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Sabbath Observance Through The Centuries - The First Century A.D.

INSTITUTION OF THE SABBATH
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 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." (Genesis 2:1-3 )

JESUS
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read." (Luke 4:16)

JESUS
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:16,17)

JESUS
"But pray ye that your flight be not in winter, neither on the Sabbath day." (Matthew 24, 20).
NOTE: Jesus asked his disciples to pray that in the flight from the doomed city of Jerusalem they would not have to flee on the Sabbath day. This flight took place in 70 A.D. 40 years after the Jesus' crucfixion and we see here that Jesus fully expected His church to be observing His true seventh day Sabbath that He Himself proclaimed to be the Lord of.

JESUS' FOLLOWERS
"And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." (Luke 23:56.) Did these women make a mistake and keep the wrong sabbath or was it that Christ NEVER EVER hinted that there would be a change forthcoming???

PAUL
"And Paul, as his manner was went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures" (Acts of the Aposltes17:2) Did Christ fail to inform Paul on the road to Damascus that there's now a new sabbath? Or rather does the silence of Christ speak volumes against the papal sabbath???

PAUL AND THE GENTILES
"And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. And the next Sabbath came almost the whole city together to hear the Word of God." Acts of the Apostles 13:42, 44.

Here we find Gentiles in a Gentile city gathering on the Sabbath. It was not a synagogue meeting in verse 44, for it says almost the whole city came together, verse 42 says they asked to hear the message the "next Sabbath."

And get this: The Bible does not say it is the "old Jewish Sabbath that was passed away," but the Spirit of God, writing the Book of Acts some 30 years after the crucifixion, calls it "the next Sabbath."

JOHN
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Revelation 1:10 (Matthew 12:6; Mark 2:28, Isaiah 58:13, Exodus.20:10, Clearly show the Sabbath to be the Lord's day). The term "Lord's day" in reference to Sunday came later. The Biblical meaning for Lord's day is the day that God calls "My holy day" and the day that Jesus said He is Lord of.

JOSEPHUS
"There is not any city of the Grecians, nor any of the Barbarians, nor any nation whatsoever, whither our custom of resting on the seventh day hath not come!" M'Clatchie, "Notes and Queries on China and Japan" (edited by Dennys), Vol 4, Nos 7, 8, p.100.

PHILO
Declares the seventh day to be a festival, not of this or of that city, but of the universe. M'Clatchie, "Notes and Queries," Vol. 4, 99

So we have incontrovertible proof that the observance of Sunday was NOT practiced by the apostolic church of the first century. Although the poison of apostasy had already begun, it did not reach the ascendancy until the passage of a few more centuries.

The next installment will show the historical record of the early Christians observing the true seventh day Sabbath in the second century A.D.

Sabbath Observance Through The Centuries - The Second Century A.D.

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EARLY CHRISTIANS - 2nd Century
"The primitive Christians had a great veneration for the Sabbath, and spent the day in devotion and sermons. And it is not to be doubted but they derived this practice from the Apostles themselves, as appears by several scriptures to the purpose." "Dialogues on the Lord's Day," p. 189. London: 1701, By Dr. T.H. Morer (A Church of England divine).

EARLY CHRISTIANS - 2nd Century
"...The Sabbath was a strong tie which united them with the life of the whole people, and in keeping the Sabbath holy they followed not only the example but also the command of Jesus." "Geschichte des Sonntags," pp.13, 14

EARLY CHRISTIANS - 2nd Century
"The Gentile Christians observed also the Sabbath," Gieseler's "Church History," Vol.1, ch. 2, par. 30, 93.

EARLY CHRISTIANS - 2nd Century
"The primitive Christians did keep the Sabbath of the Jews;...therefore the Christians, for a long time together, did keep their conventions upon the Sabbath, in which some portions of the law were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council." "The Whole Works" of Jeremy Taylor, Vol. IX,p. 416 (R. Heber's Edition, Vol XII, p. 416).

