From Sabbath to Sunday

In the New Testament we see Jesus Christ (Luke 4:16), His closest followers (Luke 23:56) and the apostle Paul (Acts 13:42-44; 17:1-4) continuing to honor and uphold the Sabbath. We find no record of the Sabbath being abolished or changed in the New Testament (though some scriptures are alleged to do so, these arguments are thoroughly refuted in our free booklet Sunset to Sunset: God's Sabbath Rest).

So when did Sunday, the first day of the week, come to be seen as a substitute for the seventh-day Sabbath?

In brief, as waves of anti-Semitism swept the Roman Empire as a result of the two Jewish wars in the first and second centuries, members of the early Church began to distance themselves from practices that were commonly viewed as Jewish. At the same time, false teachers arose within the Church introducing new teachings and beliefs. Over time the Church drifted from the teachings and practices of Christ and the apostles (the story is spelled out in more detail in our free booklet The Church Jesus Built).

Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn41/testcommandment_sabbathsunday.htm

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