CHRISTIAN FEASTS AND CUSTOMS #2
by Francis Weiser
SUNDAYS—— THE ADOPTING OF
HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT
The system of dividing the moon month (twenty-eight days) into
four parts and of keeping a day of rest in each period of seven
days is of very ancient origin. At the time of Abraham it was
generally observed among the Hebrews and other Semitic nations.
The Bible reports the creation as taking place within six days;
and the subsequent "resting" of the Lord on the seventh day
reveals the Sabbath as instituted and sanctified by God (Genesis
2,3). Consequently, the Sabbath rest was enjoined by the Law of
Moses under severe sanctions. Daily labor for providing the
necessities of life was to be laid aside. Travel and business
transactions were not allowed, and no work could be done on farm
or in garden or house. Even the food for the Sabbath meals had to
be prepared on the preceding day. For this reason Friday came to
be called "paraskeue" or day of preparation.
Although additional acts of worship were not prescribed for the
Sabbath, the custom developed in the later centuries of the Old
Testament of doubling the official daily sacrifice in the temple
on the Sabbath. People who lived outside Jerusalem attended the
synagogues (meetinghouses) for religious instruction and common
prayer.
(I HAVE COVERED IN STUDIES THE TRUTH THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
WERE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM CREATION OF GENESIS ONE, TO
THE TIME OF MOSES. HENCE, THE SABBATH COMMAND WAS FROM THE
CREATION OF GENESIS ONE. PAUL SAYS IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS, SIN DID
REIGN FROM ADAM TO MOSES. SIN IS THE BREAKING OF THE LAW - THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS [1 JOHN 3:4; ROMANS 7]. SO IT WAS SIN TO BREAK
THE 7TH DAY SABBATH COMMANDMENT FROM THE TIME OF ADAM - Keith
Hunt)
NEW TESTAMENT
In the New Testament there is no evidence that Christ or the
Apostles immediately abolished the Sabbath. In fact, the Apostles
for some years observed it along with other practices of the Old
Testament (see Acts 18,4),
(AH, DID YOU GET THOSE PLAIN WORDS WEISER HAS SAID? AND IT IS THE
TRUTH OF THE MATTER. AND MORE TRUTH IS THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT
NOWHERE ABOLISHES THE 7TH DAY SABBATH - ALL PROVED IN MANY
STUDIES UNDER THIS SECTION OF MY WEBSITE - Keith Hunt)
while at the same time they celebrated Sunday as the new
Christian day of worship because it was the day of Christ's
resurrection (Acts 20,7).
(WEISER IS UTTERLY WRONG!! THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS NOWHERE
TAUGHT OR CLAIMED SUNDAY WAS TO BE OBSERVED JUST BECAUSE CHRIST
WAS RAISED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. YOU
CANNOT FIND ANY AUTHOR OF ANY BOOK OF THE NT CLAIMING OR TALKING
ABOUT OBSERVING SUNDAY, OR THAT IT REPLACED THE 7TH DAY SABBATH.
THE SABBATH AND PHYSICAL CIRCUMCISION WERE TWO OF THE LARGEST
INSTITUTIONS IN JEWISH RELIGIOUS LIFE. IF THEY HELD A CHURCH WIDE
MEETING [ACTS 15] TO DECIDE THE QUESTION OF PHYSICAL
CIRCUMCISION, YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR, THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A CHURCH WIDE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT OBSERVING SUNDAY OR
ABOLISHING THE 7TH DAY SABBATH - NO SUCH CHURCH MEETING CAN BE
FOUND IN THE NT - Keith Hunt)
Saint Paul declared that the keeping of the Sabbath was not
binding on the gentile Christians (Colossians 2:16).
(AGAIN WEISER IS WRONG!! VERY WRONG!! HE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE
TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF COLOSSIAN 2. I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE TRUTH IN
A STUDY UNDER THIS SECTION OF MY WEBSITE - Keith Hunt)
It seems, however, that the converts from Judaism continued to
observe the Sabbath for quite some time. This custom prompted
various local churches of the Orient to keep both Saturday and
Sunday as holydays, until the Council of Laodicea in the fourth
century forbade this double observance. The Greek Church
preserves a special distinction for Saturday even today: like
Sunday, it is always exempt from the law of fast or abstinence.
(NOW DID YOU GET THOSE WORDS FROM WEISER, WHAT HE ADMITS AS BEING
THE PRACTICE. STUDIES ON THIS WEBSITE FROM DR.SAMUELE BACCHIOCCHI
PROVE IT ALL IN DETAIL; WHAT THE SCRIPTURE TEACH AND WHAT HISTORY
TEACHES. IN THE OVERALL WORLD OF CHRISTIANITY [THE RISE OF ROME
THEOLOGY] ***BOTH*** DAYS WERE OBSERVED UNTIL THE 4TH CENTURY
WHEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNCIL OF LAODICEA FORBADE THIS DOUBLE
OBSERVANCE - Keith Hunt)
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