The Bible tells us in Daniel that a persecuting power would change
Hebrews 10:26-29 “For if we sin WILFULLY after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no
This passage warns us that there remains no sacrifice to cover
The change to the Sabbath day came about over hundreds of years
death of a Sabbath keeper by burning.
Why is the Sabbath truth rarely taught?
If these points are true, why don’t we hear more pastors teaching
Since the majority grow up with Sunday worship as their custom, it
Many say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in honour of the
Since the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments that defines what
What is the Sabbath Day about?
Our Creator God starts off the fourth Commandment with the word
Those that keep the true Sabbath day say that it is a blessing and
Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you turn away your
Like all the other nine Commandments, IT IS a Commandment of love
The Ten Commandments were written in stone while the ceremonial
If God sent an Angel to tell you that He loves you and sent His
Many believe that there are only one or two denominations or
Why is the Sabbath important to God?
We have already noted that God intended the Sabbath to be a
Most people understand that it is morally wrong to lie, steal,
Exodus 31:13-17 “Speak you also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily 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 that does SANCTIFY you. … 15
Ezekiel 20:20 “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.”
The Sabbath is a special SIGN that defines that we are God’s
Some will say that this perpetual covenant that is a SIGN forever,
Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the HOUSE OF ISRAEL
Since the Sabbath is a SIGN that we are God's children, if we
How God must grieve every time someone chooses one of these 1001
What are the consequences for not keeping the Sabbath?
The book of James tells us if we break one Commandment we have
Noah preached for 120 years that a great flood was coming and only
Hosea prophesied that God’s people would perish for a lack of
Hebrews 10:26-29 says there is no sacrifice to cover wilful sin
It appears that everyone has different ideas about the Seventh day
So do all the Ten Commandments still stand or does the Bible
What is the Bible definition of sin? 1 John 3:4. So where there is sin, there has to be a law. Romans 4:15. If there is no law then there can be no sin and if there is no sin then there is no need for a Saviour.
Did Paul say we can sin now that we are under Grace which would therefore show the law had ended? Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:14-15.
Paul taught on the law and Galatians
Did Jesus say He came to do away with the law? Matthew 5:17. Did Jesus say He was going to change the law by even so much as one single letter? Matthew 5:18, Luke 16:17. Did Jesus say we have to teach the law as well as obey it? Matthew 5:19.
Does Jesus say that those who practise lawlessness, which is the breaking of the Ten Commandments, will enter the kingdom? Matthew 7:21-23, 1 John 2:4. So what does Jesus say that one has to do to inherit eternal life? Matthew 19:16-19.
Can we keep just nine of the Ten Commandments and are we judged by obedience to the law? James 2:10-12, Matthew 5:18, Luke 16:17.
So what are the consequences for wilful sin, which is wilfully disobeying even ONE of the Ten Commandments? Hebrews 10:26-29, Ephesians 5:3, 5.
What are the blessings for not living in wilful sin, which is obeying the Ten Commandments in loving obedience? Revelation 22:14.
The passage in Matthew chapter 5 alone proves that not one letter
Did Jesus and the early Church keep the Sabbath?
A custom is something you do religiously and without failure. What
This is proof conclusive of Saturday Sabbath keeping AFTER the
What day is the Sabbath Day according to the Bible?
Below are statements from the Roman Catholic Church which give the
“Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day
“For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the
Who Made Sunday Holy?
“Question - Which is the Sabbath day?
Whose Day of Worship is Sunday?
Who Do We Reverence by Keeping Sunday Holy?
“It was the Catholic church which...has transferred this rest to Sunday
“I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who
Who really changed the Sabbath?
Satan fell from his position because of pride and because he
Christians now assume that Sunday is the correct day and it
For a very detailed account of the Sabbath to Sunday change, and
The Sabbath kept from creation to eternity
In Genesis 4:3-7,
It was also kept by Abraham,
We should desire the Sabbath truth
Would it surprise you to know that Jesus never once even mentioned
However, with so many people saying so many different things, how
The intention of this web site was not to cover all the excuses
The top ten excuses used to avoid the Sabbath
It is absolutely incredible how many excuses are given by
The words of Jesus on fulfilling the law
Here are fifteen responses to the most popular excuses used that
Should we keep Sunday in honour of the resurrection
How do we know which day is the Sabbath
Was the Sabbath only for the Jews
The Sabbath was Made for Man
Were the Ten Commandments abolished
Is Jesus our Sabbath rest
Was the Sabbath abolished
We are not under Law but under Grace
Did Jesus break the Sabbath
Is the Sabbath in the New Covenant
Was the Sabbath changed to Sunday in the Bible and Sunday Keeping in Corinth
The above links are from Sabbath and Antichrist truth
What is the Biblical and historical truth on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday? Where in the Holy Bible is one legitimate scripture clearly stating the Sabbath was changed from Saturday to Sunday?
