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Who changed the Sabbath?

God warned us many years ago, through His prophet Daniel, of a system rising up in the last days that would have a man at its head who would be so pompous that he will exalt himself to place of God and would change God's appointed times and law. He would even persecute the people who refuse to cooperate with his changes.

Daniel 7:24-25 The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; he shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High and will intend to change appointed times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.

This false system of worship does not bring glory to God because it's rooted in sun worship, which began in a place called, Babylon. Babylon is where many of today's false gods and pagan beliefs and practices began. Babylonian sun worship has been influencing God's people for hundreds of years.

Ezekiel 8:15-16 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.” So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

Remember, God does not want us worshiping Him like the pagans worship their false gods.

Deuteronomy 12:29-31 When the Lord your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land, do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.’ You must not worship the Lord your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the Lord hates.

Many of today's churches are still being influenced by Babylonian sun worship, which is why God is calling His people to come out of Babylon.

Revelation 18:4-5 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues" for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

Sunday worship is part of that Babylonian form of worship. Sunday worship started in 321-AD when Emperor Constantine, who was the Emperor of pagan Rome, enacted a law that forced everyone to cease from working on Sunday, the Venerable Day of the Sun.

On 7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor, decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of rest: On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. Sunday - Wikipedia

The Venerable Day of the Sun is rooted in the worship of the sun god of Babylon.

In Roman culture, Sunday was the day of the Sun god. In paganism, the Sun was a source of life, giving warmth and illumination to mankind. Sunday - Wikipedia

Constantine forced people to honor Sunday, instead of God's Sabbath, because he hated anything to do with Israel. Here is what Constantine had to say about Israel.

"The Constantine Creed"

“I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and new moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances and synagogues. absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable. And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.” (Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105)

In 364-AD the Roman Catholic Church also adopted Sunday worship and forced the entire Christian world to honor Sunday, instead of God's Sabbath. This was done for the same hatred for Israel that Constantine had.

“Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923

Martin Luther was a Catholic priest, he was also the founder of the Protestant Reformation, which is how we got today's Lutheran Church, the Baptist church, the Methodist church and many other protestant churches.

Listen to what Martin Luther had to say about Israel.

"First, to set fire to their synagogues or schools … This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians …"

"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed."
"Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them."
"Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb'
"Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. For they have no business in the countryside …"
"Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them"
"Seventh, I recommend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow …But if we are afraid that they might harm us or our wives, children, servants, cattle, etc., … then let us emulate the common sense of other nations such as France, Spain, Bohemia, etc., … then eject them forever from the country …"

Today's mainline church system was born out of a hatred for Israel, not because of some revelation of truth from God. It changed God's appointed times and law, just like God said it would. The Sabbath is one of God's appointed times. Notice how the Catholic Church changed the seventh day Sabbath to Sunday for the Christian church 364 years after Messiah and the Apostles. This means the Sabbath change didn't come from Messiah or His Apostles. When we honor Sunday, as the Lord's day, we are not following Messiah nor are we honoring God. Here is how the Sabbath was changed with much persecution to those who rejected these changes.

"Statements of the Catholic Church"

"Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday (Sabbath), but shall work on that Day: but the Lord’s Day, they shall especially honour; and as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ." The Catholic Church at the Council of Laodicea circa 364 AD

"The Council of Laodicea ... forbids Christians from judaizing and resting on the Sabbath day, preferring the Lord's day, and so far as possible resting as Christians." Encyclopedia Britannica, 1899 Edition, Vol. XXIII, page 654.

Question - Which is the Sabbath day? Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day. Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd ed.

"But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Yes, of course, it is inconsistent; but this change was made about fifteen centuries before Protestantism was born, and by that time the custom was universally observed. They have continued the custom, even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text in the Bible. That observance remains as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away - like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair". "The Faith of Millions"

With this Sabbath change to Sunday came much persecution, imprisonment and even death to those who rejected these changes from the papacy. Do some research on the Crusades and Inquisitions.

Inquisitions: an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was re-established to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government.

"The church may by divine right confiscate the property of heretics, imprison their person, and condemn them to flames. In our age, the right to inflict the severest penalties, even death, belongs to the church. There is no graver offense than heresy, therefore it must be rooted out." - Public Eccliastical, Vol. 2, p.142.

"He is a heretic who does not believe what the Roman Hierarchy teaches. --A heretic merits the pains of fire. --By the Gospel, the canons, civil law, and custom, heretics must be burned."--148, 169

IF WE BELIEVE RELIGION IS TRUE, WE SHOULD BE REINTRODUCING A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO FAIL TO ATTEND CHURCH ON SUNDAY -Daily Independent 4-11-98 -Sara Maitland "On the issues of belief"

Sunday worship crept into the church and became accepted by the church through persecution and excommunication, which is the same way homosexuality is becoming accepted by the church today.

