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Acts 13.14.27.42.44

According to the Law of GOD (Law of Moses) congregation must be assembled on the Sabbath Day only. The Sabbath Day was blessed and sanctified by All MIGHTY GOD Himself (Genesis 2.2-3), it became the HOLY DAY and required to be observe every Seventh Day without any exceptions.

Jesus Christ the Son of GOD observed Sabbath faithfully (Luke 4.16) as His Father Commanded, and he fully fulfill all the Laws that His Father gave to Israel to observe and to follow. Jesus never violated the Sabbath Day, actually He never violate any Statute or Commandment of the Law of Moses.

In verse 14 Paul and Barnabas came to synagogue on the Sabbath Day in the land of Gentiles, in Antioch of Pisidia, the same custom also recorder and in following chapters of Acts.

It was unthinkable for Apostles, or for any early Christian for that matter, to worship GOD on any other day of the week besides Sabbath. Despite the facts that GOD can be worship at any day and at any time, the Sabbath Day is especially and particularly designed and purposed to imitate GOD in His activity of the creation of the world, not mentioning to imitate Him in His Personality and Character of truth, righteousness, justice, and love, all of which recorded in His Laws, by everyone who are truly loyal and faithful to Him.

Teachings of the Law by teachers and prophets of GOD always had been done on the Sabbath Day. This indicates that the Sabbath was the prime Day when teachings of the GOD'S Laws must be learned, explained, and memorized, to enforce it as the Law of the land on all of its inhabitants (verse 27), Jews and Gentiles.

Gentiles in Pisidia who heard the Word of GOD from Paul and Barnabas in their synagogue, "begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath." (verse 42). All Gentiles knew very well that Jews worship GOD only on the Sabbath Day, and they completely accepted Gospel of Christ from these two Jews, and without any reasonable doubt begged them to teach them and on the next Sabbath Day (verse 42), which is indeed happened on the next Sabbath Day (verse 44).

The Lord rested on the Sabbath Day is not aphorism but reality. Word "Rest" under this context means WORSHIP. Six day a week we shall work, but on the Seventh Day we must REST AND WORSHIP GOD. Six days are for us, but the Seventh Day is for GOD only.

The Kingdom of GOD also compared to "REST." (Hebrews 4.4-5.9-10). Those who intent to reach the Kingdom of GOD should also think of the Sabbath as GOD'S Kingdom there is GOD rests with all His subjects. Violating Sabbath, in this case, means violating the Kingdom of GOD.

It will be a time then all mankind will worship GOD of Israel on the Sabbath Day (Isaiah 66.23).

What kind of reward will be for those who observe the Sabbath Day besides having Eternal Life at the end (referring to Hebrews 4)? It will be the blessing of GOD without measure (Isaiah 58.13-14).

 

I do not know what the SDA is.

I also do not know who will go to Hell and for what reason.

I only expressing here my opinion on the basis of the Bible, with some verses as proof for my point of view.

So far no one responded to my post with the proof from the Holy Scripture that Christian shall worship on Sunday instead of Saturday.

I am not just going to the church to seat and listen the same monotony over and over again, but I am going to the church on the Sabbath Day, blessed and sanctified by GOD Himself, to join the holy congregation, to study the Bible and to worship GOD that the Lord our GOD prescribed for all to observe and never changed it.

I do not blame anyone who worship GOD on Sunday, it is up to the people themselves, to choose for themselves what of Commandments of GOD they want to obey and what do not.

As it written, "Everyone will receive his/her reward according to their deeds." (Jeremiah 17.10) (Matthew 16.27)

Revelation 22.12
12."See, I am coming soon, My reward is with Me to repay according to everyone’s work."

 

Thank you for clarifying it for me.

I am not Seven Day Adventist, but I respect them greatly for their worship on the Sabbath Day.

As I mentioned before I do not belong to any denomination, I except Holy Scripture as it is.

 

GOD'S Sabbath and Israel's Sabbath are the same - not to do any WORK on the Seven Sabbath Day but have the holy congregation. There is nothing else for which the Sabbath is dedicated for.

 

Acts 20.6-7

Everything in these days was done as it should according to the Law of Moses.

7.And on the first day of the week when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

"To break bread" means to eat food, which is often mentioned in the Bible in such form on many different occasions.

This was not Passover Day and Holy Congregation that must be gathered on the Sabbath Day, according to the Law, surely they already done it on the previous Sabbath Day (read verse 6), but it was the farewell gathering for Paul's departure the next day (Monday), with food serve and his final speech on Sunday at midnight perhaps until following Monday, as it could be done on the any day of the week.

