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