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Did Christ's Resurrection Change the Day of Worship? (Part Two)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeProtestant theologians justify their worship on the first day of the week by claiming it honors the day of Christ's resurrection, despite no indication from God of such a change in the day set apart as holy. Their reasoning lacks support, as the timing of His resurrection serves to prove He is the Messiah, not to establish a new day of worship. The same theologians assert that Jesus died on a Friday afternoon and was resurrected on a Sunday morning, which contradicts His prophecy of being in the grave three days and three nights. This timing cannot be reconciled with a Friday to Sunday period, undermining the sign He gave to validate His identity as the Messiah. Furthermore, the day of His resurrection does not alter the day God made holy; even if it did, it would still point to the seventh day, not the first. Sunday-keeping remains a tradition of men, not an ordinance of God, and Jesus' resurrection made no change in the day of worship.
Did Christ's Resurrection Change the Day of Worship? (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeIn the Christian era, the first day of the week has been widely regarded as the proper day of worship among professing Christians, a shift from the seventh day that was originally blessed, sanctified, and made holy by God. This change, initiated by the Roman Catholic Church around the fourth century AD, has been upheld by many despite the absence of any biblical record, implication, or hint that God transferred the sanctification and holiness from the seventh day to the first. Catholic theologians openly acknowledge this alteration, asserting that church leadership holds the authority to make such modifications. Protestants, while rejecting Papal authority, justify observing the first day by claiming it honors the day of Christ's resurrection, though this reasoning lacks scriptural support for changing the day of worship. The gospel writers provide no suggestion that God's sanctification of the seventh day would be switched to the first day of the week, and Jesus Himself gave no indication that the day of worship would change upon His death. Throughout Scripture, from creation to the New Covenant church, there is a consistent reinforcement of the seventh-day Sabbath, with no intimation that any event related to Christ would modify the blessedness and holiness already bestowed upon it by Him.
Wavesheaf Day in the New Testament
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe phrase 'first day of the week' (mia sabbaton) in accounts of Christ's appearance should be translated 'first of the weeks.' This is the Wavesheaf Day.
The New Testament Day of the Wavesheaf (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeMany do not realize that Wavesheaf Day appears seven times in the New Testament. Translators obscure it by overlooking a plural in the Greek text.
In the Heart of the Earth
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughJesus prophesied He would be 'three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.' Many nominal Christians protest He did not mean exactly what He said.
Rome's Challenge (Part 1)
Article by StaffThe Catholic Church admits to changing the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday. Protestants who keep Sunday are bowing to presumed Catholic authority.
Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions About Sunday
Article by StaffIt is generally known and freely admitted that early Christians observed the seventh day as the Sabbath, and that mere men changed God's times and laws.
Rome's Challenge (Part 3)
Article by StaffJesus never deviated from observing the 7th-day Sabbath, nor ever hinted at moving its holiness or sanctification to the first day of the week.
Easter 2017
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughThe world's churches have adopted the fertility symbols of Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, and the traditional Easter ham from pagan, pre-Christian rituals.
Rome's Challenge (Part 4)
Article by Staff'The day of the Lord' or 'the Lord's day' is not a reference to the fist day of the week (Sunday) but to the time of Jesus Christ's judgment at His return.
Strategies for Interfacing with Babylon without Becoming Assimilated (Part Four)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. MaasOver 77% of 'Christian' churches have chosen the day of the sun as their day of rest, rejecting the day God hallowed from creation, seen in the 4th Commandment.
Belief with Obedience
Sermon by John O. ReidCatholics and Protestants, because of lack of belief, do not find the Bible a sufficient guide to salvation. They claim to believe Christ, yet disobey.
He Lives, We Live
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRedemption is useless to mortal beings without God's gift of eternal life (I Corinthians 15:19), which God made possible through Christ's resurrection.
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsDespite the Council of Laodicea's condemnation of the Sabbath, a group of believers termed Paulicians kept God's laws and resisted the heresy from Rome.
Chronic Difficulties
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughHuman tradition and Bible truth regarding the timing of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection do not square. Here is the overwhelming chronological evidence.
During a Famine, What Is the Work?
Article by John O. ReidGod's church faces a time of trial, a famine of the Word. What should Christians be doing during such a time? The first-century church provides an answer.
Acts (Part Twenty-One)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe phrase 'first day of the week' is used 8 times in scripture, but none does away with the Sabbath nor establishes Sunday as the 'Lords Day.'
How to Count to Pentecost in 2025
Sermon by David C. GrabbeIn 1974, a quiet and ill-advised change was made to how Pentecost is counted, inadvertently aligning the toil of harvesting with a high holy day Sabbath.
Pentecost, Consistency, and Honesty
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughBecause Pentecost does not have a specific date, God commands us to count from the day after the weekly Sabbath falling within the Days of Unleavened Bread.