The Lie That Sunday Replaced the Shabath
The Lie That Sunday Replaced the Shabath
One of the most deeply established traditions in Christianity is the belief that Sunday replaced the seventh-day Shabath because Yahusha rose from the dead on the first day of the week. But there is a major problem. There is no command in Scripture changing the Shabath.
Not one.
YAHUAH established the seventh day from creation itself.
“And on the seventh day Aluah ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And Aluah blessed the seventh day, and set it apart.”
— Mashah, Barashyth 2:2–3
The seventh day was set apart before there was Christianity, before Rome, and even before the covenant at Synay. At Synay, YAHUAH placed the Shabath directly within the Ten Words.
“Remember the Shabath day, to keep it set-apart. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Shabath of YAHUAH thy Aluah.”
— Mashah, Shamuth 20:8–10
Notice what YAHUAH said.
Not “choose one day out of seven.”
Not “keep whichever day your religious institution selects.”
He identified the seventh day. For Sunday to replace the Shabath, there must therefore be a command from the same authority who established it. Where is that command?
It does not exist. Yahusha Himself guarded the Shabath.
“And he came to Natsarath, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Shabath day, and stood up for to read.”
— Luqah, Luqah 4:16
Guarding the Shabath was Yahusha’s custom.
When Yahusha confronted the religious leaders concerning the Shabath, He did not abolish it. He corrected their misuse of it.
“The Shabath was made for man, and not man for the Shabath: Therefore the Son of man is Master also of the Shabath.”
— Marqus, Marqus 2:27–28
Notice that Yahusha called Himself Master of the Shabath.
He never said:
“The Shabath will soon become Sunday.”
He restored its proper purpose. Yahusha even spoke about the Shabath while describing events still ahead of His disciples.
“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Shabath day.”
— Yahusha, Mathathyahu 24:20
Why instruct His followers to consider the Shabath in a future prophetic warning if the Shabath was about to become meaningless?
The Shalyakhaym also continued recognizing the Shabath after Yahusha’s death and resurrection.
“But when they departed from Pargah, they came to Antakyah in Pasadyah, and went into the synagogue on the Shabath day, and sat down.”— Luqah, Ma’ashaym 13:14
Later, people asked for the word to be preached again on the next Shabath.
“And the next Shabath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of Aluah.”— Luqah, Ma’ashaym 13:44
If Sunday had already replaced the Shabath, this would have been an obvious opportunity to teach the new sacred day. Yet no such command appears. Sha’al also reasoned from the Scriptures on the Shabath.
“And Sha’al, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Shabath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.”
— Luqah, Ma’ashaym 17:2
Again, Scripture does not say Sha’al announced that the first day had replaced the seventh. The usual argument is that Yahusha rose on the first day of the week. But even if an important event occurred on the first day, an important event does not automatically create a new Shabath.
Where is the command saying:
“Because Yahusha rose on the first day, the fourth commandment has now been transferred from the seventh day to the first”?
There is none.
Others point to believers gathering on the first day. But gathering on a particular day does not make that day the Shabath. The followers of Yahusha gathered on different days for different purposes. A meeting does not rewrite one of the Ten Words. There is another major witness that cannot be ignored. Yashayahu describes the future worship of YAHUAH and still mentions the Shabath.
“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Shabath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith YAHUAH.”
— Yashayahu, Yashayahu 66:23
The Shabath appears at creation. It appears before Synay. It appears within the Ten Words. It appears throughout the Nabaym.
Yahusha guarded it. The Shalyakhaym recognized it. And prophecy still speaks of it in the coming restoration. So where exactly was it changed to Sunday?
Questions and Key Points
If Sunday replaced the Shabath, who authorized the change?
Where did YAHUAH command the first day to become set apart?
Where did Yahusha say the seventh-day Shabath was abolished?
Where did any Shalyakh rewrite the fourth commandment?
Why did Yahusha still speak about the Shabath in His prophetic warning?
Why did the Shalyakhaym continue recognizing Shabath days after the resurrection?
And why does Yashayahu still describe Shabath worship in the future?
The key points are simple: YAHUAH blessed and set apart the seventh day at creation. The Ten Words specifically identify the seventh day as the Shabath. Yahusha guarded the Shabath and corrected human traditions surrounding it rather than abolishing it. The renewed covenant writings contain no command transferring its set-apartness to Sunday. A resurrection occurring on the first day does not constitute a change to YAHUAH’s commandment. A gathering on the first day does not make that day the Shabath. Scripture never records YAHUAH sanctifying Sunday as a replacement.
Final Verdict
Sunday observance may be a longstanding religious tradition, but longstanding tradition is not the same thing as a command from YAHUAH. The question is not whether people worship YAHUAH on Sunday. A person can worship YAHUAH every day. The question is whether YAHUAH transferred the Shabath from the seventh day to the first day. Scripture never says He did.
YAHUAH established the seventh day.
YAHUAH blessed the seventh day.
YAHUAH set apart the seventh day.
YAHUAH placed the seventh-day Shabath within the Ten Words.
No man has authority to rewrite what YAHUAH established. The lie is that Sunday replaced the Shabath. The scriptural testimony is that the seventh day remains the Shabath of YAHUAH. Amayn.