They will then wholeheartedly follow God and obey His laws—including the Sabbath command. God explained that, for 2,520 years, Israel would lose all prosperity, be conquered, taken from their land into slavery and suffer plagues, sickness and disease. While sincere, they are sincerely wrong! Notice Genesis 1:26-28: “And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after our likeness…So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. “Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923). Doing so kept people in contact with the true God. It is a commandment that God has always said is a sign between Him and His people. I repeat for emphasis: Christians are told that “you are bought with a price; be not you the servants of men” (I Cor. There are still generations of Israel today—and there is spiritual Israel, which keeps the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Though Genesis 2:2-3 does not use the term “the Sabbath day,” Exodus 20 does. This is an astonishing verse. A footnote in the Whiston translation of Josephus states, “This eclipse of the moon (which is the only eclipse mentioned by Josephus) is of greatest consequence for the determination of the time for the death of Herod…and for the birth and entire chronology of Jesus Christ. The mark of the beast is not the mark of Roman Catholicism. Notice that in Hebrews 4:9, Paul reminded God’s people that “There remains therefore a rest [Greek: Sabbatismos—most margins correctly add “a keeping of the Sabbath”] to the people of God.” This is another New Testament passage emphasizing God’s Sabbath command is still binding. And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? Even those who do observe the Sabbath, after one fashion or another, have little understanding of what is really at stake for those who keep the correct day—and for those who do not. They suppose that they can force Him to be involved by claiming that He is. the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. Both involved dropping days from the calendar to correct for previous errors in construction and computation. in Wales universally until AD 1115, when the first Roman bishop was seated Two separate kingdoms—the kingdom of israel and the kingdom of judah—emerged, with two separate capitals, Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah). We have seen that assembling together in spirit and in truth to learn is part of God’s requirement, but what else does God require one to do in order to properly observe His day? The test had begun: Would Israel keep God’s law—keep His Sabbath? 11:30). They ignore what Christ said in Matthew 5: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill” (vs. 17). While newspapers, magazines and other news media report what happened. Saturday, a day which we [Catholics] never sanctify." Those who observe the Sabbath are signified as God’s people—and that He owns them. Now let’s continue with Christ’s prophecy in Isaiah: “Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. You have already seen several. Hesiod (900 BC) declares, ‘The seventh day is holy.’ So [also] Homer and Callimachus. Like the law of gravity, you cannot see it, but you can see the effects of breaking it. The first half of the creation chapter, in Genesis 1:4-13, plainly says that God “divided the light from darkness. 7 James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, The … There is a reason this is especially critical to understand. The account says nothing of Paul telling the Gentiles that they no longer had an obligation to keep the Sabbath—that it had been done away. God will pour His vengeance on this false Babylonish murderous woman. They have become almost entirely forgotten. Remember: “…whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. “For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. Paul warned of the cunning with which Satan’s ministers successfully deceive: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Exodus 20:8-11 shows that the keeping of the Sabbath is the Fourth Commandment! The next verse makes this clearer: “That at that time [the past, before conversion] you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of PROMISE, having no hope, and without God in the world” (vs. 12). The facts of history are unmistakable—at least 50 million people were killed. of His life, while invaribly keeping and utilizing the day, (Saturday), The fifth seal portrays the martyrdom of true saints (along with vast numbers from national Israel and Judah). Understand what we have just read! Observing the Sabbath is a weekly reminder, pointing directly to this wonderful future time! Revelation 14 pictures three angels bearing three messages (vs. 6-11). I saw that common objections to Sabbath observance were easily disproven, if one had an open mind. We pick up in verses 10-12. They do not suspect that God’s wrath, poured out in full fury, and undiluted with mercy, will soon fall on a sin-ravaged humanity that God has marked to receive it. You will see that neither God nor His command has ever changed! and that any violation of that command was punishable with death. “What if an emergency situation appears, requiring work on the Sabbath?”