Let’s talk about a very important law of Yahuwah’s that most Christians fail to keep, even though it’s one of the Ten Commandments. It is the fourth commandment:
Exodus 20:8-12 - King James Version
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuwah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (made it holy)
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Christians make up the most ridiculous excuses for violating this commandment. They’ll claim that:
1. ‘Jesus’ is their Sabbath now and they rest in Him, and has replaced the 4th commandment and made it spiritual instead of a day to rest, and there are only 9 instead of 10 commandments now,
2. or that everyday is the Sabbath, which is really stupid because the commandment is to work for 6 days and rest on the 7th day, so if it were EVERYDAY, WHEN would we get any work done?!
3. or that it was changed to Sunday because they believe Sunday is ‘the Lord’s Day’, explaining that He rose from the dead on that day so now it’s the Lord’s Day and replaces the Sabbath, even though the Bible says He is the Lord of the Sabbath, making it obvious that the Sabbath is ‘the Lord’s Day’.
The 7th day Sabbath is a sign between Yahuwah and His people (believers) to show others that He is our Father and we are His people. The main thing about it is that we refrain from doing any work from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday, and devote the day to Him rather than our earthly responsibilities and pleasures. It’s a day of rest, feasting and worship. And He says in Exodus 31 that those who refuse to honor it are worthy of death and are cut off from His people!
Exodus 31:13-14 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
That shows you how important His Sabbath is to Him, yet most Christians forget about it and defile it every week because they insist that after our Messiah rose from the dead, that the law was done away with, including the Sabbath.
I will address a few verses here in the New Testament that many mistakenly insist show that the law was done away with, and more of them on the page about keeping Yahuwah’s law.
Here is one of them. I’m specifically referring to verses 16 and 17 but included 14 and 15 to make a point.
Colossians 2:14-17 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body (is) of Yahushuwa ha Mashiach. (‘is’ is not in the original text!)
In this verse Paul is actually saying the opposite of what most Christians are taught to believe. They think it justifies celebrating pagan holidays and eating unclean meats (16-17), etc., and for not keeping Yahuwah’s feast days, and not to let believers judge you for that. But this was for new converts who came out of the cult called the Essenes, telling them to not let those cult leaders judge them for keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbaths, feast days, and dietary instructions, and only allow the body of Mashiach to judge concerning these things. (Believers are allowed to judge among each other to help each other make sure they’re doing things right.)
Although the Essenes observed the Law, they shunned Temple worship and kept to themselves, deliberately lived in poverty, many were celibate. They didn’t believe in resurrected bodies. Some groups of them didn’t believe in eating meat. When groups of them got born-again, their people were judging the new converts for the way they kept the Law in Leviticus, because it wasn’t the way their sect did it. The new converts obeyed the laws in Leviticus – the Essenes obeyed some of them but had their own rules that did not fit with Yahuwah’s rules. Even verse 14 shows us that it is referring to man-made laws, NOT Yahuwah’s laws, as the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ there is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’
More of this Scripture shows it is referring to man-made dogma, not Yahuwah’s laws:
Colossians 2:20-22 King James Version
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
You have to know about the history and customs of this period to figure this out, and unfortunately, the translators didn’t bother to put the explanation in there – not even in the footnotes! So, for hundreds of years, it gets taken out of context and used to justify doing the wrong things.
Yahuwah and Paul never called the pagan days ‘holydays’ – only ‘Yahuwah’s feast days are called ‘holydays’, and Yahuwah’s people are instructed to watch for when the ‘new moon’ comes each month, as each month on the Hebrew calendar starts on the new moon. When the people came out of these cult movements and started obeying Yahuwah’s instructions, the Essenes started harassing them for it, and Paul was telling them not to accept judgment for that.
In this verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s laws (I mentioned it a bit earlier),
Colossians 2:14 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
…the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ here is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’ Yahuwah’s laws are not against us and they’re certainly not nailed to the cross! Man-made religious laws that were added to Yahuwah’s law are. Look at the following verses. They make it obvious that Yahuwah’s law is for us and not against us!
Psalm 19:7-8 King James Version
7 The law of Yahuwah is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Yahuwah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of Yahuwah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahuwah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 119:1 King James Version
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of Yahuwah.
Romans 7:12 King James Version
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:22 King James Version
22 For I delight in the law of Yahuwah after the inward man.
Proverbs 29:18 King James Version
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
It is the man-made dogma or laws that are against us. Some of the Jewish leaders made their own laws to add to Yahuwah’s laws, and they were harmful to the believers. One of their laws kept new converts from going into the temple to hear the Torah (teachings/law) to learn how to live for Yahuwah.
Here is another verse similar to Colossians 2:14 that mentions the ‘ordinances’ again, and is also referring to man-made dogma or laws, which included a wall that the Jewish leaders (the Sanhedrin) made around the outer court to keep the gentiles from entering the temple.
Ephesians 2:11-15 King James Version
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (uncircumcision was a term used for the Gentiles, and circumcision was a term used to refer to the Israelites.)
12 That at that time ye were without Yahushuwa, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahuwah in the world:
13 But now in Mashiach Yahushuwa ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Yahushuwa.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
So again, that is a verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s law, when it doesn’t mean that at all. It was the man-made dogma, commandments, ordinances, that He abolished in His flesh, not Yahuwah’s laws. People actually believed they had to keep those man-made laws, and many today still do, but Yahushuwah did not promote that idea.
Another thing that He freed us from is enslavement to sin. Sin is bondage and controlled us. His grace gives us the supernatural power to overcome the urge to sin, so we are no longer slaves to sin, and can be forgiven for the ones we do slip up and commit, when we repent, and therefore be free from the law of sin and death, which is “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 8:2).
Romans 8:2 King James Version
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Mashiach Yahushuwa hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
It would be understandable to think that the law of sin and death was nailed to the cross. However, if we deliberately live in sin (transgress His laws), then we place ourselves back under the law of sin and death, because un-repented sin is punishable by death (separation from Yahuwah, in the lake of fire).
Hebrews 10:26-27 - King James Version
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Instead of having to die for our sins, we can repent of them, and be forgiven because of our Messiah dying for our sins, taking our place, so yes, He freed us from the law of sin and death. We do have to repent though – this is not a ticket to heaven if we continue to sin and refuse to repent. Anytime we realize that we have sinned, we should run to our Father and admit our sin and ask His forgiveness, and don’t run out and do that sin again! But if we do it again, don’t feel too guilty to repent again – He is very merciful and quick to forgive!
1 John 2:1 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa ha Mashiach the righteous:
Grace doesn’t cover willful unrepented repeated sin. It empowers us to stop the sinning, to stop letting sin control or enslave us.
Romans 6:6 King James Version
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. (We would no longer be enslaved to sin.)
Romans 6:17-18 King James Version
17 But Yahuwah be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 14 (below), is also used by Christians to support not following the dietary laws or holy days including the Sabbath. Their understanding of this chapter tends to be “People who keep the Sabbath and eat kosher are weak in faith, but the strong in faith treat every day alike and eat anything.” It’s understandable if you just have this one chapter and not the rest of the Scriptures which say the opposite, but it is far from the truth.
Romans 14 King James Version
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. (Paul does not mean literally ALL THINGS – it is about vegetarianism versus eating meat.)
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for Yahuwah hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for Yahuwah is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto Yahuwah; and he that regardeth not the day, to Yahuwah he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to Yahuwah, for he giveth Yahuwah thanks; and he that eateth not, to Yahuwah he eateth not, and giveth Yahuwah thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto Yahuwah; and whether we die, we die unto Yahuwah: whether we live therefore, or die, we are Yahuwah.
