Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our beloved heavenly Father,
as we study today about the mark
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of the beast part two.
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We ask for a special out
pouring of your holy spirit
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and grace upon us.
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This is not an easy
subject to deal with.
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There are many of those
individuals out there, in the
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churches that are sincere, they
love you with all there hearts
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they just don't know the full
truth about the change of day
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in worship and how it
came into the Christian church
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I just ask Lord that you
will soften minds and hearts
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so that people might be
able to see the truth as it is
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in Jesus.
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Help us to see Lord, how
the Devil has deceived the whole
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Christian world into believing
that the day of worship has been
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changed. I ask Lord that
you will give us willing hearts
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and we thank you
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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A question that many times comes
up is whether anybody in the
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world has the
mark of the beast, yet.
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The fact is, no one
has the mark of the beast.
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The mark of the beast is some
thing that is given at the very
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end of human history.
However, having said that,
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when messages are presented,
like these, showing clearly from
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the Bible, that the
Sabbath is God's day of rest.
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Sunday, is a day that
entered through the back door
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so to speak, through
Paganism into the church
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and an individual
fails to make a decision
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Each time you say no to the
Lord, it becomes more difficult
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to say yes to him the next time.
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So, what you're doing, is
preparing your self, if time
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lingers, eventually, to
receive the mark of the beast
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by rejecting the seal of God.
No one yet, has received the
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mark of the beast. The mark
of the beast will be received
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when an individual knowingly
keeps Sunday as the day of rest
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even though he/she knows
that it's a day that God has not
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condoned, God has not blessed,
and they still insist on keeping
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it. So, they can buy and sell.
So, they won't be subject to the
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death decree. Then, they will
receive the mark of the beast.
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The decisions that we are making
now, will determine what are
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decision will be then. It's
important to hear the voice of
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God, now.
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For our study today, I
would like to do a little review
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of a very impressive
prophecy that we find in
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Daniel chapter 7.
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I'm not going to study all
the prophecy in the chapter
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I'm just going to
give you the highlights.
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I want you to see the
sequence of powers that we have
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in this chapter.
Daniel Chapter 7, presents a
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sequence of world
powers beginning with the days
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of the prophet, Daniel.
I'm just going to give you
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the symbols and what they mean.
In Daniel 7, we have a lion
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that lion represents the kingdom
of Babylon. Then we have a bear,
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the bear represents the
kingdom that followed Babylon
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It represents the
Meads and the Persians.
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Then we have a leopard beast.
The leopard beast represents the
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the kingdom of Greece.
Then we have a dragon beast.
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It's not called a dragon in
Daniel 7, but acts like a dragon
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it tramples, has iron teeth, it
destroys everything in its way
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Of course, that fourth beast
represents the Roman Empire
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Then we are told, the head from
that fourth beast, come forth
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ten horns. Which represents
the kingdoms the Roman Empire
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was divided, as a result
of the barbarian invasions
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This happened in the year 476.
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The Bible tells us,
that among these ten horns,
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and after these ten horns are
in place, a little horn rises
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and this little horn
does some amazing things
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It persecutes the saints
of the most high. It speaks
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blasphemous words against
the most high. It thinks it can
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change times and the law
of God and it rules for time,
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times and the dividing of time.
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Now, there can be no doubt as we
examine the sequence of powers
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that this little horn
represents the Roman church.
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Simply because we
follow the sequence of powers.
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Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
the Roman Empire, the divided
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Roman Empire and then,
within the divided Roman Empire,
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which took place in the
year 476, finalized in 476,
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then you have the little
horn that comes up and rules
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for time, times the dividing
of time which is equivalent
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to 1260 days, but in prophecy,
days are equal to years.
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There is just no way around it.
There is only one system in the
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world that arose from ancient
Rome that ruled over 1000 years
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That is the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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I want to dwell on one
particular characteristic
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of the little horn. go
with me to Daniel 7:25.
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Daniel 7:25. It say here,
speaking about the little horn
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Lets stop here for a moment.
the pompous words in Revelation
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are identified as blasphemies.
the Bible indentifies
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blasphemies as when a man claims
to be God or have the powers
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of God and when a man claims
to be able to forgive sin.
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You know the Roman Catholic
papacy claims they have the
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vicar of Christ on earth. One
who has the authority of Jesus
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Christ, who is God. Its a system
that claims to have the power
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to forgive sins. Also, you've
heard this, we have studied this
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the inquisition, the persecuting
of those that are not in harmony
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with the church, through the arm
of the state. That's what this
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is talking about. He shall speak
pompous words against the most
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high, shall persecute
the saints of the most high.
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That is for 1260 years.
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Now, in our last lecture,
we studied the quotations from
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several theologians. These
theologians, the Roman Catholic
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church. Told us, that the change
of the Sabbath day to Sunday
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was performed by the church.
Some of them even say that the
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change was made by the Pope.
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It's not talking about a
particular Pope, it's talking
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about a successions of Popes,
by the papacy, in other words.
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They completely say so.
They say that the day changed
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by the Roman Catholic
church or by the papacy.
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Somebody might say,
Pastor, those are quotations
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from theologians and even
though theologians of the church
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are important, what evidence
do you have, of higher up
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in the Roman church that say the
same thing as these theologians
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Well, the most
respected person, in the world.
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Until recently,
was Pope John Paul II.
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Highly respected all over
the world for his moral views.
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On May 31, 1998, Pope John
Paul II, published an apostolic
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letter. An apostolic
letter is a letter he write to
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the religious leaders of
the church giving them counsel
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The name of this
letter was dies domini.
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Which means 'the Lord's day'.
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What I'm going to share
with you is many of the aspects
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that we find in this
apostolic letter, domini.
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Allow me to make a note
of clarification as we begin
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and that is, what I'm going
to share with you has nothing
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to do with John
Paul II as a person.
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We are not going to get
into personalities here.
