God rested on the seventh day from all his work Genesis 2:3 But there was no mention of the sabbath being unto the Lord until it was mention in the law of Moses, Exodus 16:23.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD
blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
You left the part out about sanctifying and hallowingh the very first Sabbath, the seventh day of creation week. It has been in effect ever since.
The Sabbath was given to those under the law, Exodus 16:23-30. The seven day was the Sabbath, Exodus 16:26.
Interesting you should bring up Ex 16:26 without quoting verses 17 and 18...
Exo 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exo 16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses,
How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Now this was stated prior to the "giving of the Law" on Mt. Sinai. God asked how long they would refuse to keep His Commandments and His Laws. Laws and Commandments that were already in force.
When Christ died the first day of the week was given to remember the Lord with breaking of bread, Acts 20:7.
I hope this will help!
It doesn't hlep when you leave out important imformation...
First of all, Christ did NOT die on the first day of the week. The Passover He died on occured on Wedesday, April 25, 31AD (by today's calendar). He was buried at sunset and was in the tomb three days and three nights. He arose at/about sunset on Sabbath afternoon.
The three days and three nights should not really be discussed in this thread, it needs a thread of it's own.
Acts 20:7 from the Diaglott...
Act 20:7 In and the first of the sabbaths, having been assembled of us to break bread, the Paul discoursed to them, being about to depart on the morrow; continued and the discourse till midnight.
Dr. Bullinger sheds some light on what the first of the Sabbaths is...
"first, &c. = first day of the sabbaths, i.e. the first day for reckoning the seven sabbaths to Pentecost. It depended upon the harvest (Deu_16:9), and was always from the morrow after the weekly sabbath when the wave sheaf was presented (Lev_23:15)."
Again, that is outside the one point of this thread and needs a separate thread to address it.
Suffice it to say, Acts 20:7 is not speaking to church service on the first day of the week.