is also a fact that in 108 languages of the world, the seventh-day, Saturday, is called "Sabbath."

Just because your work week starts on a Monday, why does that change when the week starts on the calendar clearly says Sunday. Also if you read the 4th commandment it not only says to rest on the Sabbath day, but it also says that we are to labor for six days of the week. So techniclly, even though you may not go to a "job" until Monday your labor begins on Sunday and goes for six days, which is through Friday.

It does specify a weekly name. The fouth commandment says to keep the "Sabbath" and it also says to work 6 days and rest on the 7th day. Remember the different languages. Sabbath means Saturday.

Your right about the ritual thing. For us Friday is called preparation day. We do as much as possible on Friday so that we are not doing those things on the Sabbath. Such as filling up the car with gas, preparing Sabbath meals and so on. By reading this now you may think I am Jewish. I am not, I am a Saturday, Sabbath believing Christian.

There is so much more evidence than this that Saturday is the Sabbath. If you wan't more info. Please feel free to email me.

P.S. I just wanted to add something. One of your other answerers said that the Sabbath is not mentioned much in the New Testament. That's not true. There are exactly 112 verses in the Bible concerning the Sabbath. 84 of them are found in the New Testament. That's a lot of verses. If the Sabbath was mentioned so many times don't you think that God does care what day you keep, and that it IS important.

Answer 3

hi Deordarant. tremendous question. The seventh day of the week is Saturday. Saturday in accordance to scripture will be both the Sabbath and the Lord's day. The time period Lord's day is largely an same meaning for Sabbath. Day of relax. Jesus did not institute a clean day of worship earlier or after his lack of life. The Apostles proceed to honor the unique Sabbath regularly occurring by utilising God at creation. (Genesis 2:a million-3). God reiterated the price of the Sabbath contained in the ten Commandments, "keep in concepts the Sabbath day to maintain it Holy" (Exodus 20:8-11). The Sabbath and Ten Commandments are not to any extent further unique to the Jewish people as some falsely prepare. The Sabbath is for all countries and generations of people to go back. The seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian church that honors God's real Sabbath. The church is between the fastest growing to be christian church homes contained in the international. Over 15 million individuals. various the boom of the Adventist church in the present day's genuinely via people around the globe getting to draw close the actuality about God's Sabbath. keep the Sabbath(Saturday) Holy.

Answer 4

If you have a way to get a Jewish calender it, would be the best to go by. For there ca lander is different from ours and all celebrations will be right. For they have changed nothing, like ours has. Saturday is the sabbath. My friends grandpa, is a genie Jew. Had passed all the right teaching throughout his family that came to America. So she teachings us (my family). And when you spend your Sabbath you are to do nothing. It starts sun down Friday to sun down Saturday. You are suppose to prepare all your food, before sun down Friday for all of the day of the Sabbath. Leave on lights you believe you will need for the night. For you are not even suppose to turn on or off the lights, it's all about complete rest. If you would like to know about more of the celebrations you are more then welcome to email me or something just visit our profile. For it will blow you away to know everything we celebrate are on the wrong days. I hope this helps you out. Also try getting a Jewish complete bible. It even reads different from ours to a point. Gives more details on what days to do what by looking at a Jewish calendar.,

Answer 5

You express an interesting concept. I have thought about this in the past. I don't think anybody actually knows what day of the week was originally the seventh day. If we are to follow the Jewish tradition, trusting them to have kept it straight throughout the millenia, then it would be what we call Saturday. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word for Saturday and the word for Sabbath is exactly the same, Sabado. Nevertheless, the Christian tradition has bee to worship on the first day of the week. This has been the case ever since the disciples met in an upper room on the first day of the week and the Savior appeared unto them. The next week, again being the first day of the week, he appeared again to them. Later, Paul counsels the Saints not to let people criticize them on account of their sabbaths. There would be no need to criticize if they were meeting on the same day as the rest of society. The fact is that they were not meeting on the same day, thus the criticism.
For my part, I am content to go along with convention and have Sunday designated as my seventh day. As long as I set aside one day in seven to worship, then my sabbath is good. It is infinitely easier to honor the sabbath at the same time as the general society than to randomly select some other day as your seventh day. However, if I were stranded on an island and did not know what day of the week it was, then I could simply keep track of my days on the island and designate one day in seven as my sabbath. The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
As for the need to meet together for worship, this is for our edification. We have need of constant nourishment for body and spirit. We don't have any problem nourishing our bodies regularly but we do tend to neglect our spirits. That is why we go to church, to be spriritually nourished. It is important for me to get that spiritual boost on Sunday to give me the inner charge to get through the next week or worldliness. I don't want to forget my spiritual roots and what life is all about. We strengthen one another by meeting together often to discuss the gospel and how it applies in our lives.
I hope this helps to answer your question.
Thanks for reading.

Answer 6

This verse seems pretty conclusive

Mt 28:1
"Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb."

Answer 7

Saturday

Answer 8

Saturday is the Sabbath the seventh

Francine

Answer 9

"2 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. 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." - Gen 2:2-3 KJV

"Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none." - Ex 16:26 KJV

"Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings." - Lev 23:3 KJV

Answer 10

The Jewish faith is a very good resource by which to answer your question. The have kept the sabbath for thousands of years and it has always been Saturday.