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What I am going to deal
with is, compare his views
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in his apostolic letter
with what the Bible says
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What we are going to do is,
discuss things theologically
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and we're going to leave the
personal aspect out of question
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We are going to study his
theological views in dies domini
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as compared with the Bible.
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We are going to do it in
question and answer form.
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Here's the first question...
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According to the Bible, which
day did God bless and sanctify
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and which day in the
Bible is called the Lord's day?
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I can answer biblically
and clearly with scripture
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There is no doubt what so ever
that, the seventh day Sabbath
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is the day God blessed and
sanctified. There's no doubt
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biblically, that the Sabbath is
the Lord's day. You say, where
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in the Bible do we find
this? Lets read several verses
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Genesis 2:2-3... It's explicit.
Someone might say, the Sabbath
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was made for the Jews, and
the Sabbath was made to point
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forward to Jesus, who
was going to die on the cross
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and he was going to be at rest.
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The fact is, what I'm going to
read now, actually is describing
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something that existed
before there was any Jew.
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Before there was any sin,
there was no need for any cross
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so there was no need for any
redemption. It's part of God's
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original plan. Genesis 2:2-3...
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Three times it speaks of the
seventh day. We are told, God
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blessed and sanctified the
seventh day Is that explicit and
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clear enough? There
is no way around it.
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Lets go to the fourth
commandment of God's law.
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Do you think the ten commandment
are still binding today?
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Some people think that
they are the ten suggestions
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or the ten recommendations.
No Christian in the world today
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would say that the ten
commandments are no longer
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important. Some churches say
the ten commandments were nailed
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to the cross, then they will
say, we need to have the ten
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commandments in our court rooms.
You can't talk out both sides
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of your mouth. They were either
nailed to the cross or they were
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not nailed to the cross, period.
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Exodus 20:8...
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Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy. Six days you shall
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labor and do all your work, but
the seventh day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
Which is the Lord's day?
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The seventh day is the Sabbath
of the Lord. It's a possessive
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it is the Sabbath
of the Lord your God.
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in it, you shall do no work. You
nor your son nor your daughter
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nor your male servant, nor your
female servant nor your cattle
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nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
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For in six days, the Lord
made the heavens and the earth
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the sea and all that is in
them and rested, which day?
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the seventh day, therefore
the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
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and hallowed it. That
means he made it holy.
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Question, which is the Lord's
day according to the fourth
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commandment? It's the
Sabbath of the Lord, thy God
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Which number day is
it? It is the seventh day.
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What did God do with the seventh
day Sabbath? He blessed and
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he what? Sanctified it.
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Notice Mark 2:27-28...
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Lets notice who Jesus
said, the Lord's day is.
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And he said to them, the
Sabbath was made for man and not
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man for the Sabbath. That's why
the Sabbath was made after man
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It was made for the benefit of
man. If God had made the Sabbath
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first and then man afterwards,
he would have been making
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man for the Sabbath. It says,
the Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
Therefore, the son of man is
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also Lord of Sunday.
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That's not what the text says,
it says, Therefore the Lord
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is Lord of the Sabbath. If
Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath
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what is the Lord's day? A
child can understand this.
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The Lord's day is the Sabbath.
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The only day in the Bible, the
Lord claims his, is the Sabbath
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Notice, Isaiah 58:13-14.
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If you turn away your foot from
the Sabbath, from doing your
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pleasure, on my holy day.
what does God call the Sabbath
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MY holy day, and call the
Sabbath a delight the holy day
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of Moses. No, no, no... it
says the holy day of the Lord.
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Honorable and shall honor him,
not doing your own ways, nor
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finding your own pleasure, nor
speaking your own words, then
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then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord.
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What is the Lord's day?
The Lord's day is the Sabbath.
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What number day is the Sabbath?
The seventh day. What did God
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do with the seventh day?
He blessed and sanctified it
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I want you to see what John
Paul II said in dies domini.
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I will mention the
paragraph because this document
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is divided into paragraphs.
This is what he says...
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Unabashedly,
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Did you catch that?
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Where does the Bible say
that Sunday is the Lord's day
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Where does it say,
anywhere, that God made Sunday
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holy and blessed Sunday? No
where. You can look from Genesis
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to Revelation, you will find no
verse, where it says that Sunday
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is holy. You will uniformly
find that Sabbath is Lords day
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Sabbath is the day the
God sanctified and blessed.
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This is an outright untruth.
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By the way, if Jesus or the
apostles changed the Sabbath
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to Sunday, there would have
been an uproar among the Jews
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Allow me to share this
quotation from Sam Bacioci.
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Who has written extensively
about the Sabbath. By the way,
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Sam Bacioci, died just recently.
He wrote a very good book
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titled, From Sabbath to
Sunday, that would be good for
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everyone to read. Here he
gives the historical evidence
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of how Sabbath was changed
to Sunday. It wasn't biblical
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it was several historical
circumstances that took place.
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Here in this quotation, which
is in his internet publication
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issues for
Friday, August 7, 1998.
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He says this, If Paul, or
any other apostle had attempted
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to promote the abandonment
of the Sabbath, a millenarian
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institution deeply rooted in
the consciousness of the people
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and the adoption instead of
Sunday observance, there would
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have been considerable
opposition on the part of Jewish
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Christians, as was the case
with reference to circumcision.
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Do you remember
that when was abolished?
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There was an uproar among
the Jews and they had to call a
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counsel in Jerusalem? He
continues saying, the absence of
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any echo of Sabbath Sunday
controversy in the new testament
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is a most telling evidence
that the introduction of Sunday
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observance, is a
post apostolic phenomenon.
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In other words, it came in
after the days of the apostles
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I want to ask another question,
which is the day that stands
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at the very
heart of all worship?
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Lets let the Bible
tell us. Revelation 14:6-7
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The first angels message
calls us to worship whom?
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To worship the creator. My
question is, where does the
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language from the first
angels message, come from?
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This language, worship him
who made heaven, earth, the sea
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and the springs of
water? This language comes from
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Exodus 20:11 and it comes
ultimately from Genesis 2:2-3
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I want you to
notice Exodus 20:11.
