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1    An interesting note is that some say that the Sabbath is not carried forward from the time before Yahshua because of many reasons.  One reason being that it is a topic of little discussion in the new text.  If that argument is is given in merit, then it also should apply.  There is no direct command, by Yahshua or the disciples, to observe Sunday in any way.  There is no direct command to cease observing Sabbath.  The new text references to “the first day of the week” is a reference to the day after the Sabbath following Passover or a particular day of THAT year.  You can find more about the First Day of the Week by reading the paper of that name on this site.

2    Absent clear and direct edict for Sunday observance of anything, the case for Sunday observance instead of Sabbath, should be given no merit.  Yet is is the Catholic church which has brought about this by their own self proclaimed authority.  More on this later in this paper.

3    But the point being that there is no edict given by Yahshua or his disciples to treat Sunday as anything should be reason enough to discount Sunday as having any special purpose.

4     A separate study on the “First Day of the Week” is available from this site and/or the same source as this paper.

5    OK, so you declare that this is old text stuff and does not apply after the arrival, life, death and resurrection of Yahshua, for we are now under a “new” covenant, and for some reason you hold that we are not under these things of the old testament.  It is true that under the new covenant the things of the old testament will be in some way altered.  Notice I said “WILL BE”.  The new covenant has yet to arrive.  What???  You mean to say you have been taught that we are already under the new covenant?

6    Take a look at these statistics.  The phrase “new covenant” appears in the whole Scripture a whopping 4 times.  Once, prior to Yahshua, and 3 times since.  First, look at Hebrews 12:24 (en# 15) and notice a quaint often over looked statement.  Yahshua is the MEDIATOR of the “new covenant”.  Covenant is another word for contract.  Once a contract is implemented, there is no longer any need for a mediator.  We know that Yahshua is still with us in his teachings and in his preparation of a great mansion and again in his return.  So long as Yahshua is involved, the covenant is not yet.  It is still being mediated.  You yourself have often argued in this favor.  Sure you have.  Have you not declared or parroted that “Jesus runs intercession for us”.  Of course you refer to verses such as Romans 8:34 (en# 16) and Hebrews 7:22 (en# 17).  To help explain these, we have Jeremiah 31:31-34 (en# 18) and Hebrews 8:10 (en# 19), which explain that the new covenant WILL BE with Israel and Judah, and the timing is such that Israel (the creator) will not remember our sins.  This means a time WILL COME that Israel (the creator) will not remember our sins.  Obviously, with Yahshua running intercession for us, we must still be sinning and Israel (the creator) must be remembering.  Without remembrance, we would not need an intercessor.  Therefore, this time yet to come will be when we no longer sin, and Israel (the creator) will not remember what we do not do.

7    First we must understand that “Israel” is the name of the whole clan of the descendents of Jacob, 12 tribes.  God changed Jacob's name to Israel, naming Jacob after his own name "Israel".  To learn more about the names of God check the paper entitled What is in a Name available from this site and/or the same source as this paper.  From this one man came the nation (family) of Israel.  Israel (Jacob) had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamin. From the descendants of these twelve sons of Israel came the twelve tribes of Israel.  The new covenant it is referring a time after Solomon died when the family of Israel split into two regions whereby the Northern 10 tribes of became called Israel and the Southern 2 tribes became called Judah. In the Northern group, they adopted the family name and in the Southern group, they adopted the name of their dominate tribe.  It makes sense if you have studied the history of when the house of Israel split.

8    After the death of David's son Solomon (en# 37), the Israelites split into two kingdoms. Judah and Benjamin formed the Southern kingdom of "Judah" which was the name of the dominant family of that group.  Their capital was at Jerusalem.  The other ten tribes formed the Northern kingdom of "Israel" which was the family name.  Their capital at Samaria.  From time to time Judah and Israel actually fought wars against each other!  Reahboam was the son of Solomon who was the son of David from Bathsheba (en# 38).  He made bad decisions on taxes and 10 of the tribes broke away and Jeroboam (brother of Reahboam) became their leader (en# 39).

9    For many years, Israel (the people) disobeyed and fornicated with other gods.  This happened several ways.  Generally, they would adopt and follow the ways and customs of the peoples they conquered, and this included those gods.  As a punishment, Israel (the creator) allowed the Northern ten tribes (called Israel) to be taken captive by Assyria around the year 712 BC.  At this same time, Assyria also took captive about 80% of the nation of Judah.  These captured people effectively disappeared from history and became known as the "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel, as they forgot their heritage.  Many millions of their descendants exist today in many parts of the world, but very few have any idea of their origin.  Despite their various modern-day political "nationalities," they are however, as far as the Bible is concerned, still Israelites.  The knowledge of who they are is vital to the understanding of prophecy!  Many times, especially from Kings and Chronicles forward, when you read “Gentile”, sometimes you can substitute it as other peoples/nations or “Lost Ten Tribes of Israel”.  Most often Israel was to be found in the population of Gentiles.  In other words, not all Gentiles are Israel.

10    Around 585 BC, the remaining 20% of the nation of Judah (mainly the city of Jerusalem) was taken captive by the Babylonians under King Nebechnedzer.  Some of the captives were allowed to return to Jerusalem after about 70 years in captivity.  Then in about 30 A.D. the Romans conquered them and finally in about 150 A.D. the Romans rid the remainder of the house of Israel (primarily the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) from the land till this day.

11    The Southern kingdom of Judah was also conquered and transported away, by the Babylonians, about two centuries after the northern kingdom. However, after the Babylonians were themselves conquered by the Persians, the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (from whence “Jews” is derived) were allowed to return to Jerusalem where they were again conquered in turn by the Greeks and Romans.  In about 30 A.D. the Romans invaded and conquered them and finally in about 150 A.D. after the Jews tried to stake claim to the land, the Romans rid the remainder of the house of Israel (primarily the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) from the land till this day.  The Jews (the people of the Southern land of Judah) must be in existence to this present day (otherwise they could not be part of a latter day covenant with Israel (the creator)).

