when the Scriptures themselves tell us that the death and resurrection of Christ was the fulfillment of the Sabbath and all of the other shadows that point to Him (Col. 2:16-17).
And the NT informs us that the Ealy Church gathered oin Sundays (Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 16:1-2) because it was on that day that the Lord was resurrected.
I see that you have interpolated the NT texts to agree with an erroneous a-prioric position of Roman Catholicism, which is circular reasoning, and is not demonstrable evidence for its pre-made conclusion, but is simply self-justification utilizing scriptures in an incorrect way to do so (as Peter would say "wrest"; 2 Pet. 3:16, drawing from Psa. 56:5 KJB).
Allow me to demonstrate this (in very brief):
There is no text in the OT, or NT for that matter, that states that the resurrection of Jesus is the fulfillment of the Sabbath, and this includes Col. 2:16-17, which is not speaking of the 7th day at all as found in Gen. 2:1-3; Exo. 20:8-11, &c., but in context, drawing from Eze. 45:17, whose context is "ordinance" (vs. 14) & "oblation" (vs 13), & "offerings" (vs. 17) of ritual carnal regulations that dealt with the worldly sanctuary (Col. 2; Eph. 2; Heb. 8-10), and not the spiritual eternal Law of JEHOVAH Elohiym (Rom. 7:7,14; Jam. 2:8-13; 1 Jhn. 3:4, &c.), and that Eze. 45:17, draws from the listing as found in Num. 28-29, lists the ritualistic / ordinances or "shadow" (Col. 2:17), skipping over the weekly reality of God's rest (Gen. 2:1-3) entirely; as citing "meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" (Col. 2:16). The "meat" is the meat [grain] offering, the "drink" is the "drink offering" that were offered "daily", "continually", &c. The "holyday" are the seasonal (spring and fall) festal days as provided in Lev. 23:2,4-44. The "new moon" are the monthly (every 30 days) gatherings / feast, and the "sabbath [days]" [σαββατων; lit. sabbaths] are those yearly (or of years, yearly, 7th year and 50th year) festal types as given in Lev. 23-25. Thus, as Eze. 45:17, cited in Col. 2:16, shows, [1] Daily, [2] Seasonally (Spring, Fall), [3] Monthly, [4] of Years. There is no weekly in the context. The same pattern of 'shadow' (typical) "times" is found in Isa. 1:13-14; Hos. 2:11; Gal. 4:10.
Additonally, in Col. 2, as paralleled in Eph. 2 and Heb. 8-10; drawing from Eze. 45:17, from Num. 28-29, the context reveals even more:
Col. 2:16 – Plural sabbaths, “σαββατων” (G4521), NGPN
Context: “shadow”, “ordinances”, “against”, “carnal”, “worldly sanctuary”, “things to come”
[1.] The 7th day made for man before sin of man & need of type / shadow (Mar. 2:27; Col. 1:16 KJB).
[2.] The 7th day is an eternal memorial, pointing backwards, “Remember” (Exo. 20:8 KJB).
[3.] The 7th day is singular and specific (“the”, “ה”, “ha”) (Exo. 20:8,10,11 KJB).
[4.] The 7th day differs from yearly, 7th year, & 50th year festal types (Lev. 23:3,4,38, KJB, “Besides”), as the festal types are governed by “moons”, not so the 7th day, being “light” (Pro. 6:23 KJB).
[5.] The 7th day is called, “the sabbath of the LORD” (Exo. 20:8-11 KJB), & “My [God’s, His] sabbaths” (Isa. 56:4; Eze. 20:20 KJB), as opposed to theirs, called “your sabbaths” (Lev. 26:34,35 KJB), & “her sabbaths” (Lev. 26:34,43; 2 Chr. 26:31; Lam. 1:7; Hos. 2:11 KJB).
[6.] The 7th day is a “commandment” (Luk. 23:54,56 KJB), never of the “ordinances” (Col. 2:14,20 KJB).
[7.] Col. 2 KJB, speaks of “sins” (Col. 2:13 KJB), being “transgression of the law” (1 Jhn. 3:4 KJB), of which the 4th Commandment (Exo. 20:8-11 KJB) is central, whereas the yearly [of years] festal sabbaths are not in the Ten Commandments, but given later under Levitical priesthood (Heb. 7:11 KJB) because of sin.
I also have access to several commentaries / studies which agree with the above, including Roman Catholic sanctioned ones.