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The following document on who changed the Sabbath to Sunday is a very comprehensive account on how the Sabbath to Sunday change occurred, which actually began as far back as 2000 years B.C. You are also about to discover the real truth on the origin of 666 and how this mysterious number is directly related to ancient sun worship. But why is sun worship so relevant in regards to the worship of God? How would you respond if I told you that sun worship was directly linked with the worship of Satan? Would this be significant? And what if this sun worship also affected the true worship of God? Many do not understand that God does in fact have a day of worship and Satan has a counterfeit day of worship and that day is the “Day of the Sun.”
Those who oppose the truth say that the Sabbath was not changed to Sunday by anyone and that it was changed from Saturday to Sunday in the Bible. Desperate to convince us of this lie, the proponents frequently say that the early Church changed to worshipping on Sunday and base this on Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2 and amazingly even John 20:19. Acts 20:7 was in fact after sunset and so was actually a Saturday meeting that ran late and breaking bread was also a fellowship meal and was done every day of the week. See Acts 2:46. 1 Corinthians 16:2 was laying goods away in storage for the poor which would not be appropriate on the Sabbath but the first opportunity after being the first day of the week. Who changed the Sabbath to SundayIt becomes abundantly clear how deceived the proponents are when they even say that John 20:19 was the apostles celebrating the resurrection of Jesus on the first day of the week. But the apostles were in fact hiding in fear of the Jews and did not even believe Jesus had been resurrected. Scripture such as Mark 16:11-14 reveals Jesus in fact rebuked them for their unbelief. Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus? Not even close!
So this is the typical support from those who say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in the Bible and yet we find these are all desperate attempts at proving a fallacy. This alone should help one see that the Sabbath was not changed to Sunday in the Bible and that another force is at work trying to convince us otherwise. Why? Obviously the Sabbath day is important or our adversary would not be so busy searching for those he can manipulate to try and convince of us of a lie.
What the proponents also cannot do is produce one single scripture that shows one single person worshipping in the Synagogue (Church) on the first day of the week which would be the case if the Sabbath was changed from Saturday to Sunday in the Bible. In fact this is all you would find in the book of Acts if this were so. But instead all we have is loads of scriptures showing in fact that they only worshipped in the Synagogue on the Sabbath and never the first day of the week. Here are just a few examples and unlike those trying to prove a fallacy, you will note that these scriptures are not assumptions: Mark 6:2, Mark 1:21, Luke 4:16, Luke 6:6, Luke 13:10, Acts 13:14, Acts 13:27, Acts 13:42, 44, Acts 15:21, Acts 17:1-2 and Acts 18:4. See also the sister site what day is the Sabbath for much more detailed information on all the above points that proves the Sabbath was not Jewish and that the Sabbath was not changed to Sunday in the Bible.
The proponents also claim that the Pope or Emperor Constantine did not change the Sabbath to Sunday. As far as I know the majority if not all do not say the Pope did! Resting on the Sabbath was outlawed in the council of Laodicea (A.D. 363-364) and no mention is made of the Pope and the history of this change is rock solid despite those deceived by Satan that would tell you otherwise. Did Constantine change the Sabbath to Sunday? Not on his own but he definitely played a very significant part. So who changed the Sabbath to Sunday? It was in fact changed by Satan, Constantine and the Catholic Church and a study of a large part of Biblical history reveals the full story and truth.
Some also quote Revelation 1:10 declaring Sunday as the Lord's Day but did you note that this verse does not so much as even hint of a day name. One has to look elsewhere in scripture for the answer to which day, which reveals that Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath day (Matthew 12:8) being the day that we call Saturday. The blood of Jesus sealed the New Covenant that Friday afternoon when Jesus cried out, “It is finished.” Once the New Covenant was sealed by the blood of Jesus, scripture states that it can no longer be changed. (Galatians 3:15; Hebrews 9:16-17) And yet an early church historian (Lucium) wrote that it was nearly 300 years after the cross that the Bishop of Rome decided to declare Sunday as the Lord's Day because some had changed to Sunday worship in Rome and Alexandria only, as a result of sun worship that was prevalent in these two areas.
Those devoting their time to attacking the Sabbath truth always seem to be attacking a Church known as Seventh day Adventists but what they do not seem to realize is that there are in fact over 530 different denominations of Sabbath Keeping Churches and the count is constantly growing as many continue to learn the truth. What is it that these Churches discovered that made them change back from Sunday to Saturday? New Testament Sabbath keeping decades after the cross as Jesus specifically said there would be is just one of many things they found.
