The Pope Promotes Sunday

By Curtis Rittenour | Posted August 17, 2015
Prior to his September visit to the United States, Pope Francis has laid bare his deep devotion and promotion of Sunday keeping. Pastor Doug examines the pope's recent radio address and asks, "Could this be yet another step in the fulfillment of last-day prophecy?" Find out!

Pastor Doug Batchelor has released a brand-new video analyzing Pope Francis’s revealing Vatican radio address delivered on August 12, 2015. In anticipation of his upcoming visit to the United States, the head of the Catholic Church is promoting a family theme that includes an emphasis on Sundaykeeping, which he says “is so sacred that it is the conduit for every grace of Christ.”

Such teaching is in conflict with Scripture, which clearly states that we should, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:8, emphasis supplied). From the beginning, “God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it” (Genesis 2:3). The word “sacred” means “to set apart as holy.” No other day in the Bible is marked by the Creator as consecrated for worship.

In truth, it is the biblical Sabbath that reminds us of the grace of Christ who finished His work of salvation on the cross and rested in the tomb on the seventh day. The Sabbath calls us to rest from our works and remember God’s work of creation and redemption. Human leaders and church institutions are not vested with the authority to change God’s sacred law.

As we consider the panorama of prophecy, we more clearly see the signs of the times in which we live just before Christ returns. We encourage you to listen to Pastor Doug speak on this important topic by watching the video below—and please share this link with your friends and family.


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Curtis Rittenour
Curtis J. Rittenour is the senior writer at Amazing Facts International. He pastored for 25 years and has authored books, magazine articles, blogs, and seminars.
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A believer in Jesus and that we all can be saved
A few questions:

One, How do you all know for a fact everything started on Friday?
Did we create the days or was it laid out for us?
Do we really know what day it is for we have leap years?
Who is anyone to say another isn't going to heaven @Doug with his statement about Billy Graham?
Who is anyone to make statements like that?
Wouldn't that be considered judging?
Thanks all
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Anonymous
Like Doug stated in the video, knowing about the pope's push for Sunday sacredness is not enough for us. Knowledge along will not keep us from the mark of the beast but knowledge and that personal relationship with Jesus will. Additionally we must understand what a personal relationship with Jesus means, and live like we do by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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zoe_lulu
Jesus knows the hearts and motives behind each discussion. He said study and by this show your good workmanship. And he also said there will be gnashing of teeth before he returns. I see this prophesy happening as time goes on.
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dvmarcusdisqus
Yay!.... Jesus' coming is NEAR! Yay!
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pamelaortizmartinez
I live in Philadelphia where everyone is awaiting the pope visit. Hundreds of people here received The Great Contreversy in the mail, they even spoke about it in the news. I really pray people read this book and prepare themselves for what is heading toward us. Thank you Amazing Facts Ministry for continuing to provide God's truth. May God Bless you all
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annorwiafe
Amen
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JMS0791
Hi Pastor Doug,
Thank you for making this known and the video available for free for a time. I have a question(s) I was hoping you can shed some light on.
If such a law as "Sunday Law" is passed, how does that effect the way we keep Sabbath? Will the government(s) also forbid worship on Saturday? And why is there a push as to when the "Sunday Law" is made law to move out of the cities?
Thanks,
Jason
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garyzw
Jason read the Great Controversy. It is free online at the White Estate website. When the Sunday Law is passed we will be forced to work on Sabbath and rest on Sunday. There reason to move out of the Cites is because they will come and persecute you... you need to flee to the Mountains.
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Anonymous
Thank you for sharing the truth! We were really looking forward to you speaking at Spring Medows church. Jesuits are taking over our church's and places of work. It's a shame. We love you though!
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Anonymous
People who call Sunday the Sabbath are in for a problem in some parts of Europe, as well as in Latin America. A look at the local day-names - and remember, Christianity arrived early in Greece and Iberia, from which latter the day-name usage passed across the water. Note these:-
Spain/Portugal/Latin America - Sunday[Domingo -, i.e. "Lord's Day]; Saturday[Sabado, i.e. Sabbath]
Greece - Sunday[Kyriaké - "Lord's Day"]; Saturday[Sabbaton, i.e. Sabbath]
Also in Greece the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is called the Great Sabbath - a usage that goes back to at least the 3rd century A.D. Another feature is that the boundaries of sacred observance are reckoned in the Eastern Orthodox family of churches from evening to evening.
