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TheLostDayofHistory
Lesson #7 Didyouknowthereisaveryimportantdaythatalmosteveryonehas forgottenabout?It'sastoundingthatonlyafewpeopleareawareofit, becauseit'soneofthemostsignificantdaysinallofhumanhistory! It'snotonlyadayinthepast,butthepresentandfuture.Furthermore, whathappenedonthisneglecteddaycanhaveaprofoundeffecton your life. Want to know more amazing facts about this lost day of history?ThenreadoverthisStudyGuidecarefully.

1.OnwhatdaydidJesuscustomarily worship? "And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day,andstoodupfortoread."Luke4:16.
WhenJesuswashereonearth,

Answer:Jesus'customwastoworshipontheSabbath.

HeworshipedontheSabbath.

2.ButwhichdayoftheweekistheSabbath? "TheseventhdayisthesabbathoftheLordthyGod."Exodus20:10. "Andwhenthesabbathwaspast,...veryearlyinthemorningthefirst dayoftheweek,theycameuntothesepulchre."Mark16:1,2.

Theseventhdayoftheweek (Saturday)istheSabbath.

Answer:TheSabbathisnotthefirstdayoftheweek(Sunday),as many believe, but the seventh day (Saturday). Notice from the aboveScripturethattheSabbathisthedaythatcomesjustbeforethefirstdayoftheweek.

3.WhomadetheSabbathandwhen? "InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearth.""Andonthe seventhdayGodendedhisworkwhichhehadmadeandherested ontheseventhdayfromallhisworkwhichhehadmade.AndGod blessedtheseventhday,andsanctifiedit."Genesis1:12:2,3.

Answer:GodmadetheSabbathatthetimeofCreation,whenHe made the world. He rested on the Sabbath and blessed and sanctifiedit(setitapartforaholyuse).
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4. What does God say about Sabbathkeeping in the Ten Commandments,whichHewrotewithHisownfinger?

"Rememberthesabbathday,tokeepitholy.Sixdaysshaltthou labour,anddoallthywork:Buttheseventhdayisthesabbathof theLordthyGod:initthoushaltnotdoanywork,thou,northy son,northydaughter,thymanservant,northymaidservant,nor GodwrotetheSabbath thycattle,northystrangerthatiswithinthygates:Forinsixdays commandmentwithHisown theLordmadeheavenandearth,thesea,andallthatinthemis, finger. and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." Exodus 20:811. "And the Lord delivereduntometwotablesofstonewrittenwiththefingerofGod."Deuteronomy9:10. Answer:Inthefourthcommandmentofthe10,Godcommandsustoobservetheseventh daySabbathasHisholyday.GodknewpeoplewouldforgetHisSabbath,soHebeganthis commandmentwiththeword"remember."Hehasnevercommandedanyoneanywheretokeep anyotherdayasaweeklyholyday.

5.Buthaven'ttheTenCommandmentsbeenchanged? Jesussays:"Anditiseasierforheavenandearthtopass,thanone tittleofthelawtofail."Luke16:17.Godsays:"MycovenantwillInot break,noralterthethingthatisgoneoutofmylips."Psalms89:34. Notice, the Ten Commandments came from His lips. Exodus 20:1 says, "And God spake all these words, saying ... [the Ten Commandmentsfollowinverses217]." Answer:No,indeed!ItisutterlyimpossibleforanyofGod'smoral lawevertochange.AllTenCommandmentsarebindingtoday.

Jesussaysitiseasierfor heaventopassawaythanfor God'slawtochange.

6.DidtheapostleskeeptheSabbath? "AndPaul,ashismannerwas,wentinuntothem,andthreesabbath daysreasonedwiththemoutofthescriptures."Acts17:2."Pauland hiscompany...wentintothesynagogueonthesabbathday,andsat down."Acts13:13,14."Andonthesabbathwewentoutofthecity by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither." Acts 16:13."Andhe[Paul]reasonedinthesynagogueeverysabbath,and persuadedtheJewsandtheGreeks."Acts18:4.
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Paulandtheotherapostles keptGod'sseventhday Sabbathholy.

Answer: Yes, the book of Acts makes it clear that Paul and the earlychurchkepttheSabbath.

7.DidtheGentilesalsoworshiponSabbath? Godcommandedit: "Blessedistheman...thatkeepeththesabbathfrompolluting it." "Alsothesonsofthestranger,thatjointhemselvestothe Lord,...everyonethatkeepeththesabbathfrompollutingit, andtakethholdofmycovenantEventhemwillIbringtomy holymountain,andmakethemjoyfulinmyhouseofprayer... for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people."Isaiah56:2,6,7,emphasisadded.