Those that want to know who changed the Sabbath to Sunday and want the real truth should have no trouble identifying those trying to teach a lie. On the following page you are going to find exactly where the number 666 originated despite the multitudes of those speculating in the world who truly have no idea. Why isn't there more who know this truth? It is the same reason there are so many trying to convince us that either the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in the Bible, the Ten Commandments were nailed to the cross or just the Sabbath was nailed to the cross. And why are there so many different excuses? The wise and the truth seekers will know because they are all lies from our adversary!
One very controversial subject among Christians today is God’s
Seventh Day Sabbath. Some Christians are not even aware that the Sabbath
is Saturday.
God’s laws which it did – the Seventh Day Sabbath became the first day
sabbath without God’s approval. The book of Daniel also refers to this
change of God’s law by the antichrist power as reaching to the host of
heaven and trampling the heavenly sanctuary under foot. We find the same
expression used in Hebrews chapter ten in reference to wilful sin.
more sacrifice for sins, … He that despised Moses' law died without
mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the
Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of
grace?”
wilful sin and to continue in wilful sin is to trample the Son of God
under foot and to treat Christ's work on the cross as an unholy thing
despite being under grace. This is a warning we should take very
seriously.
and by the death of millions of Christians. This is another fact that
most Christians are unaware of. Select the following to watch a typical
true story of the
them? If the Sabbath is Saturday, then why don’t the majority keep the
true Sabbath day? How could the majority be wrong and even more to the
point, do we still have to keep the Seventh day Sabbath at all?
Revelation 13 tells us that Satan would give position and authority to
the persecuting power described in Daniel that changed God’s law. Why do
you think Satan did this? This power that persecuted the saints for
1260 dark years murdered anyone found keeping the Seventh day Sabbath
according to the Commandment of God. Anyone that had a different view to
this persecuting power was considered a heretic and heretics were to be
burned. As a result, the Sabbath truth was nearly murdered out of
existence and since most Churches originated from this persecuting
power, most Churches now ignorantly keep the wrong day they instituted.
The final change to the Sabbath day was in the fourth century but note
that the change originated from Satanic and pagan sun worship as early
as 2000 B.C. Remember that Satan was responsible for all of this and did
not go to all this effort for no reason.
becomes very much a mind set and people are also very reluctant to
accept change or alter their lifestyle. Saturday is also a day that is
not convenient for most Christians and so sadly, most would rather not
know truth and go into denial. Because of these factors, even when a
pastor is presented with the Sabbath truth, it becomes difficult to both
accept and see. This instantly gives the enemy the upper hand as he now
just whispers in your mind, “the day does not matter. If it mattered
everyone would know about it and would be keeping Saturday.” Sadly, all
too many listen and never investigate and Satan continues to be
victorious in keeping Christians ignorantly breaking one of the
Commandments of God. Billy Graham was said to have acknowledged the
Sabbath truth but stated, “If I were to teach this truth, I would lose
most of my listeners.” Jesus said we are to both obey and teach the law
and one cannot sacrifice truth at any cost. The enemy has gone to
extreme lengths to make sure the Sabbath truth is not taught or believed
and continues to go to extreme lengths and deceptions to keep us
ignorant of this truth. Knowing he has done this, Christians should
realise that it is very relevant and extremely important we know why.
For example, how important is sin to God?
resurrection and others say it was nailed to the cross. Others will tell
you any day can be kept as the Sabbath day as long as you keep one. And
still others say as long as you do everything to the glory of God the
Sabbath is as good as kept. And yet still others will say it is
legalism. Worst of all, and this is becoming more popular by the decade,
some say the Ten Commandments
are gone. Never underestimate the enemy’s ability to slowly and subtly
bring heresy into the Church and make those with the most Biblical truth
to get labelled falsely as cults or legalists. It should be obvious
that Satan will always attack truth the hardest and sadly he has no
trouble finding those he can deceive to accomplish his task very
convincingly. The fact of the matter is that what is popular is not
always truth and what is truth is not always popular.
sin is, why wouldn't Satan attack this one Commandment that is the
easiest one to attack and do everything in his power to ensure that it
does not get recognized or taught so he can get many to live in
lawlessness? If one truly studies this and checks it with unbiased
history, you will in fact find that Satan has achieved this goal and
because most Christians do not study the Word and tend to rely on what
their friends or pastor tells them, the lie continues to be perpetuated.
