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Message to the ChurchesDo we teach Scripture or the traditions of men?

Yahweh of War Ministries


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Point 1 Yahshua Jesus is forever bound to Saturday Sabbath Observance as an Israelite. ......... 3

Point 2 Astronomical time and date data that clarifies a Saturday late afternoon Resurrection:

Discovering the minute and hour. ................................................................................................... 5

Historical date of the Messiahs Crucifixion .................................................................................. 7

Point 3 The scriptures support a Saturday Late afternoon resurrection. There is no time for a

Sunday resurrection. ..................................................................................................................... 10

Point 4 Jesus and his apostles followed a sunrise to sunrise Sabbath ........................................ 13

Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Point 5 The Sabbath law changed its nature without any doctrinal precedence ........................ 16

Point 6 The historical reasons for altering the Sabbath ............................................................. 17

Point 7 Lies about what the Sabbath is: The actual definition of legalism. ............................... 19

Point 8 1st day Sabbath: The imperial sign of the Roman Catholic Church ............................. 21

Point 9 Did Paul teach a lawless grace?..................................................................................... 24

The Romans Key: a key that unlocks the New covenant Epistles ................................................ 26

The Romans Key applied to grant a clearer understanding of the other Epistles: Galatians ....... 29

Fasting: the subject of Romans 14 ................................................................................................ 34

Colossians Two: Were the Ten Commandments Really Nailed to the Cross When Jesus Was

Crucified? ...................................................................................................................................... 37

The True Meaning of Colossians 2:16-17 .................................................................................... 38

An Analysis of Colossians 2:16-17............................................................................................... 40

Point 10 Are we held guilty for sins of Ignorance? ................................................................... 44

Pallant Ramsunder: Dating Christs Crucifixion.............................................................Addendum


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Point 1 Yahshua Jesus is forever bound to Saturday Sabbath Observance as an Israelite.

Jesus lived under the Mosaic law (Matthew 5:17-20). It remained in effect till He died. The

Sabbath was part of that law, included even in the 10 Commands (Exodus 20:8-11; 16:22-30;

23:12; 31:12-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; cf. 22:16; Numbers 15:32-36; etc.) Jesus obeyed the law without

sin (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:21ff; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Sin is transgression of the law (1 John

3:4). Jesus' sinlessness was essential to His being a sinless sacrifice for us (see previous verses).

If Jesus had transgressed or violated the Sabbath law or any other Divine law, He would not

have been sinless and could not have been the sacrifice to take away our sins. To claim, as

some do, that Jesus violated the Sabbath, is to spiritually condemn all men to eternal torment, for

it leaves us without a sinless sacrifice for our sins! Furthermore, Jesus set a perfect example for

us to follow (see the above verses). If He violated God's laws, what kind of example would he

have set?

The notion that says that Jesus had come to teach a secondary, alternate gospel, one that was

different from anything ever before spelled out in the Old Testament is a fallacy. Every change

the Messiah made could be first found pre-recorded in the Law, Psalms or the Prophets, this

includes his revelatory explanations about the New Covenant that superseded animal sacrifice

and any further need of the temple (Psa 110:4, Jer 3:16, Jer 33:17-22, Heb 8:11-12). Because

there is no Old Testament precedent for changes to the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), many

problems arise when its said that Jesus altered the law by way of erasing and replacing elements

of it, specifically in regards to the fourth commandment.

Why Jesus is bound to the Saturday Sabbath as an Israelite.

Jesus as a born Israelite is bound to keep the fourth commandment called the Sabbath, forever.

Since He is eternal, and will return in the same body as He left with (though glorified) 1, He by

His Fathers mandate will always be bound to keep the Saturday Sabbath as an eternal ordinance

(Though He is the Lord of it).

1Heb 13:8 - 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.


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The following scripture validates this claim:

12 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying,

13 And you speak to the sons of Israel, charging them, only My Sabbaths you shall keep; for it is

a sign between Me and you for your generation; to know that I am YAHWEH your sanctifier.

14 And you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you; the profaners of it shall sure be

executed; for everyone doing work in it, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people.

15 Work may be done six days, and on the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to YAHWEH;

everyone doing work on the Sabbath day surely shall be put to death.

16 And the sons of Israel shall guard the Sabbath, to observe and do the Sabbath for their

generations; it is a never ending covenant.

17 It is a sign forever between Me and the sons of Israel; for in six days YAHWEH made the

heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed. (italics, bold and

underline mine.)

Yahshua, which is the Hebrew name for Jesus, was and remains bound to keep the

Sabbath commandment as long as He remains an Israelite (which He by choice forever is),

through baptism we are also called spiritual Israel (Romans 9, 11:17-21), as well as the body of

the Messiah, and by this, we are responsible to keep the Sabbath. But one may say only

spiritually. I than ask, can you nor murder as long as you dont practice hate? Because not hating

is the spiritual fulfilment of thou shall not kill. The answer is obvious. Jesus does not sin, and

according toDeuteronomy 4:22, if Jesus in the form of a man removed or changed the Sabbath,

expunging its validity, this would have constituted an act of sin for Him. Even though Jesus had

the position to re-establish the law, as Moses did in a form, such alterations would have to have

come directly from the Fathers decree, as every word of Law from Moses came from God

Himself. This is because Yahshua Jesus did nothing of his own volition or from Himself, but did

whatever the Father told Him3. So in other words, if Jesus was to have removed or changed the

10 commandments these alterations would have been first candidly foretold in the Old

Testament. The law being made spiritual is somewhat foretold (Jer 31:33) but the law being

21 And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live ... 2 You shall not add to the Word which I command you, nor take from it3John 7:16 - 16Yahshua answered them and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but of the One who sent Me.


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altered or erased in any part, or at all are nowhere found in the Law or Prophets which were

witnesses to Jesus work and authority4.

Point 2 Astronomical time and date data that clarifies a Saturday late afternoon

Resurrection: Discovering the minute and hour.

According to a paper written by Pallant Ramsunder, a PhD student of Cambridge, Wed April 28 th

28 A.D was the only day that qualifies for the authentic date of the Messiahs crucifixion.

Following this exerpt are the Sunrise and Sunset times for the days surrounding the

passion.

Excerpt from Ramsunders paper:

5.3.1 The commencement of Christs Ministry

The commencement of Christs ministry can be reckoned from his baptism. Luke 3:1 tells us that

John the Baptist began his ministry in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius. Christ was

baptized soon afterwards and as he was approaching his thirtieth birthday (Luke 3:21 ~23).

Tiberius was appointed co-regent with Augustus Caesar in late AD11[39](pg 64) [3](Chap II).

Thus the fifteenth year of Tiberius would late AD 25 to late AD 26.

Since Christs ministry began with baptism (Matt 3:6; Mark 1:9), it is unlikely to occur during

winter, which restricts it to the spring/summer period (John 3:23). This places Jesus baptism to

the spring/summer of AD 26. In John 2:20, the temple was dated as forty six years from the start

of construction. Since the temple was started in 20 BC[3](pg 40), the incident of John 2:20

occurred in AD 27. The start of Christs ministry preceded that date thus supporting the baptism

date of spring/summer of AD 26.

5.3.2 The duration of Christs Ministry

4Luke 24:44 - Then he said to them, These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you--that

everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.