9 For to this end Yahushuwa both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Yahushuwa.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith Yahushuwa, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to Yahuwah.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to Yahuwah.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by Mashiach Yahushuwa, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (Here it’s talking about meat that may have been offered to idols before being sold in the market – that it’s not unclean.)
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Mashiach died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of Yahuwah is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Mashiach is acceptable to Yahuwah, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of Yahuwah. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before Yahuwah. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Below is a verse where many mistakenly believe Yahushuwa broke the Sabbath. According to the Pharisees He broke it, because He broke their man-made additions to the law. But He is Lord of the Sabbath, the Creator who created the Sabbath, and everything He did on the Sabbath was lawful. In this verse, He helps us better understand what is in fact lawful to do on the Sabbath!
John 5:1-19 King James Version
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Yahushuwa went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Yahushuwa saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Yahushuwa saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Yahushuwa, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Yahushuwa answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that Yahuwah was his Father, making himself equal with Yahuwah.
19 Then answered Yahushuwa and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
For one thing, the type of ‘work’ He did on this Sabbath was to heal someone, showing us that it is alright to heal someone on the Sabbath. The word work in this verse also refers to ministerial work, and to doing ‘good’. Matthew 12:12 says it is good to do good on the Sabbath. The man who was healed had his bed with him, so it was okay for him to carry it back home. The Pharisees did not think so, but Yahushuwa lets us know it was okay, since He’s the one who told him to do it. Thirdly, He let them (and us) know that He is equal with Yahuwah. He and Yahuwah are one God, as He is Yahuwah who came in the flesh. And fourthly, He let them know that if He was ‘breaking’ the Sabbath law, then Yahuwah our Creator was breaking the Sabbath law, and they all knew that Yahuwah does NOT break any of His laws.
Daniel 7:25 King James Version
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 7:25 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years].
If you look up these verses and read the before and afters, to see the context, you will see that it’s the anti-Messiah people who change days and times – and when you look at history, you see that it’s the Catholic church that’s been changing days and times – so do you see a connection there? We believe the Catholic church is the great mother harlot church. Keepers of the 7th day Sabbath were burned at the stake for refusing to honor Sunday instead.
Are you worn out yet – tired of following the lies of the anti-Messiah? Are you ready to start obeying Yahuwah’s commandments/laws and following His instructions instead of those of the lying scribes, the Pharisees, the Catholics, the others who sought to change days and times and laws – the lawless ones?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - King James Version
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Yahuwah, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of Yahuwah may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
As I said before, this was written by Paul in about 60 A.D., and he was referring to the Old Testament being used for all these things. There was no New Testament yet. It didn’t go into print until about 96 A.D. when John was on the Ilse of Patmos!
I believe that those who do not even try to refrain from work on the Sabbath (like try very much to adjust their hours at work or even find another job if it’s possible to get the Sabbath off), or to keep the other obvious commandments, will not go in the rapture (which is at the end of the tribulation), and maybe not even to heaven. Why do I say this? Because the Sabbath is one of the first holy days to be instituted, during creation, and is one of the Ten Commandments, and is the one that is a sign showing that we are Yahuwah’s people, and one that He says we’re worthy of death if we don’t keep it, and are cut off from His people if we don’t keep it. How would someone who is cut off from His people go in a rapture with His people? How would someone who is worthy of death get to have eternal life?
If a person tries but is unable to get the Sabbath off at their job, they could change over to a simpler and less expensive lifestyle and home, and then get a lesser paying job that will accommodate the Sabbath. They could sell their fancy expensive toys, get a smaller home, a used car instead of a new one, eat hamburger and chicken thighs more often instead of steak, eat out less often and go to a buffet instead of an expensive restaurant when they do, stop buying designer clothing or a pair of shoes for each outfit, wear some used clothing instead of new everything. Get my point oh spoiled people?
Luke 9:23 - King James Version
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
There are mansions and riches waiting for us in heaven. How about ‘be patient’!
1 John 3:4 King James Version
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Think about it – sin is transgression of the law (refusing to obey the law). The Sabbath is part of the law, and a very important and basic part of it. If we don’t keep the Sabbath day holy, by not working on that day and following His instructions for that day, then we are living in sin. Sinners cannot go to heaven. It’s only after they repent of sin and are cleansed by His blood that they are considered righteous and worthy of living in His presence. If we willfully sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth then He’s going to judge us (Hebrews 10:26-27). Our Mashiach is coming back for a bride without spot or wrinkle. (Ephesians 5:27) One living in sin doesn’t qualify as His bride.
Most Christians do not keep the 7th day Sabbath (nor many other of His laws that apply to them), even after you explain to them about it, and therefore are living in sin. Eating bacon, pork chops, ham, lobster, shrimp, crab, catfish, cats, dogs, worms, snakes, etc., is all sin. Celebrating pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter, and attributing them to Yahushuwa is sin. He says He won’t share His glory. Most Christians refuse to stop these sins even after it is explained to them and they are shown the Scriptures.
Isaiah 42:8 King James Version
8 I am Yahuwah: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Refusing to honor His holy days, feast days, is sin because He tells us to honor them.
Do you want to go to heaven? Or do you want to go to hell? It’s your choice!
Exodus 20:8-12 - King James Version
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuwah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (made it holy)
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Christians make up the most ridiculous excuses for violating this commandment. They’ll claim that:
1. ‘Jesus’ is their Sabbath now and they rest in Him, and has replaced the 4th commandment and made it spiritual instead of a day to rest, and there are only 9 instead of 10 commandments now,
2. or that everyday is the Sabbath, which is really stupid because the commandment is to work for 6 days and rest on the 7th day, so if it were EVERYDAY, WHEN would we get any work done?!
3. or that it was changed to Sunday because they believe Sunday is ‘the Lord’s Day’, explaining that He rose from the dead on that day so now it’s the Lord’s Day and replaces the Sabbath, even though the Bible says He is the Lord of the Sabbath, making it obvious that the Sabbath is ‘the Lord’s Day’.
The 7th day Sabbath is a sign between Yahuwah and His people (believers) to show others that He is our Father and we are His people. The main thing about it is that we refrain from doing any work from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday, and devote the day to Him rather than our earthly responsibilities and pleasures. It’s a day of rest, feasting and worship. And He says in Exodus 31 that those who refuse to honor it are worthy of death and are cut off from His people!
Exodus 31:13-14 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
That shows you how important His Sabbath is to Him, yet most Christians forget about it and defile it every week because they insist that after our Messiah rose from the dead, that the law was done away with, including the Sabbath.
I will address a few verses here in the New Testament that many mistakenly insist show that the law was done away with, and more of them on the page about keeping Yahuwah’s law.
Here is one of them. I’m specifically referring to verses 16 and 17 but included 14 and 15 to make a point.
Colossians 2:14-17 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body (is) of Yahushuwa ha Mashiach. (‘is’ is not in the original text!)
In this verse Paul is actually saying the opposite of what most Christians are taught to believe. They think it justifies celebrating pagan holidays and eating unclean meats (16-17), etc., and for not keeping Yahuwah’s feast days, and not to let believers judge you for that. But this was for new converts who came out of the cult called the Essenes, telling them to not let those cult leaders judge them for keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbaths, feast days, and dietary instructions, and only allow the body of Mashiach to judge concerning these things. (Believers are allowed to judge among each other to help each other make sure they’re doing things right.)
