The Word of YHWH by The Word of YHWH The Word (good inspirational books TXT) 📕

We know the delusions of man have not come about overnight since, for nearly two thousand years, the blind have been led into thinking that our day of rest is nothing but a “Jewish thing.” Although this statement is nothing but a half-truth, even under this premise, the first, second, and the third Commandments would also be a “Jewish thing.”

Now the reason the third Commandment is hardly in question is only due to the ignorance of the name of God even though Scripture records it thousands of times. So then, the ignorance of this commandment is not the same as the obedience or the disobedience, but only a sign that such man has not been called or is yet to be called. Notwithstanding, we should know that even though Scripture records the name of God literally thousands of times, we are to use His holy name only at the appropriate time and only for the proper purpose. Exodus 20:7 As for the rest, it is better for them not to know the name of God than to abuse it as they have with the name of His beloved Son. Matthew 6:7, Mark 7:6, Matthew 7:21

The Sabbath remains the day of rest for the children of obedience, the perfect continuity from the Old to the New and soon to the permanent. Hebrews 4:9-11 The day of rest was appointed by God from the beginning of creation and sanctified to be an everlasting covenant. Exodus 31:17, Genesis 2:3, Exodus 20:8

Whereby anyone can set a day to speak with God, the Sabbath has already been set aside by The Father to remind us of the Rest that is to come. Let us hear what God commands us to obey with a positive emphasis: Exodus 20:8 “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 the LORD 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 the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

So why do these puppets preach a Sunday worship? Does this have anything to do with their belief of a Sunday resurrection or their hope for it? Perhaps they can tell us where Scripture records that Sunday was exchanged for the Sabbath? Who sanctified it and made it an everlasting covenant between God and man? Did God record it with the stroke of His own finger? Truly brothers, their thinking is foolishness of the blind, the foolishness of those that want to lead in darkness without a glimmer of light. John 12:35

The reality is that Sunday worship goes back thousands of years before the onset of Christianity and only reinforced when a new religion became more political than truth befitting.

This began when the Gentiles claimed The Christ rose on Sunday as they conveniently sought to understand Scripture. After the distortion took place, the exchange of the Fourth Commandment began during the fourth century, when the emperor Constantine issued an edict declaring Sunday to be the “Venerable day of the sun.” After the exchange was established, the Truth was gradually suppressed for approximately a thousand years until it was persecuted during the infamous era of the inquisition. Acts 20:30, Romans 1:18, 1:25

Even to this day, man has been brought into submission to think that a pagan day is God’s day. Not that Sunday is a pagan day, but only that we make it pagan by keeping idolatry unchecked.

What these overseers do not care to explain is why all Christians, Jews and Gentiles alike, upheld the Sabbath well after the resurrection of The Christ. Let us recall the day that every Righteous and holy person has upheld since ancient times:

Acts 13:42 “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 God. 44 And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.” Again: Acts 16:13 “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 speak unto the women which resorted thither.” And again: Acts 17:2 “And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.”

What these overseers do question are the passages that are not as clear as the passages aforementioned, only to continue their seed of illusion. This is what they often question: Acts 20:7 “And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.” Brothers, before we move forward to explain these passages, let us ponder on the following: if the intentions of the hired hand were good and honest, would it not be easier to harmonize a passage with the Law rather than the Law with a passage?

So even if the apostle Paul had met the brothers to read Scripture on any other day, such action would certainly not take away from the Fourth Commandment of the Law. For we know the wisdom given to Paul does not have the power to change the Law but only to explain how everything agrees with the Law. Acts 24:14 With this understanding, let us examine this passage.

Notice how the apostle came together with the brothers to break bread and, as the opportunity arose, preached to them until midnight. Common sense dictates that to break bread is simply to eat, where in this case is to have supper. We recall the period of this meal by the lamps that were required to light-up the chamber. Now, by approaching this passage with the mind of the Hebrew, we notice the following: The time in question is indicative of the evening of the first day as we are reminded how God assigned the days to begin with the evening and then to end with the light. So as the Sabbath ends on Saturday, during sunset, the evening of the first day is actually a Saturday night. Therefore, the likelihood that supper took place after the Sabbath ceremony explains why the lamps were required for Paul to preach until midnight.

Another passage used by the puppets to distort the Sabbath reads as follows: John 20:19 “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.” Notice this passage does provide enough detail by recording the event as “the evening of the first day.” In much the same way, by the time sunset arrived, the Sabbath services had concluded. Therefore, this passage clearly speaks about a meeting that took place on a Saturday night. You see brothers, these passages ought to remind us that such events happened quite frequently, in fact every Sabbath.

The error we often make is that we jump into conclusions with a mindset of an unbelieving Gentile and without knowing much about the continuity from the Old to the New. I had an unannounced visit from an overseer and his pupil, from one of those religions that knocks on our doors. When I engaged him regarding the only commandment they are missing from the Law, the elder did agree that Sunday did not play a role with God’s assigned rest, but nonetheless claimed the Sabbath did not either as he referred to the most abused Scripture on this particular subject. Before even bothering to explain this passage, I asked him to explain the reason The Messiah speaks of the Sabbath as the continuity to keep to the end to come. Matthew 24:20 Although his response stated that, “Christ was a Jew but we are not,” by the tone of his voice, he realized he had just said something foolish only to defend the doctrine of his religion.

When these overseers reference this passage, their faithful hearing it have no idea how this message is being distorted. Let us first see how the passage reads: Colossians 2:16 “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a 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 Christ.” It would appear to the Gentile who hears this passage that the Sabbath is a thing of the past. Yet, under this premise, any other commandment can also be a thing of the past. Then again, this is what Label Christianity has also done with the second, the third and, because they do not preach the Law, who knows what other commandment.

To make sense of this passage, we need to understand the First Covenant. In this case, how the passage in question is referencing two aspects of the lower laws that were required of the Gentile who sought inclusion under the First Covenant. Exodus 12:48-49 These are the dietary laws and the holy feasts the tribes of Israel were ordained to observe. Within these feasts, there were mandatory Sabbath days (days of rest) that are generally commemorated at the onset of a “new moon.” In fact, two “Sabbath days” (days of rest) are inclusive in the Days of Unleavened Bread, which is the holy festival that is connected to the Passover. But why are these holy feasts no longer enforced as a prerequisite to Righteousness?

Perhaps the word, “holy” should be enough of a clue. These holy Feasts describe the full process of our refinement and therefore, when one of these Feasts is fulfilled, it becomes a shadow of the event promised. But not all of the Feasts have been fulfilled and for this reason, we observe the Feasts that have been fulfilled in fond memory. Acts 20:6 As for the rest, we look forward to them as an event to come. Acts 20:16 Therefore, the apostle Paul is simply teaching us that we are not to judge one another on the matter of these lower laws since they have nothing to do with the prerequisite to Righteousness.

God had foretold the fulfillment of these events long before the apostle Paul confirmed them under the New. Isaiah 1:13 “Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.”

In fact, because these Feasts are meaningless to God, unless we Repent, only the spiritually circumcised are allowed to observe the Feasts. Otherwise, if the Sinner observes a Feast that has already