Did the early church worship on Sabbath?

[Hobie]

Not only did the Jews come for Sabbath but the Gentiles, and in Acts we see almost the whole city wanted to be there on the Sabbath.

Acts 13:42-44
King James Version (KJV)
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Now we see the Gentiles keep the Sabbath in Antioch as we see Paul when he came there, meeting with them in the synagogue on the Sabbath day.

Acts 13:14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

We see much the same in the early church in Thessalonica when Paul as was his manner, entered on three Sabbath days and reasoned with them out of the scriptures.

Acts 17:2
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

And we see more of the same in the early church in Corinth were Paul went every Sabbath and we clearly see it says "persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."

Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

And we see it was the same thing that Christ had done when He was in His ministry before Paul.

Mark 6:2
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

Luke 4:16
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 for to read.

Luke 4:31
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

As had Christ, the Paul worshiped in the early church on the seventh-day Sabbath. We clearly see that in his travels Paul attended the synagogue on the Sabbath with Gentiles and Jews, and preached Christ. Even in places where there was no synagogue, he searched for where the early church met for Sabbath worship.

We find much in history that shows the early church observing the seventh day Sabbath which nearly all Protestant, Orthodox, or Roman Catholic theologians agree was true, and showed that the Sabbath was clearly spread throughout the world in the early church.

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

Early Christians
"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
"...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

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

Early Christians
"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).

You can find even more in this study..
at https://www.sabbath.org/index.cfm/l...ath-first-day-during-first-five-centuries.htm

 

[TrevorL]

Greetings Hobie,

As had Christ, the Paul worshiped in the early church on the seventh-day Sabbath. We clearly see that in his travels Paul attended the synagogue on the Sabbath with Gentiles and Jews, and preached Christ.

Jesus preached on the Sabbath as did Paul. Paul preached on the Sabbath not because he was keeping the Sabbath, but because he was preaching first to the Jews who assembled in the various Synagogues on the Sabbath. Once the early Congregations were formed as a result of this preaching, the early Christians came together on the First day of the Week to partake of the emblems to commemorate both the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Acts 20:7 (KJV): And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:2 (KJV): Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
From the Acts 20:7 reference, it appears that they still held the Saturday evening, after the Sabbath as the start of the first day of the week.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Soyeong]

Greetings Hobie,

Jesus preached on the Sabbath as did Paul. Paul preached on the Sabbath not because he was keeping the Sabbath, but because he was preaching first to the Jews who assembled in the various Synagogues on the Sabbath.

Paul had every appearance of continuing to keep the Sabbath holy in obedience to God's command in accordance with the example that Jesus set for us to follow, but he was super secretly actually rebelling against God?

Once the early Congregations were formed as a result of this preaching, the early Christians came together on the First day of the Week to partake of the emblems to commemorate both the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Acts 20:7 (KJV): And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:2 (KJV): Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
From the Acts 20:7 reference, it appears that they still held the Saturday evening, after the Sabbath as the start of the first day of the week.

Kind regards
Trevor

For Jews, the day begins at sundown, so the 1st day would be on Saturday night at sundown. Jews have a longstanding tradition of meeting on the 1st day of the week for a Havadalah service to mark the end of the Sabbath and the start of the work week. Jews also don't handle money on the Sabbath, so if they taking an offering on the 7th day, then that would have indicated that they were no longer keeping the Sabbath holy. So Paul did not speak from sunrise until midnight, but rather he spoke from sundown until midnight, then left on Sunday morning to travel. So this does not establish that they met on Sunday morning, and even if they had, it would not establish that this was the start of a new tradition, and even if it was, this it would not establish that they hypocritically set aside God's command to keep the 7th day holy in order to establish their own tradition, and even if they had, this would not establish that we should follow their example of rebellion against God.

 

[Hobie]

Greetings Hobie,

Jesus preached on the Sabbath as did Paul. Paul preached on the Sabbath not because he was keeping the Sabbath, but because he was preaching first to the Jews who assembled in the various Synagogues on the Sabbath. Once the early Congregations were formed as a result of this preaching, the early Christians came together on the First day of the Week to partake of the emblems to commemorate both the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Acts 20:7 (KJV): And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:2 (KJV): Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
From the Acts 20:7 reference, it appears that they still held the Saturday evening, after the Sabbath as the start of the first day of the week.

