Now, Learn The TRUTH About the Sabbath Day

The Mark of Yahweh is the keeping of the weekly Seventh Day Sabbath and the appointed Feast Days. Exodus 13:9 shows this Mark of Yahweh will be in the hand and in the forehead.

Exodus 13:9—
And it shall be as a Sign to you upon your hand and as a Memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh's Law shall be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

Yahweh shows through the Prophet Yechetzqyah that His Sabbaths are a Sign of Yahweh.

Yechetzqyah 20:12—
Moreover, I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a Sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh Who sanctifies them.

The Hebrew word for sign is word #226 in the Hebrew Dictionary from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, and means mark.

Not only are the weekly Sabbaths a Sign, but the appointed Feast Days are also a Sign of Yahweh. Hebrews 4:4-10 says if we accept this Sign of Yahweh, we will cease from our own work on the Sabbath Day, just as Yahweh did from His. By obeying Yahweh, we have His Name in our minds or foreheads.

Revelation 22:4—
And they will see His face, and His Name will be in their foreheads.

Exodus 31:13-17—
13 Speak also to the children of Israyl, saying; Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for they are a Sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh Who sanctifies you, and makes you holy.
14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work for pay, not of Yahweh and all business not of Yahweh on the Sabbath Day, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
15 For six days your own work shall be done, but the Seventh Day is the Sabbath; all work for pay, all work not of Yahweh, and all business not of Yahweh are to cease. On the Sabbath Day, you are to sanctify the Name of Yahweh, showing your loyalty to Him by doing Righteous Works. Whoever does any work for pay, all work not of Yahweh, and all business not of Yahweh on the Sabbath Day, he shall surely be put to death.
16 Therefore the Children of Israyl shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual Covenant.
17 It is a Sign between Me and the Children of Israyl forever, for in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, and on the Seventh Day He ceased from this work and was refreshed.

Which Day Is The Sabbath Of Yahweh?

Only a few people ever read the Holy Scriptures to see what Yahweh’s Will really is. Those few who do read their Scriptures, however, see that the teachings of the Holy Scriptures are far different than what is being taught in the churches.

Some people stop attending church because they have found through their reading of the Holy Scriptures that the Scriptures teach one thing, and their churches teach another.

The Sabbath is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis.

Genesis 2:2-3—
2 And on the Seventh Day Yahweh ended His Work which He had done; and He rested on the Seventh Day from all His Work which He had done.
3 Then Yahweh blessed the Seventh Day and set it apart to be Holy: because in it He rested from all the Work which Yahweh created and made.

The Holy Scriptures say the Seventh Day is the day Yahweh rested on. He therefore blessed this day.

We see from Webster's Student Dictionary, page 727, the definition of Saturday is the seventh and last day of the week. The definition of the word Sunday in Webster's Student Dictionary, page 823 is the first day of the week.

Exodus 31:15—
For six days work shall be done, but the Seventh Day is the Sabbath; all work for pay, all work not of Yahweh, and all business not of Yahweh are to cease. On the Sabbath Day, you are to sanctify the Name of Yahweh, showing your loyalty to Him by doing Righteous Works. Whoever does any work for pay, all work not of Yahweh, and all business not of Yahweh on the Sabbath Day, he shall surely be put to death.

In contrast, Yahweh promises special blessings to those who hallow and keep the Sabbath Day.

Isayah 58:13-14—
13 If you turn away your foot from breaking the Sabbath: from doing your pleasure; your own business, your own pleasure, on My Holy Day, and call the Sabbath a delight; the Holy Day of Yahweh honorable, and will honor Him by not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor engaging in idle conversation:
14 Then you will find your joy in Yahweh; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Yaaqob your father^__for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

How Does Yahweh Keep The Sabbath?

You don’t keep the Sabbath, unless you keep the Sabbath like Yahweh kept the Sabbath. You rest as Yahweh rested. He has always specified that. You don't do your own work, but you do the Work of Yahweh, and that’s the way He kept the Sabbath. He stopped His Work, the creation, and then He blessed the Sabbath. How did He bless it? Be you warm and fed and nothing else? He tells you no. He rested. The way He rested was He worked for His People, His People whom He would call. He blessed the Sabbath to them.

Yahshua Was A Great Teacher Of The Sabbath

By the time our Savior was born, the Pharisees were only following the Talmud believing and practicing that a person was to only sit around on the Sabbath. The Saducees and the Pharisees were not being trained at Abel. They were being trained by those in charge of the Temple in Yerusalem. The Pharisees were continually questioning the way that Yahshua and His Disciples conducted themselves because it went against what was being taught in the Talmud and in the Temple.

Mattithyah 12:1-2—
1 At that time Yahshua went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His Disciples were hungry, and began to pull ears of grain and eat them.
2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him; Behold, Your Disciples are doing what is not Lawful to do on the Sabbath Day.

Yahshua replied by instructing them.

Yahchanan Mark 2:25-28—
25 He said to them: Have you never read what David did when he was hungry and had nothing to eat, he and those with him;
26 How he went into The House of Yahweh in the days of Abiathar the High Priest, and ate the showbread—which is not allowed, except for Priests—and even gave it to his men?
27 Then He said to them: The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the Sabbath;
28 Therefore, the Son of Man is also a Teacher of the Sabbath.

