The Eighth DAY

In our Gregorian calendar, the first day is Sunday. In God's calendar, the first day of the week is the Eighth day. The Lord resurrected on the third day which was our Sunday but on the Eighth day in eternity. The first day or eighth day is the day of Pentecost. It is the day of the Feast of Fruit Fruits. It is the eighth day. It is the day a Jewish baby boy was circumcised in the OT. 

In the Old Testament, a Jewish baby boy was circumcised on the eighth day to represent the covenant between God and the baby. Male children even today are circumcised on the eighth day for health purposes. Jewish tradition called this circumcision "bris" which means covenant. The baby has gone through 7 days and enters a covenant with God on the eighth day. Circumcision represents the completion of the human being. The physical circumcision was a foreshadow of the requirement of the spiritual circumcision of the heart. In the NT, baby boys do not need to be physically circumcised. But we all do need to be circumcised in our hearts to enter the Kingdom of God. 

Romans 2:25-29 Circumcision does indeed profit if you keep the Law; but if you habitually transgress the Law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.26So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be credited to him as [equivalent to] circumcision?27Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the Law will condemn you who, although you have the code in writing and have circumcision, break the Law.28For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.

Leviticus 12:3 And on the eighth day the child shall be circumcised.

Deuteronomy 30:6 (AMP) And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live.

The bible does talk about an eighth day. It is a foreshadow of the millennium. Saturday or the 7th day was a foreshadow of the law. The eighth day represents Spirit/Grace. This is why we worship on Sundays which is the first day of the week to us but the eighth day in eternity. The eighth day represents us worshipping and being with the Lord in the millennium. Scripture has multiple references to an eighth day. Hebrews talks about a NEW Day in HIM to rest. Perhaps, since the other translation does not specifically state "new" many are confused but if you read Hebrews chapter 4 verse 4 to 7, it is implied there how many of the OT saints failed to enter His rest of the seventh day.

Hebrews 4:4-7 (AMP) For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.5And [they forfeited their part in it, for] in this [passage] He said, They shall not enter My rest. 6 Seeing then that the promise remains over [from past times] for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience, Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts.

The OT has many references to the eighth day. If one study the Feasts of the Messiah, there are foreshadows of the eighth day. 

Numbers 29:35 (AMP) On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no servile work.

Leviticus 23:36 For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation and you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work on that day.

Leviticus 23:39 Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month [nearly October], when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days, the first day and the eighth day each a Sabbath

2 Chronicles 7:9 The eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar and the feast, each for seven days.

Nehemiah 8:18 Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast for seven days; theeighth day was a [closing] solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

Ezekiel 43:27 And when these days have been accomplished, on the eighth day and from then on, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings upon the altar and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord God

It is truly sad that many Christians talk about living in the age of Grace yet put themselves back in the foreshadow of the law by worshiping on Saturdays or the 7th day. Do not be deceived brethren. Much of the nonsense about the Catholics or Emperor Constantine changing worship day to Sunday is incorrect, I believe it is mostly the propaganda by the 7th day Adventist. 

If you dig deep into scripture, an eighth day is mentioned and foreshadowed. If you practice and believe in keeping Saturdays holy, you are subjecting yourself to the law even though you think you are under Grace. The 4th Commandment is the Lord's Day now. Sundays or the Eight Day is to be kept HOLY. Many Christians are being judged by God for breaking the Lord’s Day (Sunday) and they do not even realize it. Many are profaning His Holy Day on Sundays by participating and doing the things of the world. This is one of the kickers so to speak of why many have not achieved spiritual breakthrough. 

Please do not believe the wolves that have crept in to state that we have the option to worship either on Sundays or Saturdays. Jesus was resurrected on the third day, our Sunday, or the Eighth day in Eternity. Do not think we have the power or authority to choose which day we are to define as the 4th Commandment. Do not think one verse such as Col 2:16 nullifies whether to keep the 4th Commandment or not. After judging and punishing so many people in the OT for profaning His Sabbaths, do we the NT saints think we have the nerve to think we get a free pass when we are more lukewarm than the OT saints? After all, the last church age is the lukewarm, is it not? If the Western Church is not lukewarm, then who is? 

Judgment is coming to the Western Church because she is breaking God's commandments. History is repeating itself. The church gorges herself over worldly idols especially on HIS Holy Day mingling with the world using Grace as an excuse. Many do not think judgment is coming. Many think rapture is coming first when in fact many of them are breaking His commandments living like heathens!! Do you not think judgment is coming? Judgment is at our door steps for it starts FIRST IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD!!!! May He have mercy on us!! 

1 Peter 4:17 (AMP) For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will [be] the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God?

Isaiah 2:12 For there shall be a day of the Lord of hosts against all who are proud and haughty and against all who are lifted up--and they shall be brought low--

Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time [of doom] for the nations.

History has shown, in the midst of abundance, God’s people forsake Him. Through judgment His righteousness will be revealed and in the midst of suffering will come the Great Harvest and Revival.

All the Glory to God

Fire of God

Steve Yong Kim