TheapostlestaughttheGentilesto keeptheSabbathholy.

Apostlestaughtit: "AndwhentheJewsweregoneoutofthesynagogue, theGentilesbesoughtthatthesewords might be preached to them the next sabbath." "And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God." Acts 13:42, 44, emphasis added. "And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks." Acts 18:4. Answer: The apostles in the early New Testament church not only obeyed God's Sabbath command,buttheyalsotaughttheconvertedGentilestoworshiponSabbath.Neveroncedo theyrefertoSundayasaholyday.

8.Butwasn'ttheSabbathchangedtoSundayatChrist'sdeath orresurrection? Answer: No, there is not the remotest hint that the Sabbath was changedatChrist'sdeathorresurrection.TheBibleteachesjustthe opposite.Pleasecarefullyreviewthefollowingevidence: A.GodblessedtheSabbath. "TheLordblessedthesabbathdayandhallowedit."Exodus 20:11. "AndGodblessedtheseventhday,andsanctifiedit."Genesis2:3. B.ChristexpectedHispeopletobestillkeepingtheSabbathin A.D.70whenJerusalemwasdestroyed. Knowing full well that Jerusalem would be destroyed by Rome in A.D.70,JesuswarnedHisfollowersofthattime,saying,"Butpray yethatyourflightbenotinthewinter, neitheronthesabbathday ." Matthew 24:20, emphasis added. Jesus made it clear that He intended for the Sabbath to be kept even 40 years after His
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TheSabbathwasnotchanged toSundayatthetimeof Jesus'resurrection.

resurrection.Infact,thereisnointimationanywhereintheScriptures thatJesus,HisFather,ortheapostlesever(atanytime,underany circumstances)changedtheholyseventhdaySabbathtoanyother day.

C.ThewomenwhocametoanointChrist'sdeadbodykepttheSabbath.Jesusdiedon "thedaybeforethesabbath"(Mark15:37,42),whichisnowcalledGoodFriday. The women prepared spices and ointments to anoint His body, then "rested the sabbath day accordingtothecommandment."Luke23:56. Only "when the sabbath was past" (Mark 16:1) didthewomencome"thefirstdayoftheweek"(Mark16:2)tocontinuetheirsadwork.They found "Jesus was risen early the first day of the week" (verse 9), commonly called Easter Sunday.PleasenotethattheSabbath"accordingtothecommandment"wasthedaypreceding EasterSunday,whichwenowcallSaturday. D.Christ'sfollower,Luke,wrotetwobooksoftheBible,LukeandActs. HesaysthatinthebookofLukehewroteabout"all"ofJesus'teachings(Acts1:13).Buthe neverwroteaboutSundaykeepingorachangeoftheSabbath.

9. Some people say the Sabbath will be kept in God's new earth.Isthiscorrect? "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and yournameremain.Anditshallcometopass,thatfromonenew moontoanother,andfromonesabbathtoanother,shallallflesh cometoworshipbeforeme,saiththeLord."Isaiah66:22,23.

EverybodyinGod'seternal kingdomwillkeeptheSabbath holy.

Answer:Yes,theBiblesaysthesavedpeopleofallageswillkeeptheSabbathinthenew earth.

10.Butisn'tSundaytheLord'sday? "Callthesabbathadelight,theholyoftheLord."Isaiah58:13."For thesonofmanisLordevenofthesabbathday."Matthew12:8. Answer:TheBiblespeaksofthe"Lord'sday"inRevelation1:10, so the Lord does have a special day. But no verse of Scripture refers to Sunday as the Lord's day. Rather, the Bible plainly identifiesSabbathastheLord'sday.Theonlydayeverblessedby the Lord or claimed by Him as His holy day is the seventhday Sabbath.

TheLord'sdayisSabbath,not Sunday.

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11.Shouldn'tIkeepSundayinhonorofChrist'sresurrection?

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11.Shouldn'tIkeepSundayinhonorofChrist'sresurrection? "Knowyenot,thatsomanyofusaswerebaptizedintoJesusChrist were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptismintodeath:thatlikeasChristwasraisedupfromthedead bythegloryoftheFather,evensowealsoshouldwalkinnewness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death,weshallbealsointhelikenessofhisresurrection:Knowing this,thatouroldmaniscrucifiedwithhim,thatthebodyofsinmight bedestroyed,thathenceforthweshouldnotservesin."Romans6:3 6.

