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“I became in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10 JND).
This verse is the only time in the New Testament where the first day of the week is called “the Lord’s day.” We commonly refer to it as Sunday, but the Bible calls it the Lord’s day. When the expression ‘the Lord” is used in Scripture, it emphasizes the Lordship of Christ over us, and His authority.
The apostle John had been banished by the Roman government to the island of Patmos, and as far as we know, there were no other Christians there. It would have been easy for him to forget which day was the Lord’s day, and evidently John had to make an effort to be “in the Spirit” on that day. But he remembered what was due to the Lord, even if he could not break bread and remember the Lord as he would have liked to have done.
Today it is easy for most of us to attend a meeting to remember the Lord, but then it is also easy to forget that it is the Lord’s day, and perhaps to use the rest of the day for ourselves. Let us remember that it is the Lord’s day, and that we are responsible to use it for Him.
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