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If a 7th day adventist uses the following verse to support Saturday Sabbath and the need for worship on that day rather than Sunday- how can I argue against it convincingly?🤷 Thanks for any feedback!

Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
 
Hmmm … wasn’t it one of ‘the least of these commandments’ to touch a woman who was bleeding? A leper? A dead body? Didn’t Jesus - and the Apostles - break the law in all three cases?

Didn’t He teach Peter to disregard the dietary laws at Cornelius’ house?

Do your Adventist friends adhere to ALL the Biblical commandments? Including the ones about not trimming the hair of the beard? Not wearing clothing made of mixed fibres? Circumcision? Celebrating Passover complete with roasted lamb (I believe SDAs are vegetarian, so that one is out)?
 
Us Catholics, as you know, go to Mass on the 7th day as it is the day Christ rose from the dead

Matthew 28:1 And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week [Sunday], came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.

From the beginings of Christianity this was so

Acts 20:7 And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow. And he continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:1,2 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven

Jesus was rebuked by the Pharisees becuase his disciples were walking through the grain fields and eating the heads of grain which was not permissable on the Sabbath to do. Jesus didn’t seem too concerned. He notes an example of David and those who were with him eating the shewbread that only the priests of the temple were allowed to eat.

Mark 2:24-28 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

There’s also the healing Christ did on the Sabbath too.

**Christ said that he is Lord of the Sabbath **and if He decided, or gave his Church the authority to decide, that Mass should be on Sunday, who are we to say otherwise.

It’s interesting that this person brings up the law, as against good works in the justification process protestants always note that we are not justified by works of the law.

**Letter of Barnabas 15:6-8, written in A.D. 74, **

at the end of a few paragraphs on the old Jewish Shabat vs. the Christian Lord’s Day, wrote:

“We keep the eighth day [Sunday] with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead.”

2 Corinthians 3:7-11: But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

Colossians 2:16 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

Galatians 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Even the Jews’ Talmud acknowledges that Christians worship on Sunday. From Abhodah Zarah, 6a, we read: “He is called a Christian who follows the false teachings of that man [Jesus Christ], who taught them to celebrate the feast on the first day of the Sabbath, that is, to worship on the first day after the Sabbath.” So any Messianics and Judaized Christians out there who appeal to the Gospel on one hand, and to rabbinical “authority” on the other, take heed.

some of the quotes come from this link fisheaters.com/sunday.html
 
It is true that Christians worship on the Lord’s Day rather than on the Sabbath. This, and many other changes, are decisions made by the Church in the Authority given by Christ to the Apostles and the promise that the Holy Spirit would teach them what they needed to know and that He would protect the Church against error.

Adventists reject that authority. It really is that simple.
 
sadie66 said:
If a 7th day adventist uses the following verse to support Saturday Sabbath and the need for worship on that day rather than Sunday- how can I argue against it convincingly?🤷 Thanks for any feedback!

Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
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SDAs badly misread that passage, they focus on the part in RED…but they don’t read the full sentence! In otherwords, the SDA reads it and says the law will never pass away…but Jesus is saying the exact opposite! The Law will pass away in that it will all be fulfilled and brougth to new light! (“17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”)

And that is the PERFECT set up for what else the Bible says:
Col 2: 13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
The written code is the Mosaic Law done away with in full through the Person of Christ! Notice that Paul explicitly says the Sabbath passed away here and was only a SHADOW of the Fullness to come which was Christ! Collossians 2:16 is a thorn in the side of the SDAs, and they squirm to get out of it.
 
I have read with great interest, the thoughts as to whether or not Saturday or Sunday is the correct day of worship. I have always felt that when I have doubts that I will find the answers in the Bible. My belief being that this book is the everlasting authority on such things. Nothing that I have read suggests anything other than the importance of keeping the Sabbath. It is the 4th commandment and to the best of my knowledge nothing in either the Old or New Testament say that anything has changed. Jesus and his disciples kept the Sabbath. I find it very disturbing that our practices seem to be out of step with keeping this commandment.

I would really appreciate some thoughts on this and related scriptural references and commentary clarifying the church’s position on this.