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The Synoptics all primarily focus on the portion of Christs ministry that occurred after John the

Baptist was put in prison, and with the calling of Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John. (Matt

4:12~22; Mark 1:14~20; Luke 3:20, 5:3~11) This portion of Christs ministry covers an arc of

events beginning in the region of Galilee and culminating in Christs crucifixion at Jerusalem,

within a time frame of the five to six months between the Feast of Tabernacles and the

crucifixion Passover. We can conclude this since there were no intermediate visits to Jerusalem

during this period, as would be necessary to observe the Holy Days. (Deut 16:16; Luke 2:42;

John 7:10)

The Gospel of John on the other hand, adds some details of Christs ministry prior to the period

covered in the Synoptics. Some have taken the three Passovers mentioned in John (John 2:13;

6:4; 11:55) as evidence of a ministry lasting more than three years, but this would be incorrect

since the Gospel of John is not strictly chronological. A harmonizing of the Gospel of John with

the Synoptics leads to the following conclusions:

1. The Passover events described in the section of John 2:13~17 correspond to thecrucifixion Passover, while the other events described in John 2:18 ~ 25 relate to a

previous Passover.

2. The Passover alluded to in John 6:4 was subsequent to the feeding of the five thousandand Christ walking on water, which also corresponds to the crucifixion Passover. (Matt

14:16~21, Mark 6:38~44; Luke 9:13~17) An indication of the length of Christs ministry

can be deduced from John 10:22, which speaks of Christ being in Jerusalem during the

Feast of Dedication in the winter. Since the Synoptics preclude Christs presence in

Jerusalem during the winter preceding his crucifixion, then the incident described in John

10:22 must have occurred in a previous winter. Another piece of evidence in determining

the length of Christs ministry is provided by John 3:22~23, which shows an overlap with

Johns ministry during the spring/summer baptizing period.

Putting together the above data we can propose a likely framework for Christs Ministry of

almost two years as follows:


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Sunrise to Sunset (April 28th

to May 1st, 28 A.D)

Calculating the Date and Time.

The data that follows is derived from theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations

onlinesunrise / sunset calculator.

What follows are the precise moments of sunrise and sunset during the first century date

suggested for Jesus crucifixion and ascension.

Date of the Messiahs crucifixion

Wed April 28th: Sunrise was at 4:54 am / Sunset at 6:13 pm Date of crucifixion.

Thurs April 29th: Sunrise 4:53 am / Sunset 6:15 pm Date of Unleavened bread Sabbath.

Friday April 30th: Sunrise 4:53 am / Sunset 6:15 pm A Free day within Unleavened bread.

Saturday May 1st: Sunrise 4:51 am / Sunset 6:16 pm Date of resurrection, 7th day Sabbath.

Sunday May 2nd : Sunrise 4:50 am Sunday morning Sunrise is at 4:50 am

The below table sets in order the estimated time frame for Jesus capture, trial, murder and

resurrection.

The Events leading to Jesus death, burial and resurrection

Event JewishTime

Roman Time System Remarks

Christ observes thePassoverwith his disciples

according tothe pre-deuteronomicguidelines

Abib 14 -Night

Tuesday 6:13 pm ~ 10:00 pm I Cor 11:23; Mark14:16Matt 26:19

Luke 22:13 ~15

Christ is arrested Abib 14 -Night

Tuesday midnight Luke 22:55

Christ tried and convictedbythe Jews

Abib 14 -Night

Wednesday 1:00am ~ 4:54am

John 18:19 ~ 24


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Christ brought beforePontiusPilate

Abib 14 -Morning

Wednesday 5:30 am Matt 27: 1 ~ 14Luke 23: 1 ~ 7John 18:29 ~ 38

Christ sent to Herod Abib 14 -Morning

Wednesday - 6.00 am Luke 23:8 ~ 10

Christ brought once againbefore Pontius Pilate Abib 14 -Morning Wednesday 6:30 am John 19:8 ~ 16

Christ crucified Abib 14 -Morning

Wednesday - 8:00 am Mark 15:25

Darkness over the land Abib 14 - Wednesday - 10.00 am ~1:37 pm

Matt 27:45; Mark15:33Luke 23: 44 ~ 45

Christ dies Abib 14 -afternoon

Wednesday 1:37 pm Matt 27:50; Mark15: 37Luke 23:46; John19:30

Christ placed in tomb Abib 14 -dusk

Wednesday 2:00 pm ~ 6.00pm

Matt 27:59 ~ 60Mark 15:46; Luke23:53John 19: 41 ` 42

High Day Sabbath1st Day of UnleavenedBread(Pharisaic Passover atWednesday Evening)

Abib 15NightandDay

Wednesday - 6.13 pm (sunset)~Thursday 6.15 pm (sunset)

Women buy and preparespices.

(Wave Sheaf Offeringaccording to Phariseetraditionin morning)

Abib 16

Day

Friday between 4:53 am(sunrise) and

6:15 pm (sunset)

Luke 23:56

Weekly SabbathWomen rest

Abib 17NightandDay

Friday - 6.15 pm (sunset)~Saturday6:16 pm (sunset)

Luke 23:56

Christ resurrected Abib 17 -dusk

Saturday 4:00 pm ~ 6.13 pm(sunset)

Matt 12: 40

Women visit the emptytomb

Abib 18 -dawn

Sunday 4:53 am (sunrise) Matt 28:1Mark 16:1 ~ 4Luke 24:1 ~ 3; John20:1

Christ - the Wave Sheafaccording to Sadduceetradition.

Abib 18 -Day

Sunday between 6:00 am and6.00 pm est.

John 20:17


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Further explanation of events

The scripture states that the Messiah gave up His Spirit just after the 9th hour. (Luke 23:44-46)

Passover Wednesday, officially began on Tuesday evening on April 27th at 6:14 pm, and ended

officially at 6:13 pm on April 28th at sunset.

Calculating the 9th

hour

The sun rose that Wednesday morning at 4:54 am, and Solar noon came at 11:33 am.

According to this timeframe, the 6th hour was at around 10:57 am. Since an hour in Jewish time

consisted of only 53.43 minutes that day, their average time conventions differ slightly from our

modern 60 minute clocks. Therefore, the 9th hour would be at 1:37 pm based on our modern 60

minuet time set. So Jesus died at around 1:37 pm, Wednesday April 28 th, 28 A.D.

Burial explainedJoseph of Aramenthia was said to have gotten the Messiahs body in the late afternoon, and

before the Sabbath. This Sabbath was referring to the holy day of Unleavened bread, not the

weekly Saturday Sabbath. Messiah was cleansed and buried well before this Holy day of

Unleavened bread began (and Jesus had to be buried before sunset because this was Law of

Deuteronomy). This gave Joseph and the disciples a solid 4 hours and 15 minutes to do as they

had to regarding His burial, before the next day arrived at 6:13 pm (Sunset). Also, the Jews

didnt declare the beginning of a Sabbath day until the first star was seen in the sky, which gave

Joseph and the disciples a few extra minutes, give or take.

According to an online biblical resource: The dead are often in their graves, according to

present custom, within two or three hours after death. That same custom prevailed for the

timeframe of the Messiahs burial. (http://www.biblehistory.com/isbe/B/BURIAL/)

Point 3 The scriptures support a Saturday Late afternoon resurrection. There is no time

for a Sunday resurrection.

Now that we have the correct sunrise and sunset times, we can go to the Bible and make sense of

why the women visited the tomb when they did.


