The Biblical Sabbath

8/8/2019 The Biblical Sabbath

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The SabbathIs it for Today?


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Questions we will answer

Does God even Care?

Who was it given to?

Why was it given?How long was it to be given for?


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Questions we will answer

Common Myths about the Sabbath

What is the prophetic symbolism?

Why dont we keep the Sabbath of thebible today? Was it really changed?

If it is for today, how do we keep it?


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.Misunderstood Verses

Col. 2:16 Let no one judge you on food,drink, new moons or Sabbaths.

Rom 14:6 Whoever observes the day,observes it for the Lord, etc

1 Cor. 16:1 where Paul takes up a collection forthe saints in Jerusalem on the 1st day of theweek.

Acts 20:7 where Paul is preaching on the 1stday of the week.


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Misunderstood Verses

Rev.1:10 when John had a vision on theLords Day.

Gal. 4 where Paul talks about not going back

to the elementary principles of the world.


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Does God even care

which day?


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Does He Care?

Ex 20:11 For in six days the LORD madeheaven and earth, the sea, and all that inthem is, and rested the seventh day:wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath

day, and hallowed it. (KJV)


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Back to the Beginning

Acts 3:20 and that He may send JesusChrist, who was preached to you before, 21whom heaven must receive until the times ofrestoration of all things, which God has

spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophetssince the world began. (NKJ)

At what point on the timeline do you think Hewill be restoring all things to?


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Serious Questions

Can we agree that when our Creator made theheavens and the earth, that there were no flawsand that He made all things perfect?

Can we agree that everything that He had made in

the garden was perfect and He never intended ordesired for anything to change for all eternity?

Would you agree with me that if Adam had notsinned, everything that was said to be very good

would still be perfect and unchanged?


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Serious Questions

Would you agree with me that in thebeginning all things were perfect.

Then Adam sinned and sent the world into atailspin of constant groaning and imperfection.

BUT, at some point in the future when theMessiah comes back, He will restore all thingsback to the original state of perfection.


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Motivation is Everything!

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God endedhis work which he had made; and he restedon the seventh day from all his work which hehad made. 3 And God blessed the seventh

day, and sanctified it: because that in it hehad rested from all his work which Godcreated and made.


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Original Intent

So, if He set apart the 7th day in the gardenwhen everything was said to be perfect, andit was never His intention for anything toever change from that perfection, and the

scriptures tell us that He is going to restoreall things back to the beginning, isnt itlogical to assume that the Sabbath on the7th day was never intended to change?


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Restoration of the Sabbath whenYeshua comes back?

Is 66:22 For as the new heavens and thenew earth, which I will make, shall remainbefore me, saith the LORD, so shall your seedand your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that from onenew moon to another, and from one Sabbathto another, shall all flesh come to worshipbefore me, saith the LORD. (KJV)


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In the Millennium

Zech 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left of all the nations which came againstJerusalem shall even go up from year to year toworship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep thefeast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso

will not come up of all the families of the earth untoJerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts,even upon them shall be no rain.


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Something Doesnt Make Sense

Cares CaresDoesntCare?

4000BC

30 AD PresentDay

MillennialReign


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Bottom Line

He cared in the GardenHe cares when His Son comes back

He says that the 7th day Sabbath is forever.

It is logical to assume that He caresright now.


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Common Myths about the Sabbath

It was only given to the JewsThe Christian Sabbath is Sunday

It ended at the cross and was not

reestablished in the NTPaul taught against the Sabbath

The NT church kept the Sabbath on Sunday


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Myth #1Only given to the Jews

Where did the term Jew come from?

How many tribes of Israel were present

at the base of Mt. Sinai when thecommandments were given?

How many would end up being

considered Jewish?


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And what was the purposeof Israel?

Is 42:6 "I, the LORD, have called You inrighteousness, And will hold Your hand; Iwill keep You and give You as a covenant

to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, Mt 5:14 "You are the light of the

world.


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An Example to the World

Deut 4:5 See, I have taught you decrees and laws asthe LORD my God commanded me, so that you mayfollow them in the land you are entering to takepossession of it. 6 Observe them carefully, for this willshow your wisdom and understanding to the nations,

who will hear about all these decrees and say, "Surelythis great nation is a wise and understanding people."


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An Example to the World

7 What other nation is so great as to havetheir gods near them the way the LORD ourGod is near us whenever we pray to him? 8And what other nation is so great as to have

such righteous decrees and laws as thisbody of laws I am setting before you today?


