What Day Should I Go to Church? | Sabbath or Sunday?
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What day should I go to church?
Didn't Jesus celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday?
But wait, is the Sabbath the same thing as worship?
If not, what is the difference?
Do I celebrate Sabbath or Sunday?
Why is all of this so confusing? What day is the Sabbath, and what should we really be doing as Christians?
How did we go from Sabbath on Saturday to church on Sunday?
In this video, I'll be answering all of those questions, and more!
I'm going to take you through the history of Sabbath and Sunday, helping you see how things came to be the way they are today, what along the way has caused so much confusion, and how you can figure out what your worship practices should be.
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@derraleves
Im Serbian orthodox. Most people celebrate Sunday for their rest day. But once i found out that it was a command for us to worship/rest on Saturday. I personally converted back to Saturday rest. Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on Earth.
Just make sure to rest and worship!
How beautiful. Have a blessed Sabbath and many more to come.
I ja sam isto pravoslavac, I ja mislim da ljudi trebaju da citaju bibliju, I da je prate.
Praise God! I've been going on Saturday Sabbath all my life to church. The 4th commandment is the only one that begins with "Remember" so it's kinda important!
Hi Brandon, besides all you've said, which I really liked, there are a lot of texts in the bible for the ever-lastingness duration of the Sabbath as a day of worship, just one of them is Isaiah 63:23: "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord."
In my (really poor) opinion, I think we should keep the Sabbath as our worship day as the commandments said, cause this day was created, blessed and sanctified for us, as the Sabbath was made for the man. A day to rejoice, with a marvelous promise:
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Isaiah 58:13, 14
Amen!!!
Well said, we are not to add to, nor take away from His word least we be found a lier. By the by, I believe your first quote was Isaiah 66:23. Blessings
Yup, agree 👍
remember that Jesus healed a person on the sabbath while it was prohibited also let his disciples to pick corn which was working which was also prohibited
edit: if youre wondering where my source is from ,its here Luke 6:1-6 or Mark 2:23-27 , Luke 13:10-17
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 14:12 KJV
So in the last book, it is still mentioned!
How difficult is it to find a church today which teach the sabbath rest.
Isaiah 58 is giving good examples about this as well.
People which are going to church on sunday are becomming angry when you reflect this.
I believe you are against the first 3 commandments when you are not following the 4th, because you are putting man's commandments above Gods commandments.
I’m glad this topic came up. You are very knowledgeable in so many topics. I do have a comment regarding the Sabbath. I’ve gone too many different denominations in my lifetime but I never really heard about the Sabbath until I got to my present church. I still believe the Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. The Bible says in Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Changing the Sabbath to Sunday is man’s change, not God’s.
Only the Cohen Gadol could make changes to the law. That is Yeshua our Messiah and the king of the Sabbat...not king of Sunday! After Paul Apostle, there were ravenous wolves that came as Paul said would after he would die. I got the same scripture this week as I was meditating on how it was so difficult-narrow road obliges, LOL!-to convince myself or others of Saturday that was sanctified and blessed! If you were God, would you unsanctify and unbless a day? If we are to walk as he walked, I gotta vote for Saturday cause Jesus was there when it was created and blessed! Very little people will be able to get in heaven: 8 people Noah and Lot with daughters so not many in end-times! Saturday is supposed to be a sign between us and the father and loving each other is the sign of Jesus disciples. I took that the 1st was null for the 2nd. but I think now it is not. Thoughts? BTW, Shabbat Shalom!
The Sabbath Day applied only to Israel, under the Mosaic Law. It is not applicable to any other nation or time zone.
@@davidlafleche1142 tithe was also only commanded by the law. Hope you don’t do that.
@@nzvicman Actually, I don't. But what I do give is nobody's business.
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The sabbath was made for man....not Jews, from the seventh day of creation hitherto.
Pastor, I agree with you 100% and have been saying the same thing for years. The church today is largely ignorant of what the Bible actually says. Rather they rely on what their denominations tell them. Please people, read the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to help and guide you. That is why He was sent.
According to Acts 20:7, it was Saturday evening, not Sunday morning. Paul spoke up to wee hours of Sunday morning. This verse doesn't say shabbat was changed to Sunday. And breaking bread in first century Israel simply means sharing a meal. Today's church has misunderstood both customs of early Christianity's Jewish roots.
ok ,, This is what Pual did ,, ,, did Jesus tell us to move the Sabbath to Sunday ?
the fact is , everyone goes to church on Sunday .. and Treats sunday as the sabbath ,,
The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday,, and The 10 commandments tell us to keep this Day holy ,, The last day , not the 1st day ..
So true
Yes, because Shabbat begins at sundown Friday, and goes to sundown Saturday. The first day of the week began at sundown Saturday, so the Christians met after sundown, sharing a meal, and teaching one another, praying and singing hymns. Sunday, they were back at work. So why are we so confused about keeping Shabbat? On the seventh day. Not the first. Like God said. 10 commandments, not 9. I see the Light. God bless. ❤🙂✝️
It also says in Acts 2:46 that they met house to house daily, sharing meals, and praising God. I am not sure why anyone is reading into Acts 20:7 that they were already setting Sunday apart. There is no reason to jump to that conclusion.
@@kathys512 exactly! 🙂👍
Thank you for the insightful video...
Just wanted to know, if Jesus didn't come to do away with the Law but to establish it, then why out of all the commandments are we told to "Remember" the Sabbath day?
It's as if God knew we were going to forget. And isn't that's what has happened, we have forgotten?
Thank you so much for the work you're doing its truly the work of the Holy Spirit in you. God bless. 🙏🏼
the word in hebrew that they translate "remember" is Zaw-kar. it is from a primitive root that means "to mark" also to recognize, to remember, to record. So it's not really like I'm telling you to remember the Sabbath because I know you are going to forget (saith The Lord :-). Why is it regarding "remember" that the word is used in Esther 9:28 concerning the keeping of Purim throughout all generations and Jews and the grafted in but 'the grafted in' don't bother to read Esther or keep the holiday? I'm Jewish so I know about Purim and was surprised that my new Christian family not only didn't know, didn't really want to now. I invite Christians to come to synagogue with me so they will get to see the Torah and hear music and songs like Yeshua. Fortunately there is a messianic synagogue where I live and also a great conservative Presbyterian Church that I also go to. Blessings to you Caylem.
indeed,, WE have no right to push this day to sunday ..
we Cant Just Throw The 10 commandments away ..
i see this All the time,, people Jsutify there sins,,
i Work that day ... or i did it because I've Done it for years , or Everyone else is doing it ..
Yes, we say amen to all the commandments, except for the one who tells us to remember.
We can and should worship everyday...but the 7th day is to be kept holy...that is by God's command. The idea of Sunday replacing shabbat is our own tradition, its not scriptural.
The night of the first day of the week was and is Saturday night. Sabbath remains God's appointed day of rest. And nothing and no can nor should change this.
When we take look the 7th day, there seems to be a miss labelling and connection with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ!
We should look at parallels of Torah the rest of scripture!
Example Jesus rose on Sunday and what parallel does it have in previous resurrection scripture?