EARLY CHRISTIANS - 2nd Century
"It is certain that the ancient Sabbath did remain and was observed (together with the celebration of the Lord's day) by the Christians of the East Church, above three hundred years after our Saviour's death." "A Learned Treatise of the Sabbath," p. 77

Note: By the "Lord's day" here the writer means Sunday and not the true Sabbath," which the Bible says is the Sabbath. This quotation shows Sunday coming into use in the early centuries soon after the death of the Apostles. It illustrates the apostasy that Paul the Apostle foretold of when he spoke about a great "falling away" from the Truth that would take place soon after his death.

"From the apostles' time until the council of Laodicea, which was about the year 364, the holy observance of the Jews' Sabbath continued, as may be proved out of many authors: yea, notwithstanding the decree of the council against it." "Sunday a Sabbath." John Ley, p.163. London: 1640.


Sabbath Observance Through The Centuries - The Third Century A.D.

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EGYPT (OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRUS) (200-250 A.D.)
"Except ye make the sabbath a real sabbath (sabbatize the Sabbath," Greek), ye shall not see the Father." "The oxyrhynchus Papyri," pt,1, p.3, Logion 2, verso 4-11 (London Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898).

EARLY CHRISTIANS-C 3rd
"Thou shalt observe the Sabbath, on account of Him who ceased from His work of creation, but ceased not from His work of providence: it is a rest for meditation of the law, not for idleness of the hands." "The Anti-Nicene Fathers," Vol 7,p. 413. From "Constitutions of the Holy Apostles," a document of the 3rd and 4th Centuries.

AFRICA (ALEXANDRIA) ORIGEN
"After the festival of the unceasing sacrifice (the crucifixion) is put the second festival of the Sabbath, and it is fitting for whoever is righteous among the saints to keep also the festival of the Sabbath. There remaineth therefore a sabbatismus, that is, a keeping of the Sabbath, to the people of God (Hebrews 4:9)." "Homily on Numbers 23," par.4, in Migne, "Patrologia Graeca," Vol. 12,cols. 749, 750.

PALESTINE TO INDIA (CHURCH OF THE EAST)
As early as A.D. 225 there existed large bishoprics or conferences of the Church of the East (Sabbath-keeping) stretching from Palestine to India. Mingana, "Early Spread of Christianity." Vol.10, p. 460.

INDIA (BUDDHIST CONTROVERSY), 220 A.D.)
The Kushan Dynasty of North India called a famous council of Buddhist priests at Vaisalia to bring uniformity among the Buddhist monks on the observance of their weekly Sabbath. Some had been so impressed by the writings of the Old Testament that they had begun to keep holy the Sabbath. Lloyd, "The Creed of Half Japan," p. 23.

EARLY CHRISTIANS
"The seventh-day Sabbath was...solemnised by Christ, the Apostles, and primitive Christians, till the Laodicean Council did in manner quite abolish the observations of it." "Dissertation on the Lord's Day," pp. 33, 34
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Sabbath Observance Through The Centuries - The Fourth Century A.D.

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ITALY AND EAST-C 4th
"It was the practice generally of the Easterne Churches; and some churches of the west...For in the Church of Millaine (Milan);...it seems the Saturday was held in a farre esteeme... Not that the Easterne Churches, or any of the rest which observed that day, were inclined to Iudaisme (Judaism); but that they came together on the Sabbath day, to worship Iesus (Jesus) Christ the Lord of the Sabbath." "History of the Sabbath" (original spelling retained), Part 2, par. 5, pp.73, 74. London: 1636. Dr. Heylyn.

ORIENT AND MOST OF WORLD
"The ancient Christians were very careful in the observance of Saturday, or the seventh day...It is plain that all the Oriental churches, and the greatest part of the world, observed the Sabbath as a festival...Athanasius likewise tells us that they held religious assembles on the Sabbath, not because they were infected with Judaism, but to worship Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, Epiphanius says the same." "Antiquities of the Christian Church," Vol.II Book XX, chap. 3, sec.1, 66. 1137,1138.

