Satan’s Deceptions on God’s Law of Love
Why should we keep God’s law and the fourth Commandment Sabbath day that so many are determined to forget? What is the purpose of this day? Does the Seventh day Sabbath belong with the Ten Commandments or did God make a mistake in placing the fourth Commandment in the Decalogue? When was the Bible Sabbath made and what day is the Sabbath according to the Bible? Was it a Jewish Sabbath only or was the Seventh day Sabbath for everyone? Many keep Sunday the first day of the week as the Sabbath instead of the seventh day. What Bible authority have they for this? Some say the Ten Commandments have been abolished commonly quoting Colossians 2:16. Could this really be true? Here are the facts about those Ten great Laws written by God Himself and the real truth about that most controversial fourth commandment the Seventh day Sabbath. These facts are presented entirely on scripture with some commentary given on most verses. All scriptures quoted are from the King James Bible unless otherwise specified. You may like to first read the History of Sun-Day Worship for very enlightening information on how Sunday worship actually began 2000 years before Christ and was devil worship. If you were not looking for a scripture only presentation, you can find all about the Sabbath on Sabbath day. Alternatively see what day is the Sabbath or who changed the Sabbath.
Old Testament Scriptures
Genesis 2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (Here is where the Sabbath is first instituted before sin and before Jew. It is a love commandment intended for people to spend time with God. Note that the day is now blessed and Holy and the fourth Commandment tells us to keep it that way.)
Exodus 16:4, 19-29 NKJV Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. 19 And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning." 20 Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted. 22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' " 24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. 25 Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there will be none." 27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." (God tested His people to see if they would keep the day that He specified and sadly, many decided that any day was acceptable. God called them on it and said how long do you refuse to keep My Commandments. There is no mistaking the day God wants us to keep. He has made it very clear. The big question almost all have at this point is “why do so many keep the first day, Sunday?” This question will be answered later on in this document.)
Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 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, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Note how the fourth Commandment starts with the words, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” This is because the seventh day was already Holy and blessed from creation. See also Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 16:4, 19-30 and Leviticus 10:1-2. People educated and uneducated have no problem understanding the simple words of the Ten Commandments. God says unmistakably to keep the seventh day, not any day in seven. It is true that God desires us to worship Him every day, doing everything at all times to His glory, however, as to a holy day of worship, God has commanded only one and has set apart no other day. Regardless of this, if we kept the Sabbath every day we would be very lazy. Note the simple and unmistakable words a child could understand; “the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God.” It definitely does not say any day in seven. The Ten Commandments are an eternal law of love as God is eternal and God is love. Those that are truly born of God delight in keeping it. See also Exodus 31:12-14, Romans 13:10 and 1John 4:8.)
Exodus 31:12-14 GNB The LORD commanded Moses 13 to tell the people of Israel, "Keep the Sabbath, my day of rest, because it is a sign between you and me for all time to come, to show that I, the LORD, have made you my own people. 14 You must keep the day of rest, because it is sacred. Whoever does not keep it, but works on that day, is to be put to death. 15 KJV 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. 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (The only thing God personally added to the Bible and as quoted above, was written with God’s own finger. All Ten Commandments show our allegiance but the fourth is a special SIGN of loyalty that we may know we truly love and follow God as His people, and that He is our God. We shall keep the Sabbath throughout the generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between God and the children of Israel forever and we are told we must keep it because it is sacred. All Christians are children of Israel and spiritual Jews. See Galatians 3:29, Romans 2:28-29 and Hebrews 8:10.)
Exodus 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. (One more time just for clarity! The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord.)