. They got the job done! Near the book’s beginning, immediately after the “Creation chapter” concludes, the Bible states this: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. As Proverbs 22:3 states, “A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” Different circumstances require different levels of planning and preparation. Like the ground around the burning bush, we are commanded to take our feet (our shoes) off God’s holy time—time that points to Him and has His holy presence in it. 13:10). Sunday-worship and Sunday-keeping does not do this, and obviously no other god but one created all things! 9:27-28). Ask most any Christian what day of the week Yeshua (Jesus) rose from the grave and they would answer that it was a Sunday. In this prophecy, the Messiah was foretold to be “cut off…in the midst of the week.” Wednesday is literally the fourth, or middle day, of a seven-day week. This bears explanation. If we Christians An important side note is in order here. The Sabbath is still binding on the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. They wanted to eat. Even agreements (covenants) between men cannot be amended or changed in any way by either party alone: “Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannuls, or adds thereto” (Gal. Yes, a true Christian is a Jew. This account and others we will examine are misused to say that Christ voided the Sabbath. realisation of his religeous aim: the amalgamation of heathenism and Based on when He was buried (sometime between three and six o’clock on the day of His crucifixion), His sign as our Messiah was that He must—I repeat He must—rise at the same time 72 hours later. "The Catholic Church claims that “the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (Catholic Record of … So in England, in 1752, Wednesday, 2 September, was followed by Thursday, 14 September” (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. “First day of the week” should properly be translated “first of the weeks (plural).” The collection was almost certainly to happen immediately after the Days of Unleavened Bread, in the first week counting toward Pentecost. Let’s examine James’ statement. Fifth, this letter was received in Corinth during the Days of Unleavened Bread. It uses past tense because, as we have seen, Christ had been gone from the grave for about twelve hours (since late Saturday afternoon) by this time on Sunday morning. the power of the Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten Men have endless ideas about things they think the Bible says. Those who espouse it do not understand the Bible definition of a day. Liv i Norden, Vol.XIII, pp.54,55. Clarke’s Commentary, in explaining Matthew 12:40, follows this false tradition, established as early as the mid-second century AD Despite many scholars’ and theologians’ attempts to “prove” otherwise, one day and two nights cannot mean three days and three nights. The living Jesus Christ is the Rock upon which all who wish to be in His one Church must build. The Ten Commandments were not given as part of the Old Covenant. For several hundred years after the death of Christ, the general practice was always to begin days at sunset, not at midnight. How far some will go to get away from the Fourth Commandment! Christ warned, “In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 20:8-9). M'Clathie, Notes and Queries on China and Japan. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?"Answer. Luke 3:23 tells us, “And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age…” The context of this verse is after John the Baptist had begun his ministry and just before Jesus began His. And they do not teach you that you must obey God—that the Fourth Commandment is still in effect! It is seen to also distinguish His people from the rest of the world. Impossible! Nearly everyone has a different idea about what constitutes sin. "Answer. Those who seek to truly please God will find that, just as they work for the first six days of the week, the Sabbath works for them. Let’s take a closer look. In the Old Testament period, the Israelites were God’s only people. Let’s now consider some principles that answer basic questions concerning Sabbath observance. No wonder the prophet Jeremiah wrote, “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps” (Jer. Christians are to set a right example. The margin of Jonah 2:2 even compares Jonah’s time in the “great fish” to “the grave.” In this verse, the Hebrew word translated “hell” is sheol. Sinai, God gave the Ten Commandments to the nation of ancient Israel through Moses. Or will you believe the words of your Bible—that Jesus Christ rose from the dead exactly as He said He would? Fourth, this command is specific to the Corinthians (vs. 1). of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws. But understand. By adding one year to compensate for no year “zero,” this means that the temple’s construction began in 19 BC, the 18th year of Herod’s reign. The teaching We will put several verses together: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Heb. It seems that there are never-ending ways that people devise to believe time can be lost. But have you ever heard a preacher—or professor, or theologian—mention this passage? Advances in knowledge have brought awesome progress, while immorality and human degeneration have never been worse. church outside the Bible. In keeping the Sunday they are following a … Even in its infancy, there were clues. Did Christ change the day'? 