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Notice, both the text in
Exodus 20:11 and the text
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in Revelation 14:7, bring to
view the creator of the heavens
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the earth, the seas and
everything that is in them.
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The fourth commandment says,
that the sign of the creator
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is his holy Sabbath.
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Which day is at the
very heart of all worship?
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The Sabbath. In our last
lecture, we read Isaiah 66:22-23
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It says that when we get
to the new earth after God has
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created a new heaven and
new earth. We will come from new
00:22:17.17\00:22:21.30
moon to new moon. That
means from month to month,
00:22:21.30\00:22:24.31
because we are going to
eat from the tree of life
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We will come from month to
month and Sabbath to Sabbath
00:22:26.11\00:22:29.74
to worship before the
Lord. We are going to come on
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Sabbath to worship before
the Lord, because he has created
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a new heavens and a new earth
it will be the sign of a new
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creation. At the heart of
all worship is the Sabbath
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because the Sabbath
identifies the creator.
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What does John Paul
II say in dies domini?
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Paragraph 19 of his
document. Listen to this.
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The intimate bond between Sunday
and the resurrection of the Lord
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is strongly emphasized by
all of the churches of east and
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west. He is saying there is
a link between Sunday and the
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resurrection of Jesus and this
link is clear in the churches
00:23:17.79\00:23:21.50
in the east and the west. The
Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
00:23:21.50\00:23:26.37
He continues saying, in the
tradition of eastern churches
00:23:26.37\00:23:31.14
in particularly,
every Sunday is the
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anastasimos himera, that means
the day of the resurrection.
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this is why it stands at
the heart of all worship.
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What stands at the heart
of all worship, according to
00:23:49.32\00:23:52.69
John Paul II? Its not the
Sabbath of creation, and by the
00:23:52.69\00:23:56.77
way, Jesus rested in the
tomb on the Sabbath as well
00:23:56.77\00:24:00.14
Jesus was the creator, he
rested the seventh day, Jesus
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said it is finished on the
cross, and he rested in the tomb
00:24:04.14\00:24:08.54
on the seventh day. When he
creates a new heavens and earth
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We will rest on the
seventh day. The Bible is clear.
00:24:11.45\00:24:14.88
John Paul II says, in
the churches of east and west
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Sunday is at the very heart of
worship. Is it surprising that
00:24:18.79\00:24:23.96
the beast demands worship
on Sunday and imposes the mark
00:24:23.96\00:24:28.93
which is the observance
of Sunday as the day of rest
00:24:28.93\00:24:32.13
as a sign of his authority?
00:24:32.13\00:24:35.54
Here's another question.
What is the distinguishing mark
00:24:35.54\00:24:39.81
of God's people?
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.51
Well the Bible
says the mark of God's
00:24:42.61\00:24:45.81
people is the
Sabbath. Notice Ezekiel 20:12.
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How do we know the Lord, who
makes us holy or sanctifies us,
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what is the sign?
The sign is the Sabbath.
00:25:16.98\00:25:21.68
Notice Ezekiel
20:20. God says...
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What is the sign that shows
that we are the subjects of the
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.87
Lord our God? The
Sabbath, according to the Bible.
00:25:40.87\00:25:44.41
What does John Paul
II say in dies domini?
00:25:44.41\00:25:48.38
Paragraph 21.
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He appeals to Revelation 1:10. I
was in the spirit on the Lord's
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day. If you let the Bible
explain it's self, what is the
00:25:58.99\00:26:02.89
Lord's day? The Sabbath, but he
says the Lord's day is Sunday.
00:26:02.89\00:26:07.76
You know why he says that? He
says that, because at the end of
00:26:07.76\00:26:10.90
the second century in the
apocryphal gospel of Peter
00:26:10.90\00:26:16.04
its an apocryphal book, it says
there that the Lord's day is
00:26:16.04\00:26:20.74
Sunday, but its not until
the end of the second century
00:26:20.74\00:26:23.48
Let me put this into some
perspective so that you can
00:26:23.48\00:26:26.68
understand the time frame.
The first century covers from
00:26:26.68\00:26:31.09
the year 1-99. The 2nd century
goes from the year 100-199.
00:26:31.09\00:26:39.69
The book of Revelation
was written, according to most
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.56
scholars, around the year
95. I want you to notice that
00:26:42.56\00:26:48.94
the apocryphal gospel of Peter
was written towards the end of
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.51
the 2nd century, a hundred years
after the book of Revelation
00:26:52.51\00:26:56.78
was written. It is not fair to
take the meaning of the Lord's
00:26:56.78\00:27:00.78
day a hundred years later and
project that back in Revelation.
00:27:00.78\00:27:06.49
The meaning of the expression,
Lord's day, in the apocryphal
00:27:06.49\00:27:11.49
gospel of Peter, does not
mean the same as in Revelation.
00:27:11.49\00:27:17.13
Revelation 1:10, does
not identify which day it is.
00:27:30.98\00:27:33.75
It simply calls it the
Lord's day. By letting the Bible
00:27:33.75\00:27:35.88
explain its self, the Lord's
day the seventh day of the week,
00:27:35.88\00:27:39.95
the Sabbath. Notice what he
continues saying. This, Sunday
00:27:39.95\00:27:44.99
observance, would now be a
characteristic distinguishing
00:27:44.99\00:27:50.57
Christians from the world around
us. According to John Paul II
00:27:50.57\00:27:55.30
what is the sign that
distinguishes from the
00:27:55.30\00:27:57.57
world? Sunday. Notice
what he says in paragraph 30.
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.71
Notice what he
says in Paragraph 7
00:28:26.47\00:28:29.04
So, according to John Paul II,
what is the distinguishing sign
00:28:36.81\00:28:41.38
between God and his
people that them from the world
00:28:41.38\00:28:45.32
It's Sunday.
00:28:45.32\00:28:47.29
The Bible say the distinguishing
sign is the Sabbath.
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Lets ask another question.