Scripture says that Sunday’s parallel is in that week the Feast of first fruits
So the Lord’s Day is a yearly observance and Shabbat is a weekly observance and commandments of God should never be referred to as requirements of humanity but gestures of love ! 1st Corinthians 13:2. If I have all things but not love l am nothing!
@@ferdjones6136 True, but if we love God, we will obey his commandments.
Acts 20:7..on the first day of the week the disciples came together to break bread... that's why we meet on Sunday. We pattern after the NT church.
@@seaweed349 Acts 2:46 states that the believers met EVERY DAY (capital emphasis mine) in the temple and broke bread in their homes together. By your reasoning we should be doing likewise EVERYDAY. Please read things in context, Paul was there talking with people, breaking bread with them because he was going to leave the next day, which, is why he talked late into the evening. Paul always went to temple on the 7th day. Regarding resurrection, note in that time and culture 1st day actually started on sundown on what we call Saturday night....again note, when the women arrived it was still dark and Yeshua was already gone. HE had already rose....on the 1st day of the week, which began at sundown. Do you really think HE stayed in the grave one nano second longer then HE had to? Which means according to our way of dating/timing Yeshua actually rose on Saturday evening as that was when 1st day started back then (and still does according to Jewish ways... Shabbat..7th day of the week... starts sundown on Fri and ends sundown on Sat)
As a Christian, I am now learning to practice the Jewish Feasts also. Not required but I so love to dig deeper into my personal faith journey. MARANATHA ❤️
And you do well. God bless you!
Good on you. I don't like the word required, because it smacks of a legalistic approach to our relationship with God--what good thing MUST I do to obtain eternal life. The sabbath and festivals have much spiritual value for a christian and therefore are a blessing if understood correctly.
Not required? So why would God say by Zechariah's mouth about the end times: _"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles."_
God's Feasts. Jews didn't invent them.
Awesome, you will be blessed! To be precise, they’re not the “Jewish Feasts,” they are YHVH’s Appointed Times (Moedim). Jews mostly follow rabbinic Judaism, not exclusively Torah. This is important bc they are for all faithful obedient followers of Yeshua and Torah (aka ekklesia/qahal).
My husband and I started observing Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown out of respect for the true Sabbath.Also, Sunday is a day for the pagan sun goddess, hence the name.However, for many Christians this isn't a known fact.
Isn’t it a blessing keeping the Sabbath in that way!
It sure sets one "apart" from the rest of the world.
To leave no doubt in the minds of family and friends that we have completely flipped, abstain from eating the meat of unclean animals such as swine and shrimp.
Jesus rose from the grave on the 1st day of the week, Sunday, therefore we go to church on this day Luke 24 New International Version Jesus Has Risen On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Carsten: all that shows is that He had already risen by the time they arrived at the tomb. Does not indicate that He arose on Sunday.
The crucifixion did not take place on a Friday. Mark 16: the ladies bought (purchased) the spices AFTER the Sabbath. Luke 23: the same ladies prepared the spices then rested on the Sabbath (spices were prepared before the Sabbath). How could they prepare the spices before they purchased the spices? Impossible with a Friday crucifixion. The only solution is that there were two Sabbaths, the High Sabbath of the first day of Unleavened Bread and the weekly Sabbath. After the High Sabbath which was on a Thursday, they bought and prepared the spices on Friday, so they could rest on the weekly Sabbath. Therefore the crucifixion took place on Wednesday, burial at the stroke of sunset Wednesday, in the grave all of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (meets the requirement of three days and three nights). As He rose on the third day, the resurrection took place just before sunset on Saturday, the weekly Sabbath. Note that according to our Creator's calendar, the days begin and end at sunset.
By looking at scripture in detail, we can also show that Palm Sunday is a false holiday and that the triumphant entrance took place on a Saturday, the weekly Sabbath that year. Palm Sunday was an invention of the Roman church to falsely justify a Sunday resurrection.
To answer your next question, I am not a SDA. I just read scripture and believe in the Written Word while rejecting most traditions.
@@user-uu2rf8ev7z Well written. Thank you.
Also, look at the Greek in Matt 28:1 "After the Sabbaths (sabbatou which is plural), toward the first of the sabbaths (sabbatou, plural)..."
"After the Sabbaths" refers to the two Sabbaths that had just passed - the High Sabbath of unleavened bread, and the 7th day Sabbath.
The "first of the sabbaths" refers to the count of 7 Sabbaths, also called the counting of the omer, up to the day of Pentecost.
The "first day of the week, aka Sunday" was not at all in the minds of the disciples. Their life revolved around the Feasts of Yahwah.
This structure of "sabbaths" (plural) is also found in the other gospels - Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1, and John 20:1
Note: Mark 16:9 does not have this structure, and so is not consistent with all 4 gospels. These last verses of Mark 16:9-20, were added later and this is another proof that these last verses were not part of the original gospel since it is obvious, by looking at the form of Sabbath used (singular) that the writer of this portion of Mark did not consider the plural Sabbaths that all the gospel writer so consistently included.
Acts 20:7 has the same structure. So the "first day of the week" was actually the first of the Sabbaths (plural) counting toward the Feast of Pentecost, which means the day that Paul was preaching was the Feast of First Fruits (not the "first day of the week, Sunday"). This is supported a few verses later in Acts 20:16 where it states that Paul is in a hurry to get to Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost. He had a journey to take to get there in time for Pentecost, and so was going to skip stopping at some places in order to be in Jerusalem for the Feast.
So again, it is evident that "Sunday, the first day of the week" was not the focus. Rather the Feasts were.
So all these years it should a been on Saturday
I have Peace with the seventh day which is Sabbath, The first day of the week is Sunday.
I have been taught there are heavenly appointed times and sabbath, Friday into Saturday is one of those heavenly appointed times. It’s like having dinner with Jesus and his disciples in the unseen realm. We have dinner together, pray together, and take communion in remembrance. The first time we practiced sabbath in this way we prayed over our oldest son the Friday before he started school. He always struggled in school leading up to this point and we prayed for him daily but that year he was on the AB honor roll all year and tested out of all IEP services. It really was a miracle and I believe it was because we were praying in agreement with heaven on sabbath.
Hallelujah! How wonderful! Have a blessed Sabbath and many more to come.
Recommending El Shaddai Ministries, Taking Torah to the nations for a better understanding on this topic and more on why keep the Torah. It's for Jews and Gentiles.
One of the commandments is to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy… HOW do we keep it holy?
I understand this as keeping the Sabath holy by setting it aside and dedicating it to God. The Sabath is the shadow of what's to come for believers, just as the Old Testament was a shadow of a better covenant to come by (The) way of Jesus. The Sabath is us resting, relying, acknowledging, and thanking God for all He is, does, and provides. Its us putting our faith in God and not on ourselves.
I believe we keep it holy by observing it as a God given day of rest and in resting refresh ourselves with Scripture reading and meditation. Not watching movies, playing video games or hours with technology or talking frivolous things that have no bearing on holiness ...
I keep the Sabbath holy by not working , visiting people that may be lonely, I may help at a Food pantry, I go for walks in the forest, or lakefront (I live in Chicago). I like to take extra time on meditating on the Bible, or listening to sermons at church or on radio, I like to prepare special or treats for Sabbath. I like to invite friends to dinner on Friday to welcome the Sabbath, or I invite people over for Sabbath lunch.
