This Greek expression, Kuriou hemera, is used only in the following six places in the New Testament. The first sense in the original Greek is a literal translation directly out of the Hebrew words YOM YHWH - the end of all things and the beginning of the new creation and of the REIGN OF GOD: the DAY OF THE LORD in the original Greek of the New Testament is translated Kuriou hemera - THE LORD’S DAY, properly speaking. The two expressions in the original Greek are kuriou hemera and kuriake hemera. It is important to understand these two senses, since they have only one translation in English, but two distinct expressions in the original Greek. The New Testament also refers, in English translation, to THE LORD’S DAY, but in two distinct senses. Luke 23:56 (RSV) - On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Luke 6:5 (RSV) - And He said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.” Luke 4:31 (RSV) - And He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. Luke 4:16 (RSV) - And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up and He went to the synagogue, as His custom was, on the sabbath day. The New Testament does use the term SABBATH, and even shows the Lord Jesus and His followers faithfully observing it, as Mark Finley notes, “as was His custom,” for example: In other words, does the New Testament really truly equate two related ideas and make them synonymous: SABBATH and THE LORD’S DAY? The only remaining question is: IS IT TRUE? Their references are solid, and their argument is compelling. These Seventh Day Adventists have presented an argument from the Bible for confirming Saturday as the Lord’s Day for all time. The Speaker-Director is Mark Finley, himself a former Catholic, from It Is Written International Television. It’s the Whore of Babylon’s diabolical plot to make all the people in the world do bad things. usurped God’s clear commandment and that the Pope is the culprit. Among other claims they make, they say that the Catholic Church in 360 A. They base the argument on their interpretation of Revelation 1:10. Seventh Day Adventists produce some pretty compelling arguments for keeping the Jewish custom of sabbath observance.
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