SABBATH IS YEHOVAH'S DAY

SABBATH (SATURDAY) IS  YEHOVAH’S DAY

(Part 13)

I have been talking about Antioch paganism, and the fact that the believers began to be called Christians there. I want to continue to stress the fact that the situation instead of being correct by the so called leader, or “Church Fathers”, it became worse. In fact those Church Fathers came out of Gnosticism and introduced heretical believes to the Body of Messiah. I just read that Augustine, a man who is revered even by the Protestants, had been a Manichean for 9 years before joining the Catholic Church.  Epiphanius had been a Nicolaitan, which is a religion Yehoshua said He hates.

Chazon/Revelation 2:6 “But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”

Yehoshua was not pleased with this assembly because they were lukewarm, however He commanded them because they hated the Nicolaitans deeds, as He also hated.  No wander the hierarchy in the churches today is like a pyramid or a ladder. This teaching began from the beginning or the birth of the so called “church,” but should have been called assembly or congregation.  

Yehovah did not command this type of rule ship. He said to consider ourselves to be servants. We are not supposed to  think highly about ourselves. He does not want a believer in Him to rule over another,  because we are all brothers and sisters. We must always walk in humility, and not with the pride of men.

Another church father is Ambrose who is also quoted so many times in church services. He was a Valentinian which is another cult. They all were in the cults and they brought their “gifts” to the assemblies. What a shame! But how much more shame is to the churches now that they are supposed be enlightened, to continue in error! Of course not all the assemblies are in such deep error, and I thank Yehovah for this also, but the majority is. However, now there is a teaching that every “church” needs to be governed by an apostle. Those “apostles” are self proclaimed, and not appointed by Yehovah or Yehoshua.  Pride has no limit. Beware!

Of course we do not know what kind of life or other kind of service those church fathers may have contributed to the believers, but a corrupt tree cannot produce good fruit, and we see the fruit today.

All of those sects or cults rejected the Torah,  which is called  “Old Testament Law” and some rejected even the Great Mighty One of Yisra’el of the Old Testament, Yehovah Himself, and the Giver of Life! They equated Him to the Evil One, or haSatan! How tragic for them, and for those who followed their teachings!  The Valentinian reject all moral law, which lead to total moral decay. They behaved as a half-way house for about two hundred years between Christianity and heathenism and Christianity. The Marcionites they also contributed to reject the Tanakh, or what is called the Old Testament. Sun worshipping Mithraism, which is the worship of the sun  at the center of it, infiltrated the Messianic Teachings. The Manicheans worship on Sunday to honor the sun god, while being Christians! This teaching continues today by all churches. When will the leaders wake up and read the Scriptures?

There is much more to say, of course, but you beloved reader, need to do some research yourself. I know it takes time to search our roots, but it will pay off.

The Roman Catholic Church was birthed on 325 CE at the Council of Nicea. The Roman Emperor Constantine, who was a zealous sun god worshipper of Mithras, bore the title of “Pontifus Maximus” High Priest of Paganism, and this is the title of the Pope. He was a sun god worshipper of Mithras to the day He died. On March 7, 321 He made a proclamation stating: “All judges and city people and the craftsmen shall rest upon the Venerable Day of the Sun.”

The legal final change took place at the Council of Laodicea around 343 and 381 CE according to Canon 29 which states: Christians must not Judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be Judaizers, let them be shut out from Christ.”

They fought the Torah with all their might! They were and still are anti-Semitic or anti-Truth.

Let us remember that the Roman Church describes their act of changing the day of worship from the Sabbath to Sunday their mark of power. However, this does not impress our Creator the Giver of the Torah. He is still King of the Universe, and will always be. Let us not hate anyone, but love and continue to pray for the salvation of the lost souls. We let Yehovah who is the Supreme Judge take care of each of us. We must continue to love our neighbor as ourselves, and we must obey the Commandments, in spite of others not wanting to do so. Each will give an account for his on sin.

I know this message is not well received by most believers, but the truth needs to be made known.

In 341 C.E. at the Council of Antioch, Believers in Yehovah were forbidden to celebrating the Passover, which is the first Appointed Feast of Yehovah

(Moadi) celebrated in the first biblical month. Instead they were told to celebrate Easter, which is a day deeply-rooted in pagan worship, and is named after the fertility goddess Easter. This goddess is also known as Astarte.  Because of this change they began to dye the eggs for Easter. Originally the eggs were dipped in the blood of the innocent sacrificed infants on the altar of Easter. So many pagan traditions were becoming part of the so called “Christian” church.

