| Jesus showed us that the Ten Commandments
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| | Sabbath was kept by Jews and Gentiles
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| would never change. Mathew 5:18 "For
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| | alike, until about 120 AD when the
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| verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
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| | persecution of the Jews for Sabbath
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| earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
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| | keeping became so great that many
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| in no wise pass from the law, till all be
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| | Christians decided to go against the
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| fulfilled".
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| | clear Commandment of God and started
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| He also demonstrated that and that they
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| | keeping Sunday, so as to distance
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| were an eternal law of love John 15:10
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| | themselves from the Jews. Some began
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| "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall
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| | using the excuse that it was in honour of
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| abide in my love; even as I have kept my
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| | the resurrection, to excuse that fact
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| Father's commandments, and abide in his
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| | that there was no biblical basis for the
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| love".
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| | change.
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| So if the Ten Commandments are still
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| | In 321 A.D. Constantine, who was a pagan,
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| valid and in place today, why is it that
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| | became Caesar in Rome and when he began
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| most Christian denominations only keep
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| | to see the balance of power shift from
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| nine, and ignore the fourth commandment
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| | paganism to the Church he passed the
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| which tells us to keep the seventh day
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| | first law enforcing Sunday worship in 321
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| Sabbath?
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| | AD. Two years later he joined the Roman
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| Jesus and His disciples all faithfully
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| | Catholic Church and began to intermingle
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| kept the seventh day Sabbath their entire
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| | paganism and Christianity. It was well
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| lives.
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| | after 400 AD before Sunday eventually
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| It has been established by many
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| | took on the name of the Lord's Day.
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| historians and theologians that the books
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| | In many papers and documents written by
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| of Luke and Mathew were written between
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| | the Roman Catholic Church, they openly
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| 60 and 80 AD. Luke does not tell us of a
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| | take credit for moving the sanctity of
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| day change, but instead he states in Luke
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| | the Seventh day Sabbath to Sunday, by
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| 23:56, "...And they rested on the Sabbath
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| | their own authority, which they say is
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| according to the commandment."
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| | above that of the scriptures.
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| Jesus also showed that the Sabbath would
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| | "The authority of the church could
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| still be kept after the cross when He
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| | therefore not be bound to the authority
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| prophesied about the forthcoming
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| | of the Scriptures, because the Church had
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| destruction of the temple, which happened
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| | changed...the Sabbath into Sunday, not by
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| around 70 AD. Jesus said, Matthew 24:20,
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| | command of Christ, but by its own
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| "And pray that your flight may not be in
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| | authority." Canon and Tradition, p. 263.
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| winter or on the Sabbath." This shows
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| | This means then that when we keep Sunday
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| that Jesus was expecting His people to be
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| | as our day of worship, instead of the
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| faithfully keeping the Sabbath in the
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| | Seventh day which was commanded by God,
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| future. If the day was going to change in
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| | then we are putting man-made traditions
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| any way, this would have been the time
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| | above the Word of God. Can man really
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| for Jesus to prophecy about that.
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| | override or ignore the power and
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| Historians confirm that the seventh day
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| | authority of God?
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