From: Rabbi Moshe Koniuchowsky
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Is Shabbat for Today? (Part 2 of 2)
IS THE SHABBAT FOR TODAY
(Part 2 of 2)
Seventh day - 4 First day - 0
A little later in the chapter, after Paul shares Yahshua with them we
see that the Gentiles were quite interested.
Acts 13:42 (NKJV) So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the
Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next
Shabbat.
Now here is a perfect situation for Paul to tell these Gentiles "Hey
just come back tomorrow, we keep the Shabbat on the first day now!"
But we don't see this written anywhere in scripture.
Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews
and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to
them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of Yahweh Acts 13:44 On
the next Shabbat almost the whole city came together to hear the word
of Yahweh.
So here is the fifth time that the disciples attended a Shabbat
service on the day that Yahweh sanctified at creation. Again, the
seventh day is called "the Shabbat" in this passage.
Seventh day - 5 First day - 0
Here is another example in Acts 16...
Acts 16:11 (NKJV) Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight
course to Samothrace, and the next [day] came to Neapolis, Acts 16:12
and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of
Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days.
Acts 16:13 And on the Shabbat day we went out of the city to the
riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and
spoke to the women who met [there].
It was the custom of the Jews of that day for the rabbi to shut down
the synagogue if there were not at least 10 men that would show up for
the Shabbat meeting. This could very well be why there were women
meeting by the riverside for prayer. Nevertheless, we see that the
disciples sought a place to meet for the Shabbat and they did. Again,
the seventh day is called "the Shabbat Day" in this passage.
Seventh day - 6 First day - 0
Acts 18:1 (NKJV) After these things Paul departed from Athens and went
to Corinth. Acts 18:2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in
Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla
(because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and
he came to them. Acts 18:3 So, because he was of the same trade, he
stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Shabbat, and
persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
So we see that he worked on the other days as a tentmaker...but on the
Shabbat He was not. And here again we see that both Jews and Greeks
are in the synagogue and on the Shabbat. Paul also is among them
attending the Shabbat services. The interesting thing about this verse
is that instead of the scripture saying that they attended only one or
three Shabbat services, it says that he was there every Shabbat
persuading both Jews and Greeks. Again, the seventh day is called "the
Shabbat" in this passage so we know that we can at least count one.
Let's do that..
Seventh day - 7 First day - 0
Now if Paul was in Corinth and was reasoning in the synagogue every
Shabbat, if we could find out how long he stayed in Corinth then we
would know how many Shabbats he actually attended. Let's look
furthur..
Acts 18:5 (NKJV) When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul
was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Yahshua
[is] the Messiah. 6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook
[his] garments and said to them, "Your blood [be] upon your [own]
heads; I [am] clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." 7 And he
departed from there and entered the house of a certain [man] named
Justus, [one] who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the
synagogue. 8 Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the
Master with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing,
believed and were baptized. 9 Now the Master spoke to Paul in the
night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep
silent; 10 "for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you;
for I have many people in this city." 11 And he continued [there] a
year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
A year and six months! Finally the ruler of the synagogue was
converted to Yahshua and Paul was there a year and six months! So the
scripture says that Paul was there every Shabbat and that he was there
for a year and six months. If we counted this by our present calendar
that would give us 52 Shabbats in a year plus 26 Shabbats in the
following six months which gives us a total of 78 Shabbats! Now lets
add this to our present total:
Seventh Day - 84 First day - 0
So we can see that the disciples observed the Shabbat and attended a
Shabbat service 84 times in the book of acts alone! Again, the seventh
day is called "the Shabbat" in this passage.
Now how many times do we see them meeting together on the first day?
Some would cite one example in Acts 20. Let's examine the text...
Acts 20:6 (NKJV) But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of
Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we
stayed seven days. Acts 20:7 Now on the first [day] of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the
next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.
Here we see an example of the disciples gathering together on the
first day of the week. There is no mention of a Shabbat being observed
in this verse. Nowhere is this day called "The Shabbat". In fact, we
know that Paul was ready to depart the next day. According to verse 7,
Paul spoke to them a message because for this very reason.
Now some would say that coming together to 'break bread' consitutes a
meeting that includes the observance of partaking in Yahshua's body.
But this is not true...consider this verse:
Acts 2:44 (NKJV) Now all who believed were together, and had all
things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided
them among all, as anyone had need. 46 So continuing daily with one
accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate
their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising Yahweh
and having favor with all the people. And Yahweh added to the assembly
daily those who were being saved.