ABYSSINIA
"In the last half of that century St. Ambrose of Milan stated officially that the Abyssinian bishop, Museus, had 'traveled almost everywhere in the country of the Seres' (China). For more than seventeen centuries the Abyssinian Church continued to sanctify Saturday as the holy day of the fourth commandment." Ambrose, DeMoribus, Brachmanorium Opera Ominia, 1132, found in Migne, Patrologia Latima, Vol.17, pp.1131,1132.

ARABIA, PERSIA, INDIA, CHINA
"Mingana proves that in 370 A.D. Abyssinian Christianity (a Sabbath keeping church) was so popular that its famous director, Musacus, travelled extensively in the East promoting the church in Arabia, Persia, India and China." "Truth Triumphanat,"p.308 (Footnote 27).

ITALY-MILAN
"Ambrose, the celebrated bishop of Milan, said that when he was in Milan he observed Saturday, but when in Rome observed Sunday. This gave rise to the proverb, 'When you are in Rome, do as Rome does.'" Heylyn, "The History of the Sabbath" (1612)

SPAIN-COUNCIL ELVIRA (A.D.305)
Canon 26 of the Council of Elvira reveals that the Church of Spain at that time kept Saturday, the seventh day. "As to fasting every Sabbath: Resolved, that the error be corrected of fasting every Sabbath." This resolution of the council is in direct opposition to the policy the church at Rome had inaugurated, that of commanding Sabbath as a fast day in order to humiliate it and make it repugnant to the people.

SPAIN
It is a point of further interest to note that in north-eastern Spain near the city of Barcelona is a city called Sabadell, in a district originaly inhabited. By a people called both "Valldenses" and Sabbatati."

PERSIA-A.D. 335-375 (40 YEARS PERSECUTION UNDER SHAPUR II)
The popular complaint against the Christians-"They despise our sungod, they have divine services on Saturday, they desecrate the sacred the earth by burying their dead in it." Truth Triumphant," p.170.

PERSIA-A.D.335-375
"They despise our sun-god. Did not Zorcaster, the sainted founder of our divine beliefs, institute Sunday one thousand years ago in honour of the sun and supplant the Sabbath of the Old Testament. Yet these Christians have divine services on Saturday." O'Leary, "The Syriac Church and Fathers," pp.83, 84.

COUNCIL LAODICEA-A.D.365
"Canon 16-On Saturday the Gospels and other portions of the Scripture shall be read aloud." "Canon 29-Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day; but the Lord's day they shall especially honor, and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day." Hefele's "Councils," Vol. 2, b. 6.

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You do know that also the Eastern Orthodox Churches still keep the Sabbath from the beginning right? If you need more quotes let me know as I have more historical quotes for every century right down to our present day. I only provided the first four centuries in accordance with the OP's interpretation of "early church".

Hope this is helpful

 

[LoveGodsWord]

Here are some interesting historical references that show a gradual change of the Sabbath to Sunday observance....

Historically, Constantine did not change the day of worship as many claim. According to the historical records, Constantine made a civil Sunday law that the Roman Catholic Church adopted in order to practice and promote Sunday worship over the Sabbath of God's 4th commandment...

First Sunday Law enacted by Emperor Constantine - March, 321 A.D.

“On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost. (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time [A.D. 321].)” Source: Codex Justinianus, lib. 3, tit. 12, 3; trans. in Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Vol.3 (5th ed.; New York: Scribner, 1902), p.380, note 1.

Now a professed Christian, Constantine nevertheless remained a devout sun worshipper. “The sun was universally celebrated as the invincible guide and protector of Constantine,” notes Edward Gibbon in his classic Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch. xx, par. 3.

Constantine even printed coins which “bore on the one side the letters of the name of Christ, on the other the figure of the sun god.” Arthur P. Stanley, History of the Eastern Church, lect. vi, par. 14.

Again, Constantine’s promotion of Sunday observance was part of his definite strategy to combine paganism with Christianity: “The retention of the old pagan name of dies Solis, or 'Sunday,' for the weekly Christian festival, is in great measure owing to the union of pagan and Christian sentiment with which the first day of the week was recommended by Constantine to his subjects, pagan and Christian alike, as the ‘venerable day of the Sun.’” – Stanley’s History of the Eastern Church, p. 184.

