The Lord was raised on the first day of the week, for those that try to say that the Lord raised on the Sabbath. It would stand to reason that the Holy Spirit would of motivated them to go to the Tomb right after the Sabbath at 6 P.M. that would of left no other option then Him raising on the Sabbath. The fact that the Holy Spirit did not motivate them to go to the Tomb until 12 hours after the Sabbath was over. He did that so that we know that He was raised on the first day of the week or as we know it Sunday. The Lord was raised on the first day of the week, for those that try to say that the Lord raised on the Sabbath. It would stand to reason that the Holy Spirit would of motivated them to go to the Tomb right after the Sabbath at 6 P.M. that would of left no other option then Him raising on the Sabbath. The fact that the Holy Spirit did not motivate them to go to the Tomb until 12 hours after the Sabbath was over. He did that so that we know that He was raised on the first day of the week or as we know it Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church was not even around when these Scriptures were being written by holy men of God being moved by the Holy Spirit to write these and they were considered Scripture in the days they were being written II Peter 3:15-18
“And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
The Lord eat His first meal after the resurrection on the first day of the week, then the apostles and the other disciples broke bread, gathered collection (offerings) and taught on the first day of the week (Sunday). They did do evangelism on the Sabbath in the synagogues of the Jews.
Matthew 28:1 “Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.”
Mark 16:1-2 “When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.”
Luke 24:1 “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.”
John 20:1 “Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.”
First mean after the resurrection Luke 24:1, 21-23, 35, 41-43 “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared…..21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning,23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive…..35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread…..41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,43 and he took it and ate before them.
Acts 10:39-41 “And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,40 but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”
Those that ate a meal with Him after His resurrection were chosen to be witnesses and this happened on the first day of the week as we seen in Luke 24. Here in Acts 20:7-11 we see that the first day of the week had been established as the day to break bread and do a service or teaching to build up the body. We can also see that there was a day set to celebrate the Lord’s Supper in I Corinthians 11:17, 20.
“On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight…..11 And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.”
I Corinthians 11:17, 20 “But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse…..20 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.”
The collection was also done on the first day of the week and He loves a cheerful giver, I Corinthians 16:1-3 and II Corinthians 9:7-8
16:1-3 “Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.3 And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.”
9:7-8 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.”
Why they gathered together, we already have seen that they gather on the firstly of the week or Sunday as we know it.
Acts 14:25-27 “And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,26 and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.”
