Hi
I did not think any of what you wrote, you did.
I did not know there was an accurate account of which day is the Sabbath.
There is no science in knowing a date or a day, its more mathematics, a calculation of time.
Fine - "mathematics' but it is more than that - because we are talking about resolving dates and this can be done via the "science" of astronomy - looking at historic documents that record eclipses and determining when that would be according to the astronomical science. Etc.
I have never been in the least bit interested in keeping accurate time regarding the past tense, because I do not posses the data / information to calculate this.
Well historic records do exist and these are not kept as a matter of "religion" but science because we want go know things such as "trends" over time - be it weather, climate, health trends, etc. Lots of reasons various branches of study want to track it.
Keep holly the Sabbath is what matters, and to further translate that, simply keep a day of rest, and keep it holly.
true - "IF" the scripture had said 'keep one day in 7 holy -- pick any day of the week you want as long as it is a 7 day cycle of your choosing" or something of that sort.
Exodus 16:23 God says "
Tomorrow IS the Sabbath"
not - pick your day... one day in 7.
In fact if you pick the wrong day for that 40 years in the wilderness then you do not eat on Sabbath because no manna fell on Sabbath. Only on the 6 days. A 40-year hard-wired "reminder" for God's people.
Ex 20:11 "11 For
in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, and
rested the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
In any event, feel free to tell me the day we should all be keeping as the Sabbath, for I need to present my pastor with this valuable information, so we can all do what is right in the eyes of God.
Start with this "pastor I believe Jesus was raised on the first day of the week - is that why we go to church on Sunday? Was Jesus resurrected on Sunday?".
Let me know if he says "No he was not".
I am very interested to know that.
And also explain to me how we deal with the Seven day format, as this will change the days around, and ultimately require us getting a new calendar.
The 7th day of the week has been Saturday for both Jews and Christians - on our calendars -- for many many centuries.
Week - Wikipedia
It is no "accident" that Jews observe the Sabbath on Saturday and many Christians observe Sunday as "week day 1" - the first day of the week - in memory of Christ's resurrection.
Why change now?
I have worked for a number of companies and when you report your time - they never include work done on Sunday - as applying to the previous week. Not because they are "Jews", in fact they have no religious interest invested in that payroll system at all. It is simply the fact of the week.
===================== pro-sunday scholars agree Saturday is the 7th day
As great many pro-Sunday groups confirm this. Including
1. Baptist Confession of Faith.
2. Westminster Confession of Faith
3. D.L. Moody
4. Catholic church - Catechism.
5. R.C. Sproul
Many others.