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Gentiles encouraged to keepthe Sabbath?

Is 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that jointhemselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love thename of the LORD, to be his servants, every one thatkeepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh holdof my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy

mountain, and make them joyful in my house ofprayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shallbe accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall becalled an house of prayer for all people. (KJV)


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One Law for both

Ex 12:49 One law shall be to him that ishome-born, and unto the stranger thatsojourneth among you. (KJV)


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The Game plan

Israel was chosen to be the captain of theteam and their job was to do what theowner of the team desired.

This would result in the team being soblessed that all the other players from theother teams would want to quit their teamsand come and play on the Israelite team.

Their Light was to show them the Way!


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Bottom Line

The Sabbath, was given to the whole worldin Genesis 2 when everything was perfectand was clearly intended to be for all time.

It was written down at Mt. Sinai and given toALL of the children of Israel with the intentfor them to keep it, and thus be a light forthe nations.

It is not a Jewish Sabbath.


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So, if it was given to theIsraelites and through them, thenationsthen who are we?


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Grafted into what? Click to edit Master textSecond level Third level

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Jer 11:16 The LORD called thy name,a green olive tree, fair, and of

goodly fruit

Eph 2:12 remember that at that time youwere separate from Christ, excluded fromcitizenship in Israel and foreigners to thecovenants of the promise, without hopeand without God in the world. 13 But nowin Christ Jesus you who once were far awayhave been brou ht near throu h the blood


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YOU ARE ISRAEL!

Ex 31:16-17 Therefore the children ofIsrael shall keep the Sabbath, to observethe Sabbath throughout their generations asa perpetual covenant. It is a sign between

Me and the children of Israel forever; For insix days the LORD made the heavens andthe earth, and on the seventh day He restedand was refreshed.


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This is critical to understand thatyou become a citizen of Israel andbecome subject to her covenants of

promise.For it was to Israel that the Sabbathwas given.

This point cannot be over stressed.


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The New Covenant

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith theLORD, that I will make a new covenant withthe house of Israel, and with the house ofJudah. (KJV)


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Myth #2

The Christian Sabbath isSunday


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Sunday instituted by RomanEmperor Constantine

On March 7, 321 A.D., he passed his famousnational Sunday law:

Let all judges and townspeople andoccupations of all trades rest on thevenerable day of the Sun [Sunday];

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Catholics Admit the Change

Of course these two old quotations areexactly correct. The Catholic Churchdesignated Sunday as the day for corporateworship and gets full credit or blame for

the change. This Rock, The Magazine of CatholicApologetics and Evangelization, p.8, June 1997

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"Perhaps the boldest thing, the mostrevolutionary 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" (diesDominica) was chosen, not from anydirections noted in the Scriptures, but fromthe Church's sense of its own power.

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The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fiftydays later, came on the first day of the week. Sothis would be the new Sabbath. People who thinkthat the Scriptures should be the sole authority,should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and

keep Saturday holy." Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint CatherineCatholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995

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''The [Roman Catholic] Church changed the observanceof the Sabbath to Sunday by right of the divine, infallibleauthority given to her by her founder, Jesus Christ. TheProtestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith,has no warrant for observing Sunday. In this matter the

Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant.''The Catholic Universe Bulletin, August 14, 1942, p. 4.

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The Historians Confirm the keepingof the Sabbath

Church historian Socrates Scholasticus (5th century)wrote:

"For although almost all churches throughout theworld celebrate the sacred mysteries [of the Lord'sSupper] on the Sabbath of every week, yet theChristians of Alexandria and at Rome, on account ofsome ancient tradition, have ceased to do this."Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, ch. 22.

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The Historians Confirm the keepingof the Sabbath

Another historian confirmed this, stating,"The people of Constantinople, and almosteverywhere, assemble together on theSabbath, as well as on the first day of theweek, which custom is never observed atRome or at Alexandria.Sozomen, EcclesiasticalHistory, Book 7, ch. 19.

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Myth #3

Yeshua/Jesus does not tell

us tokeep the Sabbath

WWJD?


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WWJD?

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep mycommandments.

Mt 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds andto his disciples: 2 "The teachers of the law

and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat. 3 So youmust obey them and do everything they tellyou. But do not do what they do, for they donot practice what they preach. (NIV)

Keep the Commandments?