Since many new converts came out of paganism, they did not mind the change to Sunday at all. The fact that they did not have the Bibles as we do today, and they could not read the Scriptures for themselves, made the change easy. The church began teaching that John in the Lord’s Day was in the Spirit, (Chazon/Rev. 1:10) therefore they now could worship on the Lord’s Day. However, John or Yochanan did not mean Sunday; he meant that is was the Sabbath’s Day, or Yehovah’s Day. Yehoshua never declared to be the Lord of Sunday, but to be the Lord of the Sabbath.

When Constantine came into power there was great persecution against the new believers, but he worked it out  to unite paganism with faith. Syncretism!  And this is still done today. Yehovah has no need of days of rest, or worship days. He has given them to us, but the church still neglect them. Now their faith became immersed in paganism. This was worse than the persecution for their body, not they were losing their soul. During this time the true believers or the Nazarene remained true to their faith, and only lived and proclaimed the Torah. Because of that they were not in one accord with the Christians. They were accused as heretics, and this goes on even today. The Christians accuse the Torah keepers to be under the Law. A person is under the Law if they are relying on their works to save them. But a true believer is not under the Law for obeying the Commandments, which are not OLD, but  eternal. We obey Yehovah’s Word out of love for Him. When we obey the Torah, which means instruction, we are kept safe from the attacks of satan, who attacks those who disobey the Word of Yehovah. If we keep the instructions we will not sin  against Him. The Commandments help us to live right, all the Commandments, not only those we would like to choose, and discard the others. We cannot pick and choose in the Kingdom of Yehovah. Either all or nothing. We must be fully committed to Him, and do His will, not ours. The problem is that we have not been taught that the commandments are part of the Covenant Yehovah had made with us. If we refuse to disobey His Commandments, we are no longer in Covenant with Him, we become outsiders, or gentiles. Communion and water Immersion are commanded,  and they have to be observed as Yehovah as taught His People. And we also need to obey all other  commandments.

Devarim/Deut.6:5 “You shall love Yehovah with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

Devarim 26:16 this day YHWH your Elohim commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.”

This is also what Yehoshua taught.

Mattithyahu/Matt.22:37 “And Yehoshua said to him, “You shall love Yehovah your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.”

You cannot say that you love Yehovah if you do not obey Him. Yehoshua said:

“If you love Me, you shall guard My Commands.” ( Yochanan 14:15

I have taught in other passages about the Mashiach teaching Torah. He did not come to abolish the Torah, but to fulfill, or to give meaning to it. He suffered and was buried for our sins instead of us. We know that obedience is part of the salvation experience, for we lived in rebellion before we surrendered our lives to Yehovah to serve with all our heart, and all our being. We do not belong to ourselves, but to Him. Let us not become as the first Christians who ended up doing things contrary to the Commands.

I will end the Sabbath teaching today, but I want to inspire you  to dig deeper into your faith, and find treasures for yourself. Read the Word, and the let the Word change you.

His grace is sufficient for us to be able to serve Him in Spirit and in Truth. Let us be faithful and love Him with all our heart from today on and forevermore. 
I must add that many churches are now beginning to obey the Commandments and keep the Sabbath Day Holy. They may still worship on Sunday, but they are making a real effort to change and to incorporate the Sabbath Commandment. Yehovah is merciful and slow to anger. He is going to renew the true believers. Those who did things contrary to His pattern. He will reveal His Covenant and bless them.  Yehovah always has a Remanent. Let us continue to seek His Face and expect to see the great move of His Spirit all over the earth! Let us not be discouraged but hopeful. 
I did not write this things to offend or to condemn anyone. I was in a church for many years, but He chose to take me out of it. I still minister at a small church some times.  I  love everyone no matter where they are at the present time. Many people are ignorant of the truth and this is the reason this message has been written.  I was there too. But I am glad I am serving Him and doing all I can to obey Him  with true Fear of Yehovah. We are called to repent, and when we do the Blood of Yeshua will cleanse everyone from all sin. He can blow on the ashes and resurrect them. Shalom.

 “Ye-varekhekha YHWH (Yehovah)  ve-yishmerekha

Ya’er YHWH panav ‘eleykha vichunnekha

Yisa YHWH panav ‘eleykha ve yasem lekha shalom.”  Bemidbar 6:24-26

 “Yehovah bless you and keep you;

Yehovah make His Face shine upon you, and be gracious to you;

Yehovah lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

“So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Bemidbar (Numbers)  6:24-26-27

His Name is very important, and we cannot substitute His Most Holy Righteous and Powerful Name. Let us call upon His Name and be saved!