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HOW SUNDAY BECAME THE DAY OF WORSHIP FOR CHRISTIANS

It is clear from the Bible that the Jews of Jesus's time kept the Sabbath on a day we now commonly call Saturday. There is no doubt that Jesus and all the Apostles kept the seventh day Sabbath as well. We find numerous evidences of this throughout the New Testament. Most Christians today, however, worship and refrain from doing any work on Sundays claiming it to be "The Lord's Day". But how did Sunday become the Lord's day? This articles traces the history and theology behind the change of the day of rest for Christians worldwide from Saturday to Sunday. The history of how Sunday became "the sabbath" for millions of Christians is long but it can be summarized in this way: After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the influx of the gentiles into the Jewish assemblies led the Jews to add an 18th benediction that put a curse on Christians ( Initially, there were 17 benedictions). It is important to remember that the early Christians used to meet i...