12    To be clear on this, for the purposes of most Scriptural references, the word “Israel” has 2 meanings regarding a people.  It can mean the whole house of Israel, the sons of Jacob.  It can mean the Northern division of the house, as distinguished from the Southern division call Judea.  Generally, the Northern division is the portion which has become known as the “lost tribes of Israel” or the “10 lost tribes”.  Both the whole of the descendents of Jacob and the Northern tribes are Israel, but they are not synonomous.  This would be like Bob having children and they are called the house of Bob.  One of Bob’s children is named after the father and also called Bob.  The son Bob is part of the house of Bob, but the 2 Bobs are not the same.  Obviously, for the purpose of the new covenant, Israel refers to the portion of the HOUSE of Israel that is not Judah.  While “house of Israel” refers to all of Israel, including Judah.

13    Now you can understand what is meant in Jeremiah and Hebrews about a new covenant with Israel and Judah.  Are you aware of any people claiming to be Jew, Judah or the like being in contract (covenant) with anyone else being called Israelite, and that this contract is with Yah?  Are you aware of any people claiming to be Israelite, or any of the tribes of Israel being in contract with anyone else being called Judah (Jew), and that this contract is with Yah?  Absent these, the new covenant is not yet in effect.  You know this must be so, because it is certain that if Israel (the creator) made a covenant with someone, that someone would know it.

14    The 37th chapter of Ezekiel especially around verse 19 (en# 35) is another example of a prophesy regarding the reuniting of Israel and Judah.

15    In regards to the new covenant, we are to understand that Judah and Israel will be REUNITED.  Both factions of the house of Israel (Juda and Israel) will be joined in covenant with Israel (the creator).  Do the “Jews” of today lay assent to being joined with anyone, in the name of Israel (the creator)?  No.  Does anyone lay assent to being joined with the “Jews” of today?  No.  So how can the new covenant be in effect yet?  Are we in the Kingdom yet?  NO.

16    In Jeremiah, we are also told that in the time of the new covenant, he will not remember our sins.  Since Israel (the creator) remembers everything, it makes sense that the reason he does not remember sins is because we do not commit any sins, for him to remember.  You know you are a sinner and have even admitted so.  Therefore, you are not yet in the Kingdom or under the new convenant – yet.  When we enter the Kingdom of God/Heaven we will then have the new covenant.

17    Now you can no longer say that the old text stuff does not apply because we are under a new covenant, because we do NOT have a new covenant.  Hence, if the premise for not observing the Sabbaths and Feast Days is because we have a new covenant, then you can no longer say so.  This “New Covenant” is simply the marriage covenant of the Bride and the Lamb, referred to in many instances in the Bible.  This covenant ended when Israel (the creator) divorced Israel (the people) (Jeremiah 3:8 en# 40).  Unless you claim that Yahshua has returned and married the bride, then the new covenant is not yet.

18    Observing the “appointed times of Israel (the creator)", help us to be prepared for most any event of Scriptural nature.  This includes the return of Yahshua.

19    That is a good question.  It should have been you who asked it.  FEASTS ARE APPOINTED TIMES FOR MEETING WITH ISRAEL (the creator)  Feasts is merely a word used to mean “appointed meeting”.  Your Father has established a time and means for meeting with him and do you think you should meet with him?  You should.

20    This is one of those topics whose explanation can go for a LONG time.  The answers are overwhelming, convincing and unquestionable.  Only the stubborn, obstinate, and ungodly would dare argue against the word of Israel (the creator) on this matter.  The Sabbath is a declared day of “holy convocation”.  Without belaboring the matter, it is a day for resting from the toils of your regular work and instead using the time to sojourn with your Father - Israel (the creator).  He asked to visit with you on that day and waits for you.  Will you honor your Father and visit with him on the day he requested?

21    There are basically two Sabbaths.  The weekly Sabbath distinguished as being “THE” Sabbath.  Then there are the Sabbath days which are associated with certain Feast Days.  The day before annual (high) Sabbaths is known as preparation day.

22    Leviticus 23, Numbers 28, Deuteronomy 16 and a few others tell of the Feasts and how to implement and observe them.  You can find writings on them in the index of this site or available from this site and/or the same source as this paper.  Most notably are Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits of barley (also know as wave sheaf), Firstfruits of wheat (also known as Pentecost), Feast of Trumpets, Feast of Tabernacles and Day of Atonement.

23    The Feast Days are days of observance for which you will be punished for not keeping.  This does not mean a direct punishment, but rather indirect, as in you will not be where you ought be at the time you ought be there.  Then you will miss rewards, like the foolish virgins. They are events for teaching and understanding.  If you do not keep them you will not have knowledge and understanding which Israel (the creator) makes available to you.  It seems that everything Israel (the creator) does is on a High (Feast) day.  An example is that Yahshua was born during the Feast of Tabernacles and died during the Passover.  All indicators say Yahshua will return during the Feast of Trumpets.  But this is discernable by studying, honoring and keeping the Feast Days

24    Now you are saying, we can not know that because Yahshua said no one knows the hour or day of his coming and of course you are referring to Matthew 25:13.  But it does not deny us knowing the season or year.  Curious, huh?

25    Also, keeping the Feast Days and Sabbaths helps develop discipline and dedication, in the name of Israel (the creator)

26    It is curious that so many people fervently resist Sabbath and Feasts Days observance.  There seems no reason for it.  For some, they proclaim that it does not matter which day we observe as Sabbath, then why do they resist observing the correct day?  For that matter, why do they set aside Sunday?

27    Moreover, even if modern Sunday worshippers were observing the proper day, they seem to think that 1, 2 3, or 4 hours on Sunday is enough and that the rest of the Sunday should be business-as-usual (emphasis on business).  Keeping and/or observing the day that Israel (the creator), your father, asked to meet with you is more than lip service, yet all he seems to get from modern “Christians” is lip service - without the service.