Our tendency in English-speaking countries to call Sunday the Sabbath dates from no earlier than the mid-16th century, and was systematised in a book by one Nicholas Bownd that made the English Puritans and Scots Covenanters go viral about their observance of Sunday.
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Anonymous
Are we suppose to be like the Pharisees or like Yeshua? In the following verses who is making a big deal about what the disciples are doing?
Mark 2:38-28 NKJV
23 Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”25 But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: 26 how he went into the house of Godin the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
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jneves20
Hello Mark:
Jesus was denouncing the abuse and rigid laws the Pharisees wrongly interpreted as 'keeping' of the Sabbath, which had turned the Sabbath into a burden, rather than a blessing for people; Jesus, through His teachings and His example, taught us how to correctly keep the Sabbath (ie. what the Sabbath was really about).
"And he [Jesus] 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
"Jesus and his companions went to the town of Capernaum. When the Sabbath day came, he went into the synagogue and began to teach." Mark 1:21
His disciples continued to keep the Sabbath, even after His ascension:
"As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,..." Acts 17:2
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Anonymous
Is the Sabbath the only day we can worship God and read the Torah? If the Sabbath was made for man then what are we to do on this day? I know what God did when he created the Sabbath day. He rested.
My point about the Pharisees is that they like to point out what everybody else is doing wrong instead of looking at themselves (self righteous). We all sin and it is by the grace of God we are forgiven through his son Yahweh. Yahweh wants us to love God first and then love one another.
On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 God blessed the seventh day and separated it as holy; because on that day God rested from all his work which he had created, so that it itself could produce. Genesis 2:2-4
Remember the day, Sabbath, to set it apart for God. 9 You have six days to labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Adonai your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. 11 For in six days, Adonai made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why Adonai blessed the day, Sabbath, and separated it for himself. Exodus 20:8-11
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Anonymous
Even though we can worship GOD everyday all the days does not have the blessing of the Sabbath. Remember God is particular as recorded in Genesis 4 with Cain and Abel. We cannot justify wilful disobedience this is why the word remember is used when it comes to the Sabbath. Every day is good but only one is Holy unto the Lord
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jneves20
Mark:
Of course, we should set aside a period of time every day to worship and study about God [after all, He is our spiritual bread, and we need to eat of Him every day], but the Sabbath is a special 24hr time period, set aside and devoted to 'spending time' with God. In it, we come together with our families and friends to worship and study about God, visiting the sick, sharing our blessings with the less-fortunate--all of these things are beneficial to men. It allows us to lay aside our own problems, rest from our physical/psychological stresses, count our blessings, and offer ourselves to the service of others.
We are called to share the blessing of the Sabbath with the others, not because we think ourselves righteous (the Lord is my Judge) or better then anyone else---as you yourself said, we are ALL sinners, in need of grace and forgiveness-- but because we have a duty to God, to share with others (out of love), the light that has been shared with us.
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Anonymous
I am glad you said we should set a period of time every day to worship and study. So Sunday is an OK day to do this. I know it is not the true Sabbath. Even Paul discussed things on the day after the Sabbath. In today's world we just do not need to set a day apart to visit the sick or share blessings we should do this everyday just like Yeshua. Some people do think they are better, just like the Pharisees because they feel what they do will bring them salvation and not because of what Yeshua has done for us. This will be my last post and look forward to your reply.
On Motza’ei-Shabbat, when we were gathered to break bread, Sha’ul addressed them. Since he was going to leave the next day, he kept talking until midnight. Act 20:7 CJB
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Anonymous
WHY ? SUNDAY WORSHIP is it Biblical ?
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youtubepotsministries
Mark the issue is not about setting times to worship. It's about the laws of God being replaced by the laws of men.