You made mistake indicating Sunday as Passover Day in verse 7, when in actuality Paul and his companions already observed Passover Day in Philippi.

6.And we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, and there we stayed seven days.

Passover is celebrated only one time in Year and Paul and his companions already done in Philippi on the Sabbath Day.

So, you confuse ordinary gathering, in this case the farewell gathering for Paul's departure with the Passover Day.

 

"16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:"

16.Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food, or drink, or in respect to a festival, or a new moon, or a Sabbath Day,
17.things which are a mere shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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In regard to Meat (Food), Drink, Holiday Festival, or a New Moon, all of them are physical Commandments of the Law of Moses, about which newly converted Jews and Gentiles argued about, to observe them or not.

Paul also mentioned in this group and Sabbath Day, but not because they argued about should they observe Sabbath or not, but they argued what is allowed them to do on the Sabbath without defiling it, and what not allowed.

While Law of Moses precisely specifies what to do and what not to do on the Sabbath Day, this issue spills over mentioned situations in the Law and became much wider in reality of life.

The same issue also debated during OT times and still today among many Jewish groups and Christians who observe Sabbath.

So, Sabbath stays as it is without any changes or alterations.

But verses 17th continues the same direction of thought and call these physical commandments "mere shadow of what is to come."

Means that all these physical rituals and holidays will represent its Spiritual Side then the right time will come, and they already did it when Christ came and explained all of them in their Spiritual Terms, Forms, and Meanings in His speeches and teachings, which is call today as His Gospel.

The second part of the verse 17 explains that the Spiritual Substance of all physical rituals and commandments, all of them belongs to Spiritual Substance of Christ and His Spiritual Kingdom, as the Main Substance of which He and His Kingdom are made of, based upon, lives, and functioning on.

By bending and twisting Holy Scripture many Christians trying to dismiss Sabbath as essential part in worshiping GOD.

Incomplete in their mind, knowledge, and understanding of the Word of GOD, they are fabricating, making up, adding and deducting from the Holy Scripture its essence, its meaning, and its truth.

But this is not comes as surprise, because all of it was done from the very beginning when the Law of GOD and its Gospel was given to Moses.


For many it is very hard to stand in truth of the Holy Scripture, particularly for those who are pretended to be a Christians but in reality, are not.

 

This post was made as response to previous post and replies about Sabbath.

It directed to those who are denying Sabbath as Holy, Sanctified, and the Day of Worship GOD, preferring Sunday instead according to human tradition.

My posts concerning Sabbath do not target any particular person but target whole human tradition that made against Statutes and Ordinances of the Holy Scripture (your Bible).

If you feel personally offended, it is not because it personally relates to you, as in the same way many other arguments on this site between people concerning religion and its matters as they posted here.

But if you still personally offended, I cannot help you, because I, like everybody else in this forum, expressing my own point of view and my own opinion according to that I learned from the Bible.

I receive many negative comments and positive as well on my posts, and I respect all opinion.

I already posted number of times passages from the Bible concerning Sabbath in my previous posts and will do it again for you. I hope you do not play games with me by asking to provide for you proof concerning worship on the Sabbath Day, wasting my time. I prefer if you do your own homework concerning passages on the Sabbath.

Hebrews 3.11.18, 4.3-6.9-11, Isaiah 66.23, 58.13-14. These are only few from many other written that revealed importance of worship GOD on the Sabbath Day.

Book of Acts particularly mentioning numerous times worship of GOD by Jews and Gentiles on the Sabbath Day by early Christians. Peter, Paul, and their companions, all teach about Christ in the synagogues only on the Sabbath Day.

As I mentioned many times before, we can worship, celebrate, praise and glorify GOD on any day of the week or even every day of the week. But the Sabbath Day is Blessed and Sanctified by GOD Personally on the Seventh Day, on which a human must stop all his work of six days and give the Seventh Day to GOD by praying and praising Him as it recorded in the Bible.

Because the Seventh Sabbath Day was Sanctified and Blessed by GOD Himself (Genesis 2.2-3), those who worship on the Sabbath Day also especially Blessed and Sanctified, because they obey GOD'S Command.

GOD Blessed and Sanctified Sabbath Day long before Law of Moses was given, and so, because of it the Sabbath remains the Universal Holiday for all humanity and for those who respect GOD and obey His Command written in the Law of Moses.

Jesus Christ Himself obeyed Sabbath Day to the end, and if you call yourself Christian, why do you not do what Jesus followed and obeyed, but follow someone else instead?

You also ask which calendar to use? It does not matter, use current calendar if you like.