:confused:

Maranatha
 
Well, don’t European calendars start the week with Monday and end the week with Sunday? Isn’t that why we call Saturday and Sunday the week-END?

Not only that, what if you lose track, or change the day? One of the popes took 10 days out of the calendar. Surely that must have messed up the count. Are we trying to begin, say with the very first Sabbath, on which God rested, and count every 7th day thereafter? If so, I’m sure we’ve lost track severl times over the course of the millenia.

In actuality, the early Church decided to celebrate the Lord’s Day on the Day of the Lord’s resurrection. The Church had the authority to do that. For a period of time, they also celebrated the Sabbath by going to synagogue or temple for prayers, until they were kicked out.
 
Catholic_Dude said:
a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day
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To this portion they will respond that the word translated Sabbath here can, by virtue of its use elsewhere, the weekly, monthly, or annual sabbaths and so it wasn’t referring to the weekly one. However they neglect to consider the fact that every time that triple, sabbath, new moon, festival is used it always is understood to mean the weekly sabbath.

All but the most experienced will be surprised at that fact as its not in their scripted responses.

Of course if you want to push it a bit ask them how they know which day is the first day, which is the second, etc. They know it because the Jews have steadfastly kept that from the time of Sinai and thus they appeal to an argument from tradition.

As I was walking out of mass tonight I contemplated this topic. Especially since RC teaches its still binding but to be observed on the first day. If one is to go purely off the written text of scripture one would not know what day as it says to keep the 7th but without tradition we know not the first day to index that progression from. To establish that one must appeal to Jewish tradition. Thus if the apostles instituted observance on Sunday instead of Saturday, and if this is continued to the present day in the Church, they do not contradict scripture because they keep every seventh day holy.

In general though the best defense against Adventism is a strong offense.

You can start by trying to get them to admit that the people who clung to the belief that Christ would literally return to earth on Oct 22, 1844 were wrong, the people themselves were wrong and were ignoring clear teaching of Christ in the Gospels. They will freely admit the doctrine was wrong and explain the date was right but the event assigned was wrong. They will point out the Millerites weren’t advenstists, etc. but they will never admit that those who rejected date setting were right and the people who followed date setting were wrong. Their own prophetess even went so far as to declare that it was Gods will for them to follow error so they could be brought to a testing point where they could decide “for or against truth” with for truth meaning following clearly antiscriptural teachings. They can never admit the people were wrong without destroying their entire house of cards, their foundation, their prophetess, their theology, their eschatology.
 
Thomas_D said:
I have read with great interest, the thoughts as to whether or not Saturday or Sunday is the correct day of worship. I have always felt that when I have doubts that I will find the answers in the Bible. My belief being that this book is the everlasting authority on such things. Nothing that I have read suggests anything other than the importance of keeping the Sabbath. It is the 4th commandment and to the best of my knowledge nothing in either the Old or New Testament say that anything has changed. Jesus and his disciples kept the Sabbath. I find it very disturbing that our practices seem to be out of step with keeping this commandment.

I would really appreciate some thoughts on this and related scriptural references and commentary clarifying the church’s position on this.

:confused:

Maranatha
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The thoughts you express also bothered me at one time. But there was one Scripture passage that settled the issue for me and took away any uneasiness I had.

**Mt. 16:18-19 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." **
If the Pope, and Magisterium, have bound Sunday as the day to be observed, then that is the day that is held as obligatory by God (in heaven). And if they have loosed the Saturday observance, then it is loosed by God (in heaven) also.
 
sadie66 said:
If a 7th day adventist uses the following verse to support Saturday Sabbath and the need for worship on that day rather than Sunday- how can I argue against it convincingly?🤷 Thanks for any feedback!

Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments
and teaches others to do so
will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven.
But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments
will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
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Don’t sweat 'em Sadie. Look at what I found up in the Ask an Apologist forum just by using the search engine.
Anyone can pull a single passage out of the Bible and make their case for some weird belief, but when one looks at the context in the New Testament (or the whole Bible) the truth comes to light.
 
