Sunday Is The Sabbath
by admin ~ October 15th, 2009
Hey, even back in the time of Justin, who was born in approximately 110 AD and was martyred in around 165 AD, Sunday was the unquestioned day of the Sabbath for all true Christians. So much so, the issue wasn’t even “debated!”
Here’s a quote from Justin, from his 1 Apol. lxvii.
“On the day which is called Sunday an assembly takes place of all who live either in towns or in the country. At this the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the Prophets are read aloud as long as is fitting. When the reader has ceased, he who presides gives in an address exhortation and encouragement to imitate all this good. Then we all rise up together and offer prayer. And as has already been mentioned, when we have ended the prayer, bread, wine, and water are brought, and he who presides offers prayer and thangsgiving with all his energy, and the people assent, saying, Amen. And then the food is distributed.”
This is a great reminder to us that we should not be forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, for this is part and parcel of building the body of Christ. And as we assemble ourselves, remember the beauty of the Sunday sabbath. It was on Sunday, the first day of the week, that light was created… and on Sunday that the Lord resurrected from the dead!
Since the cosmic realignment of all things during the end-of-times, during that time of Christ, starting on the Lord’s Day, Resurrection Sunday, the very day after the final Saturday Sabbath referred to of old as Holy Saturday, Sunday became and remains forever the true Sabbath day.
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October 16th, 2009 at 10:02 AM
It matters not what Justin Martyr said. What matters is what is written and in the Scriptures the Sabbath has not been changed. But Constantine made the change and the adulterous Catholic church ratified and codified it, and they admit that Scripture doesn’t make the change. They say it is their mark of authority that they can make the change in opposition to what is written. They don’t believe that Scripture is all we need. You are believing and propagating a lie.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Hello Banner Kidd,
Thank you for your comment.
I must, though, respectfully disagree with your comment, for Scripture is crystal clear: Jesus Christ changed the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday (not the church). As He also changed the law regarding the priesthood, ending the Levitical priesthood and implementing the Melchizedek priesthood. What Justin said simply confirms that the early church understood this simple fact. The “church” did not “change” the sabbath day, Jesus Christ alone did that, regardless of any claims to the contrary.
I submit that you study the work of Christ directly after the cross, including His victory in Hell as He broke down its gates, freed the captive saints, and then fulfilled the final Saturday sabbath there in what had become Paradise (on what the Church now celebrates as “Holy Saturday”).
As you do this (assuming the veil is lifted), you will see the new creation breaking forth on Resurrection Sunday, and the glory of Jesus Christ instituting the Indestructible Way celebrated by this new day for the new and better way.
All Saturday keepers are stuck holding on to aspects of an old way of life long since past. The Saturday sabbath was always connected with a destructible way, why would anyone want to hold onto such a thing? Hold onto Christ instead!
You see, only partaking in the new creation through the risen Christ can bring you to salvation, and that new creation includes a new sabbath day, Sunday. It is a glorious truth! Brought to us direct from the mouth of our Lord and God Jesus Christ as recorded in Scripture: “And Jesus said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.” (Luke 6:5) So be it.
My book The Pearl: The Captivating Story of the Wondrous Love of God, includes a full discussion of the Sabbath issue and the conversion of the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
Thank you for your comment. I hope this helps.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Have you not read history where the catholic church is proud that they changed the day in the face of the Truth that Scripture doesn’t make the change? And could you show me the Scripture that says the Messiah changed the Sabbath? And how can HE be the Messiah if HE changed Torah? That would make HIM ineligible to be the ONE foretold. Please look again. The Scripture isn’t “crystal clear” in supporting your position.
November 25th, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Hello Banner Kidd,
And again, thank you for your comment.
As I note at the very beginning of the article: “even back in the time of Justin, who was born in approximately 110 AD and was martyred in around 165 AD, Sunday was the unquestioned day of the Sabbath for all true Christians. So much so, the issue wasn’t even debated!”
I make this note because the “change” you are referring to, where you say the Catholic church attempted to “take credit” for the new sabbath day, came many many years later. Such claims have no bearing on the fact that Christians were already, and had been from the Resurrection, keeping the Sunday sabbath.
So arguing that a false claim made by the Church is the “reason” Sunday can’t be the sabbath makes little sense. It has no bearing on the question of what day is the New Testament sabbath.
As for Jesus changing the law given by Moses, why that occurs everywhere! Did He not change the law of divorce handed down by Moses? Did He not change the law of the priesthood handed down by Moses, completely ending the Levitical priesthood and replacing it with the Melchizedek priesthood? Of course He did! This does not disqualify Him as the Christ, it provides the evidence that He is the Christ! Remember, as He alone fulfilled all things (proving Himself the Christ), He brought in the New Covenant (something only the Christ could do), complete with all the changes necessary to implement and administer that New State-Of-Being (see Hebrews 7:11-19).
In the end, Christians can’t be clinging to Moses (“For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.” Heb 7:18 speaking specifically of the Levitical priesthood and its role in the Old Covenant), we must needs cling to Christ (“For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.” Heb 7:19 speaking specifically of the Melchizedek priesthood and the new law implemented by Christ, the new and eternal High Priest); and as we do this more and more, the veil is lifted (see 2 Corinthians 3:1-16 where we see specifically that the Old Testament was abolished and the New can be seen only by the taking away of the veil in Christ), and we enter into God’s new creation as new creatures born anew into the spiritual nature of the glorious state of the now present Kingdom of God. As stated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
“Beyond the grandeur and the moral elevation of Christianity, as it sparkles and shines in the Gospels, the human mind will not advance.”
I have enjoyed your comments and our interaction. Thank you for your continuing participation. And may Christ’s love touch all that we do.