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Jesusinstitutedbaptismnot Sundaykeepinginhonorof Hisresurrection.

Answer:No!NomorethanyouwouldkeepFridayinhonorofthecrucifixion.Christgavethe ordinanceofbaptisminhonorofHisdeath,burial,andresurrection.TheBibleneversuggests Sundaykeepinginhonoroftheresurrection(orforanyotherreason,forthatmatter).Wehonor ChristbyobeyingHim(John14:15)notbysubstitutingmanmaderequirementsinplaceofHis.

12.Well,ifSundaykeepingisn'tintheBible,whoseideawasit anyway? "And he shall think to change the times and the law." Daniel 7:25, RSV.*"ThushaveyemadethecommandmentofGodofnoneeffect byyourtradition.""Invaintheydoworshipme,teachingfordoctrines the commandments of men." Matthew 15:6, 9. "Her priests have violated my law." "And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, ... saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lordhathnotspoken."Ezekiel22:26,28.

Misguidedmenhadthe audacitytosubstituteSunday fortheSabbathofGod'slaw.

Answer:MisguidedmenoflongyearspastannouncedthatGod'sholydaywaschangedfrom SabbathtoSunday.Godpredicteditwouldhappen,anditdid.Thiserrorwaspassedontoour unsuspecting generation as gospel fact. Sundaykeeping is a tradition of uninspired men and breaks God's law, which commands Sabbathkeeping. Only God can make a day holy. God blessedtheSabbath,andwhenGodblesses,nomancan"reverseit."Numbers23:20.
* TheRevisedStandardVersion oftheBible,(C)1946,1952,1971bytheDivisionofChristianEducationofthe NationalCounciloftheChurchesofChristintheUSA.Usedbypermission.

13.Butisn'titverydangeroustotamperwithGod'slaw? "YeshallnotadduntothewordwhichIcommandyou,neithershall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of theLordyourGod."Deuteronomy4:2."EverywordofGodispure. ... Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be foundaliar."Proverbs30:5,6.
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Answer: God has specifically and positively forbidden men to changeHislawbydeletionsoradditions.TotamperwithGod'sholy lawinanywayisoneofthemostfearfulanddangerousthingsapersoncando.

law.

14.WhydidGodmaketheSabbathanyway? A.SignofCreation. "Rememberthesabbathday,tokeepitholy.""Forinsixdaysthe Lordmadeheavenandearth,thesea,andallthatinthemis,and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day,andhallowedit."Exodus20:8,11.

TheSabbathisasignofGod's powertocreateandredeem.

B.Signofredemptionandsanctification. "MoreoveralsoIgavethemmysabbaths,tobeasignbetweenmeandthem,thattheymight knowthatIamtheLordthatsanctifythem."Ezekiel20:12. Answer:GodgavetheSabbathasatwofoldsign:(1)ItisasignthatHecreatedtheworldin sixliteral24hourdays,and(2)itisalsoasignofGod'smightypowertoredeemandsanctify men. Surely every Christian will love the Sabbath as God's precious sign of Creation and redemption (Exodus 31:13, 17 Ezekiel 20:12, 20). It is a great insult to God for people to trampleuponHisSabbath.InIsaiah58:13,14,Godsaysallwhowouldbeblessedmustfirst gettheirfeetoffHisSabbath.

15.HowimportantisSabbathkeeping? "Sinisthetransgressionofthelaw."1John3:4."Thewagesofsin isdeath."Romans6:23."Whosoevershallkeepthewholelaw,and yetoffendinonepoint,heisguiltyofall."James2:10."Christalso suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps." 1 Peter 2:21. "He became the author of eternal salvation untoallthemthatobeyhim."Hebrews5:9.

Breakinganycommandmentof God'slawissin.

Answer: It is a matter of life and death. Sabbathkeeping is enjoinedinthefourthcommandmentofGod'slaw.ThedeliberatebreakingofanyoneoftheTen Commandmentsisasin.ChristianswillgladlyfollowChrist'sexampleofSabbathkeeping.Our onlysafetyistodiligentlystudytheBible,"rightlydividingthewordoftruth."2Timothy2:15.We musthavepositiveScripturesupportforeveryChristianpracticewefollow.

16.HowdoesGodfeelaboutreligiousleaderswhoignorethe Sabbath? "Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:theyhaveputnodifferencebetweentheholyandprofane...