Kind regards
Trevor

Yes, that must be true. Why, because it says the 'first day' is the Sabbath, of course not. You need to look below the surface, to see if Jesus or the Apostles changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday the first day of the week? Here is a good look by Kenneth A. Strand, The Sabbath in Scripture and History.

"...The word Sunday is not found in the Bible. In the New Testament the first day of the week is mentioned eight times. In none of the eight instances is the first day said to be a day of worship, never is it said to be the Christian substitute for the Old Testament Sabbath, and never do the texts suggest that the first day of the week should be regarded as a memorial of Christ's resurrection. Let us briefly consider each of the eight New Testament passages that mention the first day of the week.

Matthew 28:1, "After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake. . . ." Jesus was crucified on Friday. He rested in the tomb over the Sabbath and rose early on Sunday morning. The verse indicates that the women disciples returned to the tomb at the very first opportunity after the death and burial of Jesus. Because the Sabbath came so soon after His burial, they could not approach the tomb again until after sundown on Sabbath evening. (The Sabbath began at sundown on the sixth day and ended at sundown on the seventh day; compare Lev. 23:32; Neh. 13:19; Mark 1:21, 32) Early Sunday morning was the most convenient time for them to visit the tomb.

Mark 16:1, 2, "When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb."Mark records the same events as Matthew with the additional information that the women visited the tomb early on the Sunday morning for the express purpose of anointing Jesus' body with spices.

Mark 16:9, "Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons."This verse simply records that, after His resurrection early on the Sunday morning, Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene.

Luke 23:54 & 24:1, "It [the day of Jesus' death and burial] was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared." The Sabbath came a few hours after Jesus' death on the cross. The women disciples "rested the sabbath day according to the commandment" (Luke 23:56, KJV). Then very early in the morning of the first day they visited the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. The fact that they observed the Sabbath rest is sufficient indication that Jesus had never attempted to change the day or to suggest that after His death the first day would replace the Sabbath. Writing years after the event, Luke gave not the slightest hint that, even though the women disciples of Jesus observed the Sabbath, such a practice was no longer expected of Christians. He simply recorded that the Sabbath day "according to the commandment," which Jesus' followers were careful to observe, was the day after the crucifixion day (Friday), and before the resurrection day (Sunday).

John 20:1, "Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb."Mary Magdalene visited the tomb early the first day of the week. Nothing is said of Sunday as a day of worship or rest.

John 20:19, "When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you.'" On the evening of the first day of the week the disciples were assembled behind locked doors "for fear of the Jews." Jesus appeared to them at that time. The passage does not say that henceforth Sunday was to be the day for worship. Since it was the evening of the first day of the week that Jesus appeared to the disciples, it was after sundown. According to Jewish reckoning this was actually the beginning of the second day (Monday; compare Gen. 1:5, 8). A week later when Thomas happened to be present, Jesus met with the disciples again (verse 26). But, writing years later, John records nothing regarding Sunday as a day of Christian worship. John's narrative gives no warrant for regarding Sunday as a substitute for the Sabbath or as a day to be distinguished by Christians above any other day of the week. And there is no indication in the passage that Sunday should henceforth be observed as a memorial of Christ's resurrection.

Acts 20:7, "On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight."Since the meeting was held at night on the first day of the week, it may have been Saturday night. According to Jewish reckoning, the Sabbath ended and the first day of the week began at sundown of the seventh day. If it were Sunday evening, the event gives no suggestion that Sunday should be observed as a day of worship. The following verses record that Paul preached a sermon on Thursday. The next day after the meeting recorded in Acts 20:7 (Monday), Paul and his party set sail for Mitylene (Acts 20:13, 14). The following day (Tuesday) they arrived opposite Chios (verse 15). The next day (Wednesday) they passed Samos (verse 15), and the day after that (Thursday) they arrived at Miletus (verse 15). The elders of the church of Ephesus met Paul at Miletus, and he preached to them (Acts 20:16-36). Because a Christian service was held on Thursday, do we conclude that Thursday is a day for regular Christian worship replacing the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath? A religious service on Sunday, Thursday, or any other day certainly did not make that day a replacement for the seventh-day Sabbath or a day of regular Christian worship and rest. There is no special significance in the disciples breaking bread at this first-day meeting, for they broke bread "daily" (Acts 2:46). We are not told that it was a Lord's Supper celebration, nor are we told that henceforth Sunday should be the day for this service to be conducted. To read Sunday sacredness or Sunday observance into Acts 20:7 is to do violence to the text." ...

