What is "the Lord's day", the 7th day, the 1st day or some other eschatological day, or something else?

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What is "the Lord's day", the 7th day, the 1st day or some other eschatological day, or something else?

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What is "the Lord's day"?​

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Where is this phrase found in scripture?​

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What is it's connection to "the sabbath of the LORD", "the seventh day" if any?​

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What is the historical consideration of the phrase?​

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Are there any historical citations that people bring up in relation to this subject, and are they rightly considered in their original languages, and contexts?​

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Some video for those that like to watch, rather than read:

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For those that desire some Fijian translation can see those here (please note the titles) -

As always, please feel free to comment, ask questions, participate in discussion, engage in prayerful bible study together! Take the time to follow scriptural counsel and read the material before entering into conversation, Pro. 18:13,17, and come to listen to what is being presented, as in Job, before speaking. There is no need to rush into anything when discussing such weighty matters. Better to ask clarifying questions, and listen to one another, and then go to the Bible together.

I will be glad to discuss this topic with those also desiring to do so.

 

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At the very end of the scriptures, in the last book of the Bible, that of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, there exists a text which many resort to, to sustain their weekly practice of gathering upon the ‘first [day] of the week’. The text is Revelation 1:10:

Revelation 1:10 KJB - I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,​

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Revelation 1:10 GNT TR - εγενομην εν πνευματι εν τη κυριακη ημερα και ηκουσα οπισω μου φωνην μεγαλην ως σαλπιγγος​

Those persons which refer to Rev. 1:10, to sustain their belief that the ‘first [day] of the week’ is now the day of Christian communal gathering, assume that the phrase “the Lord’s day” means the 1st day. This assumption is unwarranted and non-contextual. Others seek to define the phrase from those which they call the ‘ECF’ (Early Church Fathers). However, it is very unwise and unsafe to define words in the Bible, with words of others outside of the Bible and who came long after the text was written (Isa. 8:20, 28:10,13; 1 Pet. 4:11 KJB). Three questions can be asked in relation to this particular text:

Is “the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB) the 7th Day of the Week, also known as the Sabbath (Gen. 2:1-3; Exo. 20:8-11; Isa. 58:13; Mar. 2:27-28 KJB) of the LORD?​

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Is “the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB) the 1st Day of the Week (Gen. 1:5; Mat. 28:1 KJB), whom some call ‘Sunday’?​

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Is “the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB) the eschatological day (Rev. 16:14 KJB) of the Lord Jesus’ return?​

Consider the immediate context of Rev. 1:10 KJB:

John was on the Isle of Patmos for what reasons?

Revelation 1:2 KJB - “... the word of God ... the testimony of Jesus Christ ...”​

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Revelation 1:9 KJB - “... the word of God ... the testimony of Jesus Christ ...”​

It is even given in other places:

Revelation 6:9 KJB - “... the word of God ... the testimony ...”​

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Revelation 20:4 KJB - “... the witness of Jesus ... the word of God ...”​

What are these two things? No need to guess:

Revelation 12:17 KJB - “... the commandments of God ... the testimony of Jesus Christ.”​

This is found way back in the OT:

Deuteronomy 4:2 KJB - “... the word which I command you, ... the commandments of the LORD your God ...”​

When John writes “the Lord's day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB), it is in the context of “the word of God”, or, God’s Commandments. Well, which commandment then? John says:

Revelation 14:7 KJB - “... worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”​

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Revelation 14:12 KJB - “... keep the commandments of God ... the faith of Jesus.”​

John is specifically citing the 4th Commandment:

Exodus 20:11 KJB - For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.​

The LORD has chosen a specific (definite article) “day”. It is thus “the LORD(’s) ... day”, being His sabbath, the 7th day, from the foundation of the world in Gen. 2:1-3,4 KJB, where therein it is “God(’s; the LORD’s) ... day”.

