Sunday: Holyday or Man-Made Tradition?
November 01, 2007 @ 12:20 AM
by Van Robison
Many are the customs of the
church world, that have nothing to do with Jesus
Christ or the teachings of Christ. Sunday "go to
church" is at the top of the list of man-made
traditions (along with tithing). In the Old
Testament, the Sabbath of rest was the seventh
day of the week: "Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8). All Bible students
know that the weekly Sabbath of the Old
Testament referred to the seventh day of the
week. What many Christians are unaware of is
that there were also other "Sabbaths" in the Old
Testament that had to do with annual Feasts or
Holydays. At times, it was possible for an
annual Sabbath or "Highday" to fall on the
seventh day of the week, which made it a double
Sabbath. Read
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