The question of which day is the true Sabbath, Saturday or Sunday, has been a topic of debate among Christians. Here are some key points from the search results:
- The Sabbath day is Saturday, as it has been from the beginning, for Jews.
- The early Church often met for worship on Sundays, in honor of Christs resurrection which occurred on a Sunday.
- The Church of Rome and some churches under its influence adopted Sunday as their day of worship around the 2nd century, but the Eastern churches centered in Jerusalem kept Saturday—the seventh day—as the Sabbath according to the teachings of the Bible.
- Some claim that a mandate by Emperor Constantine in AD 321 “changed” the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, but there is no scriptural basis for switching to Sunday, nor is there any command by the apostles to not keep the Saturday Sabbath.
- The Sabbath was given to Israel, not the church, and Christians are free from the bondage of the law.
- The first day of the week, Sunday, the Lord’s Day, celebrates the new creation, with Christ as our resurrected Savior.
- A day of worship and a Sabbath day are not the same thing.
- The true day of worship we should observe is the Sabbath that the Church of God keeps holy on Saturday, the seventh day, which is the pure truth of the early Church that Christ restored at His second coming.
In summary, the Sabbath day is Saturday, but the early Church often met for worship on Sundays in honor of Christs resurrection. The Church of Rome and some churches under its influence adopted Sunday as their day of worship around the 2nd century, but the Eastern churches centered in Jerusalem kept Saturday as the Sabbath according to the teachings of the Bible. There is no scriptural basis for switching to Sunday, nor is there any command by the apostles to not keep the Saturday Sabbath. However, Christians are free from the bondage of the law, and the true day of worship we should observe is the Sabbath that the Church of God keeps holy on Saturday, the seventh day.
