But what they are deceitfully saying is that the change came from extra biblical sources! Their reference to "the early Christian Church" is from the ancient Roman Catholic Church - NOT the early church of the Bible. The ancient church (Roman Catholic Church) deleted the 4th Commandment and "legislated" Sunday in its place as a day of rest and called Sunday the Sabbath. (Two early television shows in the 60's, were "Mama's Family" and the "Andy Griffith Show" proving to those who are to young to remember Christians observing the "Sabbath" after church on Sunday).

This "shift" wasn't for church worship as alleged by most because the Roman Catholic Church was and is to this day holding Mass every day; and it wasn't to honor the day of Christ's resurrection, as alleged, because (1) the Roman Catholic Church, up to this day still sacrifices Christ afresh in their daily mass and call it "transubstantiation"; and (2) Christ rose on the Sabbath, not on Sunday!

Suffice it to say there is so much more - take the edicts of the Roman Catholic Church under Constantine who in the writings called "The Ante-Nicene Fathers", AKA "Early Christian Fathers" (of which almost no Jewish writings are known to exist except remnants which proved most to be fraudulent); interpolated and always anti-Semitic; some writings held Hellenistic influence on philosophical and theological concepts, some explain Christian concepts through myths and some show influence of Gnosticism; etc.

So the edits of the Roman Catholic Church; the Puritans with their Blue Sunday Law; and last but not least, Seventh-Day Adventists who proclaim freedom and truth but trap souls into their Sabbath legalistic bondage among their other false dogma.

Further, added to the above, we can add the Christian Scholars, leaders and philosophers to the list who have built a great tower of alleged "facts" which is supposed to make Sunday a day to be observed or kept by all who profess faith in Christ. The truth is that not one line of Scripture can be found which AUTHORIZES, hints at, commands or suggests Sunday replaces the Sabbath; nor Christians should not honor the Sabbath nor keep the Commandments.

OK, you have free will - the choice is yours, so be it!

What distresses me the most is found in the classification of the Sabbath as a TRADITION; the correct term should be the Commandment, one of 10 written by the finger of God. However, Sunday may be called "a tradition in which a custom so long continued and practiced has the force of a law which makes it no longer a tradition but a doctrine" made by man. Most alarming is where the Christian Church takes the stand and states that

"for the emerging Christian Church, the most dangerous snare was a failure to recognize that Jesus was the substance that fulfilled the symbol of the Sabbath."

If this is so, why is it in the Millennial Kingdom of God? If this is so, why are we told about keeping God's Commandments?

Question: Who has observed the Sabbath and not felt the sacredness and peace that permeates the home not sensed on other days? The Sabbath is also one of rejoicing in God's creation for He intends the Sabbath to be a delight. The Sabbath spirit is one of blessing and promise NOT a dangerous snare! The Sabbath offers foretastes of celestial joy. It promises future rest, worship and divine fellowship with God and fellowship with our loved ones and the saints of Scripture. Each recurring Sabbath marks another stage of our journey to which at last we shall hear:

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on…that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follows with them." (Revelation 14:13)

WHAT THE SABBATH IS MEANT TO BE

The Sabbath is a memorial of God's creation. One of the ways God makes Himself known is through His Creation. Who has not been awestruck knowing God hangs the earth upon nothing, nor can we look upon the sun for its great brightness when the winds have cleared away the clouds, neither can we gaze at the terrible majesty of God breaking forth upon us from heaven, clothed in dazzling burning splendor. God makes Himself known in the silence of the starry night; He counts their number and gives names to all of them. Who cannot but bend ones knee in reverence while reflecting upon His Word and viewing His glorious Creation?

20:11 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.

I believe to keep the Sabbath day is proper for a believer because it is a Commandment; it is to rest and do no hard work and to "hallow it" for it is a day God blessed.

"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." Exodus 20:8

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