07 - Change of Day and Sleight of Hand

Change of day
Sabbatarians are convinced that in the new covenant the sabbath is still in force, but the day has changed from the seventh to the first. They also assume but do not, in my experience, mention – let alone try to justify – the change from Jewish timekeeping (sunset to sunset) to Roman (midnight to midnight). How and when were these major changes put into effect, and by whose authority? Make no mistake, it is a very serious business indeed to change the unchangeable law of God. Think of attempting the same with any other commandment of the decalogue. Did Christ, himself, directly change the sabbath? Were the apostles responsible for it? If not, who or what did it? If the sabbath has been changed so radically – not only the day of the week and the timing of the day, but by a massive change in the purpose of the day1 – and since the sabbath is the fourth commandment in the unchangeable law of God, do sabbatarians not think we ought to have some clear scriptural statement to put this change beyond doubt?