The Lord's Day in Scripture

Rodney D. Nelson

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781498281256, 9781498281270
• eBook ISBN: 9781498281263
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

What is the Christian Lord's Day? Why is it of continued importance? What does is represent? These and other questions will be addressed in The Lord's Day in Scripture. The Lord's Day is the scriptural name for the Christian day of worship on the first day of the week. The Lord's Day is the Lord's Day--the day of which the Lord Jesus Christ took possession by his resurrection on the first day of the week. The day of Christ's resurrection was prophesied in the Old Testament to be on the third day, fulfilled in the New Testament on the first day of the week, and celebrated as the Lord's Day. Therefore, the time of the resurrection is directly connected to the event of the resurrection. The Lord's Day in Scripture establishes the scriptural basis for the Lord's Day. It seeks to help each Christian appreciate worship, fellowship, and meaning in church through a better understanding of what the Lord's Day is and is not.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to the Lord’s Day?
• Chapter 2: The Lord’s Day in Post-Christian America
• Chapter 3: The Lord’s Day and the Jewish Sabbath
• Chapter 4: When Was the Resurrection of Christ?
• Chapter 5: The Time of the Resurrection and the Lord’s Day
• Chapter 6: The Lord’s Day in the Acts of the Apostles
• Chapter 7: The Lord’s Day and Christian Stewardship
• Chapter 8: The Lord’s Day in Revelation 1:10
• Chapter 9: The Lord’s Day and the Pagan Sunday
• Appendix 1: The “Fixed Day” in Pliny’s Letter to Trajan
• Appendix 2: A Response to Ranko Stefanovic’s “‘The Lord’s Day’ of Revelation 1:10 in the Current Debate” Andrews University Seminary Studies 49.2 (2011) 261–284.
• Bibliography