In Acts 20:7, the disciples gathered on the first day of the week. Many people say that verse indicates a weekly Sunday service and that God changed the day of worship from the 7th day in the Ten commandments to the 1st day.
Why were the disciples meeting on the 1st day? What were they in fact celebrating?
The day after the Sabbath is Sunday, the first day of the week...
From the verses below, we can clearly see that Apostle Paul was observing the Day of Firstfruits, which falls between the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Acts 20:60) and the Day of Pentecost (Acts 20:16)
Leviticus 23:4-16- 4."These are the Lord's appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:"
- 5. The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- 6. On the fifteenth day of the month the Lord's Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present an offering made to the Lord by fire. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.'"
- 9.The Lord said to Moses, 10 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. 11He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on THE DAY AFTER THE SABBATH...This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
- 15 "From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. 16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath...
The day after the Sabbath is Sunday, the first day of the week...
Acts 20:6
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread...16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avaid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost...
In the above verse, Apostle Paul is clearly outlining the day of Firstfruits and The Feast of Weeks which were fulfilled--NOT ABOLISHED--through the law of Christ (Matthew 5:17-18, Romans 8:2,1Corinthians 9:21) . Apostle Paul was under Christ's Law. Following the example of Christ--Apostle Paul kept the FEAST OF GOD.
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread...16Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avaid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost...
In the above verse, Apostle Paul is clearly outlining the day of Firstfruits and The Feast of Weeks which were fulfilled--NOT ABOLISHED--through the law of Christ (Matthew 5:17-18, Romans 8:2,1Corinthians 9:21) . Apostle Paul was under Christ's Law. Following the example of Christ--Apostle Paul kept the FEAST OF GOD.
SHOULDN'T WE?
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