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I am so confused. Should I keep the Sabbath?

IsmailaGodHasHeard

IsmailaGodHasHeard

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I am so confused. I do not know what to do about the Sabbath. Part of me wants to keep the Sabbath but part of me is saying that it does not matter. I have no idea what to do. I need help. Please back of your position with Scripture.
 
Katzpur

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
IsmailaGodHasHeard said:
I am so confused. I do not know what to do about the Sabbath. Part of me wants to keep the Sabbath but part of me is saying that it does not matter. I have no idea what to do. I need help. Please back of your position with Scripture.
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Are you using the word "Sabbath" to mean the seventh day of the week or to mean the Lord's Day (i.e. Sunday)?
 
Shermana

Shermana

Heretic
Try keeping one 7th day Sabbath as proscribed with no labor or cooking or worldly activity, see if you notice a physical sensation of peace that you get from no other day.
 
Shermana

Shermana

Heretic
No, the Lord's day is clearly referenced in the early Christian writings as separate from Sabbath. Many Jews don't know that we are actually to keep the First day as a day of community gathering.
 
Rakhel

Rakhel

Well-Known Member
Shermana said:
No, the Lord's day is clearly referenced in the early Christian writings as separate from Sabbath. Many Jews don't know that we are actually to keep the First day as a day of community gathering.
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actually, we do do that. on Saturday.
 
Bob Dixon

Bob Dixon

>implying
Do as you wish. It's recommendable that you set a side a day in the week for the worship of God only but remember Mark 2:27-28: "He [Jesus] said, the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath also."
 
IsmailaGodHasHeard

IsmailaGodHasHeard

Well-Known Member
Shermana said:
No, the Lord's day is clearly referenced in the early Christian writings as separate from Sabbath. Many Jews don't know that we are actually to keep the First day as a day of community gathering.
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Is there any proof that John meant Sunday as the Lord's Day when he mentioned it in Revelation 1:10?
 
Father Heathen

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
Shermana said:
Try keeping one 7th day Sabbath as proscribed with no labor or cooking or worldly activity, see if you notice a physical sensation of peace that you get from no other day.
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So you can't do "work" even if it's something you do as a form of relaxation or entertainment?
 
Shermana

Shermana

Heretic
Father Heathen said:
So you can't do "work" even if it's something you do as a form of relaxation or entertainment?
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Yes, you are supposed to keep away from your own pleasures specifically. A burden to some, a relief to others. It's hard for me to not smoke for those 24 hours for example.
 
Shermana

Shermana

Heretic
IsmailaGodHasHeard said:
Is there any proof that John meant Sunday as the Lord's Day when he mentioned it in Revelation 1:10?
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Not really, at best we have a reference from Socrates Scholasticus in the early 5th century that the Sabbath and Lord's day were separate days, apart from that it's very murky and requires use of extra-scriptural texts for either argument. There is also a (likely interpolated) phrase in Ignatius that distinguishes the two, as he tries to extort Christians to not obey the Sabbath (supposedly, if its not an interpolation).
 
IsmailaGodHasHeard

IsmailaGodHasHeard

Well-Known Member
Shermana said:
Not really, at best we have a reference from Socrates Scholasticus in the early 5th century that the Sabbath and Lord's day were separate days, apart from that it's very murky and requires use of extra-scriptural texts for either argument. There is also a (likely interpolated) phrase in Ignatius that distinguishes the two, as he tries to extort Christians to not obey the Sabbath (supposedly, if its not an interpolation).
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Oh, okay. Thank you for telling me.
 
Shermana

Shermana

Heretic
Also, I should add we also have the spurious "Epistle of Barnabas" which says he rose on the "8th day" which means Sunday.
 
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