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“And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God” Ezek.20:20. In
the different countries there were different calendars, which from time to time
varied. How we can know for certain, what weekly Sabbath
is a Saturday?
Let's
begin that all calendars recognize the division of time for days and year. And
day, and year are determined on the position of earth in relation to the sun,
month - on the change of a position of the moon. The division of month
into weeks doesn’t based on any seen changes of positions of heavenly
bodies. God
has established seven-days week and has designated 7-th day as day of the rest
right after the creation of the world. Thus, from time Adam and Eve the mankind
used a sacred calendar with a seven-day week cycle, and Noah used it (Gen. 7:
11, 8: 9-14). Later Satan has tried to make people to forget about the One who
gave a man the calendar, to forget everything what can
remind of God to them. The peoples of East, since ancient Sumerians
and Egyptians, continued to use 7days week, believing that 7 days are
determined in honor of 7 planets known in that time, therefore names of days of
week corresponded to the names of the planets.
During
Exodus of the Jews from Egypt God reminded them again how
it is important for Him that the people observed weekly Sabbath (Ex.
20:8-11). Within 40 years, while the Jews were in desert, God showed them the
same 3 miracles each week, for that they have remembered that 7-th day is
Sabbath. Each day the people collected manna for livelihood, and it could be
kept only till morning, the next day after the collecting it there
worms appeared. But on a Friday God gave them manna as twice more (1
miracle), on a Saturday manna did not occur (2 miracle), and Friday manna was
fresh on Saturday (3 miracle). So, for 40 years the Jews were learned to observe
weekly Sabbath - from a sunset on Friday up to sunset on Saturday, as it was in
Jew custom to count days.. In
the different countries there were different calendars, and
each month astronomers calculated time of approach of the following
month. In July of 45 AD up by emperor Julius Caesar the civil calendar was
founded. It was named after the emperor name - " Julian calendar ". In
the new calendar quantity of days of each month and the time of approaching of
the next day was fixed, that did it very convenient for use in business of the
country. The quantity of days in one month has changed, however order of days in
one week has remained constant. In
the time of Jesus the Jews used a Sacred lunar calendar, when Julian calendar
was an official calendar of the Roman empire. The dates on both calendars were
different, however days of week are the same. The Jews strictly observed Sabbath
established by God. The infringement of holy Saturday was considered as the
heavy sin. The apostles recognized, that Jesus was the only man ever living on
our planet who didn’t has a sin. They would
not say so if Jesus observed Sabbath at another (not on Saturday) day, or did
not observe it at all. Jesus Himself has told: « I have kept my Father's
commandments” (John 15:10). And, as we know, the observance of
Sabbath is the 4-th commandment. Therefore we can be sure, that Jesus observed
Sabbath in 7-th day of week as well as all Jews. Soon
after the capture of Jerusalem by Rome in 70AD. many Jews ran away to other
countries, having taking Holy Scriptures and the tradition of observance of
weekly Sabbath. Today we have Jewish diasporas in every country on globe, but
never, no in one synagogue some doubted that 7-th day of week - Sabbath is a
Saturday. In
1582AD it was noticed, that the vernal equinox on Julian calendar
has come on March 11, when it should come on March 21. It has taken place
because Julian calendar has appeared of more shortly of a solar year on 11min.14
sec.. In due course this small difference collected, while in 1582AD it began to
make 10 days (in XX –th a difference became 13 days). To correct this
discrepancy Pope Gregory X111 established a new, more exact calendar, in which
the divergence with solar year makes only 26 seconds.
The calendar received the name in honor of the pop - Gregorian
calendar. At
introduction of a new calendar, for the coordination with position of the sun 10
missing days were added.
The
change of calendars has taken place in October 1582 AD.. On Thursday night,
October 4, people went to bed and in a morning they waked up on Friday, October
15. Thus, the calendar has changed, but the order of days in an week has not
changed. It is interesting, that in a Sacred Jewish calendar all days of a week, except for 7-th, had no names, but were designated by numbers. Only seventh day of a week had a name - Sabbath. Thus,
seventh day of week - Sabbath, was not lost with introduction of new calendars.
From the date of the creation to this day God keeps His day for everyone, who
loves Him and wishes to live according His laws.
“If
thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy
day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt
honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD” Isaiah
58:13-14 Soon
there time of the antiChrist will come and the question about Holy Sabbath will
rise especially sharp. Daniel (7:25) speaks, that antiChrist
will try to cancel a holydays and the law established by God. What is it?
These are the 10 commandment and, especially, the Sabbath. The satan, certainly,
does not want, that the people to follow commandments of God. However, that many
considered him as a god, antiChrist can not force you to kill and to steal
because of that he can expose himself. It is necessary to remember, that the
moral code of practically all pagan religions was rather high. However he can
easily convince the majority of the people to break 4-th commandment. People who
do not know Words of God, which
unfortunately are the majority will easily recognize Sunday as a holy day. Also
there will be working saturdays with fatal punishment of those who will refuse
to break the Law of God. In Revelation 14:12-13 is spoken, that antiChrist will announce war against saints, who will refuse to accept the mark of the beast and will observe commandments of God and faith in Jesus. They will perish for their faith, will « die in Lord ». We have no a choice to observe any precept, majority of precepts, or everything, except for one precept. We should observe Sabbath for that to die in the Christ if it will be necessary. As blood of the Passover Lamb at doors was sign for God, that people who live in these houses, listen His commands, and Sabbath is the mark for Him, that the people who keep Sabbath respect His commandments. As blood of the lamb has saved the Jewish families from the death, so the observance of Sabbath will save the people from angers of God: He will put the seal on their foreheads before opening of 7-th seal of Revelation. Trust to the Word of God, everyone, who will be killed for his faith will be resurrected after 7 trumpet . And this short death - such a little payment for New perfect life with Jesus!!! |