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    Date of Christmas

    psalms 91, re: "We honor the birth of our saviour and that is what is important" It might be interesting to note that other than the writer of Luke saying that a few sheppards dropped by at the birth of the Messiah, scripture is silent with regard to anyone else ever observing it.
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    Michael, re: "You had mentioned the 'three days, three nights' in your first point, so it brought to mind what I posted." OK, just so it's understood that the first 5 points are merely setting forth the requirements for the folks to whom this topic is directed, i.e., anyone who believes the...
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    Michael, I'm afraid your comments deal with issues for a different topic.
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    Since it's been awhile, maybe someone new visiting this topic may know of examples.
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    Point #5 in the OP should be chaged to read: To account for the lack of a 3rd night, there may be some of those mentioned above who say that the Messiah was employing common figure of speech/colloquial language.
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    Three of the more usual explanations that are given for the lack of a 3rd night with a 6th day of the week crucifixion/1st day of the week resurrection are: 1. The count of days and nights began when the Messiah was arrested at night in the Garden. 2. The 3 hours of darkness while the Messiah...
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    Are College Students Already Biased?

    The consensus seems to be "yes" to the OP question. Now what?
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    A Star Trek Debate

    I'm not sure the prime directive applies here. Saving Wesley doesn't really interfer with the natural development of the society.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, re: "What did I say that didn’t make sense?" I haven't said you weren't .
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, re: "You're not making sense." In my post #65 I asked you: "With regard to Gentiles, are you saying that the phrase '...not having the Law...'means that the shalls and shall nots in the Law do not apply to them?" In your post #67 you said "No. Gentile Christians have the Law written...
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    Common Figure of Speech?

    But perhaps someone new looking in may.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, re: "No." So the shalls and the shall nots do apply to them, i.e., the 10 Commandments. So the answer to the OP is yes.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, With regard to Gentiles, are you saying that the phrase "...not having the Law..."means that the shalls and shall nots in the Law do not apply to them?
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, re: "Christians do not keep the Sabbath, which is part of the Law of Moses." Actually, it is part of the law of the Supreme Being; the same law that says: do not murder, do not steal, do not commit adultery, etc.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    RichWh1, re: "The Jewish Sabbath began Friday sundown and ended Saturday sundown." I think that is known by pretty much everyone.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    MoreCoffee, re: "The first day of the week in Jewish calendars is what we call Sunday (technically what we call Saturday night and Sunday day time). Technically Saturday night begins at midnight. Then there is Saturday daytime and then another Saturday night which ends at midnight. Saturday...
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    psalms 91, And I messed up by addressing my question to MoreCoffee and not to you.
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    MoreCoffee, re: "I think just about every Church gathering happened on the first day of the week and that at those meetings the Lord's supper was celebrated because he is risen." Actually, as far as scripture is concerned there are only two times mentioned with regard to anybody getting...
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    MoreCoffee, re: "It's better to keep the Lord's day. Sunday, in celebration of the Lord Jesus' resurrection" Just so it's understood that scripture never refers to the 1st day of the week as the "Lord's day" BTW, I think it's interesting to note that scripture is silent with regard to anyone...
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    Are Christians obligated to keep the Sabbath?

    MoreCoffee, re: "I see, so it isn't from anything that the apostles wrote it is from some kind of reconstructed middle eastern translation taken from the Greek and then after reconstruction translated or paraphrased into English?" So what English translation do you use which is taken directly...
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