Do you know which day of the week Represents the Day of the Lord or the Lord’s Day?
As a Christian, shouldn’t you know this answer by the Word of God alone? Which day should Christians keep for worship and rest according to the Word of God? Did you know that the answer to this question can be found within the 10 commandments themselves, as expressed according to the Word of God, and not any change propagated by the church?
Please read this simple article first…
—– Different Versions of the Ten Commandments —–
By Austin Cline, www.About.com
Protestants (which here refers to members of the Greek, Anglican, and Reformed traditions — Lutherans follow the “Catholic” Ten Commandments) usually use the form which appears in the first Exodus version from chapter 20.
Scholars have identified both Exodus versions as having probably been written in the tenth century BCE.
Here is how the verses read:
Then God spoke all these words:
#1 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.
#2 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
#3 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
#4 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work –you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
#5 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
#6 You shall not murder.
#7 You shall not commit adultery.
#8 You shall not steal.
#9 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
#10 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Exod. 20:1-17
[ Shoshana's comments:
When Protestants post the Ten Commandments in their home or church, they don’t typically write the entirety of the Word of God. A shortened and concise version has been created to make posting, reading, and memorization easier. However, the main meaning and the important words were in tact in these shortened versions.
Keep in mind, Protestants were called Protestant because initially these people "protested" the Roman Catholic Church, its heirarchy of priesthood over the laity (common people), and questioned the authority of the church. Those who protested the man over man spirit that was against the Word of God believed that the Bible was the ultimate authority and standard by which men should live by, not the church. This concept was quite the opposite of the teaching of the Vatican and millions of these same people became early martyrs of the reformation and dark ages when the brutal church ruled and reigned over the hearts and minds of mankind. ]
Abbreviated Protestant Ten Commandments:
1. You shall have no other gods but me.
2. You shall not make unto you any graven images
[Shoshana adds: This commandment is kept in tact from the Bible.]
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
4. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
[Shoshana adds: The word "Sabbath" was used as is depicted in the Bible.]
5. Honor your mother and father
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness
10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor
Abbreviated Catholic Ten Commandments:
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
[Shoshana adds: The entire #2 commandment, concerning “graven images,” is missing in the Catholic version. This is a blatant taking away of Word of the Scripture.]
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
[Shoshana adds: “The Sabbath” is replaced with “the Lord’s Day”. This altered version of this commandment removes Sabbath and totally dismisses or takes the word of great importance, the holy "Sabbath", away from the minds of man and puts in its stead "the Lord's Day". ]
4. Honor your father and your mother
5. You shall not kill
6. You shall not commit adultery
7. You shall not steal
8. You shall not bear false witness
9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods
Whenever someone tries to have the Ten Commandments posted by the government on public property, it is almost inevitable that this Protestant version is chosen over Catholic and Jewish versions. The reason is likely the long-standing Protestant dominance in American public and civic life. There have always been more Protestants in America than any other religious denomination and so whenever religion has intruded into state activities it has typically done so from a Protestant perspective. When students were expected to read the Bible in public schools, for example, they were forced to read the King James translation favored by Protestants; the Catholic Douay translation was forbidden.
[end of the article]
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Shoshana’s comments to the above article:
As the writer indicated, America was a Protestant nation in its beginning, however, this is not the case anymore. The Roman Catholic influence predominates at this time in history in America and around the world, as it did before, in the Dark Ages. Her deadly wound (of Pagan Rome) was healed, and she became Papal Rome to rule over many waters (multitudes of people) with her spiritual fornications. She is responsible for the blood of the saints and martyrs of all ages!
Look closely at these observations and the changing of “divine” laws being called the commandments of God, but in reality, they are the commandments of men that mankind is keeping, in the stead or “instead” of the commandments of our real Father, our Maker and our Creator.
Notice in this simple article the difference between the Protestant and Catholic shortened versions of the Scriptures.
For the Catholic version, notice two distinct differences:
About the 2nd Commandment of the Bible
and the shortened form within the Protestant listing…
This 2nd commandment about not making any graven image or idol of worship is completely excluded in the Catholic version of the 10 commandments. Why?