Although the Essenes observed the Law, they shunned Temple worship and kept to themselves, deliberately lived in poverty, many were celibate. They didn’t believe in resurrected bodies. Some groups of them didn’t believe in eating meat. When groups of them got born-again, their people were judging the new converts for the way they kept the Law in Leviticus, because it wasn’t the way their sect did it. The new converts obeyed the laws in Leviticus – the Essenes obeyed some of them but had their own rules that did not fit with Yahuwah’s rules. Even verse 14 shows us that it is referring to man-made laws, NOT Yahuwah’s laws, as the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ there is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’
More of this Scripture shows it is referring to man-made dogma, not Yahuwah’s laws:
Colossians 2:20-22 King James Version
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
You have to know about the history and customs of this period to figure this out, and unfortunately, the translators didn’t bother to put the explanation in there – not even in the footnotes! So, for hundreds of years, it gets taken out of context and used to justify doing the wrong things.
Yahuwah and Paul never called the pagan days ‘holydays’ – only ‘Yahuwah’s feast days are called ‘holydays’, and Yahuwah’s people are instructed to watch for when the ‘new moon’ comes each month, as each month on the Hebrew calendar starts on the new moon. When the people came out of these cult movements and started obeying Yahuwah’s instructions, the Essenes started harassing them for it, and Paul was telling them not to accept judgment for that.
In this verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s laws (I mentioned it a bit earlier),
Colossians 2:14 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
…the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ here is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’ Yahuwah’s laws are not against us and they’re certainly not nailed to the cross! Man-made religious laws that were added to Yahuwah’s law are. Look at the following verses. They make it obvious that Yahuwah’s law is for us and not against us!
Psalm 19:7-8 King James Version
7 The law of Yahuwah is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Yahuwah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of Yahuwah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahuwah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 119:1 King James Version
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of Yahuwah.
Romans 7:12 King James Version
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Romans 7:22 King James Version
22 For I delight in the law of Yahuwah after the inward man.
Proverbs 29:18 King James Version
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
It is the man-made dogma or laws that are against us. Some of the Jewish leaders made their own laws to add to Yahuwah’s laws, and they were harmful to the believers. One of their laws kept new converts from going into the temple to hear the Torah (teachings/law) to learn how to live for Yahuwah.
Here is another verse similar to Colossians 2:14 that mentions the ‘ordinances’ again, and is also referring to man-made dogma or laws, which included a wall that the Jewish leaders (the Sanhedrin) made around the outer court to keep the gentiles from entering the temple.
Ephesians 2:11-15 King James Version
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (uncircumcision was a term used for the Gentiles, and circumcision was a term used to refer to the Israelites.)
12 That at that time ye were without Yahushuwa, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahuwah in the world:
13 But now in Mashiach Yahushuwa ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Yahushuwa.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
So again, that is a verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s law, when it doesn’t mean that at all. It was the man-made dogma, commandments, ordinances, that He abolished in His flesh, not Yahuwah’s laws. People actually believed they had to keep those man-made laws, and many today still do, but Yahushuwah did not promote that idea.
Another thing that He freed us from is enslavement to sin. Sin is bondage and controlled us. His grace gives us the supernatural power to overcome the urge to sin, so we are no longer slaves to sin, and can be forgiven for the ones we do slip up and commit, when we repent, and therefore be free from the law of sin and death, which is “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 8:2).
Romans 8:2 King James Version
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Mashiach Yahushuwa hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
It would be understandable to think that the law of sin and death was nailed to the cross. However, if we deliberately live in sin (transgress His laws), then we place ourselves back under the law of sin and death, because un-repented sin is punishable by death (separation from Yahuwah, in the lake of fire).
Hebrews 10:26-27 - King James Version
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Instead of having to die for our sins, we can repent of them, and be forgiven because of our Messiah dying for our sins, taking our place, so yes, He freed us from the law of sin and death. We do have to repent though – this is not a ticket to heaven if we continue to sin and refuse to repent. Anytime we realize that we have sinned, we should run to our Father and admit our sin and ask His forgiveness, and don’t run out and do that sin again! But if we do it again, don’t feel too guilty to repent again – He is very merciful and quick to forgive!
1 John 2:1 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa ha Mashiach the righteous:
Grace doesn’t cover willful unrepented repeated sin. It empowers us to stop the sinning, to stop letting sin control or enslave us.
Romans 6:6 King James Version
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. (We would no longer be enslaved to sin.)
Romans 6:17-18 King James Version
17 But Yahuwah be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans 14 (below), is also used by Christians to support not following the dietary laws or holy days including the Sabbath. Their understanding of this chapter tends to be “People who keep the Sabbath and eat kosher are weak in faith, but the strong in faith treat every day alike and eat anything.” It’s understandable if you just have this one chapter and not the rest of the Scriptures which say the opposite, but it is far from the truth.
Romans 14 King James Version
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. (Paul does not mean literally ALL THINGS – it is about vegetarianism versus eating meat.)
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for Yahuwah hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for Yahuwah is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto Yahuwah; and he that regardeth not the day, to Yahuwah he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to Yahuwah, for he giveth Yahuwah thanks; and he that eateth not, to Yahuwah he eateth not, and giveth Yahuwah thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto Yahuwah; and whether we die, we die unto Yahuwah: whether we live therefore, or die, we are Yahuwah.
9 For to this end Yahushuwa both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Yahushuwa.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith Yahushuwa, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to Yahuwah.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to Yahuwah.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by Mashiach Yahushuwa, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. (Here it’s talking about meat that may have been offered to idols before being sold in the market – that it’s not unclean.)
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Mashiach died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of Yahuwah is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Mashiach is acceptable to Yahuwah, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of Yahuwah. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before Yahuwah. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Verse 5 where it says “…Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” on the surface sounds like one can ‘will’ away the laws/commandments of Yahuwah, but this is NOT the case. It is talking about vegetarianism and whether to honor certain pagan days or not, and has nothing to do with condoning unclean meats or not honoring Yahuwah’s holy days. Some of these people were fasting meats on certain days of the week, and that is what “one man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike” is referring to! It has nothing to do with Yahuwah’s Sabbaths and feast days! The pagan culture they lived in honored certain pagan gods on certain days, and were even superstitious about doing certain things on certain days. Though the believers were learning to come out of the paganism, a lot of it still influenced them.
Yahushuwa’s teachings which are written in our New Testament are to help us understand better how to properly keep His commandments from the Old Testament, because the Pharisees kept writing their own man-made laws and trying to impose them on the people, and those laws are burdensome and many are ridiculous. Also, the leaders of the cults had man-made laws that they convinced the people to keep.
When Yahushuwa picked grain on the Sabbath and they accused Him of breaking the Sabbath, He was showing us that it is okay to get something to eat on the Sabbath, not starve because the Pharisees related this to harvesting. It’s not like He was out behind a plow harvesting the field, which would be work. The Bible says His commandments are a pleasure to keep. The Pharisees laws were a burden to keep.
Matthew 24:20 King James Version
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
That, my friends, is a future, end-time event being addressed, which shows us the Sabbath law is still in effect when the tribulation begins!
Acts 13:42-44 King James Version
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of Yahuwah.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of Yahuwah.
The above verse in Acts shows us that the Gentiles attended the meetings in the synagogues on the Sabbath to learn the rest of the Torah (instructions, law.)
Acts 17:2 - King James Version
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, (Note – the only Scriptures they had was the law and the prophets – no New Testament – he was teaching the Gentile converts out of the Old Testament!)
Acts 18:4 - King James Version
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Let’s take a quick look at what holiness is all about. (I go more into that topic in the section about holiness.)