00:28:53.03\00:28:54.20
Where has God placed his seal?
00:28:54.83\00:28:58.67
We studied this in our last
lesson. The seal of God is found
00:28:58.67\00:29:03.07
in the fourth commandment.
It has the three characteristics
00:29:03.07\00:29:07.08
of a seal. It has his name,
his office or function and the
00:29:07.08\00:29:12.38
territory over which he
rules. Very clearly, the Sabbath
00:29:12.38\00:29:17.05
is God's seal.
00:29:17.05\00:29:21.46
Notice Exodus 20:11.
00:29:21.46\00:29:24.86
Now, notice what John Paul
II says, contains the seal God
00:29:37.04\00:29:41.81
He is quoting the great Roman
Catholic theologian St Augustine
00:29:41.81\00:29:48.38
and notice what he says...
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.82
According to John Paul
II, which day has God's seal?
00:30:07.40\00:30:10.51
Sunday, has God's seal.
00:30:11.47\00:30:13.81
What does the Bible
say, contains God's seal?
00:30:13.81\00:30:16.41
Sabbath, contains God's seal.
00:30:16.41\00:30:19.75
If I were to ask you the
question, which is the day
00:30:20.78\00:30:24.09
above all other days? What
would your answer be? No brainer
00:30:24.09\00:30:28.42
The Sabbath is the day, above
all other days. Does Genesis
00:30:28.42\00:30:33.96
indicate that Sabbath is
the day above all other days?
00:30:33.96\00:30:35.20
It is the only day that has a
name and a number. It's the 7th
00:30:35.20\00:30:40.44
day and its called the Sabbath.
The only day that God blessed.
00:30:40.44\00:30:45.47
Its the only day that God
sanctified. The only day that
00:30:45.47\00:30:49.91
God rested. Its the day
that Jesus rested in the tomb.
00:30:49.91\00:30:54.55
Its the only day God calls
his. Its the only day in which
00:30:54.55\00:30:58.19
manna did not fall. Which
is the day above all days?
00:30:58.19\00:31:01.99
There is no doubt what so ever,
biblically that day above all
00:31:01.99\00:31:06.39
days is the Sabbath.
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.76
What does John Paul
II say in dies domini?
00:31:08.76\00:31:12.37
Paragraph 25...
00:31:12.37\00:31:15.47
...and in
paragraph 55, he says...
00:31:32.52\00:31:37.53
My question is, did God raise
Sunday above all other days?
00:31:47.40\00:31:51.37
No, the beast did. He is
saying, blessed be he who raised
00:31:53.21\00:31:59.25
Sunday above all other days,
and if he did it, he's the one
00:31:59.25\00:32:03.92
that is supposed to be,
what? Blessed. That's blasphemy
00:32:03.92\00:32:08.59
The Bible tells us that the
day above all other days is the
00:32:09.69\00:32:16.20
seventh day Sabbath. That's
the testimony of scripture.
00:32:16.20\00:32:19.93
Lets ask another question. Did
the adoption of Sunday as the
00:32:21.17\00:32:28.48
day of rest, have anything to
do with pagan worship of Sunday?
00:32:28.48\00:32:34.28
For this, I want to go back
to what we talked about in our
00:32:35.68\00:32:40.36
last lecture. Ezekiel 8:16-17.
You remember Jerusalem was going
00:32:40.36\00:32:45.56
to be destroyed? There was a
group of leaders in the temple
00:32:45.56\00:32:50.17
and they had their backs to the
temple and they were worshiping
00:32:50.17\00:32:53.07
the sun? You remember that, they
were worshiping the sun to the
00:32:53.07\00:32:56.74
east and there was a group
that was sighing and crying
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.17
because of this abomination
and other abominations that were
00:32:59.17\00:33:01.94
being committed in the
temple? Lets read about it.
00:33:01.94\00:33:04.05
Ezekiel 8:16-17.
00:33:04.05\00:33:07.32
So he brought me into the
inner court of the Lord's house
00:33:07.32\00:33:11.85
and there at the door
of the temple of the Lord,
00:33:11.85\00:33:15.19
between the porch and
the alter, were about 25 men
00:33:15.19\00:33:18.96
with their backs to the temple
of the Lord and their faces
00:33:18.96\00:33:21.96
toward the east and they were
worshiping the sun in the east.
00:33:21.96\00:33:25.67
He said to me, have you
seen this, oh son of man?
00:33:25.67\00:33:29.07
is it a trivial thing to the
house of Judah to commit these
00:33:29.07\00:33:32.17
abominations which they commit
here? They have filled the land
00:33:32.17\00:33:36.11
with violence, then they
have returned to provoke me
00:33:36.11\00:33:40.78
to anger.
00:33:40.78\00:33:43.39
Let me ask you, did John Paul
II, make any connection between
00:33:44.82\00:33:50.23
the pagan worship of the sun
and Christian worship on Sunday?
00:33:50.23\00:33:55.13
I'll read an amazing statement
that he makes in dies domini.
00:33:56.26\00:34:00.94
Paragraph 27. You remember last
time that I asked a question
00:34:00.94\00:34:06.37
whether worshiping the sun
is the same thing as worshiping
00:34:06.37\00:34:10.11
on the day of the
sun? Remember that?
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.98
I showed that in principle,
worshiping on the day of the sun
00:34:12.85\00:34:16.02
is the same thing
as worshiping the sun?
00:34:16.02\00:34:18.19
In principle, its the same. God
didn't make the sun for worship
00:34:18.19\00:34:22.22
if you worship the sun, which
is a secular object, you're
00:34:22.22\00:34:27.60
practicing idolatry. You make
a day of worship for worship
00:34:27.60\00:34:31.10
that God didn't make for worship
and you are using as a day
00:34:31.10\00:34:35.00
of worship, that's idolatry.
God didn't make it for worship
00:34:35.00\00:34:38.47
its a man made day for
worship. Are you following me?
00:34:38.47\00:34:41.14
Listen to what he has
to say in paragraph 27.
