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Here are some facts about the Sabbath that most people don't know.
How many times is the word, "Sabbath" mentioned in the New Testament?
Answer: 60 times.
How many times did the early church gather on the Sabbath in the book of Acts alone?
Answer: 85 times.
How many times is Sunday mentioned in the New Testament?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times did Messiah say Sunday, the first day of the week, is now the Lord's Day?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times did the Apostles say Sunday, the first day of the week, is the Lord's Day?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times, in the New Testament, did the early church gather on Sunday, the first day of the week?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times did Messiah talk about the first day of the week being special?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say Sunday is the Lord's Day?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say Jesus rose from the dead on Sunday morning?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say, Sunday is the Lord's Day because of the resurrection?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday, the first day of the week?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say the rest we have in Jesus does away with the seventh day Sabbath?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say the law was nailed to the cross?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say Jesus obeyed the law so that we don't have to?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the New Testament say there is one law for the Jews, and a different law for the Gentiles?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the Bible say the seventh day Sabbath is a Jewish holiday?
Answer: 0 times.
How many times does the Bible say the Sabbath was never given to the Gentiles?
Answer: 0 times.
If the Sabbath was created as a blessed and holy day for all mankind, and it's part of creation itself, and Messiah honored it, Paul honored it and the early church honored it, then who changed it to Sunday, the first day? The seventh day Sabbath was changed to Sunday by the Roman Catholic Church, 364 years after Messiah and His Apostles, and it was done without God's approval.
"Statements of the Catholic Church"
"Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday (Sabbath), but shall work on that Day: but the Lord’s Day, they shall especially honour; and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ." The Catholic Church at the Council of Laodicea circa 364 AD
"The Council of Laodicea ... forbids Christians from judaizing and resting on the Sabbath day, preferring the Lord's day, and so far as possible resting as Christians." Encyclopedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. XXIII, page 654.
Question - Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd ed.
“The Bible says, Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. The Catholic church says, No! By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. And lo, the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church!” Father Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, History of the Sabbath, p. 802
“Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923