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RE: SUNDAY REFLECTION: THE CHALICE, THE HOST, AND THE PEACE I FOUND TODAY.
Right but Exodus 20 points directly back to Genesis. I mean the word 'bible' doesn't appear in scripture but we believe in it. I think that's a stretch to say the word Sabbath doesn't appear in Genesis 2 so it's not relevant.
As for Acts 20:7, absolutely. Breaking break, worshipping, praising God....I don't think we should ever take a day off per se. But there is only one day God sanctified and made holy.
Correct about Colossians 2....It read 'sabbath days' which means plural. And there were lots of days called sabbaths. Feast days, holidays etc. But there is a clear distinction between what is reference in that chapter from the context, to the royal and holy law of God (the 10 commandments)
I think the bigger issue is that we like our traditions. And what the church fathers apparently taught. I'm just trying to follow what God says and what Jesus lived.
I think everything else outside of that, is opinion. Which we all have.
I understand your point, but I think the bigger question is what the New Testament shows the Church actually doing after Christ’s resurrection.
The issue isn't simply whether Genesis 2 uses the word “Sabbath.” Genesis says God blessed and sanctified the seventh day, and Exodus later explicitly identifies that day as the Sabbath.
But after the Resurrection, we repeatedly see Christians gathering on the first day: Jesus rose on the first day (Mark 16:9), appeared to the disciples that day (John 20:19), appeared again on the following first day (John 20:26), and the disciples gathered to break bread on the first day in Acts 20:7.
So I agree that Scripture should be our foundation. But Scripture also shows the Church gathering on Sunday because of Christ's Resurrection. That is why Catholics don't claim that Jesus simply said, “Change the Sabbath to Sunday.” The practice is understood from the whole New Testament witness, not from one isolated verse.
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