The reason is simple. The Vatican is filled with images and idols of worship to distract people from worshipping the one true God, the Lord God of Israel. This comes straight from paganism due to the fact that the Vatican switched the pagan gods and pagan names with Christian terminology in its stead to confuse people. To top this off, in the Catholic religion, any person who has ever died - either those whom they call saints and/or any friend or relative of a member of the church – can become a person to pray to instead of praying to Jesus (Yeshua) our true Intercessor and Savior. This is a morbid form of spiritualism to distract people from having a real prayer to a real God, even the God of Israel, who is the Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha Moshiach). Instead of praying to Jesus (Yeshua), a Catholic might pray to the virgin, Mary, other canonized saints (which were killed by the Catholic Church), and people who were close to them that died. This is why Halloween is celebrated on the eve of “All Saint’s Day” in the Catholic Church – TO HONOR THE DEAD! This is two celebratory days, called “holy days”, to celebrate or have a party with feasting and festivities elevating the concept of death instead of life!
See this article about Halloween…
Halloween Worshipping the Lord of the Dead
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=2971.4860.0.0
After all, she is “Mystery Babylon, the Great”.
Babylon means confusion and this she has created
within the minds of people all across the world
with her false teaching and erroneous doctrines.
About the 4th Commandment of the Bible…
Read the 3rd Commandment of the Catholic listing.
Sounds similar to the 4th Commandment of the Protestant listing, doesn’t it?
Pay attention carefully to the change in the wording from he who calls himself, Papa (the affectionate term for father!) Do the Scriptures admonish us and warn us not to call any man “Father”? The exception to this is the one who bore us into the earth as our father, naturally speaking. Purposely and deceptively, the word “Sabbath” was replaced with the Lord’s Day! This change of wording and substitution might not sound like a discrepancy to the average listener or reader, however, it is a grave difference and substitution from the original command of the Lord God, Our Father who art in Heaven.
The Lord Jesus (Yeshua) declared Himself to be “The Lord of the Sabbath” to all the peoples of the world when He walked the earth! Well, you say, the Lord’s Day is Sunday, of course!!! But are you positively sure according to the Scriptures? You have heard it many times, if you have been a part of the assembly of most Christian churches in the Western hemisphere in the nations of America, Canada, and Mexico, but is this the truth?
We have been told that “The Lord’s Day” is Sunday straight from the mouth of the different men seated in the office of the pope (any many other niave or unsuspecting Christian ministers) for so long FOR OVER 16 CENTURIES OF TIME! This THOUGHT OR CONCEPT IS SO ENGRAINED in our thoughts, heritage, and traditions within these cultures and daughter churches WITH VERY FEW CHRISTIAN CHURCHES STANDING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS STATEMENT. But the bigger question is, despite the thoughts of man, considering what is real and true or false by our own thinking, it is wise to consider for ourselves what the truth of this matter is by the Word of God alone!
The Catholic Church admits that one of its first and greatest icons is Sunday!
What is an “icon”? The word “icon” describes a false image or a false god! Do not make any false or graven image to worship. Here is the defiance of the 2nd commandment of the Bible in action. The pope himself declared Sunday and worship on Sunday to be your life. But is Sunday (worship) your life or your tie back to the doctrine of the false prophet himself, seated on the throne declaring himself to be God when he definitely is not, merely an imposter of the one true real God, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
Doesn’t that make the hair stand up on the back of your neck if you think that Mother Church is off of the Word and its truths? God is truth and His Word is truth. Anything that takes you away from truth takes you ultimately away from God!
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Pope Benedict’s new phrases as of Sept 2007:
“Sunday (worship) is your life!”
“Give Sunday your soul and your soul its Sunday!”
Find out how Sunday is very important to the Pope
who relates Sunday to worship and to your very life…
The use of these search words at this website, “Pope Sunday Worship”,
was used to get the following link to this information for your reading…
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?search=pope+sunday+worship
The Pope Trumpets Sunday!
http://www.thetrumpet.com/print.php?q=1808.0.77.0
Read the Pope’s homily for yourself at this link…
http://www.radiovaticana.org/english/Articolo.asp?c=154057
and see if Sunday worship is paramount to his faith.
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But is Sunday really “The Lord’s Day” as shown in the Bible itself?
Just look closely for yourself. You might be surprised at what you shall discover.