I don't know if you're married but I'm sure you set times with your wife to spend. Does those times take away the time you may spend on your anniversary? No, why? Because though you may spend the time, on occasion and on your anniversary, your anniversary is still your anniversary....though you spend time with your wife on both occasions.
So worshipping God in setting a time for it is not an excuse to say that God's law is changed. There is a context and the context is not times of worship but rather the context is the law of God in conflict to the law of men.
When the Sabbath day is properly understood in it's entirety, it will make complete sense to see why God set it as a law.
Examples of the Sabbath:
Sabbath keeping shows us complete faith in God because Sabbath is an outward sign that God is our creator
Sabbath shows that God is the only one to make us Holy because He made the Sabbath Holy.
I could go on but you can check out some of the videos I did on my Youtube.
I pray this helps Mark.
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Anonymous
Please show in my post where I said God's law changed? Did I not say that Sunday is not true Sabbath in one of my post? From Friday evening to Saturday evening is the true Sabbath.
I am also glad that one day I will be in front in Yahweh to be judged by him, an not before you or anyone else in this forum to be judged.
Thank you for praying for me. I will pray for you as well
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abcdef_g
Mark, God does not change according to the bible. Also according to the bible His law does not change. Jesus does not change, also according to scripture. It is easy then to see that the Sabbath command therefore does not change. God said to keep the 7th day holy by remembering it and what it was a reminder of (creation) and by gathering for worship (holy convocation) and by not working on that day.
No amount of human reasoning can change these facts. The 4th commandment is still as binding on true Christians today as it was when God spoke it and wrote it Himself.
Of course we need to visit the sick, the imprisoned the poor and bless them with the things we have been blessed with. but that does not in any way do away with Gods command to keep the seventh day Sabbath any more than it does away with any of the other 9 commandments.
Please dont fall for the idea that Gods law has been changed or doesnt matter or that sunday is a substitute for the Sabbath or that any day will work. that is antinomian lawless heresy.
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Anonymous
To ABCDEF G : Where did I say God's law change? Where did I say God changed in my previous post. Why are we being so legalistic about keeping the Torah. Do not be like the Pharisees.
This is what Sha’ul wrote to the Galatians.
I want to know from you just this one thing: did you receive the Spirit by legalistic observance of Torah commands or by trusting in what you heard and being faithful to it? Galatians 3:2 CJB
For the whole of the Torah is summed up in this one sentence: “Love your neighbor as yourself”;[a] 15 but if you go on snapping at each other and tearing each other to pieces, watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other! Galatians 5:14
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abcdef_g
You talk of love? Why not quote Jesus? Jesus said; "If you LOVE ME, KEEP MY commandments". the bible says; "This is the LOVE OF GOD, that we KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS".
Jesus and the bible equate love with OBEDIENCE and obedience out of LOVE is NOT legalistic.
The pope promotes the pagan sunday but God says the Sabbath is the Lords day and commands us to keep it rather than sunday. Who should we obey? You love the one you obey. Should we love the pope more than God? I think not. but you obey the pope if you like. But no pope can give salvation. Better think about that.
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abcdef_g
the 10 commandments are not legalism. keeping Gods law out of LOVE is not legalism and is the only acceptable obedience to God.
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Anonymous
Dear Mark
I have read everything that has been posted and things seem to have gotten confused, both you and the others seem to be arguing the same points( that the sabbath is a day of rest set up by God and that we should worship him on it). Could you please state clearly what your objection with the article or with what Doug Batchelor said is? It sounds more like the question is not whether to keep the sabbath but how to keep it. Which is a whole other topic.
Also if it is I whom is confused I do apologize.
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kingcurtisseven
Hello Pastor Dough praying for you and all the listeners out there. My question is does the SDA churches today still hold to the teaching of the pioneers? If no, why not?
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Anonymous
I knew this time would come in my lifetime. Very interesting to see the economic disasters worldwide, endless wars, climate issues, and other final events are all coming to a head. Man made solutions will never work but millions will be duped into believing 1 Man has the answer! Exciting time to be living. I am not the slightest bit fearful. Everything I have discovered on my own research lead me to the SDA. Believe it or not, it is ALL happening as we read these messages!
