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Pat Robertson wrote;

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, is a command for the personal benefit to each citizen. Our minds, spirits, and bodies demand a regular time of rest. Perhaps God’s greatest gift to mankind’s earthly existence is the ability to be free from work one day a week.”

(The New World Order, Pg. 236)

Pope John Paul II -- Dies Domini # 16

“The commandment of the Decalogue by which God decrees the Sabbath observance is formulated in the Book of Exodus in a distinctive way: ‘Remember the Sabbath day in order to keep it holy’ (20:8).

Pope John Paul II -- Dies Domini

“And the inspired text goes on to give the reason for this, recalling as it does the work of God: "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (v. 11). Before decreeing that something be done, the commandment urges that something be remembered.”

Pope John Paul II -- Dies Domini

“It is a call to awaken remembrance of the grand and fundamental work of God which is creation, a remembrance which must inspire the entire religious life of man and then fill the day on which man is called to rest. Rest therefore acquires a sacred value: the faithfulare called to rest not only as God rested, but to rest in the Lord, bringing the entire creation to him, in praise and thanksgiving, intimate as a child and friendly as a spouse.”

Dr. James Kennedy, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale FL, 11 /4 / 2001“God so loved the human race that He gave us the Sabbath. In fact, before the state, before the church, before even the family, the first institution that God gave to mankind was the Sabbath. Having created the heavens and the earth and all things therein, he rested on the seventh day and blessed the seventh day and hallowed it. And He commands us to keep it as such, because He loves us. And if we love Him we will love His Sabbath.”

Dr. James Kennedy, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale FL, 11 /4 / 2001

“The Sabbath, the first institution given to man, is one that is vitally important. It is the longest commandment of the ten, more words dedicated to that throughout the rest of the scripture, mentioned more than virtually any other, and it was a very serious matter. God intended us to keep it.”

Christianity Today editorial, November 2003

“Our churches and families need to return to a Sabbath consciousness that can provide a platform for countercultural witness.”

WHICHDAY?

DOES IT

MATTER?

SABBATH OR SUNDAY: GOD’S MASTERPIECE

VS. SATAN’S COUNTERFEIT

1. What day did

God establish

as the Sabbath?

Genesis 2:1-3

2. How long did God say the

Sabbath would last?

Exodus 31:16

PERPETUAL

Always

Eternal

Everlasting

3. Will the Sabbath

be observed in

the New Earth?

Isaiah 66:22,23

4. The Bible says,

“The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath.”

Is the Sabbath only for Jews?

Mark 2:27

5. Was the Sabbath

changed by the

new covenant?

Galatians 3:29

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put

My laws in their mind and write them on their

hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be

My people.”

Hebrews 8:10

6. Did the Christian believers observe the seventh-day Sabbath

after Christ’s resurrection?

a. Acts 17:2

b. Acts 13:42,44

7. Did God change His law

or the Sabbath day?

a. Matthew 5:18

b. Malachi 3:6

7. Did God change His law

or the Sabbath day?

a. Matthew 5:18

b. Malachi 3:6

c. Psalm 89:34

8. Does the Bible predict an

attempt to change God’s

laws and times?

Daniel 7:25

9. How many beasts did Daniel see coming up out of the sea?

Daniel 7:1-3

10. What do the four

beasts represent?

Daniel 7:17

BABYLON

MEDO-PERSIA

GREECE

ROME

11. What happened to

the ten horns of the

fourth beast?

Daniel 7:8

12. What are the identifying marks of the little horn power?

a. Verses 8 & 24 - Rose out of the fourth beast.b. Verse 24 – Appeared after the ten horns.c. Verses 8 & 20 – Little at first, became great.d. Verses 8 & 24 – Subdued 3 kings.e. Verse 24 - Different from the rest.f. Verse 8 – Eyes and mouth of a man.g. Verse 25 – Change times and law.h. Verse 25 – Persecutes the saints.i. Verse 25 – Speaks against the Most High.

13. Who, or what power, is

represented by

the little horn?

The Roman Papacy

(a) The Papacy was established during the rule of Rome, the fourth beast.

(b) It was seen after the division of Rome into the ten kingdoms of Europe.

(c) It was not a major power at first, but over time grew,

(d) eventually supplanting 3 kingdoms (Heruli in 493, Vandals in 534, Ostrogoths in 538).

13. Who, or what power is represented by the little horn?

(e) The ten kingdoms that came out of the Roman Empire were political kingdoms. But the Papacy combined religious and political authority.

(f) The leader of the Papacy is a man whose title is the Pope.

13. Who, or what power is represented by the little horn?

(g) The Papacy claims to have the authority to change divine law. “The Pope is of so great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine Laws.” (emphasis supplied) (Source: Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca “Papa,” article 2).

13. Who, or what power is represented by the little horn?

(h) The saints would be persecuted for time, times, and the dividing of times. In a parallel prophecy, Revelation 12:6 and 13:5 shows this period to be 42 months, or 1260 days, or literal years (a prophetic day is a literal year; see Ezekiel 4:6). From 538 AD, when the last of the three horns were “plucked up,” to 1798 AD, when the Pope was arrested and exiled by French general Berthier, the Papacy persecuted and killed thousands of Christians who would not submit to its authority.

538 AD – Papacy begins ascendancy to power

Prophetic years = 360 days 3 ½ years = 1260 days (or literal years)

3 ½ years

Time, Times, and half a time3 ½ prophetic years

13. Who, or what power is represented by the little horn?

(i) Pompous, or blasphemous words would be: (1) Man claiming to forgive sins; see Mark 2:7 (2) Man taking the place of God; see John 10:33.

The Papacy does both: “The priest holds the place of the Saviour himself, when, by saying ‘Ego te absolvo,’ he absolves from sin.” (Duties and Dignities of the Priest, by Liguori, pg. 27) “All names which in Scripture are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope.” (On the Authority of Councils, book 2, chapter 17, 1619 edition) “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (The Great Encyclical Letters of Leo XIII, page 304)

14. What law and time did the little horn attempt to change?

God’s Ten Commandment Law

a. God’s Ten Commandment law.

The Roman church “modified” the law by eliminating the second commandment and splitting the tenth commandment in order to still have ten. The fourth commandment is moved up to third, and the reference to Sabbath being the seventh day is removed.

(See “the Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine,” Pg. 37, 38; 1946 edition)

b. The Sabbath Day

15. How did Jesus

describe worship

based on the

commandments

of man?

Matthew 15:9

16. Is the Sabbath relevant for Christian believers today? a. Exodus 20:8-11 b. Matthew 5:19

16. Is the Sabbath relevant for Christian believers today? a. Exodus 20:8-11

b. Matthew 5:19

c. Hebrews 4:4,9,10

Jesus said, “Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle

will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

Matthew 5:18

THE DAY OF THE LORD

Earth and heavens are burned up

REASONS GIVEN FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP

AUTHORITY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

IN HONOR

OF THE

RESURRECTION

MISINTERPRETATION OF TWO SCRIPTURES

On the first day of the week let each one of

you lay something aside, storing up as he

may prosper, that there be no collections

when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:2

Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message to midnight.Acts 20:7

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart.Acts 2:46

THE LAW HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH

WE ARE UNDER GRACE

THE LAW WAS “NAILED TO THE CROSS”

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT DAYAS LONG AS YOU KEEP ONE

WHICHDAY?

DOES IT

MATTER?