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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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"WHAT DAY IS YOUR SABBATH?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
I FOUND AN ARTICLE A FEW YEARS AGO ON WHICH DAY WAS THE SABBATH DAY. I DON'T KNOW THE AUTHOR BUT IT IS VERY GOOD AND I AM GONG TO TYPE IT BELOW. I DID THIS A FEW YEARS AGO AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE READ IT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO GOOD I DECIDED TO POST IT AGAIN.
THE DAY WHICH GOD APPOINTED TO BE OBSERVED, BY THE JEWS, AS A DAY OF REST FORM ALL SECULAR LABOR OR EMPLOYMENT, AND TO BE KEPT HOLY AND CONSECRATED TO HIS SERVICE AND WORSHIP, WAS ORIGINALLY THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK, THE DAY ON WHICH GOD RESTED FROM THE WORK OF CREATION. THIS DAY IS STILL OBSERVED BY THE JEWS AND SOME CHRISTIANS, AS THE SABBATH.
BUT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH VERY EARLY BEGUN, AND STILL CONTINUES, TO OBSERVE THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, IN COMMEMORATIONS OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST ON THAT DAY, BY WHICH THE WORK OF REDEMPTION WAS COMPLETED. HENCE, IT IS OFTEN CALLED THE LORD'S DAY. THE HEATHEN NATIONS IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE DEDICATED THIS DAY TO THE SUN, AND HENCE THEIR CHRISTIAN DESCENDANTS CONTINUE TO CALL THE DAY SUNDAY. BUT IN THE UNITED STATED, CHRISTIANS HAVE, TO A GREAT EXTENT, DISCARDED THE HEATHEN NAME AND ADOPTED THE JEWISH NAME SABBATH.
THE BIBLE DOES NOT EXPLICITLY STATE ON WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK 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.
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. 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.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS FOR FRIDAY IS FOUND IN MARK 15:42, WHICH NOTES THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED "THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH." IF THAT WAS THE WEEKLY SABBATH, I.E. SATURDAY, THEN THAT FACT LEADS TO A FRIDAY CRUCIFIXION. ANOTHER ARGUMENT FOR FRIDAY SAYS THAT VERSES SUCH AS MATTHEW 16:21 AND LUKE 9:22 TEACH THAT JESUS WOULD RISE ON THE THIRD DAY, THEREFORE, HE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE IN THE GRAVE A FULL THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS.
WHILE SOME TRANSLATIONS USE "ON THE THIRD DAY" FOR THESE VERSES, NOT ALL DO, AND NOT EVERYONE AGREES THAT "ON THE THIRD DAY" IS THE BEST WAY TO TRANSLATE THESE VERSES. FURTHERMORE, MARK 8:31 SAYS THAT JESUS WILL BE RAISED "AFTER" THREE DAYS. WE SHOULD KEEP ONE DAY AS THE SABBATH AND YOU HAVE A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH SINCE MARK WROTE THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH.
TO ME, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE KEEP THE SABBATH ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY OR ANY OTHER DAY OF THE WEEK AS LONG AS WE HAVE JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR. HOWEVER, WHETHER OR NOT WE GO TO CHURCH ON OUR SABBATH IS UP TO US. WE JUST NEED TO KEEP ONE DAY SET APART FOR JESUS. WE ALL CAN GIVE HIM THAT MUCH TIME FOR WHAT ALL HE DID FOR US. SO KEEP YOUR SABBATH AND WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, WE CAN FIND OUT FOR SURE. THE FUNNY THING IS THAT IT WON'T MATTER ANY MORE WHEN WE GET THERE.
I HOPE YOU ALL THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING AND ENJOYED IT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