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valibucuresti
Glad you made it on time. I also was an atheist but now a believer. Keep trusting in Him. Walk like Enoch.
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chantz78
Amen to that!
That makes my heart glad and strengthens me. Praise God for opening your eyes ☺
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Anonymous
I'm happy for you...but please know that wasn't your own research...that was the Holy Spirit showing you revelations!!!
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Anonymous
I believe, we are living in the time Jesus is meant to come back. We are so close, closer than we have ever been! Thank you, Pastor Doug for the timely message warning me to get ready Jesus has almost finished the work of cleansing the Sanctuary above and one day soon throw down the sensor and come and take me home!! Praise the Lord!
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kakashisensie
religion is a form of business .,., no religion can save ,., so why made sectors of religion??.,., why not we only have God and Christ alone??,., why must have a religion formulated and named by earthly humans??.,,
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Godsamazinggrace
The Bible talks about religion. James gives us the definition.
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27). In Paul's day, there were two religions--Judaism and Christianity or the Way (Acts 9:2). The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch (Acts 11:26). The Christian religion is for those who are followers of Christ. The early Christians were Jews. Before Paul became one, he was of the Jewish faith (Acts 26:5, Galatians 1:14). There is nothing wrong with religion. It distinguishes us from other faiths.
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wilfredonegron
Because He is a God of order; we have enough confusion as it is, but the Scriptures are crystal clear regarding God's will as revealed in His Word, revealed by faith through the agency of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in all who truly believe in the name of Jesus!
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JRomeo
Hebrews 10:24-25King James Version (KJV)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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bhupendra_prasad_acharya
I would like to thank Pr. 4 this important message.
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raynerladeras
Saturday is the True Sabbath of the Lord only Constantine change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday in order to unify his kingdom... and no words in the Bible that Jesus change the Sabbath and also He has no command to give importance to Sunday... Jesus observe Sabbath until his death, Paul and God's loving people observe Sabbath. God loves us so much that He wants His people to turn their eyes on the True Sabbath and not to the false Sabbath which many believes. Open your eyes and be not afraid. The Truth will set you free.
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loveteresa
You're wrong on so many levels. But read Matthew 24. There's plenty signs that tell us Christ's return is imminent. You should read the bible in its entirety and then decide if you want to remain catholic. The Catholic Church IS THE GREAT WHORE OF BABYLON. Your "Holy Father" completely deleted the second commandment about graven images The bible says we are not to add to and delete from the text of the bible. Your have graven images all over that church that you pray to and that's strictly forbidden by the bible.
"For there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus". We are also forbidden to call any earthly man Father according to the word of God. Don't come back at me unless you want to be swamped with truths. The bible is the truth. Stop looking to the old traditions of your church. The church you worship is based on satanic laws and principals. The Catholic Church should have been spiritually fact checked like the apostles were every step of the way by the bereans. The apostle Paul was happy to have people scrutinize his faith and his message. The catholic papacy are too prideful. All those robes and churches dripping in MOB money. All that's required to be saved is my soul and Jesus. I need his word to grow spiritually by reading It and continual prayer but I certainly don't even require church membership to be a Christian. Jesus completed all the work needed for salvation otherwise His death on the cross was for nothing.
Jesus was making it known to everyone that the relationship his mother had towards humanity when she asked him to change water into wine at the wedding feast was a moot point. Her inclusion in the story was not required. He said "woman what have I to do with thee?" Meaning, you Mary have nothing at all to do with what the Father is doing thru me His son and the work on the cross. STOP PRAYING TO MARY. She did nothing to save you from sins!
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Anonymous
Wow, Love Thesea, I don't see much love in your post. I was raised and schooled an SDA. Your type of judgment and hate is the reason that I have denounced my association with the SDA church. To call the Catholic Church, in capital letters, "The Whore of Babylon" is truly offensive. Do you feel your judgment and name calling is Christlike? I am not Catholic nor aligned with any religion, but am offended when "Christians" badmouth and degrade others with differing views. Remember Jesus said of the commandments, "the greatest of these is love." Let's allow everyone their own beliefs without throwing stones.
