If Sunday is the first day of the week, and sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday is the Sabbath and should be kept holy, then why do Christians worship on Sunday?
Before 66 AD, it was advantageous for the new Gentile Believers to be closely associated with Israel, Judaism and the Jewish people. Prior to that time the Jewish people had a special relationship with the Roman Empire, and Judaism was a religion that was tolerated. The first Gentile Christians were considered to be part of Judaism, and came under its protection. All this changed, however, in 66 AD, when the Jewish people revolted against the mighty Roman Empire. From that time on, the Jewish community was looked upon with suspicion and distrust, and it became disadvantageous to be identified with Israel, Judaism and the Jewish people. After Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, and later, when the last of the Jewish Apostles died, a trend away from Jewish observances developed in the Gentile Christian communities. Then, in 132-135 AD, during the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian, this movement away from Jewish observances intensified as a result of a second, failed, Jewish revolt against
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