Sadie, ask 'em where the bible says that Jesus is actually Michael the Archangel. Ask 'em where the bible says that hell is temporary. Ask 'em where the bible says that sinful souls will be annihilated at the judgment and simply cease to exist. Ask 'em where “soul sleep” is in the bible. Ask 'em where vegetarianism is in the bible.

As to what actually is in the bible: Ask 'em what day Jesus chose to rise on (Luke 24:1). Ask 'em if the Son of Man is Lord - even of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5). Ask 'em why the Apostles, guided by the Holy Spirit, met on Sunday (Acts 20:7). Ask 'em why Paul wrote that the Jewish Sabbath was no longer binding on Christians (Colossians 2:16, Galatians 4:9-10, Romans 14:5).

They believe that the Pope is the antichrist - but there have been 266 Popes, with each one apparently passing the evil on, I guess?!? So, ask 'em why they believe in demonic succession but not in Apostolic succession.

Just to start. They have a valid baptism. They are Christian - but way out on the fringe.
 
po18guy said:
Sadie, ask 'em where the bible says that Jesus is actually Michael the Archangel. Ask 'em where the bible says that hell is temporary.
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It’s the Jehovah’s Witnesses that believe Jesus is St. Michael the Archangel. The Seventh Day Adventists are Trinitarian.
 
Nita said:
It’s the Jehovah’s Witnesses that believe Jesus is St. Michael the Archangel. The Seventh Day Adventists are Trinitarian.
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You are correct SDA’s are trinitarian today, this was not always so. As a result they have strange baggage floating around still. Their “prophetess” says that Michael is Christ and you will find that repeated often still. They also say they are trinitarian and they are now. Some will say Michael isn’t the Archangel but when faced with their prophetess quote will ponder.

Its really a rather confusing mess.
 
luciasclay said:
You are correct SDA’s are trinitarian today, this was not always so. As a result they have strange baggage floating around still. Their “prophetess” says that Michael is Christ and you will find that repeated often still. They also say they are trinitarian and they are now. Some will say Michael isn’t the Archangel but when faced with their prophetess quote will ponder.

Its really a rather confusing mess.
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Thanks! The Jehovah’s Witnesses actually “borrowed” the idea of Christ being Saint Michael the Archangel from the SDA church. A good portion of SDA belief and doctrine comes from the “visions” of their founding “prophetess”, Ellen Gould White. As a child, she received a serious, possibly near-fatal head injury and was in a coma for two weeks. After recovering, she was involved in her family’s hat making business and was exposed to mercury, which was used in processing felt into hats. Many assert that she was poisoned by the exposure to mercury. Only after the head injury and mercury exposure did she begin receiving her “visions”. The SDA hold her writings to a level very similar to scripture.

They are trinitarian, so the Catholic Church accepts their baptism as valid. They accept Catholic baptism only if it was by full immersion. Based on Ms. White’s writings, they believe that the Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon and that the Pope is the antichrist. Apparently, each and every Pope is an antichrist, but I have not heard specifics on this. Recently, they have begun to soft-peddle their anti-Catholicism, but it remains to this day.
 
Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:”

As prophecied, most Christians refuse to open Bibles today to verify what their pastors say. In this age of convenience they have been conditioned to trust the pastors without question. This prophecied “lukewarm” mindset, as Revelation 3:16 calls it, has given rise to false preachers all around the world. These wolves in sheep’s clothing can easily lie to their congregations knowing with absolute confidence that the majority of their victims will never check up on them. As for the small number of Christians that do investigate their false message using the Bible, they are quickly kicked out of the churches so as to prevent the truth from spreading. To keep those remaining in the church happy, they now preach prosperity messages on how to gain wealth, amusing sermons, and even rock music mixed with Gospel lyrics to keep the people entertained. As prophecied, they then use false doctrines that all the world agrees with to make their flock feel they are safe and doing the right thing with the thought that since everyone else believes in this way it must be right. Case in point, one of the oldest and most successfully evangelized false doctrines has to be the so called Sunday sabbath. In this tract we will look at the verses they claim are saying the Sabbath has been changed from the seventh day to the first day of the week.

CLAIM #1… Acts 20:7 “And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.”

