Or is there a Christian version of this also ????
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2007-09-21 21:16:38 · 13 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Sabbath is Saturday.
For Christians the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the first day of the week (Sunday) replaces the Sabbath as the day of ceremonial observance of the Commandment to keep the Lord's Day holy.
Here is the link: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt1art3.htm
The Catholic Church follows the teaching and practice of the Apostles. In the 20th chapter of the Act of the Apostles, the church in Troas gathered on the first day of the week, Sunday.
The first Christians were Jews. They went to temple or synagogue on the Sabbath (Saturday) with fellow Jews.
Then they gathered on the first day of the week, the day on which Jesus rose from the dead (Sunday), with fellow Christians to tell stories of Jesus and share Eucharist. See Acts 20:7.
Later Gentiles joined Christianity. The Apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, decided that the Gentiles did not have to covert to Judaism. Therefore, they only attended on Sundays and did not have to abide by Jewish dietary laws.
This biblical practice inspired by the Holy Spirit has been followed ever since.
With love in Christ.
2007-09-23 17:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sabbath starts at sundown Friday and ends sundown Saturday. The sabbath has never changed , the same 7 day cycle that Jesus lived by is still in place now. We know that because Jews in different parts of the world still keep the same day.
God asked us to remember the sabbath day because he knew it would get forgotten.
The Ten Commandments are as valid today as they ever were. If they aren't does that mean I can steal from people or commit adultery. The Sabbath is the only commandment that most christians really think is done away with. God actually blessed that seventh day and sanctified it. So if that was good enough for God it's good enough for me.
2007-09-21 22:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by Daisy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus retaught all of the 10 commandments EXCEPT the sabbath. He even amplified and in some ways made more difficult some of the other 10 commandments. Instead of "Thou shalt not kill" He adds "Thou shalt not hate thy enemies".
The Saturday Sabbath seems to be an artifact of the old Law of Moses that was done away when Christ fulfilled all things on the cross. Other ritualistic rites were also done away such as animal sacrifices, prohibition of certain meats, sacrifices, circumcision, feast days and the like.
I agree with the other posters who say it does not matter which day. I've met Seventh Day Adventists who say Sunday is a day instituted by Roman Catholics and represents being a part of the fallen church, and Sunday was set apart as a day to worship the Sun god. Yet Saturday was set apart for the Roman god Saturn. As a matter of fact every day of the week is named after a Roman god.
What matters is how you treat others and what you do EVERY day of the week... not just Sundays or Saturdays alone.
2007-09-21 22:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 10 commandments say "Keep the Sabbath holy." There is no disagreement from anyone that knows anything that "Sabbath" means Saturday.
The Christian explanation varies from "it could be any day, and Sunday is traditional," to "Jesus rose on Sunday, so we honor that day."
Usually, there is a reference to how Jesus dying means that the 10 commandments don't *really* apply, if you're trying to be all technical about it.
Marcus missed that part...
2007-09-21 21:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shabbat, like all Jewish days, begins at sunset on Friday. Shabbat ends at nightfall on Saturday, when three stars are visible, approximately 40 minutes after sunset. Sunday was the universal day of Christian worship because it is the day of the Resurrection, the day after the Sabbath.
Therefore, if you were basing your belief solely off the Torah Shabbat would basically be Saturday. Christians celebrate on Sunday because that is when Christ was resurrected. The answer to your question would technically be Saturday.
2007-09-24 09:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows the truth about which day Sabbath should fall. Seventh Day Adventists claim that it falls on Saturday whereby other Christian denominations believe that Sabbath should be on a Sunday.
Christians all over the world have conflict over which days the Sabbath should fall.
I think whatever you believe is the best day to worship your God - be it Saturday or Sunday...is your Sabbath.
After all Mankind named days as Monday to Sunday!!!
2007-09-21 21:35:25 · answer #6 · answered by redzonecash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL..oh u lost souls...Yes,it does matter the day.If it didnt,he would't have been specific..the sabbath is sundown fri.night to sundown sat.night...No its not a christian version..Thats been changed and fooled with...This is where u should study for ur self,study on constantine,and how he changed things,christians try and say sunday so they can feel like they are doing the right thing when they not.Sabbath is the 7th day..We start the week off sunday so,sun.is the first day,mon the 2nd day and so forth..by time u hit sat.its the 7th day...Its a commandment and only few obey..Shalom
2007-09-21 21:29:59 · answer #7 · answered by Ree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sabbath referred to in the ten commandments is in relation to the seventh day from the perspective of Israel. As soon as you leave Israel, a question develops as to which direction does one travel in order to determine when the sabbath would exist elsewhere. For example, if you felt you had to observe the sabbath, and you lived on the west coast of America (California) your sabbath would be on what they call Friday if you went east from Israel, and Saturday if you traveled west.
In any event, there is no legitimate version of the sabbath rest in Christianity. The law is raised to the spiritual plane of existence, and no longer observed in the letter. To Sabbatarians, this is lawlessness (antinomian)! To them, the Spirit of the law is no law at all. No wonder they do not comprehend the Spirit.
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2007-09-24 07:16:12 · answer #8 · answered by Hogie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is more important is not which day the sabbath is observed but that it IS observed. We are no longer living under the Law but under grace.
Just curious, for those who insist on a Saturday sabbath, what about in Latin American countries where Sunday is the last day of the week on their calendars?
2007-09-21 21:28:56 · answer #9 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ten commandments was a Saturday. Then Jesus resurrected making everything new, even the sabbath was made to be on Sunday; the day of Resurrection.
2007-09-21 21:34:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