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Godsamazinggrace
I agree that we ought to be loving in our interaction with others outside of the Adventist Church or of another faith. We are not to be condemning or judgmental. However, we cannot just leave people to their own beliefs which will cost them their salvation. We have to share God's truth with them. Paul didn't let people believe what they wanted to believe. When he was in Athens, he saw the idols and had to say something. His approach was not judgmental. Even though his spirit was provoked when he saw the idols in the city, when he spoke to the people, he was courteous. And he opened the dialogue with the comment, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; “for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD." Then, he proceeded to tell them about the true God. We should follow his example in how we share the truth with others. When Jesus pointed out what was going on in the Samaritan woman's life, He was not judgmental. He didn't condemn the adulteress but told her to stop sinning. We are not to condemn or judge. We are to share the Gospel. It is the job of the Holy Spirit to convict and convert people.
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abcdef_g
Jan, you renounced your membership simply because you were looking at people instead of Jesus.
If you have a problem with the whore of babylon then take it up with God since He is the one that described it as such.
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nathan_huggins
You must realize that the book of Revelation is about Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ himself called the abomination of desolation the pagan Roman power in Matthew 24:15, by inferring also the future time, which we are living Jesus is speaking of the papal power as well. So yes, the Catholic church is the Mother of Harlots in Revelation 17:5. I am not speaking of the members, but the system itself. There are many God fearing Catholics who will come out of her (Rev. 18:4).
What is more loving Jan, Jesus who puts up warning signs to stop people before driving off the cliff (books of Daniel/Revelation, Matt. chs. 24&25, Mark 13, Luke 17&21) or not saying anything and allowing us to drive right off the cliff to our death? Was Jesus being judgmental in those chapters? Was the Holy Spirit being judgmental when moving upon John to reveal Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation? Think critically here, it is the infinite love of God that has revealed these things that we might be prepared for what is to come.
We must be careful sister how we paint with a broad brush what the Bible teaches its students. Jesus told us to judge in righteous judgment, do not condemn others, but we must judge in order to determine what is right or wrong and it must be judged according to the Scriptures. It is the only standard for Christians and everything must be measured by that standard including other religions.
Two quotes from one of my most beloved authors, outside of the Bible:
"There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear of Roman Catholicism in the United States to bigotry or childishness. Such see nothing in the character and attitude of Romanism that is hostile to our free institutions, or find nothing portentous in its growth."
"As the Protestant churches have been seeking the favor of the world, false charity has blinded their eyes. They do not see but that it is right to believe good of all evil, and as the inevitable result they will finally believe evil of all good. Instead of standing in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints, they are now, as it were, apologizing to Rome for their uncharitable opinion of her, begging pardon for their bigotry."
Blessings.
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Anonymous
Paula A. Benjamin....
Paula A Benjamin, you must Ask God to open your eyes, Scripture does say...
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
If
you read the Bible, and ask God for understanding, you will See where
God says Keep the Sabbath day Holy, which is SATURDAY, not Sunday, and
the Bible did say the Anti-Christ would try to change Gods Law
And he shall speak great
words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
As
it is, the Roman Catholic Church Already removed the 2nd Commandment,
You Shall not make for yourself an image in the form of ANYTHING in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or the waters below. You shall not
BOW down to them or worship them.
and they divided the 10th Commandment into two. And just FYI, I am not a 7 day Adventist,
I
just see what the Roman Catholic Church has been doing for Centuries,
also, Yes we do not know the day or the hour of Jesus's return, but God
did give us signs of his return, Why do I know we are living in the Last
Days? Jesus clearly commands us to Learn the parable of the Fig Tree;
Matthew 24:32-34....Yeshua teaches in parable to keep those who choose
to be ignorant away from learning and understanding God's truth.
Jesus also said there would be scoffers and mockers....
Who are The Mockers and Scoffers?
(2 Pet 3:3-4 KJV) Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last
days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
{4} And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation.
does this sound like you?
Sister read your Bible, and God Bless you.
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delabarbozacarbajal
So saturday or Sunday? I just started praying and building a relationship with our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ so if anyone feels like helping me understand, please do so.
