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On the First Day of the Week: God, the Christian and the Sabbath is unavailable, but you can change that!

In an increasingly secular world, the personal and social benefits of Sabbath-keeping are continually eroding. The church—not just the world—is finding it increasingly difficult to defend the traditional view that the fourth commandment is still binding on us, and that God wants us to honor the first day of the week, the Lord’s Day, as a Christian Sabbath. This book examines some of the issues...

…’ (1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31). This is a standard way of referring to an ordinary day. While the word ‘day’ could refer to a long period of time, the words ‘morning’ and ‘evening’ can hardly be used in that way. Instead, we have language used here which both defines the duration of the day, and makes us realize that time is God’s invention! Secondly, there is the strong argument that the phrase ‘the first day’ (1:5), should actually be translated ‘one day’.1 Basing his reasoning on the use of numbers
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