28    Ask yourself some questions.  Who has the authority to alter Yah’s law?  Who has the authority to abolish Yah’s commandments?  If you are wise you will correctly answer “nobody”.

29    The early followers of Yahshua did not confuse Sunday with the Hebrew Sabbath, and they made no attempt to apply Sabbath legislation to Sunday.  These early followers of Yahshua did not observe Sunday as a day of rest.  Around the 4th century anno domini (A.D.), when Emperor Constantine designated Sunday as a holy day, supplanting Sabbath keeping, for the entire Roman Empire.  It was not until the 4th century that Sunday began to take on Sabbath characteristics, when the Council of Nicea in 325 AD decided that all the churches should make certain changes.  Some of those changes were observing a man made holiday of Easter rather than God made Holy Day of Passover, Sunday as holy day rather than Sabbath and several other things.  Constantine was Emperor and made these announcement to all his kingdom.  Hence certain type of work should not be done on Sunday.  This Sabbatarian tendency continued over the several centuries until the Catholic decretals of Gregory IX (A.D. 1234) officially mandated Sunday rest.

30    The Catholic Church does not consider the Bible its sole authority, and many Catholics and the church leadership freely admit that the only authority for "Sunday keeping" today is the authority of the Catholic Church. There are two other "authorities" accepted by the Catholic Church other than the Bible. They are the "Tradition of the fathers," and the Pope, himself, when speaking from the "Holy See."   This is self righteous and presumes that the Catholic church has authority to alter and/or abolish the edicts of Israel (the creator).

"The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant, by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday." Catholic Mirror, Sept. 1893 "Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters."  C.P.Thomas, Chancellor under Cardinal Gibbons.

"If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the Sabbath Day. In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church,"   (Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore replying for the Cardinal in a letter dated February 10, 1920)

"The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of the old law," (Kansas City Catholic, February 9, 1893)

32    Why mention the Catholic church at all in this matter?  Because the PROTESTANT churches (and others) all follow the traditions of the Catholic church with whom they allegedly protested and from which they departed for alleged wrong teaching.  Hence, any “church” which practices Sunday observance over Sabbath, is practicing a “tradition” of the Catholics rather than Yah’s commandment.  How Godly are they?  Are they Israel’s (the creator) people?

33    Many who resist, argue they do not have to keep the Sabbath and Feast Days as they are not important as paths to salvation.  Others are simply unaware that they are ignorant and blindly follow some glitzy business leader (commonly called a priest, preacher, minister, pastor, or such).  This is not a condemnation (although it ought to be), but rather a statement of fact.  Most people simply parrot things they have heard, especially if it tickles their ears.

34    It seems that people would rather go-along-to-get-along than do the right thing.  This is evident in many aspects of society.  It tickles your ears (2 Timothy 4:3) to be part of some charismatic leader and be praised by your friends who are ignorant of (or resist) Sabbath and Feasts Days observance.  You would rather be part of the crowd than do what is Right.  You would rather follow a multitude to do what is wrong, yet Israel (the creator) told us not to do like this. (Exodus 23:2) (en# 8).

35    There is nothing new under the sun (or Son), for 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (en# 7) tells us the sheep will flock to deceivers, men (and women) who proclaim to know the truth of Israel (the creator) and do not reveal it to the sheep.  Why?  Because YOU do not want to endure sound doctrine, a teaching that might mean YOU have to put out an effort.  Instead, YOU prefer a doctrine that tickles your ears, that is pleasing to YOUR comfort, even in light of evidence of such belief, or action, being false.

36    Keeping the Sabbath and Feast Days are not, of themselves, a path to salvation.  But they are for our training and benefit.  They are paths and processes for guiding and teaching us.  If we keep and understand the Sabbaths and Feast Days, we do not find as much mystery in the prophecies.  In the way that a fireman regularly trains to prepare them how to recognize situations and how to act and react in given situations, keeping the Sabbath and Feast Days is a training that prepares us how to recognize situations and how to act and react in given situations, especially things of prophecy in old and new text.

37    We tend to observe holidays of our making and do not honor the Holy Days our Father prescribed.  We tend to define Israel's (the creator)  commandments in ways different than what Israel (the creator) wants.  This issue was brought before Yahshua in Matthew 15:1-10 (en# 9.1).  The religious leaders of the day saw Yahshua not keeping their traditions of man, yet keeping some other conduct.  Yahshua gave them cause to pause by asking them why their traditions violate Israel's (the creator) commandments.  WOW – take that!

38    A common misconception is that Sabbath and Feast Days are only for the Jews.  Israel (the creator) gave the Law, Commandments, Sabbath, Feast Days first to the Hebrews, which descended through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to become Israel.  Israel had 12 sons, and ONLY ONE of them is Juda.  It is from Juda that ultimately the name “Jew” is derived.  Therefore, it is grossly wrong to say that some things “are Jewish”, or “for the Jew”, when it is correct to say they “are Israel”, or “for Israelites” (different from Israelis – which is a people of the 20th century who are not God's people).  Hence, the Sabbaths and Feasts Days are for Israel's (the creator) people – Israel (the people), past, present and future.  Since only Israel (the people) can inherit the Kingdom of God/Heaven, then those who inherit the Kingdom are keeping the Sabbaths and Feast Days.  When Yahshua returns he will be looking for his people.  His people are the ones he will gather as they meet him in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17) (en# 14).

