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To: BamaCharm
The early church continued to observe Saturday as a day of rest and Sunday as a day of worship for the first few centuries of church history. On March 7, 321, the emperor Constantine issued a decree that made Sunday the day of rest in the Eastern Roman Empire.

If you have read the Nicean canons, or the decrees of Laodicea then you must know that a decree to establish the "venerable day of the Sun" as a religious day for "Christians" speaks volumes.

Think about it for a moment - why did Constatine have to forbid "Christians" from keeping the Sabbath (on what is called the day of "Saturn", i.e. Saturday)? The answer should be obvious, but anachronism keeps many from seeing it. The first century believers did not meet on Sunday. The "L-rd's Day" is a phrase that anachronisitically came to mean "Sunday." Learn a little Greek and you will be amazed at the complete and utter lack of Biblical support there is for Constantine's decree that abolished the Sabbath.

Putting aside the commandments of G-d, in order to keep the traditions of men...
17 posted on 06/17/2007 5:19:15 AM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: safisoft

From what I’ve studied, Constantine did NOT “fobid” observance of the sabbath. He merely said that workshops and other activities be closed on Sunday.

From the very beginning, Christians NEVER worshipped the Lord on Saturday. That should not be in dispute. They came together on the Lord’s Day (first day of the week) but also kept the Jewish Sabath. One can cast dispersions on ANY DAY by associating it with what pagans happen to do on that day but it is probably not coincidental that the Lord specifically chose the first day of the week for the ressurection and to baptize the church with the Holy Spirit.

All that said. I think believers who place greater emphasis on their particular day of worship moreso than the creator of it are on very dangerous turf. Has it become a “law unto itself” and does it resemble the attitude for which Jesus chastized the scribes and pharisees? EVERY DAY is a day when believers should study the word, pray, meditate on the things of God and, most importantly, live in accordance with it. Neither are we limited on the assembling of ourselves together on any particular day.

Whether Saturday or Sunday is recognized as the sabbath is, in my opinion, of little consequence. The day a believer chooses to assemble themselves together will NOT be the determining factor for eternity. What matters for Christians, is Christ’s attonement and the salvation available through Him. Anything else is merely religion that will be separated with the chaff. All those who are saved by Him will be together with Him and the Bible says the saints will praise God continually (not just at some time reserved for it).


18 posted on 06/17/2007 6:34:34 AM PDT by BamaCharm (Valiantly striving to combat the B.S. coming from the leftists)
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