Covenant Theology Part 8a

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The Lord's day – Eschatological sign of the covenant:- What is the Lord’s day?The day when believers gather to commemorate Christ’s resurrection, which occurred on the first day of the week (Acts 2:42). Every day to the believer is one of Sabbath rest, since we have ceased from our spiritual labor and are resting in the salvation of the Lord (Hebrews 4:9-11).Reasons for the observance of the Lord’s day:1. The Sabbath is fulfilled and abrogated through by the finished work of Christ (The covenant works fulfilled, including the Decalogue) ( Col 2:16, Rom 10:4)2. Christ rises from the dead on the first day of the week (Matt 28:1)3. The disciples were together on the first day of the week (John 20:26)4. The New Testament church was born on the first day of the week (Act 2:1-4)5. The church in Acts came together on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7)6. The church in Corinthians came together on the first day of the week (1 Cor 16:1-2)7. The John was in the Spirit on the Lords day, the first day of the week(Rev 1:8)We therefore follow this approved example/pattern of coming together as the church on the first day of the week as the new creation in Christ (2 Cor 5:17). This is eschatological sign of the covenant, in that it reminds us of our guaranteed future sabbath rest in Glory/Heaven (Heb 4:9-11)
DIAG. XV — CHRISTOPHANIES BETWEEN EASTER AND SUNDAYS IN 30 A.D.Sundays After Passover
1st 1 (= Easter Sunday) To 10 disciples John 20:19f
2nd 8 (= 7 + 1st) To 11 disciples John 20:263rd? 15 (7 X 2 + 1st) To 7 disciples John 21:1-14
4th? 22 (7 X 2 + 1st) To 500 disciplesI Cor. 15:6
5th? 29 (7 X 4 + 1st) To all the apostles I Cor. 15:76th? 36 (7 X 5 + 1st) To the 11 disciples Matt. 28:16 40Ascension Acts 1:2-97th 43 (7 X 6 + 1st) None. Yet Sunday worship! Acts 1:14-158th 50 (7 X 7 + 1st) Pneumatophany Acts 2:1f(Taken from "The Covenantal Sabbath" - Dr. Francis Nigel Lee [Book])