SABBATH JUST KEEP IT

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SABBATH JUST KEEP IT!!!!!!!

• WHY A BELIEVER IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH SHOULD OBEY
  THE SABBATH

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DID YHVH CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT HIS
COMMANDMENTS? MALACHI 36 For I am YHVH, I
change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
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NOT TO ADD TO THE WORD OF YHVH Proverbs 305
Every WORD of ELOHIM is pure he is a shield unto
them that put their trust in him. pure Heb.
purified 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he
reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar. Deuteronomy 42 Ye shall NOT ADD unto the
WORD which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the
commandments of YHVH your ELOHIM which I command
you. Revelation 2218 For I testify unto every
man that heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, ELOHIM shall add unto him the plagues
that are written in this book Deuteronomy 1232
What thing so ever I command you, observe to do
it thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from
it. De 1318 When thou shalt hearken to the
voice of YHVH thy ELOHIM, to KEEP (guard in
Hebrew) ALL his commandments which I command thee
this day, to do that which is right in the eyes
of YHVH your ELOHIM.
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FIND ONE VERSE IN THE RENEWED COVENANT THAT
YAHSHUA TELLS US TO KEEP SUNDAY?
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WITNESS IN THE BIBLE OF AUTHORITY

• MATTHEW 1816
• But if he will not hear thee, then take with
  thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or
  three witnesses every word may be established.

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WHEN DID YAHSHUA ARISE????

• A. FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK?
• B. AT THE END OF THE SABBATH?

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MATTHEW 281 In the end of the sabbath
ltsabbatongt, as it began to dawn toward the first
ltmiagt day of the week ltsabbatongt, came Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary to see the
sepulchre. MARK 162 And very early in the
morning the first ltmiagt day of the week
ltsabbatongt, they came unto the sepulchre at the
rising of the sun.
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LUKE 241 Now upon the first ltmiagt day of the
week ltsabbatongt, very early in the morning, they
came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, and certain others with
them. JOHN 201 The first ltmiagt day of the
week ltsabbatongt cometh Mary Magdalene early, when
it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth
the stone taken away from the sepulcher.
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JOHN 2019 Then the same day at evening, being
the first ltmiagt day of the week ltsabbatongt, when
the doors were shut where the disciples were
assembled for fear of the Jews, came YESHUA
and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,
Peace be unto you. ACTS 207 And upon the
first ltmiagt day of the week ltsabbatongt, when the
disciples came together to break bread, Paul
preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow
and continued his speech until midnight. 1Co
162 Upon the first ltmiagt day of the week
ltsabbatongt let every one of you lay by him in
store , as God hath prospered him, that there be
no gatherings when I come.
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First Day of the Week The underlying Greek text
is mia ton sabbaton, which when literally
translated means one of the sabbath/s, but is
traditionally rendered as first day of the
week. The term first day of the week is
literally translated as proté hemera tis
hebdomata in Greek, but nowhere appears as such
in the N.T. There is a strong argument that mia
ton sabbaton should be rendered according to
Semitic idiom as day one of the week,
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ONE LAW FOR THE NATIVE AND THE CONVERT Ex 1249
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and
unto the stranger(ger or convert) that sojourneth
among you. Nu 1515 One ordinance shall be both
for you of the congregation, and also for the
stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance
for ever in your generations as ye are, so shall
the stranger be before YHVH. 16 One LAW and one
manner shall be for you, and for the stranger
that sojourneth with you. Nu 1529 Ye shall have
one law for him that sinneth through ignorance,
both for him that is born among the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth
among them. sinneth Heb. doth
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Many believers in Yahshua believe that the
Sabbath day was stablish as a commandments in
chapter 2 of Genesis. But, as we will see in this
study we have biblical evidence that the Sabbath
has being from the first WORD of the bible.
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In the book of Isaiah the prophet tells us about
the plan of Elohim Isa 469 Remember the former
things of old for I am Elohim, and there is none
else I am Elohim, and there is none like me, 10
Declaring the END from the BEGINNING,(Hebrew is
bereshit or Genesis) and from ancient times the
things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel
shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure
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In the Beginning
tyvarb
tbv
SHABBAT
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SHABBAT
tbv
TESHUV REPENTENCE OR RETURN
bvt
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Prophetic Message of Restoration in the Hebrew
letters of the word Shabbat