“Remember.” This is because He knew it would be lost and forgotten. God
asks that we keep the Sabbath set apart for Holy purposes so we can draw
nearer to Him. The Fourth Commandment to remember the Sabbath concludes
the section of the Ten Commandments that specifically helps define a
proper relationship with God, how we are to love, worship and relate to
Him. It explains why and when we need to take special time to draw
closer to our Creator. It is also a special sign between us and God
forever, that it is Him that sanctifies us; Him alone who we belong to
and worship. The Sabbath, the Seventh day of the week was set apart by
God as a time of rest and spiritual rejuvenation. So why is this
Commandment so frequently ignored, attacked and explained away by so
many Christians? Could it be because the challenges to the Sabbath
Commandment are views generated by the ruler of this present evil world?
After all, this being wants us to accept these views because he hates
God’s law. He does all he can to influence us to ignore, avoid and
reason our way around it. On our calendar the Sabbath begins at sunset
Friday evening and ends at sunset Saturday evening.
their favourite day of the week. The Sabbath is quality time with
family and relaxing and fellowshipping with God and other Christians.
Jesus said we are to not only obey the Ten Commandments but teach them
also yet some people are doing the opposite. Why are these people so
determined to take this blessing from those who keep the Sabbath
properly, and in the way Jesus intended and not like the Pharisees who
turned it into a legalistic burden? What spirit is behind this? Why do
so many professed Christians try so desperately hard to avoid this
special time with their Creator God on His Holy day? The Sabbath should
be our favourite day of the week and it is for those who have searched
for the truth on the Sabbath and found it. God says we are to find this
day a delight and a blessing. God did not say we should call it legalism
or a burden!
foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call
the Sabbath a DELIGHT, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shall
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words: Then shall you delight thyself in the
LORD...”
and thus loving God with all your heart includes all the first four
Commandments. We know this for a fact because right after the second
reading of the Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy chapter 5, we are shown
in Deuteronomy 6:5 that LOVING God with all our heart, might and soul is
to keep ALL the Ten Commandments that had just been read in the
previous chapter only 17 verses earlier. That of course makes ALL Ten
Commandments eternal. Our God is not a God of confusion that mixes a law
that defines what love and sin is with something that is not love or
not sin. Whether we understand it or not, to try and find reasons as to
why the Sabbath is changed or ended is no different from trying to find
excuses as to why it is now acceptable to worship idols or commit murder
etc. There is another law found in the Old Testament that was only for
the Jews and had ceremonial sabbaths but God did not place His Sabbath
in this law. He placed it in the Ten Commandments because that is where
it belongs.
law was written in a book and hence it was also called the “Book of the
Covenant.” Have you ever heard the expression “it is not written in
stone?” Written in stone means forever. On paper and in a book is
temporary. So basically God had two specific laws. One was temporary,
written in a book, was not love, only for the Jews, practised because of
sin before Christ and why it was nailed to the cross. The other was
eternal, written in stone, was love, for everyone, was sin to break and
hence was NOT nailed to the cross. Now consider this question very
carefully. If the Sabbath of the Lord was temporary and only for the Jews, which law would you place it in? In the temporary law or the eternal
law? And is that where God placed His Sabbath? No! God placed His
Sabbath exactly where it belonged. He placed it in the law that was love
and eternal and for everyone along with the other Nine Commandments
that obviously will never and can never end. Since God is not a fool or
the author of confusion, then this alone reveals the truth. God makes a
distinction between the ceremonial sabbaths and His Sabbath found in the
Ten Commandments by exhorting, “But the seventh day is the Sabbath of
the LORD your God:” (Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 5:14). It is the Lord’s
Sabbath! It did not belong to Israel. God further clarifies this by
calling His Sabbath, “My Sabbaths,” as in His weekly Sabbaths, (Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:20) while calling the ceremonial sabbaths that were only for Israel, “Her Sabbaths.” Her as in Israel. (Hosea 2:11, Lamentations 1:7)
only Son to die for you and that He wants you to spend quality time with
Him on a specific day that He blessed and sanctified, would you send
the Angel back to God with the message, “sorry God, that day is not
convenient for me” or “no God, I can't spend that time with you on your
Holy day, that's legalism” or even, “tell God that it does not have to
be on His Holy day and I will spend time with Him on that day that was
used for sun worship that He detested instead.” Is that what we would
really say? Why is it so hard for us to rest and worship Him on His Holy day?
groups that keep the true Sabbath day when there are in fact over five
hundred different denominations of Sabbath keeping Churches
that that keep the true 7th day Sabbath and the count is growing. Whole
chains of Churches are changing back after attending Prophecy seminars
run by people that have not been deceived by Satan's attempt to keep
Christians in the dark on the Sabbath truth or Bible prophecy believing
it cannot be understood. Do these hundreds of different Church
denominations with millions and millions of members know something that
we don’t?
