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Expert: LEBoyd - 8/2/2008


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  Hello sir. Thank you for the continued instruction. I am sure I may seem to you as gnat like, but I and at a learning curve so tremendous right now. I am seeking answers as never before, as I mentioned in my first correspondence with you. This is a question I have mulled over and even tried to understand in the book of Genesis and subsequent books. What is the biblical Sabbath day. And what Sabbaths' are we to keep. If Sunday is the first day of the week in a 7 day system, how can it also be the 7th day, the HOLY Sabbath day of worship?  

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Zach,

That's a great question, and one that shows you're catching on to the difference between the OT and the NT.  Prior to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Sabbath was the Holy day.  Once Christ was resurrected on Sunday, this became the "Lord's Day" and Christians were then commanded to meet and worship on the first day of the week.

Remember 1 Cor. 16 (the tithing question)?  Christians met on the first day of the week.  The worship of the Christians was changed dramatically.  One of the biggest changes was the sharing of the Lord's Supper.  This replaced all the sacrifices, as Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice (Heb 9:27 and chapter 10 [esp. v 12]).  Heb also teaches us that the priesthood was replaced.

So, the Sabbath is no longer the "holy" day.  The history of the Sabbath is somewhat interesting.  It was put into place by God as a reminder that God created the universe in 6 days and rested on the 7th (Gen 2:3 and Ex 16:22-30).

The Lord's Day (as it's called in Rev 1) is set up as not only a reminder of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, put as a proclamation that He will come again (1 Cor. 11:17 - 26).

Hope this helps.

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I am available to answer questions on most subjects dealing with the Old and New Testaments. I have more than 30 years of detailed study in both Testaments. Additionally, I have studied the many facets of evolution, including a detailed study of Darwin's Origin of the Species. I am a fundamentalist, in that I believe that all Scripture is inspired, or God-breathed, (II Tim. 3:16). I believe that there are no contradictions in the Bible, and that the Bible is complete in telling us our purpose on earth, how to gain salvation and how we should live to obtain salvation. I believe in sin, Satan, heaven, hell, choice-immersion, grace as the free-gift of God and that one can fall from grace. I am a 'layman' in that I taught myself Hebrew (in the English alphabet) and Greek (in the Greek alphabet).

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I have taught many adult classes on the Scriptures on many different subjects over the last 25 years. I have also debated many people (several at once) over subjects such as evolution, original sin, the Diety of Jesus, whether Jesus was perfect by choice, and so-called Biblical contradictions.

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I am a layman, so I come as a self-trained "expert". I can provide copies of sermanets, classes and emails where I have debated Scripture with others. I do have a BBA and an MBA from a Top-10 MBA School. I also have several NASD/SEC licenses.

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In Bibilical areas, I have scored the highest score, or in the top 10, with other adults in an all day annual test on specific Bible books. Some of these books were Luke, Revelation, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronmy, Joshua, Judges, II Kings, and others. Currently, I am teaching an indepth study on the book of Judges.

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