HONORING THE TRUE SABBATH

           Did you know there are at least eight 7th Day Sabbath keeping Christin denominations who are truly faithful to the Ten Commandments?  Did you know that millions of Christians today still observe the Sabbath on Saturday?  From the 7th Day Adventist Churches to various branches of the Church of God (Seventh Day) these believers claim that keeping the 7th-Day Sabbath isn't optional.  It's a divine command engrave in the fourth commandment.  While most of Christianity worship on Sunday, these groups continue to honor the very day God sanctified from the beginning of Creation.  
          They believe the Ten Commandments were never abolished, the Sabbath was never replaced, and Jesus never told us in the New Testament to abandon Saturday worship.  So who is right?  I believe what I have read from God's word that the ten commandments were never changed, not even a tid bit.  Jesus did not come to abolish the Ten Commandments he came to fulfill them.  He came to save the lost. 
          Have millions misunderstood what day is the true Sabbath for centuries?  These groups believe in keeping all of the Ten Commandments which include the fourth. Scriptures tell us that if we break one of the least of these, we break them all.  The good news is, we can be forgiven for breaking them.  Is the day of worship a permanent divine command or just a temporary symbol?  I believe is it a divine command.  This question has stirred up debates among Christians for centuries.  At the heart of this conversation lies the fourth commandment.  Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy.  How did a command given to ancient Israel become a point of divergence among Modern Christians?
          The origin of the 7th Day Sabbath goes all the way back to Genesis.  For after six days of creation God rested on the seventh from all of his work.  He blessed the seventh and set it apart (Genesis 2:23).  The Ten Commandments were in effect from the very beginning.  Long before the Israelites even existed.  In Exodus 20 which lists the 10 commandments, God called Moses up from the people to the top of Mount Sinai.  Before that time, the commandments and laws of God were given by word of mouth.  They were never written down until God wrote them on "a" table (one table) of stone.  This was a divine law given not only to Israel, but viewed by many as a moral standard for all of humanity. 
          Today, the vast majority of Christians worship on Sunday the first day of the week.  Why?  The shift from Saturday to Sunday worship didn't happen overnight.  Many scholars trace the transition to the early centuries of the Roman Empire,  especially after Christianity began to separate from Judaism.  As persecution of the Jews intensified in the Roman Empire, early Christians began distinguishing their practices, including their day of worship.  One major turning point came under Emperor Constantine.  In 321 AD, Constantine issued a "civil law" decree (not the day of worship) declaring Sunday as a day of rest.  On the Vendaval Day of the "Sun", let the magistrates and people residing "in cities" rest (just in the cities).  This was not a Sabbath Day of rest.  Later church councils such as the "Council of Ladosea" in the fourth century reinforced the Sunday observance even warning against Judaism who were still keeping the seventh day Sabbath. 
          When the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt 400 years, they were slaves and not taught the bible truths.  But some Christian groups never accepted this change.  For them the Sabbath is not a cultural relic or a ceremonial law.  It is part of the eternal moral code.  They argued that Jesus never  abolished the seventh day Sabbath, but clarified its purpose.  The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. (Mark 2:27).  They point out that "nowhere" in the New Testament did Christ or the apostles commanded a change from Saturday to Sunday.  These groups believe that by keeping the Seventh-Day Sabbath, they are staying faithful to the original divine design.  Jesus stated that he came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it.  

posted by *Starlight* December 29, 2025


           
         
          

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