What day is really the true “Lord’s Day”? Did you know that the Apostle Paul taught and preached to Jews and Greeks ALIKE on Sabbath? Is this day considered to be the 7th or the 8th day from the Word of God itself? If just had the Bible as your only source of reference and wanted to find out what day the Lord and his disciples kept, as the Sabbath, which day would you find? Don’t you think that “The Lord of the Sabbath” would know which day really is the Sabbath day? Wouldn’t the Bible itself tell you the answer to this and any spiritual question?
What is the Sabbath day? The Sabbath day is the 7th day of each week specifically. This day is a commemoration of the future first resurrection of the saints, even our true Sabbath Day of Rest when the Lord sits on His throne ruling the nations! Keep in mind, this day is what the believers of the Word of God call heaven or the heavenly reign of Christ and His bride! Don’t you want to be found in that number?
Two things have happened here.
Sunday – in the stead of Saturday (which should be called Sabbath day) –
is revered, kept, and called the “holy day” for Christians to worship the Lord.
Just look at a small snippet of history here…
Sunday was revered as the day of the Sun (god) rooting back to the statement from Emperor Constantine who declared that all people had to worship on the “venerable day of the Sun” back in 321 AD! Later, the popes just changed this description to the day of the Son (as implied) which we call and believe to refer to the Lord our Savior, as true Christians, or the day of the Lord, thus, the Lord’s Day. This is a deceptive play on words to justify the substitution in the minds of unsuspecting people! Meanwhile, Sabbath or the 7th day of rest, was thrown out or disregarded by the leadership of the pope and the false doctrines of she who calls herself the Mother Church. Yet, the Lord states for true believers and worshippers of the Lord to remember the Sabbath, as taught in the Scriptures themselves, a decree issued straight from the mouth of God Himself. Which authority is greater – the Lord or the pope? But is Sunday really the Lord’s Day? Check the Bible for yourself about this matter of great importance to the Lord. It should be just as important to you as one of the Lord’s followers.
If you desire to serve the Lord Jesus (Yeshua), wouldn’t you want to honor “His” holy day which He calls “My Sabbaths”? He calls His “Sabbaths” holy and His people who honor these days, His people. When the people profaned and left keeping the Sabbath, he called them “Lo Ammi” meaning you are not my people! Ask yourself, if you are worshipping on the day dictated by the popes and beforehand, the emperor, and not the Day shown by the Lord Himself, what might He do concerning you? Jesus (Yeshua) is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. The Lord God of Israel changes not!
Even upon all Roman calendars used by the peoples of the world today, the seventh day is shown as Saturday, which, by the way, as a name replaces the real and honoring name of the day which should be called “Sabbath Day” not Saturday. Did you know that Saturday means the day of Saturn? Again, the honoring of another false god is shown here instead of revering the real Lord, the Lord of the Sabbath! This is another replacement of the true meaning of the holy day of the Lord! Can’t you see how this is intentional also and meant to distract and deceive?
Check the areas of the earth, the word Sabbath, or some language variation of the same, is still used to describe the 7th day of the week for many countries and cultures around the globe! This is a testimony against those who say that this doesn’t mean anything to God in modern times. Don’t you see, the apostasy has so infiltrated our daily lives and walk with the Lord to the place that most “Christians” of the world do not even understand the 4th Commandment really refers to keeping “Sabbath” (which is the 7th day of the week) not what the Catholic Church calls “The Lord’s Day” (which is the 1st day of the week).
The voice of God came thundering from Heaven and then, engraved upon two tablets of stone by the finger of God Himself for all peoples to honor, revere, heed, and keep… especially to “remember” to “keep” “the Sabbath day holy”! Most people do not keep Sabbath, but rather, put their foot to it, especially when they are engaged in partying, carousing, and gambling instead of honoring the Lord, the Creator of all. Isn’t Sabbath the Lord’s Day? If Sabbath day really is representing the Day of the Lord, we, as Christians, are missing a very important element of worshipping the Lord in spirit and in truth, aren’t we?