39    Israel (the creator) says that keeping the Sabbaths and Feast Days is a sign between himself and his people - Israel (the people), throughout Israel’s (the people) generations. (Exodus 31:13) (en# 10)  Israel (the creator) repeats this many times, but almost immediately in verse 16 and 17, he says that Israel (the people) shall keep the Sabbath and the keeping thereof is a sign between him and his people, Israel (the people), as a “perpetual” covenant, “always”.  You should note here that Israel (the creator) did not say something like “till the coming of my son”, he said “forever”, through ALL our generations.  What is the significance of keeping the Sabbath?  One significance is told in verse 13, that we may know that “I am” is the LORD who sanctifies us.  It seems that a reason for keeping the Sabbaths is so we will know Israel (the creator)  You say you already know him and his alter ego Yahshua.  Of course you do.  You also know George Washington, Neil Armstrong and many others.  But you will not really know them till you study, and know rather intimately, all their writings, speeches, commentaries, and what others of their time wrote and said about them.  If you mis-quote these people whom you say you know, then do you truly know them?  The message from Israel (the creator) here is that if we religiously observe the Sabbath, we will use the day to study on Israel's (the creator) word and messages, without distraction from normal work.

40    In referring to the first Passover, Israel (the creator) tells us in Exodus 12:11-20 (en# 11) that we shall be required to celebrate this Feast and gives us instructions on how to do it, but in verse 14 he clearly says it shall be required “forever”.

41    Then regarding the Feast of Tabernacles, Israel (the creator) tells us a similar command.in Leviticus 23:41 (en# 12), that we shall celebrate this Feast “forever”.  But Israel (the creator) made a connection to the Sabbath in verse 38 by declaring that the Feasts are in ADDITION to the Sabbath.

42    Again, in 2 Chronicles 1:4 (en#13) we are told that the Sabbaths, New Moons (which help us keep time and identify the Feast Days), and Feasts are ordinances “forever” to Israel.  Remember, this is not to "jews", but to all of the house of Israel.

43    The Sabbath and Feast Days are not to control us, but rather to train us.  If you study the Feast Days and are familiar with them, then you might be prepared when the time comes to fulfill a prophecy.  Prior to the birth of Yahshua, the Feast of Passover included shedding of blood for sins.  It was not the shedding of the blood that was important, but the worthiness of the person(s) making the offering.  Two examples readily show this.  First is Yahshua.  It was not his death that was of any merit, but that HE was worthy.  Being that he was worthy, then his offering was acceptable.  The same is true with Cain and Able.  Cain’s offering was not acceptable.  But is was not the offering itself that was not acceptable.  It was Cain who was not worthy.  It would not matter what or how much Cain offered, it would not have been acceptable.  Note the distinction here.  The person making the offer is defined by WORTH and the object of the offering is defined by ACCECPTABILITY.  They are not the same.  Many people confuse them and treat them as synonymous.  They are not.  Your worthiness determined the accaptability of your offering.

44    The practice of the offering and shedding of blood for sins were rehearsals for the ultimate sacrifice.  We were supposed to be practicing so we would recognize the genuine article.  But Scripture tells that the very people who should have recognized the Messiah, did not.  They were caught in the letter of law, traditions of man, and missing the purpose for it.  It should be noted that a key feature of old text and new text teachings is that the very people who should have recognized the Messiah (the priestly & learned types), did not, while the ones who had not the knowledge and practice by which to recognize the Messiah (the commoners and Gentiles), DID recognize him.  You see, prior to the birth of Yahshua, the 12 tribes of Israel were divided and 10 or so of them were scattered and lost their way, meaning they forgot their heritage and purpose in this world.  They are commonly referred to as the Gentiles.  This is the reason for Yahshua and his disciples going to the Gentiles.  They were preaching to Israel, or at least a big part of it.  Check the opening verses of James.

45    After the time of Yahshua’s rising he was visiting with his seven disciples and THREE times Yahshua asks Peter if Peter loves him (John 21:14) (en# 20).  Each of the three times Peter passionately and positively says “Yahshua knows” it is so.  Yahshua in each of these three times tells Peter to “feed my flock (sheep)”.  Clearly, Yahshua was saying that if Peter loves Yahshua that Peter should feed (preach to) the sheep of Yahshua.  Peter and the other disciples went and preached to the Gentiles and Jews.  The Gentiles and Jews are Israel's (the creator) sheep - Israel's (the creator)  people.

46    The message was to the Jew and Gentile, as were the rewards and awards, as was death and eternal life.  This is because the Gentiles and the Jews comprised the “House of Israel”.  This relationship with Jew and Gentile (Israel) is throughout Scripture (old and new texts).  An example is in Romans 2:5 (en# 21).  It is probably safe to say that a reason for Romans saying “Jew first” is because they had not forgotten who they were, while the Gentiles had, for a time, forgotten their heritage.

47    To argue that any of Israel's (the creator) commandments are ended or no longer apply is contradictory of Scripture, such as Psalms 119:142 & 172 (en# 22).  If you follow the little circle that this very special chapter of Psalms paints, you learn that Israel's (the creator) commandments are perpetual.

48    With words like “throughout their generations” and “perpetual” and “forever”, this should not require much explanation.  But, there are those who argue that the law is abolished (which is not so).  Yet they simultaneously say the 10 Commandments are still in force – except the 4th one.  Then there are some who declare we do not have to observe the 10 Commandments.  Is that not hypocritical?  Before you answer look at Exodus 31:16 (en# 23)

49    Most religious groups today have long abandoned holy days commanded by Israel (the creator) in favor of corrupt manmade holidays.  But, Israel's (the creator) Holy Days, commanded and kept first in the Old Text and perpetuated in the New, were never abolished by the Father or His Son.  They are as vital to salvation as they ever were – and you need to understand why.

50    For the most part, the Feast Days of the Lord were, and are, regimens to prepare us for the coming of prophesied events, in part so we would recognize them.  An example of this is that we are told that Yahshua will return during the sounding of a trumpet.  Israel (the creator) instructed us to observe the Feast of Trumpets.  Is there any idea when He will return – maybe during the week of the Feast of Trumpets?  When the Spirit has come upon you, it is possible to know the season of His return (Acts 1:7-8) (en# 1).