00:34:41.64\00:34:44.18
He is saying the day of
the sun is Christianized.
00:34:59.93\00:35:06.27
It was adopted into Christianity
and Sunday became the day of
00:35:06.27\00:35:10.97
Christians as well
as the day of pagans.
00:35:10.97\00:35:13.58
I don't say it,
John Paul II says it.
00:35:15.34\00:35:20.52
I don't know if any of you
have been to the Vatican Museum.
00:35:21.05\00:35:25.35
It is an amazing sight to see.
00:35:25.35\00:35:29.69
The one thing that amazed
me, more than anything else,
00:35:30.66\00:35:33.36
is to see the number of sun
bursts that are found there in
00:35:33.36\00:35:39.77
the Vatican Museum.
00:35:39.77\00:35:41.04
Not only in the Vatican Museum,
but in Roman Catholic cathedrals
00:35:41.04\00:35:45.81
and churches. There are sun
bursts over the heads of saints
00:35:45.81\00:35:50.35
there are sunbursts on the alter
on the glass stained windows
00:35:50.35\00:35:54.18
on the works of art, on
the challises, on the vestments
00:35:54.18\00:35:58.29
there are sunbursts rays
coming from all over the place.
00:35:58.29\00:36:01.19
this does not
come from the Bible.
00:36:02.69\00:36:06.80
This comes from
ancient paganism.
00:36:07.93\00:36:11.50
Roman Catholic authors have made
it very clear that they realize
00:36:11.50\00:36:17.24
that many of the practices
of the church came directly from
00:36:17.24\00:36:21.21
paganism. In the dies domini,
John Paul II, is admitting
00:36:21.21\00:36:26.15
that the day of the
sun, was Christianized.
00:36:26.15\00:36:29.82
It came into the times
of Emperor Constantine.
00:36:29.82\00:36:35.66
Who called it the venerable
day the sun. He also called it
00:36:35.66\00:36:40.30
the invincible sun. He was a
sun worshiper, so now, because
00:36:40.30\00:36:46.80
he was a politician, he
sees all over the empire
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.87
he says, hey how
can I join and pagans?
00:36:49.87\00:36:54.08
He says, hey the pagans
keep the first day of the week
00:36:54.08\00:36:57.35
in honor of the sun and
the are starting to keep
00:36:57.35\00:37:01.42
the day of Sunday, in honor of
the resurrection. Maybe we can
00:37:01.42\00:37:06.25
merge the two.
00:37:06.25\00:37:08.02
This can be shown to
be true, historically.
00:37:08.02\00:37:12.16
Let me ask you this question.
Should the observance of Sunday
00:37:13.60\00:37:18.47
be guaranteed by
civil legislation?
00:37:18.47\00:37:21.64
Should the church appeal to the
state, so that the state will
00:37:21.64\00:37:25.47
guarantee, that people
can keep Sunday, or Saturday
00:37:25.47\00:37:30.15
for that matter,
as a day of rest?
00:37:30.15\00:37:32.65
Lets see what
the Bible has to say.
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.28
Matthew 22:21-22. He said to
them, render therefore to Cesar
00:37:35.68\00:37:44.59
this is Jesus speaking, the
things that are Cesar's and to
00:37:44.59\00:37:47.76
God, the things that are God's.
00:37:47.76\00:37:50.30
To whom does the Sabbath
belong? To Cesar or to God?
00:37:50.30\00:37:54.24
The Sabbath belongs to God.
Should Cesar get involved in
00:37:55.20\00:37:59.94
mandating worship on Sunday
and guaranteeing it by civil
00:37:59.94\00:38:05.08
legislation? Absolutely not.
00:38:05.08\00:38:07.28
The first amendment of the
constitution of United States
00:38:07.28\00:38:11.05
says congress shall make no
law respecting the establishment
00:38:11.05\00:38:15.56
of religion, nor prohibiting
the free exercise there of.
00:38:15.56\00:38:20.23
Congress can't make any law
having to do with establishing
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.97
religion or forbidding
the free exercise of religion
00:38:23.97\00:38:27.27
the state should be independent
for the religion business.
00:38:27.27\00:38:31.47
It is here to rule in civil
matters. That's what Jesus meant
00:38:31.97\00:38:36.04
when he said, render therefore
to Cesar what is Cesar's
00:38:36.04\00:38:39.11
and to God what is God's.
00:38:39.11\00:38:40.75
That's what is represented
by the two horns, like a lamb.
00:38:40.75\00:38:45.49
Which we
studied about, remember?
00:38:45.49\00:38:47.42
The beast that rose from the
earth that had two horns like a
00:38:47.42\00:38:50.86
lamb. Two kingdoms in one nation
The United States recognizes
00:38:50.86\00:38:55.46
two kingdoms. The kingdom of the
church and the kingdom of state
00:38:55.46\00:38:59.00
but separate from one another.
What does John Paul II say
00:38:59.00\00:39:03.30
in dies domini, about the state
getting involved in legislating
00:39:03.30\00:39:08.48
the day of worship?
Notice paragraph 66.
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.61
He is revering to Pope Leo XIII.
00:39:12.48\00:39:16.75
Must the state guarantee
the observance of Sunday?
00:39:31.47\00:39:35.10
Absolutely not. By the
way, I'm not going to read it,
00:39:35.10\00:39:39.67
but in this same document,
Pope John Paul II, extols
00:39:39.67\00:39:45.41
and praises the first Sunday law
that was written by Constantine
00:39:45.41\00:39:50.69
in the year 321. Saying, this
is the way it should be done.
00:39:50.69\00:39:55.56
I'm paraphrasing
here. Notice paragraph 67.
00:39:55.56\00:40:00.16
He is saying that
should fight for legislation
00:40:13.48\00:40:17.81
to ensure that everyone can
keep Sunday holy. That is not
00:40:17.81\00:40:24.32
biblical.
