Before we dive back into our text study, there’s one other calendar myth that exists out in Christian land that I need to debunk.
It’s this idea that at the beginning of the month, the week reset.
For example, if October 31st was a Wednesday, then the next day November 1st would automatically go back to Sunday or Saturday depending on which theory you held to.
Sounds pretty crazy and farfetched, doesn’t it?
Well, it should because it’s just not true.
There is zero historical or Biblical backing for this theory.
So here’s the bottom line.
The 7-day week NEVER changed.
They didn’t change even when months or years changed.
That’s how our calendars work today too.
We don’t have weeks that are longer or shorter or extra days added now and then, like an eight-day week in a leap year, just because we add a day to February sometimes to match the sun’s cycle.
Weeks and months don’t match up perfectly; sometimes they overlap.
So that’s your takeaway for today.
To me, this is just more evidence of the sanctity of the Sabbath.
As established in the Book of Genesis:
“On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so He rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created so that it itself could produce.”-Genesis 2:2-3
Think about it.
If the 7th day week altered based on months or years, that would be an affront to God establishing the 7th day as separate and holy.
So yeah, I think another takeaway we can glean from all this is that the universe and EVERY seasonal cycle whether lunar or solar revolves around the 7-day creation work God established at the beginning of Genesis…
This is all the more reason why you should observe and rest on the Shabbat.
You are aligning with God’s holiness and one of His immutable laws of the universe…which means you’ll be greatly blessed when you cease work on the 7th day.
Ya feel me?
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