When we honor the seventh day Sabbath, by keeping it holy, we glorify God but when we honor Sunday, the first day, and keep it holy, we reject God and glorify the Pope.

“Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923

When we honor Sunday, by keeping it holy, and treat the Sabbath as a normal work day, we are obeying man-made rules in place of God's law. When we do this, our worship is worthless and in vain in the eyes of God.

Matthew 15:9 Their worship is worthless, for they teach their man-made laws instead of those from God.

Mark 7:7 And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

When we honor the seventh day, by keeping it holy, we testify to the world around us that we worship the One true God of creation.

Ezekiel 20:12 And I gave them the Sabbath—a day of rest every seventh day—as a symbol between them and me, to remind them that it is I, the Lord, who sanctifies them—that they are truly my people.

Ezekiel 20:20 Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.

When we honor the Sabbath, we testify that it is the God of creation we are obeying.

Exodus 31:13 Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

When we honor Sunday, as the Lord’s day, we testify to the world around us that it is man we are obeying and not God.

“The Bible says, Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. The Catholic church says, No! By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day, and command you to keep the first day of the week. And lo, the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church!” Father Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, History of the Sabbath, p. 802

Just about everything in today's mainline churches came from the Roman Catholic Church and was adopted from Babylonian sun worship. Everything including the immortal soul, Sunday worship, Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter.

Practically everything Protestants regard as essential or important they have received from the Catholic Church... The Protestant mind does not seem to realize that in accepting the Bible and observing the Sunday, in keeping Christmas and Easter, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope. ~ Our Sunday Visitor (February 5, 1950)

They even tweaked the Bible to fit the changes they made. For example, Easter is a pagan holiday so we should not see the word, Easter, in the Bible, but we do.

Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. ~ KJV

They injected the word, Easter, into the Bible so people would see it and have no problem celebrating Easter as a Christian holiday, instead of God's appointed time. The word should be Passover, not Easter.

Acts 12:4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. ~ NKJV

Pastors who follow the same system will also point to a couple of verses that say, the first day of the week, to prove the early church gathered on Sunday, instead of Saturday, the seventh day, but we have already seen that this is not true.

Let's look at 1 Corinthians 16:2 because this is one of the verses pastors use to say the early church met on Sunday because they took up an offering on the first day.

1 Corinthians 16:2 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.

The four words, (day of the week) are not in the original language. There is only one word there and it's the word, Sabbath.

Strong's G4521 sab'-bat-on: the seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work

The verse should read like this:

1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first Sabbath let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.

When you read the context of the verse you will find that Paul would be was passing through that area. He was telling them that he would be in their area on the first Sabbath on that particular month. Why the first Sabbath? Because in those days they would use the Sabbath to determine which week they were on in any particular month because each month had four Sabbaths. Paul was telling them that he would be there on the first Sabbath, not the first day of the week. Notice how they used the Sabbath to determine which week they are in.

Luke 6:1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grain fields. and His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands.

On the second Sabbath after the first means it was the second week of that particular month.

How was the Catholic Church able to change God's times and law when God tells us not to add anything or take away anything from His word? They changed God's times and law because they teach and believe they have the authority and power to change God's times and law.

"The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ." "The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ." Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. (The Pope can modify divine law.) Ferraris' Ecclesiastical Dictionary.

They "dispense with the command of Christ???" When the Catholic church is asked..."Why do you feel you have the power, authority and ability to change Scripture to match your traditions?" They answer..."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, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority." -Rev. Stephan Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, "On the Obedience Due to the Church," chap. 2, p. 174. (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New York.)

Why do they believe they have the authority and power to change God's times and law? Because they believe the Pope is God.

"The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh." Catholic National, July 1895.

"The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land. He is the vicegerent (replacement) of Christ, who is not only a Priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords." La Civilia Cattolica, March 18, 1871

"The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man...he is as it were, God on earth, sole sovereign of he faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plenitude of power." Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, 1763, Volume VI, ‘Papa II’, pp. 25 - 29

This is exactly what the Apostle Paul said would happen before Messiah's second coming.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him: We ask you, brothers, not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition. He opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

All of today's Christian holidays are rooted in Babylonian sun worship and are being used to change God's law and replace God's appointed times, just like God said they would.

December 25th was observed as the birthday of the sun as part of the ancient Roman festival called Saturnalia. It was also the date of the birthday of the pagan sun-god Mithras (sometimes also spelled Mithra). {The Catholic Encyclopedia}

The Easter or Ishtar symbolism of the Sunday resurrection of the spring fertility cult (Easter, the Anglo-Saxon form of Ishtar), is a pagan system of worship that first penetrated Christianity in the second century. The symbolism stems from the death of Tammuz on Friday and his resurrection on Sunday. The 40 days of Lent were picked as one day for each year of his life since he died at age 40. The rest of the traditions of Easter were "Christianized" into the story of the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah. "{WikiBooks & Wikipedia}

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Even sunrise service on Easter morning is rooted in sun worship and has nothing to do with Messiah's resurrection. As a matter of fact, when Mary went to Messiah's tomb, early Sunday morning, it was still dark and the tomb was already empty.