Hebrews 12:14 King James Version
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see Yahuwah:
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 King James Version
7 For Yahuwah hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but Yahuwah, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Yahuwah did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but Yahuwah,
Romans 12:1 King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahuwah, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahuwah, which is your reasonable service.
Notice that the next verse says “it is written” – this is referring to the Old Testament. So where is it written? Where does it say “be ye holy, for I am holy” and what is it referring to?
1 Peter 1:14-17 King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
How about here? (my comments are in parentheses):
Leviticus 19:1-3 King James Version
1 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I Yahuwah your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Yahuwah your God. (It’s referring to respecting parents and keeping the Sabbaths!)
Yahushuwa’s teachings which are written in our New Testament are to help us understand better how to properly keep His commandments from the Old Testament, because the Pharisees kept writing their own man-made laws and trying to impose them on the people, and those laws are burdensome and many are ridiculous. Also, the leaders of the cults had man-made laws that they convinced the people to keep.
When Yahushuwa picked grain on the Sabbath and they accused Him of breaking the Sabbath, He was showing us that it is okay to get something to eat on the Sabbath, not starve because the Pharisees related this to harvesting. It’s not like He was out behind a plow harvesting the field, which would be work. The Bible says His commandments are a pleasure to keep. The Pharisees laws were a burden to keep.
Matthew 24:20 King James Version
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
That, my friends, is a future, end-time event being addressed, which shows us the Sabbath law is still in effect when the tribulation begins!
Acts 13:42-44 King James Version
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of Yahuwah.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of Yahuwah.
The above verse in Acts shows us that the Gentiles attended the meetings in the synagogues on the Sabbath to learn the rest of the Torah (instructions, law.)
Acts 17:2 - King James Version
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, (Note – the only Scriptures they had was the law and the prophets – no New Testament – he was teaching the Gentile converts out of the Old Testament!)
Acts 18:4 - King James Version
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Let’s take a quick look at what holiness is all about. (I go more into that topic in the section about holiness.)
Hebrews 12:14 King James Version
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see Yahuwah:
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 King James Version
7 For Yahuwah hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but Yahuwah, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Yahuwah did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but Yahuwah,
Romans 12:1 King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Yahuwah, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Yahuwah, which is your reasonable service.
Notice that the next verse says “it is written” – this is referring to the Old Testament. So where is it written? Where does it say “be ye holy, for I am holy” and what is it referring to?
1 Peter 1:14-17 King James Version
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
How about here? (my comments are in parentheses):
Leviticus 19:1-3 King James Version
1 And Yahuwah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I Yahuwah your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am Yahuwah your God. (It’s referring to respecting parents and keeping the Sabbaths!)
IT STARTS RIGHT OUT WITH THE COMMANDMENT TO KEEP THE SABBATH – IN ORDER TO BE YE HOLY. SABBATH KEEPING IS PART OF BEING HOLY AS YAHUWAH IS HOLY – right after instructing to respect our parents. Then it starts listing other parts of His commandments that we are to keep. You can go read the rest on your own if you want to.
It actually says “throughout your generations.” That means it never ends! I will explain in more detail about the Sabbath shortly, since it’s the one that is a sign that shows that we are Yahuwah’s people. There are also extra Sabbaths that go with the feast days. And by the way, it is in the New Testament as well, and I’ll cover that since many Christians ministers insist it’s not in there and therefore, they insist it’s not still relevant (because they believe the Old Testament was done away with – except for the verses on blessings and money – they will use those for their own gain.)
One former pastor went as far as to tell us there are only nine commandments now, because the Sabbath was done away with! This is complete nonsense! The Ten Commandments are still valid, and so are the rest of the laws, as you are learning.
Every 7th day, sunset Friday to sunset Saturday is Yahuwah’s Sabbath, and we do not work on that day. We try to have a feast (a good meal), and we often sing and/or read the Bible part of that time. We rest on that day, not doing laundry, building, cleaning, etc. The Sabbath is to be devoted to Him, not doing our own pleasure, but concentrating on Him.
It is not a law that people cannot keep. It is pleasant. Make it pleasant for your children – don’t be so staunch that it’s a burden to them. Follow the dietary laws, and that is easy and pleasant. We eat turkey or beef bacon, turkey ham, fake crab meat made from acceptable fish, etc. We don’t worship other gods, falsely accuse our neighbors, commit adultery, have illicit sex, steal, covet other people’s things, kick canes from blind people, remove property markers, and other things that the Bible instructs us to do and to not do. Why is that so hard for so many?
Matthew 5:48 - King James Version
It actually says “throughout your generations.” That means it never ends! I will explain in more detail about the Sabbath shortly, since it’s the one that is a sign that shows that we are Yahuwah’s people. There are also extra Sabbaths that go with the feast days. And by the way, it is in the New Testament as well, and I’ll cover that since many Christians ministers insist it’s not in there and therefore, they insist it’s not still relevant (because they believe the Old Testament was done away with – except for the verses on blessings and money – they will use those for their own gain.)
One former pastor went as far as to tell us there are only nine commandments now, because the Sabbath was done away with! This is complete nonsense! The Ten Commandments are still valid, and so are the rest of the laws, as you are learning.
Every 7th day, sunset Friday to sunset Saturday is Yahuwah’s Sabbath, and we do not work on that day. We try to have a feast (a good meal), and we often sing and/or read the Bible part of that time. We rest on that day, not doing laundry, building, cleaning, etc. The Sabbath is to be devoted to Him, not doing our own pleasure, but concentrating on Him.
It is not a law that people cannot keep. It is pleasant. Make it pleasant for your children – don’t be so staunch that it’s a burden to them. Follow the dietary laws, and that is easy and pleasant. We eat turkey or beef bacon, turkey ham, fake crab meat made from acceptable fish, etc. We don’t worship other gods, falsely accuse our neighbors, commit adultery, have illicit sex, steal, covet other people’s things, kick canes from blind people, remove property markers, and other things that the Bible instructs us to do and to not do. Why is that so hard for so many?
Matthew 5:48 - King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Since He is telling us this, that shows that He expects us to try to achieve this. Correcting our mistakes as we learn them is a good thing. It does not stop me from entering His rest. It makes it easier to enter into His rest. We don’t have to be ‘perfect’ in order to get to heaven, but from Matthew 5:48 we can see that He expects us to make the effort to do things the way He wants us to.
Exodus 20:8-12 King James Version
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuwah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (made it holy)
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Some Christians will say “The Sabbath is EVERY DAY with Jesus” – but the commandments say to work 6 days of the week! If we did Sabbath every day we’d never get any work done. We’d be disobeying verse 9 above! People are always trying to CHANGE Yahuwah’s instructions to suit themselves. Just do them!
This verse in Hebrews 4 that talks about entering His rest as having to do with keeping His 7th day Sabbath is not just about the spiritual rest we get by being with Him. It has to do with honoring a certain day, not just any day and not every day, and at the end it says we cease from our works as Yahuwah did His – and how did He do it? He did it by resting on the 7th day of the week, and He commands us to do the same. The last verse here mentions that those who don’t do this as He did, are acting in unbelief. That means if we truly believe Him – have faith in Him - we do what He says – do the actions that prove it. We’ll look at that verse shortly.
Check this verse out. In the KJV it uses the word believeth both times, but it wasn’t translated correctly, because it actually has a different meaning the second time it is used, as ‘believeth not’.
John 3:36 King James Version
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of Yahuwah abideth on him.