If you have children, you should make Sabbath fun for them
I can tell you more if you message me.
@@joshrichards9121 and everything you just got done saying Josh is something that someone is supposed to be doing every day.
@@mariviento why are you visiting people. That doesn't sound like rest.
I didn't grew up as a Christian. But a few years ago God came into my life. I keep the sabbath 4th commandment. I live every moment of it. We rest in Jesus out savior. We serve one livin God. There for I believe we must be one. If the Bible said it... I believe it
Brandon, I will keep the Sabbath, Sunday is and will always be the first day of the week. I understand the world and it’s demands however I don’t live for the world I live for God. We are still to keep the 10 commandments John 14:15
Thank you so much for sharing. That was very clear and has answered pretty much every one of my questions about this topic. Now, I want to honor God on shabbath on friday evening to saturday evening and rest on sunday. 🙂
Love all your videos. I believe the Sabbath should be as originally meant. We have all been accustomed to Sunday, but Saturday is officially the holy day of rest.
Brandon, really appreciate your in depth look at how culture of the people of the time reflects in our traditions today. Makes me appreciate that my Sabbath may not be Sunday but the imporyance is that I take the time to worship and reflect on what Jesus has done for me.
I prayed for an understanding of the word and here you are. Ask and ye shall receive..praise be to God
Great topic and I love your balanced approach to the scriptures. I did look up the Acts 20:7 in the Strongs concordance and it appears to say one Sabbath instead of first day of the week. The book of Daniel says that the anti-messiah would change God's times and seasons (moed in Hebrew meaning appointed times) . What I began to discover is that instead of persecution from without, the devil decided to infiltrate the church and separate us from God's ways and to make them seem strange to us. I've had many of the similar revelations that you have and am untangling man-made doctrines from the faith once delivered to the saints. God bless you for the light that you're shining.
Now I understand how the Sunday and shabbat came to us and it makes sense. Thanks and God bless ❤️✝️🌍.
Paul was speaking on Saturday too early Sunday morning breaking bread on Sunday does not mean worshiping, historical documents proved that Constantine's changed the day of worship from the Sabbath to the venerable day of the sun god Sol
@@jpdejure4111 Wrong. Constantine changed NOTHING.
In fact Constantine was Arian.
See: Arian heresy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism
That's when the council of Nicea was called and the Nicene Creed was put forth declaring the nature of Christ's divinity.
There was a controversy between two interpretations of Jesus' divinity (Homoousianism and Arianism) based upon the theological orthodoxy of the time, one Trinitarian and the other also a derivative of Trinitarian orthodoxy, and both of them attempted to solve its respective theological dilemmas.Homoousianism was formally affirmed by the first two ecumenical councils;since then, Arianism has always been condemned as "the heresy or sect of Arius".As such, all mainstream branches of Christianity now consider Arianism to be heterodox and heretical.Trinitarian (homoousian) doctrines were vigorously upheld by Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria, who insisted that Jesus (God the Son) was "same in being" or "same in essence" with God the Father. Arius stated: "If the Father begat the Son, then he who was begotten had a beginning in existence, and from this it follows there was a time when the Son was not."The ecumenical First Council of Nicaea of 325, convened by Emperor Constantine to ensure church unity, declared Arianism to be a heresy. "The great majority of Christians had no clear views about the nature of the Trinity and they did not understand what was at stake in the issues that surrounded it."
Constantine's Mother, Helena made a pilgrimage to Israel and had Basilicas built on all of the
sacred sites.
Please read the work of the Apostolic fathers, the actual. disciples to the apostles and the early church fathers for a clear picture of the early church.
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It is better to read the Bible the Word of God.
@@jpdejure4111 Then you worship saturday that means Day of Saturn ?
@@jpdejure4111 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Colossians 2, 16-17
Question to tackle: Once saved, always saved ? Many don't know it has to do with Phillipians 2:12.
Its awesome to see so many recognizing Shabbat in the comment section.praise Adonai Yeshua Ha Mashiach
Thank you, Brandon. I observe and believe , Saturday is my Sabbath ❤️
Saturday is God's Sabbath, and He set apart no other day.
Christ is my Sabbath. 'Enter into my rest.' Jesus fullfilled - completed the Law given to Israel.
Christ is our Sabbeth Rest. 'Abide in my rest.'
The forth commandment still says that God hallowed it made Holy the seventh day . We should follow the laws of God and not man. Sabbath was instituted at creation. To make their traditions more comfortable, the Catholic Church removed the forth commandment and split the tenth. My Catholic friends assure me that the Sabbath is still in force …. That if you are not a Catholic, and you are worshiping on Sunday , you are heretic. I appreciate you Brandon, watch all of your videos . Thank you for addressing this . Powerful . As a Sabbath keeper , I wish more people would address this .
The thing is......that God made the Sabbath His fourth commandment. That makes it pretty important! It's very hard though, since I wasn't raised Jewish. And understanding the reasons behind their feasts aren't as mysterious as how they practice them. I'm not a good cook period. I certainly know zip about Jewish food. I want to honor God, but it's confusing and stressful. So far I have been managing to do it Friday night to Saturday, but as for the food I have only managed the 🍞 and 🍷 thing. Well kind of...I don't like wine so I use juice. Paul said not to let anyone judge you on this (what you eat,etc). I try to concentrate on Jesus on Shabbat. But I'm alone, so it's lonely sometimes. Sometimes I wish I had someone like a pastor to talk to, but I don't. I have no one to talk over problems with. I can't go to church, so I don't have community. I can't even get a pastor to call me back. It's just me and Him as it's been for all of my adult life. I just hope that He appreciates me trying. I would like to try some of their food though. Making a tv dinner isn't working....is it?
All Christians were taught the Sabbath of Genesis as well as the Ten Commandments. Because that is how people learned in Bible times, by passing on the scripture from one generation, one person, to another. Jesus worshipped on the Sabbath because it was created day of rest, made for man as a memorial of Creation in which He created Himself. He also said He had not come to change the Law (10 Commandments). No where in the scriptures were we ever instructed to change the Sabbath. Man changed the day to suit himself. The 4th Commandment says “Remember….the 7th day is the Sabbath” Exodus 20. It is part of God’s moral Law that has not changed since it was given thousands of years ago.
Read acts 20:7. We copy the NT church.
You fulfil the craving for a bible study that I have. There’s so much I’m learning from you. I love how slow paced you are and everything you are covering! Please keep going and listening to the Holy Spirit as I’d love to hear what the HS wants me to know. Be blessed Brandon.
Thank you for sharing this. It’s so helpful to understand that our roots as Christians is Jewish and I personally love learning how Yeshua and the first century Christians practiced their faith. So THANK YOU! I’ve learned so much from your channel Brandon.
Brandon, I know the Bible fairly well having read it over 40 times in a variety of translations. I've taught the Bible most of my life - well over 45 years. I find your approach extremely helpful, concise but thorough, accurate, and I find I always get something from you even on subjects I thought I had studied quite thoroughly. Thanks for this material and, so far, I can wholeheartedly endorse all that you're saying. Thank you for all you do for the King and the Kingdom.