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Anonymous
Follow JESUS, HE left us an example to follow. As His ccustom was He went into the Synagouge on the Sabbath day.
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jneves20
The following 2 biblical passages should help you. If you go by the bible alone, there is but one day that God blessed and hallowed (made holy), and the fourth commandment is clear on what that day is:
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 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." Exodus 20:8-11
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:17-19
Search the Scriptures with a humble heart and prayer, and God will reveal His truths to you--God Bless.
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wilfredonegron
John 14:15-18, 21 "If you love me, keep my commandments..." As you build that relationship with Jesus, open your mind to His word, and the Holy Spirit will teach you all things concerning God's will for your life. Also read Luke 6:46 and 1 John 2:1-6. Pray in the spirit for discernment of truth versus error, God will lead you! Blessings! :)
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Anonymous
Let me know. We could share the bible truth
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maryingold
The cause of Babylon's fall is threefold: First, with the wine of the wrath of her fornication she has made all nations drunk (Rev. 14;8; 17:2). this points to the seductive activities of end-time Babylon, deceiving the people to accept her religious demands, Second, Babylon has seduced the kings of the earth to commit fornication with her (cf. 17:2; also in 18:9). This refers to to the illicit relationship of the governing political powers of the world with the end-time apostate religious system. 18: 4-5 In the midst of the announcement of the demise of Babylon, John hears another voice from heaven exhorting God's people to leave Babylon: Come out of her, my people, that you might not share in her sins, and that you might not receive of her plagues. Revelation of Jesus Christ Commentary on the Book of Revelation SECOND EDITION / Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. Matthew 24:35 "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." Mark:2:27,28.
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paulaabenjamin
If the Western world looks to Sunday as the last day of the week and Monday as the first day of the week, why is it a problem to call Sunday the lords day? I think this preacher is nitpicking with an agenda against the Catholic church. Also, saying these are end times sort of loses credibility, because men have stated and believed it was the end times for the last 2000 years, in every generation. As bad as the world is today, there were many far worse times in the history of mankind and the world didn't end. The Bible says NO MAN can know the time of the return of Jesus. It could be a thousand years from now, or it could be tomorrow, no one knows but God. When preachers claim it is the end time, or that another religion is wrong to celebrate the Sabbath on the last day of their week, they are speculating at best, trying to make their own religion look more God like, at worst.
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Godsamazinggrace
If Sunday is the last day of the week, then that means that Jesus rose on Monday. So there should be Monday keeping instead of Sunday keeping because the whole purpose of keeping Sunday was it was the day of Jesus' resurrection. According to the Bible, the Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. It is true that no one knows when Jesus is coming. Only the Father knows. Until then, we are to call people out of spiritual Babylon. I used to be a Catholic but left the church to become a Seventh-day Adventist. The Catholic church teaches that the Pope is the head of the church but the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the Head of the church. He gave His life for her. The Bible says that there is only one mediator between God and men and that is Jesus. The Catholic church teaches that Mary is the co-mediatrix. In other words, you have to go to her and then she will go to Jesus. In the Bible, Jesus encouraged believers to ask the Father for what they wanted in Jesus' name. Jesus made it possible for us to go directly to the Father in prayer. The Catholic church also removed the second commandment which forbids idolatry and in order to have ten, they spilit the last commandment into two. This is changing or tampering with God's Word. They place traditions above the Scriptures. Sunday is not the last day of the week--it's the first day. The seventh day of the week, which is Saturday, is the only day God called His holy day (Isaiah 58:13).
Pastor Doug is not nitpicking nor does he have an agenda against the Catholic church. He is merely stating facts. And we are living in the end times. The signs are there.
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Anonymous
Christianity DID NOT begin in the western world, Jesus feet never touched the soil of europe or America. Christianity is an Eastern religion and GOD, yes GOD says remember the 7th day and the Catholic church says no, remember the 1st. The true nitpickers are the one who first brings up the accusation. So GOD say my WORD is truth and life, never once did he say it is speculating, but the impenitent and hard of hearing and those who have close their ears will walk themselves into hell with eyes wide open,. What a pity, O Israel , if thou art destroyed, thou have destroy thyself.