2:20). the Roman name for the day and which is retained in some modern languages. The Sabbath is holy time that points to God; we must not profane it. Yes, terrible punishment is coming from the hand of God! 15:1, 6; 16:1-2). While we have seen that Gentile Christians today must keep the Sabbath, because they are spiritual Israelites, it is doubly vital for the modern nations of Israel to understand that the One who says, “I CHANGE NOT!” (Mal. This—captivity and slavery—will again come upon OUR peoples nationally. This includes the Sabbath as an identifying sign. Let us state this plainly. Then Christ responded, “You are Peter [petros, which means “little rock or pebble”], and upon this rock [petra, meaning “very great rock”] I will build My church” (vs. 18). Miracles are recorded. As with sin, God defines real love! Do not be fooled by the clever arguments of men. Carefully read: “Also the sons of the stranger [Gentiles], that join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of My covenant [Ex. Before addressing the concerns raised in this series of questions, a point must first be acknowledged. Israel’s Sabbath-keeping was intended to be an example seen by other nations. by God's authority, Sunday as the day of worship. ", Lutheran- Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the Christian Religion I can recall sitting on a stool wearing a bow tie in Sunday school at age three, surrounded by other children. But to make it an “all-day affair,” getting every network’s angle, is breaking the Sabbath. Unless God did not exist, and the Bible was the word of men—merely ancient Hebrew and Greek literature—I had no choice but to observe the Sabbath. Many fail to consider the prophecy that the Messiah would be “cut off…in the midst of the week” (Dan. In reality, Christ is the Head (Chief) Stone of the Church and its true foundation: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (I Cor. Himself, named the day "to be kept holy to Him"- that the day was Saturday, I am glad that I can add the witness of my scientific training to the irrevocable nature of the weekly cycle. Also, no Gentile nations had ever served God. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, You men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on” (vs. 14-15). What about a month? There is another critical aspect of Sabbath assembly that is little understood. Who gave the pope the authority to change a command of God? Other theologians concur. What is the connection here to the Sabbath? God has always instructed, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. "- History of the Sabbath p 672, "There is much evidence that the Sabbath prevailed Remember, Luke 4:16 (and 17, 20) actually showed Christ meeting with the Jews in the synagogue on the Sabbath. A problem already presents itself. F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons, in answer to a letter regarding the change of the Sabbath, November 11, 1895. 31:12-17). The fourth and final Passover of Christ’s ministry is the most documented Passover of all. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had kept God’s law (Gen. 26:5), but the knowledge of the Sabbath had become lost through the centuries. We have seen that these churches claim the authority to effectively change the Sabbath from the seventh day of the week to the first. After this, we can safely calculate the month and week in which Passover fell in AD 31. In other words, Christ governs all matters in relation to the Sabbath. If this cycle has been either broken or lost, there remains no further obligation for mankind to observe the true Sabbath of the Bible. Let the truth be revealed! God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day of the creation week, just before the Sabbath (vs. 31). Remember, the same Christ who was Lord of “the Sabbath” made it at creation. And…she was baptized.”. It has been Roman Catholicism that has preserved Sunday as the day of worship. Meditate on it—and hear this warning from God through Ezekiel, and through this book, TO YOU! Though we will see that a few, very weak arguments are put forth in favor of Sunday, in a sense, there is no further room for argument. The weekly cycle was not broken. "I answer yes". While this makes the readability somewhat dry, we believe that And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed. For He is our peace, who has made both one…that He might reconcile both [Jew and Gentile] unto God in one body by the cross…and preached peace to you which were afar off…For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Here is why. Prophecy says this will happen! The Sabbath question is somewhat different. 16:18). "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the The Sabbath does! Yet they did not allow for Christ to heal people on the Sabbath. More than 2,500 years had passed from the time of creation. The evidence has been long established! as a new beginning, they made the first day after the Sabbath a The same principle applies. Why then do so many believe that “the Jews (only one tribe—Judah) are God’s chosen people”? 