"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." But what day?
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We see in Exodus that there is one law. Exodus 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. And we also see in Exodus 20:8 – 20:11 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
If Christians are keeping Sunday as the Sabbath then how come so many restaurants after noon on Sunday are packed? They would be making someone work and be taking their Sabbath away from them. Thoughts?
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Re: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." But what day?
Ex 20:8-11
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
KJV
If you read the rest of the commandment, it tells you which day! Ex. 20:10 says that the 7th day is the Sabbath. Look at a normal calendar. Sunday is the 1st day —- Saturday is the 7th day!
There is a people who have been keeping the Sabbath for more than 4,000 years! Why not ask a Jewish Rabbi? They know which day is the
Sabbath day.
Do you still doubt me? Which day did the followers of Jesus keep?
Luke 23:52-24:1
52This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
KJV
On which day was Jesus crucified —- Friday! Bible days begin at sundown. The followers of Jesus rested from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, according to the commandment. After Saturday sundown, it was too dark to bring the spices and ointments, so they waited until after sunrise Sunday morning, the 1st day of the week. The followers of Jesus rested from Friday sundown until Saturday sundown, according to the commandment.
Some say that this commandment was just for the Jews. Please notice that if you read the rest of the commandment, it was also for the stranger within your gates. (That includes all races) and it was also for the cattle!
What about the servants? When you go to a restaurant , you are hiring servants to serve you. IF you hire servants to serve you from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, you are breaking the Sabbath commandment.
God blessed the 7th day and made it holy. The 7th day is holy, not the 1st day!
If you prepare your food on the preparation day (Luke 23:54) , there is no reason to go to a restaurant on the Sabbath Day!
Rev 22:14
14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
KJV
If you do his commancments, you will be blessed!
Re: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." But what day?
You have a very good point and this is not just on Sabbath but also in other important Holidays like Christmas or Easter. We live in an industrialized world, the owners of those restaurants are probably not very religious, it’s a known fact that they keep their restaurants open on Sabbath. But what about those religious people who come to eat in the restaurants to keep their Sabbath day, what do they think about those who work to serve them on Sabbath?
Re: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." But what day?
My thought is that the Sabath was a predominately Old Testament law for the people of Israel. If you agree with covenant theology, this would say that the law of the sabath itself is null and void and instead is kept on as tradition, (just as when Paul condemned the Jews for their FORCING of circumcision on the gentiles, but did not condemn the PRACTICE of circumcision.) I believe that the underlying principle for the Sabath is that God rested. If God rested, the people of God (Israel) should rest as well.
Now we also see in the New Testament that Jesus healed on the Sabath. This brings up another interesting debate. Did he sin? Another thought would be, are gentile Christians right in observing the Sabath on Sunday, if the Sabath was originally instituted on a Saturday?
Frankly I believe that this is yet another instance of Christian liberty. One may be convicted to see the Sabath as on a Saturday, one a Sunday, and one whatever time he is resting. We shouldn’t condemn our brother if they observe this law rigedly, observe it in a fluidic state, or choose not to observe it at all.
As for whether the shop owner would be taking away the person working’s sabath, I do not he/she would be doing this. The person working has the choice to not work on the Sabath. He/She has to find out for him/herself whether the law of the Sabath is one that God has layed upon his/her heart to keep or not.