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In the scriptures we see that Yahshua Jesus having been already risen before Sunday morning

was far off by the early time the women visited the tomb:

Matthew 28:1-6 Now after the Sabbath [this is the Saturday Sabbath], as the first day of the

weekbegan to dawn, [this being at sunrise] Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see

the tomb. And behold...an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back

the stone from the door... the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I

know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen (Mat 28:1-6) Thus

He is already gone before sunrise at 4:53 am Sunday morning.

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, [Note: the first day of the week for the

Jews officially begin at sundown on Saturday, not Sunday morning] they came to the tomb when

the sun had risen... And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe

sitting on the right side...he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who

was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. (Mar 16:2-6) Once again we see the messenger say

that Yahshua Jesus is gone before sunrise on Sunday morning, which is around 4:53 am.

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still

dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. Then she ran and came to

Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken

away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." (Joh 20:1-2)

Again, Jesus is already gone before early Sunday morning.

Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women

with them, came to the tomb... And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed... that behold,

two men stood by them in shining garments...they said to them, "Why do you seek the living

among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! [this is to say He has already risen] Remember

how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered

into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.' ". (Luk 24:1-8) This

explanation clarifies that the Messiahs third day resurrection is to be taken literal, and it seems

once again that He was already gone before 4:53 am on Sunday morning.


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Literal Time Frame

When we let the Bible interpret itself, we see that the Saviour in John 11:9 defined a day as

comprising of 12 hours: Are there not twelve hours in the day? We may naturally infer

from this statement that the Messiah ascribed twelve hours to the night. Therefore, when He

promised three days and three nights, the Saviour made reference to six approximate twelve hour

periods, just as is found in Jonah chapter 1. The reference to both night periods and day periods

eliminates the possibility of these days being figurative (as some theologians conjecture). Jesus

was in the grave for exactly 72 hours, and the angels at His tomb attested to this fact (Luk 24:6-

7), thus it was 72 hours, three full days and nights.

Conclusion and recap of events

We must also remember that the events with the women took place around Sunrise at

4:50 am on Sunday morning. But also that Sunday officially began for the Jews on Saturday

evening after sundown, when the Sabbath ended. The above evidence supports that Jesus

resurrection took place before 6 pm on Saturday evening, late in the afternoon, and this is based

on the official third literal day principle, set forth from Jesus Himself. In order to get exactly

three days and three nights for the length of His burial, we must consider and calculate every

event in its actual order. The scriptures state that the Messiah was already gone before the

women arrived to the tomb, and based on the holydays, and the events surrounding His death,

with Wednesday at sunset being the conclusion of Passover, there is not enough time for a

Sunday morning resurrection; nor could its occurrence be validated by what the scripture says.

According to the Biblical narrative, there isnt even enough time for a Saturday night

resurrection, this is because Jesus was buried before 6 oclock on Wednesday, and this had to be

so because of the Old testament custom of burying a hanged man the same day (Deu 21:22-23).

So, evidence for a Sunday morning resurrection, and its being the hinge on which the

Sunday Sabbath belief depends, is historically and biblically invalid, and therefore must be

deemed purposefully incorrect. Furthermore, this means that we must understand from where the

enforcement of the first day Sabbath came from, if it cannot be validated by the Bible.


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From Josephus, the Mishna, and other ancient Jewish sources we learn that the Jews in northern

Palestine calculated days from sunrise to sunrise. That area included the region of Galilee,

where Jesus and all the disciples, except Judas, had grown up. Apparently most, if not all, of the

Pharisees used that system of reckoning. But Jews in the southern part, which centered in

Jerusalem, calculated days from sunset to sunset. Because all the priests necessarily lived in or

near Jerusalem, as did most of the Sadducees, those groups followed the southern scheme.

An excerpt From: The words and works of Jesus Christ: a study of the life of Christ

By J. Dwight Pentecost, (pg 420)

A next excerpt from: Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels

By Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall, (pg 121)


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Notes on the Gospel of Matthew; explanatory and practical

By George Whitefield Clark.

In the end of the Sabbath, that is, of the Jewish Sabbath, Saturday, which, according to strict

Jewish reckoning, ended at sunset. The wordsIn the end, literally translated, are,And late , in the

Sabbath, an indefinite expression, defined by the next clause, "As it began to dawn," etc. Thus,

Matthew seems to follow the natural division of the day, from sunrise to sunrise. ... [W]hichever

view we take, Matthew evidently means the time before daybreak on the first day of the week.

Summary

To recap and discuss what we have read, we see that the women arrived at the sepulchre while

the sun was rising on Sunday morning, while it was still dark at around 5 am (4:50 am). This

time frame described as being still dark is when the night sky became blue because of the

suns rising. The women waited until this time because it was when the Galilean or original

weekly Sabbath ended. We must note that Holy days do not follow this same sunrise to sunrise

principle, but its only the seventh day Holy Sabbath that does. The Messiah was cut off in the

midst of the week (which was Wednesday) and He was buried well before Wednesday evening,

(as already stated, this is due to the Levitical purity laws). The Messiahs burial took around 3 to

4 hours approximately, and was left imperfect leaving room for further burial embellishments

from the women. With Thursday being the Holyday Sabbath of Unleavened bread, Friday which

was a non Sabbath-rest holy day (as being part of the holy week of Unleavend bread), the women

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and the women and the apostle ceased from all their labours. During late afternoon on the

Saturday weekly Sabbath, Jesus rose from the dead, and this completing His three days and three

nights in the heart of the earth, as was promised and was prophesied in the Old Testament. With

the Messiahs resurrection, the Saturday weekly Sabbath continued as normal for the women and

Apostles, who didnt even believe that He would rise from the grave. Sunday officially began at

sunset on Saturday evening (day ending at sundown according to the Jewish custom). Yet it

wasnt until Sunday morning that the women came to the tomb to find it empty. Therefore,

Sunday was not the day in which Jesus the Messiah arose from the grave, and further explanation

is required to understand why the first day of the week has became the modern Christian day of

rest, opposed to the original seventh day spelled out by God through the Bible.

Point 5 The Sabbath law changed its nature without any doctrinal precedence.

Bible students know that Jesus taught much from the book of Deuteronomy. The first and great

commandment was not found written in the Decalogue (the Ten Commandments), but is found

written in the ordinances given to Israel from Mount Sinai. Therefore, arguments that move

towards the abolition of all Old Testament laws, ordinances and practices would show that belief

in adhering to the chief commandment of love thy neighbour and God, to be ignored; existing

without any scriptural authority and precedence which it clearly does. Since the first great

commandment stands, and is found in the book of Deuteronomy (which is supposedly fulfilled

and void), we can be certain that other ordinances contained in this book (those being they that

dont impinge on and contradict the everlasting covenant and salvation through Messiah) still

hold validity and spiritual use.

Items that were deemed worthy of death are no longer deemed civil law for all the world,

but spiritually, acts of sin that were warned against in Deuteronomy and other Old Testament

books still lead to spiritual death if left unaccounted for and un-repented of (Rom 1:32 &c). The

entire Ten Commandments, including the 4th, is still binding on the spiritual children of Israel,

and are what designates sin in our lives, existing now only as a mirror for sin and is not our

source of righteousness. This law alone no longer provides justification through the adherence to

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for God and the Son (John 14:15, IJohn 3:23-24). It cannot apart from Jesus provide life, but is

here to help us lead a correct life according to Godliness. The Sabbath has more to do with

showing love to our neighbours than not working. Showing mercy to ones slave or employees

one day a week, allowing them to rest and worship Yahweh, is a large part of the spiritual

message that has been ignored and looked over contained the Sabbath ordinance.