58:13). In Leviticus 23:34, God ordained the keeping of this Holy Day and Feast: “The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.” However, Jeroboam made the observance of his festival on the eighth month! The Sabbath was hallowed—made into holy time—by God at creation. The reason why Objective people will admit we have seen no evidence—no proof whatsoever—for Sunday-keeping in these eight passages. This question alone towers over the debate. Do not be confused by people who say that traveling around the world can cause one to “gain” or to “lose” days. In the League’s official “Report on the Reform of the Calendar,” published at Geneva, August 17, 1926, are the following statements by noted astronomers: “The week has been followed for thousands of years and therefore has been hallowed by immemorial use” (Anders Donner, professor of Astronomy at the University of Helsingfors). --James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, 16th edition, 1880, p. 111. It uses past tense because, as we have seen, Christ had been gone from the grave for about twelve hours (since late Saturday afternoon) by this time on Sunday morning. Let’s now see this even more plainly. Accounts from history indicate that more than 50 million human beings were killed during this time because of their unwillingness to compromise beliefs that were contrary to the Roman church. But in this age, when a minister cannot always be present, brethren must often gather around a high-definition video screen to be fed God’s precious truth. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the Head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed” (I Pet. Their effort to change the day of the resurrection to Sunday was simply a continuation of the Babylonian tradition—that Nimrod (father of the Babylonian Mystery Religion) was resurrected on a Sunday. observation of Saturday, or the seventh-day...It is plain that the Oriental This is how lithos is used in other places. 2:3-11; II Cor. . But the test has been the same for those of previous ages. commandment so they do not have to acknowledge their idolatry which to them Now, unfortunately, this supposed ‘lost time’ is still being used to throw doubt upon the unbroken cycle of the Seventh-day Sabbath that God inaugurated at the Creation. While mankind seeks excuses not to keep the Sabbath, some actually dare to blame God as the reason this is no longer possible. Astronomy and math have nothing to do with the length of a week! Modesty is the rule in determining such things as proper skirt length, etc. It has not been done away. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." They accepted Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made that change. I ask again: Does it make any difference to God which day men choose to make holy? God’s Word is living—dynamic! We must exercise good judgment and planning. The result of Jeroboam’s decisions was that all Ten Tribes of Israel, through seven successive dynasties and nineteen kings, practiced the two basic “sins of Jeroboam”—sabbath-breaking and idolatry! Some ask about Mark 16:9. By my divine power I abolished the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. THE SABBATH CONTROVERSY by Richard F. Ames. ", "The Sunday Problem"- United Lutheran Church (1923), This reasoning continues with the claim that this has caused time to be lost—and thus the certainty of when to observe the Sabbath is gone. “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun.”. For one -- by CHANGING the Sabbath day from the Scriptural 7th day of the week (Gen 2:3; Exo 20:8-11) to the Roman Catholic 1st day of the week! We should focus on the positive. “Sin is the transgression of the LAW” (I John 3:4), and “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 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Modern Jews have never lost their identity because they have never lost track of the seventh day Sabbath! Finally, it is interesting to note that even those who reference Joshua’s account always call it “Joshua’s long day”—not “Joshua’s long days.” The whole argument of trying to compress two days into one, to escape the command to keep the seventh day Sabbath (today’s Saturday), seems rather silly, doesn’t it? The devil also recognizes that the arrival of God’s Kingdom means he will be banished from his current position of great influence as the god this world unwittingly worships. 2:20; Psa. Do you know? week as its day of worship, but there is no passage telling Christians I grew up believing that all the Israelites were Jews (yet, as explained, Judah [the Jews] is only one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel), that I was a Gentile, and that Christianity is basically a Gentile religion. To get a complete picture of the mark of the beast, we must study all of the verses that pertain to it. The Jerusalem saints were to receive food because they were suffering from drought and famine. 5:3). -James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917 ed. According to the Roman calendar, this date was Wednesday, April 25. All people become spiritual inheritors with Abraham, the grandfather of Israel (Jacob). The decree was made during the seventh year of Artaxerxes’ reign (457 BC). It has always been this plain for all who would serve God! Church in Scotland, pp140. Neither is there any example whereof they make As part of Sabbath observance, assembling is a clear Bible command. So God started with this small nation of slaves. It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week…Where can the record of such a transaction be found? Therefore, God (Christ) could not ordain the Sabbath as the seventh day of the week only to later change it to the first day. This timeframe includes Friday night, the daylight portion of Saturday, and Saturday night. They cannot be “interpreted” otherwise. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.). Next, God pleads with the following generation of Israel: “But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe THEIR judgments, nor defile yourselves with THEIR idols: I am the Lord your God; walk in MY statutes, and keep MY judgments, and do them; and hallow MY SABBATHS; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God” (vs. 18-20). God never leaves any doubt as to exactly why His purpose is carried out as it is. Verse 4—“and if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me”—coupled with verse 3 referencing “them,” shows that it took several people to transport this large offering to Jerusalem. I would lose my job. "Faithfully yours, J. Cardinal Gibbons"--autographed letter photostat [Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore was the leading advocate of Catholicism in America at the end of the last century]. 15:2-3). 8:29-30; I Cor. Regardless of what men say, it will always be a normal workday to God. founder of our divine beliefs, institute Sunday one thousand years ago in 7:12, 14). Yet, again, it was Christ who actually did the creating of “all things.”. Let’s plainly frame the question: Do we observe the day that GOD commands—or do we observe the traditional day that the Roman Catholics command, and Protestants endorse? Do these verses supply the supposed proof for the Sunday resurrection tradition? So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. keeping the Saturday from the giving of the Law, A.M., 2514 to A.D. 1893 We find too, Because they gave up God’s identifying sign—His Sabbath—they lost track of who they were. ; from The And if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Gal. If you haven't read this yet...--> They will then wholeheartedly follow God and obey His laws—including the Sabbath command. God explained that, for 2,520 years, Israel would lose all prosperity, be conquered, taken from their land into slavery and suffer plagues, sickness and disease. While sincere, they are sincerely wrong! Notice Genesis 1:26-28: “And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after our likeness…So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. “Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923). Doing so kept people in contact with the true God. It is a commandment that God has always said is a sign between Him and His people. I repeat for emphasis: Christians are told that “you are bought with a price; be not you the servants of men” (I Cor. There are still generations of Israel today—and there is spiritual Israel, which keeps the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Though Genesis 2:2-3 does not use the term “the Sabbath day,” Exodus 20 does. This is an astonishing verse. A footnote in the Whiston translation of Josephus states, “This eclipse of the moon (which is the only eclipse mentioned by Josephus) is of greatest consequence for the determination of the time for the death of Herod…and for the birth and entire chronology of Jesus Christ. The mark of the beast is not the mark of Roman Catholicism. Notice that in Hebrews 4:9, Paul reminded God’s people that “There remains therefore a rest [Greek: Sabbatismos—most margins correctly add “a keeping of the Sabbath”] to the people of God.” This is another New Testament passage emphasizing God’s Sabbath command is still binding. And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? Even those who do observe the Sabbath, after one fashion or another, have little understanding of what is really at stake for those who keep the correct day—and for those who do not. They suppose that they can force Him to be involved by claiming that He is. the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. Both involved dropping days from the calendar to correct for previous errors in construction and computation. in Wales universally until AD 1115, when the first Roman bishop was seated Two separate kingdoms—the kingdom of israel and the kingdom of judah—emerged, with two separate capitals, Samaria (Israel) and Jerusalem (Judah). We have seen that assembling together in spirit and in truth to learn is part of God’s requirement, but what else does God require one to do in order to properly observe His day? The test had begun: Would Israel keep God’s law—keep His Sabbath? 11:30). They ignore what Christ said in Matthew 5: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill” (vs. 17). While newspapers, magazines and other news media report what happened. Saturday, a day which we [Catholics] never sanctify." Those who observe the Sabbath are signified as God’s people—and that He owns them. Now let’s continue with Christ’s prophecy in Isaiah: “Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. You have already seen several. Hesiod (900 BC) declares, ‘The seventh day is holy.’ So [also] Homer and Callimachus. Like the law of gravity, you cannot see it, but you can see the effects of breaking it. The first half of the creation chapter, in Genesis 1:4-13, plainly says that God “divided the light from darkness. 