00:40:24.32\00:40:25.99
Actually, as we have studied
before, it was a union of church
00:40:25.99\00:40:29.86
and state that led to the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ
00:40:29.86\00:40:32.86
They are to remain
separate, not to be together.
00:40:32.86\00:40:38.77
Here comes another question.
Who changed the day of worship
00:40:38.77\00:40:46.78
Now, Pope John Paul II does
a valiant effort, he puts forth
00:40:47.64\00:40:53.18
a effort to try and
prove that change was already
00:40:53.18\00:40:57.62
contemplated in
the new testament.
00:40:57.62\00:41:00.06
He uses the same Bible
verses that Protestants use.
00:41:00.06\00:41:03.06
Well, Jesus resurrected
the first day of the week.
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.53
Jesus appeared to the two
disciples on the road to Emmaus
00:41:06.53\00:41:11.33
on Sunday. Jesus appeared
to the apostles on Sunday night
00:41:11.33\00:41:16.24
in the upper room. The apostle
Paul had this prayer meeting
00:41:16.24\00:41:22.58
service in Acts 20 where it was
an evening meeting on the first
00:41:22.58\00:41:29.52
day of the week, it says. Paul
also says that we are to take
00:41:29.52\00:41:33.92
our tithes and offerings to the
church on the first day of the
00:41:33.92\00:41:36.79
week. 1 Corinthians 16:1-2.
All of those texts have been
00:41:36.79\00:41:41.76
more than satisfactory answered
by Sam Bacioci in his book
00:41:41.76\00:41:46.33
From Sabbath to Sunday. If I
had the time I would go into it
00:41:46.33\00:41:50.17
Just because Jesus resurrected
on the first day of the week
00:41:50.17\00:41:53.01
does not make the day holy.
No where does the Bible say that
00:41:53.01\00:41:57.11
the day is holy because
Jesus resurrected that day.
00:41:57.11\00:41:59.81
No where does it say that we
are supposed to go to church.
00:41:59.81\00:42:02.52
That meeting that Paul held,
according to Acts 20, was an
00:42:02.52\00:42:06.45
extraordinary meeting because
he was leaving the next day
00:42:06.45\00:42:09.39
the people wanted to continue
hearing him preach. By the way,
00:42:09.39\00:42:12.49
it was not a meeting on Sunday
night, it was a meeting on
00:42:12.49\00:42:15.16
Saturday night.
00:42:15.16\00:42:16.40
I don't have time to show you
that. When people use 1 Cor 16:2
00:42:17.20\00:42:22.27
and Paul was saying to take
your offerings to the church,
00:42:22.27\00:42:25.17
in fact it says, everyone
supposed to lay aside at home
00:42:25.17\00:42:29.74
a certain sum the first day
of the week. That's the way many
00:42:29.74\00:42:33.48
versions translate it.
00:42:33.48\00:42:36.45
The fact is, the Bible tells us
that God sanctified and blessed
00:42:36.45\00:42:42.09
the Sabbath, because he rested
on the Sabbath in order for
00:42:42.09\00:42:45.56
Sunday to be blessed and
sanctified God would have rested
00:42:45.56\00:42:49.76
on Sunday and Jesus didn't
rest on Sunday, he rested in the
00:42:49.76\00:42:53.37
tomb on the Sabbath.
00:42:53.37\00:42:55.70
As you read this document
carefully you soon discover
00:42:56.40\00:43:01.81
that John Paul II,
actually attributes the change
00:43:01.81\00:43:06.68
to tradition and to Christians
00:43:06.68\00:43:10.02
You have to read carefully,
I think what he is doing
00:43:10.02\00:43:13.49
or what he did in this letter
that he wrote, is that he wanted
00:43:13.49\00:43:18.19
to appeal to Protestants. You
see Catholics traditionally have
00:43:18.19\00:43:22.26
not used these verses from
the Bible, Jesus resurrected the
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.93
day, appeared to the disciples
on Sunday night, Paul had this
00:43:25.93\00:43:30.24
meeting on Saturday night,
which they say is Sunday night.
00:43:30.24\00:43:33.71
Your supposed to take your
money to church on Sunday, every
00:43:33.71\00:43:37.51
first day of the week. Catholics
never used to use this verses
00:43:37.51\00:43:41.32
They always used to say, the
church changed it, the papacy
00:43:41.32\00:43:45.59
changed it by the authority God
gave them. John Paul II was a
00:43:45.59\00:43:49.36
very ecumenical Pope, and
so he uses the verses that
00:43:49.36\00:43:53.43
use in order to say
hey, I'm on your side.
00:43:53.43\00:43:57.77
When you read the document
carefully, he actually reveals
00:43:58.47\00:44:04.54
whom it was that changed
the day. Notice paragraph 6.
00:44:04.54\00:44:09.08
Notice paragraph 18... He says..
00:44:37.74\00:44:41.61
Who gave the right
to make that change?
00:45:02.36\00:45:05.07
Interestingly enough,
he doesn't say the Bible.
00:45:06.97\00:45:09.64
He says Christians, as you read
dies domini, it becomes a very
00:45:09.64\00:45:14.21
frustrating document. John
Paul II argues mostly from a
00:45:14.21\00:45:20.08
philosophical perspective.
He is a philosopher.
00:45:20.08\00:45:23.79
So, he just philosophies, and
he reasons, he uses human reason
00:45:23.79\00:45:29.79
to try and prove Sunday is
the day of rest, but he has no
00:45:29.79\00:45:34.73
Thus saith the
Lord from scripture.
00:45:34.73\00:45:37.93
So, he says in Paragraph 27...
00:45:37.93\00:45:41.07
Since when does Christian
reflection change the day of
00:45:49.98\00:45:51.85
worship? Since when does
pastoral practice have a right
00:45:51.85\00:45:56.32
to change the day of worship?
00:45:56.32\00:45:58.99
Paragraph 63
00:45:58.99\00:46:00.99
Who gave
Christians such a right?
