>>>Which Sabbath did he refer to, then? Saturday (the biblical Sabbath) or Sunday, the modern day Sabbath?>>>
Well, I believe he kept the Sunday Sabbath. But the point is, he didn’t throw out the ten commandments because of the Sabbath. Today’s evangelicals have thrown out the ten commandments to get out from under the 4th commandment. That is why Christians no longer even keep Sunday as the Lord’s day holy.
The Protestants of old kept the wrong day, many did, but in the right way. And I believe God honored that. The restoration of the Bible sabbath is an end time repair of the breach. See Isaiah. Today’s evangelicals have to say Jesus “fulfilled the law” to get out from under the Sabbath. They have to rewrite scripture to say “think not I have come to destroy the law but I have come to “destroy” the law.” See, in their scenario....he did destroy the law!
But it’s not really about the law, it’s about the Sabbath. So they don’t keep Sunday anymore because they know it’s not the Bible. I give it to Rome.....she’s honest about who changed it, not the Bible, and she says it is still to be kept as the Lord’s day. At least she’s honest.
Today’s evangelicals are in denial and caught up in the false left behind belief. A secret rapture, Israel, etc. No Protestants like Wesley ever believed that nonsense.
“The Lord’s Day” to which the catechism refers is Sunday, not Saturday. Christians have no special obligation to observe Saturday; it’s part of the ceremonial Mosaic Law.