A Nugget of Truth.
THE ALMOST-FORGOTTEN DAY
When our world sprang forth from the Creator's hand it was exceedingly beautiful. There were hills and plains, and mountains and valleys. The landscape was adorned with flowers that filled the air with their sweet perfume. Majestic trees rose high above the earth, being many times larger and much more splendid than they are today. The plant kingdom was simply magnificent with its rich variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.
Then there was the marvelous animal kingdom - from the ant to the elephant, from the lion to the lamb, from the fish that swam the seas to the birds that filled the air with song. All these creatures that God had made were in their original perfection - an expression of the very thoughts and purpose of God.
As a Memorial of His creative works God established the seventh-day Sabbath. The Bible says, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all the work which God created and made." Genesis 2:1-3.
Even in the Garden of Eden, God foresaw the need for Adam and Eve to lay aside their own interests and pursuits on a certain day each week - that they might more fully contemplate His created works. So important is the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath that God made it a part of the Ten Commandments: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 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 in within thy gates: 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." Exodus 20:8-11.
From the time of Creation to the time of Christ, the people of God have joyfully kept the fourth commandment concerning Saturday, the seventh-day Sabbath. Christ Himself, by whom "were all things created," certainly did not forget the Sabbath. Colossians 1:16. The Bible says, "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, ans stood up for to read." Luke 4:16. The disciples continued the "custom" and example of Jesus in keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy. See Acts 13:42-44.
For centuries, most of the Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. It was not until the fourth century that we find the Church of Rome casting aside the seventh-day Sabbath and substituting in its place Sunday worship. As one Catholic catechism records, "We observe Sunday instead of Sturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364) transfered the solemnity from Sabbath to Sunday." Peter Geirmann, The Convert's Catechism, 50.
The Church of Rome clearly teaches that the transference of the Sabbath to Sunday is not based on the Bible, stating, "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles.... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first." Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1900.
To facilitate the conversion of the pagans in the Roman Empire to Catholicism, the Church of Rome instituted pagan rites - such as, sun-worship, incense, images, holy days, and much more. As history records, "The Church [of Rome] made a sacred day of Sunday ... largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festival endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our Christianity, 1928, 145.
When the Church of Rome switched to Sunday observance, most of the other Christian bodies continued to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Even in the eleventh century, the Sabbath issue continued to be "the subject of a bitter dispute between the Greeks and Latins." Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church, vol. 1, 731.
However, today, the seventh-day Sabbath is almost forgotten, even though in over 100 languages around the world, "Saturday" is rendered "Sabbath." For example:
Spanish ............ "Sabado"
Russian ............. "Subbata"
Bulgarian ........... "Shubbuta"
Arabic ................ "As-Sabt"
Yet there is good new! All around the world, millions of Christians from the various denominations are restoring the "breach" made in the law of God by keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. See Isaiah 58:12-14. They have come to realize that it is God's will for all people to keep all of His commandments, including the seventh-day Sabbath. See Hebrews 10:16; John 14:15; 1 John 5:2-3.
The last gospel call to the world, symbolically described by three angels flying in the midst of heaven, brings together the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the judgment-hour message, the worship of God as our Creator [by keeping the Sabbath], and the warning not to worship the beast and his image. See Revelation 14:6-12.
The threefold message that will go to all the world just prior to the second coming of Christ, teaches us to "worship him that mafde heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Revelation 14:7. It also describes the members of God's last-day church as those who "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12. The one commandment that teaches us to worship God as our Creator is the fourth commandment - the seventh-day Sabbath.
Tragically, the "worship of the beast" is in direct opposition to the "worship [of] him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Sunday sacredness, the mark of papal authority, is in direct opposition to God's seventh-day Sabbath. The issue here is more than merely over a different day of worship. it is a question of authority. Whom shall we obey?
Obviously, this is a very important issue to God because the penalty for worshiping the beast is eternal condemnation. The Bible says, "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God." Revelation 14:9-10.
Now note this very important point: no one as yet has received the "mark of the beast." No one will suffer the wrath of God until he or she has received sufficient light to make an informed decision concerning the Sabbath of the Lord and the papal Sunday. Some people have never heard of the binding claims of the fourth commandment. And as yet, most of God's people are in the Sunday-keeping churches. But in these last days God is calling forth the final Reformation. The call to keep the almost-forgotten day will be the central issue in the reformation of both Catholic and Protestant churches, because it has been the one commandment most trampled upon in the Christian era.
