In the Bible in Isaiah 58:13,
00:00:01.36\00:00:03.77
God speaks of My Holy Day.
00:00:03.80\00:00:07.14
Muslims today keep
Friday as their holy day.
00:00:07.17\00:00:09.80
Jews and a growing
number of Christians
00:00:09.84\00:00:12.34
go to church on Saturday.
00:00:12.37\00:00:14.31
And then there's the
majority of Christians
00:00:14.34\00:00:16.38
that keep Sunday.
00:00:16.41\00:00:18.28
Which day is the right day?
00:00:18.31\00:00:20.12
That's our topic, stay tuned.
00:00:20.15\00:00:21.95
Welcome to part 12
of the 13-part series
00:01:14.50\00:01:17.34
called Good News for Muslims,
00:01:17.37\00:01:19.61
discussing
Christian Muslim issues.
00:01:19.64\00:01:22.61
And we're right
down near the end.
00:01:22.64\00:01:23.98
We've only got one
more program after this,
00:01:24.01\00:01:25.55
so, thank you for
being with us today.
00:01:25.58\00:01:28.25
Our topic today is
called God's Holy Day.
00:01:28.28\00:01:32.15
What day is
really God's Holy Day?
00:01:32.19\00:01:35.46
My guest again is Shahbaz.
00:01:35.49\00:01:36.96
Shahbaz, you're
still here with me.
00:01:36.99\00:01:38.76
Thank you.
00:01:38.79\00:01:40.13
We've got one
more program to go,
00:01:40.16\00:01:42.43
11 behind us, and
this is a big one.
00:01:42.46\00:01:45.73
So we're going to talk
about which day is God's day.
00:01:45.77\00:01:50.11
And in our last program,
00:01:50.14\00:01:52.47
we went down
through Exodus Chapter 20,
00:01:52.51\00:01:55.88
and we talked about
the Ten Commandments.
00:01:55.91\00:01:58.11
And as we discussed,
00:01:58.15\00:02:00.25
there's a
general respect for Moses
00:02:00.28\00:02:04.39
in the Muslim
community, isn't that right?
00:02:04.42\00:02:06.45
That's correct.
00:02:06.49\00:02:07.82
They believe, at
least the first five books
00:02:07.86\00:02:09.99
are considered to be pure.
00:02:10.03\00:02:11.53
That's right.
00:02:11.56\00:02:12.89
And as we looked at Exodus 20,
00:02:12.93\00:02:14.73
which is the
second book of Moses,
00:02:14.76\00:02:17.27
we went down through
00:02:17.30\00:02:18.90
the Ten Commandments one by one,
00:02:18.93\00:02:21.67
and we didn't
spend a lot of time
00:02:21.70\00:02:23.74
on the fourth commandment.
00:02:23.77\00:02:25.21
But let's zero in on this one.
00:02:25.24\00:02:27.91
Why don't you open your Bible?
00:02:27.94\00:02:29.98
And why don't you read this,
00:02:30.01\00:02:31.91
and I'll just follow along here.
00:02:31.95\00:02:33.82
Exodus 20:8-11,
00:02:33.85\00:02:37.19
which is
commandment number four.
00:02:37.22\00:02:40.66
Okay, I'm reading,
00:02:40.69\00:02:42.02
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:02:42.06\00:02:44.56
Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work:
00:02:44.59\00:02:48.90
But the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:02:48.93\00:02:50.67
of the Lord thy God.
00:02:50.70\00:02:52.03
In it thou
shalt not do any work,
00:02:52.07\00:02:54.30
thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
00:02:54.34\00:02:57.61
thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
00:02:57.64\00:03:01.24
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
00:03:01.28\00:03:03.65
that is within thy gates:
00:03:03.68\00:03:05.08
For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
00:03:05.11\00:03:07.42
and sea and all that in them is,
00:03:07.45\00:03:10.39
and rested the seventh day:
00:03:10.42\00:03:12.19
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:03:12.22\00:03:14.99
and hallowed it."
00:03:15.02\00:03:16.46
Okay, so that's
commandment number four.
00:03:16.49\00:03:18.63
It's the only
commandment of all 10
00:03:18.66\00:03:21.56
that starts out
with the word "Remember."
00:03:21.60\00:03:23.40
That's correct.
00:03:23.43\00:03:24.77
You know, eight of them say
thou shalt not this or that,
00:03:24.80\00:03:28.67
you shalt not kill, you
shalt not commit adultery,
00:03:28.70\00:03:30.51
you shalt not
bear false witness.
00:03:30.54\00:03:32.64
One of them,
the fifth one, says,
00:03:32.67\00:03:34.31
"Honor your
father and your mother."
00:03:34.34\00:03:36.64
But the fourth one
alone says remember.
00:03:36.68\00:03:40.42
And when you think of
remember, what comes to mind?
00:03:40.45\00:03:44.69
Don't forget.
00:03:44.72\00:03:46.05
Yeah, don't forget. Yeah.
00:03:46.09\00:03:48.02
If my wife told me
to go to the market,
00:03:48.06\00:03:51.53
and don't forget,
00:03:51.56\00:03:54.10
remember to get a loaf of bread.
00:03:54.13\00:03:57.47
If I came back with a pizza
00:03:57.50\00:04:00.37
or, you know, some other things,
00:04:00.40\00:04:02.44
but I forgot that loaf of bread,
00:04:02.47\00:04:04.31
I'd be in trouble.
00:04:04.34\00:04:05.81
Remember.
00:04:05.84\00:04:07.18
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:04:07.21\00:04:09.21
So here God talks
about not forgetting His day
00:04:09.24\00:04:14.22
that we should keep holy.