Point 6 The historical reasons for altering the Sabbath

Prejudice separated Romans from Jewish Christians.

Dr. Bacchiocchi, a theological historian, says that according to history Anti-Judaism caused the

abandonment of the Sabbath, and [ancient Roman forms of] ... worship influenced the adoption

of Sunday.

Evidence of anti-Judaism is found in the writings of Christian leaders such as Ignatius, Barnabas

and Justin in the second century. Bacchiocchi noted that these three church leaders witnessed

and participated in the process of separation from Judaism which led the majority of Christians

to abandon the Sabbath and adopt Sunday [which was at that time by gentile Roman law the

legal day of worship].

Early differentiation between the Jews and Christians

In the year A.D. 49 the Emperor Claudius, according to the Roman historian Suetonius (ca. A.D.

70-122), expelled the Jews from Rome since they rioted constantly at the instigation of

Chrestus4 (a probable erroneous transcription of the name of Christ). 5 The fact that on this

occasion converted Jews like Aquila and Priscilla were expelled from the city together with the

Jews (Acts 18 :2) proves, as Pierre Batiffol observes, that the Roman police had not yet come to

distinguish the Christians from the Jews.6 Fourteen years later, however, Nero identified the

Christians as being a separate entity, well distinguished from the Jews. The Emperor, in fact,

according to Tacitus (ca. A.D. 55-120), fastened the guilt [i.e. for arson upon them] and

inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abomination, called Christians by

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distinct from Judaism seems to be the natural result of attempts made on both sides to

differentiate themselves in the eyes of the Roman authorities.

Pg 166 "From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance in

Early Christianity."

Sunday observance arose, as W. D. Davies states, in conscious opposition to or distinction

from the Jewish Sabbath.135 We have found that the change in the day of worship seems to

have been encouraged, on the one hand, by the social, military, political and literary anti-Judaic

imperial policies which made it necessary for Christians to sever their ties with the Jews, and, on

the other hand, by the very conflict existing between the Jews and Christians.

The Church of Rome, whose members, mostly of pagan extraction, experienced a break fromthe Jews earlier than in the East [The east being Palestine, or majority Jewish communities]...

where the unpopularity of the Jews was particularly great, appears to have played a leading role

in inducing the adoption of Sunday observance [over that of the Jewish Sabbath]. This we

found indicated not only by the introduction and enforcement of the new Easter-Sunday festivity

(closely related to the weekly Sunday) but also by the measures Rome took to devaluate the

Sabbath theologically and practically. The Sabbath was in fact re-interpreted to be a temporary

institution given to the Jews as a sign of their unfaithfulness. Therefore Christians were

enjoined to show their dissociation from the Jewish Sabbath by fasting on that day, by

abstaining from the Lords supper and by not attending religious assemblies. (From Sabbath

to Sunday)

Hadrians Attack on Judeo-Christian Sabbath observance

Hadrian discriminated against all Judeo-Christian sects, but the worst persecution was directed

against religious Jews. He made anti-religious decrees forbidding Torah study, Sabbath

observance, circumcision, Jewish courts, meeting in synagogues and other ritual practices. ...

This age of persecution lasted throughout the remainder of Hadrians reign, until 138 C.E.

(http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/revolt1.html)


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Summation of the findings

Political, cultural and sociological pressures gave the gentile Christians more than one fearful

reason to adopt the Roman gentile Sunday, it was to thus gain favour in this aggressive hatful

governments eyes. The adoption of Sunday as well as numerous pagan gentile festivities, and

then the subsequent baptism of such unbiblical festivals and dictates, harkened back to the acts of

the apostate Hellenistic Jews who embraced Hellenism over the Torah in the times preceding

Ezra, and this is what created the Pharisees and the Oral Law that Jesus condemned throughout

His entire ministry. This shows that history repeats itself.

Point 7 Lies about what the Sabbath is: The actual definition of legalism.

The Lord, we noticed, on the Sabbath deliberately acted contrary to prevailing restrictions, in

order to liberate the day from the multitude ofrabbinical limitations and thereby restore it to its

original [Godly] intention, namely, to be a day of physical and spiritual well-being for mankind.

We noted, however, that Christ presents the showing of love by acts of kindness on the Sabbath

to be not merely the fulfillment of the humanitarian obligations of the commandment, but

primarily the expression of the believers acceptance and experience of the [sacred] blessing of

salvation (John 9:4; Matt. 11:28).

(Pg. 51 "From Sabbath to Sunday: A Historical Investigation of the Rise of Sunday Observance

in Early Christianity." a Doctoral dissertation by Samuel Bacchiocchi)

Legalism: People-made Sabbath legislations

Let us notice some of the man-made commandments placed upon the people concerning Sabbath

observance. First of all, the Pharisees decreed that a person would be guilty of breaking the

Sabbath if they carried from one place to another any food that weighed as much as a dried fig!

Only theweight of half a dried fig or an olive was allowed, otherwise it would be considered, by

the Pharisees, as work, and was therefore prohibited (Shabbath, 28a, 70b, 71a).


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A person would also be guilty of desecrating the Sabbath, ... if he carried more than one swallow

of milk or enough oil to anoint a small part of the body (Shabbath, 76b). Even to carry a sheet of

paper was forbidden (Shabbath, 78a).

If a fire broke out on the Sabbath in a person's home, he could carry out only the

necessary food for the Sabbath. It was interpreted in this manner: If a fire broke out Sabbath

evening (Friday night), the owner could take out enough food for three meals; if the fire broke

out on Sabbath afternoon, he could take out only enough food for one meal. All the rest of the

food had to be left to burn up with the building, for the Pharisees prohibited putting out such a

firethat would be working and constitute a grievous sin (Shabbath, 115a-118b).

Therefore, true legalism according to the Biblical context, is any decree or manmade

tradition forced upon believers and made into strict unbreakable, or unbearable laws.

Keeping God the Father and Jesus commandments can never be deemed legalism, and this is

because keeping the law of God constitutes loving Him. Legalism is rooted in manmade decrees.

Forcing false beliefs based on tradition are true legalism in its most literal form. Commanding

that all men practice Christmas is a form of legalism. The Pharisees were not legalistic when

they were commanding men everywhere to be circumcised before the death of Messiah

commenced, but they became entirely legalistic when they commanded men to flee from

practicing kindness on the Sabbath because it was a day of Sabbath.

Messiah's restoration of the Sabbaths actual meaning

Christ taught the Jewish people the true spiritual intent of the Sabbath. God's Sabbath is not a

burden to man. It is a spiritual blessing. Christ said: "The Sabbath was made FOR man, and not

man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of man is [Master or] Lord also of the Sabbath" (Mark

2:27, 28). To do good works on the Sabbath, however, was forbidden by the Pharisees. Notice

how they sought to accuse Christ for healing a person on the Sabbath. "And He entered again

into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched

him whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; THAT THEY MIGHT ACCUSE HIM. And

He saith unto the man which had a withered hand, Stand forth. And He saith unto them, is it

lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil?" (Mark 3:1-4). The Pharisees could hardly

answer the question, and they did not! They knew that they could not say it was right to do evil.


