Saturday is the 7th day of the week on the calendar. The calendar has not been changed. It must be the sabbath.
2007-08-28 08:35:31 · 20 answers · asked by nª†hªn 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All christians know that we are to be like christ. that is our goal, and the basis of our faith. He showed us how a man can be completely obedient to God even unto death. Jesus himself observed the sabbath, which would also be Saturday. So Saturday is the true sabbath.
2007-08-30 00:10:56 · update #1
Yes it is the sabbath and Yahwey made it that way.
2007-08-28 08:39:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, somewhat. I agree when the Bible says Sabbath it is speaking of Saturday the seventh day of the week.
If you are using this as a means to prove Saturday is a mandated day of worship than I disagree.
Jesus Christ is the Ultimate Sabbath Rest. Hebrews 4. Compare this with Col. 2: 16, 17- "Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."
Also, Galatians 4:9,10 "How is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!"
If your question is just about whether Sabbath means Saturday. Then I agree. The Bible does mean Saturday.
However, if you are using this for the purpose of saying Christians are mandated to worship on Saturday I disagree completely.
The Bible is very clear that salvation has nothing to do with a day of worship; it's about the person of Jesus Christ.
2007-08-29 09:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by dixiemade 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sabbath day, whether Saturday or Sunday is no longer relevant. Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the sabbath, indicating that it was no longer essential to honour this day. Colossians 2:16 says "Therefore let no man judge you in eating and drinking or in respect of a festival or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath; (17) for these things are a shadow of things to come, but the reality belongs to Christ." So it is not for us to judge another if he chooses not to observe either day as the sabbath.
2007-08-28 15:50:04 · answer #3 · answered by the truth has set me free 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree. But it isn't the Sabbath Christians honour, since that observance was given to the Jews. It is the Lord's Day that Christians observe.
The ancient history of Christianity documented in the Book of Acts and the first century "Didache" shows that it is not the sabbath that Christians were observing in the early days of Christianity... it was "the Lord's Day", the day of resurrection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Day
2007-08-28 15:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sabbath was the seventh day when God rested from Creation and sanctified it (Genesis 1). We worship on Sundays (most Christians) because it was the day of Christ's resurrection.
2007-08-28 15:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by Kyle K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath. He is also Lord of all so every day is a Sabbath for those who follow him.
Might I suggest that you get out of the law and live in the Spirit. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.
Those who truly worship God now worship him in Spirit and Truth. It is no longer a time and place.
2007-08-28 15:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by A Voice 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right. The Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday as it always was. That hasn't changed. And the Christian day of worship is on Sunday just the Apostles instituted it. That hasn't changed either.
2007-08-28 15:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the sabbath has always been from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday.
In the "new" testament, the women went to the tomb the day *after* the sabbath, i.e. resurrection day. Christians celebrate the resurrection, not the sabbath.
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2007-08-28 15:44:35 · answer #8 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do disagree.
We start to work on Monday, to me that's the first day of work. The seventh day ends up being Sunday.
I believe the 7th day is Sunday - the Sabbath - according to the start of the day of work, not by the way the calendar is set up.
2007-08-28 15:46:42 · answer #9 · answered by Querida 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree.
However the first century church did not meet on the Sabbath.
They met on the first day of the week.
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
Pastor Art
2007-08-28 15:42:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday. This moved the day from Saturday to Sunday, the Lord's Day.
2007-08-28 15:52:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