00:04:14.25\00:04:15.65
Now, I think
everybody knows, in Islam,
00:04:15.68\00:04:19.42
the holy day for
Muslims is Friday.
00:04:19.45\00:04:24.03
Now, enlighten us and tell
us, where did that come from,
00:04:24.06\00:04:27.43
why is that the case?
00:04:27.46\00:04:29.00
From jumu'ah in
Arabic or jom'e in Persian.
00:04:29.03\00:04:32.73
It's the Persian
pronunciation of it.
00:04:32.77\00:04:35.80
Is the day that Muslims venerate
00:04:35.84\00:04:39.87
as their day of
prayer coming together.
00:04:39.91\00:04:43.35
Jumu'ah means to come together.
00:04:43.38\00:04:45.48
Jumu'ah?
00:04:45.51\00:04:46.85
Yeah, jumu'ah in Arabic. Yeah.
00:04:46.88\00:04:49.15
It means to come together. Okay.
00:04:49.18\00:04:51.15
And so it's a day that
Muslims, wherever they are,
00:04:51.19\00:04:54.49
they come to their
mosques and they pray.
00:04:54.52\00:04:56.56
Of course when
Muhammad began his ministry,
00:04:59.79\00:05:05.60
in the beginning,
00:05:05.63\00:05:06.97
that was not part of
their belief systems.
00:05:07.00\00:05:10.11
But eventually,
00:05:10.14\00:05:11.47
as he began to
get these revelations,
00:05:11.51\00:05:14.34
that was also added,
00:05:14.38\00:05:15.71
and he also wanted
to contribute something
00:05:15.74\00:05:19.88
to his religion,
00:05:19.91\00:05:21.25
because here, as
far as he was concerned,
00:05:21.28\00:05:24.09
Christians kept Sunday.
00:05:24.12\00:05:26.02
And the Jews,
they all kept Saturday
00:05:26.05\00:05:29.42
as the day of...
00:05:29.46\00:05:30.79
That was holy to them and rest.
00:05:30.83\00:05:32.69
So he decided
00:05:32.73\00:05:34.06
that Friday would
be the day for Muhammad
00:05:34.10\00:05:37.37
and his followers.
00:05:37.40\00:05:40.34
And there are other reasons
00:05:40.37\00:05:41.70
that are given
based on the Hadith.
00:05:41.74\00:05:44.41
And that Allah told,
for instance, told Muhammad,
00:05:44.44\00:05:48.14
I'm going to read one
of these Hadith right now.
00:05:48.18\00:05:50.65
This is a Hadith
from the narration
00:05:50.68\00:05:52.68
of Abu Hurairah,
00:05:52.71\00:05:56.52
and he's quoting, supposedly,
00:05:56.55\00:05:59.12
he's quoting the
Prophet Muhammad.
00:05:59.15\00:06:01.62
And it reads, "The best day
00:06:01.66\00:06:04.13
that the sun has
risen upon is Friday.
00:06:04.16\00:06:07.30
On it, Adam was
created, and on it,
00:06:07.33\00:06:10.60
he entered Paradise, and on it
00:06:10.63\00:06:13.10
he was expelled from it.
00:06:13.13\00:06:15.27
And the hour will
not be established
00:06:15.30\00:06:18.17
except on Friday."
00:06:18.21\00:06:20.18
So the Hadith, and the Quran,
00:06:20.21\00:06:22.98
they exalt that day as a day
00:06:23.01\00:06:25.21
that is the
best day of the week,
00:06:25.25\00:06:27.32
and that all Muslims are to
00:06:27.35\00:06:29.75
basically keep that day
00:06:29.78\00:06:32.52
and as a day of
coming together for prayer.
00:06:32.55\00:06:35.62
You mentioned it's in the Quran?
00:06:35.66\00:06:36.99
Yes.
00:06:37.03\00:06:38.36
I think that is
the only one place
00:06:38.39\00:06:39.73
in the Quran?
00:06:39.76\00:06:41.10
No, there are more than one.
00:06:41.13\00:06:43.00
But the major one
00:06:43.03\00:06:45.23
is found in Surah 62:9
00:06:45.27\00:06:50.41
62:9, okay, I've got that.
00:06:50.44\00:06:52.27
And let me read that.
00:06:52.31\00:06:53.64
"O you who believe,
00:06:53.68\00:06:55.01
when the call is
made for prayer on Friday,
00:06:55.04\00:06:58.41
then hasten to the remembrance
of Allah and leave off trading,
00:06:58.45\00:07:02.88
that is better
for you, if you know."
00:07:02.92\00:07:04.79
That's right.
00:07:04.82\00:07:06.15
And in fact,
that is the only verse
00:07:06.19\00:07:07.86
in the Quran that
talks about Friday.
00:07:07.89\00:07:10.09
Yeah.
00:07:10.13\00:07:12.29
This is their purpose and reason
00:07:12.33\00:07:15.56
and they believe this is the day
00:07:15.60\00:07:17.07
that all mankind
should be honoring.
00:07:17.10\00:07:20.64
Okay, so this
was a revelation to.
00:07:20.67\00:07:25.37
Partly, this particular verse
was a revelation from Gabriel,
00:07:25.41\00:07:29.61
and given to Muhammad,
00:07:29.64\00:07:32.58
according to the
Islamic tradition.
00:07:32.61\00:07:34.75
And plus the
Hadith that supports,
00:07:34.78\00:07:36.92
of course, the
Hadith were not written
00:07:36.95\00:07:39.25
until after the
death of the Prophet.