• v
• b
• t

• Fire, Almighty
• House
• Sign of the covenant

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True Repentence is Returning to the sign of the
covenant

• t Sign of the covenant
• v Almighty
• b House

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Genesis 21 Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished, hlk ltkalahgt and all the host of
them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended hlk
ltkalahgt his work which he had made and he rested
tbv on the seventh day from all his work which he
had made.
H3618 kallah From H3634 a bride (as if
perfect) hence a son's wife - bride,
daughter-in-law, spouse.
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Exodos 208 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it
holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath
of YHVH your Elohim in it thou shalt not do any
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 11
For in six days YHVH made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day wherefore theYHVH blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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THE SABBATH IS A SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN
YHVH AND ISRAEL
EXODOS 3112 And YHVH spake unto Moses,
saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of
Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep
for it is a sign between me and you throughout
your generations that ye may know that I am YHVH
that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the
sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you every
one that defileth it shall surely be put to
death for whosoever doeth any work therein, that
soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15
Six days may work be done but in the seventh is
the sabbath of rest, holy to YHVH whosoever
doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death. holy Heb. holiness
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep
the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout
their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17
It is a SIGN between me and the children of
Israel for ever for in six days YHVHH made
heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed. 18 And he gave unto
Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony,
tables of stone, written with the finger of
ELOHIM.
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THE WORD FOR SIGN IN HEBREW IS (OTH)IN THE STRONG
CONCORDANCE 0226. 'owth, OTH probably from 225
(in the sense of appearing) a signal (literally
or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument,
omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.--mark, miracle,
(en-)sign, token. PERPETUAL COVENANT THE
HEBREW WORD FOR PERPETUAL IS OLAM 05769. o-lawm'
or lolam o-lawm' from 5956 properly,
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point generally,
time out of mind (past or future), i.e.
(practically) eternity frequentatively,
adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix)
always--alway(-s), ancient (time), any more,
continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting,
-more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old
(time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of
the) world ( without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
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IS THE SABBATH A JEWISH FEAST OR YHVHS
FEAST? Leviticus 23 1 And YHVH spake unto
Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts
of YHVH, which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, even these are my feasts.
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THE LAND ALSO SHOULD ENJOY A SABBATH REST IN
HEBREW IS CALLED A SHEMITTA (EVERY SEVEN YEARS)OR
JUDGEMENT WILL COME AGAINST ISRAEL Leviticus
2633 And I will scatter you among the heathen,
and will draw out a sword after you and your
land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as
long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your
enemies' land even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth
desolate it shall rest because it did not rest
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
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Leviticus 2643 The land also shall be left of
them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she
lieth desolate without them and they shall
accept of the punishment of their iniquity
because, even because they despised my judgments,
and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
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Ezequiel 2019 I am YHVH your God walk in my
statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them 20
And hallow my sabbaths and they shall be a sign
between me and you, that ye may know that I am
YHVH your God. 21 Notwithstanding the children
rebelled against me they walked not in my
statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them,
which if a man do, he shall even live in them
they polluted my sabbaths then I said, I would
pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my
anger against them in the wilderness. 22
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought
for my name's sake, that it should not be
polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose
sight I brought them forth. 23 I lifted up mine
hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I
would scatter them among the heathen, and
disperse them through the countries 24 Because
they had not executed my judgments, but had
despised my statutes, and had polluted my
sabbaths, and their eyes were after their
fathers' idols.
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The believers in Yahshua claim to be priest thru
the blood of Messiah who is the high priest In
the Order of Melkicedek. Then we should be
careful to keep the commandment and teach just
like the high priest in the line of
Aaron Ezequiel 2226 Her priests have violated
my law, and have profaned mine holy things they
have put no difference between the holy and
profane, neither have they shewed difference
between the unclean and the clean, and have hid
their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned
among them. violated Heb. offered violence to
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THE BLESSING FOR KEEPING THE SABBATH OF
YHVH Isaiah 561 Thus saith YHVH, Keep ye
judgment, and do justice for my salvation is
near to come, and my righteousness to be