According to this scripture, breaking bread was not an uncommon thing
to do on a daily basis. It was one of the customs in those days to eat
their 'daily bread'. Even in Yahshua's prayer He said "Give us this
day our daily bread".
So we cannot confirm that this scripture in Acts 20 is a Shabbat day
observance. Some will hang onto this one verse so that they don't have
to forsake tradition and keep the true Shabbat. You can search the
scriptures from Genesis to Revelations and you will not find a single
verse that says His Shabbat was changed to a different day. There is
not a single verse that tells us that the Ten Commandments are not to
be kept. And there is not a single verse that prophesied either of
these two events occuring! In fact, the scriptures declare the seventh
day to be the Shabbat in the Law, in the words of the prophets, in the
writings about Yahshua and in the acts of the apostles as well as in
the scriptures that speak of Yahweh's kingdom. Therefore that final
tally will remain at:
Seventh Day - 84 | First day - 0
There is also evidence that the early disciples kept the Shabbat on
the true day:
"The primitive Christians did keep the Shabbat of the
Jews;..therefore the Christians for a long time together, did keep
their conventions on the Shabbat, in which some portion of the Law
were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council."
The Whole Works of Jeremey Taylor, Vol. IX, p416 (R. Heber's Edition,
Vol.XII, p.416)
"The ancient Christians were very careful in the observation of
Saturday, or the seventh day..It is plain that all the Oriental
churches, and the greatest part of the world, observed the Shabbat as
a festival..Athanasius likewise tells us that they held religious
assemblies on the Shabbat, not because they were infected with
Judaism, but to worship [Yahshua], the [Master] of the Shabbat,
Epiphanius says the same." Antiquities of the Christian Church, Vol.
II, Book XX, chap. 3, Sec. 1, 66.1137, 1138
"Ambrose, the celebrated bishop of Milan, said that when he was in
Milan he observed Saturday, but when in Rome observed Sunday. This
gave rise to the proverb 'When you are in Rome, do as Rome does,' "
Heylyn, The History of the Shabbat, 1613
Constantine later enforced keeping a Shabbat on the first day of the
week. In honor to the sun?
The text of Constantine's Sunday Law of 321 A.D. is:
"One the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people
residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the
country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully
continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is
not suitable for gain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the
proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be
lost."
Seems to me that it wasn't Yahweh's Shabbat which forbids any kind of
work at all on His day!
Later, those who observed the Shabbat were persecuted and killed by
the Catholic church:
When the Jesuit St. Francis Xavier arrived in India he immediately
requested to the pope to set up the Inquisition there.
"The Jewish wickedness" of which Xavier complained was evidently the
Sabbah-keeping among those native Christians as we shall see in our
next quotation. When one of these Shabbat-keeping Christians was taken
by the Inquisition he was accussed of having *Judaized*; which means
having conformed to the ceremonies of the Mosaic Law; such as not
eating pork, hare, fish without scales, of having attended the
solemnisation of the Shabbat." Account of the Inquisition at Goa,
Dellon, p.56. London, 1815
"Of an hundred persons condemned to be burnt as Jews, there are
scarcely four who profess that faith at their death; the rest
exclaiming and protesting to their last gasp that they are
Christians, and have been so during their whole lives." Ibid p.64
Today, some of the leading baptists even have admitted that the
sunday Shabbat isn't in the scriptures:
"There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Shabbat day, but that
Shabbat day was not on Sunday...It wiill be said, however, and with
some show of truimph, that the Shabbat was transferred from the
seventh to the first day of the week....where can the record of such a
transaction be found? Not in the New Testament. Of course, I quite
well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as
a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other
sources. But what a pity that it comes branded with the mark of
paganism, and christened with the name of a sun god, when adopted and
sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to
protestantism!" Dr. Edward Hiscox, author of The Baptist Manual
Amazing....
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How should we keep the Shabbat?