00:07:39.29\00:07:41.72
Okay, you
mentioned that in the Hadith,
00:07:41.76\00:07:43.59
you read that little bit ago
00:07:43.63\00:07:45.36
that it talks about
Friday being the day
00:07:45.39\00:07:47.70
that Adam was created?
00:07:47.73\00:07:50.23
Yes. Okay.
00:07:50.27\00:07:51.60
Let's take a look at that.
00:07:51.63\00:07:52.97
He was created, and he entered
into paradise on that day.
00:07:53.00\00:07:56.67
And that is true,
according to the Bible.
00:07:56.71\00:08:00.88
We started with Exodus,
00:08:00.91\00:08:02.44
the fourth
commandment about the Sabbath.
00:08:02.48\00:08:05.01
And it says, "In six days,
the Lord made heaven and earth,
00:08:05.05\00:08:08.02
the sea and all that is in them,
00:08:08.05\00:08:09.62
and He rested
on the seventh day.
00:08:09.65\00:08:10.99
And that points us
back to Genesis Chapter 1
00:08:11.02\00:08:15.69
and Chapter 2.
00:08:15.72\00:08:19.16
And as the Hadith says,
Adam was made on the sixth day.
00:08:19.19\00:08:24.83
And that agrees with the Bible.
00:08:24.87\00:08:28.47
It says in Genesis 1:26,
00:08:28.50\00:08:32.81
"And God said, 'Let
us make man in Our image,
00:08:32.84\00:08:36.14
after Our likeness."
00:08:36.18\00:08:38.05
And as you keep reading
a little bit farther down
00:08:38.08\00:08:40.32
in verse 31, it says,
00:08:40.35\00:08:41.68
"The evening and the
morning were the sixth day."
00:08:41.72\00:08:43.75
So we do have evidence in Moses,
00:08:43.79\00:08:47.16
that Adam was
made on the sixth day.
00:08:47.19\00:08:51.66
But then it
goes on in Chapter 2.
00:08:51.69\00:08:55.43
And why don't you
read verses 1, 2, and 3?
00:08:55.46\00:08:59.17
"Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished,
00:08:59.20\00:09:01.54
and all the host of them.
00:09:01.57\00:09:03.07
And on the seventh
day God ended His work,
00:09:03.10\00:09:06.01
which He had made,
00:09:06.04\00:09:07.38
and He rested on the seventh day
00:09:07.41\00:09:09.51
from all His work
which He had made.
00:09:09.54\00:09:11.68
And God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it:
00:09:11.71\00:09:14.45
because that in it He had rested
00:09:14.48\00:09:17.02
from all His work
00:09:17.05\00:09:18.39
which God created and made."
00:09:18.42\00:09:20.39
Okay, let's just
make a few points on this.
00:09:20.42\00:09:24.06
The Hadith is right that
00:09:24.09\00:09:27.10
God did make
Adam on the sixth day.
00:09:27.13\00:09:29.90
But then it goes on in
the Bible in Moses' writings
00:09:29.93\00:09:34.07
that the seventh day
was the day that God rested.
00:09:34.10\00:09:36.77
Now, a lot of people
think that the Sabbath
00:09:36.81\00:09:39.97
or the seventh day
is really a Jewish day.
00:09:40.01\00:09:44.68
I think that's a
pretty common view.
00:09:44.71\00:09:47.72
But in Genesis,
00:09:47.75\00:09:49.35
there were no
Jews at this point,
00:09:49.38\00:09:51.39
at least in
Genesis 1 and Genesis 2,
00:09:51.42\00:09:54.56
Adam was not Jewish.
00:09:54.59\00:09:56.79
God didn't make a
Jew, He made a man.
00:09:56.83\00:09:59.46
And then He took Eve
from Adam, and made Eve.
00:09:59.49\00:10:04.87
So here we have, you know,
God resting on the seventh day.
00:10:04.90\00:10:08.40
And, you know, to me,
00:10:08.44\00:10:12.74
there's a disconnect,
00:10:12.77\00:10:15.74
when, as you've
told me, in Islam,
00:10:15.78\00:10:19.51
there's a high regard
for the writings of Moses
00:10:19.55\00:10:23.12
that Moses' writings
are considered to be pure.
00:10:23.15\00:10:26.79
And, you know, referring
to Moses' writings whereas,
00:10:26.82\00:10:31.36
you know, describing that
Adam was made on the sixth day.
00:10:31.39\00:10:34.00
But then in Moses'
writings it continues on
00:10:34.03\00:10:36.50
and says that God ended His work
00:10:36.53\00:10:40.84
and that He rested and
He blessed the seventh day
00:10:40.87\00:10:45.37
and He sanctified it.
00:10:45.41\00:10:46.94
And the word sanctified means
that He set it apart for man.
00:10:46.98\00:10:51.95
And again, it
wasn't a Jewish day.
00:10:51.98\00:10:54.12
And so, you know, we
have the Islamic belief
00:10:54.15\00:10:58.02
that Moses' writings are pure.
00:10:58.05\00:11:00.16
And yet in these writings,
00:11:00.19\00:11:02.22
we have the
seventh day being the day
00:11:02.26\00:11:07.63
that God set apart for humanity.
00:11:07.66\00:11:11.97
And He did that
00:11:12.00\00:11:13.34
before there was
ever sin on earth.
00:11:13.37\00:11:16.14
No Jews and no sin?
00:11:16.17\00:11:17.91
No Jews and no sin,
and nobody except Adam,
00:11:17.94\00:11:22.68
and later on Eve, when
God made Eve from his rib.
00:11:22.71\00:11:26.48
But this was an act,
00:11:26.51\00:11:28.98
that God was
basically blessing this day
00:11:29.02\00:11:32.35
as a remembrance of creation,
00:11:32.39\00:11:35.39
and as a day that man
needed to have rest one day.
