The lords day is whatever day christians worship on. M any sincere people feel that sunday, the first day of the week, is the day on which christians should meet to worship god. However had always some conflicting ideas within me always that why some people go to church on sunday others on saturday. The sabbath and the lords day study resources blue letter bible. Sunday is not the christian sabbath and its not biblically correct to refer to sunday as the sabbath because nowhere in scripture is the first day of the week referred to as the sabbath. These scriptures refute the teaching that the decalogue was abolished at the cross sixty years before. There is far too much mixing the three and making them all refer to one day. According to the book of exodus, the sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by god to be kept as a holy day of rest, as god rested from creation. He wrote that he was in the spirit on the lords day, and wrote this about thirty years. The lords day is the day on which our life has sprung up again by him. However this is a very weak argument and the actual evidence for the first day sunday is much.
Both parties accordingly use this verse to lay claim to the name lords day for their day of worship. Does the lords day mean the first day of the week, or does it mean something else. Feb 09, 2017 the lords day in revelation sunday or saturday. But this teaching is increasingly coming under attack, both inside and outside the church. I john was in the spirit on the lords day, and i heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet revelation 1. However this is a very weak argument and the actual evidence for the first day sunday is much stronger. Notice, however, that this verse does not say the first day of the week or sunday is what john calls the lords day. We have seen how former adherents of the ancient customs have since attained to a new hope. The lords day and the lord of the sabbath ministry magazine. Apr 18, 2004 the sabbath being the 7th day of the week was the day that god rested. John, who recorded what he saw in vision, begins by explaining whose revelation it was it was the revelation of jesus christ, which god the father gave him, revelation 1. One of the most widespread teachings of the seventhday adventist church is that the central issue in the final crisis of earths history has to do with the sabbath command of the decalogue. They do more than this, they show which day is the lords dayit is the seventh day.
Cjb i came to be, in the spirit, on the day of the lord. Sep 30, 2017 the lords day is not a direct counterpart to the jewish sabbath and the sabbath day was not changed from the seventh day to the first day. It is not a quiet day of worship on the first day of the week. And so, this, if not the day during which the church was observing the sabbath, needs to be explained. Sabbath vs sunday gods holy day here a little, there a. They called this the lord s day because it was the day that christ rose from the dead. How is it then that we celebrate what we call the lord s day on the 1st day of the week have we perverted the laws of god by instituting this special day as being comemorative of the sabbath.
More specifically, we will learn how the lords day of revelation 1. The sabbath and the lords day middletown bible church. The sabbath in prophecy sabbath truth what day is the. What is the difference between the sabbath and the lords day.
This segment comes from the easter story briefing pack and published by koinonia house. The lords day is not a direct counterpart to the jewish sabbath and the sabbath day was not changed from the seventh day to the first day. There are numerous scriptural references to the day of the lord isaiah 2. Of necessity, any focus on last day events must keep jesus front and center, exactly what the book of revelation does. Wilson concerning the sacred day sabbath according to genesis 2. They maintain that jesus said he was lord of the sabbath. The five books that john wrote always called the sabbath the sabbath while in revelation 1. All speak of a day in which yahweh brings destruction on the earth. The bible leaves no record of the firstcentury church worshipping or celebrating the resurrection on sunday. When jesus said that he was the lord of the sabbath, he was talking about how he would rule over what is popularly called the millennium. I was in the spirit on the lord s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, in. This one thousand year period that is the seventh prophetic day is also referred to as the day of the lord, which is what john was prophetically taken to in this revelation. Sabbath day and worship of a false god on another day.
Many believe it to be sunday, yet there is no scriptural support for this private opinion. The lord s day in this context, is sunday rather than the sabbath, which was previously observed on saturdays exodus 20. Some bible students have supposed that the expression the lords day in. The day of the lord in the hebrew bible sometimes refers to a coming. The earliest reference we have to the lord s day, besides the vague comment made in the book of revelation 1. The lords day vs the sabbath baptist christian forums. I was in the spirit on the lord s day revelation 1. I used to go to church on sunday as a catholic believer.
Cev on the lord s day the spirit took control of me, and behind me i heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet. The expression the lords day is found only once in the bible. Study this weeks lesson to prepare for sabbath, april 21. Mar, 2020 like you said, if he meant the sabbath, then he would have called it that. From all of the research that ive done on this subject, it seems that the lords day in revelation 1. I was in the spirit on the lord s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet revelation 1.
Thus the commandments of god are exalted before the apostles vision. The lord s day is no more the sabbath anymore than the the day of the lord is. The major theme of the book of revelationthe day of the lordis introduced in the very beginning of this final book of the bible. A commentary on the book of revelation newcastle, ca. Since revelation is one of those five books then the statement of john always calling the sabbath the sabbath is only correct if john is not referring to the sabbath in revelation 1. All that you have listed above is not applicable, because it is by your own interpreting that the lord s day sabbath day. Now, to be fair, holding to the belief that the sabbath and the lords day as being the same, is not something that would affect ones salvation. They do more than this, they show which day is the lords dayit is the seventh day, commanded in the law deposited in the ark. The earliest reference we have to the lords day, besides the vague comment made in the book of revelation 1.
For one thing, many adventists have noticed that the term sabbath nowhere occurs in the book of revelation. This weeks lesson looks at jesus in the book of revelation. The phrase seems to have become more common in the second century a. Exploring an important sabbath argument often overlooked. For the son of man is lord even of the sabbath day. Hebrews 4 new international version niv a sabbath rest for the people of god. In this segment, chuck missler discusses the sabbath day. Vernon mcgee the sabbath day or the lords day which. Sabbatarians maintain that the lord s day is the sabbath. Seventhday sabbatarians hold that since jesus said he was lord of the sabbath and that isaiah called the sabbath the lord s holy day then the lords day is the seventhday sabbath i. Also, john, being in the spirit on the lord s day demonstrates that the first day of the week bore enough significance to merit such a familiar nomenclature as the lord s day and john speaks of this day as if it were a normal occurrence. Mar 24, 2014 the book of revelation was given on the sabbath. The change from the sabbath to sunday does not have a firm foundation when one sticks to scripture.
The day of the lord finally arrives united church of god. Viewed in the light of reason, revelation, law, race and history weisman, charles a on. On the lords day of the lord come together, break bread and hold eucharist, after. There is another group of christians, equally sincere, who believe that the original seventhday sabbath is the true lords day to be observed by alleven this side of the cross. Sunday, the day when jesus was raised from death, and when many christians worship. Journal of the adventist theological society, 912 1998.
You will not find one single verse in the bible where god identifies himself with any day other than the seventh day sabbath such as the. They think that the fourth commandment, which requires the sabbath to be kept holy, was nullified by christ and is therefore no longer binding on believers. Mar, 2020 quoted the lord s day according to scripture, is the 7th day, the sabbath day of the lord. The basic meaning of this verb is illustrated in such passages as genesis. Jesus and the book of revelation sabbath school net.
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