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Those who think that since we are in Yahshua, everyday is the Shabbat
would think twice if they knew that if this were the case, then they
would never be permitted to work or do anything having to do with our
own pleasures on the Shabbat. There are many blessings attached to
keeping the Shabbat day holy. So lets find out what it means to keep
this day Holy:
Deut 5:13 (NKJV) Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but
the seventh day [is] the Shabbat of Yahweh your Elohim. [In] [it] you
shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male
servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor
any of your cattle, nor your stranger who [is] within your gates, that
your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
So not only are we to rest, but those who work for us are to rest
also. If we own a business, it is not acceptable to have all the
employees working while we enjoy a restful Shabbat day. This
commandment also includes anyone who we temporarily hire to work for
us. For instance, when we go to restaurants we are hiring the cook and
the waiter and the person who rings up the bill as a servant to work
for us. Also anytime we purchase anything on the Shabbat such as
groceries and other merchandise we are hiring others to stock the
shelves, clean up and ring up the bill for us because we are paying
for their service when we purchase the items. Nehemiah rebukes buying
and selling quite sharply in this scripture:
Nehe 13:15 (NKJV) In those days I saw [people] in Judah treading wine
presses on the Shabbat, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys
with wine, grapes, figs, and all [kinds] [of] burdens, which they
brought into Jerusalem on the Shabbat day. And I warned [them] about
the day on which they were selling provisions. 16 Men of Tyre dwelt
there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold
[them] on the Shabbat to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, "What
evil thing [is] this that you do, by which you profane the Shabbat
day? 18 "Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our Elohim bring
all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on
Israel by profaning the Shabbat."
So buying and selling is clearly forbidden on the Shabbat. Going to
restaurants and shopping malls and grocery stores is no way to keep
the Shabbat holy. The Shabbat is a day of rest and prayer and worship.
Not a day for doing our own pleasures:
Isai 58:13 "If you turn away your foot from the Shabbat, [From] doing
your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Shabbat a delight, The holy
[day] of Yahweh honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own
ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking [your] [own] words,
14 Then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; And I will cause you to
ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of
Jacob your father. The mouth of Yahweh has spoken."
So keeping the Shabbat day holy not only means that we aren't to buy
or sell, but also means that we are to refrain from our own pleasures
such as sporting events, television, movies, etc. Also we are not even
to speak our own words! Even our speech should be about Yahweh and His
word. I assure you, if we keep the Shabbat day in this manner it will
be much easier keeping Yahweh's commandments because we have one day
each week to refresh ourselves spiritually. It is a day that we can
look forward to during the week that we can fully refresh ourselves
both physically and spiritually. Yahweh never made our bodies to
withstand constant labor day after day. It is no wonder that so many
people we meet are so tired all of the time. And it is no wonder that
people often fall away
Cooking and Preparation day.
When Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, he re-
instituted the Shabbat day. No doubt that the Egyptians expected them
to work seven days a week. Here is Moses telling the children of
Israel what they should do in preperation for the Shabbat:
Exod 16:23 (NKJV) Then he said to them, "This [is] [what] Yahweh has
said: `Tomorrow [is] a Shabbat rest, a holy Shabbat to Yahweh. Bake
what you will bake [today], and boil what you will boil; and lay up
for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' "
On preparation day, we should prepare our food that will be eaten on
the Shabbat so that we will not have to cook or prepare it on the
Shabbat. There are many variations of how to do this which will not be
discussed in this study. I encourage all who want to know more to
either email me or study it out for themselves.
What is permitted on the Shabbat?
Now there are some things that are always okay to do on the Shabbat
that the Scribes and Pharisees in Yahshua's day would think forbidden:
John 5:10 (NKJV) The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is
the Shabbat; it is not lawful for you to carry [your] bed."
Luke 13:14 (NKJV) But the ruler of the synagogue answered with
indignation, because Yahshua had healed on the Shabbat; and he said to
the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore
come and be healed on them, and not on the Shabbat day."
Luke 6:7 (NKJV) So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely,
whether He would heal on the Shabbat, that they might find an
accusation against Him.
Luke 6:1 (NKJV) Now it happened on the second Shabbat after the first
that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the
heads of grain and ate [them], rubbing [them] in [their] hands. 2 And
some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not
lawful to do on the Shabbat?"
Note that in the above verses that the issue was not whether or not to
keep the Shabbat but rather how the Shabbat should be kept! Let's look
at Yahshua's response to these accusations:
Healing on the Shabbat:
Luke 13:15 (NKJV) The Master then answered him and said, "Hypocrite!
Does not each one of you on the Shabbat loose his ox or donkey from
the stall, and lead [it] away to water it? 16 "So ought not this
woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound--think of it-
-for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Shabbat?"
Luke 14:5 (NKJV) Then He answered them, saying, "Which of you, having
a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately
pull him out on the Shabbat day?" 6 And they could not answer Him
regarding these things.
