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Did the Disciples Break Bread on the First of the Week, or the First of the Sabbaths?? Big Difference!
04/10/2010
Did the Disciples Break Bread on the First of the Week/s as was their Custom? Well, Yes ofcourse and No absolutely Not!
"Now on the first DAY of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Acts 20:7 Why did I capitalize "Day" in this verse? If you look you the verse in King James Version or the New King James Version, you will notice the word "Day" in italics for the same reason that I have it capitalized. The reason being that the word "Day" doesn't exist in the verse in Greek! Now in verses 5 and 6 we find the word "Day" clearly. Acts 5-6 "These went on and were waiting for us at Troas. 6. But we sailed away from Phillipi after the days (Hemeras) of Unleavened Bread, and in five days (Hemeron Pente) we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days (Hemeras Epta). But in the only verse in the NT that seems to indicate the Disciples kept a Sabbath other than the one G-d Commanded (Acts 20:7), the word "Day" in "First DAY of the week" is mysteriously missing?? The verse actually says in Greek, the "First of the Sabbaton" that is, the "First of the Sabbaths!". So, "Now on the first of the Sabbaths, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Acts 20:7 This is ofcourse the story of the young man who passed out when Paul spoke until midnight after the speech he gave because he intended to leave the next morning. So now we have three possible chronologies, A. Believers met on any and every Sunday and this began as a daytime meeting, and it was thier custom to meet every week on Sunday. The day the Romans used to worship the Emperor as the son of the sun-god made flesh. Pontifex Maximus (high priest) and the reincarnation of Mithras. They would ofcourse be missing the blessing G-d promised on ALL GENTILES SPECIFICALLY that keep His Sabbaths in Isaiah 56 and 58, and the blessing Jesus promised for keeping even the seemingly least of the Commands in Matthew 5:17-19. Despite the complete lack of the word "Day" in "First Day of the Week". Luke intended the Roman meaning of days and nights and is saying that Paul began speaking on a Sunday morning and preached until midnight with at least 12 hours straight of preaching, and then intended to wake up the next morning and go on an arduous journey on Monday morning. This would be despite G-d commanding Sunday be used as a common working day, and Paul having a regular job which would require Him thereby working on it and since Paul also had the custom of preaching Christ to the Jews in the synagogue every Sabbath, Paul would have a two day weekend from tent making. B. Since the chapter states clearly they were keeping the Feasts of Unleavened Bread, this was the first of the 7 weekly Sabbaths (First of the Sabbaths) that occur between Firstfruits and Pentecost/Shavuot. This meeting took place at Sunset on Saturday on the first weekly Sabbath after Unleavened Bread and went on to Sunday, which began after sunset. During this time today, many believers "count the Omer" which is a way of counting each of the 50 days between Unleavened Bread and Pentecost. Believers from different cities were gathered for Passover as it was commanded for all believers to meet in Jerusalem for Passover, and they hung out together every year after the Feasts since they had traveled all that way and don't see each other very often. The Greek says "First of the Sabbaths" because the earlier verses say the Disciples were keeping the Feasts of Unleavened Bread, as Paul commanded the Gentile Churches to do in 1st Corinthians 5:7. This would mean that the Disciples were in the habit of breaking bread together during the Feast of Matzah (Unleavened Bread). The "First of the Sabbaths' would refer to the 7 Sabbaths between the first weekly Sabbath after Passover, and the 7th last weekly Sabbath which falls the day before Pentecost/Shavuot. Pentecost/Shavuot is always on a Sunday because G-s said "the day AFTER THE SABBATH." What further validates the possibility of this being the First of the Sabbaths counted up to Pentecost/Shavuot is that not only does the chapter tell us that the Disciples were gathered during the Holy Days of Unleavened Bread in verse 6, but in verse 16 Paul skipped Ephesus because He was in a rush to get to Jerusalem for Pentecost/Shavuot. One of the 3 yearly feasts that all believers were instructed to go to Jerusalem to attend. Here is the chronology, Passover (sunset Wednesday to sunset Thursday the year of the Resurrection)-time of crucifixion First Day of Unleavened Bread (sunset Thursday to sunset Wednesday the year of the Resurrection)-Yeshua in the ground, broken, pierced, stiped body like the bread without leaven (sin) and wrapped in linen and hidden. Weekly Sabbath(sunset Friday to sunset Saturday)-rested in grave and rose at sunset Feast of Firstfruits (sunset Saturday to sunset Sunday every year)-Mary met Him gathering grain sheafs (omers) for Firstfruits, and thought He was the gardener. Matthew 28:1 Weekly Sabbath#1 (First of the Sabbaths, after Unleavened Bread, as the Greek says). Weekly Sabbath#2 Weekly Sabbath#3 Weekly Sabbath#4 Weekly Sabbath#5 Weekly Sabbath#6 Weekly Sabbath#7 Pentecost (Shavuot) 50 Days after Unleavened Bread. Measured by "counting the Omer", 7 Sabbaths, plus one day. C. This meeting started at an ordinary sunset Saturday/weekly Sabbath during the meal called Havdallah which ends the Sabbath every week. In the Bible, the "First Day of the Week" begins at Sunset on Saturday, just as the 2nd day of the week would begin at sunset on Sunday. Since Paul was in the habit of preaching at the synagogues on Sabbath, and many G-d Fearers (Torah keeping Gentiles) and Messianic Jews (Jews that believed in Jesus) met in homes after Sabbath services, then it is much more likely that Paul is meeting a group of believers after Synagogue Services for the traditional meal that breaks the Sabbath called Havdallah. Days in the Bible begin and end at sunset. This Havdallah meal was eaten as the sun went down and often lasted several hours, during this meal it was common for a guest speaker to speak and for everyone to discuss and debate the Scripture for hours at a time. It is not unlikely that Paul spoke from sunset to midnight as He was a respected Rabbi proclaiming the Messiah in nearly every chapter of the Torah and Tanach! Most likely during the breaking of the bread showing that like the Matzah bread, Jesus was pierced, striped, broken, and sinless. One verse is very shaky ground to stand on when using it to completely make null and void the 4th Commandment, dismiss a direct blessing promise from G-d in Isaiah, and call something a burden, yoke of bondage, and a curse, when G-d has repeatedly called it a blessing. Especially when the Biblical burden of proof is 2-3 witnesses, and only one seems to exist, at least in English. In Greek, it doesn't seem to exist at all. For more information on this particular topic, download your free copy of Jason Caissie's "Does the Law of G-d Still Apply?" at http://www.Biblelaw101.com Also check out The Torah Blessing" by Larry Huch, with praises by Marcus Lamb, CEO of DayStar Television Network And "Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts" by Dr. Richard Booker Also Maria Merola's Ministry http://www.doubleportioninheritance.com
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