EXAMINING SABBATARIANISM

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EXAMINING SABBATARIANISM Part 1
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• William Miller
• In 1816 he began studying OT prophecy in
  regards to time
• In 1818 he came to the conclusion from Dan. 814
  and 924ff that Jesus would return sometime
  between March 21, 1843 March 21, 1844

• He did not make this view public until 1831
• In 1834 he became a Baptist preacher and those
  who followed him were labeled as Millerites
• When 1843 and 1844 came to pass it was a
  devastating blow to Miller and his followers

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• Ellen G. White
• Main person who brought about the beliefs of
  this denomination
• She suffered a head injury at 9 which began her
  hallucinations
• Her family became followers of Miller in 1842
  and after the great disappointment in 1844 she
  claims to have hundreds of visions from God.

• She married a Millerite preacher in 1846 and
  became the new leader of the Millerites
• In 1846 and 1847 she claimed she was taken up
  into heaven and was allowed to see the heavenly
  tabernacle and she saw the 10 commandments with
  the 4th one having a soft halo of light
  encircling it

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In 1860 they officially became the Seventh Day
Adventist who worshiped God on Saturday instead
of Sunday. The leaders were Hiram Edson, Joseph
Bates and Ellen G. White.
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• False prophecies of Ellen G. White
• She agreed with Miller that Jesus would come in
  1843 and 1844
• When that didnt happen she said he would come
  in 1845 and then in 1851
• She said that cheese and pork should not be
  eaten
• She said, eggs should not be placed on your
  table. They are an injury to your children
• She claimed the civil war was not to take away
  slavery but to preserve it
• She said that Sunday keeping was the mark of the
  beast and when Jesus comes very soon all those
  keeping Sunday worship will be lost

1 Timothy 41 Now the Spirit expressly says that
in latter times some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of
demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having
their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
from foods which God created to be received with
thanksgiving by those who believe and know the
truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and
nothing is to be refused if it is received with
thanksgiving
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• Deuteronomy 1822 "when a prophet speaks in the
  name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or
  come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD
  has not spoken the prophet has spoken it
  presumptuously you shall not be afraid of him.
• The ability of prophecy was limited to the 1st
  century (1 Cor. 13 8ff)
• We are warned twice in Gal. 18-9 not to
  receive a person or even an angel that is
  proclaiming something different than the gospel

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They believe there are 2 sets of laws
The Law of God or Moral Law which contains the 10
commandments
Moses Law or Ceremonial Law which contains the
600 Laws
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Genesis 22 And on the seventh day God ended His
work which He had done, and He rested on the
seventh day from all His work which He had done.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified
it, because in it He rested from all His work
which God had created and made There is not one
instance in the 2500 years between creation and
the time of Moses where anyone observed Saturday
as special day The first time the word Sabbath is
mentioned is in Exodus 1623 ff
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Nehemiah 913 "You came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them
just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and
commandments. 14 You made known to them Your
holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts,
statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your
servant.
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Deuteronomy 52 "The LORD our God made a covenant
with us in Horeb. 3 "The LORD did not make this
covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who
are here today, all of us who are alive. Ezekiel
2012 "Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to
be a sign between them and Me, that they might
know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 13
"Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in
the wilderness they did not walk in My statutes
they despised My judgments, 'which, if a man
does, he shall live by them' and they greatly
defiled My Sabbaths.
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• There is more to keeping the Sabbath than just
  resting on Saturday
• Additional Sabbaths were done in accordance with
  5 of their festivals found in Lev. 23 39
• There was 59 Sabbaths a year and every 7th and
  50th year was a Sabbatical year
• A typical Hebrew would observe 5,830 Sabbaths
  over 50 years, while the average Sabbatarian who
  only observes Saturday will only keep 2,600
  Sabbaths falling short 3,230 Sabbaths that are
  required by Gods Word

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Numbers 289 ' And on the Sabbath day two lambs
in their first year, without blemish, and
two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain
offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering
-- 10 'this is the burnt offering for every
Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with
its drink offering.
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Exodus 1629 "See! For the LORD has given you the
Sabbath therefore He gives you on the sixth day
bread for two days. Let every man remain in his
place let no man go out of his place on the
seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the
seventh day.
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Exodus 353 "You shall kindle no fire throughout
your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
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Exodus 351 "These are the words which the LORD
has commanded you to do 2 "Work shall be done
for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy
day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD.
Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.
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Exodus 208 " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep
it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all
your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is
in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore
the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
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Mark 227 "The Sabbath was made for man, and not
man for the Sabbath.
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Exodus 3113 "Speak also to the children of
Israel, saying 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall
keep, for it is a sign between Me and you
throughout your generations, that you may know
that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 17 'It is
a sign between Me and the children of Israel
forever Malachi 36 "For I am the LORD, I do not
change
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Exodus 308 "And when Aaron lights the lamps at
twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a
perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your
generations. Exodus 1214 'So this day shall be
to you a memorial and you shall keep it as a
feast to the LORD throughout your generations.
You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting
ordinance.
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Exodus 4015 "You shall anoint them, as you
anointed their father, that they may minister to
Me as priests for their anointing shall surely
be an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations." Hebrews 712 For the priesthood
being changed, of necessity there is also a
change of the law.
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• Things we learned
• This denomination was built upon false prophets
• There is a lot more to Sabbath keeping then just
  resting on Saturday
• We looked at several arguments the Sabbatarians
  use to justify Sabbath keeping and showed that
  dont stand up to scripture
• We have seen how inconsistent they are when it
  comes to keeping the Sabbath

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