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James Paul Gerke Director
There are controversial subjects that the main stream Christian churches, have ignored for over
1500 years. One of them, is The Ten Commandments, including The Seventh Day Sabbath.
Many believe that they have been done away with, or changed. You may decide after reading
this. In the fourth century A.D. the Christian Church took a left turn. King Constantine changed
The 7th Day Sabbath worship to the first day of the week.
Keeping The Sabbath and The Ten Commandments is NOT unto salvation. Modeling your life
after them, will show your love, and obedience to Yahweh. Your rewards in heaven, maybe
based on that. Yahshua said “ If you love Me, Keep My Commandments“. (John 14:15)
This document is not linked to any one, denomination, although there are a few denominations
that keep the Commandments and the Sabbath with many millions of followers. The writings
here, will prove the validity of The Commandments and The Sabbath. This will be done by
showing scriptures that don’t have to be interpreted, which will stand on their own.
Vague scriptures are choosen, by people who are inclined to put their own spin on them. Most of
the scriptures given, are after Yahshua was crucified. The reason is: many are taught and
believe that The 10 Commandments, and The Seventh Day Sabbath, were nailed to the cross.
(Col 2:14) They fail to realize that the 613 Laws and ordinances of Moses were a burden and
kept Israel under bondage. Those were the laws that were symbolically nailed to the cross. The
10 Commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:2,3) Or a burden.
(Luke 23:56) The women rested on The Sabbath, according to The Commandment. (After His
death.) (Mark 16:1) When The Sabbath was past, the women brought spices to the tomb.
(Acts 13:14,15) Paul went into a synagogue on The Sabbath. (Acts 13:27) The Law and the
Prophets were read Every Sabbath.
(Acts 14:42 The Gentiles begged the Apostles to preach to them on the next Sabbath.
(Acts 13:44 Almost the whole city came to hear the word of Yahweh on The Sabbath (Acts 16:
13) The Apostles went out of the city on The Sabbath, and preached to the women. (Acts 17:2)
Paul went into a synagogue and preached for Three Sabbaths to the Thessalonians.
Paul preached in Corinth’s synagogue Every Sabbath to the Israelites and Greeks. (Acts 18:
4,11) Paul continued there for a year and a half, teaching the Word of Yahweh. (That would
amount to 78 Sabbaths.)Yahshua said “The Sabbath was made for mankind and not mankind
for The Sabbath.”Therefore Yahshua, is master of The Sabbath. (Mark 2:27)
(Matthew 12:8) Yahshua said, “He is Master of The Sabbath Day.”
(Hebrews 13:8) “Yahshua Messiah is the same yesterday, and today, and for ever. ”
(Acts 1:12) The Apostles returned to Jerusalem, from a Sabbaths Day journey.
(Isaiah 58:13,14)Yahweh said, “If you turn away your foot from The Sabbath. From doing your
own pleasure on My Holy Day, and call The Sabbath a delight. The Holy Day of Yahweh
Honorable, and Shall honor Him, not doing your own ways. Nor finding your own pleasure, nor
speaking your words. Then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh.”
(Romans 10:12) There is no difference between Israelites and Greeks. (Gentiles) The same
Lord Over all, is rich unto all that call upon Him.
(Heb 4:9,10,11) “Therefore, there remains A Rest for the people of Yahweh. For he who has
entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works, as Yahweh did from His. Therefore be
diligent to enter That Rest, lest anyone fall after the example of disobedience”
“One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike” (Romans 14:5)
It doesn’t say anything, about The Sabbath, 10 Commandments resting, or The law. These
are the type of vague scriptures that people use, to put on their own spin. They will try to refute,
all the many scriptures, that prove the truth.
The Apostle Paul said “For I speak to you Gentiles; in as much as I am an Apostle to the
Gentiles. I magnify my ministry” (Romans 11:13) The Gentiles were mentioned about 100 Times
in the New Testament. Most of the people, Paul preached to were Gentiles.
Would it not make sense, that he would have taught them that The Law and The
Sabbath were done away with? As it was, the Gentiles craved his preaching on The Sabbath.
Today’s church reasoning for changing to Sunday worship is: The Apostles came together on
that first day of the week to break bread, and Paul preached to Them. (Acts 20:7) Paul said
nothing about change that was ever noted in the Bible. As far as we know, the scriptures show
that Paul preached on Sunday only once.
Theologians say, “ We keep Sunday because, Yahshua rose on that day.” Again, no authority to
change it. In Daniel’s prophesy (Daniel 9:26,27) This was a double prophecy. In 26 it talks about
the 70 weeks (plural) Prophecy, when Yahshua was to be cut off (killed). In 27 it talks about the
sacrifices ending in the middle of the week that He was cut off. The Messiah was the Sacrificial
Lamb.