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wilfredonegron
"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." Isaiah 8:20. If we believe in anything other than the Bible, as the Word of God, and what it contains, then it is impossible to understand the concept...
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Anonymous
Truly the world has not end because God is waiting for you to repent.2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men countslackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Anonymous
This notion of Sunday being the seventh day of the week is of late 20th century origin. Also, while there is ample evidence from Patristic sources for Sunday being called "the Lord's day", NOWHERE DO THEY CALL IT THE SABBATH! Note the following day-names in countries where Christianity arrived during apostolic times. The name for Sunday is Domingo(Spain/Portugal) and Kyriaké(Greece) - both mean "Lord's day". The corresponding name for Saturday is Sabado(Spain/Portugal) and Sabbaton(Greece). The actual term "Lord's day" occurs only once in the entire New Testament.
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Anonymous
Did the LORD ask any people to choose their last day or sacred day? Is God divided & differently represented to each group of people? Are you saying that all religions are true based on one's feelings or choices of what constitutes truth?
Could it be that the western world are the one's with the right to correct God by choosing when their own days of the week must begin? Did God/Jesus Christ create the western world/people differently?
Help us answer these questions, please!
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tinakurowski
I'd rather go by what the bible states, and not what mankind states. Doing that is dangerous. As far as end times, there are other descriptions of what the end times would be like, such as 2 Timothy 3, where it describes how people would be. That you can't say has always been like that. It hasn't until the past couple of decades, more so in this past decade. 2 Timolthy 3 3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; 9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.
Furthermore, if you were to watch some of the other videos about prophecy, you most likely would see why he's preaching what he is and how he comes to that conclusion, as it is all written in the bible. If you don't believe the bible, you don't believe God. If that's the case, why not just say so?
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excelcruz
because according to the Bible, Jesus rose on the First day... and that is the Catholic doctrine reasoning for Sunday as the new Sabbath because its the day that Jesus rose.. and if they worship on Sunday to recognize Jesus rising from death, then that means they acknowledge the first day is Sunday.. thus making the 7th Day Sabbath still Saturday.. thus.. they are clearly going against what is written in the Bible, which is supposed to be their source of doctrine..which then puts into question what are they following?
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wilfredonegron
The doctrines of the Catholic Church are not based on Biblical principle, but on the writings of the "fathers of the church (i.e. whatever the Pope teaches becomes official doctrine). That is why they claim to have authority over the Scriptures, to change them as they see fit. We can only depend on God's Holy Word (Jesus) to save us!!!
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Anonymous
Paula God didnt rest on the Creation sabbath so we humans could decide which day it is..he rested as an example for us to follow. And that day was not the first day of the week. And the bible does give certain land marks or prophecies that will mark the time of the end. Example...the world wars, the first occurrences of the falling stars and darkening of the moon were also mentioned in scripture as signs of the end. So yes we are clearly living in the End Time according to the holy Bible
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loveteresa
You're wrong on so many levels. But read Matthew 24. There's plenty signs that tell us Christ's return is imminent. You should read the bible in its entirety and then decide if you want to remain catholic. The Catholic Church IS THE GREAT WHORE OF BABYLON. Your "Holy Father" completely deleted the second commandment about graven images The bible says we are not to add to and delete from the text of the bible. Your have graven images all over that church that you pray to and that's strictly forbidden by the bible.
"For there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus". We are also forbidden to call any earthly man Father according to the word of God. Don't come back at me unless you want to be swamped with truths. The bible is the truth. Stop looking to the old traditions of your church. The church you worship is based on satanic laws and principals. The Catholic Church should have been spiritually fact checked like the apostles were every step of the way by the bereans. The apostle Paul was happy to have people scrutinize his faith and his message. The catholic papacy are too prideful. All those robes and churches dripping in MOB money. All that's required to be saved is my soul and Jesus. I need his word to grow spiritually by reading It and continual prayer but I certainly don't even require church membership to be a Christian. Jesus completed all the work needed for salvation otherwise His death on the cross was for nothing.
