3rdAngel
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Read the OP... I was asking where is the scripture that says that "the Lords day" is Sunday or the first day of the week. I wrote this being aware of the nomenclature of the Hebrew days of the week. If you read the OP you would know this and what your posting here is simply a distraction proving once more you did not read or understand the OP.In fact, there appears to be a quite a bit missing, but I'm sure this is mere appearance, one you and/or your fellow Sabbatarians can quickly dispel for us, at least for your fellow Christians who do not hold to a Sabbath. There is no scripture that says Sunday is "the Lords day" because the Jews did not name any day but the 7th. It was always 1st day, 2nd day, 3rd day, etc. Likewise there is no scripture that says Saturday is the Sabbath.
These again are your words disagreeing with Gods Word that says in Matthew 12:8 "The son of man is Lord of the Sabbath day" As posted and proven through the scriptures earlier;No, there is no scripture that says the Lords day is Sabbath day, but I'd rather get right to chase
The Greek words used for the day that JOHN was in the Spirit of is the for Lord's day are
- REVELATION 1:10 εγενομην εν πνευματι εν τη κυριακη ημερα και ηκουσα οπισω μου φωνην μεγαλην ως σαλπιγγος
The problem here however is that there is not a single scripture that references Sunday or the first day of the week (bible names for the days of the week) to being "the Lords day" in scripture.
According to the scripture "the Lords day" however can be referenced to "the Sabbath day" of Gods' 4th commandment found in Exodus 20:8-11.
Letting the scriptures answer this question
- WHAT DAY IS THE LORD'S DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES?
- MATTHEW 12:8 FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY
God's "ownership" of the Sabbath day or "Lord's day is also repeated elsewhere as "MY" (ownership of the day as in the Greek used in REVELATION 1:10 κυριακη). Other scriptures in the bible pointing to "the Lords day" as being the Sabbath day...
- MATTHEW 12:8 FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY. (the Sabbath day is Lord's day)
- ISAIAH 58:13-14 [13], If you turn away your foot from the SABBATH, from doing your pleasure on MY HOLY DAY (God's claim to ownership of the Sabbath day); and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: [14], Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
- LEVITICUS 19:30 You shall keep MY SABBATHS, (God's claim to ownership of the Sabbath day)and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
- EZEKIEL 20:12 Moreover also I gave them MY SABBATHS, (God's claim to ownership of the Sabbath day) to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
According to the scriptures the Sabbath day is the seventh day of the week (see Exodus 20:10) made on the seventh day of the creation week in Genesis 2:1-3. No one said that the Sabbath day is Saturday so you are making arguments no one is arguing about here. According to the scriptures a day in Gods creation is the darkness first followed by the daylight second (Genesis 1). That means a day in Gods time is simply from sunset (start) to the next sunset (end). In our time the seventh day of the week is from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.Scripturally, the Sabbath is the 7th Day, not Saturday.
I know SDA's as well and I do not know any that believe what you are claiming they believe. I think you are spreading misinformation.Seventh Day Adventists (SDA's), at least the one's I've studied scripture with, appear to believe that the Sabbath is SATURDAY, which is incorrect.
The Sabbath has never been Sunday. There is not a single scripture in all the bible that teaches Sunday worship has replaced Gods Sabbath commandments of Gods 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8-11) that give us a knowledge of what sin is (Romans 3:20) as a holy day of rest in honour of the resurrection of Jesus. This is a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many away from God and His Word to break the commandments of God against the very warnings of Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9. It seems Gods Word is in disagreement with your words again. So your argument here is with God not me whose commandments you are breaking which is sin according to the scriptures in 1 John 3:4.The whole line of reasoning is to convince everyday, normative Christians that the Sabbath is not Sunday (something we never believed to begin with), and then "switch" us to conclude that the Sabbath is Saturday (something scripture never states).
Then what is your argument? You have none. Your making arguments no one is arguing about. Go read the OP properly next time before posting.If you want to argue that Resurrection Day is not Sunday, but the 1st day, that's fine. I would not disagree. If you want to argue that the Sabbath is not Saturday, but the 7th day, that's fine too. No disagreement there.
This section of your post only further convinces me that you did not read the OP. Where did I say in the OP that you hold that the Sabbath is Sunday? If I never posted any such thing why pretend that I did?But one of the problems with your "challenge" is that you want us to prove a negative. That is, that we hold the Sabbath as Sunday when we don't hold a Sabbath at all. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to believe that the Lord's Day is the Sabbath when it has always been Resurrection Day.
According to the scriptures sin is defined in the scriptures as breaking Gods law and not believing Gods Word (see James 2:10-11; 1 John 3:4; Romans 14:23). According to James in James 2:10-11 if we break anyone of Gods 10 commandments we stand guilty before God of sin and death (Romans 3:19). We do not have to not lie, steal, murder, commit adultery, use Gods name in vain as well but not doing so only makes us sinners and the wages of sin is death according to the scriptures (Romans 6:23). I suggest you think your argument through. Your promoting sin which will keep all who knowingly practice it out of Gods kingdom (see Matthew 7:21-23).Must we hold a Sabbath? No.
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