How I get to which day is the "Lord's Day"

Quoting LeBuick,
"True about physical only being a by-product of this blessing, however, is Heb 4 referring to the sabbath, spiritual rest (as in the gift of giving all your burdens over to Christ)[v3] or eternal rest with God (v9-11)?"

Two things stand out in Hebrews chapter 4: 1, The works of GOD; 2, with its worth for "the PEOPLE" or Church.

That's why an individual's works or abstaining from works is of less importance and virtually of no consequence, as far as this chapter is concerned.

Note that the REST of God in not passivity, but rather surpasses any of His other (general) works like creating or sustaining. God's rest is His salvation : His deeds through and in Jesus Christ; and the ultimate hereof is (was) His resurrection from the dead.

This is no different evaluation of what God's rest is than what is found in the first book of the Bible already. If one doesn't see and doesn't FIND Jesus in Genesis, I strongly feel he hasn't yet been found by Christ.

For me the Sabbth is God's chosen instrument and servant to accomplish this function and purpose - to 'discover' Christ as it were, and to serve His People to duely worship their Saviour God.

 

First, but least - I think ther's a bit of a mix-up with the verses - Is1 etal.

Two,
God never turned against His Sabbath; nor did I. But I tell you, for as long as you resist Jesus Christ the Alpha and Omega of the - God's - Sabbath DAY, you're against it!

Example, "Christ IS GOD - the Creator of all. If it were not for GOD we would not have GOD's memorial of Creation."

Christ is Saviour God, first of all. If it were not for Jesus, for His suffering, dying and resurrection from the dead, there would have been no creation to commemorate or celebrate; so the Christian celebrates God's Sabbath - Seventh Day of the week, for Christ's sake, firstly and lastly. And this order is absolutely obvious and preferable, from Colossians 2:12 and further. Verse 16 and its "THEREFOR"-oun, completely relies on what Jesus had done as Saviour - through His resurrection namely. One could paraphrase faithfully: "BECAUSE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, therefore do not you let yourselves be judged or condemned for celebrating your Sabbaths' Feasts."

 

Jesus said a lot more than what He said in so many words - He proclaimed the Gospel through deed more than through the spoken word - and most of His words in any case were not taken up in Scripture, but every deed of His of eternal consequence is recorded. Hence the Sabbath Day of the New Testament. It is much clearer in the NT than in the Old. Jesus is the revelation of God and of His will: Jesus is the Law of God.

The SDA's like to talk of the Law (OT) as being the true reflection of the 'character of God'; I've not once heard them say it of Jesus. But since Jesus - as the Law - reflects God's character in perfect unison and harmony with the OT word of Oath of God in Promise, I cannot for the life of me see how the Sabbath had to make place for Sunday.

 

BobRyan,
If I could persuad you to see your folly in the following, you might turn pro-Christian Sabbath ... "The Gospel writers REVEALED that Jesus rose on "Week day one" (not the Lord's Day) - BECAUSE that is when He rose from the dead. They never state "because in doing so He gave us instruction to keep week day one as the LORD's Day AND as the new Sabbath". But that certianly would be something TO SAY if that was a teaching they had in mind."

Repeat after me, word for word, just this once, please? So that you can hear what I say, and not just storm ahead with your ideas???
The Gospel writers REVEALED that Jesus rose "IN the Sabbath's fulness of being light BEFORE Week day one" (WHICH MAKES OF THE SABBATH, the Lord's Day) - BECAUSE that is when He rose from the dead. The Scriptures ALWAYS state 'because in doing so He gave meaning the day of the Sabbath as the LORD's Day AND as the new Sabbath'. That certianly would be something TO BELIEVE if that was THE teaching they had in mind.

 

qUOTING bOBrYAN,
"Christ IS GOD - the Creator of all. If it were not for GOD we would not have GOD's memorial of Creation.

That is a given."

No one comes to the Father except through the Son. That is a given. You would not have known ANYTHING about God unless you knew it through Jesus Christ ... without God, without hope, without salvation, damned and dumb like the gross of mankind. Creation would have been annihilated, were it not Christ redeemed it - If you want to celebrate creation, celebrate its salvation! This lesson was taught Israel already, when the 'Creation'-Sabbath had to make place for the 'Redemption'-Sabbath in the Decalogue. The Jews were blind to the Messianic meaning of this change; so are you and the Seventh Day Adventists. I pray you may one day see ...

 

In Christian love, Dustin, why would Jesus repeat the Sabbath Commandment if we no longer are under the OC? And why would He 'tell us' that we need to meet on the Sabbath Day if the NC is built on better promises - indeed upon the Promise of God come true in Jesus?
But in fact Jesus between the lines told us nothing short of keeping allegiance of the Sabbath Day when He said that He, the Son of man, is Lord of the Sabbath Day and that it was made (by Him) for man's ultimate sake -- for man's good through the Gospel of Christ? -- Which is worship of our Lord on that Day Chosen of the Lord?

 

You know, BobRyan, I can't help to take exception and get cross when you so sure of yourself declare: "The Gopel writers REVEALED" that Jesus rose on the First Day of the week. That is NOT the "Gospel writers", "revealing" - that is anti-christ, distorting the Gospel.