00:11:35.42\00:11:40.00
And, in fact, when
we're talking about rest,
00:11:40.03\00:11:42.73
Muslim communities believe
00:11:42.76\00:11:46.94
that Christians
and Jews are in error
00:11:46.97\00:11:49.17
when they say
God needed to rest.
00:11:49.20\00:11:50.91
They say God doesn't get tired,
why would He need to rest?
00:11:50.94\00:11:53.98
In fact, there is
a verse in the Quran,
00:11:54.01\00:11:55.78
if you don't mind I'll
read that really quickly.
00:11:55.81\00:11:57.21
Sure.
00:11:57.25\00:11:58.58
This is from Quran,
00:11:58.61\00:12:04.85
Surah 50:38,
00:12:04.89\00:12:06.76
it reads, "And we did certainly
00:12:06.79\00:12:08.69
create the
heavens and the earth,
00:12:08.72\00:12:11.59
and what is
between them in six days,
00:12:11.63\00:12:14.53
and there
touched us no weariness."
00:12:14.56\00:12:17.47
Allah is speaking here
in the form of we and us,
00:12:17.50\00:12:20.60
but He's speaking alone.
00:12:20.64\00:12:22.24
But He's saying that,
00:12:22.27\00:12:23.84
"I didn't get tired
when I created the world."
00:12:23.87\00:12:26.24
Basically, this is to refute,
00:12:26.27\00:12:31.81
or stand against
that text in the Bible
00:12:31.85\00:12:34.35
in Genesis Chapter 2,
00:12:34.38\00:12:35.75
where it says God rested.
00:12:35.78\00:12:37.92
But what they
misunderstand is that
00:12:37.95\00:12:40.02
God didn't need to rest.
00:12:40.06\00:12:41.72
He did that to be
an example to humanity,
00:12:41.76\00:12:45.83
that we need to rest.
00:12:45.86\00:12:47.36
God made us.
00:12:47.40\00:12:48.73
We're not perfect like
in the sense that He is.
00:12:48.76\00:12:51.03
So He made a day of
rest for Adam and Eve,
00:12:51.07\00:12:53.27
even in perfection.
00:12:53.30\00:12:54.64
They had to have a day of rest.
00:12:54.67\00:12:56.54
Six days, they were to work,
one day, they had to have rest.
00:12:56.57\00:12:59.77
And so they pick on this,
00:12:59.81\00:13:04.98
but they don't
come to the conclusion
00:13:05.01\00:13:06.65
and understand that
00:13:06.68\00:13:08.02
the Bible is not saying
that God was weary or tired.
00:13:08.05\00:13:10.05
Right.
00:13:10.09\00:13:11.42
There's another verse in Isaiah
that says He fainteth not,
00:13:11.45\00:13:13.66
nor He's weary and so.
00:13:13.69\00:13:15.22
That's right.
00:13:15.26\00:13:16.59
And it doesn't really
say in Genesis Chapter 2,
00:13:16.62\00:13:19.19
that He was tired,
and that's why He rested.
00:13:19.23\00:13:22.86
It says that He
did rest on this,
00:13:22.90\00:13:25.60
and He blessed the seventh day
00:13:25.63\00:13:27.14
and He sanctified it,
00:13:27.17\00:13:28.50
meaning that He
set it apart for man.
00:13:28.54\00:13:29.87
That's right.
00:13:29.90\00:13:31.24
So you're saying
that He did that,
00:13:31.27\00:13:33.07
not because He was worn out,
00:13:33.11\00:13:34.81
but because He
was establishing a day
00:13:34.84\00:13:38.25
for humanity?
00:13:38.28\00:13:39.61
That's right.
00:13:39.65\00:13:40.98
It's like a gardener who
plants a beautiful garden.
00:13:41.02\00:13:43.59
He's not weary or
tired, and he has worked.
00:13:43.62\00:13:46.59
And then he sits on a couch
00:13:46.62\00:13:48.12
and just looks at
the work of his hand.
00:13:48.16\00:13:51.46
Basically, God
rested from working.
00:13:51.49\00:13:55.96
He paused from His
work of creation He paused.
00:13:56.00\00:14:00.74
And that pause, in
Hebrew is referred to as rest.
00:14:00.77\00:14:05.27
But it doesn't
mean that He was tired.
00:14:05.31\00:14:08.04
In Mark 2:27, Jesus said,
00:14:08.08\00:14:11.15
"'The Sabbath was made for man."
00:14:11.18\00:14:14.22
So that shows that the
reason why God rested was
00:14:14.25\00:14:16.89
because He was setting
that day apart for man.
00:14:16.92\00:14:19.69
That's right. He rested.
00:14:19.72\00:14:21.36
He made that day for man.
00:14:21.39\00:14:25.23
So I guess, you know,
the question would be,
00:14:25.26\00:14:27.60
well, why would He
change it later on?
00:14:27.63\00:14:29.73
Why would He change it either,
00:14:29.76\00:14:31.10
you know, a lot
of Christians believe
00:14:31.13\00:14:32.77
He changed it to Sunday,
00:14:32.80\00:14:34.44
in honor of the resurrection.
00:14:34.47\00:14:36.54
Although if you
really look at Matthew,
00:14:36.57\00:14:38.07
Mark, Luke and
John, and beyond that,
00:14:38.11\00:14:42.21
the writings of Paul,
there really is no evidence
00:14:42.24\00:14:45.11
in the New Testament,
00:14:45.15\00:14:46.82
that the
resurrection of Jesus on Sunday,
00:14:46.85\00:14:50.15
which was also called
the first day of the week,
00:14:50.19\00:14:52.69
that changed the day.