This meeting was held at night. If you read on you also find in the next verse it mentions the "many lights in the upper chamber.” Later in verse 11 it also states after they ate, Paul “talked a long while, even till break of day.” The question then is, are they saying this a church service because they broke bread, and since it was on the “first day” it must mean the Sabbath was changed? Problem with that thought is, in Acts 2:46 it says that they normally continued “…daily …breaking bread from house to house.” Since they define this is a church service, this must be the format the church must emulate today. If Acts 20:7 is the definitive proof we need to validate Sabbath being changed from the seventh day to the first day of the week, then all Sunday keeping churches must…

Hold church at NIGHT
Hold church EVERY NIGHT
Hold church TILL THE BREAK OF DAY
CLAIM #2… I Corinthians 16:2 “Upon the first [day] of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as [god] hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”

There is absolutely no reference whatsoever of a public meeting, or church service mentioned here for when Paul arrives. Some declare this to be a church service because Paul is gathering what they call “tithes.” But if you read past the verse they give out of context, you find the word “liberality” is actually used to describe this offering in verse #3 of that same chapter. That word defined is “monetary gift” in Strong’s Bible Concordance. (#5485) Also notice Paul is asking for that to be given from what “God hath prospered” in the passage given to sanction Sunday as sabbath. I ask, is this normal tithing practices of a church service to give from what God has prospered which is now stored in savings? Is not Luke 18:12 rather plain wherein it says, “I give tithes of all that I possess.”

Biblical truth is, it’s not a church service because first and foremost it’s never declared as such. Nor is it tithing that Paul is gathering, which for some reason they claim makes it a church service. Paul was gathering what we call “love offerings” today. Finally, if the entire passage is read in context it’s discovered the passage is actually about Paul stopping by on his way to Jerusalem to pick up financial relief for the Christians in financial distress in Jerusalem. (See Romans 15:26, & Acts 11:26-30 which also confirm this as fact.)

CLAIM #3… Revelation 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet”

Some use this verse to declare Sunday is now Sabbath simply because John uses the term “the Lord’s day.” Truth is, the Scriptures already define the seventh day Sabbath as the Lord’s day thousands of years prior in Isaiah 58:13 wherein we find the Lord calling, "…the sabbath, …my holy day;” quite bluntly. Even Jesus Himself stated in the New Testament Scriptures in Matthew 12:8 that, “…the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”

Many forget the very first thing recorded in the Bible itself is work being done on Sunday in Genesis 1:1-5. God in point of fact commands all men to work upon the first day of the week in the heart of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:8-11. He specifically says in verse nine of that Commandment that, “Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:” Is it wrong for us to obey God? Did not the apostles state in Acts 5:29 that, “…we ought to obey God rather then men.” God calls Sunday a work day in Exodus 23:12; 31:15; 34:21; 35:2, Leviticus 23:3, Deuteronomy 5:13, Ezekiel 46:1 and Luke 13:14 as well.

“…as a solar festival, Sunday was the sacred day of Mithra; and it is interesting to notice that since Mithra was addressed, as Dominus, 'Lord,” Sunday must have been ‘the Lord’s Day’ long before Christian times." -The Paganism in Our Christianity, Arthur Weigall, 1928, p136
 
The term “The Lord’s day” was first coined by John in the book of Revelation for the New Testament Christian church, yes. But the Pagans of old used that term to describe their “lord’s day” as well. When Constantine demanded all Christians keep Sunday holy in 321AD, he also called it the “lord’s day” at that time. The warped history being preached by pastors today, wherein they changed what John referred to as “Sabbath” to what the Pagan’s referred to as “Sunday” proves the Vatican was involved in this prophecied end time agenda. For they have admitted time and time again the following for all the world to see.

“The [Catholic] Church took the pagan philosophy and made it the buckler of faith against the heathen. She took the pagan Roman Pantheon, temple of all the gods, and made it sacred to all the martyrs; so it stands to this day. She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday. …The sun has worshipers at this hour in Persia and other lands . . . Hence the Church would seem to say, ‘Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified.’ And thus the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus”–William L. Gildea, “Paschale Gaudium,” in The Catholic World, 58, March, 1894, p. 809 [A Roman Catholic weekly].

