Adam Olive
Puritan Board Freshman
Given that many early Christians were slaves or under patronage that held obligations, I assume that having Sundays as a 24 hour day of rest was not an option.
I assume they could gather with other believers whether early morning or in the evening.
If a rest day is a creational ordinance and obligatory for Christians to observe then how do people understand the experience of early Christians?
If they were not sinning to work on the Lord's Day then (because society left them no choice) might we not find a similar situation may evolve in our present?
I guess my main question is how would the Bible be applied in the clash between the creational ordinance, fourth commandment and inability to have a rest day off.
I assume they could gather with other believers whether early morning or in the evening.
If a rest day is a creational ordinance and obligatory for Christians to observe then how do people understand the experience of early Christians?
If they were not sinning to work on the Lord's Day then (because society left them no choice) might we not find a similar situation may evolve in our present?
I guess my main question is how would the Bible be applied in the clash between the creational ordinance, fourth commandment and inability to have a rest day off.