00:14:52.72\00:14:55.09
In fact, if you really
look closer at Matthew,
00:14:55.12\00:14:57.63
Mark, Luke and John,
00:14:57.66\00:15:00.06
there's no
statement of Jesus at all,
00:15:00.10\00:15:05.33
even one time where the
words the first day of the week
00:15:05.37\00:15:08.97
came out of His mouth.
00:15:09.00\00:15:10.51
He said nothing about
the first day of the week,
00:15:10.54\00:15:12.51
He taught nothing about
the first day of the week.
00:15:12.54\00:15:15.08
And in Matthew 28:19-20,
00:15:15.11\00:15:18.48
He told His disciples
to go into all the world,
00:15:18.51\00:15:21.12
and to preach the
gospel, the good news,
00:15:21.15\00:15:24.29
and then to teach all things
00:15:24.32\00:15:27.42
whatsoever I have commanded you.
00:15:27.46\00:15:30.63
And then He said,
"Lo, I'm with you always,
00:15:30.66\00:15:32.06
even to the end of the world."
00:15:32.09\00:15:33.86
And to me,
00:15:33.90\00:15:35.23
that's a very
compelling argument,
00:15:35.26\00:15:37.23
that Jesus gave His
disciples authority to teach
00:15:37.27\00:15:40.14
only what He taught.
00:15:40.17\00:15:41.94
And He didn't teach
anything about Sunday.
00:15:41.97\00:15:44.84
Yes, He did rise on Sunday,
00:15:44.87\00:15:46.81
which was the
first day of the week,
00:15:46.84\00:15:48.18
and then He went back
to His work of ministry,
00:15:48.21\00:15:51.58
but He didn't
teach anything about it.
00:15:51.61\00:15:54.75
So why would God change that day
00:15:54.78\00:16:00.39
way down the line from creation?
00:16:00.42\00:16:04.56
It just, you know, it
really doesn't make sense
00:16:04.59\00:16:06.73
if you go back to
the original creation.
00:16:06.76\00:16:09.26
It was an original
day that He blessed
00:16:09.30\00:16:12.03
and sanctified and
set apart for holy use.
00:16:12.07\00:16:15.97
In fact, in the Christian world,
00:16:16.00\00:16:19.04
they have no premise
for keeping different day
00:16:19.07\00:16:22.91
than what God in the
Bible has already told us
00:16:22.94\00:16:25.28
we should keep,
00:16:25.31\00:16:26.65
which is the seventh
day of the week, Saturday.
00:16:26.68\00:16:29.65
We can say that the Muslims
at least have some premise
00:16:29.68\00:16:32.05
because they have a
book and in their book,
00:16:32.09\00:16:33.46
they're instructed to do this.
00:16:33.49\00:16:35.52
But if you want to look at
the continuity of Scripture,
00:16:35.56\00:16:38.96
and of the sacred text,
00:16:38.99\00:16:41.80
that if God is the
author of this book,
00:16:41.83\00:16:45.37
then, and He says
in Psalms, He says,
00:16:45.40\00:16:47.87
"I'm the Lord, I change not."
00:16:47.90\00:16:49.94
God doesn't make mistakes,
00:16:49.97\00:16:51.31
He doesn't make a decision now
00:16:51.34\00:16:53.68
and then an hour later say,
00:16:53.71\00:16:55.04
"You know what,
I made a mistake,
00:16:55.08\00:16:56.41
I shouldn't have
made that decision.
00:16:56.44\00:16:58.25
I really messed up."
00:16:58.28\00:16:59.75
God doesn't do that.
00:16:59.78\00:17:01.12
He doesn't change His mind.
00:17:01.15\00:17:03.35
When He established the Sabbath,
00:17:03.39\00:17:05.49
it remains the same.
00:17:05.52\00:17:07.16
In New Testament
Christ kept the Sabbath,
00:17:07.19\00:17:09.26
the apostles kept the Sabbath.
00:17:09.29\00:17:11.26
Paul in Acts
Chapter 13 keeps the Sabbath
00:17:11.29\00:17:15.33
even with the Greeks,
00:17:15.36\00:17:18.50
the non-Jews, the Gentiles.
00:17:18.53\00:17:22.67
And even John in the
last book of the Bible,
00:17:22.70\00:17:25.44
says that he was in the
spirit on the Lord's Day,
00:17:25.47\00:17:27.61
which Jesus, in
Mark Chapter 2 says that,
00:17:27.64\00:17:29.94
"I am the Lord of the Sabbath."
00:17:29.98\00:17:32.05
And we see that continuity
throughout the Scripture.
00:17:32.08\00:17:35.15
And then when we come,
in the seventh century,
00:17:35.18\00:17:37.69
when we come to Muhammad,
00:17:37.72\00:17:39.05
suddenly, different
revelation is given,
00:17:39.09\00:17:42.29
and that continuity is broken,
at least for the Muslims,
00:17:42.32\00:17:46.13
and which is pretty sad,
00:17:46.16\00:17:49.33
because there's a true blessing
in keeping the Sabbath of God.
00:17:49.36\00:17:53.13
Now, in Islam,
you've told me that
00:17:53.17\00:17:55.97
there's five
major prophets, right?
00:17:56.00\00:17:58.17
There are other prophets,
00:17:58.21\00:17:59.54
but the major
ones are Adam, right?
00:17:59.57\00:18:02.01
And then
Abraham, and then Moses,
00:18:02.04\00:18:05.75
and then Jesus,
and then Muhammad.