As prophecied by Daniel 7:25, this church has most assuredly tried to change the “times and laws” of the Creator God.
CLAIM #4… Mark 2:23-28 “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. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.”
Some have recently started using this passage to say the Sabbath is no longer valid because Jesus broke it, or disregarded it when He was walking among us. First of all, nowhere in this passage does it say Jesus abolished or broke the Sabbath. What it does say here is the Pharisees assumed Jesus and the apostles were breaking the commandment by picking corn to eat. Yet Jesus proves with Scriptural facts regarding King David, whom the Jews respected, that He and His apostles were not breaking Sabbath at all. Jesus clearly corrected the false teachings of the Pharisees here. If it was ok for David to relieve his hunger and the hunger of those with him by eating bread that had been consecrated and set apart for holy use, then it was perfectly ok for the disciples of Christ to satisfy their hunger by plucking the corn on Sabbath day as well. Both David and the Apostles were in God’s employment. Basic reality dictates the temple priests, and even pastors today, perform greater labors on each Sabbath as they do God’s work, do they not? The same type of labor in secular business would in fact be considered sinful. However, the work of the priests was in the service of God. The labors they performed each Sabbath pointed to the redeeming power of Christ. Their labor was in perfect harmony with the object of the Sabbath day so as to get the work done that brought souls into the truth. But now, Christ Himself had come, and was walking among them. As all Christians will agree, the disciples, were employed by God to do a holy and sanctified work. They were merely doing that which was necessary for the achievement of their Heavenly appointed work on Sabbath day. Jesus confirmed this truth by stating He is “Lord of the Sabbath.” Seeing how His apostles followed and emulated Him, this proves they are employed to do His work and therefore free from guilt. Just because the Pharisees didn’t see them as men employed by God doesn’t make it true.
 
Jesus or His apostles didn’t break the Sabbath here at all. Biblical truth is, “sin is the transgression of the law” according to 1John 3:4. In other words, breaking the Law of God is how sin is committed. Commandment #4 concerns the Sabbath day. To say Jesus broke Sabbath, is to say Jesus sinned by breaking God’s Law. This is exactly what the Pharisees are trying to declare here because they hated Him and His message. Yet as Christians we know Christ never sinned. Truth is, if He did commit sin, He would never have been that spotless Lamb of God, and Saviour to you and me. Jesus proved in Mark chapter two that the Pharisees were in error regarding a sin they invented about plucking corn on Sabbath day for Gospel workers. Yes, it would be sin for those that harvested corn for a living if done so on the Sabbath. But Jesus and His apostles were not employed as farmers. They were simply hungry men employed of God.

By the way, for those who assume it is ok to break Sabbath by using this passage, you are in reality trusting the word of a non-believing Pharisee, who was just corrected and exposed as in error by Jesus Christ Himself. In other words, those that believe the Jews were correct in their assumptions, and ignore how Jesus defended the Sabbath truth, and corrected the lying Pharisees, are in fact taking the word of the Pharisees as truth over Christ. As we all know, the Pharisees deny Christ as Lord to this day. Who then is telling the Truth? The ones who know not the Word? Of the one who wrote the Word Himself?

CLAIM #5… Colossians 2:16-17 “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: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”

Simple truth here is, the “sabbaths” mentioned here are not the weekly Sabbath of the Lord. Please read Leviticus 23:23-38 and you will find that the sabbaths mentioned in Colossians chapter 2 are the annual sabbaths, or what most today refer to as “feast days” that acknowledged certain events that would be fulfilled in the future when Christ came as Messiah. This is why Paul referred to them as “a shadow of things to come” in this passage. Make special note that after it lists the annual sabbaths in Leviticus 23:23-37 that it says in Verse 38 that these annual sabbaths are “besides the Sabbath of the Lord.” In Matthew 5:17 Jesus said, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” No one can “fulfill” a weekly Sabbath because it points all the way back to creation. That is why the 4th Commandment starts with the word “Remember" when speaking of Sabbath. Keeping the Sabbath is a day to worship the Creator of all things. You simply cannot “fulfill” an event that has already passed. When those annual sabbaths were instituted, it was thousands of years before Jesus would come to fulfill all that the annual sabbaths were pointing to. The children of God were symbolically keeping the feast days back then as a way to look forward to the prophecied arrival Messiah when He would actually fulfill them in reality. For example, even the lamb sacrifice they offered for their sins back then was a “shadow of things to come,” which was fulfilled when “…the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29) actually died on the cross. This is why Jesus said “it is finished” just before He died in John 19:30.
 
