This is part 2 of Chapter 6 of Friends With God: The Gifts Of God. In this chapter we are exploring the blessings that God wants to give to those who delight in his way of life.
Indeed the day we call Saturday is the Sabbath. It was established at creation and Christ and the disciples all kept it.
Christian and non-Christian, Jew and gentile congregated in the Synagogue on the Sabbath during the first century. (Acts 13:14-15, 13:42) Christians worshiped God in the Jewish Synagogue, on the Sabbath Day. (Acts 10:34-35, 17:1-17, 18:4-19)
It was changed at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD at the direction of the Emperor Constantine who was a sun worshiper, and Sunday is the day for worshiping the sun.
Constantine mixed Sun worship with Christianity, one side of his coins had the cross the other the symbol of the Sun. This is a classic case of religious syncretism, which I wrote about recently: https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/religious-syncretism
The Catholics admit they changed it, see this link to their website on the subject.
Thanks for that detailed reply Martin. I was thinking about all the meanings of the days, and figured that the names of the days of our week are pagan.
Only so much as he numbered them 1-7 in Genesis, and also regularly called the Sabbath the "seventh day" throughout scripture.
The same with the months, while scripture uses some names they are more often just called by their numbers, starting with Nisan also called Abib (both of which are pagan origin) which God simply calls the first month.
The calendar is a fascinating study, but gets a bit complex at times when people try to be definitive as to when a New Moon is, or how many months in a year.
But all that is blown out of the water when you realize that scripture does not mention the need for an international date line due to the fact we have a round planet, so it will all get sorted during the millennium rule of Christ.
So the real Sabbath is Saturday?
Indeed the day we call Saturday is the Sabbath. It was established at creation and Christ and the disciples all kept it.
Christian and non-Christian, Jew and gentile congregated in the Synagogue on the Sabbath during the first century. (Acts 13:14-15, 13:42) Christians worshiped God in the Jewish Synagogue, on the Sabbath Day. (Acts 10:34-35, 17:1-17, 18:4-19)
It was changed at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD at the direction of the Emperor Constantine who was a sun worshiper, and Sunday is the day for worshiping the sun.
Constantine mixed Sun worship with Christianity, one side of his coins had the cross the other the symbol of the Sun. This is a classic case of religious syncretism, which I wrote about recently: https://friendswithgod.substack.com/p/religious-syncretism
The Catholics admit they changed it, see this link to their website on the subject.
https://www.catholic.com/qa/did-the-early-church-move-the-sabbath-from-saturday-to-sunday
They claim they did it as that was the day Jesus was raised from the dead, but there is no directive in scripture to change God's day of rest.
God has not changed his day of worship established from creation.
All churches that keep Sunday follow the Catholic tradition which is from the Sun Worshiping Constantine.
Thanks for that detailed reply Martin. I was thinking about all the meanings of the days, and figured that the names of the days of our week are pagan.
This is truly sad.
Did God ever give names to the days anytime?
Only so much as he numbered them 1-7 in Genesis, and also regularly called the Sabbath the "seventh day" throughout scripture.
The same with the months, while scripture uses some names they are more often just called by their numbers, starting with Nisan also called Abib (both of which are pagan origin) which God simply calls the first month.
The calendar is a fascinating study, but gets a bit complex at times when people try to be definitive as to when a New Moon is, or how many months in a year.
But all that is blown out of the water when you realize that scripture does not mention the need for an international date line due to the fact we have a round planet, so it will all get sorted during the millennium rule of Christ.