revealed. judgment or, equity 2 Blessed is
the man that doeth this, and the son of man that
layeth hold on it that keepeth the sabbath from
polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any
evil. Isaiah 566 Also the sons of the stranger,
that join themselves to YHVH, to serve him, and
to love the name of YHVH, to be his servants,
every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting
it, and taketh hold of my covenant 7 Even them
will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted
upon mine altar for mine house shall be called
an house of prayer for all people.
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Isaiah 5813 If thou turn away thy foot from
the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy
day and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of
YHVH, honourable and shalt honour him, not doing
thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words 14 Then shalt thou
delight thyself in YHVH and I will cause thee to
ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed
thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father for
the mouth of YHVH hath spoken it.
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Did Yahshua keep the Sabbath? Luke 416 And he
came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up
and, as his custom was, he went into the
synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to
read. Luke 431 And came down to Capernaum, a
city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath
days.
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DID YAHSHUA BREAK THE SABBATH? Next is some
peoples manipulation of scripture to say that the
messiah broke the Sabbath day. Mattew 121 At
that time Yahshua went on the sabbath day through
the corn and his disciples were an hungred, and
began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto
him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not
lawful to do upon the sabbath day. Luke 61
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after
the first, that he went through the corn fields
and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and
did eat, rubbing them in their hands. (the second
Sabbath is the temple service priestly order
which began during the first Sabbath of the month
of aviv or Passover) Mark 223 And it came to
pass, that he went through the corn fields on the
sabbath day and his disciples began, as they
went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the
Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on
the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
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According to the Scriptures He was not breaking
the Sabbath day Deuteronomy 2325 When thou
comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour,
then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand
but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy
neighbour's standing corn.
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Healing the lame man on the Sabbath John 58
Yahshua saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed,
and walk. 9 And immediately the man was made
whole, and took up his bed, and walked and on
the same day was the sabbath. 10 The Jews
therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the
sabbath day it is not lawful for thee to carry
thy bed. Notice they got mad because He carry the
bed
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THE APOSTLE PAUL AND THE SABBATH TEACHING AND
GOING TO SYNAGOGUE ALMOST 25 AFTER YAHSHUA
ACT S 1314 But when they departed from Perga,
they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into
the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15 And after the reading of the law and the
prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto
them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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THE GENTILE CONVERTS AND JEWS WERE IN THE
SYNAGOGUE Ac 1342 And when the Jews were gone
out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that
these words might be preached to them the next
sabbath. the next... Gr. in the week between,
or, in the sabbath between 43 Now when the
congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and
religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas
who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue
in the grace of GOD. 44 And the next sabbath day
came almost the whole city together to hear the
word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake
against those things which were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming.
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Acts 184 And he reasoned in the synagogue every
sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the
Greeks. Acts 172 And Paul, as his manner was,
went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures, Acts
198 And he went into the synagogue, and spake
boldly for the space of three months, disputing
and persuading the things concerning the kingdom
of God.
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Colossians 28-17 8 Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the
world, and not after Messiah. rudiments or,
elements make a prey or, seduce you, or, lead
you astray 1.philosophy 2.vain
deceit 3.tradition of men The Sabbath, eating
kosher,new moon, these are not tradition of men 9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the
Godhead bodily.
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10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head
of all principality and power 11 In whom also
ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
without hands, in putting off the body of the
sins of the flesh by the circumcision of
Messiah 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein
also ye are risen with him through the faith of
the operation of God, who hath raised him from
the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he
quickened together with him, having forgiven you
all trespasses 14 Blotting out the handwriting
of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross ORDINANCES 1378. dogma
dogma, dog'-mah from the base of 1380 a law
(civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)--decree,
ordinance.
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15 And having spoiled principalities and powers,
he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over
them in it. in it or, in himself 16 Let
no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink,
