First of all. I have nothing whatsoever against 7th Day Adventist people. I am only speaking out to show that what is being said about Sabbath worship is NOT Biblical and is strictly the teaching of the church. Anyone and everyone can gather on the Sabbath. I DO NOT CARE. It is that IMHO it is wrong to do so and "Insist" that it is Biblical.
The reason why some things are hard to follow is that when anyone trys to respond to long questions such as yours here....it gets confusing.
Anyway I shall try to answer you.
1.
I used Acts 20:9-11 to show that the 1st gathering was on a SUNDAY.
EVERY MENTION OF THE SABBATH IN THE BOOK OF ACTS without a single exception is in connection with
Jewish worship on that day and not Christian celebration. Paul's evangelistic strategy was to go to the Jews first in a community and share the Gospel with them. Sabbath is the day when he knew he would find the most Jews gathering for worship. He knew he would have his best opportunity of sharing the good news of the Messiah to the Jews on Sabbath. It was not because he was meeting with a group of believing Christians. He was meeting with non-Christian Jews.
2.
The argument of 7 day visits. not being Biblical.
Now, I can not apologize for you having never heard what I explained. What I posted came ONLY from the Scriptures and an in depth study of those Scriptures validating the times and days spent on Pauls visits. All I can do is to ask YOU to read and do the same study I did and you will come to the very same observation.
3.
You said...............
"Why would you need to meet with the disciples for two Sabbaths when the disciples were meeting together every day of the week *Acts of the Apostles 2:46-47? Sorry this argument does not make much sense to me so I am interested to hear your view so I understand your argument."
Your answer was included in my post where I said that ...."IF Sabbath worship was all that important, why would Paul spent only ONE Sabbath and TWO Sundays."????
In my opinion, it was for 2 reasons.
1. Sunday was the day of Resurrection and was more important than the Sabbath.
2. Paul was setting the president of Sunday as the day of worship for the Christian.
4.
Your comment is a little deceptive my brother. You said but did
not elaborate.......
"The records of biblical history also show Jesus and the Apostles and disciples after the death and resurrection continued keeping God' "seventh day" Sabbath."
I say "deceptive" because you only told 1/2 of the situation. Allow me to show the "Rest of the story" as Paul Harvey.
At
Antioch Paul “went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day” (Acts 13:14).
In
Philippi “on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side” (Acts 16:13).
In Thessalonica Paul preached on the Sabbath and for “three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead” (Acts 17:1-3).
In Corinth Paul “came to Corinth” and “reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks” (Acts 18:1, 4).
In Ephesus Paul, “went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God” (Acts 19:8). This was obviously on the Sabbath days, as in Antioch, Corinth and Thessalonica.
What is the PATTERN here as seen in the Word of God????????
Paul went to the Synagogues on the SABBATH because HE was a Jew and he knew that the Jews would be there. He went there to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified and resurrected.
Eventually, Paul was arrested in the
Temple in Jerusalem in Acts 21.
At his trial before the Sanhedrin, the ones who had him arrested, the
Pharisees admitted in Acts 23:9--- “we find no evil in this man”.
Before Felix, Paul tesified in Acts 24:14.....
"So worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets”.
And he declared before Festus in Acts 25:10.....
“to the Jews have I done no wrong”.
Before Agrippa he said, in Acts 26:22......
“I continue to this day … saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come”.
Finally, Paul spoke to the Jews in Rome, in Acts 28:23........
“persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening”.
During all of his trials, the Jews never once accused Paul of breaking the Sabbath because he never did!
The Jerusalem Council, led by the apostles was organized to discuss “this question … this matter” of “circumcision” and “the law of Moses” in Acts 15:1, 2, 5.
I am hoping and expecting that you will take time to read all of these Scriptures.
Now at that meeting, he Sabbath itself was not debated or even discussed
. The Church then decided that the Gentiles were “SAVED … through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ” in verse 11 and observing the Sabbath was never an issue.
It was also at this meeting that decided that they did not need to be circumcised.
That brother is where I am coming from.