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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
In understanding biblical passages, the rule of language in relation to syntax, context, nouns, articles, adjectives, original words, etc should be taken into consideration to avoid misapplication and/or misunderstanding of the message.
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It is this method that's the problem, Grip, scriptures have to be understood in their historical context. Not through Biblical scholasticism. Scholasticism just allows for subjectivity.
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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
Jesus spent 40 days before ascending to heaven. The apostles wrote epistles in a span of over 50 years. If sunday keeping was recognised by them, they could have stated. If there was anything most important in a Jew's mind, was the Sabbath issue. The new testament silence on Sunday worship simply means that there was no one in support/controversy.Christ himself could have expressed his wish that his resurrection be commemorated in a manner of observing a day. Remember Christ only left one ceremony to commemorate his death, burial and resurrection-the sacrament. He knew he would resurrect on the first day, but asked no one to remember that day. Even not remembering his death and resurrection during Easter, or his birth during Christmas, violates non of God's laws or requirements. Just imagine that Jesus was accused of breaking the Sabbath, you think apostles not only breaking but changing it would have gone unnoticed? I have OT prophecies supporting Sabbath observance in new covenant, and also a prophecy stating a thinking by the little horn to change the times and the laws, also of a beast imposing a mark on people's forehead (thinking) and demanding worship through deception and miracles, and I am convinced that this beast uses or twist God's express spoken laws to receive reverence. Wondered why a church should kill heretics as was manifest in dark ages?
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You're still using the Bible-only approach. The fact that the New Testament is silent about the change doesn't mean that the change didn't happen or that it isn't significant. There's some teachings Christ taught that are not recorded in the New Testament. An example is in Acts 20:35, Paul quotes Jesus as saying "It is more blessed to give than to receive." None of the Gospels record that. The closest to this quote is "Freely you have received, freely give."