Hey Brandon, great discussion on this challenging topic. Obviously there are more than Jews observing a Saturday Sabbath. As a Seventh Day-Adventist, i relish having Sabbath to rest , have family time and worship; time out from the day to day madness. A good friend believes that the Catholic Church had the authority to change the day, for me the fact that Jesus observed the Sabbath is elementary.
And it shall come to pass from new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, saith Jehovah. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. ISAIAH 66:23 KJV
I had always heard a simple explanation of the difference between Shabbot (Jewish day of rest) and Sunday (the Lords Day), but you expanded that and explained it very much better. Thank you.
Thank you Brandon for explaining so much to us. Im glad i found your page
Thank you Brandon, as usual you bring insight to much of the scriptures. I too believe Friday sundown to Saturday sundown is Sabbath, however many people ask so what, we can worship God any day. This is correct and should, but we should remember first that God hallowed and sanctified the seventh day, thereby making it separate and special in His commandment.
I liken His choice of Sabbath as special the same as if considering a special day in my relationship with my wife. Take for instance her birthday, if I should choose to celebrate it on say her sister's birthday, shouldn't she be as happy as if it were her actual birthday? I think not.
This is why the actual Sabbath is so important, as any of the 10 commandments. I know God is going to honor those who honor His commands. Rev. 12:14
Sabbath is Saturday from scripture.
Thanks for sharing
I appreciate the history lesson on how the weekly Sabbath kept by Jesus and his followers was changed to Sunday. I choose to observe the Sabbath, not a day that some Roman emperor decided based on his pagan background (sun worship). And the reasoning of simply taking any day during the week to rest doesn’t fit with the Bible that Christians base their faith on. After all, it is one of the Ten Commandments and Jesus said he did not come to do away with the law but fulfill it. Maybe we should ask how Jesus fulfilled this command and that would put things in perspective.
Yes, and the seventh day rest began at creation not the 10 commandments. Interesting that the fourth commandment is the only commandment that starts with "remember." God knew that His day would be an inconvenience for many people, but He gave us the ability to choose His way or our way. We need to choose wisely as the Bible says.
@@pattiadams7015 God rested from all Hr created, there is no mention of Adam and Eve sharing in the Sabbath. It was not even called the sabbath. It was given to the jews from God, via Moses. No mention of any Sabbaths before Moses. Jesus worshipped on the Sabbath because he was a jew, no Christian was ever commanded even by Jesus to keep the Sabbath. Please do not tell it was just assumed, it is not in the new testament any where. Jesus being God said the most important commandment was to love God, love your neighbor as yourself and that fulfills all the commandments
@@michelevillafana3008 God consecrated the Sabbath Day and made it Holy. Jesus said the Sabbath Day was made for man. All the Apostles and gentile converts went to the synagogue every Sabbath where they read the scriptures. And the scriptures was the Torah. The “Word” the “Law.” There was no New Testament then. Paul was put in Prison and Phillip was stoned because of “false witnesses” saying he was preaching against the “Law.” But Paul argued he upheld the WHOLE Law and Peter also defended Paul on the matter as well. The problem with the Sabbath like all the other Holy days was that man corrupted them by making their own laws and even put them over Gods laws in the Talmud. As far as the laws you mentioned, Jesus simply said all the laws hung on the two laws because the two laws were the foundation of the rest of the 10 Commandments and the Torah was the break down, or amendments, subsections of those laws. Jesus said he didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Which is funny that this is the one and only example that exists where people say the word “fulfill” means abolish. So Jesus said “I didn’t come to abolish the Law but to abolish the Law?” That doesn’t make any sense. Read about Constantine and the Catholic Church and how they admit that they changed the Sabbath. He was a little off on the history here. Not totally but he was off.
@@joelmarcy8027 Shabbat was created fir man, NOT man for Shabbat, if you want to quote Scripture do it right. And if you abide by the law, by the law you will be judge. Sholom Sholom!
@@cbaduyable What scripture did I even quote? What did I say that was inaccurate? So are you saying you are law….less? What else will man be judged by if not the law?
Claudia was law made for man or was man made for the law? I believe law was made for man.
Food also was put here for man; not man for food. Do you refuse to eat?
I love your teaching , thank you so much , it is so helpful to me .
I love this video, we should worship on Saturday, Thank you for showing bible scriptures.
I always enjoy your teaching, and always learn something new.
I have gone to the "legalistic" extreme of not working on Sunday, to the "legalistic" extreme of Saturday is the true Shabbot. (And everyone around me heard my views too!)
But now, at my ripe old age, I've come back from both of those to the basics of Genesis - six days shall you work, and rest on the seventh.
As I study the Word, I find God inviting me to "enter into His rest."
Reading Watchman Nee's book, "Sit, Stand, Walk" really brought the concept home to me.
(At the risk of sounding like a dispensationalist.)
I raised my kids with the concept that God built human beings to work best if they worked six days and rested one day. While they were at home, we followed this - we didn't do dishes or other chores or schoolwork, we only took care of our pets. We generally choose Sunday as our day of rest, but there were situations that required moving it to a different day.
What they do now is up to them.
I firmly believe that to prosper, you MUST do as your conscience dictates.
If you have the conviction that Saturday is a day of rest, then you NEED to make it your day of rest.
If you have the conviction that Christ fulfilled the law, and the Sabbath no longer applies to you - as Paul says, don't cause a fellow Christian to go against their conviction by making fun, or trying to convince them otherwise. If God wishes to change their conviction, He is fully powerful and able to do it and doesn't need your help.
Being sensitive to a fellow Believer's needs and especially their conscience is called "discerning the Body of Christ" and is something that has been forgotten amongst Believers.
The sad thing is, when the Body of Christ no longer models the Life of Christ, neither does society. (Think about the proliferation of the term "karen.")
Our fellow Believers are to be as precious in our eyes as they are in the eyes of our Lord...
We protect their conscience, we look out for their needs, if they have offended us or if they have (in our opinion) stumbled, we go to them PRIVATELY first (covering them as 1 Corin 13 says), not spreading gossip to others in one guise or another.
Deal with each other with humility and the AGAPE love described in 1 Corinthians 13, no matter your opinion of how they dress, or smell, or talk, or where they live or work, or even if they have different political beliefs or different beliefs on points of doctrine - how they relate to God is between them and God and isn't your business.
We are all one Body and all those issues are either unimportant, or they will be worked out eventually.
How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity....
I agree that we should not judge anyone for the day they worship on, God will do that. I do believe though that the Ten Commandments was written with God’s finger on tablets of stone to last, not on paper or wood that would deteriorate in time. I believe we should trust God’s word. Revelation 22:14 tells us who will enter into the City. “Blessed 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.”
Some say the Sabbath is for the Jews, but it originated in the first week of creation before there was any Jews. See Genesis 2:2-3 There was there things God did on the seventh day. 1. He rested (set a example for man). 2. God blessed the seventh day (made it holy, set it apart) 3. God sanctified the seventh day (to set apart to a sacred purpose or religious use)
A lot of churches have thrown out the Ten Commandments and the first week of creation, I believe in both. Some think 9 of the commandments are good but that the fourth one was done away with, (really??) Some also believe in the first six days of creation but not what God did on the seventh day.
God will sort it out.