 

[Hobie]

..."1 Corinthians 16:1, 2, "Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave the churches of Galatia. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken when I come. And when I arrive, I will send any whom you approve with letters to take your gift to Jerusalem."These verses may be literally translated from the Greek as follows: "And concerning the collection for the saints, as I instructed the churches of Galatia, so also you do. On the first day of the week let each of you place (or 'lay') by himself, storing up whatever he might be prospered, so that when I come there might be no collections." (Italics supplied.) The phrase "by himself" (par' heauto), followed by the participle "storing up" or "saving" (thesaupizon), rules out the possibility that this is a reference to an offering taken up in a worship service. The Christian believer was to check his accounts on Sunday and put by at home the money that he wished to give to Paul for the support of the church. When Paul arrived, then the offerings of each individual would be collected.
None of these eight New Testament references to the first day of the week (Sunday), provides any evidence that Jesus or His disciples changed the day of worship from the seventh to the first day. Nor is the first day of the week represented as a time to memorialize the resurrection of Christ. Whatever special significance was given to Sunday in the later history of the church, it had no basis in the teaching or practice of Jesus and His apostles.
As pointed out in the previous chapter, Jesus instructed His disciples to observe the Sabbath after His death (Matt. 24:20). Jesus' instruction was incorporated into His interpretation of Daniel 8 (compare Matthew 24:15 ff.). Daniel predicted that the work of the little horn power would continue until the setting up of God's kingdom (Dan. 8:25). Hence, Jesus' instruction to flee from the little horn power was not confined to Christians at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70). Toward the end of time, during the great tribulation of Matthew 24:21, of which earlier tribulations were a type or preview, God's people will be obliged to flee again. Jesus' instruction that we pray that our flight will not be on the Sabbath day emphasizes His will that we engage in only those activities on the Sabbath that are consistent with worship and spiritual rest.

The record of the book of Acts (chapters 13, 16 &18) establishes that the apostles consistently kept the Sabbath day as a time for worship and fellowship. This observance was not merely a means of meeting the Jews in the synagogue on their Sabbath day. In Philippi, Paul and his companions met for worship by the riverside. Luke says, "On the sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed [or "thought" or "assumed" : Greek nomizo] there was a place for prayer. . . ." (Acts 16:13). The apostles selected a place by the river that they thought would be appropriate for their Sabbath worship service, and there they prayed and witnessed for their Lord.

Jesus and the apostles kept the seventh-day Sabbath and instructed others to do likewise, so it wasn't changed by them....."STRAND, Kenneth A. The Sabbath in Scripture and History.pdf | Genesis Creation Narrative | Shabbat

 

[Hobie]

No if you look to see who claims they did it, then it gets clearer..
"Protestants ... accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change... But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that ... in observing Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the Church, the pope." Our Sunday Visitor, February 5th, 1950. This Rock

Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. -Rev. Peter Geiermann C.SS.R., The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50


Q. Should not the Protestant doubt when he finds that he himself holds tradition as a guide?
A. Yes, if he would but reflect that he has nothing but Catholic Tradition for keeping the Sunday holy; ... Controversial Catechism by Stephen Keenan, New Edition, revised by Rev. George Cormack, published in London by Burns & Oates, Limited - New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benzinger Brothers, 1896, pages 6, 7.

"The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord's Day. The Council of Trent (Sess. VI, can. xix) condemns those who deny that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians." The Catholic Encyclopedia, Commandments of God, Volume IV, © 1908 by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition © 1999 by Kevin Knight, Nihil Obstat - Remy Lafort, Censor Imprimatur - +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York, page 153.

''The [Roman Catholic] Church changed the observance of the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallible authority given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant.'' The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14, 1942, p. 4.

"All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath Day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the Church outside the Bible." The Catholic Virginian, "To Tell You The Truth,” Vol. 22, No. 49 (Oct. 3, 1947).

"... you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." The Faith of Our Fathers, by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 88th edition, page 89. Originally published in 1876, republished and Copyright 1980 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., pages 72-73.

'Deny the authority of the Church and you have no adequate or reasonable explanation or justification for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday in the Third - Protestant Fourth - Commandment of God... The Church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.'' Catholic Record, September 1, 1923.

"But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible. That observance remains as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away - like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair." The Faith of Millions

"Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was chosen, not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. So this would be the new Sabbath. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995

'If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church.' Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, replying for the Cardinal, in a letter dated February 10, 1920.