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GodwillpouroutHis indignationuponreligious

things:theyhaveputnodifferencebetweentheholyandprofane... andhavehidtheireyesfrommysabbaths,andIamprofanedamong them." "Therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them." Ezekiel22:26,31.

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Answer: In hiding their eyes from God's true Sabbath, religious leaders offend the God of heaven. God promises punishment for HisSabbath. suchfalseshepherds.Millionshavebeenmisledonthismatter.God cannottreatitlightly.JesuscondemnedthePhariseesforpretendingtoloveGodwhilemaking voidoneoftheTenCommandmentsbytheirtradition(Mark7:713).
leaderswhoknowinglyignore

17.DoesSabbathkeepingreallyaffectmepersonally? "If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15. "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Romans 14:12."Thereforetohimthatknowethtodogood,anddoethitnot,to him it is sin." James 4:17. "Blessed are they that do his commandments,thattheymayhaverighttothetreeoflife,andmay enter in through the gates into the city." Revelation 22:14. "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandmentsofGod."Revelation14:12.

Everyonewhoentersheaven andeatsfromthetreeoflife willkeepGod'sSabbathholy.

Answer: Yes, by all means, the Sabbath is your Sabbath. God madeitfor you,andifyouloveHimyouwillkeepit,becauseitisoneofHiscommandments. Lovewithoutcommandmentkeepingisnoloveatall(1John2:4).Youmustmakeadecision. Youcannotavoidit.Noonecanexcuseyou.YouyourselfwillanswerbeforeGodonthismost importantmatter.GodasksyoutoloveandobeyHimnow!

18.IamwillingtofollowJesus'exampleofSabbathkeeping. Answer:

ThoughtQuestions
1.Butisn'ttheSabbathfortheJewsonly? No.Jesussaid,"Thesabbathwasmadeforman."Mark2:27.ItisnotfortheJewsonly,butfor mankindall men and women everywhere. The Jewish nation did not even exist until 2,500 yearsaftertheSabbathwasmade. 2.Isn'tActs20:712proofthatthediscipleskeptSundayasaholyday? AccordingtotheBible,eachdaybeginsatsundownandendsatthenextsundown(Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31 Leviticus 23:32) and the dark part of the day comes first. So Sabbath beginsFridaynightatsundownandendsSaturdaynightatsundown.ThismeetingofActs20 washeldonthedarkpartofSunday,oronwhatwenowcallSaturdaynight. TheNewEnglish

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washeldonthedarkpartofSunday,oronwhatwenowcallSaturdaynight. TheNewEnglish Bible*beginsActs20:7likethis:"OntheSaturdaynightinourassembly..." It was a Saturdaynight meeting, and it lasted until midnight. Paul was on a farewell tour and knewhewouldnotseethesepeopleagainbeforehisdeath(verse25).Nowonderhepreached solong!(Noregularweeklyservicewouldhavelastedallnight.)Paulwas"readytodeparton the morrow." The "breaking of bread" has no "holy day" significance whatever, because they brokebreaddaily(Acts2:46).ThereisnottheslightestindicationinthisScripturepassagethat thefirstdayisholy,northattheseearlyChristiansconsidereditso.Noristheretheremotest evidencethattheSabbathhadbeenchanged.Incidentally,thismeetingisprobablymentioned intheScriptureonlybecauseofthemiracleofraisingEutychusbacktolifeafterhefelltohis death from a thirdfloor window. In Ezekiel 46:1, God refers to Sunday as one of the six "workingdays." *(C) The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge UniversityPress,1961,1970.Usedbypermission. 3.Doesn't1Corinthians16:1,2speakofSundayschoolofferings? No,thereisnoreferenceheretoapublicmeeting.Themoneywastobelaidasideprivatelyat home.AfaminewasraginginJudea(Romans15:26Acts11:2630),andPaulwaswritingto ask the churches in Asia Minor to assist their faminestricken brethren. These Christians all keptSabbathholy,soPaulsuggestedthatonSundaymorning(whichwasthetimetheypaid billsandsettledaccounts),aftertheSabbathwasover,theyputasidesomethingfortheirneedy brethren so it would be on hand when he came. It was to be done privately or, as La Santa Biblia (a Spanish translation) says, "at home." Notice also that there is no reference here to Sundayasaholyday.Infact,theBiblenowherecommandsorevensuggestsSundaykeeping. 4.Buthasn'ttimebeenlostandthedaysoftheweekchangedsincethetimeofChrist? No!Reliableencyclopediasandreferencebooksmakeitclearthatourseventhdayisthesame onethatJesuskeptholy.Itisasimplematterofresearch. 5.Butisn'tJohn20:19therecordofthedisciplesinstitutingSundaykeepinginhonorof theresurrection? Onthecontrary,thedisciplesatthistimedidnotbelievethattheresurrectionhadtakenplace (Mark16:14).Theyhadmetthere"forfearoftheJews"andhadthedoorsbolted.WhenJesus appearedintheirmidst,Herebukedthem"becausetheybelievednotthemwhichhadseenhim afterhewasrisen."ThereisnoimplicationthattheycountedSundayasaholyday.Onlyeight textsintheNewTestamentmentionthefirstdayoftheweeknoneofthemimplythatitisholy. 6.Doesn'tColossians2:1417doawaywiththeseventhdaySabbath? Notatall.Itrefersonlytothesabbathswhichwere"ashadowofthingstocome"andnottothe seventhdaySabbath.Thereweresevenyearlyholydays,orholidays,inancientIsraelwhich were also called sabbaths. These were in addition to, or "beside the sabbaths of the Lord" (Leviticus23:38),orseventhdaySabbath.Theseallforeshadowed,orpointedto,thecrossand ended at the cross. God's seventhday Sabbath was made before sin entered, and therefore could foreshadow nothing about deliverance from sin. That's why Colossians chapter 2 differentiatesandspecificallymentionsthesabbathsthatwere"ashadow."Thesesevenyearly