In spite of the rising popularity of Sunday sacredness, Church historian Socrates Scholasticus (5th century) wrote: “For although almost all churches throughout the world celebrate the sacred mysteries [of the Lord's Supper] on the Sabbath of every week, yet the Christians of Alexandria and at Rome, on account of some ancient tradition, have ceased to do this.” – Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, ch. 22.

Another historian also confirmed this by stating, “The people of Constantinople, and almost everywhere, assemble together on the Sabbath, as well as on the first day of the week, which custom is never observed at Rome or at Alexandria.” – Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History, Book 7, ch. 19. Thus even in the 5th century, Sabbath keeping was universally prevalent (except in Rome and Alexandria) along with Sunday keeping. Many Christians kept both days, but as the centuries wore on, Sunday keeping grew in prominence and especially within Roman Catholic territories.

In 330 A.D., Constantine moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople (modern Istanbul), thus preparing the way for the Roman Catholic Popes to reign in Rome as the successors of Constantine. As the Papal Church grew in power, it opposed Sabbath observance in favour of Sunday sacredness and made the day change official in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 363-364). Constantine's law had now been fully integrated into the Papal Church and the final step of the Sabbath to Sunday change was complete.

So around the year A.D. 364, the Catholic Church outlawed Sabbath keeping in the Council of Laodicea when they decreed 59 Canon laws. The following is the relevant Canon law: Canon XXIX: “Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord's Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema from Christ.” (Percival Translation).

Four hundred years after the death of Christ and one hundred years after Constantine's linking of Church and State by his Sunday law edict, Rome and Alexandria were the only places in the world where many of the Christians kept only Sunday and not the true Sabbath. Why was it that Rome and Alexandria were also the first locations that Sunday worship began? Because this is where the pagan practices of Babylon eventually landed after it was conquered. And what was the dominant pagan practice that the Babylonian priests brought with them? Sun worship which was done on Sun-day! See the history of Sunday worship for more detail.

So one can understand why Rome and Alexandria did not bother to keep the true Sabbath as they had not done so for 200 years. Throughout the entire history of the changeover from Sabbath to Sunday, Rome and Alexandria had worked together. Alexandria provided the philosophical reasons for the changes and Rome provided the decrees and anathemas. Constantine's help was given only to the worldly Church leaders at Rome and those Christians that resisted the errors that were being introduced into the Church met with his opposition. “Unite with the bishop of Rome or be destroyed,” was Constantine's position.

“Great as were the favors which Constantine showed to the church, they were only for that strong, close-knit, hierarchically organized portion that called itself Catholic. The various [so-called] heretical sects could look for no bounty from his hands.” – Williston Walker, A History of the Christian Church, page 105.

The change of the Sabbath to Sunday was totally completed by the seventh century as the Popes consolidating their enormous power persecuted all who resisted their innovations. Did Satan use Constantine to play a key part in his plan to change the Sabbath to his day being Sunday? The answer is clear! From sun worship 2000 B.C., to Sunday worship in the Church. Satan infiltrated the Christian Church and most are oblivious to the fact that this has happened or understand the relevance. Sunday or “dies solis”, the day of the sun came from Satan worship and is his day. (more from here).

God bless

 

[LoveGodsWord]

Here is another paper here that supports the above view that the early church kept the seventh day Sabbath of God's 4th commandment and it was not until centuries latter that the Sabbath was changes to Sunday worship.

 

[tall73]

If one takes the scriptures alone there is no such thing as a Jewish Sabbath

If one takes Scripture alone they see no people being given the sabbath until Exodus 16, and they see which people it was given to:

Exodus 31:12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”

 

[LoveGodsWord]

If one takes Scripture alone they see no people being given the sabbath until Exodus 16, and they see which people it was given to:

Exodus 31:12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”

No. There was no Jew, no Israel, no Moses, no sin, no law and no plan of salvation given to man when Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for all mankind in Mark 2:27.

Genesis 2:1-3 [1], Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.[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.