Having said what I know and believe about the Sabbath,I relate to Nicodemus in the Chosen at the well when Jesus and the disciples was getting ready to leave , I know what is right but I don’t do what I know is right and sometimes it literally tears me up because I don’t follow Jesus the way I should.
May God bless everyone and thank you for this video.
@Mavors God Loves You.
@Mavors Yes Mavors you are absolutely correct, thank you for reminding me. God loved us so much he gave his only Son so we could have eternal life and when Jesus was on the cross we was on his mind. Thank you again and may God bless you
I'm really happy that you took the initiative to make this video. However exodus chapter 20:8-11 clearly states that the sabbath is on the seventh day.
Also in exodus 31:18 the ten commandments were written by God's own fingers. I will continue to obey the Bible by keeping the sabbath from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday, there's blessings in keeping the sabbath 🙏.
Thanks for a very kind gentle approach to this aspect of Sabbath. Yes, it has become a 'Christian' practice to worship particularly on Sunday, however we don't generally hear teachings on REST. On the other hand, Sundays seem to be practiced as rest from earning one's livelihood but busy doing ' good works' visiting the sick, suffering or lonely.
“And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.””
Luke 6:5 NKJV
The Lord’s day is the Sabbath.
As always you’re such an inspiration thank you for sharing today about the Sabbath
Remember God commanded to keep “His” sabbath the 10 commandments which we are to keep in John 14:15
So grateful to you, Brandon, for your usual excellent research to explain and offer insights. Since Jesus resurrected on Easter Sunday, I love that we celebrate Sunday as The Lord’s Day. I feel it is a day both for worship and fellowship. I loved when blue laws gave us the freedom from any other activity but “God” and family on Sundays. God Bless you.
Friend, do the research on Easter. it is the English name for Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, also know as Ashteroth or Asherah in the Bible. Jesus arose on First Fruits.
@@yhwhstruthseeker4634 thank you for the additional info.
Yes, came here to also mention that Yeshua was resurrected on First Fruits as a fulfillment of prophecy! It’s so amazing when you study it out! 🥰
The Sunday worship that is mentioned in the book of Acts was on the Jewish Festival called Shavuoth, Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15-16), or Pentecost (Acts 2:1) . Pentecost, which means "50th", was fifty days after the Passover lamb was killed - the same day Jesus died over 400 years later. (That's one reason Jesus was called "The Lamb of God.") Leviticus 23:9-12 also calls Pentecost "The Feast of Firstfruits," which makes sense when you remember that Romans 8:23 says the firstfruits of the Spirit was given to the disciples making them apostles of the Christian church. Tradition may claim that that was when worship was changed to Sunday in the Christian church, but that scripture is not proof of that.
Thank you for your beautiful videos and how you break it all down. GOD BLESS.
“First day of the week”…for clarification, that is not what it says in Acts 20:7 or any of the other 7 places it occurs. There was already a word for week in the Greek used in the Septuagint in Deuteronomy 16:9 and many other places as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Shavua, which means week. The Greek word is Evdomadas. The word used in Act 20:7 along with every other of the seven occurrences is Sabbaton, which out of the 68 times it is used in the NT, 59 is translated as Sabbath. 9 occurrences in 8 verses is incorrectly “week”.
When you look at Acts 20:7 and the other locations of “first day of the week”, you will see that “day” is not even in the Greek text. The word would be Hemera, but it is not there. Neither is the word for 1st there, which would be Protos, but instead we see “Heis Sabbaton”, which means “One Sabbath”. Acts 20:7 if you follow the timeline from the beginning of the chapter would be at the counting of “One Sabbath” on the way to the seven Sabbaths and one day to Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, also translated as Pentecost.
The idea of a weekly Sunday meeting is not found or backed by Scripture, anywhere. But what is backed is the Sabbath. From Genesis 2:2-3 at the beginning of creation, all the way to the New Heavens and the New Earth (infinity and beyond) found in Isaiah 66:22-23, we see the Sabbath, not Sunday.
-Shalom
The 10 commandments were never canceled and scripture clearly states shabbat is the 7th day of the week. We tend to dismiss things we dont want to follow by claiming those items are legalistic...but we can become legalistic about legalism. Yeshua stated those that teach to follow the laws will be greater in the kingdom of God those that do not will be lesser in the kingdom. The statement wasnt about salvation, as both were stated as being in the kingdom. BTW... When Yeshua comes to rule will we be able to do whatever whenever we want? Or will He have laws to govern by and if so what laws do you think He will use? If we really look it wasnt the laws that He had an issue with, it was with the Pharisees, that placed the additional "fences" that they in their tradition had been added that created oppressive burdens for people.
@Mavors wow, what Christian love you show...unbelievable how anti-Semitic are your comments. Might recommend watching Brandon Robbins vid on "His name wasnt Jesus?" Yes we use the name Jesus but His actual name is Yeshua. I use it as manner for respect, admiration and worship. I dont criticise anyone for using Jesus...just a personal choice. You do realize Yeshua and all of His disciples were Jewish? I'll pray for you that the love of God will be revealed in your heart!
@@The_Prayer_Station Jesus OR Yeshua is the sabbith or sabbath.
@Mavors If you read Acts you will see that Paul actually circumcised Timothy, and Paul is cited as keeping up rituals that had to do with vows etc. The thing is laws that had to with sacrifice was completed with the finished work of the cross. However, many others were given for health of mankind. Ie if you will keep the laws you will not have the plagues or sicknesses of the Egyptians. Science shows the sicknesses were heart disease, diabetes, cancer etc. Who better to know what will keep us healthy then the Creator Himself. Oh you might want look up Matthew 5:18....ummmm heaven and earth hasnt passed away.
In addition, the Judiaizer label has been used to to foment horrendous acts in the pass. Thus, the label is anti-Semitic. So you might want to check history. Again I will pray for you. Have ablesses evening!
Ummm... however we don't actually know what the seventh day of the week is.
@Mavors trolling. "Sigh"
Thank you
Thanks Brandon, I was one of the people who asked you about this topic a few weeks back. You did respond briefly but this was definitely more of in depth look at the topic. I appreciate your insight to rightly divide the word of truth.
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So good to hear from you. I worked many years on shift work. A totally different world, my world was as the shift turns reminded that each day is his day I’m blessed now I’m retired and just like shift work it’s a different world still start with praising god and asking for his mercy’s thanks for sharing the history and love of god for us. Thank you 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Rest AND WORSHIP are key parts of God's Kingdom...on Earth ASITISIN Heaven. Thank you for this informative video.
Brandon, I love your channel, and the history of Jesus's time. I too have struggled with the idea that in Catholicism if you don't go to mass on Sunday, it is a mortal sin. However, my sabbath is Thursdays, and God still loves me bc he continues to bless me on that day.
In Catholic Church we can go (if we are able) on Saturday vigil or Sunday both fulfil the lords day obligation which should not be thought of as an ‘obligation’ as in being forced but a pleasure it’s a good thing as usual but like many things Catholic it is widely misunderstood. If one can’t make either of the weekend masses say we are working but well then all masses are masse regardless of the day. However Sunday’s the clergy tend to pull out all the stops we for instance might have more prayers longer homilies greater availability of confession at mass more hymns sung etc
Not written to correct you because you said nothing wrong but you said you are struggling to understand why and some get even the idea of it being an obligation wrong lol Indeed our lord Jesus loves you very much going to mass on Thursday
Now *you* have become the author and the finisher of your faith.