or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon,
or of the sabbath days in meat... or, for
eating and drinking respect or, part) those
things highlighted are commandments of YHVH not
traditions of men and philosophy. 17 Which are
a shadow of things to come but the body is of
Messiah.
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What was the testimony out of Pauls mouth and
the testimony of the elders of the congregation
in Yerushalayim. Acts 2414 But this I confess
unto thee, that after the way which they call
heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers,
believing all things which are written in the law
and in the prophets
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Did Paul keep the feast of YHVH? Acts 2016 For
Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because
he would not spend the time in Asia for he
hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at
Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 1Corinthians
168 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
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DID PAUL KEEP THE PASSOVER AND TOLD OTHER TO KEEP
IT?? 1Corithians 56 Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old
leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are
unleavened. For even Messiah our passover is
sacrificed for us is sacrificed or, is slain
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth. the feast or, holyday
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NEXT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF SIN IN
THE BIBLE. What is SIN? 1John 34 Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law for
sin is the transgression of the law.
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What is the LOVE of YHVH?? 1John 51 Whosoever
believeth that Yahshua is the Messiah is born of
God and every one that loveth him that begat
loveth him also that is begotten of him. is
born Gr. has been born 2 By this we know that
we love the children of God, when we love God,
and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the
love of God, that we keep his commandments and
his commandments are not grievous.
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2 John 16 And this is love, that we walk after
his commandments. This is the commandment, That,
as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should
walk in it.
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1John 2 3 And hereby we do know that we know
him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him
verily is the love of God perfected hereby know
we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he
abideth in him ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
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Now we will talk about the conspiracy by the
Catholic Church and also the reformers in keeping
the traditions of the catholic practices.
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CONSTANTINES CHRISTIAN CREED
I renounce all customs, legalisms, unleavened
breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews And
all the other Feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices,
prayers, aspirations, purifications,
and Propitiations and fast and new moons and
sabbaths and superstitions and hymns and
chants, And observances and synagogues,
absolutely everything jewish, every law, rite and
custom and if Afterwards I shall wish to deny and
return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found
eating with jews Or feasting with them, or
secretly conversing and condemning the Christian
religion instead of openly Confuting them and
condemning their vain faith, then let the
trembling of cain and the leprosy of Gehazi
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Cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to
which I acknowledge myself liable. And may I be
an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul
be set down with satan And the devils. (stcfano
Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientaliom at
Accidentalium, Vol. 1 Rome 1748 page 105
Furthermore, any follower of the Jewish Messiah
who wish to join this holy community Was
compelled to adopt a different set of rules and
customs. Subsequently special creeds were Drafted
, to which the Christian would have to swear such
as I accept all customs, rites, legalism, and
feast of the Romans, sacrifices, prayers,
purifications with water, sanctifications by
Pontificus Maxmus ( high priest of Rome),
propitiations, and feast and the NEW SABBATH
SOL DIE all new chants and observances, and all
the foods and drinks of the Romans. In other
words, I absolutly accept everything Roman, every
new law, rite and custom of Rome and the New
Roman Religion Additionally, in approximately
365 AD, the Catholic Council of Laodicea wrote,
in one of their canons Christians must not
judaize by resting on the sabbath, but must work
on that day, rather, honoring the Lord Day. But
if any shall be found to be Judaizers, let them
be anathema(against) from Christ
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The evidence that the early believers in Yahshua
kept the Sabbath and the customs just like
messiah and Paul. The so called church fathers
gave us information about the observance of the
early assembly, man like Ephiphanius wrote in the
4th century stating
They(the Nazarenes) have no different ideas,
but confess everything exactly as the law
proclaims it and in the Jewish fashionexcept for
their belief in Messiah but since they are
still fettered by the lawcircumcision, the
Sabbath, and the restthey are not in accord with
Christians
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We have confesions of bishops and catholic priest
quoting and discussing the change of the Sabbath
to Sun-day worship. Here are some quotes of the
so called believers in the Jewish Messiah
admitting profaning of the commandments.
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James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers,
88th ed pp 89 But you may read the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation, and you will find not find
a single line authorizing the sanctification of
sun-day. The Scriptures enforce the religious
observance of Saturday a day which we never
sanctify
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Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed. P
174 Question Have you any other way of proving
