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| 7th Day Sabbath Rediscovery | ||||||||||||||||
| Year of Godly Distinctness 2007; and Beyond | ||||||||||||||||
| "Cry aloud spare not,lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my peoplr their transgressions, and the House of Jacob theiir sins..." Isaiah 58:1 | ||||||||||||||||
| We ought to give the most earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should slip...."Heb 2:1-11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subject:Is Sunday Worship the Sabbath of Yahweh? | ||||||||||||||||
| I met a Pastor friend a few months ago, who told me that he observes the Sabbath. So I told him that I was happy to hear such good news about him. However, as we continued our conversation on the subject, he said that he observes the Sabbath on Sundays by worshiping Yahweh with his congregation and keeping the day holy. I ended up reminding him that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Yahweh, our God. | ||||||||||||||||
| First, worshiping Yahweh on Sundays or for that matter on any other day is scripturally right and proper, provided it is done in spirit and in truth John 4:24, Romans 14:4-5). According to divine order, the first day (Sunday) is not the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh, our God. Sunday worshiping is only a preference, and no man has the right to judge anyone who chooses to worship Yahweh on a particular day/s. However, to say that the Sabbath of Yahweh, our God, is the first day of the week (Sunday) is not in line with the Word. To observe an event that occurred on a specific day on some other day would not necessarily represent the truth about the original event. | ||||||||||||||||
| Thus, for example, it is like if you were born on the first day (Sunday) of the week, and you change that date to the seventh day (Saturday) of the week, and thereafter continue to celebrate your birthday on the seventh day of that particular month every year, does not rule out the fact that you were born on the first day. You may be able to make that change but the truth about your birth still stands out. So it is with the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh, our God. Genesis 2: 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Second, it is time to repent (change your thinking) and instead of hearing the word of sincere men/women, who are sincerely wrong in their interpretation of the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh, hear the Word of Yahweh and apply it to your life. As one of His creation, be proud to identify with Yahweh, your God, and His seventh day Sabbath in memory of His work at creation. Rejoice, the fact that you personally were there. O yes! The real you, your spirit I mean, were there among mine and all others. Genesis 1: 26-28. Therefore what you/we have forgot, the Word and the Holy Spirit are present to remind you/us, so that we may make the right decisions, and allow the Holy Spirit to restore our lives and lifestyle according to Divine Order in the following paragraphs below. John 14:15-27, 16:15-18 | ||||||||||||||||
| In creating the Universe, Yahweh divided the darkness that was upon the face of the deep (water). Subsequently, He spoke light into being and called it day, and, the darkness, He called night. ?Thus the evening and the morning were the first day? Gen. 1:1-4). The first day is among the seventh of Yahweh weekly cycle, and is universally accepted as Sunday according to the Roman?s calendar; likewise, the seventh day of the week in this calendar is Saturday. The first day (according to Divine Order) has it own significance both in a physical and spiritual sense. In the former, Yahweh divided (separated) the light from the darkness and called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. The light rules the day, and, thus lights up the universe. | ||||||||||||||||
| While in the latter, Yahshua Messiah is the Light of the human world, the true light which lights up every man that comes into the world.? John 1:1-14, 1John 1:1-7 He is this divine light which dwells in us and manifests itself through our practical lifestyle, when we hear the Word, repent of our sins, ask His forgiveness and invite Him into our hearts and lives. Spiritually speaking, here is where our first day begins because we close the door to unrighteousness and open the door to righteousness. Here is where Messiah Yahshua comes in our lives dispels the darkness from us, and shines His marvelous light in and through us as we obey His Word and walk in the light of it as he shines it on our pathway. Col. 1:12-13, 1 Peter 2:9-10, rev.3:20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Another first day of the week experience of great significance is the resurrection of Yahshua, the Messiah. However, since the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh came before His resurrection, it is interesting to follow the Divine Order, through the Word, to learn the truth about both events, and especially Yahshua's attitude before and after the Sabbath of that week. Thus, knowledge of this truth would help us to have a different attitude towards Yah?s seventh day Sabbath, and observe it for the honor and glory of Yahweh. | ||||||||||||||||
| It is important to note that the prophecy in Daniel 9: 25-26 was fulfilled in AD 33 when Yahshua was cut off in the middle of the week. | ||||||||||||||||