blessing to us and has asked us to call His Sabbath a DELIGHT, but what
else makes the Sabbath so important to God?
murder and to worship idols or take the Lord's name in vain etc, but the
reason Satan is so successful in keeping so many from the Sabbath truth
is because it is easy for him to convince the multitudes it is not
important. Sadly, most do not see the Sabbath as important as on the
surface breaking the Sabbath does not appear to be morally wrong. The
question is; does God see the Sabbath day as being important? If it is
important to God then it has to be important to us. Since God made His
Sabbath part of the Ten Commandments, it becomes sin to break the
Sabbath as sin is breaking any of the Ten Commandments. Sin is the
reason Jesus died on the cross for us and it does not get more serious
than that. We should know how much God detests sin but what are some
other reasons that make the Sabbath so significant?
Six days may work be done; but in the Seventh is the Sabbath of rest,
Holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death. 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 the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the Seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”
children and He is our God that sanctifies us and makes us Holy. It also
defines therefore that it is God who we worship and love and give our
allegiance to. It is not a SIGN when we keep a secular day and profane
God’s Sabbath. There is a lot more that could be cited but this should
be enough to help you understand why this day is important to God and
why it is a sin against God for us to not keep His Sabbath day Holy. Is
there anyone who does not want to be part of this SIGN?
(Exodus 31:13-17) applies only to the Israel of God and this is
correct. The question is; who is the Israel of God? Today there is an
Israel of the flesh (1 Corinthians 10:18) and an Israel of God, Galatians 6:16.
The Israel of the flesh consists of those who are Jews by birth. The
Israel of God is anyone who belongs to Christ and is under the New
Covenant. Many do not understand that if we are Christ’s then we are
spiritual Jews and the Israel of God. If we reject this truth then we
cannot be under the New Covenant. Observe who the New Covenant was ONLY
made with. This came into effect when the Jews rejected God’s message
from Stephen (Acts 6:8-7:60) and stoned him. See also Romans 2:28-29, Romans 9:6-8 and Galatians 3:28-29. See also Daniel's 70 weeks and 2300 days.
after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they
shall be to me a people:”
reject His Sabbath, then aren’t we rejecting God as our Father? And
since the Sabbath is a SIGN that it is God that sanctifies us, if we
reject His Sabbath, then aren’t we also rejecting His sanctification?
All God asks from us is one single solitary day in seven. We still have
the other six secular days to do as we please. Is one day an
unreasonable request from our Creator God? Christians claim to love God
with all their heart, might and soul, yet how do most respond? The
number seven represents completion and perfection to God and this is the
only reason we do have a seven day week. If not for this very special
Sabbath day God has given us, we would only have a six day week. If we
do not use this Seventh day Sabbath which God blessed and sanctified for
this one and only use, what point is there in having this Seventh day
of the week? God added this one and only day with this one and only
purpose, so we could spend Holy time with our Holy God that is a most
beautiful SIGN that He is our God and we are His children. Again,
despite this blessing, how do most respond? Believe it or not, I have
had enough excuses now to fill an entire book. An appropriate name for
this book would be, “The book of excuses for not having to spend time
with your Creator God on His Holy day.”
excuses. Does God know our heart? If we use one of these excuses will
God know? Does God know if we don’t want the truth about His day because
it would be an inconvenience to us? If we use one of these 1001
excuses, can we truly say we love God with all our heart, might and
soul? If we do not love God with all our heart, will God accept us into
His kingdom?
broken them all. So if the Sabbath is Saturday and if we are supposed to
be keeping the true Sabbath day then most Christians are guilty of
breaking God’s law. The Bible tells us that only a few will find the
straight and narrow gate. Was this referring to Christians specifically?
8 were saved. Jesus said that at the time of His second coming it is
going to be like in the days of Noah. Why do we only acknowledge what we
want to see? God pleads with us as to why we would perish.
knowledge which does not sound fair but then he explains it is because
they would reject knowledge in regards to the Commandments of God, so He
in return would reject them. Considering how many people have rejected
knowledge on the Sabbath Commandment, this sadly makes perfect sense.
and it is to trample the Son of God underfoot and count the blood of the
New Covenant as an unholy thing despite being under God’s grace. Jesus
says to those who practice lawlessness, He will deny access to the
kingdom. So if we are supposed to keep the Sabbath day and are ignorant
of this fact, how will we be judged? Would God burn someone in Hell for
being ignorant? What about denial?
Sabbath. When there is so much confusion and conflicting information
you know that deception reigns and one seriously needs to investigate to
find what the truth really is and especially when the consequences for
deliberate sin is to be left out of the kingdom.
Are the Ten Commandments still relevant today?