It's not a day of your choice, it's the Lords holy day, who made the first six days common.
I am so so blessed to have had my eyes opened to Abba Father’s Torah and keeping His Shabbat day set-apart HalleluYaH
So many blessings have come into my life since obeying these freedom commandments freedom from sin because sin is the transgression of the Torah / Law
Shalom brethren
Yeshua HaMashiach is the Kind of Glory HalleluYaH
I don’t call myself a Christian any more because I find scripture tells us who have truly believed in Yeshua and His sacrifice for our sins that we become Israel we are grafted into the natural olive tree and the commonwealth of Israel HalleluYaH
Read Ephesians chapter 2 and Romans 11
I am Israel
Gal 3:29 And if you belong to Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed-heirs according to the promise.
Eph 2:11 Therefore, keep in mind that once you-Gentiles in the flesh-were called “uncircumcision” by those called “circumcision” (which is performed on flesh by hand).
Eph 2:12 At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Eph 2:13 But now in Messiah Yeshua, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
Eph 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household.
Gentiles Grafted In
Rom 11:11 I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their false step salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke Israel to jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if their transgression leads to riches for the world, and their loss riches for the Gentiles, then how much more their fullness!
Rom 11:13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Insofar as I am a emissary to the Gentiles, I spotlight my ministry
Rom 11:14 if somehow I might provoke to jealousy my own flesh and blood and save some of them.
Rom 11:15 For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 If the firstfruit is holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Rom 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off and you-being a wild olive-were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root of the olive tree with its richness,
Rom 11:18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, it is not you who support the root but the root supports you.
Rom 11:19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Rom 11:20 True enough. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear-
Rom 11:21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
Rom 11:22 Notice then the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell; but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off!
Rom 11:23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you were cut out of that which by nature is a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
Shalom and blessings brethren
I’ve enjoyed your last three videos on this topic
Be blessed YHVH Our Abba Father is Glorious HalleluYaH and His Word sets us free 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Jesus said that man wasn't meant for the sabbath but he sabbath was for man.
Exactly! It us a day given by God to man for resting from everything that we do 6 days a week. But to help someone in trouble on that day, if we are confronted is not wrong. As Jesus showed by healing the man with the shriveled hand in Sabbath.
Precisely! One of God's many gifts to us. Jesus said it was MADE for us. And He is Lord of the Sabbath. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. I try to cherish all His gifts that He made for me, including the Sabbath.
I love going to church on a sunday thank you god bless 🙏
4th commandment. "Thou shalt keep My Sabbaths."
Not makeup your own.
The 4th commandment, the only commandment that starts with "Remember". There's a reason why, according to the Bible.
@@JackieBolle I think it is a forward warning and a backwards clue that it was being kept even before Moshe, but when the people got assimilated in Egypt and turned to slaves they forgot it.
Educational and very interesting 🙏🏻
Sabbath has its root during creation week. God blessed That day and made IT Holy. We cannot change this even though man has tried. It was kept by Adam and Eve and was lost when Gods people were taken into exile. However, God gave them back the 7th day sabbath with giving them manna to eat. They had to gather a double portion on Friday. Any other day if they would do that worms would eat it but not on the sabbath. It has been in operation ever since. The same Sabbath we keep now is the same one of creation week. Sabbath is one of the 10 Commandments that we are not to change. Doesn't matter who kept 8 days or 10. Its the 10 Commandment law we are to keep! It was important enough for God to write with his own finger in stone and we will observe it for eternity as a memorial to His creation! Read Revelation 12:17. It is still important for Gods people, to keep His laws, especially now! When Jesus told us he gave us a new commandment to love God with all our heart and the 2nd was to love neighbors like ourselves. The instructions on how to do that ARE the 10 Commandments!
Just wanted to say thank you and God bless you!!! We love "The Chosen" and all of your comments on the disciples and sermons.
Amen
I agree with your comments. They are biblical correct.
Thank you for adding more context to this! I have been going back and forward on this for years. 😅
Thank you, Brandon! I asked you about this a couple of weeks ago and you let me know you were working on a video regarding this subject! I never knew the influence Constantine had on this subject! (I knew he was a significant person in history - for good or bad) I love the statement you made "Rest is an important part of our faith." I am going to take this information you provided and be more intentional regarding a day of rest! I like the practice of the Shabbat that included personal worship along with my rest! Thanks so much for this video - it really touched me!
Thank you, Gary! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for suggesting the topic!
The Bible mentions God's Sabbaths many times. Research it and learn more. Especially about not honoring His Sabbaths...
@@ollierendon1851 Thanks, Ollie! I will!!!
Sabbath or Sunday
People need one day for worship
I like Sunday for it is the resurrection day
Not minding to worship any day
Thanks for your great prayers
Thanks for this video. Lesson 2 in the study guide for The Chosen is about Rest! Your comments were very helpful.
I appreciate the information. We have a personal friend stating that the Catholic church changed the Sabbath to Sunday. I often ponder if we are breaking a commandment by not observing Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
I really appreciate your thoughts and the way you are looking into the notion of the Sabbath in a biblical way and totally agree with you. Yes it's very important for us as Christian to have a day of rest and to be open to choose a day of the week and to recharge for the rest of the week. All days are God's days, since we commit all the days of our lives to Him, but the day we take to rest in Him is for our own benefit, to quite everything else and have a quality time with The One that we love the most, and talk to Him about our week and listen to what He is saying to us. I always looking forward to the Sabbath because it's for me, but I am not for the Sabbath as my Master and Saviour says, I am a follower of Him , The King of kings.
Thank you for bringing this issue up and shed light on it 🙏🏽
I am just Finishing the Jesus My Rabbi Study and it has been amazing.
One point, early Disciples celebrated the resurrection as Saturday night after Havdalah. Acts 20:7 would have been right after Sundown Saturday night makes much more sense than Sunday morning till Sunday midnight.
Christians (should) worship every day.
Yes, we need to worship daily, but we are to keep the Sabbath holy by putting God first. He commands that we work six days.
Paul went into the synagogues on the Sabbath because that's when all the people were gathered in one place. In Galatians he teaches that we should not hold one day more significant than another.
All Christians were taught the Sabbath of Genesis as well as the Ten Commandments. Because that is how people learned in Bible times, by passing on the scripture from one generation, one person, to another. Jesus worshipped on the Sabbath because it was created day of rest, made for man as a memorial of Creation in which He created Himself. He also said He had not come to change the Law (10 Commandments). No where in the scriptures were we ever instructed to change the Sabbath. Man changed the day to suit himself. The 4th Commandment says “Remember….the 7th day is the Sabbath” Exodus 20. It is part of God’s moral Law that has not changed since it was given thousands of years ago.
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The old "remember" argument.... why isn't listed in Deut if "remember" is important?
Where does the scriptures say the 10 commandments are God's "moral law"?
This was in regards to special holy days. It was not in regards to the Sabbath day, which is the only day we are specifically told to “Remember” in the 10 commandments.