51    The birth of Yahshua was in the season we in the Gregorian calendar call late September, early October.  This is found from knowing it is the 15th to 22nd day (1 week) of the Seventh month of the Hebrew calendar (this is shown in Scripture, but too long for this paper, please see the paper entitled Birth of Yahshua available from this site and/or the same source as this paper).  Joseph and Mary took temporary dwellings at the time of Yahshua’s birth.  Tabernacles means temporary dwelling.  The Feast of Tabernacles is a time for taking temporary dwelling.  This is an example of how observing the Feast Days can help discern the meanings of Scripture.  Understanding can help make you fell less pensive about the future.  You may not like what will happen, but at least you will understand.  On the other hand, you may look forward to what is coming.

52    Let us not forget that Yahshua himself declared that he did not abolish the law (Matthew 5:17) (en# 2.1), and he said that not one Jot or Tittle should "pass from the law until all be fulfilled (come to pass)." (Matthew 5:18) (en# 2.2).  Has everything come to pass?  NO.  Then NOTHING in his law has been removed.

53    Regarding the Holy Day of Passover, Paul told the Corinthians to keep the Feast of Unleaven Bread (which follows Passover).  Admittedly, there is a substitution of the lamb with something new, BUT, we are to still keep the Feast (1 Corinthians 5:8) (en# 3).

54    Today, at the end of the age, the prophecy of Revelation 12:17 (en# 4) can be fulfilled and shows that the beast will be against the people of Israel (the creator), who keep the law AND message of Yahshua.

55  Scriptures of our Lord are meant for his people and not for others.  A people (individually and collectively) are his people by blood and by adoption (grafting).  Even if you are to think you are not of his people and want to be, you merely have to obey his Word and you can be adopted.  This is all said because many will say the Sabbath and Feasts are only for the Jews (when they may mean Israelites, although some might mean Israelies).  You may be a descendent of any of the houses of Israel (by blood) or you may be one of the adopted.  The houses of Israel includes 12 families.  But Israel (the creator), Yahshua and the prophets all say  “His people”, and if you want to be part of His people, then the Sabbaths and Feasts are for you to keep.  Remember, all of Israel (the people) are His People, whether by blood or by grafting (adoption).  The Kingdom is for all who seek the Kingdom (Galatians 3:26-29) (en# 5).

56    Paul having spent 1.5 years in Corinth finally leaves and goes to Ephesus.  While there, Paul was implored to stay longer and he said he must leave to observe the Feast (Acts 18:20-21) (en# 6).  Yahshua had a custom of going to synagogue on the Sabbath (Luke 4:14) (en# 24).  Paul’s manner was to observe the Sabbath and while in Thessalonica he observed three consecutive Sabbaths before he had to leave (Acts 17:1) (en# 25).  In each of these examples, Yahshua and Paul observing Sabbath and preaching in the synagogue on that day, was THEIR custom and manner.  If they were trying to appease the congregation (Gentiles and others), then surely they would have attended synagogue as was the manner of the congregation.  If Yahshua and Paul wanted to set an example of some new rule or practice, then they would have observed the new dedicated day(s) and the peoples would have flocked to them on those new days.  But, Yahshua and Paul both continued to keep the Sabbath as was THEIR custom and manner.  Paul did not teach on Sabbath because it was the manner or nature of the congregations, but because it was Paul’s manner or nature, in keeping with the teachings of Yahshua.  Surely, if Paul had a new message he would tell it.  Paul told so very much.  Paul, who had the new message of Israel (the creator), did not observe any day as reverent other than Sabbath.  This does not mean that Paul did not teach on other days, for surely any day is good for convocation (Acts 17:17).  But with all the understanding Paul had, and with every time he chastised a people, he never once “corrected” them on the day of observance.

57    If Paul was teaching the new message, and if the new message included a new day of “something”, then surely Paul would have been observing the new day and teaching about it.  This would be a beacon to the newcomers.  Yet, we have the Gentiles (people of other nations/beliefs) coming to Paul and pleading for him to preach to them the next Sabbath (Acts 13:42-44) (en# 30).

58    Paul, was in synagogue on Sabbath, and got fed up with the Jews AND Greeks for not listening.  Then Paul went into a man’s home next door to the synagogue, and worshipped there.  Paul did not go far from the place of general worship, but still he did this on Sabbath (Acts 18:4-8) (en# 31).

59    What is missing in all these teachings of Paul and the other disciples when they go on SABBATH to teach, is a message that the SABBATH is the wrong day.  Not one verse indicates that the venerable Paul told anyone that even though he came to them on SABBATH, that it was not the correct day for doing so.  Surely, if this very important day of Israel (the creator) was to be abolished and/or replaced with another day, would not Paul have said something about it?  After all, Paul wrote about a great many topics and issues, of personal and societal natures.  Where is the edict that the SABBATH is no longer observed and that any other day is to be observed?

60    But, let us consider the more obvious.  The people closest to Yahshua, such as his mother, his brother James, Joseph of Arimathae, his Disciples and many more, were at the scene of the killing of Yahshua.  They, more than anyone did know, or should have known, the teachings and message of Yahshua.  Hence, if Yahshua intended the abolition of the weekly Sabbbath and Holy Days (Feast Days), then surely this people would know it and be practicing such.  But, we all know that these people closest to Yahshua pleaded to get the body of Yahshua from the stake prior to the annual Sabbath known as Passover.  In that way, they would not be doing any work on the Sabbath, then a couple days later, the women after buying oils, herbs and such for announting Yahshua's body, again made ready for observing the weekly Sabbath (for more on these days you can read the paper entitled Easter, Passover & Sabbath available from this site and/or the same source as this paper.  If the message of Yahshua, including his death, signified the end of these observances, then why were his closest followers and family still observing them in the days just after his death?

61        Notice that it is "the" Sabbath which Israel (the people) was told to to observe.  It was not "a" Sabbath.

62        It might be an argument that if we go back in time far enough, we might not be able to find continuity.  It might be said that we can not prove there were no breaks in calendar.  Some might use this position to say we do not know which day of the week was the 7th day during the "old testament" times, therefore, we can not know what day it is in our time.  This is a specious argument.