The first ‘believeth’ is #G4100 in Strong’s Concordance, from ‘pisteuo’ which means to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in of the thing believed, in a moral or religious reference, to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something….
And ‘believeth not’ is #G544 in Strong’s Concordance, from #G545 ‘apeitheo’, which means to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely):—not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.
So the King James Version did not translate it clearly enough, but the English Standard Version did:
John 3:36 English Standard Version
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Yahuwah remains on him.
Notice how the term ‘believeth’ has to do with obedience as well – just as I said, obedience is PART of faith – they go together – “I will show you faith BY my works.” (James 2:18) – “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone” (James 2:17)
Hebrews 4:1-11 King James Version
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And Yahuwah did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: - (referring to not entering the Promised Land after Moses led them out of Egypt.)
Since He is telling us this, that shows that He expects us to try to achieve this. Correcting our mistakes as we learn them is a good thing. It does not stop me from entering His rest. It makes it easier to enter into His rest. We don’t have to be ‘perfect’ in order to get to heaven, but from Matthew 5:48 we can see that He expects us to make the effort to do things the way He wants us to.
Exodus 20:8-12 King James Version
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuwah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (made it holy)
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Some Christians will say “The Sabbath is EVERY DAY with Jesus” – but the commandments say to work 6 days of the week! If we did Sabbath every day we’d never get any work done. We’d be disobeying verse 9 above! People are always trying to CHANGE Yahuwah’s instructions to suit themselves. Just do them!
This verse in Hebrews 4 that talks about entering His rest as having to do with keeping His 7th day Sabbath is not just about the spiritual rest we get by being with Him. It has to do with honoring a certain day, not just any day and not every day, and at the end it says we cease from our works as Yahuwah did His – and how did He do it? He did it by resting on the 7th day of the week, and He commands us to do the same. The last verse here mentions that those who don’t do this as He did, are acting in unbelief. That means if we truly believe Him – have faith in Him - we do what He says – do the actions that prove it. We’ll look at that verse shortly.
Check this verse out. In the KJV it uses the word believeth both times, but it wasn’t translated correctly, because it actually has a different meaning the second time it is used, as ‘believeth not’.
John 3:36 King James Version
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of Yahuwah abideth on him.
The first ‘believeth’ is #G4100 in Strong’s Concordance, from ‘pisteuo’ which means to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in of the thing believed, in a moral or religious reference, to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something….
And ‘believeth not’ is #G544 in Strong’s Concordance, from #G545 ‘apeitheo’, which means to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely):—not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.
So the King James Version did not translate it clearly enough, but the English Standard Version did:
John 3:36 English Standard Version
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Yahuwah remains on him.
Notice how the term ‘believeth’ has to do with obedience as well – just as I said, obedience is PART of faith – they go together – “I will show you faith BY my works.” (James 2:18) – “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone” (James 2:17)
Hebrews 4:1-11 King James Version
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And Yahuwah did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: - (referring to not entering the Promised Land after Moses led them out of Egypt.)
Oops! Let’s take a tiny break here and see what the word ‘unbelief’ means in the original language! In the Strong’s Concordance it is #G543 ‘apeitheia’, which means obstinacy, obstinate opposition to the divine will, rebellious, disobedience, unbelief. So again, it wasn’t just a simple thing of not believing something, but a rebellious act of disobedience that caused them to not enter into His rest – the Promised Land. Not honoring the 7th day Sabbath is because of a rebellious act of disobedience in most cases and Scripture elsewhere says we will be cut off as His people if we do not honor it.
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. (He limited the 7th day – just because the word ‘today’ is written here does not mean the Sabbath has changed to ‘today’ as some insist! Today is the day of salvation according to 2 Corinthians 6:2, and one should never put it off, as we have no guarantee that we will be alive tomorrow, and salvation brings the peace of Yahushuwa and lets us rest in Him, but this does NOT cancel out the command to keep the Sabbath day holy as the Word instructs, nor does it change it in any way.)
8 For if Yahushuwa (this refers to Joshua, son of Nun, who had the same name) had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
The American Standard Version words verse 8 in a clearer way “For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.” (This means that Joshua did not lead Israel into the true rest, because a rest still remains, and that rest comes in the Millennium, the 7,000th year time period after our 6,000 years is finished.)
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of Yahuwah.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as Yahuwah did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief (rebellious act of disobedience.)
Notice that it says he who enters His rest has ALSO ceased from his own works AS YAHUWAH DID FROM HIS. How did Yahuwah cease from His works? Verse 4 “And Yahuwah did rest the seventh day from all his works.” This is not complicated, but people twist this one all over the place to try and make it say it’s only talking about the spiritual rest ‘in Him’ and that the Sabbath commandment is not mentioned In the New Testament or is done away with. There IS a spiritual rest in Him, but this ‘rest’ that we are to enter into is like a Promised Land – the Millennium which is coming up very soon, and is the 7th millennium since creation, and is considered a thousand-year Sabbath period. Spending eternity in the New Jerusalem, after the Millennium, is also going to be a ‘rest’. But turning this section of Scripture into an escape from honoring His 7th day Sabbath is ridiculous!
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. (He limited the 7th day – just because the word ‘today’ is written here does not mean the Sabbath has changed to ‘today’ as some insist! Today is the day of salvation according to 2 Corinthians 6:2, and one should never put it off, as we have no guarantee that we will be alive tomorrow, and salvation brings the peace of Yahushuwa and lets us rest in Him, but this does NOT cancel out the command to keep the Sabbath day holy as the Word instructs, nor does it change it in any way.)
8 For if Yahushuwa (this refers to Joshua, son of Nun, who had the same name) had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
The American Standard Version words verse 8 in a clearer way “For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.” (This means that Joshua did not lead Israel into the true rest, because a rest still remains, and that rest comes in the Millennium, the 7,000th year time period after our 6,000 years is finished.)
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of Yahuwah.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as Yahuwah did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief (rebellious act of disobedience.)
Notice that it says he who enters His rest has ALSO ceased from his own works AS YAHUWAH DID FROM HIS. How did Yahuwah cease from His works? Verse 4 “And Yahuwah did rest the seventh day from all his works.” This is not complicated, but people twist this one all over the place to try and make it say it’s only talking about the spiritual rest ‘in Him’ and that the Sabbath commandment is not mentioned In the New Testament or is done away with. There IS a spiritual rest in Him, but this ‘rest’ that we are to enter into is like a Promised Land – the Millennium which is coming up very soon, and is the 7th millennium since creation, and is considered a thousand-year Sabbath period. Spending eternity in the New Jerusalem, after the Millennium, is also going to be a ‘rest’. But turning this section of Scripture into an escape from honoring His 7th day Sabbath is ridiculous!
The thing is, there is NO Scripture that says if something isn’t mentioned in the New Testament, then it’s done away with. Yet some ministries will teach that, like the Church of Christ teach that since praising Yahuwah with instruments is only mentioned in the Old Testament, then we are not allowed to use them now. How stupid! Of course we can use instruments in the New Testament days. But this Sabbath commandment IS mentioned in the New Testament.
Look at how important Sabbath observance is to Yahuwah, and before you spout off “That’s Old Testament!” you should know by now, if you’ve read my book from the start, that the Old Testament is just as valid as the New, is not done away with, and is not insignificant, and yes, I know that I’ve posted this verse already!:
Exodus 31:13-18 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Yahuwah: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of Yahuwah.
When we get born-again, we are adopted into the family of Israel, grafted into the olive tree which represents Israel. This is not just for the Jews. We are all considered children of Israel.
I’m going to put a group of Scriptures in here that will help you learn about the Sabbath and how we should honor it. If I have comments, I’ll put them in parenthesis. These are to give you direction on how Yahuwah wants you to keep His Sabbath day holy. You can then study out the topic on your own if you decide to obey one of the most important commandments in the law.
Genesis 2:2-4 King James Version
2 And on the seventh day Yahuwah ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And Yahuwah blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Yahuwah created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahuwah made the earth and the heavens,
Exodus 16:23-31 King James Version
23 And he said unto them, This is that which Yahuwah hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yahuwah: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto Yahuwah: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And Yahuwah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that Yahuwah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 35:3 King James Version
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 5:14 King James Version
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Nehemiah 13:15-19 King James Version
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not Yahuwah bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Isaiah 56:2 King James Version
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 58:13-14 King James Version
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of Yahuwah, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in Yahuwah; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Yahuwah hath spoken it.
Isaiah 66:23 King James Version
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahuwah.
Jeremiah 17:21-22 King James Version
21 Thus saith Yahuwah; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Ezekiel 20:12 King James Version
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Ezekiel 22:8 King James Version
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:26 King James Version
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Matthew 12:1-13 King James Version
1 At that time Yahushuwa went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of Yahuwah, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. (Note: Yahushuwa never violated His Sabbath – He showed us how to keep it properly.)
Look at how important Sabbath observance is to Yahuwah, and before you spout off “That’s Old Testament!” you should know by now, if you’ve read my book from the start, that the Old Testament is just as valid as the New, is not done away with, and is not insignificant, and yes, I know that I’ve posted this verse already!:
Exodus 31:13-18 King James Version
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Yahuwah that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Yahuwah: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Yahuwah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of Yahuwah.
When we get born-again, we are adopted into the family of Israel, grafted into the olive tree which represents Israel. This is not just for the Jews. We are all considered children of Israel.
I’m going to put a group of Scriptures in here that will help you learn about the Sabbath and how we should honor it. If I have comments, I’ll put them in parenthesis. These are to give you direction on how Yahuwah wants you to keep His Sabbath day holy. You can then study out the topic on your own if you decide to obey one of the most important commandments in the law.
Genesis 2:2-4 King James Version
2 And on the seventh day Yahuwah ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And Yahuwah blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Yahuwah created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahuwah made the earth and the heavens,
Exodus 16:23-31 King James Version
23 And he said unto them, This is that which Yahuwah hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yahuwah: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto Yahuwah: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
28 And Yahuwah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that Yahuwah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 35:3 King James Version
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 5:14 King James Version
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuwah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Nehemiah 13:15-19 King James Version
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not Yahuwah bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Isaiah 56:2 King James Version
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah 58:13-14 King James Version
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of Yahuwah, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in Yahuwah; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Yahuwah hath spoken it.
Isaiah 66:23 King James Version
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahuwah.
Jeremiah 17:21-22 King James Version
21 Thus saith Yahuwah; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Ezekiel 20:12 King James Version
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahuwah that sanctify them.
Ezekiel 22:8 King James Version
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:26 King James Version
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Matthew 12:1-13 King James Version
1 At that time Yahushuwa went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of Yahuwah, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. (Note: Yahushuwa never violated His Sabbath – He showed us how to keep it properly.)
Below is a verse where many mistakenly believe Yahushuwa broke the Sabbath. According to the Pharisees He broke it, because He broke their man-made additions to the law. But He is Lord of the Sabbath, the Creator who created the Sabbath, and everything He did on the Sabbath was lawful. In this verse, He helps us better understand what is in fact lawful to do on the Sabbath!
John 5:1-19 King James Version
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Yahushuwa went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Yahushuwa saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Yahushuwa saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Yahushuwa, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17 But Yahushuwa answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that Yahuwah was his Father, making himself equal with Yahuwah.
19 Then answered Yahushuwa and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
For one thing, the type of ‘work’ He did on this Sabbath was to heal someone, showing us that it is alright to heal someone on the Sabbath. The word work in this verse also refers to ministerial work, and to doing ‘good’. Matthew 12:12 says it is good to do good on the Sabbath. The man who was healed had his bed with him, so it was okay for him to carry it back home. The Pharisees did not think so, but Yahushuwa lets us know it was okay, since He’s the one who told him to do it. Thirdly, He let them (and us) know that He is equal with Yahuwah. He and Yahuwah are one God, as He is Yahuwah who came in the flesh. And fourthly, He let them know that if He was ‘breaking’ the Sabbath law, then Yahuwah our Creator was breaking the Sabbath law, and they all knew that Yahuwah does NOT break any of His laws.
Mark 1:21 King James Version
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark 2:23-28 King James Version
23 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.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 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?
26 How he went into the house of Yahuwah 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?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. (That doesn’t mean that He ‘changed’ the Sabbath, it means that He ‘created’ the Sabbath and made it for mankind to honor and keep holy! And being that He is Lord of the Sabbath, that shows that it is ‘The Lord’s Day’ – NOT SUNDAY! )
Mark 3:2-4 King James Version
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mark 6:2 King James Version
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
Mark 15:42 King James Version
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Luke 4:16 King James Version
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 4:31 King James Version
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luke 13:10 King James Version
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke 13:14-16 King James Version
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Yahushuwa had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 Yahushuwa then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Luke 23:54 King James Version
54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luke 23:56 King James Version
56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John 5:9 King James Version
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
John 7:22-23 King James Version
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John 9:14 King James Version
14 And it was the sabbath day when Yahushuwa made the clay, and opened his eyes.
John 9:16 King James Version
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of Yahuwah, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Acts 1:12 King James Version
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
Acts 13:14 King James Version
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Acts 13:27 King James Version
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts 13:42 King James Version
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
Acts 13:44 King James Version
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of Yahuwah.
Acts 15:21 King James Version
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Acts 16:13 King James Version
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Acts 17:2 King James Version
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Acts 18:4 King James Version
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Most Christians think that the Sabbath changed to Sunday because they believe Yahushuwa rose from the dead on Sunday morning. First of all, there is absolutely NO SCRIPTURE that says it changed to Sunday! That is purely a man-made tradition made by rebellious men who do not want us keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbath! Secondly, He didn’t raise up on Sunday, He rose up on the Sabbath, just before it ended on Saturday evening, as Sunday morning was about to be (near sunset on Saturday.) The ladies found the empty grave on Sunday morning. Thirdly, “The Lord’s Day” is NEVER said in Scripture to mean Sunday. But our Mashiach said that He is the Lord of the Sabbath, and that would make the Sabbath “The Lord’s Day.” Fourthly, again, remember that not one jot or tittle is removed from the law until heaven and earth pass away, so NO, the Sabbath was not obliterated so that Sunday could take over and be the Lord’s Day.
Now, I’m including quotes from first the Catholic writings, and then some Protestant’s writings, that clear up some of the misunderstanding about the Sabbath, that Yahuwah never changed it, but man did, (and mankind doesn’t have the right to change ANYTHING of Yahuwah!). Here we go! Hang on!
Roman Catholic Confessions
James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89.
"But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify."
Catholic Record of London, Ontyario September 1, 1923
"Sunday is our (the Vatican's) mark of authority... the church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath (7th day) observance is proof of that fact"
Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed., p. 174.
"Question: Have you 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."
Daniel Ferres, ed., Manual of Christian Doctrine (1916), p.67.
"Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
"Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of, and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.'
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (1877-1921), in a signed letter.
"Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day'? I answer no!
"Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons"
The Catholic Mirror, official publication of James Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"The Catholic Church, . . . by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday."
Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957), p. 50.
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
"Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
"Answer. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Society (1975),Chicago, Illinois.
"Regarding the change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your attention to the facts:
"1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man.
"2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, yes, the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulation of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws.
"It is always somewhat laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legislation, demand the observance of Sunday, of which there is nothing in their Bible."
T. Enright, C.S.S.R., in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, Feb. 18,1884.
"I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church."
Anglican/Episcopal
Canon Eyton, The Ten Commandments , pp. 52, 63, 65.
"There is no word, no hint, in the New Testament about abstaining from work on Sunday .... into the rest of Sunday no divine law enters.... The observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent stands exactly on the same footing as the observance of Sunday."
Baptist
Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, a paper read before a New York ministers' conference, Nov. 13, 1893, reported in New York Examiner , Nov.16, 1893.
"There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not 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 absolutely not.
"To me it seems unaccountable that Jesus, during three years' intercourse with His disciples, often conversing with them upon the Sabbath question . . . never alluded to any transference of the day; also, that during forty days of His resurrection life, no such thing was intimated.
"Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history . . . . But what a pity it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of the sun god, adopted and sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism!"
Congregationalist
Dr. R. W. Dale, The Ten Commandments (New York: Eaton & Mains), p. 127-129.
" . . . it is quite clear that however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath - . . 'The Sabbath was founded on a specific Divine command. We can plead no such command for the obligation to observe Sunday .... There is not a single sentence in the New Testament to suggest that we incur any penalty by violating the supposed sanctity of Sunday."
Disciples of Christ
Alexander Campbell, The Christian Baptist, Feb. 2, 1824,vol. 1. no. 7, p. 164.
"'But,' say some, 'it was changed from the seventh to the first day.' Where? when? and by whom? No man can tell. No; it never was changed, nor could it be, unless creation was to be gone through again: for the reason assigned must be changed before the observance, or respect to the reason, can be changed! It is all old wives' fables to talk of the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day. If it be changed, it was that august personage changed it who changes times and laws ex officio - I think his name is Doctor Antichrist.'
Lutheran
The Sunday Problem , a study book of the United Lutheran Church (1923), p. 36.
"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 took possession of the church. We have seen that the Christians of the first three centuries never confused one with the other, but for a time celebrated both."
Augsburg Confession of Faith art. 28; written by Melanchthon, approved by Martin Luther, 1530; as published in The Book of Concord of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Jacobs, ed. (1 91 1), p. 63.
"They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath Day, as having been changed into the Lord'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!"
Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the Christian Religion and Church Henry John Rose, tr. (1843), p. 186.
"The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always only a human ordinance, and it was far from the intentions of the apostles to establish a Divine command in this respect, far from them, and from the early apostolic Church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday."
John Theodore Mueller, Sabbath or Sunday , pp. 15, 16.
"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."
Methodist
Harris Franklin Rall, Christian Advocate, July 2, 1942, p.26.
"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."
John Wesley, The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., John Emory, ed. (New York: Eaton & Mains), Sermon 25,vol. 1, p. 221.
"But, the moral law contained in the ten commandments, and enforced by the prophets, he [Christ] did not take away. It was not the design of his coming to revoke any part of this. This is a law which never can be broken .... Every part of this law must remain in 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 God and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each other."
Dwight L. Moody
D. L. Moody, Weighed and Wanting (Fleming H. Revell Co.: New York), pp. 47, 48.
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 already existed when God 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 will admit that the other nine are still binding?"
Presbyterian
T. C. Blake, D.D., Theology Condensed, pp.474, 475.
"The Sabbath is a part of the decalogue - the Ten Commandments. This alone forever settles the question as to the perpetuity of the institution . . . . Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand . . . . The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the Sabbath."
All of this shows that the Catholics decided they have the right to change things in the Bible, and they admit to ‘changing’ the Sabbath day to Sunday. By the way, they also took it upon themselves to ‘change’ the day Yahushuwa died from Passover to Good Friday, rose from the dead from Sabbath right before Firstfruits to Easter, and the day He was born from Feast of Trumpets to December 25th. (In Yahuwah’s eyes NOTHING has changed and they are fools to believe it has, but unfortunately most Christians are foolish enough to believe they have changed and to follow the changes instead of the Scriptures!) Now look at what the Scriptures say about WHO changes days and times!
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark 2:23-28 King James Version
23 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.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 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?
26 How he went into the house of Yahuwah 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?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. (That doesn’t mean that He ‘changed’ the Sabbath, it means that He ‘created’ the Sabbath and made it for mankind to honor and keep holy! And being that He is Lord of the Sabbath, that shows that it is ‘The Lord’s Day’ – NOT SUNDAY! )
Mark 3:2-4 King James Version
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mark 6:2 King James Version
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
Mark 15:42 King James Version
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 4:31 King James Version
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luke 13:10 King James Version
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke 13:14-16 King James Version
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Yahushuwa had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 Yahushuwa then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Luke 23:54 King James Version
54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luke 23:56 King James Version
56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John 5:9 King James Version
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
John 7:22-23 King James Version
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John 9:14 King James Version
14 And it was the sabbath day when Yahushuwa made the clay, and opened his eyes.
John 9:16 King James Version
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of Yahuwah, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Acts 1:12 King James Version
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
Acts 13:14 King James Version
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Acts 13:27 King James Version
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts 13:42 King James Version
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
Acts 13:44 King James Version
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of Yahuwah.
Acts 15:21 King James Version
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Acts 16:13 King James Version
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Acts 17:2 King James Version
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Acts 18:4 King James Version
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Most Christians think that the Sabbath changed to Sunday because they believe Yahushuwa rose from the dead on Sunday morning. First of all, there is absolutely NO SCRIPTURE that says it changed to Sunday! That is purely a man-made tradition made by rebellious men who do not want us keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbath! Secondly, He didn’t raise up on Sunday, He rose up on the Sabbath, just before it ended on Saturday evening, as Sunday morning was about to be (near sunset on Saturday.) The ladies found the empty grave on Sunday morning. Thirdly, “The Lord’s Day” is NEVER said in Scripture to mean Sunday. But our Mashiach said that He is the Lord of the Sabbath, and that would make the Sabbath “The Lord’s Day.” Fourthly, again, remember that not one jot or tittle is removed from the law until heaven and earth pass away, so NO, the Sabbath was not obliterated so that Sunday could take over and be the Lord’s Day.
Now, I’m including quotes from first the Catholic writings, and then some Protestant’s writings, that clear up some of the misunderstanding about the Sabbath, that Yahuwah never changed it, but man did, (and mankind doesn’t have the right to change ANYTHING of Yahuwah!). Here we go! Hang on!
Roman Catholic Confessions
James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89.
"But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify."
Catholic Record of London, Ontyario September 1, 1923
"Sunday is our (the Vatican's) mark of authority... the church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath (7th day) observance is proof of that fact"
Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed., p. 174.
"Question: Have you 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."
Daniel Ferres, ed., Manual of Christian Doctrine (1916), p.67.
"Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?
"Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of, and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church.'
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore (1877-1921), in a signed letter.
"Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday - for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day'? I answer no!
"Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons"
The Catholic Mirror, official publication of James Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"The Catholic Church, . . . by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday."
Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957), p. 50.
"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
"Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
"Answer. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday."
Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Society (1975),Chicago, Illinois.
"Regarding the change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I wish to draw your attention to the facts:
"1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary observe the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of every thinking man.
"2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, yes, the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regulation of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws.