that the Church has power to institute festivals
of precept? Answer Had she not the power, she
could not have done that in which all modern
religionists agree with her-she could not have
substituted the observance of Sun-day, The first
day of the week, for the observance of Saturday,
the seventh day, a change for which there is no
scriptural authority
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John Laux, course in religion for the catholic
High Schools and Academies(1936)vol. 1
p.51. Some Theologians have held that GOD
likewise directly determined the Sunday as the
day of worship in the New Law, that He Himself
has explicitly substituted the Sunday for the
Sabbath. But this theory is now entirely
abandoned. It is now commonly held that GOD
simply gave His church the power to set aside
whatever day or days she would seem suitable as
holy days. The church chose Sun-day, the first
day of the week, and in the course of time added
other days as holy days
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Daniel Ferres, ed Manual of Messiahianity
Doctrine (1916), p.67 Question How prove you
that the Church hath power to command feast and
holy days? Answer By the very act of changing
the Sabbath into Sun-day, which protestants allow
of, and therefore they fondly contradict
themselves, by Keeping Sunday strictly, and
breaking most other feasts commanded by the
Church
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James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of
Baltimore(1877-1921) In a signed letter. Is
Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible
and the Ten Commandments? I answer Yes. Is Sunday
the first day of the week and did the church
change the seventh day Saturday-for Sunday, the
first? I answer Yes, Did Messiah change the day?
I answer no! Faithfully your J. Card. Gibbons
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The Catholic mirror, official publication of
James Cardinal Gibbons, sept. 23 1893. The
Catholic church ,. By virtue of her divine
mission, changed the day from Saturday to
sun-day.
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Catholic Virginian Oct 3, 1947 ,p, art to tell
you the truth. For example , nowhere in the
bible do we find that Messiah or the Apostles
ordered that the Sabbath be change from Saturday
to Sunday. We have the commandment of GOD given
to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is
the seventh day of the week, Saturday. Today most
Christians keep Sunday because it has been
revealed to us by the (roman catholic) church
outside the bible
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Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R. the converts Catechism
of Catholic Doctrine (1957),p50 Question Which
is the Sabbath day? Answer Saturday is the
Sabbath day. Question Why do we observe Sunday
instead of Saturday? Answer We observe Sunday
instead of Saturday because the Catholic church
transferred the solemnity from Saturday to
Sunday
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Martin J Scott, Things Catholic are asked about
(1972)p.136 Nowhere in the bible is it stated
that worship should be changed from Saturday to
Sunday.. Now the Church. Instituted, by GODs
authority, Sunday as the day of worship. This
same Church, by the same divine authority taught
the doctrine of purgatory long before the bible
was made. We have, therefore, the same authority
for purgatory as we have for Sunday.
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Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extention
Society(1975) Chicago, Illinois Regarding the
change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath
to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your
attention to the facts 1) that protestants, who
accept the bible as the only rule of faith and
religion, should by all means go back to the
observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do
not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday,
stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking
man. 2) We Catholics do not accept the bible as
the only rule of faith Besides the bible we have
the living Church, the authority of the church,
as a rule to guide us. We say, this church,
instituted by Christ to teach and guide man
through life, has the right to change the
ceremonial laws of the Old testament and hence,
we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We
frankly say, yes the church made this change,
made this law, as she made many other laws for
instance, Friday abstinence, the unmarried
priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages,
the regulation of Catholic marriages and a
thousand other laws. It is always somewhat
laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in
pulpit and legislation, demand the observance of
Sunday, of which there is nothing in their
bible.
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T. Enright, C.S.S.R. in a lecture at Hartford,
Kansas, FEB 18, 1884. I repeatedly offered 1,000
to anyone who can prove to me from the bible
alone that I am bound to keep Sunday Holy. There
is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the
holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says,
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy The
Catholic church says No. By my divine power I
abolish the sabbath day and command you to keep
holy the first day of the week And LO! The
entire civilized world bows down in a reverent
obedience to the command of the holy Catholic
Church
62
PROTESTANT CONFESSIONS Protestant theologians and
preachers from a wide spectrum of denominations
have been quite candid in admitting that there is
no Biblical authority for observing Sunday as a
Sabbath.
63
Anglican/Episcopal Isaac Williams, plains Sermons
on the catechism, vol 1. And where are we told
in the Scriptures that we are to keep the first
day at all? We are commanded to keep the
seventh but we are nowhere commanded to keep the
first day. The reason why we keep the first day
of the week holy instead of the seventh is for
the same reason that we observe many other
things, not because the bible, but because the
church has enjoined it.
64
Canon Eyton, The Ten Commandments, pp
52,63,65 There is no word, no hint, in the new
testament about abstaining from work on Sunday.
Into the rest of Sunday no divine law
enters..The observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent
stands exactly on the same footing as the
observance of Sunday
65
