Sabbath or Sunday? What did Jesus teach & show in scripture?

[mailmandan]

That is not the Law of Moses!!!Ten commandment were in force before Moses!!! Cain was judged by them, the antediluvians were judged by them--Sodom and Gomorrah as well.

According to your logic, there were no laws in place before Moses.

By saying, "it's God's Word, but some choose to turn from it," (seeking salvation by obeying the 10 commandments with a heavy emphasis on the 4th commandment) demonstrates he remains under the law of Moses. Living under the new covenant instead of the old covenant (2 Corinthians 3:6-9) does not mean that believers have chosen to turn from God's Word.

The 10 commandments are a part of the law of Moses and were not engraved in stone and given prior to Moses. Look at Deuteronomy 5:1-22 in which gave the 10 commandments to Israel. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. In verse 22, we read - These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Nehemiah 9:13 - “Then You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 14 “So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, through Your servant Moses.

So, God may have judged Cain, the antediluvians and Sodom and Gomorrah for their sins, but the 10 commandments were still given to Moses. There were laws in place before Moses, but the 10 commandments engraved in stone were not in place before Moses.

Now in regard to the sabbath, although God's rest on the seventh day (Genesis 2:3) did foreshadow a future sabbath law, there is no Biblical record of the sabbath being kept before the children of Israel left the land of Egypt. Nowhere in Scripture is there any hint that sabbath keeping was practiced from Adam to Moses. Why is no one before Moses ever being told to keep the sabbath? Why are there no examples of anyone keeping the sabbath before Moses?

Why were the Patriarchs never instructed about the sabbath but were instructed regarding: offerings: Genesis 4:3-4, Altars Genesis 8:20, Priests: Genesis 14:18, Tithes: Genesis 14:20, Circumcision: Genesis 17:10, Marriage: Genesis 2:24 and Genesis 34:9. Why would God leave out the sabbath command in Genesis if it was for everyone to keep before Moses?

The word "sabbath" first appears in Exodus 16:23 - Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.

Sabbath keeping with all its rules and regulations, was part of a covenant with Israel (Exodus 16:23, 29; 31:12-18; 35:1-3; Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3, 32; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13; Amos 8:5; Nehemiah 10:31) that is not binding on Christians under the new covenant. (Colossians 2:16-17)

 

[Hobie]

He never said Christians in the New Covenant are required to observe Saturday sabbath.

That's an inconvenient truth the Saturday peoples won't ever be able to over come since there's no scripture where Jesus or His Apostles are saying "and thou shalt observeth thy Saturday sabbatheth" View attachment 43058

Of course Saturday peoples will continue in error claiming they are the only ones that are saved View attachment 43059

What does 'Keep My Commandments' mean then as He declared it..

 

[Big Boy Johnson]

What does 'Keep My Commandments' mean then as He declared it..

Where did Jesus say anything about Saturday?

He never mentioned it because in the New Covenant was are to walk after the Spirit, not after carnal commands as they did under the old covenant which is what the Saturday peoples are trying to do.

None of your NT references say anything about Saturday, so you are adding to the New Covenant something it does not say.

 

[BarneyFife]

Where did Jesus say anything about Saturday?

Every time He used the word "Sabbath"

He never mentioned it because in the New Covenant was are to walk after the Spirit, not after carnal commands as they did under the old covenant which is what the Saturday peoples are trying to do.

You mean the "carnal" commands that are "spiritual, holy, just, and good" under the New Covenant or the ones that are ceremonial and were nailed to the Cross (Colossians 2) under the New Covenant?

None of your NT references say anything about Saturday

...except when they contain the word "Sabbath" (not including Colossians 2, which refers to ceremonial feast sabbaths, of course).

so you are adding to the New Covenant something it does not say.

New Testament references can add to the New Covenant something it does not say?

That's weird.

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[Hobie]

Where did Jesus say anything about Saturday?

