The public worship of the [ancient] church took place on Sunday, the day of the resurrection. The day of worship itself is important. In the Hebrew tradition the day of worship was Saturday, the Sabbath. It is the day of God’s completion of the creation and, therefore, all his work. . . . Saturday is the day of rest. But on Sunday, the first day of the week (Mark 16:2), God who rested created again. This time the resurrection reveals that Christ himself is the “new creation.”. . . The very day of worship discloses that worship is not about me enthroning God in the heavens, but about Christ who has reconciled all things to God through his death and resurrection. — Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), 93.