63        We only need go back about 2000 years and we do have a continuity of calendar back that far.

64        There have been changes in calendar keeping in the past 2000 years, such as when converting from Julian to Gregorian.

Gregory XIII, 1502-85, pope (1572-85), an Italian named Ugo Buoncompagni, best known for the reformed, or Gregorian, Calendar. He was prominent at the Council of Trent (1545, 1559-63). As pope he proposed the deposition of Queen Elizabeth I of England and took an interest in the education of the clergy and the conversion of Protestants. He issued a new edition of the canon law and patronized the Jesuits. [The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright© 1994]

66        The important effects of the change were:

-- Drop 10 days from October 1582, to realign the Vernal Equinox with March 21
-- Change leap year selection so that not all years ending in "00" are leap years.
-- Change the beginning of the year to January 1 from March 25

68        Adoption of the new calendar was essentially immediate within Catholic countries. In the Protestant countries, where papal authority was neither recognized not appreciated, adoption came more slowly.  England finally adopted the new calendar in 1752, with eleven days removed from September. The additional day came because the old and new calendars disagreed on whether 1700 was a leap year, so the Julian calendar had to be adjusted by one more day.
change was made in September as follows:

SEPTEMBER 1752

Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
		1	2	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

69        The Gregorian year length gives an error of one day in approximately 3,225 years.

70        These changes did not alter the days of the week.  This is significant for identifiying "the" Sabbath.  You will recall that Paul and Yahshua both had a custom of keeping and observing "the" Sabbath.  The Julian calendar was in use in their days.  When the calendar was converted to Gregorian, Sunday (by what ever name) still preceded Monday (by what ever name), which still preceded Tuesday (by what ever name), and so forth.  The numbers of the days of certain months were altered, but not the continuity of the days of the week.

71        To understand this, consider leap years.  If February 28 is a Monday, then February 29 is a Tuesday and March 1 is a Wednesday.  In the non-leap years, February 28 is a Monday, then March 1 is a Tuesday.  this is also true for any other month, with the last hight number day ceasing and the new 1st day starting, all the while the days of the week continue.  We add and subtract days, but the continuity of the days of the week remain un-altered.

72        All this is important because Paul and Yashua both had the custom of observing the 7th day Sabbath.  The days of the week have not changed since their time and the 7th day is still the 7th day.  The 7th day is closely similar to the pagan day Saturday.  The only difference is that the days of Israel (the creator) begin and end at sundown.  So, "the" Sabbath begins at sundown at the beginning of night on the pagan day Friday and ends at sundown at the beginning of night on the pagan day Saturday - just as in the days of Paul and Yahshua.

73    If Sabbath was not to be observed in the times after Yahshua’s life, then why warn that we should pray that the tribulation of the end times does not visit on Sabbath? (Matthew 24:20) (en# 32)  If we do not have to keep the Sabbath, then why be concerned if we are caught in tribulation on Sabbath?

74    Then Yahshua seals the matter.  Yahshua, speaking on what is permitted on Sabbath and what is not permitted, declares that he is the Lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 6:5) (en# 33). Why would he want to be Lord of something which does not exist or is abolished?  If there is not to be any Sabbath obervance, why would he declare to be its Lord?

75    Many say the law was done away with Yahshua, but in Matthew 5:17 (en# 2.3) Yahshua said he did not come to abolish the law.  That is non-arguable.  Yahshua further said that no thing in Scripture would pass till all is fulfilled (Matthew 5:18) (en# 2.4).  Is everything fulfilled?  NO!

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”

77    What is confusing to many people is the 635 some odd "laws" of the Jews.  When you include the Tulmad (the oracles of the Sanhendrin) then you have many "statutes" being included as "Law".  The word for "oracles" is the Greek logion, which means literally, "sayings".  Israel (and then the Jews) retained an oral law besides the written law we find in the Bible.  The oral law included many things that helped explain the Law of Israel (the creator)

78    Israel had basically 2 sets of law.  There was the written law, which Israel (the creator) gave to the people.  Then there was the oral law.  The oral law, also known as oracles, are spoken things.  The oracles were determine by the Sanhedrin as interpretations of the law to help make the law applicable with the life of the times.  The oracles were passed from generation to generation.  Then with the world turning to the message of Yahshua, the Jews committed the oral law to writing.  This is what is today known as the Talmud.  This was actually an error in judgment by the Jews, if for no other reason than because it locked them into what was now written and could not make adjustments as time and conditions might require.  Paul refers to the oracles (Romans 3:2) and they are indicative of messages from Israel (the creator) that were not otherwise written, as were the Ten Commandments.  This leads us to realize that there are some things of law that are not written yet still of great importance.

79    At the risk of over simplifying the matter and possibly omiting a few significant laws, we are to keep the Appointments of Israel (the creator), the Sabbath, the food restrictions (if they were unclean for our bodies then, what makes our bodies different today?) and such.  But the many oracles of the Sanhedrin are not necessarily what is meant by keeping the commandments of Israel (the creator) to show you Love him.

80    So any doctrine to the contrary must be wrong.  It is interesting at this time to note another thing Yahshua said.  In Matthew 10:33 (en# 28) and Luke 12:51 (en# 29), he said that he came not to bring peace but a sword or division.  He said his intent is to set people against each other.  It may be argued that such strife would separate the wheat from the chaff.  But to claim he wants peace is not entirely true.  It might be that those following false doctrines will be pitted against those following the will of Israel (the creator), even if they be fathers, mothers, daughters and other people close to you.

81    In reality, the matter is simple and easy, but a resistant soul and/or person will make any excuse and imagine anything to hold to their illusions which are comfortable.

82    It should bother you that you choose to make your own holidays (holy days) which are not even mentioned in Scripture and celebrate them, but you will resist celebrating the Holy Days which your Father set for you and your benefit.  Israel (the creator) hates and despises your holidays (Amos 5:21) (en# 26) and will not accept them (smell in the Hebrew “ruwach” means “accept” – Strongs # 2131).  Israel (the creator) will not visit YOUR holidays.