'It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.'Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ on March 18, 1903. This Rock

'Of course these .. quotations are exactly correct. The Catholic Church designated Sunday as the day for corporate worship and gets full credit or blame ' This Rock,The Magazine of Catholic Apologetics and Evangelization, p.8, June 1997

'The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church.' Monsignor Louis Segur, 'Plain Talk about the Protestantism of Today';, p. 213.

 

[Hobie]

Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, foretold the great apostasy which would come into the church. He declared that before the return of Christ would, "come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who exalteth himself above all that is called God;" Even at that early date he saw, creeping into the church, errors in belief that would prepare the way for the false teachings to come in.

Slowly, and then more openly as it increased in strength and gained control of believers, paganism and idol worship came into the church. The customs of heathenism began to find their way into the early Christian church and compromise and conformity to paganism was held back for a time by the fierce persecutions by the Roman Emperors. But as persecution ceased, and Christianity was accepted and entered the courts and palaces of the Emperors and Kings, the true church laid aside the humble simplicity of Christ for the pomp and pride of priests and pagan leaders and in place of the truth from God, it substituted human theories, rites and traditions.

It spread almost unseen, a change here a compromise there, but the then with acceptance the gates to apostasy were fully opened by Emperor Constantine, who tried to politically not to leave out or alienate those who practiced paganism after he claim to convert to Christianity. He declared the bishop of Rome as the enforcer of truth and forced the merger of paganism into the church, and the heathen religion now cloaked with a form of righteousness, walked into the church. Paganism, while appearing to be vanquished by the church, became the conqueror. Pagan doctrines, ceremonies, and superstitions were incorporated into the faith and worship of the professed followers of Christ.

This compromise between paganism and Christianity resulted in the development of "the man of sin" foretold in prophecy as opposing and exalting himself above God.

In the early church, the bishop of Rome now became regarded as a Patriarchate, as the old center of power of Pagan Rome, gaining political influence and claiming "historical events" (the tradition that Peter and Paul had been martyred in Rome) the Bishop of Rome made himself first among equals. To secure what people saw as the empires former center of power, the church was led to seek the favor and support of the political and secular leaders, and the church as a whole was forced to yield allegiance to the bishop of Rome.

 

[TrevorL]

Greetings again Hobie,

You need to look below the surface, to see if Jesus or the Apostles changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday the first day of the week?

I do not hold any day as a day of worship. The Apostles did not change the Sabbath to Sunday. Some of our brethren worship on Friday afternoon in predominantly Moslem countries. We also record our Memorial Meeting and some on shift work may watch/listen and participate with the video at home during the week. I used to work 3 weekends out of 4 in an electricity power station, so that others including SDAs could cook and turn their lights on during Friday night and Saturday. Do you use electricity?

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Soyeong]

Greetings again Hobie,

I do not hold any day as a day of worship. The Apostles did not change the Sabbath to Sunday. Some of our brethren worship on Friday afternoon in predominantly Moslem countries. We also record our Memorial Meeting and some on shift work may watch/listen and participate with the video at home during the week. I used to work 3 weekends out of 4 in an electricity power station, so that others including SDAs could cook and turn their lights on during Friday night and Saturday. Do you use electricity?

Kind regards
Trevor

The command to keep the 7th day holy is not the command to only worship on the 7th day. We should worshiping God on every day, which includes obeying His command to keep the 7th day holy.

 

[turbomaniac]

As I said before enough with that Sabbath dogma. It is not the Pope's Church that transferred the Saturnday in Sunday. It was Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior and the Apostles. Sabbath is honored as a memory of Jew people left the Egypt. It Is a great day but not Greater than Jesus day, Sunday. After all the name Sunday that England uses is wrong we christians of the east Orthodox Church (the Church that God and Apostles created) named that day Lord Day so as French also did and Italian.

 

[Soyeong]

As I said before enough with that Sabbath dogma. It is not the Pope's Church that transferred the Saturnday in Sunday. It was Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior and the Apostles.

By all means, please quote where they said that.

Sabbath is honored as a memory of Jew people left the Egypt. It Is a great day but not Greater than Jesus day, Sunday. After all the name Sunday that England uses is wrong we christians of the east Orthodox Church (the Church that God and Apostles created) named that day Lord Day so as French also did and Italian.

