Sunday used to be Saturday!
It is Sunday, a day of rest, the modern Sabbath. A day when you go to church or not, when you try to get in everything that you missed out on Saturday so you can be prepared for Monday, and at the end of which, you go to bed wishing that there was just one mored day between Sunday and Monday.
Why did I say Sunday is the modern Sabbath? because it is.
Sabbath (n.) 
Old English sabat "Saturday as a day of rest," as observed by the Jews, from Latin sabbatum, from Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabbath, properly "day of rest," from shabath"he rested." Spelling with -th attested from late 14c., not widespread until 16c.
For those who don't know, Sabbath was the Jewish day of rest and on Saturday, not Sunday.
Sunday was the "Venerable day of the sun" and the day set aside for the worship of the Roman Sun God.
Sunday became the mandated day of rest, and ordained not by God, but by the converted Roman Emperor Constantine. So, yeah, my fellow Christians, Sunday wasn't always a Christian Holy day!
Yes, Sunday was a day of worship but of the Roman Sun God.
And as to whether, as a Christian, you must go to church on Sunday and if the notion that Sabbath was changed or not is agreed upon by all, check out http://www.gotquestions.org/Saturday-Sunday.html
According to www.logosapostolic.org:
Here is the first Sunday Law in history, a legal enactment by
For those who want to know more, the link is
http://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP208-5SabbathtoSunday.htm?gclid=Cj0KEQjw-OCqBRDXmIWvveLE3_cBEiQAZWfImZrmaIga0dZeyZkHgtlcMxVf9Kvp9zEsu6w1cSN_p1QaAtcj8P8HAQ
I was about seven years old when I discovered the word Sabbath. I came across the Ten Commandments as I randomly turned the pages in my father's copy of the Bible. Mind you, we had a Bible, not because of religious affiliations but because my father liked to read and so we also had a Koran, as well as books on different religions and faith. By the age of 6, I knew that there were Christians, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, Ifa worshippers and a host of other faiths.
At that time, my father was a self proclaimed "ex-Christian." I'd say he was not quite an atheist and erred defiantly on the side of agnosticism.
Anyway, I was fascinated by the word Sabbath. It was a new word and seemed shinier than the other words! I asked my father what Sabbath meant and imagine my surprise and delight when it turned out to be the answer to at least one question that had long bogged my young mind. Before then, I had only read that God rested on the 7th day of creation.
You want to know what my thought process on that creation story was as a 6 year old reading the Biblical account of creation?
Why God started creation on Saturday and not Sunday or Tuesday or any other day for that matter. Why He had a preference for any day. Who did he tell that story to? How did people KNOW that God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th?
So, now I at least knew what the 7th day was! It was Sunday!
I do not recall my age when I found out that Sunday was not the Sabbath spoken of in the Old & New Testaments, but I do remember my shock. Someone had CHANGED it! Why? Who DOES that? Was it because of the change from the old calendar to the modern Gregorian calendar? Or was it to spite the Jews who had crucified the leader of the new sect that challenged traditional Jewish beliefs? Hmmm!
Why was it changed? As with the choice of days of many Christian holidays (holiday is really "holy day"), it was to make things easier for converts. And yes, probably to dissociate anything Christian from old Jewish practices.
http://www.sabbathtruth.com/sabbath-history/how-the-sabbath-was-changed
Happy Day of Rest to you all, Sunday-former-Sabbath-or-nay!
Why did I say Sunday is the modern Sabbath? because it is.
For those who don't know, Sabbath was the Jewish day of rest and on Saturday, not Sunday.
Sunday was the "Venerable day of the sun" and the day set aside for the worship of the Roman Sun God.
Sunday became the mandated day of rest, and ordained not by God, but by the converted Roman Emperor Constantine. So, yeah, my fellow Christians, Sunday wasn't always a Christian Holy day!
Yes, Sunday was a day of worship but of the Roman Sun God.
And as to whether, as a Christian, you must go to church on Sunday and if the notion that Sabbath was changed or not is agreed upon by all, check out http://www.gotquestions.org/Saturday-Sunday.html
According to www.logosapostolic.org:
Here is the first Sunday Law in history, a legal enactment by
Constantine 1 (reigned 306-331):
"On the Venerable Day of the Sun ["venerabili die Solis"--the sacred day of the Sun] let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost--Given the 7th day of March, [A.D. 321], Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time."
The First Sunday Law of Constantine 1, in "Codex Justinianus," lib. 3, tit. 12, 3; trans. in Phillip Schaff "History of the Christian Church," Vol. 3, p. 380.
The First Sunday Law of Constantine 1, in "Codex Justinianus," lib. 3, tit. 12, 3; trans. in Phillip Schaff "History of the Christian Church," Vol. 3, p. 380.
For those who want to know more, the link is
http://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP208-5SabbathtoSunday.htm?gclid=Cj0KEQjw-OCqBRDXmIWvveLE3_cBEiQAZWfImZrmaIga0dZeyZkHgtlcMxVf9Kvp9zEsu6w1cSN_p1QaAtcj8P8HAQ
I was about seven years old when I discovered the word Sabbath. I came across the Ten Commandments as I randomly turned the pages in my father's copy of the Bible. Mind you, we had a Bible, not because of religious affiliations but because my father liked to read and so we also had a Koran, as well as books on different religions and faith. By the age of 6, I knew that there were Christians, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, Ifa worshippers and a host of other faiths.
At that time, my father was a self proclaimed "ex-Christian." I'd say he was not quite an atheist and erred defiantly on the side of agnosticism.
Anyway, I was fascinated by the word Sabbath. It was a new word and seemed shinier than the other words! I asked my father what Sabbath meant and imagine my surprise and delight when it turned out to be the answer to at least one question that had long bogged my young mind. Before then, I had only read that God rested on the 7th day of creation.
You want to know what my thought process on that creation story was as a 6 year old reading the Biblical account of creation?
Why God started creation on Saturday and not Sunday or Tuesday or any other day for that matter. Why He had a preference for any day. Who did he tell that story to? How did people KNOW that God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th?
So, now I at least knew what the 7th day was! It was Sunday!
I do not recall my age when I found out that Sunday was not the Sabbath spoken of in the Old & New Testaments, but I do remember my shock. Someone had CHANGED it! Why? Who DOES that? Was it because of the change from the old calendar to the modern Gregorian calendar? Or was it to spite the Jews who had crucified the leader of the new sect that challenged traditional Jewish beliefs? Hmmm!
Why was it changed? As with the choice of days of many Christian holidays (holiday is really "holy day"), it was to make things easier for converts. And yes, probably to dissociate anything Christian from old Jewish practices.
http://www.sabbathtruth.com/sabbath-history/how-the-sabbath-was-changed
Happy Day of Rest to you all, Sunday-former-Sabbath-or-nay!
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