00:46:22.04\00:46:26.98
Only God would have the right
to change the day. If the papacy
00:46:26.98\00:46:31.72
claims to have made the change,
they must claim that they
00:46:31.72\00:46:35.79
have the power and
prerogatives of God.
00:46:35.79\00:46:39.16
That's why,
00:46:40.90\00:46:42.30
2 Thessalonians 2 says that the
man of sin sits in the temple
00:46:42.30\00:46:48.20
of God which is the church,
showing himself that he is God.
00:46:48.20\00:46:55.78
Notice paragraph 81...
00:46:55.78\00:46:59.31
Are you catching, as you read
carefully, where he says where
00:47:17.00\00:47:20.70
change comes from? He can
provide no verse from the Bible
00:47:20.70\00:47:25.77
that justifies the
change, what so ever.
00:47:26.68\00:47:30.15
He appeals to history as he
interprets it. He appeals to
00:47:30.15\00:47:34.68
arguments to reason, he
appeals to philosophical
00:47:34.68\00:47:40.76
arguments. Never can he present
a text where thus saith the
00:47:40.76\00:47:47.03
Lord. Listen folks, if we
are going to change the day
00:47:47.03\00:47:50.43
that we worship on, we better
have a thus saith the Lord.
00:47:50.43\00:47:55.70
Few years ago, I was
speaking in Argentina.
00:47:58.47\00:48:02.98
It was at a seventh day
university, but there were many
00:48:04.91\00:48:08.02
students that were not seventh
day Adventist who were attending
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.99
and one evening, I preached a
sermon on the harlot of Rev. 17.
00:48:10.99\00:48:16.62
I said, I'm going to preach
about the harlot of Rev. 17
00:48:17.69\00:48:20.96
I'm going to give you all of
the characteristics, but I'm not
00:48:20.96\00:48:23.83
going to tell you what
system this applies to.
00:48:23.83\00:48:27.84
You are going to know, I
said, by the characteristics
00:48:27.84\00:48:31.71
which system of the world,
this harlot is referring to.
00:48:31.71\00:48:35.24
So, I preached the sermon. I
gave woman represents the church
00:48:36.24\00:48:40.72
harlot woman is the fallen
church she sits upon many waters
00:48:40.72\00:48:43.59
which means its a world church,
she fornicates with the kings
00:48:43.59\00:48:46.32
of the church, which means
she is involved with politics
00:48:46.32\00:48:48.39
She is decked with gold,
silver and precious stones
00:48:48.39\00:48:51.19
she must be a very rich
church majors in these materials
00:48:51.19\00:48:54.76
She has daughters, because she
is called the mother of harlots
00:48:54.76\00:48:58.13
daughters that were born
from her, I went through all the
00:48:58.13\00:49:01.10
characteristics.
00:49:01.10\00:49:02.70
I never identified what
system I was referring to.
00:49:03.94\00:49:06.31
The next morning, I was in
a room, where I had interviews
00:49:07.48\00:49:11.58
with students, they could come
and ask questions and I would
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.88
pray for them, they
would have prayer requests.
00:49:14.88\00:49:17.39
This woman came in,
actually a young lady, she says
00:49:17.39\00:49:21.46
pastor, I want you to know
that you offended me last night
00:49:21.46\00:49:24.49
I looked at her,
and I said, Really?
00:49:26.29\00:49:27.96
I offended you? Why did I offend
you? She said, well you didn't
00:49:27.96\00:49:31.27
offend me, you
offended my church.
00:49:31.27\00:49:34.34
I looked at her, and I said,
but I don't remember mentioning
00:49:35.34\00:49:39.04
the name of any church last
night. She says, No, you didn't
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.81
mention the name, but by all
of the characteristics we knew
00:49:41.81\00:49:44.88
you were talking about
the Roman catholic church.
00:49:44.88\00:49:47.28
I looked at her and said, Hey,
00:49:48.72\00:49:51.65
if all I had to give you was
the characteristics, and by the
00:49:51.65\00:49:55.36
characteristics, you reached
the conclusion without me having
00:49:55.36\00:49:59.56
to tell you, maybe
you should pay attention.
00:49:59.56\00:50:02.36
Then I asked her a question,
00:50:02.36\00:50:04.90
I said which day of the week
are we supposed to go to church
00:50:04.90\00:50:08.77
and worship?
She says, On Sunday.
00:50:08.77\00:50:12.34
I said, Oh really, why?
00:50:13.21\00:50:16.88
She says, that's
what the Bible says.
00:50:17.95\00:50:20.92
I said, Really, where?
00:50:20.92\00:50:23.02
She said, Well, the church has
told us, the Bible says that we
00:50:24.02\00:50:27.66
are supposed to keep Sunday.
I said, have you ever read
00:50:27.66\00:50:30.19
the ten commandments in
the Roman Catholic Bible?
00:50:30.19\00:50:32.36
She says, I can't
remember reading them.
00:50:34.10\00:50:37.63
I said, How about you get a
Roman Catholic Bible and you
00:50:37.63\00:50:42.40
read Exodus 20:8-11 in
your own Roman Catholic Bible.
00:50:42.40\00:50:47.48
She says, What
difference would it make?
00:50:48.48\00:50:50.71
I said, if you read in there,
you are going to find that it
00:50:50.71\00:50:54.42
says, remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy and its going to
00:50:54.42\00:50:58.62
tell you that the
Sabbath is the seventh day.
00:50:58.62\00:51:01.19
She says, Well,
Sunday is the seventh day.
00:51:01.19\00:51:03.69
I said, Oh really? Which day
of the week did Jesus resurrect?
00:51:03.69\00:51:07.86
She says, He resurrected
on the first day of the week.
00:51:07.86\00:51:11.43
I said, Really, what day
is the first day of the week?
00:51:11.43\00:51:14.60
She says, Sunday. I said Okay,
the seventh day isn't Sunday
00:51:14.60\00:51:18.51
She said, Oh.
Things started dawning.
