It was the land that was "vast" as in very large.

And there is evidence that there was a large body of water separating the east coast from the west coast (an early phase of the Pacific Ocean) a place where the whales and other large sea life lived. How "vast" the water was I don't know, I do NOT believe it was even remotely close to the "vastness" as it is today. Their whole water cycle was different back then (it didn't rain, the earth was watered by dew) so I highly doubt that there was a vast ocean like it is today -- but there was a "sea" I do believe it was much bigger than what we now call "a sea" today.

Those are all questions I hope to find the answers to in eternity, when we study true history as it really was.


The important part -- is the fact that the Sabbath begins in the furthest point east on habitable land.
Something marks that eastern point, and that is WATER.--

So whether continents moved around or not is not relevant to the ocean area? But yet, less in the past?

It appears James has lost interest.

Actually the topic was more on "why Sunday". In the opening post Rick looked at the "first day" texts in the scripture and could find no scriptural command to keep Sunday.

Now I realize many who challenge the 7th day, say they do not promote Sunday either. They go on the "everyday" is alike and a time to rest in Christ.

But there are plenty of Christians who DO believe Sunday should be kept holy. And we find powerful religious organizations pushing for Sunday legislature.
The push for a national Sunday "rest" is not just some figment of the imagination.

European Sunday Alliance


Poland to Phase Out Sunday Shopping by 2020


Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday, Feb. 22,1018, signed into law this bill which largely limits trade on Sundays.

Of course the clergy pushing for Sunday rest, are careful to base their argument on quality of life rather than religious grounds. It's the only way to push the movement forward in a largely secular society. But don't be fooled -- once the behemoth has his foot in the door, he will push himself in and squelch religious liberty.


POPE FRANCIS Moving Steadily to PROMOTE SUNDAY REST

I think we all know that he wrote an encyclical called "Laudato So" calling for measures to halt climate change. But few realize that SUNDAY is part of that program.

He is urging the world to unite to save the "earth" with based on a secular "climate change" platform, but he is skillfully weaving in the idea that this same "united global effort" needs Sunday rest for the earth to be "renewed".

Excepts from Pope Francis' Laudato Si:



Those who can be shaken from the realization that God blessed and set apart the seventh-day Saturday, will, by default honor Sunday as society slowly casts the lariat rope (first as a "secular rest" day, then tightens it as the mark of restoration and reconciliation to God.


But God says -- the seventh day (which in our language is called Saturday) is the sign that LORD is our God, that He is the One that sanctifies us.

Sunday was never set apart and blessed as the special rest day, by God.

I know few who challenge the 7th day and not promote Sunday. They say every day is alike and since Sunday is when most people go to church, that's as good as a day as any.

As far as saving the earth or taking a break from technology, why not Tuesday or Wednesday? Ah, but they want it to be specifically Sunday, and their real intent has nothing to do with warming, technology, nor family.

Well, Adventists in the South Pacific Islands have made Sunday the day of worship, in spite of EGW's warning that Satan would use the day line as a trap to get Adventists to worship on Sunday!




The reference to "past 55 years" in this case were 1845 - 1900 --the years the Adventist church discovered the prophetic truth about the Sabbath.

Have any of you read the material from the following Canadian Lord's Day Association's web site???:

http://clda.ca/magazines.php

Very interesting material there from the 19th Century.

They were correct theologically in just about everything to do with the Sabbath, except for the changing of the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day.

I worked on the Wikipedia page on this issue, and I couldn't come up with a good answer. So do they continue with the day the missionaries gave them....

What did they hold as the reasoning for the change?

Those same texts that others use that they think shows that they started observing the first day immediately after Christ's resurrection, whereas they were hiding in fear behind a locked door on the day of Christ's resurrection.

Then there is the text regarding the collection of the Saints by Paul on the first day of the week that they assume was a worship service of some sort.

And the list goes on.