There's no Scripture that says Saturday is the Lord's day, but that doesn't stop you and your fellow Sabbatarians from making that claim.
That is because the Hebrew scriptures never used the term Sunday or Saturday. They counted the days as day 1 (our Sunday); day 2 (our Monday); day 3 (our Tuesday); day 4 (our Wednesday): day 5: 6. preparation before the Sabbath (day 6 Hebrew time of our Friday) and 7. Sabbath (day 7 or our Saturday). Their time also started for each day from
sunset to sunset so biblical time is from the evening of the previous day to sunset of the following day. So as posted elsewhere show me the scripture that says Sunday
or the first day of the week is "the Lord's day"?
There is none. There is also no scripture that says Saturday is "the Lords day" because the Hebrews did not count time this way.
As posted earlier in the Koine Greek κυριακός means pertaining to the Lord, or belonging to the Lord. In the Koine Greek
Revelation 1:10, τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (
tē kyriakē hēmera “
the Lord’s day”) the Greek word κυριακῇ (
kyriakē), translated “Lord’s,” is a dative feminine singular adjective, agreeing in case and gender with the noun it modifies (i.e., ἡμέρᾳ [
hēmera; “day”]). It comes from κυριακός (
kyriakos), an adjective meaning “belonging to the Lord.” or pertaining to the Lord or something that the Lord claims ownership of. “Lord’s” is an adjective attributing a quality to the noun it modifies (i.e., “day”). The Lord’s Day, therefore, is a day belonging to Jesus Christ as Lord. The word κυριακῇ (
kyriakē is not referenced anywhere to Sunday or the first day of the week in the bible. (Original source already provided)
The day that Jesus claims ownership of in His very words according to the scriptures is the Sabbath day. For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day in Matthew 12:8. At the same time in the OP we examined both the old and new testament scriptures from *
Matthew 12:8;
Mark 2:28;
Luke 6:5;
Isaiah 58:13;
Exodus 31:12-18;
Leviticus 19:30;
Ezekiel 20:12;
Deuteronomy 5:15;
Leviticus 23:3;
Exodus 31:15;
Exodus 20:10 that all show that the day Jesus and God claim ownership of is the Sabbath day. The OP then shows that from scripture there is no link (which you have now agreed) to "
the Lords day" being Sunday. The challenged anyone to show from the scriptures alone that Sunday or the first day of the week is "
the Lords day". So far no one is up to the challenge because there is no scripture that says anywhere in the bible that "the Lords day is Sunday or the first day of the week.
At least we have a biblical and historical reason for calling Sunday the Lord's Day. Sabbatarians don't have anything to stand on, the Holy Scriptures and the entire history of the Christian Church stands in condemnation of the Sabbatarian error.
You have
no biblical proof that "the Lords day" from Revelation 1:10 is Sunday or the first day of the week. That is the challenge of this OP and not one scripture has been provided to support that claim. It is true latter after the book of Revelation was written by John the term "the Lords day" came to be known as Sunday or the first day of the week in the church. This however is not proof that "the Lords day" as applied to scripture is proof that the "Lords day" from Revelation 1:10 means Sunday or the first day of the week because there is no scripture in all the bible that links Revelation 1:10 to Sunday or the first day of the week. We should also remember the scriptures from Paul, Peter and Jesus that state false teachers were entering the church after the departing of Paul who where even present in His day. So to seek to find the truth of God's Word outside of the scriptures is a step in the wrong direction in my view. So to make claims here that the Lords day is Sunday or the first day of the week when this claim is
not supported in scripture and at best is a man-made teaching and tradition found outside of the bible and unsupported by scripture when the OP provides scripture demonstrating what the Lords day in the very words of Jesus and God in Matthew 12:8 and else where is simply a
false statement.
"For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men." - 2 Timothy 3:6-9 -CryptoLutheran
Good scripture. Now where is your biblical support that says "
the Lords day" is the first day of the week?
There is none. Therefore all you have is the teachings and traditions of men outside of the bible that is
not supported by scripture. There is only one definition of truth in the scriptures and that is Gods' Word (John 17:17) and you have none to support your view in regards to "the Lords day" now do you. So according to 2 Timothy 3:6-9 "
Those who oppose the truth" are simply those who oppose Gods' Word.
Take Care.