7 James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, The … There is a reason this is especially critical to understand. The account says nothing of Paul telling the Gentiles that they no longer had an obligation to keep the Sabbath—that it had been done away. God will pour His vengeance on this false Babylonish murderous woman. They have become almost entirely forgotten. Remember: “…whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. “For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. Paul warned of the cunning with which Satan’s ministers successfully deceive: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. Exodus 20:8-11 shows that the keeping of the Sabbath is the Fourth Commandment! The next verse makes this clearer: “That at that time [the past, before conversion] you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of PROMISE, having no hope, and without God in the world” (vs. 12). The facts of history are unmistakable—at least 50 million people were killed. of His life, while invaribly keeping and utilizing the day, (Saturday), The fifth seal portrays the martyrdom of true saints (along with vast numbers from national Israel and Judah). Understand what we have just read! Observing the Sabbath is a weekly reminder, pointing directly to this wonderful future time! Revelation 14 pictures three angels bearing three messages (vs. 6-11). I saw that common objections to Sabbath observance were easily disproven, if one had an open mind. We pick up in verses 10-12. They do not suspect that God’s wrath, poured out in full fury, and undiluted with mercy, will soon fall on a sin-ravaged humanity that God has marked to receive it. You will see that neither God nor His command has ever changed! and that any violation of that command was punishable with death. “What if an emergency situation appears, requiring work on the Sabbath?”. They got the job done! Near the book’s beginning, immediately after the “Creation chapter” concludes, the Bible states this: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. As Proverbs 22:3 states, “A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” Different circumstances require different levels of planning and preparation. Like the ground around the burning bush, we are commanded to take our feet (our shoes) off God’s holy time—time that points to Him and has His holy presence in it. 13:10). Sunday-worship and Sunday-keeping does not do this, and obviously no other god but one created all things! 9:27-28). Ask most any Christian what day of the week Yeshua (Jesus) rose from the grave and they would answer that it was a Sunday. In this prophecy, the Messiah was foretold to be “cut off…in the midst of the week.” Wednesday is literally the fourth, or middle day, of a seven-day week. This bears explanation. If we Christians An important side note is in order here. The Sabbath is still binding on the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. They wanted to eat. Even agreements (covenants) between men cannot be amended or changed in any way by either party alone: “Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannuls, or adds thereto” (Gal. Yes, a true Christian is a Jew. This account and others we will examine are misused to say that Christ voided the Sabbath. realisation of his religeous aim: the amalgamation of heathenism and Based on when He was buried (sometime between three and six o’clock on the day of His crucifixion), His sign as our Messiah was that He must—I repeat He must—rise at the same time 72 hours later. "The Catholic Church claims that “the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (Catholic Record of … So in England, in 1752, Wednesday, 2 September, was followed by Thursday, 14 September” (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. “First day of the week” should properly be translated “first of the weeks (plural).” The collection was almost certainly to happen immediately after the Days of Unleavened Bread, in the first week counting toward Pentecost. Let’s examine James’ statement. Fifth, this letter was received in Corinth during the Days of Unleavened Bread. It uses past tense because, as we have seen, Christ had been gone from the grave for about twelve hours (since late Saturday afternoon) by this time on Sunday morning. the power of the Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten Men have endless ideas about things they think the Bible says. Those who espouse it do not understand the Bible definition of a day. Liv i Norden, Vol.XIII, pp.54,55. Clarke’s Commentary, in explaining Matthew 12:40, follows this false tradition, established as early as the mid-second century AD Despite many scholars’ and theologians’ attempts to “prove” otherwise, one day and two nights cannot mean three days and three nights. The living Jesus Christ is the Rock upon which all who wish to be in His one Church must build. The Ten Commandments were not given as part of the Old Covenant. For several hundred years after the death of Christ, the general practice was always to begin days at sunset, not at midnight. How far some will go to get away from the Fourth Commandment! Christ warned, “In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 20:8-9). M'Clathie, Notes and Queries on China and Japan. Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?"Answer. Luke 3:23 tells us, “And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age…” The context of this verse is after John the Baptist had begun his ministry and just before Jesus began His. And they do not teach you that you must obey God—that the Fourth Commandment is still in effect! It is seen to also distinguish His people from the rest of the world. Impossible! Nearly everyone has a different idea about what constitutes sin. "Answer. Those who seek to truly please God will find that, just as they work for the first six days of the week, the Sabbath works for them. Let’s take a closer look. In the Old Testament period, the Israelites were God’s only people. Let’s now consider some principles that answer basic questions concerning Sabbath observance. No wonder the prophet Jeremiah wrote, “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps” (Jer. Christians are to set a right example. The margin of Jonah 2:2 even compares Jonah’s time in the “great fish” to “the grave.” In this verse, the Hebrew word translated “hell” is sheol. Sinai, God gave the Ten Commandments to the nation of ancient Israel through Moses. Or will you believe the words of your Bible—that Jesus Christ rose from the dead exactly as He said He would? Fourth, this command is specific to the Corinthians (vs. 1). of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws. But understand. By adding one year to compensate for no year “zero,” this means that the temple’s construction began in 19 BC, the 18th year of Herod’s reign. The teaching We will put several verses together: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Heb. It seems that there are never-ending ways that people devise to believe time can be lost. But have you ever heard a preacher—or professor, or theologian—mention this passage? Advances in knowledge have brought awesome progress, while immorality and human degeneration have never been worse. church outside the Bible. In keeping the Sunday they are following a … Even in its infancy, there were clues. Did Christ change the day'? 2:20). the Roman name for the day and which is retained in some modern languages. The Sabbath is holy time that points to God; we must not profane it. Yes, terrible punishment is coming from the hand of God! 15:1, 6; 16:1-2). While we have seen that Gentile Christians today must keep the Sabbath, because they are spiritual Israelites, it is doubly vital for the modern nations of Israel to understand that the One who says, “I CHANGE NOT!” (Mal. This—captivity and slavery—will again come upon OUR peoples nationally. This includes the Sabbath as an identifying sign. Let us state this plainly. Then Christ responded, “You are Peter [petros, which means “little rock or pebble”], and upon this rock [petra, meaning “very great rock”] I will build My church” (vs. 18). Miracles are recorded. As with sin, God defines real love! Do not be fooled by the clever arguments of men. Carefully read: “Also the sons of the stranger [Gentiles], that join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of My covenant [Ex. Before addressing the concerns raised in this series of questions, a point must first be acknowledged. Israel’s Sabbath-keeping was intended to be an example seen by other nations. by God's authority, Sunday as the day of worship. ", Lutheran- Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the Christian Religion I can recall sitting on a stool wearing a bow tie in Sunday school at age three, surrounded by other children. But to make it an “all-day affair,” getting every network’s angle, is breaking the Sabbath. Unless God did not exist, and the Bible was the word of men—merely ancient Hebrew and Greek literature—I had no choice but to observe the Sabbath. Many fail to consider the prophecy that the Messiah would be “cut off…in the midst of the week” (Dan. In reality, Christ is the Head (Chief) Stone of the Church and its true foundation: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (I Cor. Himself, named the day "to be kept holy to Him"- that the day was Saturday, I am glad that I can add the witness of my scientific training to the irrevocable nature of the weekly cycle. Also, no Gentile nations had ever served God. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, You men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on” (vs. 14-15). What about a month? There is another critical aspect of Sabbath assembly that is little understood. Who gave the pope the authority to change a command of God? Other theologians concur. What is the connection here to the Sabbath? God has always instructed, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. "- History of the Sabbath p 672, "There is much evidence that the Sabbath prevailed Remember, Luke 4:16 (and 17, 20) actually showed Christ meeting with the Jews in the synagogue on the Sabbath. A problem already presents itself. F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons, in answer to a letter regarding the change of the Sabbath, November 11, 1895. 31:12-17). The fourth and final Passover of Christ’s ministry is the most documented Passover of all. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had kept God’s law (Gen. 26:5), but the knowledge of the Sabbath had become lost through the centuries. We have seen that these churches claim the authority to effectively change the Sabbath from the seventh day of the week to the first. After this, we can safely calculate the month and week in which Passover fell in AD 31. In other words, Christ governs all matters in relation to the Sabbath. If this cycle has been either broken or lost, there remains no further obligation for mankind to observe the true Sabbath of the Bible. Let the truth be revealed! God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day of the creation week, just before the Sabbath (vs. 31). Remember, the same Christ who was Lord of “the Sabbath” made it at creation. And…she was baptized.”