Who Changed the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday?

[TokiEl]

Pharisees didn't like Jesus healing on the sabbath... although Jesus told them that the sabbath was made for man.


Sabbath is a command of God... to not work seven days a week.

To take a day off. Relax rest.


Paul and first christians came together to break bread and preach the first day of the week.



If you want to be like pharisees you do that on the last day of the week that is the sabbath.

 

[phipps]

How can I tell my family and friends about the Sabbath, if they don’t want to hear?

“At this time a living testimony is to be borne in the lives of God’s professed people, so that the world may see that in this age, when evil reigns on every side, there is yet a people who are laying aside their will and are seeking to do God’s will—a people in whose hearts and lives God’s law is written.

“God expects those who bear the name of Christ to represent Him. Their thoughts are to be pure, their words noble and uplifting. The religion of Christ is to be interwoven with all that they do and say. They are to be a sanctified, purified, holy people, communicating light to all with whom they come in contact. It is His purpose that by exemplifying the truth in their lives they shall be a praise in the earth. The grace of Christ is sufficient to bring this about. But let God’s people remember that only as they believe and work out the principles of the gospel can they fulfill His purpose. Only as they yield their God-given capabilities to His service will they enjoy the fullness and the power of the promise whereon the church has been called to stand. …

“God desires His people to show by their lives the advantage of Christianity over worldliness; to show that they are working on a high, holy plane. … He longs to make them channels through which He can pour His boundless love and mercy.” Lift Him Up, 189


“Those who study the word of God, and day by day receive instruction from Christ, bear the stamp of heaven’s principles. A high, holy influence goes forth from them. A helpful atmosphere surrounds their souls. The pure, holy, elevated principles that they follow enable them to bear a living testimony to the power of divine grace. …

“… By seeing their good works, others are led to glorify the Father who is above; for it is made manifest that there is a God on the throne of the universe whose character is worthy of praise and imitation. …

“The world watches to see what fruit is borne by professed Christians.” The Review and Herald, July 27, 1905


“God enjoins upon all His followers to bear a living testimony in unmistakable language by their conduct, their dress and conversation, in all the pursuits of life, that the power of true godliness is profitable to all in this life and in the life to come.” The Faith I Live By, 235

 

[phipps]

Sabbath - a delight.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 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” (Exodus 20:8-11).

Celebrating.

Sabbath keeping means celebrating the creation, or birthday, of the world (Genesis 2:1-3), and of our redemption (Deuteronomy 5:15); therefore, its atmosphere should be one of celebration, joy, and delight (Psalm 92; Isaiah 58:13).

Celebration, a divine characteristic:God celebrates and rejoices. He celebrated Creation (Genesis 2:1-3; Proverbs 8:27-31). He rejoices when people come to Him (Deuteronomy 30:9; Isaiah 62:5; Zephaniah 3:17; Luke 15). He will celebrate at the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7-9). He is a source of joy (Psalm 43:4). Speaking of God, David said, “In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11). “ You will find your joy in the Lord” (Isaiah 58:14).

It’s fun to try celebrating Sabbath with experiences that delight all five senses. For example, enjoy the Sabbath with a few of the following:

Sight: flowers; special dishes; candles

Sound: music sung or played by family members or played on the home stereo system; nature sounds

Taste: special food; favourite foods

Touch: clean sheets; back rubs

Smell: bread baking on Friday afternoon; incense or other room fragrances

Did I mention the word “fun” in connection with celebrating Sabbath? Yes! Experiencing Sabbath is celebrating the birthday of the world. Birthday parties are fun. Except the Sabbath is a holy birthday party that focuses on God, for it’s all about Him! He wants to spend time and celebrate with each of us!

Preparing.

Sabbath keeping means preparing for this special day so we can enjoy its benefits (Hebrews 4:11; Exodus 16:28-30; Luke 23:54-56).