The Pharisees were not pleased at all by Yahshua’s response. There was nothing they could say in rebuttal. Seeking a way to destroy Him, the Pharisees then tried to set Him up by questioning him about healing on the Sabbath. Again, Yahshua responded by teaching them how they did not even follow what they were teaching others.

Mattithyah 12:10-13—
10 And, behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. Then they asked Him, saying; Is it Lawful to heal on the Sabbath Days?—so that they might have a reason to accuse Him.
11 But He asked them: What man is there among you having one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day, would not lay hands on it and pull it out?
12 And how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is Lawful to do Righteousness on the Sabbath.
13 Then He said to the man; Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out; and it was restored, as sound as his other one.

Yahchanan 7:22-24—
22 Now Mosheh gave circumcision for you (not that it was from Mosheh, but from the Patriarchs), so you circumcise a man on the Sabbath; if the eighth day falls on the Sabbath.
23 Since a man on the Sabbath Day receives circumcision so that the Law given through Mosheh should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I have made a man completely well on the Sabbath Day?
24 Do not judge according to appearances, but judge Righteous Judgment!

Keeping The Sabbath

You have to remember all that the Sabbath means. You look to the Sabbath as a friend, a very dear friend, as though Yahweh Himself was making His appearance in your front yard or at the door of your tent. You look forward to the Sabbath as something that you delight in. You have to include others in that delight. You can do that by giving your wife some flowers or making it possible for her and your children to have a more joyous Sabbath. You have to think of someone besides yourself.

Make the Sabbath a delight, but not so much for yourself. You make the Sabbath a delight for yourself when you serve other people and help make the Sabbath a delight for them. Then the Sabbath becomes a real joy because it’s kept as Yahweh intended. Yahweh intended for the Sabbath to be kept Holy (Isayah 58:13). So from Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset:

1. You do not do your own business. You should not do any of your own work pertaining to the building of your own house, business, or occupation. You should not engage in buying or selling or any other commerce.

2. You call the Sabbath a delight. To do this, you must prepare for the Sabbath before it arrives. The Sabbath begins on Friday at sunset, and it ends Saturday at sunset. During this time period you should stop all personal, daily routines. You go to Services if you live close enough to Yahweh's Sanctuary. If you live too far away, you should have a time set apart for prayer, and study of the Holy Scriptures. If you are not on the Taped Sermon List, write and request these be sent to you. You should eat the best foods, even drink a little wine. You should cease from your daily routine of doing your own personal work and serve Father Yahweh and your fellow man. When you call the Sabbath a delight by serving others, you have made it a delight.

3. You should call the Sabbath the Holy Day of Yahweh. You should rest and refresh yourself from the physical aspects of your own labors. This does not mean you cannot light the oven to warm up some food but you should not set out to cook a meal. You should study Yahweh's Word. You should excuse yourself from business telephone calls. You should not engage in forms of entertainment such as worldly television, books and magazines, video games, movies, worldly Internet sites, or anything else that takes your mind away from Yahweh.

4. To make the Sabbath honorable, and to honor Yahweh, you should find pleasure in learning to do Yahweh's Work. This means learning to truly serve Yahweh by serving others. The Sabbath becomes a delight to us when we give of our own selves and seek to help meet the needs of others. You do this by serving The House of Yahweh in whatever capacity you can. Attending classes, training to become a teacher, and helping in the distribution of meals at Yahweh's House are all ways to serve Yahweh by serving the Body.

5. The Sabbath is a time when Yahweh's People gather together in a Holy Convocation, a sacred, solemn assembly before Him. The Sabbath is a time of great blessing for Yahweh’s People. Yahweh's Anointed Teachers prepare and then instruct His People in the ways of Righteousness—ways that will bring them complete peace and joy and without all the pain and sorrow and curses that sin brings. That takes a lot of work. Hours are spent writing. It is a time of great joy as the Words of Life are spoken which will help to bring people to perfection. The Sabbath is very beneficial because it is made a blessing through much work, Yahweh's Work in true service to each other. That’s keeping the Sabbath as Yahweh kept the Sabbath.

The Sabbath will be celebrated forever. There will be a Holy Convocation among us and among everyone in the universe. The universe will be shut down every Seventh Day of the week in order to celebrate this Holy Convocation. The Sabbath is a time of joy and gladness, a time that you know you and everyone are all going to look forward to. It's going to be so much better than it is now.

We Should Learn About The Seventh Day Sabbath

The false religions of the world refuse to obey this simple Commandment in spite of the Scriptures you just read concerning the Commandments or Laws of Yahweh. You should be wondering why this Law is hated.

The Catholic Church admits it changed the Holy Seventh Day Sabbath and Holy Feast Days to the celebration of Sunday, the first day of the week, and the celebration of pagan holidays such as Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. Sunday worship and the celebration of pagan holidays are condemned in your Holy Scriptures. In spite of the curses pronounced in the Holy Scriptures, Christianity continues to follow the Catholic Church in her rebellion against Yahweh’s Laws.

Revelation 22:18-19—
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the Words of the Prophecy of this Book: If any man will add to these things, it will come to pass that he will add to himself the plagues that are written in this Book:
19 And if any man will take away from the Words of the Book of this Prophecy, it will come to pass that he will take away his part out of The Book of Life, and out of Yahweh Shammah, and from the things which are written in this Book.

The Catholic Church also admits that there is no Scriptural Authority for changing the Holy Seventh Day Sabbath or Feast Days. This is absolutely correct, there is no writing in all the Inspired Scriptures that allows for any kind of change.

 
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