By Stefany Castro THE CHRISTIAN HOLY DAY: SABBATH OR SIJNDAY? «Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holyi’ But what day is the correct Sabbath. This debate has been going on for close to two thousand years and has caused a Split in Christianity. The majority of Christians choose to worship on Sunday while a handful of denominations worship on the Saturday. It is generally agreed that the Sabbath is a day of mental and physical break with a distinctly redemptive meaning closely related to the everlasting gospel.
Despite the differences in beliefs the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the only day of rest that has been lessed and hallowe PACE 1 ora Sunday worsh e Jesus rose on to nextgEge Sunday, the day wors the Ist day of the week. Sunday is the e Jewish reckoning, is one in which God, eated light (Genesis 1 :3), anticipating the resurrection of Christ, new creation and final arrival of the Divine Light world. This, of course, is a tremendous claim, even a blasphemous claim. We have noted before that Christ says He is Lord of the Sabbath, indicating clearly thereby that He denies the right of anyone to tamper with the Sabbath.
It is often claimed that the 7th day was instituted for the Jews and Christian Swipe to View nexr page Christians are not required to keep this day holy. The command to keep holy the seventh day is one of the Ten Commandments; you believe that the other nine are Still binding; who gave you authority to tamper with the fourth? If you are consistent with Your own principles, if you really follow the Bible and the Bible only, you ought to be able to produce some portion of the New Testament in which this fourth commandment is expressly altered. Who has authority to change an express commandment of Almighty God?
When God has spoken and said, Thou shall keep oly the seventh day, who shall dare to say, Nay, thou mayest work and do all manner of worldly business on the seventh day; but thou shalt keep holy the first day in it instead? In many countries calendars begin on a Monday and therefore the seventh day of the week becomes Sunday. According to Gregorian calendar Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is ’00 or ’01. The Hebrew calendar follows a seven-day weekly cycle, which runs concurrently but independently of the monthly and annual cycles.
The names for the days of the week are simply the day number within the week. In Hebrew, these names may be abbreviated using the numerical value of the Hebrew letters. 1 . Yom rishon ‘first dayi’ Sunday (starting at preceding sunset) 2. Yom sheni = «second day» = Mond day» — Sunday (starting at preceding sunset) 2. Yom sheni = «second day» = Monday 3. Yom shlishl = «third day» = Tuesday 4. Yom revi? i = «fourth day» = Wednesday 5. Yom chamishi = «fifth day» = Thursday 6. Yom shishi = «sixth dayi’ = Friday 7. Yom Shabbat or more usually Shabbat = «Sabbath day (Rest day)» Saturday
The names of the days of the week are modeled on the seven days mentioned in the Creation story. For example, Genesis 1:5 » „ And there was evening and there was morning, one day». One day also translates to first day or day one. Similarly, see Genesis 1:13, 1:19, 1:23, and 2. 2. ‘k The Roman Catholic Church not only claims to have changed the law of God as regards the Sabbath commandment, but is proud of the fact, and claims that it has done so by divine authority. Saturday Worshippers chide the religions for keeping the first day of the week. This there is no Scriptural authority, but only the edict of the Catholic Church.
Instead the protestants claim to accept the Bible and Bible only. Do they recognize the situation as presented by the Roman Catholic Church? Do they know of the claims made, and do they acknowledge them? As long ago as the Protestant Reformation, this way incorporated in the Augsburg Confession: » They [ the Catholics] allege the Sabbath changed into Sunday, the Lord’ s day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it appears; neither is there any example more boasted of than th 3Lvf4 day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it appears; neither is there any example more boasted of than the changing ofthe Sabbath ay.
Great, say they, is the power and authority of the church, slnce it dispensed with one ofthe Ten Commandments. » Augsburg Confession, Art. XXVIII. God say to remember, the Sabbath is a sign, God say forever, did you forget? he Word «remember» actually does not mean «forget. » Remember, it is the way the Fourth Commandment begins: Remember the Sabbath. It is not a «suggestion,» it is a commandment. Can you remember that? It is not a «principle» of taking off one day a week, it is a commandment, to remember the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. The day that God blessed, the day
He made holy, the day He sanctified. Remember. It is not a day of burden. Escuchar REFERENCES B. A. Robinson. he weekly Sabbath: is it to be Saturday or Sunday? http://www. religioustolerance. org/sabbath. htm Jairo Carrizales. http://www’. monografias. com/trabajos2 Isabodom/sabodom. shtml. Retrieved 28 th November, 2010. M. L. Andreason (1942). THE SABBATH, WhiCh day and WhY?. Herald Publishing Association. IJ. S. A. Wikipedia. Sabbath http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sabbath Retrieved 24 th November, 2010. Wikipedia. Sunday httpWen. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sunday Retrieved 27 th November, 2010.
