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Is the Sabbath the Lord's Day of Revelation 1:10?

Argument:

  1. The "Lord's Day" is the day the Lord is Lord of - the Day that Is His -
  2. In Mark 2:28 Jesus Christ said he is Lord of the Sabbath - Not of Sunday.

But:

  1. The Sabbath was given only to the Jews.
  2. In Mark 2:27-28 Jesus was not giving a history of the origin of the Sabbath, nor defending its sacredness against desecration, nor showing that it was made for all mankind.
  3. He is not claiming the Jewish Sabbath as His day, as the day consecrated to himself.
  4. Mark 2:28 does not say the Sabbath is the "Lord's Day" of Revelation 1:10.  It does not even remotely imply such.
  5. He was simply pointing out His right to regulate the Sabbath.
  6. If the Sabbath could be set aside by mere men under certain circumstances, then surely the "Son of Man" could set it aside when necessary to further his earthly ministry.
  7. He had the right to regulate it to accomplish things more important, such as His ministering life to all men.
  8. Since He had the right to regulate the Sabbath, then He also had the right to abolish it. Colossians 2:14-16
  9. The Sabbath was never referred to as the "Lord's Day" in the Bible or by the Jews.
  10. Only modern day Sabbath keepers falsely teach such.

Chart #43 Did God Sanctify the Seventh Day at Creation?

A Look at Genesis 2:1-3.

  1. God's resting on the seventh day did not make it holy.
  2. God's resting on the seventh day did not set it apart as the "Sabbath Day" to be kept by man.
  3. There is no mention whatever of the word "Sabbath" in Genesis 2:1-3.
  4. The word Sabbath is purely a Hebrew word, always referring to the Jewish rest day.
    A. It never appears in the book of Genesis.
    B. It appears first in Old Testament in Exodus 16:23.
    C. This is @ 2500 years after God rested.
  5. Genesis 2:1-3 does not say when God sanctified the seventh day.
  6. There is not a verse in all the Bible that says that God sanctified the seventh day as a Sabbath at the time of creation.

Chart #44 Did God Sanctify the Seventh Day at Creation? #2

  1. Genesis 2:1-3 shows that God sanctified the seventh day sometime after creation.
    A. "Because that in it He "had" rested.  Past tense.
  2. God delivered Israel out of Egyptian bondage where they had no rest.  "Therefore, God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath Day." Deuteronomy 5:15
  3. "Thou camest down also upon Mt. Sinai...and madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath...by the hand of Moses thy servant." Nehemiah 9:13-15 (Exodus 19:20)
  4. Sabbath given after "I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt." Ezekiel 20:10-12
  5. The Sabbath was given at Horeb after deliverance from Egypt. 1 Kings 8:9, 21.
  6. See Deuteronomy 6:20-24.

Chart #45 Did God sanctify the seventh day at creation? #3

1. Genesis 2:1-3 is a classic example of prolepsis:
   A. (Prolepsis: a figure of speech – “A joining together of 
      two, or more, things, or events, which are separated in 
      time as though they occurred at the same time.)
2. Other Bible examples:
   A. Genesis 3:20.
      (1) Adam called his wife’s name Eve.
      (2) Because she was the mother of all living.
      (3) But at this time she was not the mother of anyone.
   B. Genesis 4:20.
      (1) Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of 
          such as have cattle.
      (2) But at this time he was not the father of anyone.
   C. Matthew 10:4.
      (1) In listing the names of the 12 disciples Matthew lists 
          “Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him.”
      (2) But at this time Judas had not betrayed Jesus.

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