The “word of God” = God’s commandments:

Isaiah 1:10 - “... the word of the LORD ... the law of our God ...”​

The “testimony of Jesus” is the Spirit of prophecy (Rev. 19:10 KJB):

Revelation 19:10 KJB - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.​

Notice the two witnesses are always together:

2 Kings 17:13 KJB - “... the LORD testified ... by all the prophets, and by all the seers ... keep my commandments ... the law which I commanded ... by my servants the prophets.”​

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Psalms 19:7 KJB - “The law of the LORD ... the testimony of the LORD ...”​

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Psalms 78:5 KJB - “... a testimony ... a law ...”​

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Proverbs 29:18 KJB - “... vision ... the law ...”​

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Isaiah 8:16 KJB - “... the testimony ... the law ...”​

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Isaiah 8:20 KJB - “... the law ... the testimony ... this word ...”​

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Lamentations 2:9 KJB - “... the law ... prophets ... vision from the LORD.”​

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Ezekiel 7:26 KJB - “... a vision of the prophet ... the law ...”​

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Matthew 22:40 KJB - “... the law ... the prophets.”​

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Romans 3:21 KJB - “... the law ... the prophets;”​

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Revelation 1:10 KJB - “I [the prophet & apostle John] was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day ...”​

The Apostle and prophet John receives a “vision” in connection with keeping God’s word, His commandments; resting specifically on “the LORD’s day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB):

Revelation 1:10 KJB - I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,​

The Law (Lord’s day) & the testimony (in the spirit; prophecy):

Look again at the parallels:

[A1] Rev. 1:2 KJB - “word” & “testimony”​

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[B1] Rev. 1:9 KJB - “word” & “testimony”​

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[C1] [Reverse] Rev. 1:10 KJB - “in the Spirit” & “the Lord’s day”​

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[A2] Rev. 6:9 KJB - “word” & “testimony”​

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[B2] Rev. 12:17 KJB - “commandments” & “testimony”​

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[C2] [Reverse] Rev. 20:4 KJB - “witness” & “word”​

 

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It (“the Lord’s day; Rev. 1:10 KJB) always speaks of the 7th day the sabbath of the LORD, His holy day of His “word” or “commandments”, and the “Spirit” refers to the “testimony” or “witness”. The Bible does not merely use the phrase “the Lord’s day” just in Revelation 1:10 KJB, as so many incorrectly assume, but from the very beginning and throughout this phrase appears:

The LORD’s Day – The 7th Day The Sabbath​	ISAIAH 58:13 Various Translations​
Gen. 2:1-3,4 KJB - “... God [the LORD] ... day ...”	CJB - “... Adonai’s holy day ...”
Exo. 16:23 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	ERV - “... the Lord’s special day ...”
Exo. 16:25,26 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	EXB - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Exo. 20:8-11 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	GW - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Exo. 31:15 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	ICB - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Exo. 35:2,3 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	ISV - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Lev. 23:3,38 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	TLB - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Num. 15:31,32 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	MSG - “... God’s holy day ...”
Deu. 5:12,14,15 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	NOG - “... Yahweh’s holy day ...”
Neh. 9:6,13,14 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	NABRE - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Isa. 56:6 KJB - “... the LORD ... [day] ...”	NCV - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Isa. 58:13 KJB - “... [the LORD’s] ... day ...”	NET - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Isa. 66:22,23 KJB - “... the LORD ... sabbath [day] ...”	NIRV - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Jer. 17:21 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	NIV - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Eze. 46:1,4,12 KJB - “... the LORD ... day ...”	NIVUK - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Mat. 12:8 KJB - “... the Lord ... day ...”	NLT - “... the Lord’s holy day ...”
Mar. 2:28 KJB - “... the Lord ... day ...”	TPT - “... Yahweh’s holy day ...”
Luk. 6:5 KJB - “... the Lord ... [day] ...”	KJB - “... my [the LORD’s] holy day ...”
Rev. 1:10 KJB - “... the Lord’s day ...”	Isa. 58:13 KJB - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Revelation 1 has a unique parallelism within itself:

(1) Isa. 55:4 → Rev. 1:5 (Witness)​

(2) Dan. 7:13 → Rev. 1:7 (Coming with Angels)​

(3) Zec. 12:10-14 → Rev. 1:7 (Pierced & Wail)​

(4) Isa. 41:4,6 → Rev. 1:8 (I AM)​

(5) Isa. 58:13 → Rev. 1:10 (The Lord’s day)​

(4) Isa. 41:4,6 → Rev. 1:11 (I AM)​

(3) Zec. 4:2 → Rev. 1:12 (7 Gold Candlesticks)​

(2) Dan. 7:9,13,22 → Rev. 1:13-15 (Priest)​

(1) Isa. 49:2 → Rev. 1:16 (Sharp Sword)​

Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my [the LORD's] holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