83    The feasts of Israel (the creator) hold the key to understanding the plan of salvation.  Are you observing them?  If not, begin right now and receive His blessings that are in store for you!

84    The Feast of Tabernacles is a most important commemoration. Zechariah 14:16,17 tells us that one day all nations (including those who come against Jerusalem (Jerusalem means teaching or place of peace)) will be required by law to honor this feast.  For what greater reason than it is the birthday of the King of Kings!  It also is reprsetative of the 100 years of peace being a tabernacle.

85    Isaiah 66:23 (en# 34) tells us that there will be a time when "all flesh" (this means every body) will observe the Sabbaths and new moons.

86    With the Feast of Tabernacles and the Sabbaths foretold to be observed in the future, does it make any sense to believe that they are abolished for this time?  In other words, we were to observe them from the beginning till Yahshua's death, then not observe them till the millenial reign, then observe them again thereafter?  Is there any reason to believe a period of abatement is justified?  NO!

87    If you say you love Israel (the creator) then you will keep his commandments.  If you keep his commandments you will abide in Yahshua’s love.  You love him, you keep his law, which holds you in his love.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.  John 14:15

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.  John 15:10

89    Yahshua expressed much disdained for those who teach wrongly.  In Matthew 23:27 (en# 27) he expressed sorrow (woe) for them and describes suffering for them.  You do not have to follow false doctrine.  You can follow Scripture.

90    Each day of the week has a name which men have given them.  Israel (the creator) only numbered the days and called the 7th the Sabbath, which is not its name but its description.  Here is a list of the days and the names man gave them with origins.

    Sunday              is the day of         the “sun" in honor of the ancient pagan god “Sun”.
    Monday            is the day of         the moon in honor of the ancient pagan god “Moon”.
    Tuesday            is the day of         “Theus” or “Tiu” in honor of the ancient pagan Nordic god.
    Wednesday       is the day of        “Woden” in honor of the ancient pagan god.
    Thursday           is the day of        “Thor”, a pagan deity.
    Friday               is the day of        “Freia” or “Frigg”, a pagan goddess.
    Saturday           is the day of        “Saturn” having no relationship to the word "Sabbath".

91    Do you praise Sun or Son on Sunday?  Do you have any other gods before Israel (the creator) ?  Have you ever thought about the pagan holiday Easter and what modern churches call “sunrise service”?  SUNrise?  Why not SONrise?  Do you need any more reason to follow the true message of Israel (the creator)?

92    The Sabbath is a special day, set apart from all other days.  Deuteronomy 5:12 (en# 36) clearly tells us to sanctify the Sabbath.

Let Us Ask Israel (the creator) About The Sabbath.

Q. But which day is the day of the Lord?  Which day are You Lord of?
A. "The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day." Matthew 12:8

Q. There are seven days in the week. Which day is the Sabbath day?
A. "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." (Fourth Commandment) Exodus 20:10

Q. Which day, according to our reckoning, is the seventh day, Saturday or Sunday?
A. "And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James,...very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun...And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man...And he saith unto them, be not affrighted; Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified; he is risen." Mark 16:1-6. (Note: everybody knows that Sunday was the resurrection day. The Sabbath was past when it dawned. Thus it is evident that the Sabbath is Saturday, the day before Sunday.)

Q. But, Lord, didn't you abolish the law which contains the Sabbath commandment?
A. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17

Q. Well, at least, didn't you change one of the commandments so that today your followers may keep another day than the seventh day?
A. "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Matthew 5:18

Q. But, Lord, isn't Saturday a Jewish day? Isn't the seventh day the Sabbath of the Jews?
A. "The Sabbath was made for man." Mark 2:27 (The Sabbath was made and given to man 1500 years before the existence of a “Jew”. See Genesis 2:1-3)

Q. Someone told me that after Your crucifixion, Lord, your followers no longer kept the seventh-day Sabbath according to the commandment. Is this true?
A. "And that day was the Preparation day and the Sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with Him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the Sepulchre, and how His body was laid. And they returned and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." Luke 23:54-56

Q. But didn't the apostle Paul always meet with the early Christians on Sunday in honor of the resurrection? What was his manner in regard to a day of worship?
A. "And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures." Acts 17:2

Q. Did he meet with the Gentile converts on the Sabbath, too? Perhaps he met with the Jews on the Sabbath and the Greeks on Sunday. What about that?
A. "And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks." Acts 18:4

Q. What did Paul teach in regard to Sabbath keeping?
A. "There therefore remaineth a keeping of the Sabbath (margin) to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works as God did from His." Hebrews 4:9,10

Q. But, which day did Paul mean when he spoke of resting as God did?
A. "For He spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, 'And God did rest the seventh day from all His works'" Hebrews 4:4

Q. Is this, then, your instruction in regard to Sabbath keeping?
A. "For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." Acts 20:27 (In the New Testament there are no less than 59 references to the Sabbath. The book of Acts records 84 Sabbaths on which the Apostle Paul and his associates held religious services. Yet there is not one word in the entire Bible authorizing Sunday keeping.)

Q. Then why is it so many people keep Sunday instead of Saturday? If the Bible teaches Sabbath keeping, how and by whom was Sunday keeping introduced into Christianity?
A. "And he (the 'little horn' power) shall speak great words against the Most High,...and think to change times and laws." Daniel 7:25

Q. The Roman Catholic Church is the little horn of Daniel 7; Do you mean that it should think to change the law of God?
A. "Ask now the priests concerning the law." Haggai 2:11

Q. Very well, I will ask Stephen Keenan, a Catholic Priest: Does your church think it has the power to change the law of God?
A. "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 of the week, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority." Doctrinal Catechism, page 174

Q. When was this change made?
A. "We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (364 A.D.) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." The Converts' Catechism, Peter Geirmann, page 50. (This catechism received the pope's blessing on Jan. 25, 1910.)