John 5:16 (NKJV) For this reason the Jews persecuted Yahshua, and
sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Shabbat.
17 But Yahshua answered them, "My Father has been working until now,
and I have been working."
Mark 2:27 (NKJV) And He said to them, "The Shabbat was made for man,
and not man for the Shabbat.
John 7:22 (NKJV) "Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it
is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the
Shabbat. 23 "If a man receives circumcision on the Shabbat, so that
the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I
made a man completely well on the Shabbat?
Also take into consideration that the Levites sacrificed animals on
the Shabbat day and therefore had to work. This is Yahshua's answer to
them when the disciples began to pluck grain to eat on the Shabbat:
Matt 12:3 (NKJV) But He said to them, "Have you not read what David
did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 "how he
entered the house of Yahweh and ate the showbread which was not lawful
for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the
priests ? 5 "Or have you not read in the law that on the Shabbat the
priests in the temple profane the Shabbat , and are blameless? 6 "Yet
I say to you that in this place there is [One] greater than the
temple. 7 "But if you had known what [this] means, `I desire mercy and
not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless
Yahweh expects us to keep the Shabbat day holy. But it is always ok to
do good on the Shabbat day and clearly Yahshua and the disciples did
not have time to prepare for the Shabbat because they were doing
Yahweh's work. So if we have to do a little work on the Shabbat or
cause another to do a little work on the Shabbat for Yahweh's purpose
then this is not breaking the Shabbat. Of course one could take this
to the extreme as well and say that it is impossible for them to
refrain from going to work on the Shabbat or they would be fired and
then not have any food. This is ridiculous. Yahweh will provide for
us. We needn't be concerned about our food if we are obeying His
Shabbat.
So, in summary we can see that Yahweh wants us to keep His Shabbat
Holy by not working, buying, selling, causing others to work for us,
speaking idle or vain words or doing our own pleasures on the Shabbat.
There are only exceptions if we are fulfilling Yahweh's purpose for
something. And this I leave to one's own heart for only Yahweh knows
our heart. To add a bunch of laws to try and apply to specific
situations is legalism. And this is what the scribes and pharisees
were practicing. Yahshua clearly taught against that.
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Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions About Sunday
Otherwise Known As:
What's Wrong With This Picture?
The Founders of Catholicism and Her Daughters
The Protestant Christian "denominations'
Have Always Acknowledged Yahweh's True Shabbat.
So Why Do The Shepherds Within These Groups
Ignore Their Own Founders Teachings in this Regard?!
- Examples -
Baptist: Sunday Sabbath not in the scriptures
"There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that
Sabbath day was not on Sunday...It will be said, however, and with
some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the
seventh to the first day of the week....where can the record of such a
transaction be found? Not in the New Testament. Of course, I quite
well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as
a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other
sources. But what a pity that it comes branded with the mark of
paganism, and christened with the name of a sun god, when adopted and
sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to
Protestantism!" Dr. Edward Hiscox, author of The Baptist Manual
"There was never any formal or authoritative change from the Jewish
seventh day Sabbath to the Christian first day observance" William
Owen Carver, The Lord's Day in One Day p.49
Roman Catholic: No such law in the bible
"Nowhere in the bible do we find that [Yahshua] or the apostles
ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have
the commandment of [Yahweh] given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath
day, that is, the seventh day of the week, Saturday. Today, most
Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the
[Roman] church outside the bible." Catholic Virginian, Oct. 3, 1947
Question: "Have you not any other way of proving that the Church has
power to institute festivals of precept?" Answer: "Had she not such
power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists
agree with her - she could not have substituted the observance of
Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the
seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority"
Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed. p. 174
Some theologians have held that G-d likewise directly determined the
Sunday as the day of worship in the NEW LAW, that he himself has
explicitly substituted sunday for the Sabbath. But this theory is
entirely abandoned. It is now commonly held that G-d simply gave His
church the power to set aside whatever day or days she would deem
suitable as holy days. The church chose sunday, the first day of the
week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days." John
Laux A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies
1936, vol. 1 p. 51
Anglican/Episcopal: The Catholics changed it
"We have made the change from the seventh day to the first day, from
Saturday to Sunday, on the authority of the one holy Catholic Church"
Bishop Seymour Why We Keep Sunday
Lutheran: They err in teaching Sunday Sabbath
But they err in teaching that Sunday has taken the place of the Old
Testament Sabbath and therefore must be kept as the seventh day had to
be kept by the children of Israel.....These churches err in their
teaching, for scripture has in no way ordained the first day of the
week in place of the Sabbath. There is simply no law in the New
Testament to that effect" John Theodore Mueller, Sabbath or Sunday,
pp.15, 16
"We have seen how gradually the impression of the Jewish Sabbath faded
from the mind of the Christian church, and how completely the newer
thought underlying the observance of the first day too possession of
the church. We have seen that the Christian of the first three
centuries never confused one with the other, but for a time celebrated
both." The Sunday Problem, a study book by the Lutheran Church (1923)
p.36
"They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath Day, as having been
changed into the L-rd's Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it seems.