Serve you the Lord out of love in this matter just as you do with all commands, judgments, and statutes of the Word of God, first by prayerfully and diligently seeking the truth of this important issue and then, changing and walking in that truth with a sincere heart of worship to the King. Choose who you will obey, the Lord of the Sabbath or the pope! If you know that the Vatican is off of the Word in other ways, be warned and search this topic for yourself to know in your heart that she is steering real believers away from the truth in this matter also!!! Don’t be so sure that the Lord’s Day is Sunday just because you heard it expressed that way throughout your entire lifetime while on earth. Man’s word shall die but the Word of God shall forever remain.
Let me translate for you the future statements,
when the “BLUE LAWS” dictate for you to
obey MANDATORY WORSHIP & REST ON SUNDAY or else,
as commanded by decree from the Pope in his office
as “Vicar of Christ” which means “In the stead of Christ”,
“Instead of Christ”, “In the place of Christ”, or “antichrist.”
When religion and the state merge together…
the result is hardship, tyranny, persecution, and then execution
of all dissention and insurrection or uprising against the powers that be…
The pope might phrase these same slogans in this way
when he has the full antichrist spirit upon him for 1260 days…
Worship and rest on Sunday!
Translation…
Worship (me instead of the Lord)
and rest on Sunday, the day of the Sun,
instead of Sabbath day, the Day of the Lord!) [“or else” ]
Doesn’t this sound strange to you if you are really a true disciple of the Lord? Whether you believe that your day of worship should be Sabbath Day (Saturday) or Sunday, doesn’t this statement sound strange to your spiritual ears?
Does the Lord enforce worship with the iron hand of Rome or the laws of man? Hopefully, in this hour you will have the spiritual discernment to understand this foul play. Don’t be surprised if this becomes the mandate or law from his lips and penned from his desk.
Many true believers who honored the Lord of the Sabbath by keeping the Sabbath holy were martyred in times past, especially during the dark ages, by the same organization and church that is heading all churches and even the governments of the world at this time!
AND then, additionally, the pope might say…
Keep Sunday, the Lord’s Day, holy and worship!
Translation:
Keep Sunday, the day of the Sun god,
which I falsely call the Lord’s Day, holy, instead of Sabbath (Saturday),
and worship (me instead of the Lord)! [“or else” ]
The pope will sit upon the throne in the holy temple, proclaiming himself to be God, demanding every person to worship him and him alone, and declaring himself to be the Messiah!
At a future time, if you worship on Sunday instead of Sabbath Day
and line up to his decree, this just might mean your soul is found wanting with the Lord of the Sabbath.
Why?
Because if the truth is presented to you and you reject the truth in favor of a lie of the arch enemy (even the antichrist spirit) who is opposed to the true Gospel of Christ, you are supporting falsehood and not the truth.
Defying his decree, the laws of man, might mean your head (literally) at that time in history, according to Rev 7. However, wouldn’t you rather die as a martyr, losing your natural life, to gain eternal life with your Lord? He who loses his life shall gain it and he who keeps his life shall lose it! There will be a great multitude of which no man shall number who will be beheaded for their allegiance to the Lamb of God and their defiance of and resistance against the imposters, the antichrist and the beast!
Would the Lord want his true worshippers to remember and keep holy the Sabbath, which is the true “Day of the Lord”, or Sunday, otherwise known as the “Day” of the “Sun,” yet called the Day of the Sun (Son of God), the Day of the Lord, the Lord’s Day by the false church, Mystery Babylon the Great?
The Vatican has just substituted the word Son for the word Sun in calling Sunday the Lord’s Day and substituted the Sabbath Day with Sunday! Just look for a moment at the history of this to show the merit of this observation. The false prophet is the master at substitutions and putting false names, titles, or information in the stead of all of the good things of the Lord. These actions cause people to error and miss truly worshipping the Lord who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Do not partake of her abominations and lies, else her plagues and judgments be upon you also!
Come out of her and into the full Word of God to live and not die! Seek diligently the truth of the Word of God. Do not hesitate or put off your decision for living according to the real 10 commandments of God (our true Father) and not the commandments of men (papa, the substitute father and his ministers.) Why would you want to replace the real commands of our Heavenly Father who is infallible, given for all mankind to follow and live by, with the commands of mere mortal man who is fallible?
Shalom,
Sis Shoshana Joy
Copyright 2009 Rise Up My Love – Shushan Eduth