00:18:05.78\00:18:07.35
That's correct.
00:18:07.38\00:18:08.72
And we know that, you know,
Adam was made on the sixth day,
00:18:08.75\00:18:12.92
God rested on the seventh day.
00:18:12.95\00:18:14.72
So Adam would be
a Sabbath keeper,
00:18:14.76\00:18:16.79
because He made that day
in the beginning for man.
00:18:16.83\00:18:20.00
Abraham, there's
really not much information
00:18:20.03\00:18:21.93
about what day he kept.
00:18:21.96\00:18:24.07
And then when you get to Moses,
00:18:24.10\00:18:25.70
it's very clear
in Moses' writings
00:18:25.73\00:18:28.97
in Genesis and in
the Ten Commandments,
00:18:29.00\00:18:31.04
remember the seventh
day, keep that day holy.
00:18:31.07\00:18:34.31
When you look at
Jesus, clearly, in Matthew,
00:18:34.34\00:18:37.15
Mark, Luke, and John,
00:18:37.18\00:18:38.51
Jesus was a Sabbath keeper.
00:18:38.55\00:18:39.98
He went into the synagogue
on the Sabbath in Luke 4:16,
00:18:40.02\00:18:44.39
He taught about
the Sabbath, He said,
00:18:44.42\00:18:45.99
"Pray that your
flight be not in winter,
00:18:46.02\00:18:47.52
or on the
Sabbath," in Matthew 24:20.
00:18:47.56\00:18:50.99
He said the Sabbath was
made for man in Mark 2:27.
00:18:51.03\00:18:54.50
And then when
you get to Muhammad,
00:18:54.53\00:18:56.90
and you know, a
revelation to keep Friday,
00:18:56.93\00:19:00.87
this would be out of sync
00:19:00.90\00:19:04.21
with the first four apparent
00:19:04.24\00:19:07.81
major prophets in Islam,
00:19:07.84\00:19:10.31
and it's kind of a disconnect,
like, why would God do that?
00:19:10.35\00:19:14.75
Why would He establish
one day at the beginning?
00:19:14.78\00:19:17.05
Why did He
reemphasize it through Moses?
00:19:17.09\00:19:19.89
Why did Jesus keep it?
00:19:19.92\00:19:22.16
And then yet He
would then give instruction
00:19:22.19\00:19:24.66
to Muhammad to change it?
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.36
Why invest all of
that time and energy
00:19:26.39\00:19:29.70
in teaching
something for centuries,
00:19:29.73\00:19:32.90
thousands of years,
00:19:32.93\00:19:34.70
to only change it
in the seventh century
00:19:34.74\00:19:37.44
AD and replace
it with another day?
00:19:37.47\00:19:40.81
And that's an argument that
goes not just to the Muslims,
00:19:40.84\00:19:44.55
but even to Sunday
keeping Christians.
00:19:44.58\00:19:47.02
That's right.
00:19:47.05\00:19:48.38
And here's another verse
00:19:48.42\00:19:50.39
in Exodus 31:18,
00:19:50.42\00:19:55.59
that describes when God
gave the Ten Commandments.
00:19:55.62\00:19:59.59
31:18 says, "He gave to Moses,
00:19:59.63\00:20:02.03
when He had made
an end of communing
00:20:02.06\00:20:03.53
with him upon Mount Sinai,
00:20:03.57\00:20:05.00
two tables of testimony,
00:20:05.03\00:20:06.90
tables of stone,
00:20:06.94\00:20:08.34
written with the finger of God."
00:20:08.37\00:20:11.04
And there's two things
that make the Ten Commandments
00:20:11.07\00:20:13.41
unique of all other laws.
00:20:13.44\00:20:16.34
One is, they were
written with the finger of God.
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.28
And they were written
on stone, a solid rock.
00:20:19.31\00:20:22.58
And when you think
of God's finger on rock,
00:20:22.62\00:20:25.45
I mean, the message is that
00:20:25.49\00:20:28.69
this is an
unchangeable commandment.
00:20:28.72\00:20:31.46
It's on solid stone.
00:20:31.49\00:20:32.83
It's like, there's a
phrase where people say,
00:20:32.86\00:20:35.43
we can change this or that
00:20:35.46\00:20:36.80
because it's not
written in stone.
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.17
Yes.
00:20:38.20\00:20:39.53
And that goes back to
Moses, and back to God,
00:20:39.57\00:20:41.50
back to the Ten Commandments.
00:20:41.54\00:20:44.41
So now we live in a time
00:20:44.44\00:20:45.91
where the majority
of Muslims keep Friday,
00:20:45.94\00:20:50.18
the majority of
Christians keep Sunday.
00:20:50.21\00:20:53.18
And a lot of the
opposition to Saturday is really
00:20:53.21\00:20:56.32
because of
opposition against Jews.
00:20:56.35\00:21:00.02
But when you peel away,
00:21:00.06\00:21:01.62
you know, the layers
00:21:01.66\00:21:02.99
and look at the
real Bible Sabbath,
00:21:03.02\00:21:05.63
it's not a Jewish day at all.
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.13
No, it's not.
00:21:08.16\00:21:09.50
It's God's day, He
calls it My Holy Day
00:21:09.53\00:21:13.03
in Isaiah 58:13.
00:21:13.07\00:21:15.50
He specifies
that's the Sabbath day.
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.67
And Moses didn't come
up with that on his own,
00:21:17.71\00:21:20.84
Aaron didn't come up
with that on his own,
00:21:20.88\00:21:22.94
God gave them the Sabbath.
00:21:22.98\00:21:24.41
It was a special
gift God gave to Adam,
00:21:24.45\00:21:26.98
and it just went
hand in hand until Moses.