The Bible week has always been seven days, and the middle of the week we now call
Wednesday. Do the math, Wednesday afternoon: to Saturday afternoon, is three days, and
three nights, just as Messiah predicted. (Matthew 12:40) The Israelites wanted Yahshua taken
off the cross that afternoon, after He died. It was preparation day for the High Sabbath. The
first day of Passover is a High Sabbath, (John 19:31) and no work is to be done.
There were Two Sabbaths in that week: Thursday, Saturday and a preparation day for each
one. The Apostles and the women, didn’t visit the tomb again, until Sunday morning. It was dark
when they arrived, and no one witnessed the Messiah’s resurrection. (John 20:1)
That morning: two people were walking, when Yahshua came upon them and asked, what they
were talking about? One said: “Are you a stranger? The Messiah was crucified, and this is the
third day this was done.” (Luke 24:17-21)
Remember, a day, is still a day and a night, which is 24 hours. The following explanation ties it
all together. “ When Yahshua was risen, early the first day of the week, He appeared to Mary.”
(Mark 16:9) Punctuations were not added to the Bible until the 9th century A.D. In the 1611 Bible
edition, the comma was put after early.
In the modern day Bible, it was put after the word week. Apparently those translators weren’t
inspired of Elohim. When the comma is put after the word risen. This proves that all the factual
evidence shows. Yahshua Messiah had already risen just before sun down on Saturday night. In
the Bible and Israelite tradition, sun down to sun down is a day.
Would the Messiah be resurrected in the dark, when the Bible compares it to evil?(John 3:19,20)
Would the Messiah be resurrected on a day that the pagans were worshiping the sun god on
pagan Easter Sunday? Or would Yahshua be resurrected on a day that was Sanctified, Blessed,
Hallowed, and written in stone by our Creator Elohim? Not a difficult choice.
The Sabbath is the Fourth Commandment, and the last book of the Bible says. Keep The
Father's 10 Commandments, (Revelations 12:17- 14:12- 22:14) Yahshua and the Apostles
kept them. There are no scriptures or authority in the Bible, that changes the 7th Day Sabbath
for another, or eliminates it.
They say, the days of the week have been changed over the centuries. Not so, only the dates
have been changed. An example is the leap year, we change only the date and not the days of
the week. The Israelites have never lost sight of The 7th Day Sabbath. (Romans 3:2)
Some say: “We can keep any day we want for The Sabbath. Yahweh was very emphatic on
which day, and how The Sabbath is to be kept. Yahweh said. “Remember THE Seventh Day,
not A seventh day. “There remains a rest for the people of Yahweh: for he who has entered His
rest, has also ceased from his works, as Yahweh did from His” (Heb 4:9-11)
The following can’t be emphasized enough.Yahweh said three times in the Old Testament,and
three times in the New. “If you love Me. You will Keep The Commandments.”(Exodus 20:6)
(Deuteronomy 5:10) (Nehemiah 1:5) (John 11:15) ( 1 John 5:2,3)
Some won’t accept all Bible teaching, you have to make a decision. The Big problem for most,
is That Sabbath. “Why should I give up: Friday night T.V, or the movies, Saturday swap meets,
shopping, or the beach after? I have work, and things to do on Saturdays. I would have to
change my whole life style. Just because the CREATOR of the Universe: inspired words to be
written down, in a book thousands of years ago, called the Bible.
“Be doers of the WORD, and not hearers, only deceiving Yourselves.” (James 1:22) Why do I
keep the Sabbath? Because it's a day that I can show Yahweh that I love Him. You May say that
you can love Him everyday, which is true. Yahweh said "If you love Me, keep the Command -
ments", and Honor Him on the Sabbath Day. (Isa 58:13)
There are people that worship Yahweh on Sunday, which is any day you can worship Him. The
problem is that Yahweh did not sanctify it or make it a Holy Day to Honor Him for His Creation
work.
People want to keep the sabbath on Sunday, because their preacher told them to. When you
get right down to it. It started at the seminary, but even before that, it started around the fourth
century. We all know that the Catholic Church changed the Sabbath to the first day of the week.
What I can't figure out is why they don't believe the Bible. The apostle Paul in Acts preached
over 80 times on the Seventh Day Sabbath. The Protestants have protested the Catholic
churches doctrines, so why do they keep following their doctrines? I wish that someday they
would wake up and smell the roses. Actually, I mean when they start reading the Bible.
Proverbs
Do not withhold good from those whom it is due. When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
Do not say to your neighbor go and come back, and tomorrow I will give it when you have it with
you. The Lord said to give attention to my words incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let
them depart from your eyes keep them in the middle of your heart, for they are life to those who
find them and health to all their flesh. Put away from you, a deceitful mouth and put perverse lips
far from you, let your eyes look straight ahead. And your eyelids look right before you. Ponder
the path of your feet and let all your ways be established do not turn to the right or the left.
Remove your foot from evil. (Proverbs 4:20-27)
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