Preparation, a divine characteristic: God is a preparer. He prepared the beautiful Garden of Eden and the plan of salvation before He created humankind and the Sabbath (Genesis 1-2; Proverbs 8:27-31; 1 Peter 1:20); He has prepared an inheritance for the redeemed, the kingdom prepared since Creation (Matthew 25:34); He has prepared a place for us, a custom-made home in heaven (John 14:1-3); He will prepare the Holy City as a bride adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2).

Acting on the principle of preparation: Even though Friday is the special preparation day for the Sabbath, we should prepare for the Sabbath all through the week. “On Friday let the preparation for the Sabbath be completed.” We should “remember the Sabbath day” all week because we want “to keep it holy” when it comes. Child Guidance (Nashville: Southern Pub. Assn., 1954), p. 528.

Fellowshipping.

Sabbath keeping means nurturing our relationships with family and friends (Mark 1:29-31; Luke 14:1). In the gift of the Sabbath, God provides time for focused fellowship with the whole family. Sabbath and family go together (Genesis 1:1-2:25; Leviticus 19:3). This nurtures our “horizontal” relationships, those with our fellow human beings.

Fellowshipping, a divine characteristic: Members of the Godhead are relational (John 15:15). God’s relationship with us is the foundation of our relationship with each other (John 13:34, 35; 17:20-23). Jesus fellowshipped with others on Sabbath (Mark 1:29-31; Luke 14).

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[phipps]

Worshipping.

Sabbath keeping means participating in corporate, focused worship of God with our church family (Leviticus 23:3; Isaiah 56:1-8; 66:22, 23; Mark 1:21; 3:1-4; Luke 4:16; 13:10; Hebrews 10:25; Revelation 14:7). This nurtures both our “vertical” and our “horizontal” relationships—those with God and with our fellow human beings.

Worship, as inspired by the divine: God desires corporate worship (Isaiah 66:22-23). Jesus attended and led out in worship services while on earth (Luke 4:16).

Acting on the principle of worshipping: It’s clear that corporate worship is an important part of our Sabbath experience. We’re to be there not only bodily but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually emptied of our week and of ourselves. When we are in the place of worship, it is all about Him, not about us, whether we are preaching, listening, or praising Him in song.

“Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. . . . Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise” (Psalm 100:2-4), for Sabbath is a happy day!


Guiding Principles for Sabbath Observance.

BY MAY-ELLEN COLÓN

The following are based on God’s character and provide a foundation for Sabbath practices:

Preparing for this day to enjoy its benefits.

Resting from work, life’s burdens, and secular concerns and distractions.

Renewing: observing the day in a manner that renews us physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and socially.

Healing: observing the day in such a way as to foster healing, relief, release, liberation, and refreshment. Any action that hurts oneself or others is Sabbathbreaking.

Celebrating the creation, or birthday, of the world, and of our redemption. Its atmosphere should be one of celebration, joy, and delight.

Sanctifying: keeping the Sabbath day holy; setting it apart for a special focus on God, His Word, and His agenda, to seek intimacy with Him, embrace Him wholly, and nurture a love relationship with Him that makes us holy.

Remembering, reflecting, and rejoicing about creation, redemption, and Christ’s second coming and the creation of the new earth.

Worshipping: participating in corporate, focused worship of God with our church family.

Basking: enjoying, studying, experiencing, and basking in the world God made, rather than working at maintaining it.

Responding: a joyful human response to God’s grace in obedience to His loving command to remember Him and His Sabbath gift.

Trusting God to take care of what we leave undone during the hours of the Sabbath. Learning to depend on God rather than on ourselves.

Fellowshipping: nurturing our relationships with family and friends.

Affirming: rightly representing the atmosphere of the Sabbath by a spirit of acceptance, love, and affirmation rather than a spirit of judgment and criticism.

Serving other people in love and witnessing lovingly for God.

Caring for necessary physical needs on Sabbath; no creature—animal or human—should be allowed to suffer on this day.

Link.

 

[phipps]

Is Sabbath-keeping just legalism?

Some people say that keeping the seventh day holy is an act of legalism—because by keeping the law we think we are saved. But, in reality, honouring the Sabbath is one of the highest ways of recognizing the truth of salvation only through Jesus and disassociating ourselves from attempts to save ourselves through good works. The law was created by God and He asks us to keep all His commandments if we love him, but we cannot do this without His Spirit and His help every step of the way.