Jesus was making it known to everyone that the relationship his mother had towards humanity when she asked him to change water into wine at the wedding feast was a moot point. Her inclusion in the story was not required. He said "woman what have I to do with thee?" Meaning, you Mary have nothing at all to do with what the Father is doing thru me His son and the work on the cross. STOP PRAYING TO MARY. She did nothing to save you from sins!
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shawndra_johnson
He said you wouldn't know the day or the hour but God's true people will watch and see the signs that his coming is near. Saturday in other languages is Sabbath. Jesus was crucified on Good Friday rested thru the Sabbath and rose on Easter Sunday the first day of the week. Catholics think they have the authority to change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday and is described perfectly in Revelations
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cipcllc
The " Western World" can start with Wednesday , but for the many mellennia that has come and gone, the seventh-day Sabbath has not changed and it shall remain the seventh day Saturday. Two things were instituted at creation, Marriage and Sabbath. The two institutions will not change and it does not matter what the Western World wanna think of. You can make your own sabbath Tuesday and See marriage as anything but what was ordained at creation, but the Laws of God shall forever endure. The sabbath day is a day for the Lord, not for man, so we can't think to change the time and the Law (Daniel 7:25), Exodus 20:8
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Anonymous
While no one knows the day or the hour, never before has there been this many signs of the end time. Knowledge has increased in the past one hundred years more so than any other one hundred year period of this world. 2 Timothy 3:2-3 says "For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good"
This has become more and more evident in recent decades. People HAVE lost self-control. One only needs to look at the modern music culture to see how much people love themselves and money.
As for the last day of the week, it doesn't matter how people look at it. It matters how God looks at it. Saturday is by definition the seventh day of the week, and the observance of it as Sabbath can be traced back to Jesus' time. God does not accept excuses but demands obedience.
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Anonymous
The Bible is the final word of God that we are supposed to go by not making our own religeon. Anyone out of scripture is making there own religeon. God himself said keep the 7th day holy referring to what we call Saturday today! He didn't say if you change days then so be it do what you want. His word is final and he said do it so we should. If you read the Bible you would also know we are actually nearing end times. Yes lots of people shout hysterically but there problem is giving dates, never give dates only God can. The Bible does build a prophetic calendar of the end in Scripture though it is very clear. If you don't believe in the Bible well I guess I should just stop wasting my time here. About when Yeshua returns you are wrong you should read again. It actually says we won't know the EXACT time or day but those who are waiting and watching and know scripture will know the season.
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cordellctchristian
Homosexuality is a sin, and will send people to hell fire. There is no brushing that aside.
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Anonymous
The Bible is what matters most, not mans word. Look in the Word for yourself and you will find it written in Genesis 2:1-4 as clear as day.. Daniel 7:25...they shall think to change times and law
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Anonymous
God is merciful and waiting for you to come to know His truths.
God left an example to the Jewish people to keep His true Sabbath and that is just a a small sample as to the days. Read the beginning of Genesis and how God counted the days at creation. Please study the Bible. T
his preacher has an excellent website you can learn from if you are stuck on Bible verses. Get ready now for your time may soon be up!.
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xymonau
Saturday is the seventh day of the week, and the cycle of days has never changed. The Jews alone are testament to that, but science also tells you the same thing. The church can not make something unholy if God has made it holy. Nor can they make a day holy, as God is the only One who can do that. The signs of the end never existed in past times, and study of Daniel and Revelation will tell you where you are in time. Preachers have zero authority. The bible is the authority for Christians, and this is why the Roman catholic church is not Christian. It defies almost every principle found in the bible. At one stage it killed people for owning bibles. Idolatry, superstition, oppression are the fruits of the Catholic church. When it ran the world, the time was called "the Dark Ages" for a very good reason. All the Protestant reformers stated that the beast power was the pope, from the identifying marks in the bible. You need to study more if you are a Christian, but because of your laissez faire attitude to what is right, I assume you are not.
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Anonymous
It was pretty fascinating that the pope last month went to Turin in Northern Italy to attend the Walldensian temple and apologize for the deeds of Francis the 1st in the 16th century (century may be wrong). He really is out to finish the Jesuits work.