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Originally Posted by Esaias
Actually yes. In fact sunday is a regular work day for us. I would point out however that the command is primarily "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy". 6 days are allotted to man to do whatever work he needs to do. The command to rest is given so that man would have a day to focus on God and not on his labour.
Modern western society has created the "two day weekend". We have been blessed with a return to an essentially agrarian lifestyle. Believe me, there's plenty of work available to be busy 6 days a week. We look forward to sabbath. Before, at my previous job, I also worked 6 days a week most weeks. If I had sunday off as well, I had work around the house so I still worked 6 days a week.
If a man or family is blessed with a genuine two day weekend, with NO WORK NEEDED WHATSOEVER, they should count their blessings. The way things are going I suspect we are all gonna be soon finding out how nice we've had it the last 50-60 years.
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Well, you're the first I've met that believes in following the whole commandment, and not just the rest part
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Originally Posted by Esaias
It is not outlining how the sabbath should be kept "if it fell on a feast day". Not trying to be rude but that's really a lame response. Seriously. Again, nothing personal and I don't mean to offend or anything but for real? You're gonna go with that?
It doesn't say what you say. No "if" in the text there. It says THESE ARE THE FEASTS OF THE LORD and then outlines them, starting with the weekly sabbath. Of that weekly sabbath says it says it is a holy convocation. No, nothing about "going to the tabernacle/temple" but that's irrelevent because the tabernacle/temple was not equivalent to a "church assembly" anyway.
It is what is, a holy convocation.
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No, I am serious! Where else in the OT is the Sabbath teaching given as a "holy convocation" by itself, and not included with a feast day? Nowhere. It is only mentioned once here in Leviticus as a holy convocation, along with teaching with the feast days. It was outlining how to keep the Sabbath when it fell on a particular feast day.
So again, Sabbath was not given as a day of fellowship, but of rest, unless the Sabbath fell on a feast day.