We've all been told that the Sabbath is now on Sunday. But how many of us have truly tested that? Have we truly examined the basis of this belief? Or have we just blindly accepted what we have been taught over the years based on the interpretations of man's views of the scriptures that have been passed down through the generations?
There has long been a debate about what is meant by the phrase, “The Lord’s Day” in Revelation. Some believe it refers to the sabbath while others believe it shows the sabbath day was changed to Sunday. Join us as we take a look at Sabbath and Sunday in Scripture, exploring some of the most common evidence used to support the Sunday position.
In Part 1 of The Lord’s Day teaching, we saw that the biblical support for changing the Sabbath observance to Sunday (the Lord’s Day) didn’t hold up. Now, in Part 2, we will examine the Lord's Day looking at the Sabbath and Sunday in history to see what led from the Biblical Sabbath Day observance to be changed over to the more modern The Lord’s Day observance on Sunday.
This teaching shows that the Sabbath is not only a day of rest but also a day for healing. It highlights Yeshua’s healings on the Sabbath and what they teach about doing good on God’s day.
The Sabbath (shabbat) comes from the Hebrew verb shavat, which means to cease or rest. Scripture teaches that the seventh day is blessed and set apart because God ceased from His work. The Sabbath is a sign of God’s covenant and points to the ultimate rest promised in the age to come.