Anna1111 wrote:
I was quite happy to find that when my Mom was in an SDA hospital, the gift shop was closed on Saturday, and the other unnecessary hospital functions were closed. Likewise, if I ever visit the Holy Land, I'll be delighted to see lots of closed shops on the Jewish Sabbath.
But, for the vast majority of American Christians, The Lord's Day is the First Day of the week (https://biblehub.com/acts/20-7.htm), and I wouldn't want them to arbitrarily change it to another day. (Which is to say, If someone is Sabbatarian, I respect that, but I strongly disagree with Christians who are not Sabbatarian, and are free to take the First Day of the week (which is to say, they're not a cop or ER doc or anything like that), but say, "Well, I decided to take Tuesdays as MY Sabbath.")
Ah good. We agree again.
I take the saturday Sabbath but i also observe the sunday Lord's Day. I find there's just no way for me to view our often busy sundays with any kind of rest or focus on the Lord, even tho' i am at church!! LOL When i observe the Sabbath i am so much more ready to serve on the Lord's Day!
We actually got into a little discussion at work about that. The farmer's work long long hours to get their crops in while the weather's decent - before it rains. They rather disdain any farmer that stops for a Sabbath. However, the Sabbath farmers that start their Sabbath after noon on friday and continue it thru late monday -
. Well, they are not good witnesses imho. OTOH, they make ends meet and if that is how they CHOOSE to work, that is certainly their perogative. I'd rather have them observing their Sabbath than going the other way.