The phrase “the Lord’s day” (Rev. 1:10 KJB) cannot refer to the eschatological “Day of the LORD” (Isa. 2:12, 13:6,9, 34:8 KJB; Second coming):

[1] John was “in the Spirit on the Lord’s day”, which means it was the present time.​

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[2] John is not merely shown the future (Rev. 1:7 KJB), but is also shown the past & present. While Rev. 1:7 KJB does reveal the future Advent of Jesus (Day of the LORD, the final 1,000 years of the Great Cosmic Week of God, whose beginning and ending are separated by Jesus’ 2nd and 3rd Advents; Rev. 20; Isa. 24, &c.), it wasn’t yet taking place the day John received the vision (the Lord’s day, the 7th day of the weekly cycle, the sabbath):​

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Revelation 1:19 - Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;​

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[A.] past – the things which thou hast seen​

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[B.] present - the things which are​

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[C.] future - the things which shall be hereafter​

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[3] Jesus’ actual location in the vision is seen to be “in the midst of the seven candlesticks” (Rev. 1:13 KJB). This is the Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary (Tabernacle) above (Psa. 77:13; Heb. 8:5; 9:23; Rev. 5:6, 11:19, 15:5 KJB), where Jesus still ministered at that present time (AD 90ish) since Pentecost (AD 31; Act. 2:1-3 KJB).​

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[4] In Revelation 1, Jesus is not dressed as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords, as later (Rev. 19:11-16 KJB), but is dressed as the great High Priest (Rev. 1:13-15 KJB) and ministering among the 7-branch candlestick of Heaven, that more of mankind might be saved by the Everlasting Gospel (Rev. 14:6-12 KJB). When Jesus changes His garments and comes with the clouds (angels) of Heaven in the fullness of glory, the Gospel is no longer effective, and His ministration therein ceases (Rev. 8:5, 10:7 KJB).​

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[5] Those who incorrectly assume the phrase “the Lord’s day” to mean “the first [day] of the week” in lieu of Jesus’ resurrection, cannot get a weekly recurrence out of a one-time event, in fulfilment of the yearly typological Firstfruit / Wavesheaf in Lev. 23:9-14 KJB, as made known in 1 Cor. 15:20,23 KJB. Not one Gospel or Epistle, or NT (or OT for that matter) writer, calls “the Lord’s day” the “first [day] of the week”.​

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[6] The language itself, “τηG3588 T-DSF κυριακηG2960 A-DSF ημεραG2250 N-DSF”, as the word “κυριακη” (transliterated “kuriake”) is an Adjective - Dative - Singular - Feminine, (the day “for” the LORD) is sort of used as a ‘possessive’ (“of”, see 1 Cor. 11:20, “the Lord’s supper”), and not like the phrase “day of the Lord” (ἡμέρα κυρίου) which is in the genitive masculine (2 Pet. 3:10 KJB, &c; see also Origen’s Hexapla), which John calls the “great day of God Almighty” (Rev. 16:14 KJB).​

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[7] The two phrases, refer to differing days:​

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[A.] Isaiah 58:13 KJB – “my [the Lord’s] holy day”, the 7th day of the week, the sabbath of the LORD. (Rev. 1:10 KJB, “the Lord’s day”)​

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[B1.] Isaiah 2:12, 13:6,9, 34:8 KJB – “the Day of the LORD”, the final eschatological climaxing day (Rev. 16:14 KJB, “great day of God Almighty”):​

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[B2.] “The Day of the LORD”:​

