As defined by the Jewish system, which is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, no I do not keep the sabbath. However through Jesus Christ I partake in full restoration and he is my sabbath rest. Jesus himself claims he is "Lord of the Sabbath" in Mat. 12:8. This claim was saying that he is master of the sacred day of God himself and it is only through Jesus Christ that we can receive a sabbath rest not observing a special day.
What is sunday then? Sunday is not the sabbath it is the "Lord's Day"! John of Patmos knew what the Lord's Day was about: Rev 1:10 "On the Lords Day I was in the Spirit..."
What did John mean by "the Lord's Day". Well this day more supports Sunday, the first day of the week, than of the Jewish Sabbath. The Lord's Day is not the Sabbath because it's focus is different. The Lord's day is about celebrating Christ's resurrection because he rose from the grave on a Sunday it is not about resting.
The early church in Acts met on the Lord's Day to participate in communion, worship and teaching and preaching
Acts 20:6-7 But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days. 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.
Do not confuse references on the OT of "LORDs Passover" or "sabbath to the LORD" as a reference to the "Lord's Day" as mentioned in the NT. The "LORD" (typically in all caps) in the OT is Yĕhovah (latin Jehovah) which is the proper name of God. This word is rooted in the Hebrew word "hayah" which is what God calls himself when Moses asks his name and we are familiar with as "I AM". However the NT "Lord" is the greek word "kyrios" which literally means "Lord" or "Master" and is the name given to God the Messiah. The Hebrew equvilant would be the Hebrew word "'Adonay" or we would be more used to the spelling "Adonai" but there is no Adonai's Day in the OT.
So the OT we have the day of "I AM" or Yĕhovah as the Sabbath and in the NT we have the day of the Lord, Master or Messiah. Different days and they have different focuses despite how we have merged the two days as the same today.
With that said this doesn't mean practising the Sabbath is not beneficial. Rest is a good thing and there are many physical and spiritual benefits from practising the Sabbath it however it not required as dictated in the OT but we are still free to practice it in that method.
What is sunday then? Sunday is not the sabbath it is the "Lord's Day"! John of Patmos knew what the Lord's Day was about: Rev 1:10 "On the Lords Day I was in the Spirit..."
What did John mean by "the Lord's Day". Well this day more supports Sunday, the first day of the week, than of the Jewish Sabbath. The Lord's Day is not the Sabbath because it's focus is different. The Lord's day is about celebrating Christ's resurrection because he rose from the grave on a Sunday it is not about resting.
The early church in Acts met on the Lord's Day to participate in communion, worship and teaching and preaching
Acts 20:6-7 But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days. 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.
Do not confuse references on the OT of "LORDs Passover" or "sabbath to the LORD" as a reference to the "Lord's Day" as mentioned in the NT. The "LORD" (typically in all caps) in the OT is Yĕhovah (latin Jehovah) which is the proper name of God. This word is rooted in the Hebrew word "hayah" which is what God calls himself when Moses asks his name and we are familiar with as "I AM". However the NT "Lord" is the greek word "kyrios" which literally means "Lord" or "Master" and is the name given to God the Messiah. The Hebrew equvilant would be the Hebrew word "'Adonay" or we would be more used to the spelling "Adonai" but there is no Adonai's Day in the OT.
So the OT we have the day of "I AM" or Yĕhovah as the Sabbath and in the NT we have the day of the Lord, Master or Messiah. Different days and they have different focuses despite how we have merged the two days as the same today.
With that said this doesn't mean practising the Sabbath is not beneficial. Rest is a good thing and there are many physical and spiritual benefits from practising the Sabbath it however it not required as dictated in the OT but we are still free to practice it in that method.
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