| In Daniel 9: 25-26 we read, Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and three score and two weeks: and after three core and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off (crucified) but not for Himself. | ||||||||||||||||
| According to the above mentioned, the day which falls in the middle of the seven day weekly cycle is Wednesday, and this is the said day Yahshua, the Messiah was crucified, according to Divine Order and its reckoning. Through John?s account in Chapter 19: 31 we understand that on that day, the Jews, who were preparation for a high Sabbath the next day, did not want the crucified bodies to remain on stakes on the Sabbath, so they asked Pilate?s permission to break their legs and take them away. So since the night comes before the day, Wednesday at sundown would be the commencement of Thursday night which lasts for about twelve hours, and is then followed by twelve hours of daylight to complete a whole day. Thus, for example, Wednesday at sundown to Thursday at sundown, Thursday at sundown to Friday at sundown, and Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown would be three days or seventy two hours. So by following the divine pattern for the rest of the days of the week, you will see that Yahshua, like Jonah (in the bowels of the great fish) did spend three days and three nights in the bowels of the earth. Luke 11:30, Jonah 1:17, 2:10. | ||||||||||||||||
| You will also see that there were two Sabbaths in that week namely a high or special Sabbath and the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh. Also, that Yahshua observed the seventh day Sabbath while he was in the tomb, in memory of Yahweh?s finished work at creation, fulfilling the Sabbath, and most importantly, ensuring His Sabbath Journey through eternity and back to His Father; and left His followers a clear example/pattern to follow. He also rested because His work on earth in the flesh was finished, and just waited for His resurrection after the end of the Seventh day Sabbath or after sundown Saturday. The lesson learnt here is that when we weary souls would have ceased from our unrighteous works/living, we would have found spiritual rest (a spiritual Sabbath) in Messiah, celebrated that victory giving Yahweh the glory. Further, we would have identify that cessation of our own works with that of Yahweh at creation, and would have joined with Him in His Sabbath on the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh, our God. | ||||||||||||||||
| iIt is important to note that the first century church (body of Messiah) observed the Sabbath, counted the day according to Divine Order, and so they had known when to go to look for Yahshua. In John 20:1 we read | ||||||||||||||||
| The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher and saw that the stone was taken away from the sepulcher. So it was not even day light as yet when Yahshua was resurrected from the dead. Yahweh raised up Yahshua from the dead on that Sunday night, that is some time between after sundown Saturday, and long before dawn that day. John 19:31-42, 20: 1-18, Matt. 28: 1-20, Mark 16: 9, Matt.24: 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||
| In the above mentioned, the events of the first day were not the same as those of the seventh day in both cases namely, Yahweh work at creation and His Sabbath, and Yahshua's Sabbath in the bowels of the earth and His resurrection. The seventh day Sabbath was divinely instituted. It is unchangeable. It cannot be substituted either. | ||||||||||||||||
| Worshiping Yahweh on Sundays, provided it is not substituted for the seventh day Sabbath, is a matter of preference, and is scripturally right in that sense. It is time to repent (change your thinking) and instead of hearing the word of sincere men/women, who are sincerely wrong in their interpretation of the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh. The first day (according to Divine Order) has it own significance both in a physical and spiritual sense, and likewise the seventh day. Choose this day whose order you will follow. If you follow man?s order, you will believe that Sunday worshiping is the seventh day Sabbath observed on Sundays, or that you are not under law so the Sabbath is not for you, and you celebrate the resurrection of Yahshua on Sundays instead. You will believe that Yahshua was crucified on a Friday which they call good. If that really happened, then whoever they crucified on that day did not spend three days and three nights in the earth, so it certainly was not Yahshua the Messiah | ||||||||||||||||
| Think and pray about the above mentioned, and on behalf of all our learned teachers/preachers, who sincerely teach what was taught to them without first searching the scriptures prayerfully enough. Let?s pray especially for those, who know the truth and do not preach or teach it because of church affiliation and other ulterior motives. | ||||||||||||||||
| If you follow Divine Order, you will know Yahweh and His ways, and will allow the Holy Spirit to bring your mind, body and spirit in line with His Word. You will honor His Word, and will love Him more and more each day, as you grow in grace and the stature of the Lord Yahshua, the Messiah (Jesus Christ. You will have a ready answer and more if or when you are asked the question, ?Is Sunday worshiping the seventh day Sabbath of Yahweh? Go tell the Word to the World Matt. 24:14.) Shalom (Peace). | ||||||||||||||||
| Elder Wilfred Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
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