in the OT it was double sacrifices to the temple...so corporate gathering and sacrifice...
In the OT, Sabbath travel was
heavily restricted, so the only people doing those sacrifices were the priests, king, and those living within Jerusalem proper. The temple sacrifices receive a disproportionate amount of attention in the OT, but only the ones at the major feasts would have been relevant to most people.
WWJD? Well he met in the synagogues even launched His ministry in one reading out loud the prophet of isaiah who also says we will still meet again Sabbath to Sabbath in the time to yet come...
Since you brought it up, do you remember Jesus' sermon on that reading in Isaiah? No? Actually, neither does anyone else, because when He finished reading, He simply said it was fulfilled, and then SAT DOWN. Because there are no sermons in synagogue.
meeting PRAYING reading reflection and debate...Paul met repeatedly specifically on Sabbath with other Jews AND Gentiles and told the gentiles to return the next Sabbath to hear more...NOT THE NEXT DAY
If they had returned the next day, nobody would have been there. Everyone would have been at the
agora, or the
pnux. Paul preached wherever the people were. On Saturday, that was at synagogue.
Paul instructed corporate worship did not mention anything about on the first day for assembly (but you did say at first that God established it during the time of the apostles but then bumped it back...)
It's towards the end of the apostolic period. See the
Didache. Market Day at the agora was where meat was bought and sold... and much of that meat had been sacrificed to idols, which was an issue for the early church. The church instituted a Sunday assembly in competition to the Market, and held outside the city, ensuring that nobody could participate in both. It is modeled on Greek political practice rather than synagogue (i.e. it's something totally different than Sabbath).
Well I do wish it was back to being more like a library it is true...the brass band big show production hysteria and hype needs to be avoided...as do the shouting showtime sermons...but meeting to fellowship and worship was done and even WWJDid...
Look up the word
worship in your concordance. Group worship is only associated with the temple cult. Other usages are only of individuals, usually of those who were compelled to confess and "give glory to God." Only the Corinthians are recorded as performing, and Paul writes to them to tell them to STOP DOING THAT.
A second day? Sure by all means...provided you get some work done as the commandment which calls for work six days is NOT abolished or destroyed as He was quite clear we are supposed to DO NOT THINK so...
Yes, a second day. It isn't a day for rest, but it is a day for meeting, and that meeting was largely about economics and communication - the collection and distribution of food, the laying by of alms, seeing to the widows, etc. The early church was run as a koinonia or a trade guild.
It would seem that our disagreement is principally about what is supposed to happen on the Sabbath. We both have rest high on the list, but you would add a number of things which I would consider
prohibited.