00:21:27.02\00:21:30.59
When Moses took
the responsibility
00:21:30.62\00:21:32.59
of being the prophet and
leading Israel from Egypt,
00:21:32.62\00:21:37.43
he inherited what
was already revealed
00:21:37.46\00:21:40.46
in the Word of God to Adam,
00:21:40.50\00:21:43.13
and to other men before him,
the patriarchs like Abraham.
00:21:43.16\00:21:46.37
Right.
00:21:46.40\00:21:47.74
Now, you shared with
us a few programs ago,
00:21:47.77\00:21:50.97
your story, your
journey, my journey to peace.
00:21:51.01\00:21:54.11
And there's a lot that I
know about your background.
00:21:54.14\00:21:57.85
I don't know that
much, but I know some,
00:21:57.88\00:22:00.02
more than what
you've shared here.
00:22:00.05\00:22:01.72
And you've told
me that you did have,
00:22:01.75\00:22:04.62
was it a dream or a vision,
00:22:04.65\00:22:06.19
specifically about the Sabbath?
00:22:06.22\00:22:08.36
Tell us a little more
about that background?
00:22:08.39\00:22:10.56
Yeah.
00:22:10.59\00:22:11.93
At the time, I was actually
attending a Sunday church.
00:22:11.96\00:22:15.43
And I didn't know
anything about the Sabbath.
00:22:15.46\00:22:18.57
And there was a man,
a literature evangelist,
00:22:18.60\00:22:23.10
who sold books that
visited this particular
00:22:23.14\00:22:26.88
church one Sunday.
00:22:26.91\00:22:29.04
And at that time, I was seeking
to find out what is truth,
00:22:29.08\00:22:32.55
I had just become a Christian.
00:22:32.58\00:22:35.05
That was maybe about six months
00:22:35.08\00:22:37.59
after I had met
that man on the road
00:22:37.62\00:22:40.02
in a main
street in Walnut Creek,
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.29
that young man
who led me to Christ.
00:22:42.32\00:22:44.26
About six months later,
sitting in this Sunday church,
00:22:44.29\00:22:47.73
because for a few
months, I've been going there,
00:22:47.76\00:22:50.80
but I was not
really learning much.
00:22:50.83\00:22:53.67
And I was seeking for truth.
00:22:53.70\00:22:56.10
And at one point, I
asked the Lord, I said,
00:22:56.14\00:22:59.31
"Where am I supposed to go?
00:22:59.34\00:23:00.94
I just came out of Islam
00:23:00.98\00:23:02.34
and all these
Christian churches,
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.18
I don't know where
I'm supposed to go."
00:23:04.21\00:23:05.55
Yeah, confusing. It's confusing.
00:23:05.58\00:23:06.92
It's very confusing,
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.28
people looking for
which is the right church.
00:23:08.32\00:23:09.65
It was confusing
for me, extremely.
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.82
And then at that
moment, this man came,
00:23:11.85\00:23:14.52
a couple of weeks later,
00:23:14.56\00:23:16.26
and he got my name and all that,
00:23:16.29\00:23:18.36
he came to my home
00:23:18.39\00:23:19.73
and he told me
about the Sabbath.
00:23:19.76\00:23:21.83
And he was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:23:21.86\00:23:24.23
And I said, "The
Sabbath, what do you mean?"
00:23:24.27\00:23:27.20
And I said, "Wait a minute.
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.10
I used to keep Friday,
00:23:29.14\00:23:30.47
and now I'm keeping
Sunday and you're telling me
00:23:30.51\00:23:33.74
I'm supposed to
keep another day?"
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.78
But what he said made sense.
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.55
Like a ping pong ball.
00:23:37.58\00:23:38.91
Yeah, like a ping
pong ball. Friday, Sunday.
00:23:38.95\00:23:41.78
Yeah, it was just amazing.
00:23:41.82\00:23:44.35
And I prayed about it, I said,
"Lord, if this man is from You,
00:23:44.39\00:23:47.82
You make it clear
because I'm brand new,
00:23:47.86\00:23:49.59
I don't even know."
00:23:49.62\00:23:50.96
And then at that point,
00:23:50.99\00:23:52.33
there was an
evangelist that came to town,
00:23:52.36\00:23:53.70
we Bible studied and all that.
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.40
And I went to the
Lord for a final time,
00:23:55.43\00:23:57.10
I said, " Lord,"
00:23:57.13\00:23:58.47
and I said, I
prayed in my heart,
00:23:58.50\00:24:00.04
Satan cannot read our minds.
00:24:00.07\00:24:01.87
Only God can read our mind.
00:24:01.90\00:24:03.71
And I always pray in my
heart, I don't pray out loud.
00:24:03.74\00:24:06.44
And I prayed in my
heart, I said, "Father, show me.
00:24:06.47\00:24:11.18
If Saturday is Your
day, please make it clear.
00:24:11.21\00:24:14.25
Give me a dream.
00:24:14.28\00:24:15.72
Show me my dream,
00:24:15.75\00:24:17.09
because I'm really
confused at this point,
00:24:17.12\00:24:18.92
and I don't know
what I'm supposed to do."
00:24:18.95\00:24:20.99
And He gave me a
dream that night.
00:24:21.02\00:24:22.76
And in my dream,
it was a Sabbath.
00:24:22.79\00:24:25.46
And it was brighter than
any other day of the week.
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.20
You know how in the Quran says
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.76
that the sunrises
brighter on Friday?
00:24:29.80\00:24:32.77
Well, in my
dream, it was Saturday,
00:24:32.80\00:24:34.67
and it was bright,
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.04
brighter than
any day of the week.