If something as important as the Ten Commandments were to change
by even the smallest amount we would be told with crystal clear
scriptures. Most Christians will not debate that nine of the Ten
Commandments need to be obeyed but so many freely sweep one under the
carpet that becomes too much of an effort for them. Denial of truth of
any of the Ten Commandments has only one outcome as far as God is
concerned and we do not want that path. Unless black and white
scriptures can be produced that says the day has changed or been
abolished, then the Sabbath is just as valid as the other nine
Commandments and the consequences are the same for deliberately breaking
any one of them. Does anyone believe they can freely murder as they
please and still enter the kingdom of God?
indicate that we can live in wilful deliberate sin? We certainly are
saved by God’s Grace through faith in Christ, but is this a license to
continue in sin? Did Jesus die on the cross to pay the penalty for our
sin or so we could go on living in sin? What does the only source of
truth that we can trust have to say on this very important topic that
nailed our loving Saviour to the cross? Here are the answers put simply
by scripture alone while covering the main areas of confusion.
in chapters 2, 3 and 4 and Romans 3 that no flesh is justified by the
works of the law and that righteousness comes by FAITH. Does this
therefore mean that the Ten Commandments are made null and void through
FAITH? Romans 3:31. So who is justified before God? Romans 2:13.
of the law has changed which means that all scriptures used as arguments
for ending or changing the Sabbath are being abused or misunderstood.
The answers are indisputable and any other arguments would be in total
contradiction to the words of Jesus, Paul and James just to name a few. I
think Solomon summed it up well with his final conclusion in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
If the Sabbath is an unchanged Commandment, then we should find
Paul and the early Church keeping the Seventh day Sabbath. If this can
be demonstrated, this would also prove that the Sabbath was not changed
or abolished. So can we demonstrate this? We can of course and do in
fact find Paul keeping the Sabbath as his CUSTOM was since childhood in a
Jewish Synagogue.
was Paul’s CUSTOM and EXAMPLE while establishing the early Christian
Church? Notice in the following verse that this is a Jewish synagogue
and that Jews have all through history, without change, worshipped on
Saturday as they still do today. Acts 17:1-2. The Jews and Pharisees which Paul was since CHILDHOOD have ALWAYS kept Saturday as the Sabbath. Acts 26:4-5.
cross and undoubtedly applies to both Jews and Gentiles if wondering. Acts 13:42-44; Acts 18:4. It was not only Paul’s custom and example but that of Jesus also and He is our perfect example. Luke 4:16.
And unless Jesus is into making meaningless and nonsensical statements,
He also clarified beyond all doubt that the Sabbath would definitely
NOT end at the cross by His reference to the future destruction of
Jerusalem in 70 AD, when he said, “And pray that your flight may not be
in winter or on the Sabbath” Matthew 24:20. See also Sabbath in the New Testament.
simple answer as to why most Churches now keep Sunday as the Sabbath.
Most Christians have no idea that this even happened or how it happened.
Revelation 13 tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the
Catholic Church. Why? It was Satan's plan to have this Church change the
Sabbath to Sunday. Why did Satan do this? The Sabbath is about who we
give our allegiance to. If we obey God and keep His Sabbath day Holy, we
give our allegiance to God. If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic
Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then?
The Catholic Church answers this question below with two of their
quotes. But looking deeper, who gave this Church power so God’s true day
of worship could be changed? Read Catholic Church Statements about the Sabbath or Roman Catholic Church Seventh Day Sabbath Quotes for more.
Does the Bible support the change to Sunday?
of worship. The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian
worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try
to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a
denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its
teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday.” Rome’s
Challenge
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Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday.
We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath
day, that is the 7th 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.” Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9,
article “To Tell You the Truth.”
“Perhaps the boldest
thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in
the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday
to Sunday. ‘The day of the Lord’ was chosen, not from any direction
noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church’s sense of its
own power...People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole
authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday
holy.” St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.
“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, in
the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from
Saturday to Sunday.” Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Convert’s Catechism
of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd edition, 1957.
“They [the
Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. Why? Because
the Catholic Church tells them to do so. They have no other reason...The
observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely
distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observance...The author of the
Sunday law...is the Catholic Church.” Ecclesiastical Review, February
1914.
“It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists,
and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere
in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman
Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of
the Catholic Church.” Priest Brady, in an address reported in The News,
Elizabeth, New Jersey, March 18, 1903.
in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. Therefore the observance
of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of
themselves, to the authority of the (Catholic) church.” Monsignor Louis
Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, p. 213.
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 to 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.” father T.
Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture
at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the
Sabbath, p. 802. Hover here for a document clipFather Enright Sabbath or select for full original image.
