The Meaning Of Life

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

On the seventh day, God rested from all the work He did, and he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. Sanctified means He made it Holy, and He wanted His people to take that day, to abstain from work, and to spend it reflecting upon and observing Holy things. And our calendar indicates that the seventh day of the week is Saturday. The Jews still observe a Saturday Sabbath, but it’s not just the Jews. Seventh Day Adventists, Seventh Day Baptists, the Church of God, The True Jesus Church, and other religions still observe a seventh day Sabbath.

So which day is the Sabbath? The calendar says it’s Saturday. And the Jews, of which Jesus was a Jew, observed Saturday as their Sabbath. In fact, Most Jews end their work week with Thursday, because Friday is “Preparation Day”, the day is which they do everything they need to do so they can truly rest on the Sabbath.

In the Book of Exodus, where God rains manna down onto the Hebrews, He tells them to collected just enough food to last the day, except on Friday, when they should collect enough food for Friday and Saturday the Sabbath, because they weren’t even supposed to collect food on the Sabbath Day. If they left their tents on the Sabbath in search of manna, they found none, because God did not rain down manna on his Holy Day. And as a result, on Friday, Jews prepare in advance their Sabbath meals, bake bread, mow the yard, visit the library, and do everything they need to do so they don’t have to do it on the Sabbath.

The original Jewish calendar had Hebrew names for each month, and each month was an even 30 days. And while the names of the months have changed, while the number of days in each month has changed, and once in 1562 when the discovered the need for Leap Year, and as such, they dismissed ten dates in the month of October, the calendar hasn’t but otherwise been unchanged of the original seven day cycle the Lord established at creation.

Most Sunday keeping churches do so because of the Roman’s in the 3rd Century (or was it the fourth?), it was in the 300 AD years. The Jews and new Christian faith kept growing and growing and gaining more members, so the Romans decided the only way to beat them was to join them, so the Romans declared they were now Christians as well, but they had a hidden agenda.

The Romans worshipped on Sunday because they were Sun worshippers (hence the name “Sun”day), and they convinced the Christians that they might as well change their day of worship to Sunday to join them. Of course, many churches today cite the Sabbath was changed to Sunday when Christ was resurrected to honor his resurrection, but there is no scripture to back that up. Others simply say they worship on Sunday because the Bible references that day to be the “Lord’s Day”, but their is no scripture denoting that the Sabbath was changed from the seventh day, to the Lord’s Day, the first day of the week.

Many know the truth, but few are unwilling to change. Here is a Methodist Minister who admits the truth about the Sabbath. Plus, he’s close to home, coming from Nowata, Oklahoma.

The full video can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4L0hOCxfk0&t=62s

Will not keep the Sabbath prevent you from getting to Heaven? I certainly hope not, because even though I proclaim to be a Saturday Sabbath keeper, I always end up finding myself doing something that does not meet the sanctity of the day. I don’t leave the house unless it is an emergency, but I always end up with something I forgot to do either on Friday or earlier in the week, like paying a bill. I pay my bills online, and I always try to justify my compromise by saying “I’m really not working”, but the truth be known that I should have been more prepared and had my bills paid before Sabbath. And if not, I should bite the bullet, wait until Sunday, and pay my late fee or penalty.

But I still try. From sunset Friday night until sunset Saturday, I make every effort to do nothing but to focus on God and his creation. While I was raised in the Adventist Church, I am no longer a member, nor am I a member of the Jewish faith or any other faith the observes a Saturday. I simply call myself a Bible Christian, and I try what to do what the Bible says. Am I perfect? No even a little bit close, but I try. I try really hard. And the Bible clearly indicates that God sanctified the seventh day, the Jews observe a Saturday Sabbath, Jesus himself was a Jew and observed a Saturday Sabbath, and the Fourth Commandment is the only commandment that starts with the word “Remember”. It must have been a pretty important commandment if God said to remember it.

So, I’m far from perfect. I keep trying, and I hope God knows my heart. And yes, the Ten Commandments are still valid (Jesus said he did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it). And one doesn’t follow the commandments to be legalistic, they follow the commandments to show they love God. Are you faithful to your spouse because you’re legalistic and that is the law, or are you faithful because you love your spouse?

This blog isn’t to judge anyone who attends church on Sunday, but rather just to stimulate thinking. There will be many Sunday Church goers that end up in Heaven because they had a good heart.

God bless you all.