When Did God Change the Sabbath from the Seventh Day (Saturday) to the First Day (Sunday)?
There is no place in the Bible where God commanded the Sabbath to be on another day. The term “first day of the week” as found in Acts 20:7 and 1st Corinthians 16:2 is used to justify a Sunday Sabbath. In both cases, the the term “first day of the week” is incorrectly translated from the Greek text, where it is called “the first of sabbaths”, or “Mia Sabbaton”. The Latin Vulgate also is rendered in Latin as the “first of Sabbaths”, and not the “first day of the week.” The term “first of sabbaths” is used for the Feast of First Fruits, which is the beginning of the “week of weeks”, or 7 weeks until Pentecost. Christ walked in the fields on the second sabbath of this week (Luke 6:1) In both accounts, the “first of sabbaths” is just prior to Pentecost, since it is 49 days prior. (Acts 20:16, 1st Corinthians 16:8) This indicates a yearly feast day, and not a weekly occurrance. It was during this time that a collection was taken up by Paul for those in Jerusalem, in accordance with Deuteron
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