. It has been Roman Catholicism that has preserved Sunday as the day of worship. Meditate on it—and hear this warning from God through Ezekiel, and through this book, TO YOU! Though we will see that a few, very weak arguments are put forth in favor of Sunday, in a sense, there is no further room for argument. The weekly cycle was not broken. "I answer yes". While this makes the readability somewhat dry, we believe that And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed. For He is our peace, who has made both one…that He might reconcile both [Jew and Gentile] unto God in one body by the cross…and preached peace to you which were afar off…For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Here is why. Prophecy says this will happen! The Sabbath question is somewhat different. 16:18). "Is Saturday the seventh day according to the The Sabbath does! Yet they did not allow for Christ to heal people on the Sabbath. More than 2,500 years had passed from the time of creation. The evidence has been long established! as a new beginning, they made the first day after the Sabbath a The same principle applies. Why then do so many believe that “the Jews (only one tribe—Judah) are God’s chosen people”? 58:13). In Leviticus 23:34, God ordained the keeping of this Holy Day and Feast: “The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.” However, Jeroboam made the observance of his festival on the eighth month! The Sabbath was hallowed—made into holy time—by God at creation. The reason why Objective people will admit we have seen no evidence—no proof whatsoever—for Sunday-keeping in these eight passages. This question alone towers over the debate. Do not be confused by people who say that traveling around the world can cause one to “gain” or to “lose” days. In the League’s official “Report on the Reform of the Calendar,” published at Geneva, August 17, 1926, are the following statements by noted astronomers: “The week has been followed for thousands of years and therefore has been hallowed by immemorial use” (Anders Donner, professor of Astronomy at the University of Helsingfors). --James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, 16th edition, 1880, p. 111. It uses past tense because, as we have seen, Christ had been gone from the grave for about twelve hours (since late Saturday afternoon) by this time on Sunday morning. Let’s now see this even more plainly. Accounts from history indicate that more than 50 million human beings were killed during this time because of their unwillingness to compromise beliefs that were contrary to the Roman church. But in this age, when a minister cannot always be present, brethren must often gather around a high-definition video screen to be fed God’s precious truth. Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the Head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed” (I Pet. Their effort to change the day of the resurrection to Sunday was simply a continuation of the Babylonian tradition—that Nimrod (father of the Babylonian Mystery Religion) was resurrected on a Sunday. observation of Saturday, or the seventh-day...It is plain that the Oriental This is how lithos is used in other places. 2:3-11; II Cor. . But the test has been the same for those of previous ages. commandment so they do not have to acknowledge their idolatry which to them Now, unfortunately, this supposed ‘lost time’ is still being used to throw doubt upon the unbroken cycle of the Seventh-day Sabbath that God inaugurated at the Creation. While mankind seeks excuses not to keep the Sabbath, some actually dare to blame God as the reason this is no longer possible. Astronomy and math have nothing to do with the length of a week! Modesty is the rule in determining such things as proper skirt length, etc. It has not been done away. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." They accepted Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made that change. I ask again: Does it make any difference to God which day men choose to make holy? God’s Word is living—dynamic! We must exercise good judgment and planning. The result of Jeroboam’s decisions was that all Ten Tribes of Israel, through seven successive dynasties and nineteen kings, practiced the two basic “sins of Jeroboam”—sabbath-breaking and idolatry! Some ask about Mark 16:9. By my divine power I abolished the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. THE SABBATH CONTROVERSY by Richard F. Ames. ", "The Sunday Problem"- United Lutheran Church (1923), This reasoning continues with the claim that this has caused time to be lost—and thus the certainty of when to observe the Sabbath is gone. “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun.”. For one -- by CHANGING the Sabbath day from the Scriptural 7th day of the week (Gen 2:3; Exo 20:8-11) to the Roman Catholic 1st day of the week! We should focus on the positive. “Sin is the transgression of the LAW” (I John 3:4), and “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. None of the above calculations required a revelation from God. "Answer: Saturday In practical application, ranchers brand their cattle to signify ownership. Catholic Archbishop James Cardinal Gibbons tells us that Scripture “enforces the religious observance of Saturday,” but then proudly boasts that the church nonetheless proclaimed Sunday as the day of worship. 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