Why Sunday

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Originally Posted by Nicodemus1968

Good question. Was Sunday the beginning of the week then? I don’t see any problem if you want to have service on Saturday morning or night. With that said we are creatures of habit, and tradition so I don’t see churches changing from Sunday to Saturday. Also, the church isn't the building you attend on service times. The church is us, its the bride of Christ, so wherever you go you can have church.

One thing to mention and I’m sure it would’ve come up, that the Old Testaments was Sabbath and we understand all that. Now, New Testament says that the Holy Ghost is our rest we don’t need a physical day to rest as long as were “current” in the Holy Ghost we have rest.

Brother, I am not advocating for Sabbath keeping. I am just curious about New Testament and very early writings about how the gathering on Sundays originated.

The first day of the week in the New Testament started on Saturday evening, at least for the Jews, and it seems to me natural that they still kept the Sabbath to go to the synagogues first and then gather in the evening with the brethren to break bread together and have a service. I may be wrong but I find it interesting, and I have not found any connection like this anywhere.
In addition to that, the resurrection and Pentecost were both on the first day of the week as Hebrews days (Sat 6pm to Sun 6pm).
All of that could have made the first day of the week the day of gathering and seeking the Lord together; later called "The Lord's day".