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Mat 19:16 Now behold, one came and saidto Him, "Good Teacher, what good thingshall I do that I may have eternal life?" 17So He said to him, "Why do you call Me

good? No one is good but One, that is, God.But if you want to enter into life, keep thecommandments.



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Mt 19:18 He said to Him, "Which ones?"Jesus said, ""You shall not murder,' "Youshall not commit adultery,' "You shall notsteal,' "You shall not bear false witness, 19

"Honor your father and your mother, and,"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."'

His disciples honored the Sabbath


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His disciples honored the Sabbathafter His death their entire lives.

Lu 23:56 Then they went home and prepared spicesand perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath inobedience to the commandment.

1 Co 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcisionis nothing. Keeping Gods commands is what counts.



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Paul says in Rom 3:31, 31 Do we, then,nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather,we uphold the law.

The Law undoubtedly included the Sabbath.



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Peter in Acts 10 says that he has never eaten anythingunclean in his life 10 YEARS after the death of Yeshua.

If he is keeping the dietary commandments, it is safe toassume that he is keeping the 4th commandment.



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The Apostle John in his book of Revelation said that he was in theSpirit on the Lords day.

John is said to be the most Jewish of all the disciples.

There are only two days that are specifically called the Lords dayand that is the Sabbath and the day that the Messiah comes back to

judge the nations.It is interesting to note that in the vision, it was they day that Yeshuacomes back.


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1 Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love thechildren of God, when we love God, andkeep His commandments. 3 For this is thelove of God, that we keep his

commandments: and his commandmentsare not grievous.


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If we are to believe most of Christianity that we donthave to keep the Sabbath of the bible because it isnot specifically re-commanded in the NT, then how dowe interpret John here when he says to keep thecommandments of YHVH when there is NO NEW

TESTAMENT at that time to look through?Should we believe that John meant all thecommandments except the one that is called theseal of the covenant?

Saints keep the Sabbath?


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Saints keep the Sabbath?

Re 14:12 Here is the patience of thesaints: here are they that keep thecommandments of God, and the faith ofJesus.

The commandments of God clearlyincludes the 4th commandment of honoringthe Sabbath on the 7th day.



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Rom 14:5 One man considers one day moresacred than another; another man considers everyday alike. Each one should be fully convinced in hisown mind.

6 He who regards one day as special, does so tothe Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, forhe gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, doesso to the Lord and gives thanks to God. (NIV)



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Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge youin meat, or in drink, or in respect of anholyday, or of the new moon, or of theSabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of

things to come; but the body is of Christ.



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8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain

deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of theworld, and not after Christ.

20 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of thisworld, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit toits rules. 21 "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!" 22

These are all destined to perish with use, because they arebased on human commands and teachings.


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Paul is warning his converts against any group thatwould come in and try to impose their man-madetraditions and doctrine on them.

He cannot possibly be warning them againstpeople that would try to impose the biblicalSabbath as it is clearly not a man-made tradition.

It is much more likely that the Judaizers arejudging the new converts for not keeping theSabbath the WAY they keep it.

While we are in Col 2


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While we are in Col 2

Col 2:13 When you were dead in your sinsand in the uncircumcision of your sinfulnature, God made you alive with Christ. Heforgave us all our sins,

14 having cancelled the written code, with itsregulations, that was against us and thatstood opposed to us; he took it away, nailingit to the cross.

A Better Rendering


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A Better Rendering

(ISV) having erased the charges that werebrought against us with their decrees thatwere hostile to us. He took those chargesaway when he nailed them to the cross.

(Lamsa) And by his commandments hecancelled the written bond of our sins,which stood against us; and he took it out ofthe way, nailing it to his cross;

Early Church met on Sunday?


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Act 20:7 Now on the first dayof the week(Sabbaton), when the disciples came together tobreak bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day,spoke to them and continued his message untilmidnight.

This phrase is literally saying first of theSabbaths.

This day is First Fruits and verse 6 gives it away asit tells us that it was during the days ofUnleavened Bread.

Early Church met on Sunday?


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1 Cor 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints,

as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so doye. 2 Upon the first dayof the week let every one of youlay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that therebe no gatherings when I come.

Again, the word week here is Sabbaton, which is theGreek word for Shabbot (Sabbath).

The Literal Version


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(LITV) On one of the Sabbaths, let each ofyou put by himself, storing up whatever heis prospered, that there not be collectionsthen when I come.