Grace is only necessary because there is a law. Without a law, grace is unnecessary and superfluous. The fact that grace abounds (2 Corinthians 9:8) proves that the law is still there. The keeping of the Sabbath is a celebration of the grace God offers us sinners. God says that the Sabbath commemorates His work of sanctification in our lives (Exodus 31:13; Hebrews 4:10). It is a sign that we love God and want to honour Him with our beliefs and actions.

 

[phipps]

I don't celebrate Easter because its not asked of us in God's Word. I believe we should always remember Christ's sacrifice for us in our daily lives because no one can be saved without it. Of course we've got to accept His sacrifice and live by His precepts, and He gives us the power to do so when we do.

However Jesus' death proves that the Sabbath is indeed Saturday, the seventh day of the week and always will be even in heaven and the new earth for all eternity.

Jesus died on Friday the sixth day which was called preparation day by the Jews. Jesus was put in the tomb before the Sabbath which biblically starts at sunset on Friday. Biblically the first part of the day is evening as is clear in the creation story.

On the seventh day, Saturday, the Sabbath, Jesus rested in the tomb. "Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen" (Mark 16:1-2). Even in the plan of salvation the Sabbath day was to be rested on.

Then on the first day of the week, Jesus rose from the dead, "Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb" (Luke 24:1-2).

 

[phipps]

All Christians kept the true Sabbath which is the seventh day of the week.

All Christians kept the seventh day Sabbath holy for over 300 years after the death of Jesus.

No Christian ever kept the first day of the week until the Emperor of Rome made it illegal to keep the true Sabbath of the Lord.

That was done partly to punish the Jews, who were in open revolt against Rome at the time, and partly as a part of combining all churches and religions into one controlled by the government of Rome.

That created a universal (Catholic) church, for the purpose of uniting all citizens of Rome into one common religion, to promote political stability and help prevent civil war.

The Catholic church is a combination of all the popular religions of the time, with some doctrines, beliefs and rituals from each added into those of the most popular one, the Christian church, in hope of creating one religion which would be acceptable to all the citizens of Rome.

The problem is, that the church, today known as the Roman Catholic Church, and a number of others which split off during the Protestant reformation about 500 years ago, have beliefs which are not from the Bible.

They try to find Bible verses to support their UN-biblical beliefs. However, there is nothing anywhere in the Bible which says the Sabbath was changed from the seventh day to the first day of the week.

The Catholics have freely and publicly taken credit for "changing the solemnity" of the seventh day to the first day of the week, by their own authority and not based on God's Word, and stated that all protestants who keep Sunday instead of Saturday holy are acknowledging the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

 

[phipps]

THE SABBATH IS JEWISH, SUNDAY IS CHRISTIAN!!!

What does the Word of God say?

Though the Jews were indeed entrusted with God's memorial of Creation, the Sabbath was not made for the Jews alone but for all of mankind. Nearly all theologians, even those who keep Sunday, agree that the Bible is clear on this ...

"The Sabbath was established originally in no special connection with the Hebrews, but as an institution for all mankind, in commemoration of God's rest after the six days of creation. It was designed for all the descendants of Adam" (Adult Quarterly, Southern Baptist Convention series, August 15, 1937).

If the first Sabbath to be kept by a human being were not until just before Sinai (Exodus 16), and the Sabbath were merely a Jewish institution, as some claim, then why did Jesus say that the Sabbath was "made for man" (Mark 2:27)? And if no one was keeping the Sabbath, how then did generation after generation of human beings keep track of the weekly cycle for all those years? The book of Genesis is clear that the patriarchs used the seven-day week to count time (Genesis 2:1-3; 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12; 29:27, 28; 31:23; 50:10).

One would also wonder how the story of the Creation would have been maintained from generation to generation, a story that places special significance on the seventh day, if no one had ever observed the Sabbath during the 2,500 years between Creation and Sinai. The Creation story itself testifies that the Sabbath belongs to all people.

