Days of the Week and Sabbath
Matthew 22 the rich man asked how to
be saved and Jesus said that he should love God and his neighbor as himself.
So part of my work in Asia for many
years was to teach young children the English of the week days.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Sunday is hitting on the head, Monday
on the shoulders and Tuesday is crossing over the breast. Then Wednesday is at
the hips and Thursday is a good smack on the back. Friday is on the knees and
Saturday is clapping hands and raised it for worship to God in heaven.
But which one is first and which one
is last?
My highschool teacher told me it does
not matter. He was not an Adventist. It could have been Monday as the first and
Sunday as the seventh. He was so convinced.
So I asked him two questions: which
day was Jesus resurrected, Saturday or Sunday? Sunday.
Second question is to read Luke 24:1
that said Jesus was resurrected on the first day of the week.
That settles it. Sunday is th 1st,
Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th,
Thursday is the 5th and Friday is the 6th. Thus, Saturday
is the seventh.
Then I ran into a catholic website
saying: which day is the Sabbath?
Had to read it. It said that if SDA’s
asked you as catholic which day is the Sabbath? Then answer them as follows:
Saturday is the seventh day and the Sabbath. We Christians are worshipping on
Sunday because the Lord was resurrected on that day and we call it the Lord’s
Day.
But, Exodus 20:10 says the Lord’s day
is on the seventh day. Jesus did not come and told us about two “Lord’s days”.
So then it is quite settled: the Lord’s
day is on Saturday and not on Sunday. Biblically that is.
So Sunday has to be the 1st.
To find biblical evidence that it is
not the 1st, will mean that one disagrees with the counting of
everyone.
And no one wants to do that among my
teacher’s folks.
Now we come to the best Psalm to
uplift the Law of God. Psalm 119.
He delights in the law of the Lord.
So, did Jesus took a pair of scissors
and trimmed down Moses 10 to Jesus just 2?
The answer is no.
Dear Lord
Thanks for Your Sabbath day of rest
for us. As You blessed it and selected it already to be the Yours, we want to
keep it Your way not our way. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.