In the new testament the scriptures teach that there is no Jewish and Gentile believers anymore of Israel in the flesh as we are all now one in Christ (Romans 9:6-8; Romans 2:27-28; Galatians 3:28-29). If we are not a part of those who have been born again in the Spirit through faith to enter God's ISRAEL we have no part in God's new covenant promise which is only to God's Israel (Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:24-27).

If we are not a part of God's true ISRAEL today born of the Spirit we have no part in God' new covenant promise. The name ISRAEL is only a name that God gives to those who believe and follow God's Word.

 

[tall73]

Genesis 2:1-3 [1], ¶ Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.[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.

And this was written in Moses' time after it was given to Israel, and in the context of Israelite readers.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

And this was written in Moses' time after it was given to Israel, and in the context of Israelite readers.

See last post above yours. There was no Jew, no Israel, no Moses, no sin, no law and no plan of salvation given to man when Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for all mankind. There was no Israel when God made the Sabbath for mankind in Genesis 2:1-3.

MARK 2:27, And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath

God's Israel is only a name given by God to all those who believe and follow Gods' Word. If we are not a part of God's ISRAEL we have no part in Gods' new covenant promise (Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-27)

 

[tall73]

No. There was no Jew, no Israel, no Moses, no sin, no law and no plan of salvation given to man when Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for all mankind in Mark 2:27.

There were Jews, Israel, Moses, sin, law, at the time Jesus said that to Jews who were the people it had been made for as a sign.

And there were Jews at the time that the Sabbath was given as a sign to Israel.

 

[tall73]

See last post above yours. )

It doesn't show what you claim of people being given the sabbath in Genesis. That happened in Exodus 16.

 

[tall73]

God's Israel is only a name given by God to all those who believe and follow Gods' Word. If we are not a part of God's ISRAEL we have no part in Gods' new covenant promise (Hebrews 8:10-12 from Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-27)

Gentiles were included in the promises to Israel. But you continue to ignore that they were not commanded to be circumcised and observe the law.

This is just repeat again.

I will wait for Bob to see if he addressed the new moon portion of Isaiah 66.

 

[Not David]

Here is another paper here that supports the above view that the early church kept the seventh day Sabbath of God's 4th commandment and it was not until centuries latter that the Sabbath was changes to Sunday worship.

You know the two can coexist, right?

 

[tall73]

You know the two can coexist, right?

And they did in a lot of places.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

There were Jews, Israel, Moses, sin, law, at the time Jesus said that to Jews who were the people it had been made for as a sign.

And there were Jews at the time that the Sabbath was given as a sign to Israel.

No. There was no Jew, no Israel, no Moses, no sin, no law and no plan of salvation given to man when Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for all mankind. There was no Israel when God made the Sabbath for mankind in Genesis 2:1-3.

Mankind made in the image of God on the 6th day of the creation week...

GENESIS 1:26-31
[26], And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
[27], So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28], And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
[29], And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30], And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31], And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

God's Sabbath made on the 7th day of creation...

GENESIS 2:1-3 [1], Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
[2], And ON THE SEVENTH DAY God ended his work which he had made; and HE RESTED [שׁבת; shâbath H7673; KEEP SABBATH] on the SEVENTH DAY from all his work which he had made. [3], And GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY: BECAUSE THAT IN IT HE HAD RESTED [שׁבת; shâbath H7673; Keep Sabbath] from all his work which God created and made.

The Sabbath was made after mankind was made sinless in the image of God not after mankind fell into sin. I think this is what you are missing here.

Hope this is helpful.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

You know the two can coexist, right?

Sure but many today seek to abolish the one for the other. There is no scripture that teaches God's 4th commandment has not been abolished and we are not commanded to keep Sunday as a holy day of rest. This is a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus say those who knowingly follow man-made teachings and traditions that break the commandments of God are not worshiping God in Matthew 15:3-9. So who should we believe and follow; God or man? *Romans 3:4; Acts of the Apostles 5:29.

The scriptures teach that God's people are in every Church (John 10:16) but the hour is coming and now is that the true worshipers will worship God in Spirit and in truth *John 4:23. God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth *John 4:24. God is calling his people where ever they might be back to the pure Word of God.