THE ALMOST-FORGOTTEN DAY
When our world sprang forth from the Creator's hand it was exceedingly beautiful. There were hills and plains, and mountains and valleys. The landscape was adorned with flowers that filled the air with their sweet perfume. Majestic trees rose high above the earth, being many times larger and much more splendid than they are today. The plant kingdom was simply magnificent with its rich variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.
Then there was the marvelous animal kingdom - from the ant to the elephant, from the lion to the lamb, from the fish that swam the seas to the birds that filled the air with song. All these creatures that God had made were in their original perfection - an expression of the very thoughts and purpose of God.
As a Memorial of His creative works God established the seventh-day Sabbath. The Bible says, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all the work which God created and made." Genesis 2:1-3.
Even in the Garden of Eden, God foresaw the need for Adam and Eve to lay aside their own interests and pursuits on a certain day each week - that they might more fully contemplate His created works. So important is the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath that God made it a part of the Ten Commandments: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 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 in within thy gates: 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." Exodus 20:8-11.
From the time of Creation to the time of Christ, the people of God have joyfully kept the fourth commandment concerning Saturday, the seventh-day Sabbath. Christ Himself, by whom "were all things created," certainly did not forget the Sabbath. Colossians 1:16. The Bible says, "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, ans stood up for to read." Luke 4:16. The disciples continued the "custom" and example of Jesus in keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy. See Acts 13:42-44.
For centuries, most of the Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. It was not until the fourth century that we find the Church of Rome casting aside the seventh-day Sabbath and substituting in its place Sunday worship. As one Catholic catechism records, "We observe Sunday instead of Sturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364) transfered the solemnity from Sabbath to Sunday." Peter Geirmann, The Convert's Catechism, 50.
The Church of Rome clearly teaches that the transference of the Sabbath to Sunday is not based on the Bible, stating, "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles.... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first." Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1900.
To facilitate the conversion of the pagans in the Roman Empire to Catholicism, the Church of Rome instituted pagan rites - such as, sun-worship, incense, images, holy days, and much more. As history records, "The Church [of Rome] made a sacred day of Sunday ... largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festival endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our Christianity, 1928, 145.
When the Church of Rome switched to Sunday observance, most of the other Christian bodies continued to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Even in the eleventh century, the Sabbath issue continued to be "the subject of a bitter dispute between the Greeks and Latins." Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church, vol. 1, 731.
However, today, the seventh-day Sabbath is almost forgotten, even though in over 100 languages around the world, "Saturday" is rendered "Sabbath." For example:
Spanish ............ "Sabado"
Russian ............. "Subbata"
Bulgarian ........... "Shubbuta"
Arabic ................ "As-Sabt"
Yet there is good new! All around the world, millions of Christians from the various denominations are restoring the "breach" made in the law of God by keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. See Isaiah 58:12-14. They have come to realize that it is God's will for all people to keep all of His commandments, including the seventh-day Sabbath. See Hebrews 10:16; John 14:15; 1 John 5:2-3.
The last gospel call to the world, symbolically described by three angels flying in the midst of heaven, brings together the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the judgment-hour message, the worship of God as our Creator [by keeping the Sabbath], and the warning not to worship the beast and his image. See Revelation 14:6-12.
The threefold message that will go to all the world just prior to the second coming of Christ, teaches us to "worship him that mafde heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Revelation 14:7. It also describes the members of God's last-day church as those who "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12. The one commandment that teaches us to worship God as our Creator is the fourth commandment - the seventh-day Sabbath.
Tragically, the "worship of the beast" is in direct opposition to the "worship [of] him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Sunday sacredness, the mark of papal authority, is in direct opposition to God's seventh-day Sabbath. The issue here is more than merely over a different day of worship. it is a question of authority. Whom shall we obey?
Obviously, this is a very important issue to God because the penalty for worshiping the beast is eternal condemnation. The Bible says, "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God." Revelation 14:9-10.
Now note this very important point: no one as yet has received the "mark of the beast." No one will suffer the wrath of God until he or she has received sufficient light to make an informed decision concerning the Sabbath of the Lord and the papal Sunday. Some people have never heard of the binding claims of the fourth commandment. And as yet, most of God's people are in the Sunday-keeping churches. But in these last days God is calling forth the final Reformation. The call to keep the almost-forgotten day will be the central issue in the reformation of both Catholic and Protestant churches, because it has been the one commandment most trampled upon in the Christian era.
A Nugget of Truth.