We know the final change to the Sabbath was by the Roman
Catholic Church, but who was really responsible and why? Many of you
have probably already worked this out but let’s go through it anyway.
Beginning with the early Church, Satan failed in his attempt at stopping
the Son of God so he turned his attention to the Church. He initially
tried to destroy the Church by having all Christians killed, but
martyrdom just made the Church grow faster and stronger. Satan soon
realised that he could do more damage from within the Church, so he gave
the Papacy its power, seat and position. Even though most Christians do
not know the importance of the Sabbath day, Satan knows the Sabbath
truth all too well and he also knew that it was the easiest of the Ten
Commandments to attack, and so put his long term plan into effect. How
successful was his plan and who is responsible for his success?
wanted to be worshipped as God. Since no one in their right mind would
worship Satan, he knew he could only obtain this worship from within the
Church. The Seventh day Sabbath is about whom we worship and it is not a
sign that we worship God or belong to Him when we keep the wrong day.
Satan’s goal was therefore to have his own day of worship instituted in
place of God’s and while achieving the primary goal of getting
Christians away from a very significant Commandment and living in
lawlessness. Using the Papacy as his agent, Satan changed God’s Seventh
day Sabbath to a day in honour of pagan sun worship, hence the pagan
name Sunday. Satan also knew that sun worship was something that God
detested and was one of the reasons why God allowed His people to fall
into the hands of the Babylonians. Satan no doubt had great pleasure in
this accomplishment as he would have Christians breaking God’s law and
not fulfilling the sign of the Sabbath, as well as further upsetting God
by taking away His day of worship in place of Satan’s and in favour of
sun worship which is idolatry. How Satan must clap his hands in glee
over this victory that so many have given him.
becomes a mind set as this is what their custom was growing up, and
anything different does not feel right and seems foreign. This was
Satan’s plan from the beginning and sadly, he has been very successful.
Today the ruler of this world works very hard at feeding our minds with
thoughts that this Commandment is insignificant and Christians who are
not wanting to be inconvenienced by change are all too happy to listen.
It’s time for Christians to stop being deceived and wake up to the fact
that Satan was responsible and return to all Ten Commandments of God and
this precious SIGN that we are His children and it is our Creator God
that we worship. Jesus laid down His life for you, how much of a
sacrifice is it for you to change your day of worship?
how it actually begun 2000 years B.C. with the worship of Satan and the
sun, and involves the origin of that mysterious number 666, see who changed the Sabbath to Sunday.
The Sabbath has existed since creation when God added the Seventh
day to the week with the one and only purpose of a Sabbath rest. This is
the only reason we have a seven day week today. God also blessed and
sanctified this day for Holy use. This was done before sin had entered
the World and was part of God’s perfect plan. Most Christians do not
know that the word translated “rested” in our English Bibles in Genesis 2:3
is actually “shabath” in the Hebrew and means Sabbath. Here is the word
Sabbath right at creation. In reference to the future destruction of
Jerusalem in 70 AD, Jesus states in Matthew 24:20, “And pray that your
flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.” This ONE statement alone
PROVES that Jesus expected the Sabbath to be kept subsequent to His
death. The gospel of Luke states in Luke 23:56 that when the body of
Christ was being prepared, “they rested the Sabbath day according to the
Commandment.” Luke’s gospel was written 30 to 50 years after the cross
and Luke still shows that the Commandment is unchanged. If it were
changed, Luke would have undoubtedly told us since it is one of the
Commandments. Isaiah also prophesied in Isaiah 66:22-23 that, “For as
the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make … and from one
Sabbath to another, shall ALL flesh come to worship before me, saith the
LORD.”
Cain brought an offering from the ground which represents righteousness
by works and so God was angry with him but Abel brought the firstborn
of his flock as a sin offering which represents righteousness by faith.
You cannot have a sin offering unless there is a law. (1 John 3:4)
In verse 7, we also see God speak to Cain about sin lying at the door.
The Bible also says where there is no law there is no transgression (Romans 4:15)
so the Commandments although not yet codified had to exist from the
very beginning or Cain could also not have been guilty of murder. See
also Genesis 26:5.
Besides the Seventh day being called the Sabbath in the Hebrew in
Genesis 2:3, God also said the Sabbath “is a sign between me and the
children of Israel for ever” because “in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.” Exodus 31:17.