Simply compare:
Temporary festal shadowy sabbaths, given after sin of mankind
- “ordinances” - [ie. Passover, &c.] – Col. 2:14
- “carnal” - [sacrifices, flesh is nailed to cross] – Heb. 9:10
- “worldly” – Heb. 9:1
- “shadow” – Col. 2:17
- “against us”, “contrary to us” – Col. 2:14
- “to come” [future] – Col. 2:16; Eph. 2:17; Heb. 9:11, 10:1
Eternal & Everlasting Sabbath rest of the LORD God, instituted before sin of mankind
- “Ten Commandments” – Exo. 34:28; Deu. 4:13, 10:4
- “spiritual” [obedience; cannot be nailed to a cross] – Rom. 7:14
- “the words ... are spirit ... life” – Jhn. 6:63
- “heaven” – Exo. 20:22
- “light” – Pro. 6:23; Isa. 8:20, 51:4; Psa. 119:105
- “the sabbath was made for [the] man” – Mar. 2:27;
- “the first man Adam ... [&] the last Adam [Jesus]” – 1 Cor. 15:45;
- “the second man is the Lord from Heaven” – 1 Cor. 15:47;
- “all things were made ... for him [Jesus]” – Col. 1:16
- “Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid” – Gal. 3:21
- “Remember” [memorial, past] – Exo. 20:8
The church (es) in the NT met on many days of the week (as the Hebrews / Israelites / Jews) before them, but such extra(beyond)-7th day gatherings, in no way replaced, superceded, abrogated, &c., the commandment and 7th day sabbath, or Lord's day (Isa. 58:13; Rev. 1:10; Gen. 2:1-3; Exo. 20:8-11; Mar. 2:27; Heb. 4:9; &c.). As for instance:
Luke records that the disciples met “daily” (
Act. 2:46-47, 5:42, 6:1, 16:5, 20:31, 17:11,17 KJB) and with Jesus for “forty days” (
Act. 1:3,9 KJB) just before He ascended to the 3rd heaven (
2 Cor. 12:2,4 KJB) from the Mount of Olives (
Luk. 24:51,53 KJB, “continually”), which 40th day from first fruits, was also not a “first [day]” gathering, but rather a middle of the week event (5th day, aka ‘Thursday’ commonly, not technically).
There were also other times (differing days of the week) when both Jews and / or Christians (Jews / Gentiles) met together (
Mat. 26:55;
Mar. 14:49;
Luk. 22:53, 24:33,36;
Act. 19:9;
Heb. 3:13 KJB) for varying purposes. Both
Jhn. 20:19,26 KJB along with
Luk. 24:1-49 KJB reveal that the disciples met on the 2nd day of the week (first evening at sunset), and on the third and later days in that upper room (“And after eight days again” (
Jhn. 20:26 KJB), and no matter how that is calculated, inclusive or exclusively, it cannot ever land upon “the first [day] of the week”).
In 1 Cor. 16:1-2, & following context, no one is gathering together upon any day there. Read it carefully. Paul instructed those at Corinth to collect offerings at home in private, and to save those things, for when Paul would send messengers to collect those things, for the poor in Jerusalem later.
Acts 20:7 is a one-time (never-repeated) night meeting, after the sabbath had concluded (see koine Greek; εν δε τη μια των σαββατων) and had already begun the seasonal 7 weekly sabbaths (hence, "των σαββατων" (the sabbaths, plural), to be counted unto 'Pentecost' (Act. 20:16; feast of weeks; Shavuot), for a special farewell to Paul, who would leave them permanently, and go to Jerusalem, so that he could preach to a gathering of Jews for another 'Pentecost' (feast of weeks, in Lev. 23), when millions of Jews would travel to Jerusalem from their personal residences throughout Judaea. There is no command here from the LORD Jesus, the Apostles, the disciples to keep the first day of the week as a weekly occurance. The breaking of bread, was a common fellowship meal, in farewell to the beloved Paul. Even in the pattern there given, it is at night (aka saturday night), not sunday morning. More details may be provided as needful. Paul's pattern (Act. 17:2, as Jesus'; Luk. 4:16) would always to meet with believers upon the 7th day (Act. 13:14,27,42,44, (14:15), 15:21, 16:13, 17:2, 18:4), and then afterwards (after the sabbath had closed out at evening, nighttime) have a farewell at night, and move onto the next town the next morning light (confirming the churches that he visitied in his missionary journeyings).
As stated before, this thread is not really for these discussions, and should be taken elsewhere. This is my only response to these points, and I shall not make another on them here.