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But they also knew that their laws forbade doing this kind of good on the Sabbath. So, the

Pharisees "held their peace. (88-89)

How modern liberal Christian practices mirror pharisaic Judaism:

How Todays Churches copy the mistakes of the Pharisees

In contemporary secular Christianity, we find millions of individuals who partake in practices

like those of the Pharisees in the New Testament. There are numerous professing Christian

denominations that have inherited splintered commandments of Christ; many setting aside or

disregarding the Fathers commandments calling them Jesus; many intentionally or

unintentionally annulling the commandments of God because of popular opinion and inherited

practices. Our modern Christian civilization is in a large part similar in spiritual outlook and

condition to those taught by the Pharisaic teachers. It is time to admit that modern Christianity

has paralleled the Jewish leaders in assuming the prerogative of altering, overlooking and

cancelling the commandments of Scripture (even though we have seen many of them stand, ie

love of God as the chief commandment found in Deuteronomy). Christ, is the same yesterday,

today and forever (Heb. 13:8) meaning that He doesnt radically change His mind without first

writing it down, and He condemns like alterations of His word, for he said, Howbeit in vain do

[you] worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the

commandment of God ye hold the tradition of men ... Full well ye reject the commandment

of God, that ye may keep your own tradition (Mark 7:7-9). How is the modern church not

guilty of this exact thing?

Point 8 1st day Sabbath: The imperial sign of the Roman Catholic Church.

We have all heard a million and one reasons why Saturday cannot be the scriptural Sabbath. I

have presented you with information explaining how the Messiah had to be resurrected on aSaturday to fulfill His Fathers truth. But some of the most expressive views about Sunday

keeping and its actual origins comes from its historical place of creation and enactment The

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Know that adhering to Sunday, and Sunday keeping legislation was the sole issue that

made the reformation a non-success. The reformation failed because most of those involved in

the change didnt want to let go of Sunday even though it didnt have a Biblical precedence; and

the Catholics knew this. Since most (not all) of the early Protestants were afraid to keep the

Sabbath due to its gross stigma as being Jewish (which was racism), the reformation failed and

the Catholic Church did not reform.

What do the Catholics say about their Sunday?

Daniel Ferres, ed.,Manual of Christian Doctrine (1916), p.67.

"Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holy days?

"Answer. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of, and

therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other

feasts commanded by the same Church.

Stephen Keenan,A Doctrinal Catechism 3rd ed., p. 174.

"Question: Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of

precept?

"Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists

agree with her-she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the

week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural

authority."

Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Converts Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1957), p. 50.

"Question: Which is the Sabbath day?


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"Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

"Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?

"Answer. We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the

solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.

Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension Society (1975),Chicago, Illinois.

"Regarding the change from the observance of the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I

wish to draw your attention to the facts:

"1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the only rule of faith and religion, should by all

means go back to the observance of the Sabbath. The fact that they do not, but on the contrary

observe the Sunday, stultifies them [or makes to appear to have an unsound mind] in the eyes of

every thinking man.

"2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the

living Church, the authority of the Church, as a rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted

by Christ to teach and guide man through life, has the right to change the ceremonial laws of the

Old Testament and hence, we accept her change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly say, yes,

the Church made this change, made this law, as she made many other laws, for instance, the

Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood, the laws concerning mixed marriages, the

regulation of Catholic marriages and a thousand other laws.

"It is always somewhat laughable, to see the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legislation,

demand the observance of Sunday, of which there is nothing in their Bible."

T. Enright, C.S.S.R., in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, Feb. 18,1884.


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"I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am

bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic

Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church

says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first

day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the

command of the holy Catholic Church.

Our Sunday Visitor, Feb. 5, 1950

Practically everything that Protestants regard as essential or important they have received from

the Catholic Church. They accepted Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship

after the Catholic Church made that change.

But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that in accepting the Bible, in observing the

Sunday, in keeping Christmas and Easter, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for

the church, the pope.

Mgr. Segur, Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today,p. 213

It was the Catholic Church which, by the authority of Jesus Christ, has transferred this rest to

the Sunday in remembrance of the resurrection of our Lord. [which is false] Thus the observance

of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the

[Catholic] church.

Point 9 Did Paul teach a lawless grace?

The main reason individuals disregard the importance of the entire law of Yahweh is because

theyre confused mostly about the writings of Paul; for even Peter said that in Pauls epistles he

speaks on things which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people

twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. (2Pe 3:16)


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So therefore we, being the beloved, are supposed to know about these difficulties, and must

beware lest [we] also fall from [our] own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the

wicked (2Pe 3:17) or the unlearned, which has already occurred in the churches. Note: error

being the faulty interpretation of scripture resulting in the permission to sin.

Before looking at the proper passages that seem to exemplify a lawless grace or Gods grace

without keeping the commandments, we have to properly understand Romans 7&8 for these

passages reveal the key to all the rest of Pauls works in regard to the commandments.

Belief in the power of Christ's Sacrifice with repentance of sin = Justification of the body.

Following the 10 commandments the best that we can, physically and psychologically, with

repentance of sin In Jesus name = Righteousness of the Spirit.

Paul calls the law sin in chapter seven to elaborate a point which begins to mature further in

chapter eight.

When Paul talks about the law of sin in the flesh, and speaks about the law of the spirit

separately, he was speaking about two distinct parts of the Christian walk that both lead to a

complete perfection in the Messiah. The first is un-accomplishable without faith in Jesus and

repentance through His name. The second is accomplishable by our own will, with the Holy

Spirit, to keep the commandments in our hearts/thoughts; this is accomplished through Yahwehs

spirit in us, and our repentance in Jesus name when we fail.

The law of the spirit is our personal ability to adhere to the Ten Commandments (the ten

encompass how to love neighbour and love God). By desiring to be obedient to God, we show

Him that we love Him and strive for completion (that being conformed to the Image of His Son).

But, we cannot be justified through keeping the law when its apart from faith. Since our flesh it

at enmity with God, by our acceptance of the Messiah and through His offering of Himself,

through faith and belief in the power of His sacrifice, our soul/flesh becomes instantly justified

through its union with His (we have become one flesh due to our spiritual marriage), These two

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repentance, and our flesh by our faith in Christ's power which is the gift and grace of Yahweh.

Paul in no way denounces the importance of the Ten Commandments also called the law, but

establishes it. Grace is given to us by faith, so we can keep the commandments in our bodies

through trying to keep them in our minds at all times. Keeping the commandments physically

without failing is something that cannot be done; this is because it cannot be controlled by our

wills alone.

The Romans Key: a key that unlocks the New covenant Epistles

Exegesis on Roman 7-8 on grace and law:

Rom 7:4-25: Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body

of Christ, that you may be married to another--to Him who was raised from the dead, that we

should bear fruit to God. (5) For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were

aroused by the law [which is the knowledge of the law] were at work in our members to bear

fruit to death. (6) But now we have been delivered from the law [that is the death that comes

through breaking the law], having died to what we were held by [sin], so that we should serve in

the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. (7) What shall we say then? Is the

law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For

I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." (8) But

sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart

from the law sin was dead [or unrecognized]. (9) I was alive once without the law, but when the

commandment came, sin revived and I died. [In ignorance as a practicing Jew he was alive in

sin, but in knowledge of breaking the law he became guilty and died] (10) And the

commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. (11) For sin, taking occasion by

the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. (12) Therefore the law is holy, and the

commandment holy and just and good. (13) Has then what is good become death to me? [or,

has the law become death to me?] Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing

death in me through what is good, [that is knowledge of the law] so that sin through the

commandment might become exceedingly sinful [which it does by knowing the Law].