Exodus 32:15-16 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (Note the Ten Commandments are written of both sides of the stone tablets. In Old Testament times, covenants were stamped with the kings seal right in the middle of the text which made them unreadable were the seal was. To solve this problem, covenants were written on both sides. The fourth Commandment, the Sabbath is exactly in the middle of God’s Ten Commandments. If you count the Hebrew syllables on each side of the fourth Commandment you will get precisely the same count, it is exactly in the middle and not by coincidence. This being the case you would expect to find the seal of God in the fourth Commandment which it indeed is. A seal is typically made up of three things; the kings name, his title and his domain. Notice that we can find the seal of God in the fourth Commandment. His name is the Lord and His title is Creator and His domain is the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them. So the fourth commandment declares the seventh day to be the true Sabbath day. To attest to the validity of this declaration, the seal of God has been affixed to this commandment. The intention of this seal is to establish the authority of God and that no man can change His law. The seal of God is not a literal seal. It is affixed to, and obtained by, those who worship the one true God on the day He specified in His law. Those who worship on the Saturday Sabbath day and believe it to be a continuing testament to the Creator have the seal of God on the forehead; they know the truth and follow the Law of God.)
Leviticus 10:1-2 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. (In these verses, Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron were supposed to bring Holy fire from the alter but instead brought, as the Bible phrases it, strange fire. Did the Holy fire and the secular fire look the same? Yes. Were they chemically the same? Yes. Was God happy with the secular fire instead of Holy fire? According to verse two, it appears God was definitely NOT happy with their strange fire! So how does God feel when we offer Him a secular day instead of His Holy day?)
Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. (Loving God with all your heart, soul and might and loving your neighbor as yourself is clearly not a new law that many use to try and justify their disobedience to God’s Ten Commandments. As you can see, it was first quoted in the Old Testament. If you are born of God and love your neighbor as yourself, you will delight in obeying the last six Commandments which relate to loving your fellow man. See also Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-32 and Romans 13:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; you shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. (This is the fourth Commandment, the seventh day Sabbath. It is the “Sabbath of the Lord” and is part of the great eternal law of love. Note how it is a holy convocation, that is, the Sabbath day is ideal for fellowshipping with other Christians. This is how most of the Sabbath day is kept by those that are born of God and love Him. When we fellowship with other people in whom God dwells, we are in fact also fellowshipping with Him. See also Exodus 20:10 and 1John 1:3, 7.)
Leviticus 23:4-5 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. (This was a shadow of Jesus crucifixion and is a Ceremonial Sabbath day called “Passover or Pesach.” These and all the following verses in Leviticus chapter 23 have nothing to do with God’s eternal Ten Commandment law of love. As verse four says, “these are the many feasts of the Lord” that are not a law of love and were temporary as they were nailed to the cross. Love will never be nailed to the cross. See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread. (This was a shadow of Jesus time in the tomb on the seventh day Sabbath and is called the “Feast of Unleavened Bread.” See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:9-10 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When you be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: (This was a shadow of Jesus resurrection from the tomb and is called “First Fruits.” See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:15-18 And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. 17 You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. 18 And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. (This was a shadow of Pentecost and is called the “Feast of Weeks or Shavuot.” Note the meat offering and drink offering that Paul is referring to at the start of the verse in Colossians 2:16. See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:23-24 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. (This is the Day of Judgment and the Jewish New Year and is called “Trumpets or Rosh HaShanah.” See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:26-28, 32 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And you shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall you celebrate your sabbath. (This yearly Sabbath is called the “Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur.” See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:33-34, 36-37 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. 36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no servile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: (This was called the “Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot.” Note the meat offering and drink offering that Paul is referring to at the start of the verse in Colossians 2:16. See also Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Leviticus 23:38-39, 42-44 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which you give unto the LORD. 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you 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. 42 You 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. (This is called the “Feast of Booths or Chag Hasukkot.” As you can see there were many Ceremonial Sabbaths that were part of the temporary Ceremonial law that was nailed to the cross. As Colossians 2:17 states, “they were a shadow of things to come.” These Sabbaths are not to be confused with the fourth Commandment which is part of God’s eternal law of love. See also Isaiah 66:22-23, Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Deuteronomy 4:13 NKJV So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. (The Old Testament Covenant God made with the house of Israel was that they were to keep His law, that is the Ten Commandments, His great Ten rules of how to love Him and our fellow man. The very reason we were created. The new Covenant was exactly the same in that it was also made with the house of Israel but the location that His Commandments were written had changed. His commandments were now written on our hearts so we would not forget them and desire to keep them. The law never changed. Only the location it was written. See also Matthew 5:18, Romans 2:28-29, Galatians 3:29 and Hebrews 8:10.)
Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Loving God with all your heart, soul and might and loving your neighbor as yourself is clearly not a new law that many use to try and justify their disobedience to God’s Commandments. As you can see, it was first quoted in the Old Testament. If you are born of God and love Him with all your heart, soul and might, you will delight yourself in obeying the first four Commandments. See also Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 22:35-40, Mark 12:28-32 and Romans 13:9-10.)
Deuteronomy 31:24-26 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. (Where the eternal Ten Commandment law of love was stored on the inside of the Ark of the Covenant, the Ceremonial law which was temporary and a shadow of things to come was written by the hand of Moses and was stored on the outside of the Ark of the Covenant.)
2 Chronicles 8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. (All of this verse refers to the Ceremonial law. See the following verse for commentary and references.)
2 Chronicles 33:8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. (Under the Old covenant the children of Israel had to obey God’s law of love and the statutes and the Ceremonial, sacrificial law, commonly referred to as the ordinances which unlike the Ten Commandments were written by the hand of Moses and were nailed to the cross. See also Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Leviticus 23:4-44, 2Chronicles 8:13, Colossians 2:14-17 and Galatians 4:9-10.)
Isaiah 58:13-14 If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shall honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shall you delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. (Here is some insight on how to keep the fourth commandment Sabbath. Note how God says that we are to find it a DELIGHT, not a BURDEN as many offend God by calling it so. Not doing our own ways but God’s ways, nor our own pleasure but things of God and not speaking your own words but words relating to our heavenly Father. When we do this we will truly be blessed. We should not think of the fourth commandment Sabbath as the day we can't do this or that, rather we should approach this very special day as a period when we can and should really take time to deeply study and thoughtfully analyse the scriptures. In addition, the Sabbath is the perfect time for unhurried, thoughtful, heartfelt prayer to our Father in heaven to commune with our Creator, to worship Him, to get to know Him intimately. This is how to keep God's Sabbath holy. When you spend quality time with someone you love the love relationship grows and this is what happens when we keep God’s Sabbath. See also 1John 1:3, 7.)
Isaiah 66:22-23 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. (The Ten-Commandment Sabbath was made at creation and these verses show it will be kept for all eternity, as will the other nine. This includes now, after the second coming and forever! See also Matthew 5:17-20.)
Psalms 111:7-8 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. (God’s Ten Commandments are an eternal law of love as love is eternal as God is eternal and God is love. See also Romans 13:10, 1John 4:8 and Matthew 5:18.)
Daniel 7:25 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. (The Roman Catholic Church did do all these things. They killed and tortured more than 50 million Christians for 1260 years which is the “time and times and the dividing of time.” They changed God’s Ten Commandments by deleting the second Commandment, which is idolatry and changed the fourth Commandment the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday and split the tenth Commandment into two to get back to Ten Commandments again. They also changed times, which refers to prophetic times. In trying to take attention from themselves, they commissioned some Jesuit priests to come up with a counter interpretation of Bible prophecy. In the last 30 years their manufactured prophecy from the sixteenth century has been read and believed and placed into a top selling book and from there into Christian films that has caused it to take hold in a big way. Scripture also tells us Satan is behind this in order to steal people from the kingdom. If I told you what they had done, you would probably have trouble believing it without lengthy explanations. It is extremely important that we understand what has happened here so if you are looking for truth then ask how to find out more. You will be stunned with what has happened.)
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. (Many Christians will perish because they reject truth. We should always be prepared to study the Bible and see if what we hear lines up with the Word of God.)
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