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Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them,that they abstain from pollutions of idols,and from fornication, and from thingsstrangled, and from blood.

21 For Moses of old time hath in every citythem that preach him, being read in thesynagogues every Sabbath day.



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Gal 4:9 But now that you know Godorrather are known by God how is it thatyou are turning back to those weak andmiserable principles? Do you wish to be

enslaved by them all over again? 10 Youare observing special days and months andseasons and years!

Critical Context!


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8 Formerly, when you did not know God,you were slaves to those who by nature arenot gods.

These were GENTILES and were never Jews.

How can they go back to something thatthey never observed before?

Proof By Silence


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The Sabbath was the most important and

staple law of the Jews. If Paul or Yeshua wouldhave been teaching against it or broke it in anyway, they would have immediately beenbrought into the court on charges and stoned.

There is NO such recording because there wasnever even a debate on whether the Sabbathwas relevant or not.

It was the SABBATH!


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There is Absolutely NO evidencethat the early believers did not

celebrate the Sabbath.

Proof that the Sabbath is for Today


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Mat 24:15 "Therefore when you see the"abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Danielthe prophet, standing in the holy place"(whoever reads, let him understand), 16 "then letthose who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17

Let him who is on the housetop not go down totake anything out of his house. 18 And let himwho is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

Proof that the Sabbath is for Today


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Mt 24:19 But woe to those who arepregnant and to those who are nursingbabies in those days. 20 And pray that yourflight may not be in winter or on the

Sabbath. 21 For then there will be greattribulation, such as has not been since thebeginning of the world until this time, no,nor ever shall be.


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So, if the Sabbath is really fortoday, then how are we supposed

to keep it?

No workfor anyone


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Ex 20:10 But the seventh day is theSabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thoushalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor

thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thymaidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thystranger that is within thy gates (KJV)

YHVH is our Provision


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Ex 34:21 "Six days you shall labor, but onthe seventh day you shall rest; even duringthe ploughing season and harvest you mustrest. (NIV)

A Holy Gathering


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Le 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering madeby fire unto the LORD seven days: in theseventh day is an holy convocation: ye shalldo no servile work therein.

Do His Will, not Yours


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Is 58:13 "If you keep your feet frombreaking the Sabbath and from doing as youplease on my holy day, if you call theSabbath a delight and the LORDs holy day

honorable, and if you honor it by not goingyour own way and not doing as you pleaseor speaking idle words, 14 then you will findyour joy in the LORD

No Preparing to Work


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Num 15:32 While the Israelites were in thedesert, a man was found gathering wood onthe Sabbath day.

No Buying on the Sabbath


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The people in making an oath before YHVHsay:

Ne 10:31 "When the neighboring peoplesbring merchandise or grain to sell on the

Sabbath, we will not buy from them on theSabbath or on any holy day. (NIV)

Bottom Line


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We are not supposed to do what we do the other 6 days of

the week.

No work

No making other people work by buying from them.

This is NOT a day to do what WE want to do, but a day to

delight in the Lord and in our family.It is a day to REST from life and to get our batteriesrecharged by plugging into His Word.


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How do I know that the 7th dayis still Saturday?


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Because the Julian calendar was instituted in around 45

AD and was kept all the way up to the 1500s, when theGregorian calendar took its place.

So, we have perfect record that the Roman Saturday hasalways been the 7th day of the week.

Also, the Jews have been keeping the Sabbath forthousands of years and there is no group that believesin the 7th day Sabbath that even claims any other day.

Special Cases


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What if Im a doctor or I have to work or Iwill lose my job?

Conclusion


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The Sabbath was made for all mankind in the garden.

It was wrote down in stone on Mt. Sinai and wascommanded to be kept forever.

It was a sign forever between YHVH and His people.

Yeshua kept the Sabbath as did all of His disciples.We will be commanded to keep it when He comesback.

Conclusion


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The early gentile church fathers, who hated the Jews,

stopped keeping the Sabbath on Saturday and startedkeeping it on Sunday because of their anti-Semitism.

The Roman Catholic Church admits changing it.

There is no where in the scriptures that prophesies of

such a major change of what God called eternal, or evena debate in the NT or other writings.

Why?


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Because the Sabbath is one of the largestblessings that He ever gave man once hewas cursed to work in the garden, and Hewould never take that away from us.

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