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Question 35: Does Sunday have pre-eminence over the seventh-day Sabbath because the Lord completed His redemptive work and His victory over death, Hell, and the grave on the first day of the week?

Answer: Jesus rose again from the dead on a Sunday morning, modern time. There can be no question about this as the Bible’s account of Christ’s death and resurrection is too clear for any other conclusion to be made. For the same reason we can be certain that Jesus died on a Friday afternoon and rested in the grave Friday night through until Sunday morning. However, the Bible makes no reference to the events of the resurrection day resulting in Sunday becoming the new day of worship or of this day having pre-eminence over the seventh-day Sabbath.

The fact that a great event took place on a certain day of the week is not a mandate for this day to be suddenly held up as the new weekly Sabbath day. This does not mean that we are not to commemorate the resurrection of Christ. The Biblical ordinance that especially celebrates Christ’s resurrection is baptism. Romans 6:3-11 says:

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him.

10 For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In baptism by immersion, the candidate holds their breath as they are lowered under the water, which is illustrative of death and burial. Then they breathe again as they rise from the water, symbolizing resurrection to a new life and hope in Christ.

Please also see the answer to Question 37