He never mentioned it because in the New Covenant was are to walk after the Spirit, not after carnal commands as they did under the old covenant which is what the Saturday peoples are trying to do.

None of your NT references say anything about Saturday, so you are adding to the New Covenant something it does not say.

What do the Ten Commandments say, not hard to understand what the Creator who made the Sabbath means..

 

[Pearl]

Good heavens, mister, there was no need to SHOUT at us like that. Shouting is discouraged on this forum as it is rude and unnecessary. This is the second post I've seen and if i see another i will report it as I am a staff member.

 

[Hobie]

Where did Jesus say anything about Saturday?

He never mentioned it because in the New Covenant was are to walk after the Spirit, not after carnal commands as they did under the old covenant which is what the Saturday peoples are trying to do.

None of your NT references say anything about Saturday, so you are adding to the New Covenant something it does not say.

Mark 2:27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

 

[DJT_47]

Mark 2:27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Yes, and when he said that, the OT was still in effect, so the idea of the sabbath or Sunday shouldn't even be a consideration or discussed. It's clear that the disciples gathered together to worship on the 1st day of the week subsequent to Jesus's death, when the NT was in effect.

 

[RedFan]

Yes, and when he said that, the OT was still in effect, so the idea of the sabbath or Sunday shouldn't even be a consideration or discussed. It's clear that the disciples gathered together to worship on the 1st day of the week subsequent to Jesus's death, when the NT was in effect.

Wasn't the OT still "in effect" (not sure what exactly you mean by this) when EVERYTHING he said was spoken? What are the ramifications of this type of coloring of Jesus's comments, in your view? Are you suggesting that when the New Covenant supplanted the Old Covenant, every precept in the OT lost force, whether or not explicitly countermanded in the NT?

 

[DJT_47]

Wasn't the OT still "in effect" (not sure what exactly you mean by this) when EVERYTHING he said was spoken? What are the ramifications of this type of coloring of Jesus's comments, in your view? Are you suggesting that when the New Covenant supplanted the Old Covenant, every precept in the OT lost force, whether or not explicitly countermanded in the NT?

When Jesus was alive, the OT was still in effect. The NT didn't begin until his death.
Read Hebrews 9:16-17

16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

 

[RedFan]

When Jesus was alive, the OT was still in effect. The NT didn't begin until his death.
Read Hebrews 9:16-17

16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

These verses are talking about a will! Alternate meanings of διαθήκη like "covenant" or "testament" (unless in the sense of "Last Will and Testament") clearly are not the intent in these verses.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

We cannot trust the traditions of men on the Sabbath vs. Sunday issue, for this is not safe, nor in just mere human opinions. Instead we need to know what scripture actually says, and above all, what Jesus Christ Himself taught, so we accept His teaching as our final authority.

Jesus Christ is “Lord even of the Sabbath day” as the Creator. Jesus said, “For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Matthew 12:8. By identifying Himself as “Lord even of the Sabbath day,” Jesus of was showing that He is the Creator, who from the beginning created Earth in six days, and rested on the seventh day. And the New Testament makes clear that Jesus is the Creator...

John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Ephesians 3:9
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
And of Jesus..
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

So scripture makes clear Jesus Christ is our Creator and also gave us the Sabbath for man not just the Jews.

Mark 2:27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:


Not only did Jesus create the Sabbath but He makes clear it was the seventh day and Holy...
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Even before the tablets of stone at Mt Sinai....
Exodus 16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Now you can check the scriptures and it will make clear the Sabbath is on Saturday, the "seventh day of the week", while Sunday is "the first day of the week". Jesus Christ regularly kept the Sabbath, taught much about the Sabbath, and clearly stated that He is Lord even of the "Sabbath day"...
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Jesus Christ never mentioned "the first day of the week" nor taught nothing about it. The Sabbath continued long after the cross and was kept in the book of Acts by both Jews and Gentiles, as it clearly show. There is no biblical authorization for the change of the Bible Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. God made the Sabbath at the beginning of the world before any Jews existed, to be a blessing to all mankind. And even more importantly, it is a special sign that Jesus Christ is the true Creator of heaven and earth and Lord of the Sabbath.