@@tarawoodard3527
No "remember" listed
Deu 5:12 - ‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.
And the verse that says the 10 commandments are God's moral law would be?
Thank you Brandon, for this post, and discussion.
This is a topic I have thought about often. As a person who had grown up in the church, high episcopalian, to be precise, the church day, the Sabbath, the day of rest, was Sunday.
Then, on growing older, learning, with all of my bookishness, I learned of Saturday, and some of the Jewish practices.
The next step was actually becoming a believer and coming to a personal relationship, with Jesus. This was a longer journey, and research and discovery topic. Then in coming to a position within the church, Sunday is always a 'work' day for me and I have come into the discussion if the intent, and heart of the matter, and designating a day/time to rest. But, more importantly, to rest in the Lord.
Now, with the Chosen coming around, specifically, S1, E2 Shabbat, I am again wondering, researching, and thinking about Shabbat.
I am still in the camp of not being legalistic about a certain day for rest, but, I am still a stickler for setting aside a time of rest. Now, I am struck with the beauty of some of the practices and traditions, celebrated by Jews, on Shabbat. I wonder about the contribution to fellowship, and community, and unity, in adopting some of these practices.
Then of course, there is the entire discussion of which festivals, feasts, practices, we should still celebrate, as followers of Jesus... A discussion for another day! Lol!
But, again, Brandon, thank you very much!
About the practices and traditions . If you do them in a way that you were not admonished like im Mark 7:13, there'd be no problem. In the case of festivals and others, you'd have to study those that foreshadowed the messiah, because they are not longer necessary as Jesus already came to perform what they exemplified, such as the Passover.
I've studied the religious history. In the articles on Sunday observation was made the law by the Catholic church in 325 ad. This was done to apease a sect that worshiped the Sun. Thus it was ruled that we'd worshop on Sunday.
I love how you always teach us the background and history of Christianity, and the people who played a part, in its formation. You make so many things clear. Thank you. God Bless
Thank you! I'm so glad it's clear and helpful :-)
Thankyou for this video. There's times I feel guilty for resting on Sundays. I pray EVERYDAY and constantly pray and ask God for HIS guidance and not another person's. Since I have started doing this my life is so much calmer.
I spent the last decade struggling with the side effects of cancer treatments. I have learned and grown in my faith. The Chosen used, with Jessie, a long disputed verse in the cancer community.
Do you want to be healed. I would love to hear your deep dive into the pool of Bethesda.
I'll definitely look more into it. Just prayed for your continued healing.
Very good , Definitely on SATURDAY Never On SUNDAY
I've listened to a lot of opinions on this....and your explanation is by far the best and most detailed of all them...always learn something new from you....that being said I try to observe Saturday at sabbath.....thx alot and God bless you,your family and everyone else on earth
I started honoring the sabbath on Saturday 15 years ago. I also began honoring the seven Feasts of God. I'm now messianic. I follow the Torah, guard God's commands and witness of Messiah. I have more peace and blessings than ever before in my life.
God said, The Sabbath is a sign between you and me.
Also, Sabbath was a day to read the word of God, not only rest. In Messiah's time, and before, the people went to synagogue to hear the word of God. Everyone did not have a bible. They learned God's word on Sabbath.
Brandon, an Interlinear translation with Strong's Concordance numbers is very helpful for understanding Acts 20:7. The meeting took place on the first Shabbat of seven leading to Pentecost. See Leviticus chapter 23. Counting the Omer. Shabbat is plural in the Greek
The Greek word Mia is the number one meaning first of seven Sabbaths to be counted.
Amen!
David, you are correct that Shabbat is plural, but according to Strongs Concordance the word G4521 σάββατον sab'-bat-on can also mean "a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths" or a week. So the translation which says the "first (day) of the week" is a good translation. ( The word "day" is not in the Greek text, but it is understood.) The Counting of the Omer did not begin on a Shabbat, but on the day after a Shabbat.
The early church which was composed mostly of Jews who continued to attend the synagogue on Shabbat (our Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown). Then after Shabbat ended they met together to "break bread", that is to eat a meal and have fellowship together.
Just before Acts 20:7 was Acts 20:6 "And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days." The Counting of the Omer began on the first day of the week of after the first Shabbat of Passover Week during the seven days of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6). That day was also the day of the wave offering of First Fruits (Leviticus 23:11). Since it took them 5 days after the days of Unleavened Bread to get from Philippi to Troas and then they were in Troas for 7 days before Paul's long talk during which Eutychus fell from the third story window, it could not be the first day of counting the Omer. It was at least 12 days (or possibly more) of the 50 days of Counting the Omer. Paul wanted to get to Jerusalem by Pentecost (Shavuot in Hebrew) which is the 50th day of counting the Omer.
@@CJ-wp3qi I asked a greek friend of mine, who is athiest, what does Mia ton Sabbaton mean, he said, the days the Jews met on. I then asked if in any way it could mean week, or first day of the week, and he said not at all. So that makes me wonder in the few times sabbaton is used for week if that is a real translation meaning, or one strongs has made since it made it into a translation?
THANK YOU, for all you do!!
I also love looking deeper into our early Christian roots.Jeus is Lord of the Sabbath, so to me it is a matter of surrendering our heart and mind to the LORD specifically for rest and worship either one of those days. It is something to think about, however, how our Westernized modern world view of our faith can shape our view of scripture. I love and appreciate our Messianic brothers and sisters who have connected the old and new. Thank you Pastor Brandon for all your deep dives.
We rest in the finish work of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection, and we worship each day of our relationship with him. And remember what true day is the sabbath. Amen
Thank you for sharing. I so look forward to Shabbat! I am a Christian and I rest and worship on the seventh day Sabbath, the day that God blessed and set apart, but I sometimes visits other churches on Sunday.
Happy Sabbath from the Philppines😇
Thank you for your thorough explanation. I have enjoyed all of your reactions to the Chosen also. May God continue to bless you and your family.
I have been wrestling with this for several years because I knew I did not have enough rest in my life. I’ve come to take Saturday as a day of rest. I still do some laundry and put some things away, but my attitude is If I want to binge watch your videos or take a thee hour nap, I do it. I try to have the attitude that I don’t HAVE to do anything on Saturday. As pastors, obviously our Sundays are devoted to the Lord. Thank you for helping me not feel guilty about serving and being busy on Sunday! When someone doesn’t show up to serve, it’s often the pastor’s family who has to step in. The other thing we’ve done is establish Sunday evenings as a family meal with family Communion. Our kids and grandkids come over and it’s a wonderful end to the Lord’s day. Once again, you did an amazing job. Thank you.
Acts 20:7 is not "on the first day of the week" in the Hebrew. It's "the first of the Sabbaths". It was referring to the first of the seven Sabbaths from First Fruits to Pentecost. Look up the words in Strongs.
I’ve had to change my mid a few times on this topic. Having studied in Scotland, I was impressed with the strict Sabbatarianism that was practised by my Christian friends. Now I have to acknowledge that for the sake of evangelising migrant workers who don’t have the luxury of weekends off, we might have to do liturgy on a weekday. On the other hand, I just had a conversation with a Catholic who was telling me how her bishop didn’t allow Saturday evening liturgy. I had to tell her, her bishop didn’t know the Bible.