THE ALMOST-FORGOTTEN DAY
When our world sprang forth from the Creator's hand it was exceedingly beautiful. There were hills and plains, and mountains and valleys. The landscape was adorned with flowers that filled the air with their sweet perfume. Majestic trees rose high above the earth, being many times larger and much more splendid than they are today. The plant kingdom was simply magnificent with its rich variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.
Then there was the marvelous animal kingdom - from the ant to the elephant, from the lion to the lamb, from the fish that swam the seas to the birds that filled the air with song. All these creatures that God had made were in their original perfection - an expression of the very thoughts and purpose of God.
As a Memorial of His creative works God established the seventh-day Sabbath. The Bible says, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all the work which God created and made." Genesis 2:1-3.
Even in the Garden of Eden, God foresaw the need for Adam and Eve to lay aside their own interests and pursuits on a certain day each week - that they might more fully contemplate His created works. So important is the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath that God made it a part of the Ten Commandments: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 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 in within thy gates: 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." Exodus 20:8-11.
From the time of Creation to the time of Christ, the people of God have joyfully kept the fourth commandment concerning Saturday, the seventh-day Sabbath. Christ Himself, by whom "were all things created," certainly did not forget the Sabbath. Colossians 1:16. The Bible says, "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, ans stood up for to read." Luke 4:16. The disciples continued the "custom" and example of Jesus in keeping the seventh-day Sabbath holy. See Acts 13:42-44.
For centuries, most of the Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. It was not until the fourth century that we find the Church of Rome casting aside the seventh-day Sabbath and substituting in its place Sunday worship. As one Catholic catechism records, "We observe Sunday instead of Sturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364) transfered the solemnity from Sabbath to Sunday." Peter Geirmann, The Convert's Catechism, 50.
The Church of Rome clearly teaches that the transference of the Sabbath to Sunday is not based on the Bible, stating, "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles.... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first." Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1900.
To facilitate the conversion of the pagans in the Roman Empire to Catholicism, the Church of Rome instituted pagan rites - such as, sun-worship, incense, images, holy days, and much more. As history records, "The Church [of Rome] made a sacred day of Sunday ... largely because it was the weekly festival of the sun; for it was a definite Christian policy to take over the pagan festival endeared to the people by tradition, and to give them a Christian significance." Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our Christianity, 1928, 145.
When the Church of Rome switched to Sunday observance, most of the other Christian bodies continued to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Even in the eleventh century, the Sabbath issue continued to be "the subject of a bitter dispute between the Greeks and Latins." Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church, vol. 1, 731.
However, today, the seventh-day Sabbath is almost forgotten, even though in over 100 languages around the world, "Saturday" is rendered "Sabbath." For example:
Spanish ............ "Sabado"
Russian ............. "Subbata"
Bulgarian ........... "Shubbuta"
Arabic ................ "As-Sabt"
Yet there is good new! All around the world, millions of Christians from the various denominations are restoring the "breach" made in the law of God by keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. See Isaiah 58:12-14. They have come to realize that it is God's will for all people to keep all of His commandments, including the seventh-day Sabbath. See Hebrews 10:16; John 14:15; 1 John 5:2-3.
The last gospel call to the world, symbolically described by three angels flying in the midst of heaven, brings together the preaching of the everlasting gospel, the judgment-hour message, the worship of God as our Creator [by keeping the Sabbath], and the warning not to worship the beast and his image. See Revelation 14:6-12.
The threefold message that will go to all the world just prior to the second coming of Christ, teaches us to "worship him that mafde heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Revelation 14:7. It also describes the members of God's last-day church as those who "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12. The one commandment that teaches us to worship God as our Creator is the fourth commandment - the seventh-day Sabbath.
Tragically, the "worship of the beast" is in direct opposition to the "worship [of] him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Sunday sacredness, the mark of papal authority, is in direct opposition to God's seventh-day Sabbath. The issue here is more than merely over a different day of worship. it is a question of authority. Whom shall we obey?
Obviously, this is a very important issue to God because the penalty for worshiping the beast is eternal condemnation. The Bible says, "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God." Revelation 14:9-10.
Now note this very important point: no one as yet has received the "mark of the beast." No one will suffer the wrath of God until he or she has received sufficient light to make an informed decision concerning the Sabbath of the Lord and the papal Sunday. Some people have never heard of the binding claims of the fourth commandment. And as yet, most of God's people are in the Sunday-keeping churches. But in these last days God is calling forth the final Reformation. The call to keep the almost-forgotten day will be the central issue in the reformation of both Catholic and Protestant churches, because it has been the one commandment most trampled upon in the Christian era.
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