Furthermore, the seventh day held special significance in many ancient cultures outside of Judaism. Take Greeks, for example:

"But the seventh day is recognized as sacred, not by the Hebrews only, but also by the Greeks" (Clement of Alexandria).

Although the Scriptures do clearly portray the Sabbath as the memorial of God's Creation rest (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:11; Hebrews 4:4), and the early hours of the first day as the time when Christ arose from the dead (Matthew 28:1-6), nowhere do they identify Sunday worship as a commemoration of the resurrection (or as a replacement for Sabbath observance). Instead, they identify the communion service as the commemoration of "the Lord's death" and the participation of the believer in baptism as the symbol of the Lord's death and resurrection.

"As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26).

"We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4, 5).

 

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Isaiah 56:2, "Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil."
HAPPY BLESSED SABBATH FOLKS!

 

[A Freeman]

I don't celebrate Easter because its not asked of us in God's Word. I believe we should always remember Christ's sacrifice for us in our daily lives because no one can be saved without it. Of course we've got to accept His sacrifice and live by His precepts, and He gives us the power to do so when we do.

Agreed.

Passover Lamb NOT Easter Bunny

However Jesus' death proves that the Sabbath is indeed Saturday, the seventh day of the week and always will be even in heaven and the new earth for all eternity.

Jesus died on Friday the sixth day which was called preparation day by the Jews. Jesus was put in the tomb before the Sabbath which biblically starts at sunset on Friday. Biblically the first part of the day is evening as is clear in the creation story.

On the seventh day, Saturday, the Sabbath, Jesus rested in the tomb. "Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen" (Mark 16:1-2). Even in the plan of salvation the Sabbath day was to be rested on.

Then on the first day of the week, Jesus rose from the dead, "Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb" (Luke 24:1-2).

Jesus died on a WEDNESDAY, in the "midst of the week" and rose three days and three nights later on SATURDAY, aka "The Lord's Day". That is why when the two Marys arrived at the tomb early on the first day of the week, they found the stone rolled away and the tomb EMPTY. It was empty because God had already raised/resurrected Jesus from the dead on SATURDAY.

Daniel 9:27 And he (the Messiah/Christ, the Prince - see the two preceding verses, Daniel 9:25-26) shall confirm The Covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations He shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation (the "Lake of Hell-Fire"), and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The sacrifice made in the MIDST of the week (Wednesday) was the crucifixion of Jesus.

The Passover the week of the the crucifixion and resurrection occurred early on Wednesday (after sunset, when Tuesday ended and Wednesday began), and continued through the end of that day (approximately 24 hours later at sunset, when Wednesday ended and Thursday began).

The High Sabbath marking the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which immediately follows the Passover (beginning the following day, at sunset), fell on Thursday of that week (John 19:31).

John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day [The Passover - Wednesday 21/4/34],) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.

That is how the women could acquire and prepare the spices, etc. on the day of preparation for the WEEKLY Sabbath (on Saturday) on Friday -- the day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath -- and then rest of the Sabbath, before visiting the tomb.

Luke 23:50 - 24:3
23:50 And, behold, [there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor (and "Minister of Mines" - to the Romans as well as the Jews); [and he was] a good man, and a just (and was Jesus' great-uncle):
23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them; [he was] of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for The Kingdom of God.
23:52 This [man] went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
23:54 And that day was the preparation (for the High Sabbath on Thursday - John 19:31), and the (High) Sabbath drew on.
23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments (which they could not have done on the Sabbath, but did do the following day, on Friday, the day of preparation for thee weekly Sabbath); and rested the (weekly) Sabbath day according to the Commandment.
24:1 Now upon the first [day] of the week (Sunday), very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.
24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

 

[A Freeman]

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Isaiah 56:2, "Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil."
HAPPY BLESSED SABBATH FOLKS!

Thank-you. Likewise a good Sabbath day to you.

 

[TokiEl]

It's good to rest at least one day a week... and even gooder when that is commanded by God.

So nobody can force us to work seven days a week.


