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Who changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
Does the day of the week you worship make a difference?
When is the Sabbath Day?
Some believers in Christ say they attend church services on Sunday because it is the Christian Sabbath. The Bible indicates that God created the earth in six days and He rested on the seventh. Saturday is the Sabbath of the Lord, which the children of Israel were commanded to observe.
They were told to rest and to do no work on the Sabbath Day, so how did this switch from Saturday to Sunday? Where did the directive come from to go to church on the first day of the week and call it a sabbath? I know a man who has pointed out that the skies are cloudless on many Saturdays. he believes it’s because this is the Biblical Sabbath.
There was a time Sunday was respected because a majority of Americans attended church. Practically all businesses were closed on the first day of the week in honor of what the Apostle John called the Lord’s Day. In many US states, no alcohol could be served on the first day of the week.
Those in the Jewish faith observe from sundown on Friday until Saturday night as the Sabbath. Most of us who grew up attending Sunday church services never questioned the reason why we did so. We accepted that this was part…
