Blainer) Actually Mormons do meet on Saturday in countries such as Israel, and on Friday in some Muslim countries. Otherwise, we keep our "Sabbath" on Sunday, which we actually call the "Lord's Day," not the "Sabbath." We think it is important to remember the Lord once every seven days, but the day of the week itself is not so sacred to us it is to most Protestants and other various and sundry gentile Christians. We do believe Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday, hence the "Lord's Day." We hold it in reverence, and preference, but apparently the true Sabbath was clearly a Saturday, and I suppose anyone keeping that day as a sacred day is fully justified. As you can see, we are a little on the liberal side when it comes to which day we should worship. It might be noted however, that when JS and Oliver Cowdery witnessed the appearance of the prophet Elijah in the Kirtland Temple, it was on a Sunday, and was the second day of the Jewish Passover celebration. Jews, as you may know, have traditionally believed when Elijah appears to signal the impending coming of the Messiah, that it would happen on or near the Passover. It did exactly that. Trouble is, the Jews did not know about it. They still place an extra Ceder cup on the table when they eat their Passover meal, hoping that Elijah will show up and dine with them.
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 21:52:48 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Blainer, if you live by the OT law, Mormons must meet on Saturday, > not > Sunday. Do you think, "every word of God" means observe the OT > Sabbath? > > Zechariah 14 I thought was referring to the final, joyful > regathering and > restoration of Israel. What do you think? > > > Blainer) Hang in there Glenn, but say, what about the scripture > that > > says, "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of > God." > > Isn't the law of Moses the word of God? Shall we not therefore > live by > > it? And what about the passage in Zechariah 14:16-20, which says > the > > Feast of Tabernacles will be kept AFTER the second coming of Jesus > > Christ? > > > > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
