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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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WHEN IS YOUR SABBATH
WHEN IS YOUR SABBATH
HAVE YOU EVER REALLY THOUGHT ON WHAT DAY JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED? DO WE REALLY KNOW WHICH DAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK? WHICH DAY IS YOUR SABBATH? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY VIEWS ON THIS AND THIS IS JUST WHAT I THINK. SINCE THE BIBLE DOES NOT MENTION DAYS OF THE WEEK LIKE WE CALL THEM, I CAN'T CONFIRM THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH SCRIPTURE BUT PLEASE STAY WITH ME ON THIS. FROM WHAT I DO GET FROM SCRIPTURE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
THE DAY WHICH GOD APPOINTED TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF REST FROM ALL LABOR, AND TO BE KEPT HOLY AND CONSECRATED, IS THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. THAT IS THE DAY ON WHICH GOD RESTED FROM THE WORK OF CREATION. THIS DAY IS STILL OBSERVED BY THE JEWS AND MOST CHRISTIANS, AS THE SABBATH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS AS TO WHETHER IT IS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
VERY EARLY IN HISTORY, THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAD BEGUN TO OBSERVE THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. ON THAT DAY, REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD WAS COMPLETED AND WE OFTEN CALL IT THE LORD'S DAY. THE HEATHEN NATIONS IN NORTH EUROPE DEDICATED THIS DAY TO THE SUN AND THEIR DESCENDANTS CONTINUED TO CALL THE DAY SUNDAY. BUT IN THE UNITED STATED, ALTHOUGH OUR CALENDAR HAS TAKEN THE NAME "SUNDAY" AND HAS MADE IT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, CHRISTIANS HAVE, TO A GREAT EXTENT, DISCARDED THE HEATHEN NAME AND HAVE ADOPTED THE JEWISH NAME OF SABBATH.
THE BIBLE DOES NOT STATE ON WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED. THE TWO MOST WIDELY HELD VIEWS ARE FRIDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME, HOWEVER, USING A SYNTHESIS OF BOTH FRIDAY AND WEDNESDAY, HAVE SETTLED ON THURSDAY AS THE DAY. THIS IS TO MAKE IT RELATE TO HAVING JESUS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS, FULFILLING THE SCRIPTURE, CRUCIFIED ON THURSDAY WITH THAT BEING THE FIRST DAY AND NIGHT JESUS WAS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH, FRIDAY BEING THE SECOND AND SATURDAY BEING THE THIRD. THIS WOULD MAKE IT WHERE HE ROSE ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 12:40, "FOR AS JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE HUGE FISH, SO THE SON OF MAN WILL BE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH" THOSE WHO ARGUE FOR FRIDAY CRUCIFIXION SAY THAT THERE IS STILL A VALID WAY IN WHICH HE COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS BUT NOT THREE NIGHTS. IN THE JEWISH MIND OF THE FIRST CENTURY, A PART OF A DAY WAS CONSIDERED AS A FULL DAY. SINCE JESUS WAS IN THE GRAVE FOR PART OF FRIDAY, ALL OF SATURDAY, AND PART OF SUNDAY, HE COULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN IN THE GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS. HOWEVER, AGAIN NOT FOR THREE NIGHTS.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE JEWS FOR FRIDAY IS FOUND IN MARK 15:42-43 (NIV) WHICH NOTES THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED "THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH". { It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. } SINCE THE PHRASE (that is, the day before the Sabbath) IS IN PARENTHESIS, I UNDERSTAND IT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT BUT ADDED BY THE TRANSCRIBERS TO MAKE. ALSO, IT SAYS AS EVENING APPROACHED AND I AM NOT SURE THAT JOSEPH WOULD HAVE HAD TIME TO GO TO PILATE AND ASK FOR JESUS' BODY, TAKE IT DOWN FROM THE CROSS, TAKE IT TO THE TOMB AND PREPARE HIS BODY FOR BURIAL BEFORE THE SABBATH BEGAN. SINCE HE WAS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, I AM SURE HE KEPT THE SABBATH. I BELIEVE THEY HAD MANY DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THE SABBATH.
IN MARK 8:31 JESUS SAYS HE WILL BE RAISED "AFTER" THREE DAYS WHICH, TO ME, IS THE BEST TRANSLATION SINCE THIS WOULD MAKE HIM RISING ON SUNDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE. WE SHOULD KEEP ONE DAY AS THE SABBATH AND IF HE ROSE ON SUNDAY, AS MOST CHRISTIANS BELIEVE, WE HAVE A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON THURSDAY.
NOW I HAVE PUT THIS OUT TO YOU TO SAY THIS. I HAVE BEEN ASKED SO MANY TIMES WHAT DAY I THINK IS THE SABBATH AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS TO REST. JUST REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO HONOR ONE DAY AS YOUR SABBATH. THIS IS ONE OF GOD'S COMMANDMENTS SO I ASK YOU, DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHICH DAY IT IS SINCE THE BIBLE DOES NOT TELL US IT WAS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR ANY OTHER DAY OF THE WEEK? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT ON THAT THIRD DAY WE, WHO BELIEVE AND HAVE RECEIVE JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR, WERE BORN AGAIN. FOR ME, I CONSIDER THE SABBATH A DAY OF WORSHIP AND LOOKING AT IT LIKE THIS, EVERY DAY SHOULD BE ALL OF OUR SABBATHS BECAUSE WE SHOULD WORSHIP HIM EVERY DAY.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
