HOW ANTI-SEMITISM LED TO CHANGING OF THE SABBATH

Podcast HOW THE SABBATH WAS CHANGED AND WHY?

 

APOSTOLIC CHURCH KEPT THE SABBATH

Paul after 15 years of the New Testament Church went to Gentiles and held services on the Sabbath even when it was not as convenient.  See Acts 13:42 when the Jews left why did not Paul say, hey we could meet tomorrow because all the New Testament Church meet on Sunday not the Sabbath.  But he did not say that.  See Acts 13:42-44.  If they fought over circumcision so much and said NOTHING about a change in the Sabbath is impossible to believe.  Read I Cor 7:19 and Acts 15.

THE SABBATH IS THE TRUE SIGN OF THE CREATOR GOD

See Exodus 31:13 and Gen 2:1-3 for proof that only God can make TIME holy and he set aside the 7th day for spending time with God for our rest and spiritual growth.  Sunday is the sign of the Sun god and was big in the pagan world including the Roman Empire in which the Church lived.  See Deut 5:14 and Jer 10:1-2.

 ANTI-SEMITISM DROVE THE SABBATH TO SUNDAY HISTORICALLY

The Jewish persecution of Christians created constant rioting.  It seemed to Romans as internal squabbles among the Jews.  They did not distinguish between the two groups.  Emperor Claudius in A.D. 49 expelled the Jews from Rome.  Converted Jewish Christians were also expelled from Rome.  See Acts 18; 1-2.   Christianity grew significantly and Nero fourteen years later could identify Christians from Jews.

The Roman Empire had good relations with Judaism.  Then the Jewish wars occurred with the Empire in 66A.D.   They had several rounds of war.  When the Romans made war with the Jews in 132-35, the Roman Emperor Hadrian banished all Jews from Palestine.  All this resulted in great pressure to move away from the Jews.  Those false branches of Christianity compromised the Sabbath to Sunday to gain popularity and acceptance.   We know that it is God’s Sabbath.  But if one Pictures the Sabbath as the Jews Sabbath NOT God’s Sabbath it is easier to alter.  They found theological arguments to justify the compromise and relieve the pressure. These apostate groups eventually co-opted and outnumbered the true Church and with help of Emperor Constantine became the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire (324 A.D.).

Easter Sunday sunrise worship service is copying the pagan Sun worship and offends God.  See Jer 2:11-12 and Ezek 8:16.

Jim

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