In Mark 7:6-9, Jesus criticized the Pharisees as being hypocrites for setting aside the commands of God in order to establish their own traditions, so there is nothing wrong with people following a tradition of honoring the resurrection of Jesus in addition to obeying God's commands to honor our parents, to keep the 7th day holy, or to refrain from committing murder, theft, adultery, idolatry, rape, kidnapping, favoritism, and so forth, but we should not hypocritically set aside any of God's commands in order to establish our own tradition.

The Greek word "ekklesia" is translated as "church" and is used many times in the Septuagint to refer to Israel in the wilderness, so that is when the Church of God began. Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah of Judaism and he set a perfect example for how to follow of how to practice Judaism by living in sinless obedience to the Torah. In Acts 21:20, they were rejoicing that tens of thousands of Jews were coming to faith in Jesus who were all zealous for the Torah, which is in accordance with believing that Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works (Titus 2:14), which means that Jews coming to faith in Jesus were not ceasing to practice Judaism. This means that there was a period of time between the resurrection of Jesus and the inclusion of Gentiles in Acts 10 that is estimated to be around 7-15 years during which all Christians were Torah observant Jews, so that is the Church of God that Jesus and the Apostles rebuilt, which the Eastern Orthodox have branched off from.

 

[Mr GLee]

Greetings Hobie,

Jesus preached on the Sabbath as did Paul. Paul preached on the Sabbath not because he was keeping the Sabbath, but because he was preaching first to the Jews who assembled in the various Synagogues on the Sabbath. Once the early Congregations were formed as a result of this preaching, the early Christians came together on the First day of the Week to partake of the emblems to commemorate both the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Acts 20:7 (KJV): And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:2 (KJV): Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
From the Acts 20:7 reference, it appears that they still held the Saturday evening, after the Sabbath as the start of the first day of the week.

Kind regards
Trevor

The word week was added hundreds of years later in a attempt to make the word rest (sabbath) into a time sensitive word so that some might use the occasion to self edify oneself . Called strange fire in the Bible. The Greek had no word as week yet .It is used 9 times in the new.

Young's Literal defines it correctly once in Matthew 28 /Rest leading to the new era of Sabbaths the1st day of the week "Let there be children of light". A ceremonial law a sign to the unbelieving world not a sign unto thier own dying flesh (not a moral law) but shadow of the eternal rest

Matthew 28 And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, (not week)came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

I think its clear .The bragger below brags of eating only two meals (three was allowed)

I would offer (my understanding)

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week,(Sabbath) I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.

Acts 20:7 And on the first of the week,(sabbath)the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,
1 Corinthians 16:2 on every first [day] of the week (sabaaths), let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week,(Sabbath) I give tithesof all things -- as many as I possess.

Acts 20:7 And on the first of the week (sabbath) , the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

Nothing about coming back twice in the week

The tithe once a week 1st day new creation. The one day of the new era of shadows

Now represented by the new ceremonial law as a shadow 1 Corinthians 11 head covering and the breaking of bread to represents the new heavens and earth the substances of the shadow (sign to the unbelieving world) all the other shadow disappeared when the veil was rent.

 

[CrowCross]

If Sunday worship of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is such a bad thing....sin against God...then why does God bless the Sunday Service?

 

[Soyeong]

If Sunday worship of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is such a bad thing....sin against God...then why does God bless the Sunday Service?

The Israelites worshiped God on every day, which included obeying His command to keep the 7th day holy, so there is nothing wrong with worshiping God on Sunday or any other day in addition to obeying God's command to keep the 7th day holy, but in accordance with Mark 7:6-9, we should not hypocritically set aside God's command to keep the 7th day holy or any of God's other commands in order to establish our own tradition of worshiping on Sunday. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so becoming zealous for doing good works I obedience to God's law is the way to believe in what Jesus accomplished through the cross (Acts 21:20), while someone trying to honor the resurrection by setting aside any of God's commands would be like a husband trying to honor his wife by committing adultery.

 

[Soyeong]

The word week was added hundreds of years later in a attempt to make the word rest (sabbath) into a time sensitive word so that some might use the occasion to self edify oneself . Called strange fire in the Bible. The Greek had no word as week yet .It is used 9 times in the new.

In Leviticus 9:24, the altar was lit with fire from God, and in Leviticus 6:13, this fire was to never be extinguished, so the strange fire in Numbers 3:4 was fire that did not come from God, which has nothing to do with the command to keep the 7th day holy. The Israelites received a double portion of manna for the 7th day for 40 years in the wilderness, so they knew on which day God rested, and they have been keeping it holy ever since.

