Why Christians choose to worship on Sunday.

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In Hebrew minset, "the first of weeks" refers to the Omer count... There are seven Sabbaths... and the first is the first Sabbath after Passover.

'FIRST OF THE SABBATHS'


The proper translation of the Greek is 'first of the sabbaths'. This text could in effect be translated in a number of ways without totally destroying its meaning;

'first of the weeks'
or 'first of day of the sabbaths'
or 'first of day of the weeks'.


Deut 16:9 You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10 Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks ...

This seven week period was followed by the annual celebration called the 'Feast of Weeks'. In the New Testament this feast is known by the
name 'Pentecost'.

The day which initiated the period of the counting of 7 weeks, and also the 50 days, was the day the wave sheaf offering was presented.

Lev 23:15 And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD.

The day the sheaf of the wave offering was presented was; ** the first day of the Sabbaths **

The day a provision was to be made for the saints (1Cor 16:2). This was a specific collection of food and was to be made from any food remaining from the prior years harvest. That is why the timing, it is the first day of the new years harvest.

Yup

 

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In Hebrew mindset, "the first of weeks" refers to the Omer count...

aside from you saying that where's the evidence to support it? And what is a "Hebrew mindset"? Is it something that you claim to know and possess?

 

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aside from you saying that where's the evidence to support it? And what is a "Hebrew mindset"? Is it something that you claim to know and possess?

I explained what " first of weeks" means... it has to do with the count of Omer.

 

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Have a blessed Passover and the omer is coming up tomorrow I believe

 

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Tomorrow is Sunday for me

A joyous day, a feast day, a remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ's resurrection and the gift he gave of himself to his faithful people.

 

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May you worship in spirit and truth

 

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May you worship in spirit and truth

One prays that such is the case every day and not only on Sunday.

 

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truth

 

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The Church has worshipped on Sunday from the beginning of its history.

 

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really? Saturday was temple, some of the earklt followers went to temple, so that isnt exactly true

 

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really? Saturday was temple, some of the earklt followers went to temple, so that isnt exactly true

Yes, really, I already posted from the holy scriptures on the subject and from the early church fathers.

 

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I dont disagree that they met on Sundays, simply pointing out that thye also went to temple, at least some did, many were thrown out for trying to convert people

 

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I dont disagree that they met on Sundays, simply pointing out that thye also went to temple, at least some did, many were thrown out for trying to convert people

Yes, for a while, as part of the evangelism but then later they were expelled from the temple and also from synagogues.

 

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Yup so mahny worshipped on Saturday

 

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Yup so mahny worshipped on Saturday

evangelised, yes. engaged in Christian worship, no. That was reserved for Sunday and any other day on which the Lord's supper was received.

 

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You do realize that a lot of things in the New were written from a perspective of the fact that people understood Jewish things do you not?

 

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You do realize that a lot of things in the New were written from a perspective of the fact that people understood Jewish things do you not?

Former Jews would understand Jewish things, Gentiles probably would not unless instructed in them. For the most part the gospel is not about Judaism.

 

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It isnt for the most part but it was written from anjewish understanding and assumed that the readers knew jewish things

 

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Acts 20:6 And we sailed from Philippi with the days of unleavened bread.

They “sailed with the days of unleavened bread.” This is similar to saying “The flowers bloomed with the spring days.” Or “We set out with the first days of spring.” The Greek preposition “μετὰ” when used with a verb of motion means “into the middle of”, “during”, “along with”.

And we came to them into Troas, up to five days,

The problem with this interpretation is that the voyage does not take five days. It only takes two days or three at most. If conditions were so bad that it took five, then the hazard of the trip would surely have been mentioned. For it would take a mighty wind storm to make the voyage last that long. The typical voyage only takes two days, and not just because Acts 16:11 indicates this, but because a maritime study of passage from Philippi to Troas will show this. http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea#Currents_.26_Tides

where we completed the seven days [of Unleavened Bread]. 7 And on the first of the Sabbaths

The seventh day of the feast was an Annual Sabbath, which is followed immediately by the first of the Sabbaths that year. This is an unusual circumstance when the seven days of the feast are all used up before the first of the Sabbaths. Usually, the first of the Sabbaths falls during days 2 to 7 of the feast. It is so noted by Luke that they completed the feast before the first of the Sabbaths. This circumstance shows that the seventh day of the feast fell onto Friday that year, and the first day of the feast fell onto the weekly Sabbath before.

As I said before the word σαββάτων means “Sabbaths”, it is plural in Greek. The first Sabbath day after Passover is the only one that is given the name of "first of seven Sabbaths" which are counted between Passover and the feast of Shavuot ( Lev. 23:15).

when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul was talking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

What the time frame looks like...

 

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It isnt for the most part but it was written from a Jewish understanding and assumed that the readers knew Jewish things

But not the kind of Jewish we know today. Not like it at all. And it was not intended to be a Jewish document. It was intended to be for all human kind, Jews, Gentiles, pagans, men, women, slaves, freemen. All were intended to receive it and find salvation in the message it presents.