What gave Christians the right to change the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday?
Well let me begin by saying that we are not talking about “rights.” Rights have to deal with legal issues of governmental law. The placement of the Sabbath day had nothing to do with ether forms of that law. The Commandments are clear when we speak about the Law of God, that we, as faithful followers of God, are to keep holy the Sabbath. And when we read in the Book of Genesis that this Sabbath day should be placed on the seventh day we know from this that one out of seven days we need to give back to the Lord, but then again this doesn’t mention any particular day of the week does it? In the early Christian Church it began very quickly to that they celebrate the day after the traditional Jewish Sabbath as a remembrance of Christ’s Resurrection. This is important on a number of different levels, one to signify a new order of Creation brought about through Jesus Passion, Death and Resurrection. And this new Creation is the beginning of the “eighth day” (if you want to read some really g
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- If Sunday is the first day of the week, and sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday is the Sabbath and should be kept holy, then why do Christians worship on Sunday?
- What gave Christians the right to change the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday?
- Why do christians worship on Sunday instead of Saturday (Sabbath) ?