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differentiatesandspecificallymentionsthesabbathsthatwere"ashadow."Thesesevenyearly sabbathswhichwereabolishedarelistedinLeviticuschapter23. 7.AccordingtoRomans14:5,thedaywekeepisamatterofpersonalopinion,isn'tit? Noticethatthewholechapterisonjudgingoneanother(Verses4,10,13).Theissuehereisnot over the seventhday Sabbath, which was a part of the great moral law, but over the yearly feast days of the ceremonial law. Jewish Christians were judging Gentile Christians for not observing them. Paul is simply saying, "Don't judge each other. That ceremonial law is no longerbinding."

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1.Jesuskept(1) _____Sundayasaholyday. _____TheseventhdaySabbathholy. _____Everyotherdayholy. 2.TheLord'sdayis(1) _____Sunday,thefirstdayoftheweek. _____Sabbath,theseventhdayoftheweek. _____AnydaythatwededicatetotheLord. 3.TheSabbathwasmade(1) _____FortheJewsonly. _____ByGodatCreationforallmenandwomeneverywhereforalltime. _____OnlyforpeoplewholivedintheOldTestamenttimes. 4.ThechangefromSabbathtoSundaywasmadeby(1) _____Christ. _____Theapostles. _____Misguidedmen. 5.God'slaw,whichincludestheSabbathcommandment,(1) _____Isnolongerineffecttoday. _____Canneverchange.Itisstillbindingtoday. _____EndedatthedeathofChrist. 6.IntheNewTestamentchurchtheconvertedGentilesandtheapostles(1) _____ObservedSundayasaholyday. _____Taughtthatanydaywillsufficeasaholydayifyouaresincere. _____ObservedtheSabbath. 7.TheSabbath(1) _____Endedatthecross. _____WillendatJesus'secondcoming. _____WillbekeptinGod'sneweternalkingdombytheredeemedofallages.
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8.SincetheSabbathispartofGod'slaw,breakingtheSabbathis(1) _____NothingtobeconcernedaboutsinceChrist'sdeath. _____Adangeroussinbecauseittramplesuponholythings. _____Ofnoimportancetoday. 9.AllwhoreallyloveandfollowJesuswill(1) _____ObservetheSabbath,asJesusdid. _____Keepeveryotherdayholy. _____KeepSundayasaholyday. 10.TheSabbathis(1) _____Sunday,thefirstdayoftheweek. _____Saturday,theseventhdayoftheweek. _____AnydaywededicatetoGod. 11.Sundaykeeping(1) _____IsaninventionofmenthatwaspredictedintheBible. _____IsGod'splanfortoday. _____OriginatedatChrist'sresurrectionandwasapprovedatPentecost. 12.Sabbathkeepingis(1) _____Asignoflegalism. _____ImportantonlytotheJews. _____God'stwofoldsignofCreationandredemption.

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