00:51:20.08\00:51:22.91
I said, Go read it, in
your own Roman catholic Bible
00:51:24.48\00:51:28.75
It says that the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord your God
00:51:28.75\00:51:32.69
I said, So who are
you going to believe?
00:51:33.69\00:51:35.69
Are you going to believe
your Roman Catholic Bible?
00:51:36.99\00:51:39.86
Or are you going to believe
your Roman Catholic Pope?
00:51:39.86\00:51:43.10
She paused for the
longest moment in time.
00:51:45.13\00:51:49.40
She said, I'm confused.
00:51:49.40\00:51:52.47
I don't know how to resolve
this. I'm going to go talk to my
00:51:53.58\00:51:57.35
bishop. I told
her, Go talk to him.
00:51:57.35\00:52:02.12
I'm going to tell you
what he's going to tell to you.
00:52:03.22\00:52:06.02
He's not going to be able
to give any verse in the Bible
00:52:06.02\00:52:08.86
that says the day was
changed, but he's going to say
00:52:08.86\00:52:12.29
that Jesus gave authority to
the church to change the day of
00:52:12.29\00:52:17.23
worship from Saturday to Sunday.
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.77
She left. To this day, I don't
know what happened to this lady
00:52:20.87\00:52:26.31
I pray to God, that when she
meet with her bishop, if she did
00:52:27.34\00:52:30.81
that she asked additional
questions and she came to accept
00:52:30.81\00:52:35.55
the truth as its found in
the Bible, but I don't know.
00:52:35.55\00:52:38.89
So, my question to Roman
Catholics is, whose authority do
00:52:39.42\00:52:42.99
you accept? The authority of
your Roman catholic Bible and
00:52:42.99\00:52:47.10
the fourth commandment that's
in there, or do you accept
00:52:47.10\00:52:49.53
the authority of dies domini?
00:52:49.53\00:52:52.23
Yours is the choice. I say to
Protestants, do you accept the
00:52:52.23\00:52:58.17
testimony of the Bible that the
Sabbath was made at creation.
00:52:58.17\00:52:59.17
It was blessed
and sanctified by God.
00:52:59.17\00:53:04.68
Or will you observe the first
day of the week, which never the
00:53:04.68\00:53:08.88
Bible says was made holy be
God. Never says it is blessed by
00:53:08.88\00:53:12.75
God. Never is it called God
holy day. Will you keep that day
00:53:12.75\00:53:18.59
thinking that you are keeping
it, because the Bible teaches it
00:53:18.59\00:53:22.03
but you are really keeping it
because it has been handed down
00:53:22.03\00:53:26.27
by the tradition of
the Roman Catholic church.
00:53:26.27\00:53:29.24
This is where the choice is in
the end time. The choice in the
00:53:29.24\00:53:35.18
end time is between the seal of
God and the mark of the beast.
00:53:35.18\00:53:39.05
Its between one day and another.
The seal of God is the Sabbath
00:53:40.48\00:53:44.79
The mark of the beast is
the first day of the week.
00:53:44.79\00:53:47.16
Oh, your saying then, that
the whole world is going to be
00:53:47.76\00:53:51.99
divided by a day?
00:53:51.99\00:53:54.63
Let me tell you, the day
is only the means by which God
00:53:55.63\00:54:00.94
will test you, to see
whose authority you accept.
00:54:00.94\00:54:05.04
Who you are loyal to?
00:54:06.24\00:54:10.18
Do you remember that God placed
a tree in the Garden of Eden
00:54:10.18\00:54:13.72
know as the tree of
knowledge of good and evil?
00:54:13.72\00:54:16.05
He said to Adam and Eve, you can
eat of all of the trees of the
00:54:17.02\00:54:19.69
garden, like he says to us, you
can work six days and do all of
00:54:19.69\00:54:24.26
your labor. God said,
don't eat from that tree
00:54:24.26\00:54:29.13
He was saying that tree is off
limits to you, that's my tree.
00:54:29.13\00:54:32.30
That's not yours.
00:54:32.30\00:54:34.27
Was the test over a tree? No.
The purpose of the tree was only
00:54:35.97\00:54:43.68
to test Adam and Eve to see
whether they would be loyal to
00:54:43.68\00:54:47.68
him or loyal to Satan. Whether
they would accept Gods authority
00:54:47.68\00:54:53.02
or whether they would
accept the devils authority.
00:54:53.02\00:54:56.66
The external tree was the means
of testing to whom they would
00:54:56.66\00:55:01.63
be loyal.
00:55:01.63\00:55:03.26
So, at the end of time, the
day of worship is the way in
00:55:03.26\00:55:07.87
which God is going to test
people to see, to whom they
00:55:07.87\00:55:12.87
will be loyal and to
whose authority they accept.
00:55:12.87\00:55:16.98
If you, in the end time, accept
the authority of the beast
00:55:16.98\00:55:22.18
you will receive his day of
worship, you will keep the first
00:55:22.18\00:55:27.16
day of the week.
00:55:27.16\00:55:28.72
The Bible says, those that
receive the mark of the beast
00:55:29.66\00:55:32.53
will receive the wrath of God.
00:55:32.53\00:55:37.37
That's why this is such an
important issue. I want to end
00:55:37.37\00:55:42.07
with a quotation from
that classic book, The Great
00:55:42.07\00:55:44.67
Controversy, pg 53.
00:55:44.67\00:55:47.28
Here Ellen White speaks about
the process of how Sunday was
00:55:47.28\00:55:50.38
adopted. She says.
00:55:50.38\00:55:51.68
It can be proven historically
true and Sam Bacioci
00:57:02.82\00:57:05.65
has done it in his publications.
The bottom line is this.
00:57:05.65\00:57:10.86
Will I accept the authority of
God and reveal it by keeping his
00:57:10.86\00:57:16.63
Sabbath and receiving his seal
or will I accept the authority
00:57:16.63\00:57:20.54
of the beast and receive his
sign, which is the observance of
00:57:20.54\00:57:24.57
the first day of the week?
00:57:24.57\00:57:25.71