John 20:1-2 Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone was rolled aside from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and me and said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and I don’t know where they have put him!”

God's people worshiping the sun, even in the Lord's house, is nothing new. God has been dealing with the abomination of sun worship for thousands of years.

Ezekiel 8:15-16 Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.” So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

God has given us so much information to help us identify that system He calls, Babylon. It's the same system that Daniel warned us about. Keep in mind, this is a system, not a people. It's a system that is influencing God's people and they need to come out of it. Let me give you just a little peak at this system and you will see that it is most definitely Holy Rome, also known as, the Little Horn, the Vatican, the Roman Catholic church and the Beast of Revelation 13:1-3.

To help build on the truth of this information, let's look at Daniel's warning a little more closely. God uses a beast and a horn has metaphors for a Kingdom. The Vatican is both a Beast and a horn but it's a little horn. It's a little kingdom.

Daniel 7:7-8 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.

Daniel 7:24-25 The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; he shall be different from the first ones, and shall subdue three kings. He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High and will intend to change appointed times and the law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.

1. Pagan Rome falls.

When pagan Rome fell in 476-AD it divided into ten horns or ten kingdoms. Out of these ten kingdoms came a little kingdom or a little horn rising up from within the middle of them. This little kingdom shall be different from the other kingdoms.The Roman Catholic church is different from the other kingdoms because it's both a religious kingdom and a political kingdom with a Pope ruling as king. All the other kingdoms are just a political kingdom with a king. The Vatican is not only a state/country all by itself, it's also a very powerful and rich church.

Vatican City

Vatican City officially Vatican City State or State of Vatican City (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is an independent state located within the city of Rome. With an area of 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of about 1,000, it is the smallest state in the world. ~ Wikipedia

Satan has used this little kingdom to deceive the whole world.

Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

We know Satan has deceived the whole world through the Papacy because when a church honors Sunday, as the Lord's day, Christmas as Messiah's birthday, Good Friday as His crucifixion and Easter as His resurrection they are honoring the Pope's commandments over God's times and law.

It was the Serpent who gave the Pope, who is the head of the Beast (Vatican), his power, throne and great authority.

Revelation 13:2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

2. He will speak pompous words against the Most High God.

The Pope claims to have the power to change God's times and law because he claims to be God. His triple crown proves he is king of heaven, of earth and of the under the lower regions. These are definitely pompous words against the Most High God.

"Hence the pope is CROWNED with a TRIPLE CROWN, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions." Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, Vol. VI, pp. 438, 442"The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ." "The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ." Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. (The Pope can modify divine law.) Ferraris' Ecclesiastical Dictionary."

The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man...he is as it were, God on earth, sole sovereign of he faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plenitude of power." Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, 1763, Volume VI, ‘Papa II’, pp. 25 - 293.

3. He will changes God's times and law.

The Pope changed the Sabbath to Sunday.

“Sunday is our mark of authority… the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact” Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923

The Pope removed God's appointed Feast Days and replaced them with Sunday worship, Christmas, Easter and Good Friday. The Pope also removed the second commandment from the Ten Commandments, which forbids the use of idols in worship. Now the Catholic church bows before idols (statues) as they pray to them asking them for favors and blessings.

4. The Papacy persecutes the saints.

The saints are those who obey the commandments of God, as opposed to, the commandments of the Pope. If you reject the commandments of the Pope you are deemed a heretic and punished.

Revelation 12:17 The dragon was very angry with the woman. He went off to fight with the rest of her children. They are the ones who obey the Laws of God and are faithful to the teachings of Jesus.

The church may by divine right confiscate the property of heretics, imprison their person, and condemn them to flames. In our age, the right to inflict the severest penalties, even death, belongs to the church. There is no graver offense than heresy, therefore it must be rooted out." - Public Eccliastical, Vol. 2, p.142.

The New Covenant is made with Israel.

Hebrews 8:10 For this is the new 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.

Matthew 15:24 Jesus answered, “God sent me only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.”

We as Gentiles are grafted into Israel through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:11-13 Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

Romans 11:17 But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree.

Today's whole system of worship is foreign to Israel and goes against everything God taught Israel for thousands of years. Everything in today's worship is rooted in paganism, which God warned Israel not to be part of.

I've only been touching on a few identifying points on this page, there is so much more. God does not want His people to be led astray in the last days. All of this information can be found in our high school history books and encyclopedias. For more information on this topic, feel free to contact me.

Remember, God does not want His people worshiping Him like the pagans worship their false gods.

To get a better idea of how this Babylonian system has influenced today's church, watch my short video, "Three days and three nights".

Remember, God is calling His people out of this religious/political system called, Babylon. Will you listen?

Revelation 18:4-5 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of Babylon, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues" for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her sins.

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