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Deu. 31:17-18; 1 Sam. 3:12, 8:18; 1 Kin. 22:25, 22:35; 2 Chr. 18:24, 18:34; Job 3:3-4, 21:30; Psa. 110:5; Isa. 2:11-12,17,20, 3:7,18, 4:1-2, 5:30, 7:18,21,23, 10:20,27,32, 11:10-11,16, 12:1,4, 13:6,9,13, 17:4,7,9, 19:18-19,21, 23-24, 20:6, 22:12,20,25, 23:15, 24:21, 25:9, 26:1, 27:1-2,12-13, 28:5,19, 29:18, 30:23,25, 31:7, 34:8, 52:6, 58:5, 61:2, 63:4, 66:8; Jer. 1:10, 4:9, 25:33, 30:8, 31:6, 39:17, 46:10, 49:22,26; Lam. 1:12, 2:1,21-22; Eze. 7:7,12,19, 13:5, 22:24, 24:27, 27:27, 29:21, 30:3,9,18, 38:14,19, 39:11,22, 48:35; Hos. 1:5,11, 2:16,18,21, 5:9, 9:5; Joe. 1:15, 2:1-2,11, 2:31, 3:14,18; Amo. 1:14, 2:16, 3:14, 5:18,20, 8:3,9-10,13, 9:11; Oba. 1:8,15; Mic. 2:4, 3:6, 4:6, 5:10, 7:11-12; Nah. 3:17; Hab. 3:16; Zep. 1:7,8,9,10,14,15,16,18, 2:2-3, 3:8,11,16; Zec. 2:11, 3:9,10, 9:16, 11:11, 12:3,4,6,8,9,12, 13:1,2,4, 14:1,3, 14:4,6,7,8,9,13,20,21; Mal. 3:2,17, 4:1,3,5; Mat. 7:22, 10:15, 11:22,24, 12:36, 24:36,50, 25:13; Mar. 6:11,13:32; Luk. 6:23, 10:12, 17:24,30,31, 21:34; Jhn. 6:39,40,44,54, 8:56, 11:24, 14:20, 16:23,26; Rom. 2:5,16, 13:12; 1 Cor. 1:8, 3:13, 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; Php. 1:6,10, 2:16; 1 Thes. 5:2,4; 2 Thes. 1:10, 2:2,3; 2 Tim. 1:12,18, 4:8; Heb. 10:25; Jam. 5:5; 1 Pet. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:9, 3:7,10,12; 1 Jhn. 4:17; Jud. 1:6; & Rev. 6:17, 16:14, 18:8 KJB.​

Others, under inspiration, write the “Day of the LORD” [B1,2.] like this:​
“the day of their calamity” Deuteronomy 32:35​	“the day of vengeance” Isaiah 63:4​
“the day of vengeance” Proverbs 6:34​	“the day of the LORD’s wrath” Zephaniah 1:18​
“the day of the LORD’s anger” Lamentations 2:22​	“Day of God” 2 Peter 3:12​
“day of the LORD’s vengeance” Isaiah 34:8​	“the day of vengeance of our God” Isaiah 61:2​
John, when referring to the “Day of the LORD”, or the second coming of Jesus, writes: “great day of God Almighty” Revelation 16:14 Even the Latin of Gen. 2:2 (Deus die septimo) & Exo. 20:11 (Dominus diei sabbati), being the 7th day sabbath of the LORD is different than Zep. 1:14 (dies Domini), the Day of the LORD.​

Honest Commentaries to note on Rev. 1:10 (from StudyLight.com)​
Peter Pett's commentary makes this accurate note: “... Sunday is not called ‘the Lord’s day’ (he kyriake hemera) anywhere in Scripture ...”​	Richard Chenevix Trench has stated on record, and accurately that: “... Some have assumed, from this passage, that ἡμέρα κυριακή was a designation of Sunday already familiar among Christians. This, however, seems a mistake ...”​
Dr. Thomas Constable likewise states the same truth: “... The New Testament writers never called Sunday the Lord’s day elsewhere in Scripture. ...”​	Likewise, Foy E Wallace states: “... It (Rev. 1:10) is not a reference to the first day of the week ...”​

What about those writings of those whom some call the “ECF”? Recent scholarship shows some funny business:​
Some people attempt to define “the Lord's day” (Rev. 1:10), not by scripture, as is proper, but instead by the comments of the “ECF”, rather than going back to the real “fathers”; the Patriarchs & Prophets of Scripture: like Abraham, Moses, David, John, James, Peter and Paul &c.​	Pliny the Younger (“stated day before sunrise”, refers to the sabbath day (Act. 13:14,27,42,44, 15:21, 16:13, 17:2, 18:4; Heb. 4:9; Rev. 1:10) in context (Mar. 1:35; 1 Pet. 2:21 KJB), inferred) - http://www.tyrannus.com/pliny_let.html​
Ignatius, Didache, &c - Sunday Fraud: Church "Fathers" on the Lord's Day​	Pseudo-Barnabas - SDA The Sabbath In The Epistle Of Barnabas By William H Shea : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive​
Justin Martyr - Doctrine Sabbath William H Shea The Justin Martyr Forgery About Sabbath And Sunday The First Day Of The Week : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive​	Clement of Alexandria - Clement Of Alexandria Not The First Day Of The Week : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive​