Yahweh's Sabbaths

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Many are decieved into believing that Sunday is the weekly Sabbath. Many are also not aware that there are other Sabbaths other than the weekly Sabbath. The following links are informative in showing that Sunday is not Yahweh's Sabbath and informing about the other Sabbath observances. There are diverse teachings on this topic and I would like to make clear that I do not espouse to all the beliefs of the following links.

Was the Sabbath kept before God gave the Ten Commandments?

SABBATH AND SUNDAY IN THE SCRIPTURES

THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK IS:

1. The Creator's Rest Day. Gen. 2:2; Ex. 20:11; Heb. 4:4.

2. The Creator's Blessed Day. Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:11.

3. The Creator's Sanctified Day. Gen. 2:3; Deut. 5:12.

4. The Creator's Hallowed Day. Gen. 2:3; R. V.; Ex. 20:11; Jer. 17:22.

5. The Creator's Holy Day. Ex. 20:8; 31:14; Isa. 58:13.

6. The Creator's Sabbath Day. Ex. 20: 10; 31:16; Deut. 5:14; Matt. 12:8; Mark 2:28.

7. The Savior's Resurrection Day. "In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week." He arose, and the angel said, "He is not here: for He is risen." -Matt. 28:1-8.

8. The Sovereign's Day. Rev. 1:10; Mark: 2:28; Isa. 58:13; Ex. 20:10; Gen. 2:1-3.

9. In the Creator's Perpetual Covenant. Ex. 31:16; 34:21; Ps. 89:34; Isa. 66:23; Heb. 4:9.

10. The Creator's Sign or Seal. Ex. 31:13, 17; Eze. 20:12, 20; Rev. 7:2.

"Seal" in Rev. 7:2, is rendered "sign" in Wycliffe's Translation, 1380; and in the Douay Version of 1609. See "sign" and "seal" in Rom. 4:11.

The Seventh Day of Creation Week is the time from sunset Friday till sunset Saturday. Luke 23:54-56; Ex. 20:8-11; Gen. 2:1-3; Lev. 23:32; Luke 13:14; Mark 1:32.

THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS:

1. The continuation of the "first day" of the first week of creation. Gen. 1:1-5.

2. The first of the six working days. Gen. 1; Ex. 20:8-11; Eze. 46:1; Luke 13:14.

3. The first day after "the end of the Sabbath" when it is past. Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:1, 2.

4. The day upon which the women visited the sepulchre, after "having rested the Sabbath day." Luke 23:54-56; 24:1; John 20:1.

5. The day upon which the Messiah walked eight miles to Emmaus, arriving at sunset. Luke 24:1, 13, 29.

6. The day (Roman time) on which the Messiah, with two disciples, met the eleven (Luke 24:30-36; John 20:19); but the "evening" (night) of the next day (Bible time). Compare: John 20:19 with 1 Sam. 30:17; Mark 1:32.

7. The day in which Paul held (in the night) one meeting, walking nineteen miles on the light part. Acts 20:7-13.

8. One of "the six working days" in which to transact business. Ezekiel 46:1; 1 Cor. 16:2.

SABBATH VERSUS SUNDAY

Do the Scriptures say that the Creator blessed the Sabbath? Yes! Gen. 2:3.

Do they say that He blessed the Sunday? No!

Do they say that He hallowed Sabbath? Yes! Ex. 20:11.

Do they say that He hallowed Sunday? No!

Do they say that He commanded the keeping of Sabbath? Yes! Ex. 20:8-11.

Do they say that He commands the keeping of Sunday? No!

Do they say that He rested on the Sabbath? Yes! Ex. 20:11.

Do they say that He rested on Sunday? No!

Do they say that He calls the Sabbath His Holy Day? Yes! Isa. 58:13.

Do they say that He calls Sunday His holy day? No!

Do they say that He offers great reward to you for keeping holy the Sabbath? Yes! Isa. 58:13,14.

Do they say that He offers great reward to you for keeping holy the Sunday? No!

Do they say that the Sabbath will be kept in the new earth? Yes! Isa. 66:23.

Do they say that the Sunday will be kept in the new earth? No!

Do they say for saints to pray about the Sabbath? Yes! Matt. 24:20.

Do they say for saints to pray about Sunday? No!

Do they say that the holy women kept the Sabbath according to the commandments? Yes! Luke 23:56.

Do they say that the holy women kept Sunday according to any commandment? No!

Do they say it was the Savior's custom to keep the Sabbath? Yes! Luke 4:16.

Do they say it was the Savior's custom to keep Sunday? No!

Do they say it was Paul's "manner" to worship on Sabbath? Yes! Acts 17:2.

Do they say it was Paul's "manner" to worship on Sunday? No!

Do they say that people were punished for Sabbath breaking? Yes! Jer. 17:27.

Do they say that people were punished for Sunday breaking? No!

Do they say some power would think to change Divine time? Yes! Dan. 7:25.

Do they say that the Almighty will ever change? No! Mal.3:6.

Do they say that those who keep the commandments of the Almighty are blessed? Yes! Rev. 22:14.

Do they say that those who keep the traditions of men are blessed? No!  Matt 15:3.

Do they say there are six working days? Yes! Eze. 46:1.

Do they say the Sabbath is one of these working days? No! Ex. 20:8-11.

Do they say that Paul made tents on the six working days? Yes! Acts 18:3.

Do they say Paul made tents on the Sabbath? No! Acts. 18:4.

Do they say the Sabbath is a sign of our sanctification? Yes! Eze. 20:12.

Do they say Sunday is a sign of our sanctification? No!

Do they say that the Savior is the Master (Ruler or Owner) of the Sabbath? Yes! Mark 2:28.

Do they say that the Savior is the Ruler, or Master, of Sunday? No!

Do they say that teaching for doctrines the commandments of the Almighty is vain worship? No! Matt. 19:17.

Do they say that teaching for doctrines the commandments of men is vain worship? Yes! Matt. 15:9.

The Protestants borrowed Sun-Day from the Roman Catholic Church; the Romans borrowed it from the pagans; the pagans borrowed it from Babylon. Sunday is not found in the Scriptures, but is now used for the first day of the week. It was an old pagan holiday, "Dies Solis" (Sun-Day), and was retained by the Roman Catholic Church to appease the pagan element.

In 321 A.D., by edict of the pagan Emperor Constantine, the Sun-Day was made the official rest day of the Roman Empire.

Dear Reader: These are but a few of the yeas and nays of Scripture. Do you say "HalleluYAH"?

— Reprinted from Faith Bible and Tract Society ~ P.O. Box 321 ~ Amherst, Ohio 44001

The following three links are from 'The Sabbatarian Network' an written by Dan J. Love, Minister, SCY.

1. Yahweh's Sacred Calendar                                              http://www.sabbatarian.com/SacredCalendar/Calendar.html

2. Yahweh's Sacred  Year Symbolism                         http://www.sabbatarian.com/SacredCalendar/YHWHYears.html

3. Keeping The Sabbath Holy - Part One - Keeping the Seventh Day Holy http://www.sabbatarian.com/Sabbaths/HolySabbath1.html

 

The following two links are from 'Equip Ministry'

1. YAHWEH SABBATH                                                                    http://www.equipministry.com/studies/sabbath.htm

2. The Resurrection was NOT on Sunday                                    http://www.equipministry.com/studies/resurrectnot.htm

 

The following two links are from 'Yahweh's Restoration Ministry'

1. POPULAR ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE SABBATH                                        http://www.yrm.org/popular.htm

2. Sabbath Observers Do Not Neglect the Third Commandment  http://www.yrm.org/sabbath_third_commandment.htm

 

The following three links are from "Two Witnesses US" by J. Dean

Refuting The Arguments - Christian Arguments Concerning Sunday Observances http://www.angelfire.com/in4/twowitnesses/Refutes.html

The Truth About The Sabbath Day - Question and Answers Format http://www.angelfire.com/in4/twowitnesses/SabbathDay.html

A Corny Translation http://www.angelfire.com/in4/twowitnesses/Corn.html

The Day Of The Lord (NOT "The Lord's Day") http://www.angelfire.com/in4/twowitnesses/TheDay.html

 

Does Acts 20:7 Teach Sunday Worship?                                                        http://www.ynca.com/sundayworship.htm

The Disciples Kept the Sabbath 84 Times in the Book of Acts (Long After Yahshua's Death!) http://www.eliyah.com/84times.html

YAHWEH'S SABBATH http://www.yahsaves.org/learn/Booklets/sabbath.htm

Roman Catholic and Protestant confessions about Sunday http://eliyah.com/admit.htm

Sabbath Day - The Roman Catholics Changed The Sabbath Day Into Sunday http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/sabbath_day.htm

Why Do We Keep The Sabbath Day?                                                               http://hebrewmessianic.org/shabbat.htm

The Sabbath Day                                                                                 http://www.geocities.com/israelite12/sitetsd.html

Why People Worship On Sunday                                                         http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sdcuk/whysunday.htm

THE WEEKLY SABBATH: SATURDAY OR SUNDAY?                    http://www.religioustolerance.org/sabbath.htm

When IS Sabbath??

Remember the 4th Commandment - The Seventh Day Sabbath                                        http://unitedisrael.org//General-Interest/Remembering-the-4th-Commandment_The-Seventh-Day-Sabbath.html

 

           

The True Sabbath Cannot
Be Saturday Or Sunday

 

7th Day Sabbath Studies http://www.calvarius.com/index3.htm

 

Also see my other "SABBATHS" web page.

THE SEVEN DISPENSATION by C. J. Koster

Satan, the Father of all lies, has seen to it that the Sabbath of YHWH was changed to the first day of the week, Sunday. This he accomplished in the 4th Century (write to us for further details). Since then men have devised various excuses and invented fables and lies in an attempt to justify this change. To name but a few: One of the first fables was coined in 364 by the Council of Laodicea. They pronounced Sabbath-keeping as “judaizing”. Thereby the Sabbath was branded as the Jewish Sabbath and is still known as such by most people. NOWHERE in the Scriptures will you find the Sabbath being called the Jewish Sabbath. That is a man-made fable and therefore a lie. In the Scriptures it is referred to as “Sabbath”, “the seventh day”, or “the Sabbath of YHWH your Elohim” (Ex. 20:10) YHWH often calls it “My Sabbaths” (Ex. 31:13, Yehez. 20:12 etc.) The Sabbath was not made for the Jews (as they allege) but “made by man” (Mark 2:27).More recently, another lie was invented in an attempt to get past the truth of the Sabbath: the so-called “Dispensational Truth”. Scofield in his Scofield Reference Bible has popularised the idea of Dispensations, and he promotes “The Seven Dispensations”,1. Innocence (Gen. 1:28)2 Conscience or Moral Responsibility (Gen. 3:7)3. Human Government (Gen. 8:15)4. Promise (Gen. 12:1)5. Law (Ex. 19:1)6. Church (Acts. 2:1)7. Kingdom (Rev. 20:4)Hereby they insinuate that the Almighty has dealt differently with man in seven different periods of time, as if His standard for being accepted as His child has been changed from time to time! Other dispensationalists only believe in four dispensations and most Christians have led to believe in two dispensations viz. the dispensation of law and the dispensation of grace. In the KJV the word, dispensation, appears four times, all of them in the N.T. 1Cor. 9:17, Eph. 1:10, Eph. 3:2 and Col. 1:25. The KJV use of “dispensation” was carried over from its use in the Latin Vulgate in these four texts. This word in the KJV, dispensation, does not convey the meaning of the Greek word correctly. Therefore we find that almost all the other, newer, English translations have used the word “stewardship”, instead, which is more correct (see Nestle Interlinear, RSV, NASB etc.). The word in the Greek text is “oikonomia” which simply means stewardship or the management of a household or of household affairs (“Oikonomos” denotes a steward).Let us now examine the theological use of dispensation: Most Bible Dictionaries do not even list the word, dispensation. Baker’s Dictionary of Christian Ethics and the New Catholic Encyclopaedia describe how the word, which comes from the Latin “dispensare”, started being used in the affairs of the church in the Roman Catholic church in the 5th century. In the New Catholic Encyclopaedia we read, “In the Code of Canon Law dispensation is defined in canon 80 as a relaxation of a law in a particular case..... The Roman pontiff.... has the power to dispense from all ecclesiastical legislation”. The idea amongst the present day dispensationalists that the “dispensation of grace” means a “doing away with the law” could only have been born in the minds of our modern anti-law theologians who read about the Roman Catholic’s dispensation of a church law. Do we find any dispensation of the law of YHWH in the Scriptures? The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary says, “The modern theological use of the term..... is not in Scripture.” (emphasis mine) Vine’s Expository Dictionary of N.T. Words says the word does not mean a period or epoch - “a common, but erroneous, use of the word”.I would like to quote all four of these Scriptures texts as rendered in the RSV. 1 Cor.9:17, “For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with commission.” Eph.1:10, “For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Messiah as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.” Eph. 3:2, “.... assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of YHWH grace that was given to me for you...”Col. 1:25, “... His body, that is, the assembly, of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was given to me for you,....”Can you find anything relating to the idea of different periods? Of course not! The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary is honest and says, “The modern theological use of the term IS NOT FOUND IN SCRIPTURE!” (capitals mine).Most dispensationalists have even included the four Evangels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and Yohanan) as being in the “Dispensation of Law”. Some of them even regard the sermon on the Mount to be applicable to the “ 7th Dispensation”, the “Dispensation of the Kingdom” (futuristic - still to come!) What sacrilege! Yahushua said so clearly in Jon. 10:35, “And the Scripture cannot be broken”. YHWH says in Mal. 3:6, “For I am YHWH, I change not”. In Ya’acov 1:17 YHWH is spoken of as “the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning”.Is there a difference between the O.T. and N.T.? Yes, there is. In the O.T. the faithful looked forward to the Coming of Messiah. And we in the N.T. rejoicingly look back to His First Coming and the Great redemption on Golgotha that He wrought for us. The Sacrificial laws and the priesthood system of the Old Testament were types and pointed forward to the Perfect Lamb of YHWH (our Sacrifice for sin) and to the Perfect High Priest; Yahushua! And that is the only difference that came about in the New Testament. Read Hebrews chps. 7,8,9 and 10 and see how Yahushua fulfilled the Sacrificial and priesthood laws.Scofield, in his Scofield Reference B. described “dispensation’ as a “period of time during which man is tested in respect to obedience to some specific revelation of the will of (Elohim)! This idea has since been exaggerated and twisted by the liberal no-law teachers to the point of only accepting Paul and his writings as necessary for the Gentile believers! But what does Paul say about the Commandments of YHWH? Paul confirms the necessity of keeping the Commandments of YHWH in 1 Cor. 7:19, “Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumsition is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of YHWH.” (NASB) Again he confirms the validity of the law in Rom. 3:31, “Do we make void the law through faith? YHWH forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Read Sha’ul’s confirming words in Rom. 7:12 and 22. And Paul commands in 1 Tim. 6:13 and 14, “I charge you.....that you keep the Commandment without stain or reproach ...” (NASB)The Word of YHWH comes as a fire, as a hammer to crush this great lie: That YHWH has “dispensed with His Law in the New Testament era”, that He has “relaxed His Law”. This lie of all lies, instigated by Satan, has been fabricated to deceive the world and to keep people in bondage to sin- Jer. 23:29, Rev. 12:8, Rev. 18:23 and Rev.19:20.“Little children, let no man deceive you: HE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS, even as He is righteous”, 1 Yohanan 3:7.