Please read Leviticus 23:23-38 and you will find FIVE annual “sabbaths” are defined as “feast days” of the Lord within a 15 day period. This means they can in no way be considered the weekly Sabbath when 5 are kept within 15 days.

By the way, this is not the only reason the sabbaths in Colossians 2:14-17 can’t possibly be weekly Sabbaths. When you read Leviticus 23:23-38 you will notice it talks about the meat and drink offerings mentioned in the same way they are spoken of in Colossians 2:14-17. If these annual sabbaths are the same as the Sabbath mentioned in the Law of God, then I must ask all that use this passage to preach Sunday as the Christian Sabbath to please share with me where in the Ten Commandments they see "meat, drink, holydays, or new moons” as we see Colossians chapter 2 speaking of. I must also ask if they do believe this verse preaches such a thing, why don’t their Sunday keeping churches honor “meat, drink, holydays, or new moons” today?

The Law of God is not the same as the law of Moses that Leviticus and Colossians are obviously referring to here. Moses law, or “commandments contained in ordinances” ended at the cross as Ephesians 2:15 proved. And God’s Law stands forever as Luke 16:17 proclaimed.

Hebrews 9:1,10 says, “Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.”

CLAIM #6… Galatians 4:9-11, "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

Some believe this is speaking of Sabbaths because the word “days” in a way that suggests religious observance. However, again we find that the weekly Sabbath is not mentioned here at all. If this is read in context we find that Paul knew how the Galatians were at one time Pagans, and therefore used to ritualistic forms of worship. The Jewish converts to Christianity, like those in the book of Colossians, wanted to continue on with their feast days. Their legalistic form of worship appealed to the Galatians because of their Pagan roots, and had to be dealt with by Paul because he hoped to prevent what we now see happening today. Like today’s feast day movement, they sought to mix the annual Sabbaths into New Testament church worship. This carnal law was only “until the time of reformation” as we learned earlier. By causing the Galatians to fall for this error they were able to eclipse the atoning work of Christ on Calvary just as the enemy of souls planned. By observing these “days and months” they were declaring their own abilities, rather then Christ’s sacrifice suitable for salvation. But the truth is it’s “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:9) This is also why Paul was concerned his preaching to them was a “labour in vain” because they were showing signs of desiring to “be in bondage” to the annual sabbaths Jesus already declared were “finished” at the cross. If you notice, this is the same method of twisting the false preachers used with Colossians 2:16-17. Therefore the same method of revelation can be used to expose it. Where I ask in the Commandments does it speak of “days, months, times, & years” as we see it doing in Galatians? Since it doesn’t, this passage can’t possibly be speaking of the Sabbath.

CLAIM #7… Romans 14:5 "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Again, nowhere in this passage does it say we should keep Sunday as Sabbath. This is again speaking of the annual holy-days that some of the Jews still felt compelled to keep. Most Gentile converts to Christianity were not compelled to keep such feast days. Many of the Jews had difficulty in giving up their life long traditions. A good way to compare this with today’s Christian church is where some keep Pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter, where others prefer not partake in such celebrations and merrymaking. If they truly see no wrong in this act, we are not to judge them. We can try to warn them of course, but that’s where our job ends. That’s why it clearly states, “Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” here. We cannot force any man to believe anything we believe. By the way, if you read all of Romans 14, you will discover the true topic and find it was again taken completely out of context.