Here God further confirms that the Sabbath existed from the beginning
when it was added as the Seventh day of the week at creation. For even
more proof, we also know that the Sabbath existed back in Genesis
chapter 11. In over 105 languages in the world where the Sabbath has not
taken on the Pagan name Saturday, it is still called the Sabbath in
each of these languages as it was named at creation. This proves that
when these 105 languages originated at Babel in Genesis 11, Saturday was
recognized as the Sabbath day and was incorporated into the very name
of the day. Since the Sabbath was sanctified and made Holy before sin at
creation and the Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments which is also seen being kept before the giving of the Commandments, it had to be kept by Adam and Eve.
it was kept in the exodus from Egypt before the Ten Commandments were
given when God tested His children to see if they would keep THE Seventh day
as per the Commandment. It was kept by the Jews, it was kept by Jesus,
it was kept by Paul, it was kept by the Apostles, it was kept by the
early Church by both Jews and Gentiles, and this is also verified by
Jesus who showed it would be kept in 70 AD when the temple was
destroyed. History also further proves this by the fact that reliable
unbiased history sources show that it was still being kept until around
90-120 AD where some Christians first changed to Sunday to avoid
persecution for Judaism. History shows that the final part of the day
change began with Constantine in 321 AD in favour of sun worship,
and was made law by the Catholic Church around 363-364 AD. The Sabbath
was almost murdered out of existence through the dark ages when the
Roman Catholic Church ruled as Church and state for those terrible 1260 dark years, and Revelation 12:17
speaks of a remnant of God’s original Church that would arise after
these dark ages that Satan would hate and make war with because it would
start keeping all of the Ten Commandments of God once again. To finish
this all off, God showed Isaiah that we will still be keeping the
Sabbath in the new Heaven and the New Earth. Here is the Sabbath being
kept from creation beginning and throughout all eternity. The Sabbath is
eternal as the other nine.
the first day of the week? As Christians, we should always be seeking
after the truth, as Jesus is the truth. If we really love Jesus with all
our heart, soul and might, we will always strive to find what the truth
is at absolutely any cost.
can we possibly know what the truth really is? There is only one
guaranteed way, and that is the inspired Word of God – The Holy Bible.
The Bible is and should always be our final authority and not the advice
of our Pastor or our most trusted friend. If we can find unbiased
information on man’s knowledge of History on the Seventh day Sabbath,
that can also be used to help us determine the truth but ultimately, we
need to go by the Word of God.
and truth about the Sabbath but to point you to a choice of sites that
will help you find more on what the truth really is. In the top left
column and at the bottom of this page, you will find links to many good
web sites, not only on the Sabbath, but also on other topics that relate
to the Sabbath day such as the ceremonial law and the Ten Commandments.
For all the facts on the Sabbath, please read Sabbath and Antichrist truth and who is the real Antichrist
for the Biblical and historical truth on Antichrist. For real
eye-opening information that reveals that sun worship started with Satan
worship, see the history of Sun-Day worship and how it entered the Church.
Christians who claim to truly love God come up with to justify why they
do not need to obey one of the Ten Commandments that defines what sin
is, and is a precious SIGN and blessing from God. As stated earlier, I
have been given enough excuses to write an entire book. This is
extremely dangerous and the many Christians who have deliberately sought
out an excuse as to why they can disobey God are in for a very rude
shock. Jesus says that to even those that do miracles in His name and
call Him Lord but break any of the Commandments, He will say, “depart
from me I never knew you.” Can you imagine the shock of so many
Christians in the end that thought they could make excuses to disobey
one of God’s Commandments and get away with it?
are all we need to know the Sabbath truth. Jesus said that not even a
letter of the Ten Commandments will pass as long as heaven and earth are
still here. On the words of Jesus alone it is Ten unchanged
Commandments and it is just as serious to worship idols or murder as it
is to not keep the Sabbath Holy. This is far too serious an issue not to
fully investigate. It is one thing to be ignorant of the truth but to
not want to investigate if you are ignorantly living in sin will still
condemn you. We must have a love of the truth as Jesus is truth and the
Word is truth. Jesus means what He says and says what He means and we
are not free to manipulate the words of any of the Ten Commandments to
suit ourselves and still enter the kingdom. The Sabbath Commandment says
we have six days to do our work but the Seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord and we are to keep the Seventh day Holy. The other
six days are secular and are not Holy and the Commandment is very clear
that we cannot choose our own day. See also Exodus 16.
all contradict the words of Jesus. Select each link to find the real
truth for each excuse or misunderstanding.
Has the Calendar changed the Sabbath day
Can we keep any day as the Sabbath
What day is the Lord's Day
How could the majority wrong about the Sabbath
for those who would like to read the entire site. See page two for
historical information on the Sabbath and to view sample videos of a
documentary hosted by TV actor Hal Holbrook on the History of the
Sabbath day. Please read what is the mark of the beast and the Sabbath for a simple version on more of the importance of this Commandment and read the number of the beast to discover the origin of the number 666 and how it also relates to the fourth Commandment.