Bishop Seymor, WHY WE KEEP SUNDAY. We have
made the change from the seventh day to the first
day, from Saturday to Sunday, on the authority of
the one holy Catholic Church.
66
Baptist Dr. Edward T Hiscox, a paper read before
a New york ministers conference, Nov. 13 1893,
reported in New York examiner, Nov. 16,
1893 There was and is a commandment to keep holy
the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not
Sunday. 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? Not in the new Testament absolutely
not. To me it seems unaccountable that jesus,
during three years intercourse with HIS
disciples, often conversing with them upon the
Sabbath question .never alluded to any
transference of the day also, that during forty
days of His resurrection life, no such thing was
intimated. Of course , I quite know that Sunday
did come into use in early Christian History
but what a pity it comes branded with the mark of
paganism, and christened with the name of the sun
god, adopted and sanctioned by the papal
apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to
Protestantism!
67
William Owen Carver, The Lords Day in Our day ,
p 49 there was never any formal authoritative
change from the jewish seventh day sabbath to the
Christian first-day observance.
68
FIRST DAY OBSERVANCE,PP 17,19 The first day of
the week is commonly called the Sabbath. This is
a mistake. The Sabbath of the Bible was the day
just preceding the first day of the week. The
first day of the week is never called the Sabbath
any where in the entire scriptures. It is also
an error to talk about the change of the Sabbath
from Saturday to Sunday. There is not in any
place in the Bible any intimation of such a
change
69
LUTHERAN The Sunday problem , a study book of
the United Lutheran Church(1923) p.36 We have
been seen how gradually the impression of the
Jewish Sabbath faded from the mind of the
Christian church, and how completely the newer
thought underlying the observance of the first
day took possession of the church. We have seen
that the Christians of the first three centuries
never confused one with the other, but for a time
celebrated both
70
AUGSBURG CONFESSION OF FAITH art. 28 written by
melanchthon, approved by Martin Luther, 1530 as
published in the book of concord of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Jacobs , ed (1
91 1 ) p.63 They ( Roman Catholics) refer to the
Sabbath Day, a shaving been changed into the
Lords Day, Contrary to the Decalogue, as it
seems. Neither is there any example whereof they
make more than concerning the changing of the the
Sabbath day, Great. Say they, is the power of the
church, since it has dispensed with one of the
Ten Commandments
71
Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the
Christian Religion and Church Henry John rose,
tr. (1843),p. 186 The Festival of Sunday, like
all other festivals, was always only a human
ordinance, and it was far from the intentions of
the apostles to establish a Divine command in
this respect, far from them, and from the early
apostolic Church, to transfer, far from, and from
the early apostolic Church, to transfer the law
of the Sabbath to Sunday.
72
JOHN THEODORE MUELLER, SABBATH or SUNDAY, pp 15,
16 But they err in teaching that Sunday has
taken the place of the Old Testament Sabbath and
therefore must be kept as the seventh day had to
be kept by the children of Israel .. These
churches err in their teaching, for Scripture has
in no way ordained the first day of the week in
place of the Sabbath. There is simply no law in
the new Testament to that effect.
73
John Wesley, The works of the Rev. John Wesley,
A.M. John Emory Ed(New York Eaton Mains)
Sermons 25, vol 1,p221 But, the moral law
contained in the Ten commandments, and enforced
by the prophets, he (Christ) did not take away.
It was not the design of his coming to revoke
any part of this. This is a law which never can
be broken. Every part of this law must remain in
force upon all mankind, and in all ages as not
depending either on time or place, or any other
circumstances liable to change, but on the nature
of GOD and the nature of man, and their
unchangeable relation to each other.
74
D.L. MOODY, WEIGHED AND WANTING (Fleming
H. Revell Co. New York) pp. 47, 48 The
Sabbath was binding in Eden, and it has been in
force ever since. This fourth commandment begins
with the word remember, showing that the Sabbath
already existed when GOD Wrote the law on the
tables of stone at Sinai. How can men claim that
this one commandment has been done away with when
they will admit that the other nine are still
binding?
75
TIME TO MAKE A CHOICE? SHOULD WE OBEY YHVH OR
DOGMA OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

• WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SAY?

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DEUTERONOMY 30 11 For this commandment which I
command thee this day, it is not hidden from
thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in
heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up
for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we
may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond
the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that
we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is
very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy
heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 See, I have
set before thee this day life and good, and death
and evil 16 In that I command thee this day to
love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and
to keep his commandments and his statutes and his
judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply
and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land
whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine
heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but
shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and
serve them 18 I denounce unto you this day, that
ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not
prolong your days upon the land, whither thou
passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I
call heaven and earth to record this day against
you, that I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may live 20 That thou
mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou
mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest
cleave unto him for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days that thou mayest dwell in the
land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.