"It is always somewhat laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legislation, demand the observance of Sunday, of which there is nothing in their Bible."
T. Enright, C.S.S.R., in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, Feb. 18,1884.
"I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church."
Anglican/Episcopal
Canon Eyton, The Ten Commandments , pp. 52, 63, 65.
"There is no word, no hint, in the New Testament about abstaining from work on Sunday .... into the rest of Sunday no divine law enters.... The observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent stands exactly on the same footing as the observance of Sunday."
Baptist
Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, a paper read before a New York ministers' conference, Nov. 13, 1893, reported in New York Examiner , Nov.16, 1893.
"There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath day was not 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 absolutely not.
"To me it seems unaccountable that Jesus, during three years' intercourse with His disciples, often conversing with them upon the Sabbath question . . . never alluded to any transference of the day; also, that during forty days of His resurrection life, no such thing was intimated.
"Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history . . . . But what a pity it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of the sun god, adopted and sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism!"
Congregationalist
Dr. R. W. Dale, The Ten Commandments (New York: Eaton & Mains), p. 127-129.
" . . . it is quite clear that however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath - . . 'The Sabbath was founded on a specific Divine command. We can plead no such command for the obligation to observe Sunday .... There is not a single sentence in the New Testament to suggest that we incur any penalty by violating the supposed sanctity of Sunday."
Disciples of Christ
Alexander Campbell, The Christian Baptist, Feb. 2, 1824,vol. 1. no. 7, p. 164.
"'But,' say some, 'it was changed from the seventh to the first day.' Where? when? and by whom? No man can tell. No; it never was changed, nor could it be, unless creation was to be gone through again: for the reason assigned must be changed before the observance, or respect to the reason, can be changed! It is all old wives' fables to talk of the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day. If it be changed, it was that august personage changed it who changes times and laws ex officio - I think his name is Doctor Antichrist.'
Lutheran
The Sunday Problem , a study book of the United Lutheran Church (1923), p. 36.
"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 took possession of the church. We have seen that the Christians of the first three centuries never confused one with the other, but for a time celebrated both."
Augsburg Confession of Faith art. 28; written by Melanchthon, approved by Martin Luther, 1530; as published in The Book of Concord of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Jacobs, ed. (1 91 1), p. 63.
"They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath Day, as having been changed into the Lord'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!"
Dr. Augustus Neander, The History of the Christian Religion and Church Henry John Rose, tr. (1843), p. 186.
"The festival of Sunday, like all other festivals, was always only a human ordinance, and it was far from the intentions of the apostles to establish a Divine command in this respect, far from them, and from the early apostolic Church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday."
John Theodore Mueller, Sabbath or Sunday , pp. 15, 16.
"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."
Methodist
Harris Franklin Rall, Christian Advocate, July 2, 1942, p.26.
"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."
John Wesley, The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., John Emory, ed. (New York: Eaton & Mains), Sermon 25,vol. 1, p. 221.
"But, the moral law contained in the ten commandments, and enforced by the prophets, he [Christ] did not take away. It was not the design of his coming to revoke any part of this. This is a law which never can be broken .... Every part of this law must remain in 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 God and the nature of man, and their unchangeable relation to each other."
Dwight L. Moody
D. L. Moody, Weighed and Wanting (Fleming H. Revell Co.: New York), pp. 47, 48.
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 already existed when God 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 will admit that the other nine are still binding?"
Presbyterian
T. C. Blake, D.D., Theology Condensed, pp.474, 475.
"The Sabbath is a part of the decalogue - the Ten Commandments. This alone forever settles the question as to the perpetuity of the institution . . . . Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand . . . . The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the Sabbath."
All of this shows that the Catholics decided they have the right to change things in the Bible, and they admit to ‘changing’ the Sabbath day to Sunday. By the way, they also took it upon themselves to ‘change’ the day Yahushuwa died from Passover to Good Friday, rose from the dead from Sabbath right before Firstfruits to Easter, and the day He was born from Feast of Trumpets to December 25th. (In Yahuwah’s eyes NOTHING has changed and they are fools to believe it has, but unfortunately most Christians are foolish enough to believe they have changed and to follow the changes instead of the Scriptures!) Now look at what the Scriptures say about WHO changes days and times!
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 7:25 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years].
If you look up these verses and read the before and afters, to see the context, you will see that it’s the anti-Messiah people who change days and times – and when you look at history, you see that it’s the Catholic church that’s been changing days and times – so do you see a connection there? We believe the Catholic church is the great mother harlot church. Keepers of the 7th day Sabbath were burned at the stake for refusing to honor Sunday instead.
Are you worn out yet – tired of following the lies of the anti-Messiah? Are you ready to start obeying Yahuwah’s commandments/laws and following His instructions instead of those of the lying scribes, the Pharisees, the Catholics, the others who sought to change days and times and laws – the lawless ones?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - King James Version
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Yahuwah, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of Yahuwah may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
As I said before, this was written by Paul in about 60 A.D., and he was referring to the Old Testament being used for all these things. There was no New Testament yet. It didn’t go into print until about 96 A.D. when John was on the Ilse of Patmos!
I believe that those who do not even try to refrain from work on the Sabbath (like try very much to adjust their hours at work or even find another job if it’s possible to get the Sabbath off), or to keep the other obvious commandments, will not go in the rapture (which is at the end of the tribulation), and maybe not even to heaven. Why do I say this? Because the Sabbath is one of the first holy days to be instituted, during creation, and is one of the Ten Commandments, and is the one that is a sign showing that we are Yahuwah’s people, and one that He says we’re worthy of death if we don’t keep it, and are cut off from His people if we don’t keep it. How would someone who is cut off from His people go in a rapture with His people? How would someone who is worthy of death get to have eternal life?
If a person tries but is unable to get the Sabbath off at their job, they could change over to a simpler and less expensive lifestyle and home, and then get a lesser paying job that will accommodate the Sabbath. They could sell their fancy expensive toys, get a smaller home, a used car instead of a new one, eat hamburger and chicken thighs more often instead of steak, eat out less often and go to a buffet instead of an expensive restaurant when they do, stop buying designer clothing or a pair of shoes for each outfit, wear some used clothing instead of new everything. Get my point oh spoiled people?
Luke 9:23 - King James Version
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
There are mansions and riches waiting for us in heaven. How about ‘be patient’!
1 John 3:4 King James Version
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Think about it – sin is transgression of the law (refusing to obey the law). The Sabbath is part of the law, and a very important and basic part of it. If we don’t keep the Sabbath day holy, by not working on that day and following His instructions for that day, then we are living in sin. Sinners cannot go to heaven. It’s only after they repent of sin and are cleansed by His blood that they are considered righteous and worthy of living in His presence. If we willfully sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth then He’s going to judge us (Hebrews 10:26-27). Our Mashiach is coming back for a bride without spot or wrinkle. (Ephesians 5:27) One living in sin doesn’t qualify as His bride.
Most Christians do not keep the 7th day Sabbath (nor many other of His laws that apply to them), even after you explain to them about it, and therefore are living in sin. Eating bacon, pork chops, ham, lobster, shrimp, crab, catfish, cats, dogs, worms, snakes, etc., is all sin. Celebrating pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter, and attributing them to Yahushuwa is sin. He says He won’t share His glory. Most Christians refuse to stop these sins even after it is explained to them and they are shown the Scriptures.
Isaiah 42:8 King James Version
8 I am Yahuwah: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Refusing to honor His holy days, feast days, is sin because He tells us to honor them.
Do you want to go to heaven? Or do you want to go to hell? It’s your choice!
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