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(14) For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. (15) For what I am

doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

(16) If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. [That is, if Paul

knows that what he is doing is wrong, even though hes unable to do right on his own, he still

agrees with the law that what he has done is wrong.] (17) But now, it is no longer I who do it,

but sin that dwells in me. [When our flesh is justified by faith in Jesus, it is sin who works

sinfulness in us, because its not our own desires.] (18) For I know that in me (that is, in my

flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do

not find. [Paul is saying that in his own power he cannot do what pleases Yahweh, this is

because his flesh is carnal and largely uncontrollable, thus sin works through him and he cannot

perfectly stop it from happening](19) For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I

will not to do, that I practice. (20) Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it,

but sin that dwells in me. (21) I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who

wills to do good. [it is a fact or law that evil exists in his flesh or carnal drive, even if his mind is

against sinning] (22) For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. [in his spirit

or mind he loves Yahwehs law] (23) But I see another law in my members, warring against the

law of my mind [mind meaning heart and spirit], and bringing me into captivity to the law of

sin which is in my members. (24) O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this

body of death? (25) I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I

myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Rom 8:1-18 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,* who do

not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. [This is done by following and loving

the Royal law to the best of his ability by desire, through choice and diligent observance] (2) For

the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. [the

spirit of life comes from Jesus Christ freeing us from the law of sin that exists in our flesh which

makes us break the commandments, and resulting in our deaths] (3) For what the law could not

do in that it was weak through the flesh [this is, our inability to fulfill the law apart from

Messiah], God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He

condemned sin in the flesh, (4) that the righteous requirement of the law [Which is our

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according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. [so by our desire to walk in the law spiritually,

or in our minds, by faith in the only one who has fulfilled the entire law (while He was in His

flesh), grants us freedom from our inability or weakness contained in our own flesh, and grants

us a way out, or forgiveness, which allows justification of the flesh, through grace. This process

allows us to become completely holy: body and mind or spirit, before God in Jesus the Messiah]

(5) For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those

who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is death

[which is being apart from unity with Christ living lawlessly], but to be spiritually minded is life

and peace [which is living in the law the best that we can and loving God, for if you love (Him

you will) keep (all of His) commandments].

(7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor

indeed can be [our bodies cannot be subject to the law of Yahweh, this is why Christ whose body

was completely subjected has become our own bodies spiritually through faith]. (8) So then,

those who are in the flesh cannot please God. (9) But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if

indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is

not His. (10) And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life

because of righteousness. (11) But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in

you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His

Spirit who dwells in you. [By accepting Jesus through faith and baptism our carnal flesh

becomes crucified with His. If we continue to live in carnality after baptism we remain fleshly

and death still reigns in us. But, if we live in the spirit we are made righteous, and Yahweh will

resurrect us in the end, literally giving life to the body or flesh] (12) Therefore, brethren, we are

debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. (13) For if you live according to the

flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

[living without obedience to Yahwehs Law will not put to death the deeds of the body] (14) For

as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. (15) For you did not receive the

spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,

"Abba, Father." (16) The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of

God, (17) and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we

suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.


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Summery

Therefore, what Romans is saying is this, if we break Yahwehs law by disrespecting His

commandments: if we break one were guilty of all (including the Sabbath), we are still by word

living in the flesh. This is one reason why the church is so sickly and weak today. One can be

baptised and read the scriptures daily and still be carnally minded and sinful, especially when

breaking Yahwehs law in ignorance. Without a conscious daily effort to put the body to death,

going from grace to grace through the power of the Holy Spirit; repenting after we sin, and

going to the Messiah and being cleansed by His blood, and embracing our daily cross, we will

perpetually remain in a state of rebellion against God. If we as Christians live in a state of

unrepentant sin, even because of ignorance, we can never scripturally be defined as the children

of Yahweh. This is because our carnal selves remain ruling over our lives and thus are in conflict

with the Will of our Master. By wilfully breaking Gods law, we are not subjecting ourselves to

Christ.

The Romans Key applied to grant a clearer understanding of the other Epistles: Galatians

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we

have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works

of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. (Gal 2:16)

-The works of the law here speaks of the oral traditions of the Jews. Galatians 2:12 talks about

not eating with Gentiles, this is not a scriptural tradition but is categorized under works of the

law. The law written by Yahwehs finger, and the books written by Moses, and the oral law made

by the Jews are different laws. Yahwehs law is Eternal and can never be altered or broken.

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ

therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! (Gal 2:17)


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If I accidently sin while under the grace of the Messiah (this informing all that a law still exists

that condemn sin) does ones inability and accidental failure make their liberty in the Messiah a

cause to call Jesus a minister of Sin, certainly not.

For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. (Gal 2:18)

If I wilfully return to my sinful ways then Im guilty for my sins, alone.

For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. (Gal 2:19)

I through the revelation of sin, died to the effect of death that come by sin (transgression of the

law), that I could live to the Father in Christ by faith.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life

which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself

for me. (Gal 2:20)

The life in the flesh here referred to, is justified by the acceptance of Jesus Christs work on the

altar of suffering, this exact message is in Romans.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died

in vain." (Gal 2:21)

This law is speaking of the ceremonial animal sacrifice; Christ came to end such practice of the

flesh and changed them into acts of the spirit.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is

everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do

them. (Gal 3:10)


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These works of the law are speaking of the Jewish Oral traditions, this scripture openly states

that the Works of the Law are incomplete, thus those who follow these unsanctioned laws

are placed under the curse of the actual law of Moses which was complete.

But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "the just shall live by

faith. (Gal 3:11)

Yet the law is not of faith, but "the man who does them shall live by them. (Gal 3:12)

This quote is from Leviticus 18:5 the law spoken of here is the written law found in the book of

the law written by Moses. This isn't a justification to disregard the law of Yahweh or Ten

commandments.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is

written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree") (Gal 3:13)

Galatians 3:13 also is a condensed quote of an Old Testament passage that explains exactly who

is cursed and why: "If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his body is hung on a

tree, you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day,

because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse. You must not desecrate the land the

Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance"(Deuteronomy 21:22-23, NIV).

So even though we dont follow every piece of the laws given to Moses, our faith in Christ frees

us from the curses brought about by not living by these old laws (this excluding the ten

commandments entirely, for it is a separate Law altogether).

And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the

covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no

effect. (Gal 3:17)

Above presenting evidence of which law was just being referred to.


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For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by

promise. (Gal 3:18)

For if the inheritance is of the law can also be seen as saying, if the inheritance comes only

through Israel, the law being a symbol for Israel itself. Paul was saying that all that live by faith

in Christ's justification are entitled to Gods grace and blessings which were promised to

Abraham. No matter if he is Jew or Greek.

What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed

should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels [or

messengers] by the hand of a mediator. (Gal 3:19)

This scripture is evidence that the law spoken of here is not the Ten Commandments spoken to

Israel by Yahweh Himself, but the other laws that came by angelic or mediated intervention.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled

again with a yoke of bondage. (Gal 5:1)

Yoke of bondage being the Jewish oral traditions, not the Ten Commandments, or the ordinances

of Deuteronomy.

Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. (Gal

5:2) (Evidence that the above is the oral tradition of the Jews)

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole

law. (Gal 5:3)

You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen

from grace. (Gal 5:4)


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Once again this is Jewish oral traditions not the commandments. The Oral law is a corrupt

commentary of old Testament practises. As seen in scripture, it denounces Jesus as the Messiah.

For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Gal 5:5)

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working

through love. (Gal 5:6)

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the

flesh, but through love serve one another. (Gal 5:13)

An opportunity for the flesh is assuming that breaking the Ten commandments is allowable

because of justification. This is the mistake made by all the world.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

[18] (Gal 5:14)

To fulfill the entire law we include Yahweh as a neighbour also, thus following the Ten

commandments fulfills the basis of this Law of love.

