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Does the fourth commandment mean Saturday or Sunday when it refers to the seventh day?
The Sabbath of The Bible is Saturday. Christians adopted Sunday as their holy day when their cult absorbed the sun-god Mithras, whose day is Sunday, naturally. Christianity also took the Nativity story and many other important images from Mithraism.
The Bible did say that Saturday is the Sabbath not Sunday. It says so in the fourth commandment "remember the seventh day to keep it holy". And Saturday is the seventh day, not Sunday.
God rested on the seventh day, but Jews rest on Saturday, their sabbath. Christians (are meant to) rest on Sundays.
EDIT: I believe that Sunday is the Sabbath, which would explain why Latino Cathloics start their week on monday, just as God did... Now Christians and Catholics celebrate the sabbath on Sunday, and Jews on Saturday, so it depends on how you interpret it, but I feel Sunday is the seventh day...
EDIT: Sunday may seem like the seventh day. But if you really think about it, our calender is different from the Jewish calender and our calender states that Saturday is the seventh day, so the fourth commandment may be stating to the day of Saturday as the seventh day.
Sunday, even thought Saturday is the 7th day, technically
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What day did god get crucifix?
The seventh-day Saturday Sabbath was the day after the crucifixion, and we know this because the women rested that day according to the fourth commandment of God. Therefore, the crucifixion had to have occurred on a Friday.
Which commandment do you uphold by attending mass on the holy days of obligation?
the fourthAnswer:The only commandment dealing with keeping the sabbath is the fourth commandment. It says:"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: But in the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thystranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heave and earth, the sea, andall that in them is, and rested on the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."It is generally accepted that Saturday is the Sabbath, and Sunday a commemoration of the Resurrection. So attending church on a Sunday or other holy day is not covered as a requirement. Keep Saturday as the Sabbath and following the instructions would appear to be the contractual requirement.
Which commandment stresses obedience to lawful authority?
The fourth commandment!
Do Seventh-day Adventists work on Saturdays?
No, Seventh-day Adventists do not work on Saturdays. Because the Seventh-day Adventist Church keeps the Sabbath, which is from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday, it is against their beliefs. According to the Fourth Commandment in the book of Exodus in the Bible, no "labor" should be done on the Sabbath.
Why isn't The fourth commandment practiced today?
The fourth 'commandment' is to keep Shabbat which Jews most definitely do.
Which commandment forbids doing unnecessary work on the sabbath?
There is no such commandment. The reason for this notion is a tradition that started with the commandment "Keep Holy the Sabbath Day." It was interpreted to mean that people should not labor gainfully on the Sabbath. Sunday is, however, not the Sabbath. The fact that Sunday is the holy day of the week is a Christian tradition.
What days of the week are holy to Christians?
The holy day for Christians is Sunday. However verses state that a man can have a day of rest any day he wants.Another answerIt depends on who you talk to. For some Christians, Saturday (Sabbath) is holy, based on Exodus 20:8 (the fourth commandment), but more basically on Genesis 2:3. For them, Sunday is just another day.
How can a Christian live out the fourth commandment?
Jewish Christians at first continued to worship on the Sabbath (Saturday), but very early after that they started their public worship on the "first day of the week" (Sunday) as that was the day that Jesus Christ resurrected. Most of Christianity worships on Sunday even to this day. It is not only a day of worship, but also a day of rest (Usually) and fellowship with other Christians or family. In my church on Sunday we have Sunday school, a worship hour, then Sunday night we have a time of singing and another preaching service. On Wednesday we have a bible study.
When does the Jewish Sabbath occur the first day of the week or the fourth day?
The Jewish Sabbath is from Friday sundown until Saturday after twilight. That is the seventh day of the Jewish week. See also:More about the Jewish Shabbat.
What are the violation of the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is about observing the Sabbath day and keeping it holy. The violations is working during the Sabbath instead of going to church for worship.
How long was Jesus body buried?
From historians we know Christ was crucified on a Friday (Good Friday), the time estimated at about 3:00pm. He died beforesundown, which is the begining of the Sabbath.* His body rested in the tomb all Saturday and Sunday morning the tomb was found empty. Even in death He was living as an example to the world.*Sabbath is actually Saturday not Sunday like many people think today. It began Friday at sunset and ended 24 hours later at Saturday sunset. This comes from the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments. The fourth Commandment says to remember the Sabbath and to keep it Holy. No work for anyone in your house including animals. God set aside the seventh day which is Saturday. The Roman Church changed it later to coincide with a pagen holiday worshipping a Sun God.
Why are Jews not aloud to work on shabbat?
There is no prohibition against working on Sunday for Jews. Sunday is just the first day of the week for us, and in Israel, the work week starts on Sunday, not Monday.Additional Commentsall work (Melachim) prohibited on Saturdays, and here we also give a justification for the ban: "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it (Exodus 20:9-11). This Saturday immediately identified with the seventh day of Creation. In addition, a ritual in its essence, the rationale of refraining from work on Saturday, the Bible contains another, socio-humascionc rationale: "Six days thou shalt do thy work: But the seventh day thou shalt to thy rest ox and your donkey, and rested the son of slaves thy and the stranger "(Exodus 23:12; Wed 34:21)., sorry