Babylon (apostate Christianity) has fallen and departed Gods' Word *Revelation 14:8-12; Revelation 18:4 and God is calling his people where ever they may be back to his Word to worship Him in Spirit and in truth and is calling us saying with a "loud voice fear God and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters - Revelation 14:7

God is calling us back to "Remember the Sabbath to day keep it Holy" -Exodus 20:8. " For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." - Exodus 20:11.

So the question remains who should we believe and follow; God of man? Gods' sheep will hear His Voice (the Word) and follow him according to the scriptures. Jesus says those who do not hear will not follow because they are not His Sheep in John 10:26-27.

Many will be called according to Jesus but few will be the chosen (Matthew 24:14).

Let's pray we might hear His voice (the Word of God) and follow Him.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

It doesn't show what you claim of people being given the sabbath in Genesis. That happened in Exodus 16.

No. The scriptures absolutely show Gods' Sabbath being made for mankind at creation. Both Mark 2:27 and Genesis 2:1-3 show that your claims are not biblical. There was no Jew, no Israel, no Moses, no sin, no law and no plan of salvation given to man when Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for all mankind (Mark 2:27).

 

[LoveGodsWord]

Gentiles were included in the promises to Israel. But you continue to ignore that they were not commanded to be circumcised and observe the law. This is just repeat again. I will wait for Bob to see if he addressed the new moon portion of Isaiah 66.

Gentiles were included in the promises to Israel in the old Covenant. In the new covenant Gentile believers are grafted in with Jewish believed in place of Jewish unbelievers (Romans 11:13-27; Ephesians 2:11-13). If we are not a part of God's ISRAEL defined in the new testament as all those who have been born again to believe and follow Gods' Word we have no part in the new covenant promise of God's salvation which is to God's true Israel (Hebrews 8:10-12; from Jeremiah 31:31-34)

 

[Not David]

Sure but many today seek to abolish the one for the other. There is no scripture that teaches God's 4th commandment has not been abolished and we are not commanded to keep Sunday as a holy day of rest. This is a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus say those who knowingly follow man-made teachings and traditions that break the commandments of God are not worshiping God in Matthew 15:3-9. So who should we believe and follow; God or man? *Romans 3:4; Acts of the Apostles 5:29.

The scriptures teach that God's people are in every Church (John 10:16) but the hour is coming and now is that the true worshipers will worship God in Spirit and in truth *John 4:23. God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth *John 4:24. God is calling his people where ever they might be back to the pure Word of God.

Babylon (apostate Christianity) has fallen and departed Gods' Word *Revelation 14:8-12; Revelation 18:4 and God is calling his people where ever they may be back to his Word to worship Him in Spirit and in truth and is calling us saying with a "loud voice fear God and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters - Revelation 14:7

God is calling us back to "Remember the Sabbath to day keep it Holy" -Exodus 20:8. " For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." - Exodus 20:11.

So the question remains who should we believe and follow; God of man? Gods' sheep will hear His Voice (the Word) and follow him according to the scriptures. Jesus says those who do not hear will not follow because they are not His Sheep in John 10:26-27.

Many will be called according to Jesus but few will be the chosen (Matthew 24:14).

Let's pray we might hear His voice (the Word of God) and follow Him.

Nope, it's Holy Tradition to worship on the 8th day for the resurrection.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

Nope, it's Holy Tradition to worship on the 8th day for the resurrection.

Which is what I said it is a man-made teaching and tradition that is not biblical. There is nothing holy about breaking God's commandments. That would be the definition of unholy.

 

[Not David]

Which is what I said it is a man-made teaching and tradition that is not biblical. There is nothing holy about breaking God's commandments. That would be the definition of unholy.

Holy Tradition is not man-made, hatred of Sunday worship is.

 

[LoveGodsWord]

Holy Tradition is not man-made, hatred of Sunday worship is.

You have provided an opinion outside of scripture that is not biblical (see Matthew 15:3-9). Of course you are free to believe as you wish. For me only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow them *Romans 3:4; Acts of the Apostles 5:29