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Gal 5:16)

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one

another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. (Gal 5:17)

This is a reiteration of Romans.

For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised

that they may boast in your flesh. (Gal 6:13)


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This is evidence that the works of the law are not the 10 commandments or even the Scriptural

Holydays, but are the false oral traditions of Judaic Phariseeism.

Conclusion

All though convoluted, we see the same message is preached in Galatians as was in Romans. To

understand what law is being spoken about each time its mentioned we must look into the Greek

lexicons for word usage, and also understand contextual information as we read along. This is

why peter said Paul's works were difficult to understand.

Christ has never committed sin, nor would he allow His disciples to. He wouldnt say that

in Him you could break My Fathers law. The Law of Yahweh (the 10 commandments) is a

proof of our love to the Father and the Son. To fulfill the command of love, the whole law must

be followed. For Messiah said if you love me keep my commandments. If you are aware and

convinced that Sunday is not the Sabbath it is time for you to return to Yahweh through

Messiah and Repent of breaking His law.

Fasting: the subject of Romans 14

Rav Shaul (Apostle Paul) was a MASTER of Torah. He often quotes or alludes to Old

Testament Scriptures without ever mentioning the Scripture that he is quoting or to which he is

alluding.

Romans 14 is one of those very common instances. Yes, it is about "personal convictions" and

"personal scruples" but it is in the context of Old Testament Scripture. It is more specifically

about "traditions of men" that as The Saviour noted "Makes the Word of none effect". Oh, and it

has nothing whatsoever to do with vegetarianism.

What then was Paul talking about? He was talking about fast days. The whole 14th chapter of

Romans is about food and how people's beliefs about fasting should not be interfered with. The

fast days could be observed according to each believer's conscience. A man could eat or not eat,


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keep the day or not keep it. Each man could observe FAST DAYS, or not observe them,

according to his own convictions.

He that does not eat, regards the day.

He that eats, does not regard the day.

The "days" that Paul was referring to were the traditional fast days mentioned in Zechariah 7:5-6.

These were anniversary fasts that were observed during the Jews' captivity in Babylon.

It is of interest to note that those dates commemorate the judgments of The Almighty upon a

people who refused to keep the Sabbath Day holy. (See Jeremiah 17:19-27)

Even the Jews themselves had different convictions about the observance of those days--because

those fast days were never commanded by The Almighty.

After the Captivity (when the Temple was being rebuilt) the men of Bethel also wondered if they

should observe these fasts unto YHVH. For example, they asked Zechariah: "Shall I weep in the

fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?" (Zechariah 7:2-6)

When you read Zechariah's answer, notice the striking similarity of his words to those of Paul to

the believers at Rome:

Compare Zechariah 7:5-6 :

"When ye FASTED and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did

ye at all fast UNTO ME, even to Me (YHVH?) And when ye did EAT, and when ye did drink,

did ye not EAT FOR YOURSELVES and drink for yourselves?"

With Romans 14:6,7 :

"He that regardeth the (fast) day, regardeth it UNTO THE LORD; and he that regardeth not the

day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that EATETH, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth The


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Almighty thanks; and he that EATETH NOT, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth The Almighty

thanks. For none of us LIVETH TO HIMSELF, and no man dieth to himself.

Common churchmen use Romans 14:5-6 as proof that New Testament believers no longer have

an obligation to keep the Sabbath day holy. Examine those two verses, just as a judge would

consider evidence in his courtroom, and then decide whether or not they testify against Sabbath

keeping.

Paul wrote:

"One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man

be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth (observeth) the day regardeth it unto the

Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to

the Lord, for he giveth The Almighty thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not,

and giveth The Almighty thanks."

The judge would ask: "Where is the Sabbath mentioned in those verses?

The Sabbath is not mentioned there, nor in the entire book of Romans! No court in the land

would allow verses that do not mention the Sabbath to be used as evidence in an argument

against the Sabbath-- so why should we?

You see, Paul could not have been talking about keeping the Sabbath day holy because

obedience to Torah is not optional. It is ludicrous to suggest that any of the Ten Commandments

can be disobeyed "unto the Lord"! Think of the absurdity of saying, "He that stealeth, to the Lord

he stealeth; and he that stealeth not, to the Lord he stealeth not".

If you were the judge in the case of the Churchmen versus the Sabbath, would you be willing to

say that Paul had cancelled one of the commandments of God based on the evidence you find in

the 14th chapter of Romans? The evidence from Romans and Zechariah demands a verdict for

Sabbath observance. The church must obey the Fourth Commandment, and that is the only

decision that will uphold the Law of God.


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Understanding Pauls Difficult Scriptures Concerning the Law

and Commandments of God. By Fred R. Coulter

Colossians Two: Were the Ten Commandments Really Nailed to the Cross When Jesus

Was Crucified?

Another example of misinterpreting Pauls writings is found in Colossians 2:14, 16-17, and

stems from an extremely poor translation of the Greek text. Unfortunately, this particular

misunderstanding has led millions to believe that all the laws and commandments were nailed to

the cross when Jesus was crucified. As in the case of Galatians Four, we will notice that [this]

false interpretation is exactly the opposite of what Paul actually wrote and meant.

First, we will examine the KJVtranslation of each of these key passages, beginning with verse

14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us,

and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.

From this obscure translation, people presume that the phrase handwriting of ordinances

constitutes the laws and commandments of God. Therefore, they conclude incorrectly that the

Ten Commandments were nailed to the cross.

In the Greek, handwriting of ordinances is chriographon tois dogmasinwhich literally means

handwriting in decrees or dogmas. In the New Testament, dogma always refers to decrees

written by men (Luke 2:1; Acts 16:4; 17:7; Eph. 2:15). Nowhere in the entirety of the Bible does

dogma, decrees, refer to any part of the Law of God. Therefore, this phrase in Col. 2:14 has

nothing to do with biblical Law.

But what does the expression handwriting of ordinances actually mean? As we will see, the

phrase refers to a written accountof ones sins, called a note of debt. In his epical book The

Two Babylons, Alexander Hislop writes concerning this pagan, Greek religious practice, which

the converts in Colosse had undoubtedly formerly practiced (the practice was also found in


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ancient Chinese religion): A work of some note on morals, called Merits and Demerits

Examined, [describes how] a man is directed tokeep a [written] debtor and creditor account with

himself of the acts of each day, and at the end of the year to wind it up [in summary]. If the

balance is in his favor, it serves as the foundation of a stock ofmerits for the ensuing year; and if

against him, it must be liquidated by future good deeds [justification byworks]. Various lists and

comparative tables are given of both good and bad actions in the several relations of life; and

benevolence is strongly inculcated in regard first to man, and, secondly, to the brute creation. To

cause anothers death is reckoned at one hundred on the side of demerit; while a single act of

charitable relief counts as one on the other side (page 147).

Thus, the phrase in Colossians 2:14 should be translated as note of debt against us with the

decrees of our sinsor a symbolic listing of our sins against God. Our sins and the debtof our

sins were nailed to the cross when Jesus Christ was crucified and died. Upon true repentance of

sins to God the Father, Jesus Christ blots out the note of debt through the remission of our sins.

Jesus Christ, Who knew no sin, was made sin for us. He was nailed to the cross as a sin offering

for the sins of the whole world. The note of debt of our sins was symbolically nailed to the

cross, NOT the commandmentsof God which stand forever.