When the Son of God came, He kept the seventh day all His life. 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.¨

The Ten Commandments were not part of Moses’ ceremonial law as scripture clearly shows and there was a clear distinction made between the Commandments and that of Moses’ book of the law. The understanding of the Law was given to man way before Moses as scripture makes clear...
Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Instead of abolishing the Sabbath, Jesus carefully taught how it should be observed.
Matthew 12:1-13
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

The New Testament alone mentions the Sabbath day no less than 84 times and never once is there a change of the Sabbath day to any other, nor was it abolished.

Jesus Christ said to keep the commandments:
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matthew 19:16-17

Jesus never said that the Sabbath would change even after His death:
"But pray ye that your flight be not in winter, neither on the Sabbath day." Matthew 24:20.

Jesus asked his disciples to pray that in the flight from the doomed city of Jerusalem they would not have to flee on the Sabbath day. This flight took place in 70 A.D, which was 40 years after the Cross. He kept the seventh day as the Sabbath from Creation and in His life on earth, and Christ says that if we love Him, to keep the Commandments.
The Sabbath is a special day to focus on Jesus Christ our Maker: Jesus is “the Lord” who made the world in six days, and “rested on the seventh day.” Thus the Sabbath is a special day to focus on the Jesus Christ as the Creator of all things..

Amen!

Love, Walter And Debbie

 

[WalterandDebbie]

We cannot trust the traditions of men on the Sabbath vs. Sunday issue, for this is not safe, nor in just mere human opinions. Instead we need to know what scripture actually says, and above all, what Jesus Christ Himself taught, so we accept His teaching as our final authority.

Jesus Christ is “Lord even of the Sabbath day” as the Creator. Jesus said, “For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Matthew 12:8. By identifying Himself as “Lord even of the Sabbath day,” Jesus of was showing that He is the Creator, who from the beginning created Earth in six days, and rested on the seventh day. And the New Testament makes clear that Jesus is the Creator...

John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Ephesians 3:9
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
And of Jesus..
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

So scripture makes clear Jesus Christ is our Creator and also gave us the Sabbath for man not just the Jews.

Mark 2:27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:


Not only did Jesus create the Sabbath but He makes clear it was the seventh day and Holy...
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Even before the tablets of stone at Mt Sinai....
Exodus 16:23
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Now you can check the scriptures and it will make clear the Sabbath is on Saturday, the "seventh day of the week", while Sunday is "the first day of the week". Jesus Christ regularly kept the Sabbath, taught much about the Sabbath, and clearly stated that He is Lord even of the "Sabbath day"...
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Jesus Christ never mentioned "the first day of the week" nor taught nothing about it. The Sabbath continued long after the cross and was kept in the book of Acts by both Jews and Gentiles, as it clearly show. There is no biblical authorization for the change of the Bible Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. God made the Sabbath at the beginning of the world before any Jews existed, to be a blessing to all mankind. And even more importantly, it is a special sign that Jesus Christ is the true Creator of heaven and earth and Lord of the Sabbath.

When the Son of God came, He kept the seventh day all His life. 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.¨

The Ten Commandments were not part of Moses’ ceremonial law as scripture clearly shows and there was a clear distinction made between the Commandments and that of Moses’ book of the law. The understanding of the Law was given to man way before Moses as scripture makes clear...
Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Instead of abolishing the Sabbath, Jesus carefully taught how it should be observed.
Matthew 12:1-13
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

The New Testament alone mentions the Sabbath day no less than 84 times and never once is there a change of the Sabbath day to any other, nor was it abolished.