Indeed, this issue is contentious but I would like to address some of your points. And I would like to recommend the book “the Origins of Feasts, Fasts and Seasons in Early Christianity” by Paul Bradshaw.
1. Sabbath or Saturday worship wasn’t the norm for “some Christians”; they were the custom for Jewish Christians. This was Jesus’ custom (Luke 4:16) and as you pointed out this was Paul’s custom (17:2). Luke intentional describes it as “his custom” implying it was descriptive, not a prescriptive custom for all Christians. Furthermore, one can argue, that the custom referred to, was Paul’s habit to proclaim the Gospel of the Messiah first to the Jews and where else would you find them gathered except at the Saturday synagogue services (Acts 13:14, 42; 16:13; 18:4). In Col 2:16 he even says that no one should insist on the Christians to observe the Sabbath. In summary, there is no mention of New Covenant worship on Sabbath Saturday.
2. Sunday or the first day of the week was the day of Christian assembly. Jesus would reveal himself to his apostles on the first day of the week (John 20:19, 26; Rev 1:10). Therefore, the custom of the New Covenant believers was worship on Sunday (Acts 20: 17-12; Cor 16:2; their day beginning on the evening before). Besides the biblical evidence, the early church document the Didache, which was written the same time as the New Testament books, “On the Lord’s Day, having assembled together, break bread and give thanks, having first confessed your faults so that your sacrifice may be pure (14:1). By the second half of the second century, bible scholars acknowledge that Sunday worship had become generally established. It wasn’t the Edict of Milan or Constantine that made this change.
3. I get that you want to do as the early Christians did. But if this really is your intention, you would have to acknowledge that the earliest Christians didn’t have a compiled Bible; the earliest canon that follows what we have today is the from the Council of Rome in 382 AD. Jesus gave authority not to a written text but to the Apostles (Matt 16:18-19) who were to spread the faith by oral preaching and imitation of life (2 Thes 2:15, 1 Cor 11:23). And the Church, through faithfulness to the Tradition of the Apostles and by her authority to teach has every right to ordain Sunday as the day of worship
The Old Testament is fulfilled but is also changed in the New. “Where there is a change in the priesthood, there is a change in the law” (Heb 7:12). Because we are New Covenant believers, the law of the Sabbath- Saturday is not binding on us. All else being equal, If would be the height of ridiculousness to replace worship on the Day of the Resurrection with anything else.
Looking forward to your teaching on this - thank you to whoever came up with the topic
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This is so interesting and informative Brandon thank you
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thought provoking, refreshing, very much appreciated!
All I can say, it's ALL about HIM. God said it and it's settled. He established it at the beginning and we should follow. We don't have to be Jewish to worship on Saturday, all we have to do is obey God and His Holy Word. At first, I admit it was hard because all of the churches are open on Sunday for service. However, there is eChurch on Saturdays which we can do it from home and of course to fellowship we go through worship on Sundays until all pastors come to an agreement that Saturday is the Holy Day and not Sunday.
You can worship with other Sabbath Keeping Christians on Sabbath by finding your nearest Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Rest in Emmanuel Jesus
Thank you for the time you took to go back into history of Church. So important. If I may just add - the Eastern Church did not accept the abandonment of 7th day as day of rest and was a big reason for the split and separation of Eastern Orthodox from Western Roman Catholicism. Eastern Church kept 7th day Shabbat and aldo came together on 1st day of the week.
Also you omit to point to fact that Constantine said " in honor if the venerable 🌞 sun..." Because Sunday was a pagan sun worship day... And this edict had nothing to do with Christianity, like so many Roman Catholic blending of paganism with Christianity, which even after the Reformation, was kept such as Christmas. Another very, very important point is that the 7day week was God's idea, not man's as is the Sabbath!! It is also the 4th Commandment. We are still told that we should keep the Ten Commandments right? But we have abandoned (and ignored) the 4th commandment. Israel kept many Sabbath days as part of their Festivals, which was not necessarily on the 7th day of the week. Christians are not told to keep that but nowhere did the Apostles (or Jesus) say the Sabbath can change to the 1st day of the week! Furthermore I do not read anywhere in Scripture that we are to "worship on the Sabbath". Enlighten me if I am wrong please. It is a day of rest and meditation and yes, reading Scripture and explaining (which is what Paul did) the Scripture (especially to our children). Isaiah 58 may be very enlightening as to what Sabbath observance should be.
I thank the Lord that he revealed the truth (not church dogma) to me in 2018 and what a blessing it has been to me to keep Shabbat. The all wise Father God knew we needed a day in which to "catch our breath" as He did after creating in 6 days! Hallelujah Shabbat shalom!
And why do you say followers of Yeshua (The Way) should not celebrate and keep the feasts? You say they are only for Israel? I believe Paul said that if you believe upon and follow Yeshua, you are grafted into the commonwealth of Israel. No longer a gentile. Don't know about you, but I'm an Israelite!
@@bobbidell3591 I meant that people should not confuse the 7th day Sabbath with the other sabbaths Israel kept because the Church never observed the Jewish Feasts and the sabbaths of those feasts and please keep in mind that at the meeting in Jerusalem of elders and Apostles (first Church Council? ) The Jewish Christian leaders decided not to lay all the observances of the Jews in the Gentiles (Acts 15), such as circumcision etc., which was for God's chosen nation namely Israel. The Bride of Christ consists of all nations, tongues and tribes, including Jews but Israel as a nation has its own history and path that God had and still have for it.
I am not convinced that I as a Gentile believer I need to observe all the Jewish feasts except Passover, which was fulfilled in Yeshua. I note that more and more gentile believers are doing it and I respect that and I am interested in knowing about it especially like this month of September etc. but I do not follow the ritual of it, just as I do not strictly follow the Jewish ritual of Shabbat with a Friday special meal and lighting the menorah etc. But I observe the Shabbat as Yahweh gave it, a holy day of resting from all work, scripture reading and meditation and prayer, not doing a hobby, switching of technology, RESTING! That is the essence if Shabbat.
@@ARenewedmind your interpretation is the usual. The "basic" guidelines that were required of new believers was a starting point. I totally agree about not needing to follow the Jewish customs...Yeshua was trying to stand against the Pharisees and all their additional "laws". There are still debates in Judaism about conversions, Noahide laws, etc regarding gentiles. But just as there was a mixed multitude that came out of Egypt, stood at Sunai, and were included in that covenant, the Torah teaches one Law for the native born as well as the Ger and sojourners. I am going to recommend a ministry called "Triumph In Truth" for further research. There are others, but I think this one does an exceptional job bringing clarity. They have a channel on TH-cam.
@@bobbidell3591 Thank you. I will look it up.
Thank you. I trust your teaching. I no longer follow a denomlnation. I respect others views. Our Lord set believers in His revelation of the Father's Word an example of faithful adherence to the Word of God. However, the 613 laws of the Old Covenant no longer hold sway over believers in Jesus--we are free of Sabbath restrictions. I honor both the Sabbath and the first day of the week for rest and worship of God. I am flexible in my observance. I try to be Biblical. I have invested both study of the Word--and prayer to decide how to keep that Word. Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Look for the papacy changing Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. They said because they were higher than the bible.
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.