Neither is there any example whereof they make more than concerning
the changing of the Sabbath Day. Great, say they, is the power of the
Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten commandments!"
Augsburg Confession of Faith, art. 28;written by Melanchthon and
approved by Martin Luther, 1530; as published in The Book of Concord
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Jacobs, editor (1911), p.63
Presbyterian: Sunday kept the Gentiles happy
"Sunday being the first day of which the Gentiles solemnly adored that
planet and called it Sunday, partly from its influence on that day
especially, and partly in respect to its divine body (as they
conceived it) the Christians thought fit to keep the same day and the
same name of it, that they might not appear carelessly peevish, and by
that means hinder the conversion of the Gentiles, and bring a greater
prejudice that might be otherwise taken against the gospel" T.M.
Morer, Dialogues on the L-rd's Day
Moody Bible Institute: "Sabbath was before Sinai"
"The Sabbath was binding in Eden, and it has been in force ever
since. This Fourth Commandment begins with the word 'remember,'
showing that the Sabbath had already existed when [Yahweh] wrote the
law on the tables of stone at Sinai. How can men claim that this one
commandment has been done away with when they admit that the other
nine are still binding? D.L. Moody, Weighed and Wanting, p.47
Methodist: Yahshua did not abolish the moral law
The moral law contained in the Ten Commandments, and enforced by the
prophets, He [Yahshua] did not take away. It was not the design of His
coming to revoke any part of this. This is a law which can never be
broken...Every part of this law must remaining force upon all mankind
and in all ages; as not depending either on time or place, or any
other circumstances liable to change, but on the nature of man, and
their unchangeable relation to each other." John Wesley, Sermons on
Several Occasions, Vol.1, No. 25
"Take the matter of Sunday. There are indications in the new
testament as to how the church came to keep the first day of the week
as its day of worship, but there is no passage telling Christians to
keep that day or to transfer the Jewish Sabbath to that day." Harris
Franklin Rall, Christian Advocate July 2, 1942 pg. 26
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Recapping the Facts
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There is no biblical command, example or even inference that the
Shabbat day has been abolished or changed to the first day of the
week. Following Yahshua's death, the Shabbat was observed by His
followers. The first day of the week (beginning Saturday at sunset)
they came to the tomb to anoint His body. But they found His tomb
empty. At His first appearance since His resurrection, Yahshua found
His disciples behind locked dorrs because they were afraid of the
Jews. This was not to celebrate the resurrection. They did not believe
that He had risen! It was the earliest opportunity He had to go and
prove to the disciples that He was not dead, but living.
No scripture concerning the first day of the week gives authority to
replace Shabbat worship with Sunday observance. Whether these eight
New Testament passages even refer to Sunday is not entirely clear. In
each of the verses, the word day appears in Italics or parentheses in
the King James and New King James. That means that the word day did
not exist int he original manuscripts. It was assumed by translators
who brought the Greek into English.
To say that the Shabbat has been changed to the first day of the week
is to say that the Ten commandments are no longer necessary to keep.
For one of the commandments is:
Exod 20:9 (NKJV) Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but
the seventh day [is] the Shabbat of Yahweh your Elohim.
It is the day that He sanctified at Creation:
Gene 2:2 (NKJV) And on the seventh day Elohim ended His work which He
had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He
had done. 3 Then Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,
because in it He rested from all His work which Elohim had created and
made
The Ten commandments were written in stone by Yahweh's own finger.
Reve 11:19 (NKJV) Then the temple of Yahweh was opened in heaven, and
the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were
lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.
Do you suppose that the 4th commandment is cut out of the Ten
Commandments in this ark? Or do you suppose that the 4th commandment
has the entire section about Him resting on the 7th day scratched out?
All of the Ten Commandments were written in stone to signify that it
is forever.
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