Jesus Christ said to keep the commandments:
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matthew 19:16-17

Jesus never said that the Sabbath would change even after His death:
"But pray ye that your flight be not in winter, neither on the Sabbath day." Matthew 24:20.

Jesus asked his disciples to pray that in the flight from the doomed city of Jerusalem they would not have to flee on the Sabbath day. This flight took place in 70 A.D, which was 40 years after the Cross. He kept the seventh day as the Sabbath from Creation and in His life on earth, and Christ says that if we love Him, to keep the Commandments.
The Sabbath is a special day to focus on Jesus Christ our Maker: Jesus is “the Lord” who made the world in six days, and “rested on the seventh day.” Thus the Sabbath is a special day to focus on the Jesus Christ as the Creator of all things..

Shabbat Shalom Hobie, and how are you all? Rejection At Nazareth Luke 4:16-30

Love, Walter And Debbie

 

[DJT_47]

These verses are talking about a will! Alternate meanings of διαθήκη like "covenant" or "testament" (unless in the sense of "Last Will and Testament") clearly are not the intent in these verses.

You lost me in your logic or lack thereof. These verses clearly define when a Covenant ends and the other, the new, begins. Jesus words were spoken while he was alive, under the old covenant which relates to the sabbath and its applicability. The sabbath no longer had pertinence after his death regarding this subject (and others) which is evidenced by the fact that the disciples gathered together upon the 1st day of the week to worship and remember him, as the scriptures teach, consistent with the verses quoted.

 

[RedFan]

You lost me in your logic or lack thereof. These verses clearly define when a Covenant ends and the other, the new, begins. Jesus words were spoken while he was alive, under the old covenant which relates to the sabbath and its applicability. The sabbath no longer had pertinence after his death regarding this subject (and others) which is evidenced by the fact that the disciples gathered together upon the 1st day of the week to worship and remember him, as the scriptures teach, consistent with the verses quoted.

I'll try to explain. Heb. 9:16-17 is stating that a will is effective once its testator dies, not before. Prior to the testator's death it has no effect to transmit property to an heir. It only is given effect upon the death of the testator.

Read the whole chapter, and you will see that the point the author is making with this probate analogy is that death (v. 18-21 uses "blood" here) was a prerequisite to the effectiveness of the sin offerings in the OLD MOSAIC COVENANT, and that the death of Jesus was the NEW COVENANT's sin offering (v. 14-15).

Sin ofering is what Hebrews 9 is all about, the replacement of the Old Covenant's imperfect, oft-repeated sin offering with the New Covenant's perfect, once-for-all sin offering. The chapter says nothing -- zero, zilch, nada -- about any other aspect of the Mosaic law being reformed or supplanted. Not the day of the week on which the Sabath is to be observed. Not anything. The extra juice you are trying to squeeze from this lemon just isn't there.

If you want to argue that various other aspects of the Law were rendered superfluous by Christ, you won't get any argument from me, because I agree with that position. But if you want to point to Hebrews 9 as proof of that position, I'll argue with you until the cows come home. And leave again. Disgusted.

 

[DJT_47]

I'll try to explain. Heb. 9:16-17 is stating that a will is effective once its testator dies, not before. Prior to the testator's death it has no effect to transmit property to an heir. It only is given effect upon the death of the testator.

Read the whole chapter, and you will see that the point the author is making with this probate analogy is that death (v. 18-21 uses "blood" here) was a prerequisite to the effectiveness of the sin offerings in the OLD MOSAIC COVENANT, and that the death of Jesus was the NEW COVENANT's sin offering (v. 14-15).

Sin ofering is what Hebrews 9 is all about, the replacement of the Old Covenant's imperfect, oft-repeated sin offering with the New Covenant's perfect, once-for-all sin offering. The chapter says nothing -- zero, zilch, nada -- about any other aspect of the Mosaic law being reformed or supplanted. Not the day of the week on which the Sabath is to be observed. Not anything. The extra juice you are trying to squeeze from this lemon just isn't there.

