The Lord's Day and the Sabbath are different days of the week

[BobRyan]

Yep, Sabbath is the 7th day, namely Saturday. And those who insist on keeping Sabbath law should realize that it says, "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest" Ex 23:12

amen

So if they are not working on Sunday they're breaking the Sabbath law.

Who has time to do nothing all day on Sunday or Monday?

 

[Open Heart]

Many Christians, particularly those in Evangelical circles would say that Sunday is like the "Christian Sabbath" in which people must come to church and refrain from work. This was seen at Puritan colonies in New England. This eventually evolved to Sunday Laws in the US. The laws forbid working or selling things. To break one of the Sunday Laws would get you stripped of your food allowance for the week on the first offense. On the third offense, the Sunday Laws breaker could be executed. The idea among Christians that the Lord's Day, Sunday, is the Sabbath still has influences on Western society today. There is no school on Sundays, except for Sunday schools. Many stores and restaurants still close early or don't open at all on Sundays. Chick fil A is a good example of a restaurant that closed on Sunday.

What many are unaware of us that the Sabbath is not the Lord's Day nor vice versa. The Sabbath was the last day of the week dedicated to rest from work that God has done with the Earth. And God then transferred that duty to His people as stated in Exodus 20:11. It is true that Jesus rose from the grave on the first day of the week (Mark 16:9, John 20:1, and Matthew 28:1-7). But we know that God never changes (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, and James 1:17). The purpose of the Lord's Day is different from that of the Sabbath. The Lord's Day represents a renewal of creation through His resurrection, just as Sunday is the first day of the new week. The Sabbath also holds significance for Jesus. The Sabbath does not commemorate the resurrection, but rather the day that Jesus's body laid in the tomb between His death and resurruction. This is why some the Orthodox Churches and some Oriental Orthodox Churches acknowledge the Sabbath on Saturday and the Lord's Day in Sunday.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE

The only thing that should be added to this is that the Church moved the solemnity of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, which means that many of the traditions surrounding the Sabbath are now observed on the Lord's Day, such as resting (though not resting in the same manner as Jews rest on the Shabbat). The is why the Church can say it keeps the 10 commandments while at the same time not resting on the seventh day AND acknowledging that the Sabbath is the seventh day.

 

[Open Heart]

Catholicism went so far as to make it canon law to disobey the Sabbath law:

Canon law can and is changed. Today, Hebrew Catholics/Messianic Jews are encouraged by the Catholic Church to keep Sabbath Law if we wish.

 

[bcbsr]

Canon law can and is changed. Today, Hebrew Catholics/Messianic Jews are encouraged by the Catholic Church to keep Sabbath Law if we wish.

Well that's the thing. Catholics tinker with Law. How many have allegedly ended up in hell for reasons that are not outdated?

 

[Open Heart]

Well that's the thing. Catholics tinker with Law. How many have allegedly ended up in hell for reasons that are not outdated?

bcbsr: the Law (meaning the 613 of the Mosaic Law) was never given to the nations; it was given to the descendants of Israel. Since the OT is basically for Israel, the Church not only has a right to determine was laws (small case, not Mosaic Law) applies to Gentile believers, but an obligation.

As for the Children of Israel, the Catholic Church still encourages them to keep the 613.

 

[tall73]

As for the Children of Israel, the Catholic Church still encourages them to keep the 613.

Do you have a reference for that which could be posted?

 

[Open Heart]

Do you have a reference for that which could be posted?

The Association of Hebrew Catholics (Jews who are Catholics) is an Apostolate of the Catholic Church. Here are a few Hebrew Catholic Websites:
www.hebrewcatholic.net
Catholics for Israel
Second Exodus

 

[tall73]

The Association of Hebrew Catholics (Jews who are Catholics) is an Apostolate of the Catholic Church. Here are a few Hebrew Catholic Websites:
www.hebrewcatholic.net
Catholics for Israel
Second Exodus

Thank you, I will check them out.

 

[HARK!]

Many Christians, particularly those in Evangelical circles would say that Sunday is like the "Christian Sabbath" in which people must come to church and refrain from work. This was seen at Puritan colonies in New England. This eventually evolved to Sunday Laws in the US. The laws forbid working or selling things. To break one of the Sunday Laws would get you stripped of your food allowance for the week on the first offense. On the third offense, the Sunday Laws breaker could be executed. The idea among Christians that the Lord's Day, Sunday, is the Sabbath still has influences on Western society today. There is no school on Sundays, except for Sunday schools. Many stores and restaurants still close early or don't open at all on Sundays. Chick fil A is a good example of a restaurant that closed on Sunday.

What many are unaware of us that the Sabbath is not the Lord's Day nor vice versa. The Sabbath was the last day of the week dedicated to rest from work that God has done with the Earth. And God then transferred that duty to His people as stated in Exodus 20:11. It is true that Jesus rose from the grave on the first day of the week (Mark 16:9, John 20:1, and Matthew 28:1-7). But we know that God never changes (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8, and James 1:17). The purpose of the Lord's Day is different from that of the Sabbath. The Lord's Day represents a renewal of creation through His resurrection, just as Sunday is the first day of the new week. The Sabbath also holds significance for Jesus. The Sabbath does not commemorate the resurrection, but rather the day that Jesus's body laid in the tomb between His death and resurruction. This is why some the Orthodox Churches and some Oriental Orthodox Churches acknowledge the Sabbath on Saturday and the Lord's Day in Sunday.

Keeping the Sabbath is an eternal commandment. Keeping SUNday is not.


"We have made the change from the seventh day to the first day, from Saturday to Sunday, on the authority of the one holy, catholic, apostolic church of Christ."--Episcopalian Bishop Seymour said in "Why We Keep Sunday."