God never rested on the first day of the week. He never blessed it, nor did His Son Jesus ever acknowledge the first day of the week in any way shape or form. The Apostles never rested on it either. In fact, the New Testament Christians were never recorded as being at rest on the first day of the week in any historic reference, or bible Scripture known to man. If those that believe such things would have researched their own church history they would have found that in 321AD Constantine made the Pagan Sunday sabbath law of the land. Historic fact is, all Christians kept Sabbath for hundreds of years after Jesus ascended. Think about that fact for a moment. Had you known that, you would have known before your pastors spoke that every verse ever used to suggest the Apostles were part of, or even alive during the Sabbath to Sunday change was a bold faced lie because it was never suggested to be changed until 321AD, hundreds of years after they died. When 321AD came, only those Christians that feared Roman rule and failed to trust God kept Sunday as sabbath. The lying preachers of today would have you believe the Sabbath was changed during the time the Bible was penned. Historic, and biblical fact is, they lied.
 
You cannot find one single line of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation that proclaims Sunday to be blessed, sanctified, made holy, or even enforced! Think about that for a moment. NO LAW was ever made by the God of creation to enforce the first day of the week. Romans 4:15, says “…where no law is, there is no transgression.” You cannot commit sin unless there is a law being broken. Would not our Lord and Saviour at least given us one simple verse to proclaim Sunday as the Sabbath if in fact He meant to do such a thing? Why should we as His followers consider something holy that He never considered to be holy? The reality here is that it is simply called. “The first day of the week” in all Scripture from Genesis to Revelation.

One more thing should be mentioned here. Many do claim that the day Jesus rose from the dead is the reason all should keep Sunday holy. However, the Word of God is quite clear about how we as Christians are to acknowledge the death and resurrection of Christ. It is not as all the Sunday preachers suggest by going to church on Sunday. It is done by baptism.

Romans 6:3-5, “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:”

In other words, when you go under the water, you symbolize and acknowledge His death and burial. When you come out of the water, you symbolize and acknowledge His resurrection. Merely stepping into a church on the day He arose each week simply cannot do this. In fact, if His death and resurrection was really the reason for going to church on Sunday, why is it no one goes to church every Friday? Isn’t that the day He died?

A $10,000.00 CHALLENGE
Some years ago I posted on the ministry website a challenge for all pastors, preachers and even bible studying Christians to find a verse that declares God changed the Sabbath from the seventh day of the week to the first day of the week. If they were able to send the verse, I promised (and still do) to send them $10,000.00 cash! Since then I have received quite a few attempts from people using the verses I shared in this tract. Not a single pastor, preacher, or bible teacher have ever been able to find that verse. What most people are unaware of is, all of the religious leaders have already agreed in writing there is no such verse in the Bible wherein it says God changed the Sabbath from the day seven to day one. This Sunday sabbath is nothing more than a “TRADITION OF MEN.” (Mark 7:8)

Think about this as well. The Lord thy God worked on that day when He started creation. He even worked on this day when He rose Jesus from the dead 2000 years ago. Biblical and historic fact is, He actually rested and left His Son in the tomb on the Sabbath day. Even the New Testament Christian women who went to anoint the body of Jesus, stopped in their tracks and decided not to anoint Him because the Sabbath was drawing near. Luke 23:56 tells us that those women, “rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment”

Without getting too technical. It’s easy to see that the Lord’s day is in fact the 7th day. This same God that said in Malachi 3:6 “For I [am] the Lord, I change not… “ also said in Psalms 89:34 regarding this covenant that we should “…not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” The Sabbath is important because “…the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” (Exodus 20:11) And I Chronicles 17:27 says “…it shall be blessed for ever.”

If your church uses the scriptures shared here to say Sunday is the Sabbath, then the Lord plainly says in Revelation 18:4 that you should “…Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

After all is said and done, if you just read this entire tract, you know that you just discovered Biblical evidence that absolutely every single verse every used to claim Sunday is the Sabbath was done so in a deceptive manner to make Scripture appear to say something it never said. Some will ask why have all the churches done such an evil act as this? In Daniel 7:25 we find it prophecied that a beast would “think to change” the Sabbath so as to get “all the world” to wonder after him as Revelation 13:3 predicts happens right before the end of the World. Look around. Do you see it fulfilled? All Christian churches now keep Sunday as Sabbath, even though you now know for a fact there is not a single verse in the Christian Bible to warrant such change as this. In case you missed the hint as to who it is that changed the Sabbath earlier. Perhaps the following will help.
 
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