If you want to argue that various other aspects of the Law were rendered superfluous by Christ, you won't get any argument from me, because I agree with that position. But if you want to point to Hebrews 9 as proof of that position, I'll argue with you until the cows come home. And leave again. Disgusted.

You somehow miss the point of effectivity of the new covenant. That's the entire matter as relates to this issue. The sabbath was OT not NT. It related to that only as well as to Jews, not Christians. The ushering in of the NT upon the death of Jesus (Hebrews 9) means that the sabbath is no longer applicable. The scriptures corroborate this since the disciples did not worship the Lord on the sabbath, but rather on the first day of the week.

 

[BarneyFife]

When Jesus was alive, the OT was still in effect. The NT didn't begin until his death.
Read Hebrews 9:16-17

16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Who died to put the Old Testament "in effect?"

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[BarneyFife]

You somehow miss the point of effectivity of the new covenant. That's the entire matter as relates to this issue. The sabbath was OT not NT. It related to that only as well as to Jews, not Christians. The ushering in of the NT upon the death of Jesus (Hebrews 9) means that the sabbath is no longer applicable. The scriptures corroborate this since the disciples did not worship the Lord on the sabbath, but rather on the first day of the week.

Luke 23:50-56 KJV — And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: (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. This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 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. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Of course, you could say the disciples weren't with this group, and you might be right, especially if they were still hiding out. But it seems that the faithful on the scene were keeping the Sabbath, after the New Covenant/Testament had been ratified with Christ's death.

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[Grailhunter]

We cannot trust the traditions of men on the Sabbath vs. Sunday issue, for this is not safe, nor in just mere human opinions. Instead we need to know what scripture actually says, and above all, what Jesus Christ Himself taught, so we accept His teaching as our final authority.

What did Yeshua and the Apostles say about worshipping on the Jewish Saturday Sabbath?

Nowhere in the New Testament are Christians told to observe the Jewish Saturday Sabbath. That is a fact.

For one Gentile-Christians were not allowed in the Temple. And even before the end of the biblical period Gentile-Christians out numbered Jewish-Christians. Christ never referred to the Temple as His Temple. So the Temple had little meaning to the Gentile-Christians.

How did the seven churches in the scriptures worship?

Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— Colossians 2:16

There is no designated Christian day of worship for the Gentile-Christians in the Bible. In fact the final resolution at the meeting between Jewish-Christians and Gentile-Christians does not require Christians to observe the Saturday Jewish Sabbath. Acts 15

In the New Testament, Paul wrote letters to seven churches: Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Colossae, and Thessalonica.

These were Gentile-Christian congregations and they gathered mostly in secret….in homes, catacombs, or out in the woods….no church buildings. In secret so that the Jews and Romans would not harass them.

The Lord’s Day, Sunday worship is not mentioned in the Bible because that custom does not become unified until after the biblical period. Mostly after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. After that the Lord’s day was indorsed by several early Christian writers, 200 AD and on and they denounced Christians observing the Saturday Jewish Sabbath….long before the Ecumenical Councils made the Lord’s Day official.

The Jewish-Christian sect mostly died out by the end of the 1st century. One way or the other Christians focused on Christ’s resurrection...whether as a weekly day of worship or the yearly day of observance of Christ’s resurrection….which came to be called Easter. And Sunday was the day Christ resurrected.

Some say ahhh Sunday is a Pagan day of worship. That does not make any sense. It does not matter if Christ resurrected on any day of the week….it would fall on a Pagan day….LOL. All days of the week are all named after Greco-Roman gods. All months are named after Greco-Roman gods.

 

[DJT_47]

Who died to put the Old Testament "in effect?"

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Christ for the new. The old was between the living God and Israel

Also,
… a covenant is an agreement between two parties, whereas a testament is a declaration made by the testator that is written down and becomes enforced after the