Young's Literal defines it correctly once in Matthew 28 /Rest leading to the new era of Sabbaths the1st day of the week "Let there be children of light". A ceremonial law a sign to the unbelieving world not a sign unto thier own dying flesh (not a moral law) but shadow of the eternal rest

Matthew 28 And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, (not week)came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

To suggest that the Sabbath is not a moral law is to suggest that we can be acting morally while disobeying what God has commanded, however, there is no example in the Bible where disobedience to God is treated as being moral.

I think its clear .The bragger below brags of eating only two meals (three was allowed)

I would offer (my understanding)

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week,(Sabbath) I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.

Acts 20:7 And on the first of the week,(sabbath)the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,
1 Corinthians 16:2 on every first [day] of the week (sabaaths), let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week,(Sabbath) I give tithesof all things -- as many as I possess.

Acts 20:7 And on the first of the week (sabbath) , the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

Nothing about coming back twice in the week

The tithe once a week 1st day new creation. The one day of the new era of shadows

Now represented by the new ceremonial law as a shadow 1 Corinthians 11 head covering and the breaking of bread to represents the new heavens and earth the substances of the shadow (sign to the unbelieving world) all the other shadow disappeared when the veil was rent.

Didache 8:1 But as for your fasts, let them not be with the hypocrites, for they fast on the second and fifth days of the week, but do ye fast on the fourth and sixth days.

So Luke 18:12 does not imply that the Sabbath is one of the days that they chose to fast, and in fact fasting on the Sabbath strongly discouraged on any day except Yom Kippur on account of being instructed to call the Sabbath a delight. Jews have a longstanding tradition of meet on the first day of the week (Friday at Sundown) for a Havdala service to make the close of the Sabbath and the transition to the work week, so Paul was not speaking from morning until midnight, but rather he was speaking from Saturday evening until midnight, then left on Sunday morning to travel. Jews also traditionally don't handle money on the 7th day, so that is not when they would have collected offerings. Paul collecting money to help those in Jerusalem was not a tithe or the start of a new tradition. The text does not say anything about any shadows disappearing when the veil was rent.

 

[Mr GLee]

In Leviticus 9:24, the altar was lit with fire from God, and in Leviticus 6:13, this fire was to never be extinguished, so the strange fire in Numbers 3:4 was fire that did not come from God, which has nothing to do with the command to keep the 7th day holy. The Israelites received a double portion of manna for the 7th day for 40 years in the wilderness, so they knew on which day God rested, and they have been keeping it holy ever since.

Strange fire is unauthorized oral tradition. They thought it was there 15 minute ticket to the hall of self fame.

I would suggest studying the word shadow and how it is used in ceremonial laws

The Israelites received a double portion of manna for the 7th day for 40 years in the wilderness, so they knew on which day God rested. The manna stopped. Manna represents the understanding of parables literally meaning . . What is it? It as a ceremonial law (as shade of the eternal rest represented ) the etranlaw 24/7 if found in Hebrews 4 without shadow he temporal .there is no shadow of turning for his eternal; rest

Ceremonial laws are laws used as a shadow of the unseen eternal designed for the unbelieving world as carnal laws the do nothing to the user shadow temporally. . faith . . . . unseen eternal

Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Shadow not substances. Shooting blanks

Hebrews 10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. .

 

[Mr GLee]

God on Sunday or any other day in addition to obeying God's command to keep the 7th day holy

Sabbath - rest .. . not seventh day, Non time semitone word

 

[CrowCross]

The Israelites worshiped God on every day, which included obeying His command to keep the 7th day holy, so there is nothing wrong with worshiping God on Sunday or any other day in addition to obeying God's command to keep the 7th day holy, but in accordance with Mark 7:6-9, we should not hypocritically set aside God's command to keep the 7th day holy or any of God's other commands in order to establish our own tradition of worshiping on Sunday. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so becoming zealous for doing good works I obedience to God's law is the way to believe in what Jesus accomplished through the cross (Acts 21:20), while someone trying to honor the resurrection by setting aside any of God's commands would be like a husband trying to honor his wife by committing adultery.

You didn't say why God blesses a church that meets on Sunday.

 

[Soyeong]

You didn't say why God blesses a church that meets on Sunday.

I didn't say that there is anything wrong with meeting on Sunday. People are free to meet on any day of the week.

 

[Soyeong]

Sabbath - rest .. . not seventh day, Non time semitone word

Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.