For jews the sabbath or rest day has always been on the 7th day of the week... which in jewish time keeping is saturday.

If you're not a jew then are you trying to become one ?L0L

 

[A Freeman]

Exodus 31:12-17
31:12 And the "I AM" spoke unto Moses, saying,
31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a "Sign" between Me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the "I AM" that doth sanctify you.
31:14 Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the Sabbath of rest, holy to the "I AM": whosoever doeth [any] work in the Sabbath day, he shall SURELY be put to death.
31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual Covenant.
31:17 It [is] a "Sign" between Me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the "I AM" made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.

Revelation 7:4-9
7:4 And I HEARD the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
7:5 Of the tribe of Judah [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:6 Of the tribe of Asher [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:8 Of the tribe of Zebulun [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph/Ephraim [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could count (which is why he was told in verse 4), of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the Throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

No one needs to become a "Jew" or a "Christian", or the member of any other organized religion, which is a SURE path to the second death.

What God' People NEED to do is to cultivate Faith, and thus know that God always knows and does what is best and thus should be obeyed in ALL things. The Sabbath was made FOR us, just as ALL of God's Law was made for us, to protect us from evil and to set and keep us FREE.

 

[Lizard King]

Seventh Day Adventists observe it on Saturday.

 

[phipps]

Seventh Day Adventists observe it on Saturday.

They do. Its the true Sabbath of the Lord because Saturday is the seventh day of the week. And the fourth commandment of God's law says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy... 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" (Exodus 20:8-11). God says there is holy time/day in the week and it the Sabbath. God is the one who made the day holy because no human being can make anything holy. So its important to know the exact day God made holy because its only one of the seven days of the week he created.

The first post in this thread tells us who dared to try and change the Sabbath day of God. Though the day will never change no matter how many people observe it because God and His law does not change.

All Christians are supposed to observe the Sabbath on Saturday as God asks us to. The Adventists are right to observe the Sabbath on Saturday according to God's law.

 

[A Freeman]

And according to God's Law, observing the Sabbath should NEVER involve going to a temple, church, mosque or synagogue, etc., a place where God does NOT dwell.

The Sabbath is a day of rest, apart from the world WITH God, where He dwells: in the hearts and minds of those who love and obey Him.

 

[phipps]

And according to God's Law, observing the Sabbath should NEVER involve going to a temple, church, mosque or synagogue, etc., a place where God does NOT dwell.

The Sabbath is a day of rest, apart from the world WITH God, where He dwells: in the hearts and minds of those who love and obey Him.

That is not true at all.

Biblically the Israelites and Jews went to synagogue on the Sabbath and so did Jesus who was God (Mark 1:21, 6:2; Luke 4:16, 6:6). Over and over again, we see Jesus in the synagogue on the Sabbath. We’re even told that it was His custom to be there on that day. The apostles went to the synagogue on the Sabbath too as we can see clearly in the book of Acts (Acts 13:14, 42, 18:4).

After God gave Moses the ten commandments of which the fourth is about the Sabbath, He later gave the Israelites more details about the Sabbath including meeting on the Sabbath, "Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings” (Leviticus 23:3). The word “convocation” means a public meeting/gathering. The Sabbath is a time for God's people to gather and have worship services.

Moreover, in Isaiah, we read, “It shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD” (Isaiah 66:23). The righteous will keep the Sabbath in heaven and the new earth and this passage is talking about the coming together for worship in on the Sabbath for eternity.

Nowadays (since the New Covenant) its only churches that Christians should meet in, and only those that observe the true Sabbath of God. Unfortunately that is not most them.

It goes without saying that no Christian should meet in synagogues nowadays that are only for Jews who are not Christian and do not believe in Jesus Christ as Messiah. The same goes for Mosques. Obviously Muslims are not Christians, they do not believe in Jesus Christ, do not teach about or meet on the Sabbath or indeed teach about and keep any of the ten commandments of the Bible. They do not believe in the God of the Bible either.

God has told us clearly in His Word how to keep the Sabbath holy. We also see it through the actions of Jesus and the apostles.