Q. Do Protestant ministers agree with this?
A. Congregationalist: "It is quite clear that however rigidly or devotedly we may spend Sunday, we are not keeping the Sabbath." Dr. R.W. Dale, The Ten Commandments, page 106.

Methodist: "Sabbath in the Hebrew language signifies rest and is the seventh day of the week,...and it must be confessed that there is no law in the New Testament concerning the first day." Buck's Theological Dictionary.

Baptist: "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 transfer be found? Not in the New Testament - absolutely not...Of course, I quite well know that Sunday did not come into use in early Christian history...But what a pity that it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of the sun god, when adopted and sanctioned by the Papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism." - Dr. E.T Hiscox, author of the Baptist Manual.

Q. What difference does it make which day I keep? A day is a day isn't it?
A. "Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Romans 6:16

Q. Then what shall I do, obey the Sabbath of God's commandment or keep the Sunday of man?
A. "We ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29

Q. Well, Lord, what do You think of Sunday keeping?
A. "Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition...But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." Matthew 15:6,9

Q. But surely the millions of people who keep Sunday can't be wrong, can they?
A. "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13,14 (Only a few obeyed God in the days of Noah, in the days of Lot, in the days of Christ. The majority were lost.)

Q. But Dr. So-and-so is a very wise man: Why doesn't he and all the great preachers keep the Sabbath?
A. "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty." 1 Corinthians 1:26,27. (Note: The great religious teachers in Christ's day rejected the truth also. His followers were of the common people.)

Q. But I have accepted Jesus; I know He is my Saviour; I know He has accepted me and I have been keeping Sunday. Surely I would not be lost if I did not keep the Sabbath now, would I?
A. "A time of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." Acts 17:30

Q. I know you, Lord. You wouldn't condemn me for breaking the Sabbath, would you?
A. "He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John 2:4

Q. But isn't it sufficient that I love the Lord and live by the law of love?
A. "If ye love Me, keep My commandments." John 14:15

Q. Does that mean all ten of them?
A. "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." James 2:10

Q. Well, I think that if we try to follow Jesus, that is all that is necessary. Isn't that right, Jesus?
A. "He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk even as He walked." 1 John 2:6

Q. How did you walk, Lord, what was your custom?
A. "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 4:16

Q. But, Lord, that was over 1900 years ago. Wouldn't you keep some other day than Saturday if you should come to earth today?

A. "I am the Lord, I change not." Malachi 3:6 "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." Hebrews 13:8

Q. Does my salvation depend upon my obedience to this Sabbath injunction?
A. "And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him." Hebrews 5:9

Q. Do you think it would be absolutely necessary to keep the commandments to receive eternal life?
A. "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matthew 19:17

Q. But I still can't see why You insist on the seventh day, Lord. Isn't Sunday as good as Saturday?
A. "God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it." Genesis 2:3 "He hath blessed and I cannot reverse it." Numbers 23:20. "For Thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever." 1 Chronicles 17:27

Q. Well, it seems to me that if I keep one day in seven, regardless of which one, that ought to be good enough.
A. "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death." Proverbs 16:25 "Spiritual things...are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:13,14

Q. But, Lord! Lord! Can't I do something else? Won't my profession get me to heaven?
A. "Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21

Q. But I pray.
A. "He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination." Proverbs 28:9

Q. But, Lord, look at the people who work miracles in Your name. Some heal the sick, others talk in tongues and do many wonderful things; yet they do not keep the Sabbath. What about them?
A. "Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: Depart from Me." Matthew 7:22,23

Q. Yes, I know the Sabbath is right; but my business would suffer if I closed on Sabbath. I might lose my job. I wouldn't get ahead in the world!
A. "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36

Q. Well, for myself I wouldn't care; but what about my family? Wouldn't it be better for me to work on the Sabbath than to let my family starve?
A. "Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things; but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:32,33. I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." Ps. 27:25

Q. My friends will laugh at me and ridicule me.
A. "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,...and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake; rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven." Matthew 5:11,12. "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you." John 15:18

Q. But suppose my own family does not agree with me. Should I go against their wishes, which would mean in some cases a division in the home?
A. "He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: And he that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me is not worthy of Me." Matthew 10: 37,38. "So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple." Luke 14:33

Q. I am afraid I won't be able to withstand all these trials. I am too weak.
A. "My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness....When I am weak, then am I strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9,10. "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13

Q. Then, Lord, what is the reward for being faithful to You and the commandments?
A. "There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come, life everlasting." Luke 18: 29,30. "Blessed are they that do His commandments that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." Revelation 22:14

Q. Lord, I'm looking forward to a home in the earth made new, will we keep the Sabbath there too?

A. "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain; 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 the Lord." Isaiah 66: 22,23

Q. Then, Lord, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. With Your help, I will keep the Sabbath.
A. "Well done, good and faithful servant." Matthew 25:21

Thanks to Author Erling Calkins for his insight from which I did not hesitate to draw this Q&A.
 

 If you do not celebrate the Feast Days and observe the Sabbath, then surely you call Israel (the creator) a liar.
 
 

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Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth

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Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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Acts 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
 15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
 16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
 18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
 22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

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2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

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Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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Matthew 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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Exodus 31:11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 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 the LORD 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 the LORD: 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 the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

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Exodus 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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Leviticus 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

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2 Chronicles 1:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

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Romans 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

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Hebrews 7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
 24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
 35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

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Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

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John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep

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Romans 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
 11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

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Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
 172 Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

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Exodus 31:16 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 the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

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Luke 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
 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.

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Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

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Amos 5:21 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

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Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

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Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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Acts 13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
 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.
 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

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Acts 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

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Matthew 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
 4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
 5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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Isaiah 66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
 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 the LORD.
 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

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Ezekiel 37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
 20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

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Deu 5:12  Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deu 5:13  Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14  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, 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.
Deu 5:15  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

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2 Samuel 12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son,
and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

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1 Kings 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his
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1 Kings 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

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Jeremiah 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
 6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out
of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
 
 
 

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