00:24:36.07\00:24:37.44
And I was led into this
church, and in this church,
00:24:37.47\00:24:43.18
it was a
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:24:43.21\00:24:45.18
And there I was shown the Bible.
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.45
And I was shown
the writings of God
00:24:47.48\00:24:50.89
in the Bible and all that.
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.65
And it was revealed to me
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.76
in a very, very, very clear way.
00:24:54.79\00:24:58.03
Everything that's truth
was in an instant given to me.
00:24:58.06\00:25:01.53
When I woke up, the only thing
I didn't remember was that,
00:25:01.56\00:25:04.63
everything else I
remember about a dream.
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.70
And God revealed
to me in my dream
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.57
that the seventh day
Sabbath is His Sabbath,
00:25:08.60\00:25:12.11
and that it is a day
that He has made for men,
00:25:12.14\00:25:16.41
not for Himself,
but He made it for us.
00:25:16.44\00:25:19.38
And we are supposed to keep it.
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.08
And when I woke up, I rejoiced,
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.85
because I promised
Lord that if You show me
00:25:22.88\00:25:25.02
I will forever serve You.
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.52
And He showed me
just like, really quickly,
00:25:26.55\00:25:28.62
just like this
young man that I told you,
00:25:28.66\00:25:30.89
that I baptized,
that he had a problem
00:25:30.93\00:25:32.89
about keeping coming to church.
00:25:32.93\00:25:34.93
When he had that dream.
00:25:34.96\00:25:36.30
In his dream, Jesus told him,
00:25:36.33\00:25:37.67
He said that, "You
need to go to church.
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.30
The Sabbath is
the most important day
00:25:39.33\00:25:40.97
of the week.
00:25:41.00\00:25:42.34
You need to be in church."
00:25:42.37\00:25:43.97
And that was a
wonderful mighty experience.
00:25:44.01\00:25:47.14
So you keep the Sabbath today?
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.58
Yes, I do.
00:25:48.61\00:25:49.94
Not because you're
Jewish, which you're not.
00:25:49.98\00:25:51.51
No, I'm not.
00:25:51.55\00:25:52.88
And you believe in Jesus,
00:25:52.91\00:25:54.25
but you don't keep
Sunday as a holy day
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.25
because you don't see
that in the New Testament?
00:25:56.28\00:25:58.79
Nowhere.
00:25:58.82\00:26:00.16
And you no longer, did you use
to go to the mosque on Friday?
00:26:00.19\00:26:03.09
You did, you used to do that?
00:26:03.12\00:26:04.63
Yes, my parents.
00:26:04.66\00:26:07.10
And now you keep
the seventh day Sabbath.
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.80
And you've lined up
00:26:09.83\00:26:14.84
with what the fourth commandment
00:26:14.87\00:26:17.87
really says.
00:26:17.91\00:26:19.24
And again, I think
we should stress that,
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.18
as you've mentioned, in Islam,
00:26:21.21\00:26:23.88
there is a high regard
for the writings of Moses,
00:26:23.91\00:26:29.38
and that they are
considered to be pure.
00:26:29.42\00:26:31.72
And when we read
the writings of Moses,
00:26:31.75\00:26:33.96
and look at Exodus Chapter 20,
00:26:33.99\00:26:36.12
we have commandment number four,
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.06
where God said,
00:26:39.09\00:26:40.46
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:26:40.50\00:26:45.53
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work.
00:26:45.57\00:26:49.27
But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord."
00:26:49.30\00:26:52.31
It's not the
Sabbath of the Jews.
00:26:52.34\00:26:53.71
"It's the Sabbath
of the Lord, your God.
00:26:53.74\00:26:56.11
In it, you
shall not do any work,
00:26:56.14\00:26:58.08
you or your
son, or your daughter
00:26:58.11\00:26:59.78
or your manservant,
nor your maidservant,
00:26:59.81\00:27:02.52
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:27:02.55\00:27:04.42
that is within your gates.
00:27:04.45\00:27:06.19
For in six days,
00:27:06.22\00:27:08.42
the Lord made heaven and earth,
00:27:08.46\00:27:12.56
the sea, and all
that in them is."
00:27:12.59\00:27:15.50
Everything we see around us,
00:27:15.53\00:27:17.97
God made in six days.
00:27:18.00\00:27:19.57
And then He rested,
not because He was tired,
00:27:19.60\00:27:21.84
but He was setting
this day apart for man.
00:27:21.87\00:27:25.51
"He rested on the seventh day,
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.34
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:27:27.38\00:27:30.51
and He hallowed it."
00:27:30.55\00:27:32.38
My birthday is April
5, I was born in 1959.
00:27:32.41\00:27:35.68
Every year, it's April 5,
because you can't change it.
00:27:35.72\00:27:38.95
The Sabbath is the
birthday of the world.
00:27:38.99\00:27:40.79
It's still there,
it can't be changed.
00:27:40.82\00:27:43.16
And God tells
us don't forget it.
00:27:43.19\00:27:44.99
We hope you enjoyed
watching Good News for Muslims
00:27:48.13\00:27:50.57
with Steve Wohlberg and Shahbaz.
00:27:50.60\00:27:53.00
This entire 13-part
series is now available on DVD.
00:27:53.03\00:27:57.61
To order from within the US,
00:27:57.64\00:27:59.11
call White Horse
Media at 1-800-782-4253.
00:27:59.14\00:28:04.88
To watch the series
online or for more information,
00:28:04.91\00:28:07.48
visit the website
www.goodnewsformuslims.com
00:28:07.52\00:28:11.85