When Col. 2:13 is included with the correct translation of verse 14, the true meaning of what

Paul wrote becomes clear: For you, who were once dead inyoursins and in the uncircumcision

of your flesh, He has now made alive with Him, having forgiven all your trespasses. He has

blotted out the note ofdebt against us with the decreesof our sins, which was contrary to us;

and He has taken it away, having nailed it to the cross. Therefore, the actual meaning of these

verses has nothing to do with nailing the Law to the cross, as falsely believed by millions of

professing Christians.

Understanding Pauls Difficult Scriptures Concerning the Law

and Commandments of God. By Fred R. Coulter.

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The erroneous distortion of these two verses has caused Protestantism to denounce the

observance of the biblical Sabbath, holy days and clean and unclean meats more than any other

passage in the New Testament. Consequently, it has caused ministers and laymen alike to

rummage through the New Testament in search of other Scriptures to substantiate this

misinterpretationresulting in a myriad of additional false interpretations and beliefs that appear

to bolster [the practice] of Sunday-keeping and observing [the traditions of men, or extra

scriptural] holidays. When one casually reads these verses, it does give the appearance that such

an interpretation may be correctbut such is not the case. In the KJV, Colossians 2:16 reads:

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new

moon, or of the sabbath daysverse 17which are a shadow of things to come; but the body

is of Christ.

More distortion

To add further confusion to this doctrinal puzzle, the New International Version savaged verse

17 with the following... mistranslation: These are a shadow of things that were to come. In so

doing, they reinforced the false idea that, since Christ has already come, the things that were to

come have been fulfilled. Thus, they cling tenaciously to their mistaken belief that indeed the

life, death and resurrection terminated all these laws and commandments of God. However, the

Greek preposition the NIV translators mistranslated as the English past tense phrase were to

come is actually a present tense, articular active plural participle, toon mellontoon, which is

impossible to translate as a past tense completed action. An honest translation can only reflect

the present tense, continuous, ongoing meaning of the things to come, or the coming

things

which can only mean the continuous unfolding of prophecy and the plan of God. Importantly, we

know the Colossian church was composed entirely of Gentile converts. Paul preached the

mystery among the Gentiles (Col. 1:27), and refers to their spiritual circumcision of the heart

through Jesus Christtheir conversionin contrast to their physical condition of

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As we find in Acts 19, Gentile converts forsook their pagan religion and worship of Greek gods

and goddesses, when they were met with resistance and ridicule. And in the case of Paul, he was

threatened with death because he gave up Judaism. Likewise, when the Colossians were

converted, their lives were completely changed. They abandoned their past pagan religious

practices, forsook the idol temples, and ceased to participate in pagan religious festivals and days

of worship. Instead, they observed the seventh-day weekly Sabbath; and as Paul taught in all the

churches, they were faithful to the holy days and festivals of the true God.

This caused those outside the church to make judgments against the Colossian brethren for

having abandoned their former religious philosophy and worship of angels. When we understand

the circumstances with which Paul was dealing when he wrote Colossians 2:16-17, then the true

meaning of the passage becomes clear.

An Analysis of Colossians 2:16-17

Here is an accurate translation from the original Greek of Col. 2:16-17: Therefore, do not allow

anyone to judge you in eating or in drinking, or with regard to a festival, or new moon, or the

Sabbathsverse 17which are a foreshadow of the things that are coming, but the body of

Christ.

1) The first phraseTherefore, do not allow anyone to judge youmeans that because

they were now converted and had changed their lives to believe and obey the Gospel, and were

now keeping the laws and commandments of God instead of their former pagan ways, therefore,

they were not to let anyoneoutside the Church judge them because of their new way of life.

2) in eating, or in drinking When they were pagans they ate all meatsclean and

unclean. After conversion they no longer ate unclean meats (I Tim. 4:1-5). Likewise, they no

longer engaged in drunkenness as in the past, which was also part of their pagan religious

practices. Now, because they had changed their ways, they were to ignore the judgments and

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3) with regard to a festival, or new moon, or the Sabbaths Rather than showing that

the Colossians were being judged for rejecting the festivals and Sabbaths of God, this phrase

means the exact opposite. As in the case of the Galatians, as former pagans they had never

observed any of the biblical festivals and Sabbaths before their conversion. Therefore, those

outside the Church were not judging the Colossians because they were no longer keeping these

things, rather they were judging them because after their conversion they were, indeed, keeping

them. A word about new moon. Since this is in the singular, it refers to the calculated Hebrew

Calendar, and must be referring to the Feast of Trumpets, a holy day, because the first day of the

seventh month (a new moon) is the beginning date for the calculations of the Hebrew Calendar.

4) which are a foreshadow of the things that are coming This important phrase shows

that true Christiansthose obeying Gods way of lifewill have an understanding of coming

events in prophecy as the plan of God unfolds.

5) but the body of Christ. This phrase can reflect two meanings. First, since the Colossian

brethren were being judged by those outside the church for their new, converted conduct, any

judging concerning these matters should only be done in and by the Church, which is the body

of Christ. Second, this phrase can also mean that the reality of observing Gods Sabbath and

holy days can be found only in the body of Christthe Churchnot from outside the Church.

In other words, the true knowledge and meaning of such days can be found only in the churches

of God. As Jesus said, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom

of heaven, but to them [outside the body of Christoutside the authentic Church of God] it has

not been given. But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

For truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see, and

have not seen; and to hear what you hear, and have not heard (Matt. 13:11, 16-17).

The entire chapter of Colossians Two is a contrast between the way of God through Jesus Christ

and the way of pagans with their religious philosophies and worship of fallen angels. When the

verses of this chapter are divided into these two contrasting elements, the true meaning and full

intent of what Paul wrote becomes clear. Below, the verses of Colossians Two are divided into:


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A. Things relating to Christ and God the Father and the Christian way of life; and B. Warnings

against paganism, religious philosophy and the worship of fallen angels.

Colossians Two Divided into Elements A and B

A. Now I want you to understand what great concern I have for you, and forthose in Laodicea,

and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; that their hearts may be encouraged, being

knit together in love unto all riches ofthe full assurance of understanding, untothe knowledge

ofthe mystery of God, and ofthe Father, and of Christ; in Whom are hid all the treasures of

wisdom and knowledge (verses 1-3).

B. Now I say this so that no one may deceive you by persuasive speech (verse 4).

A. For though I am indeed absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and

beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. Therefore, as you have

received Christ Jesus the Lord, be walking in Him; being rooted and built up in Him, and

being confirmed in the faith, exactly as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving

(verses 4-7).

B. Beware lest anyone takes you captive through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the

traditions of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ (verse

8).

A. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him,

Who is the Head of all principality and power; in Whom you have also been circumcised with

the circumcision not made by hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the

circumcision of Christ; having been buried with Him in baptism, by which you have also been

raised withHim through the inner working of God, Who raised Him from the dead. For you, who

were once dead inyoursins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has now made alive with

Him, having forgiven all your trespasses. He has blotted out the note of debt against us with

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the cross. After stripping the principalities and the powers, He made a public spectacle of them,

andhas triumphed over them in it [through His crucifixion and resurrection] (verses 9-15).

B. Therefore, do not allow anyone to judge you in eating or in drinking, or with regard to a

festival, or new moon, or the Sabbaths, which are a foreshadow of the things that are coming, but

the body of Christ. Do not allow anyone to defraud you of the prize by doing

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