and have repented of the sins which they have
committed, they shall receive the inheritance along with the patriarchs
and the prophets, and the just men who are descended from Jacob,
even although they neither keep the
Sabbath, nor are circumcised, nor observe the feasts.
Assuredly they shall receive the holy
inheritance of God. (Dialogue
With Trypho the Jew, 150-165 AD, Ante-Nicene Fathers , vol. 1, page 207)
When did the observance of the Sabbath and the Biblical Holy Days stop, and
worship on Sunday and the celebration of pagan deities begin? Much of the
confusion began by people unfamiliar with the customs of those they were
attempting to follow. Even today there are many Christians who believe that
the Apostles and early followers of Yeshua met on “the first day of the
week,” or Sunday.
In the book Towards a Home Church Theology
Eric Svendsen
writes:
Luke records in Acts 20:7 “On the first day
of the week we came together to break bread.” Many who do not subscribe to
NT patterns for church practice object to viewing Luke’s words as normative
for the church. Luke’s words are purely narrative (it is argued) and do not
have prescriptive force. Besides, this is the only place in Scripture that
records the church meeting on Sunday. Even if we were to subscribe to NT
patterns, one mention of meeting on Sunday does not constitute a pattern.
In answer to this it must be admitted that this is indeed the only place in
Scripture that expressly states that the church met together on Sunday. On
the other hand, it must be stated with equal force that this is the only
place in Scripture that specifically records