The Lost Day of History | The Last Day of Prophecy #2 - Pastor Doug Batchelor

well we're gonna be talking about the last day of prophecy and our presentation tonight is dealing with the lost day of history and we're going to be sharing with you some things I want to ask you to begin with we've only known each other a couple of nights but I hope we're friends and we've made it very clear from the advertising this is a Bible seminar so you're not afraid for me teaching from the Bible I assume and I'm gonna tell you the truth I'm gonna tell you what the Word of God says because we're too short on time all you have to do is look at the news in the last 24 hours and you can tell that the world is in bad shape and we need to know what the prophecies say Jesus has given us some truth there's a lot of stress and trouble in this world and God wants you to know how you can have real peace and rest that's why Jesus came it says come unto me and I will give you rest well I've got an amazing fact I always like to start every program with a little amazing fact and our amazing fact tonight is about someone who ran for president or he actually was a president that you probably never heard of his name was David Rice accent David Rice Acheson and there he is you ever heard of him well let me tell you how this happened James Polk in 1849 concluded his term as president he finished on Saturday Zachary Taylor was supposed to take over on Sunday Taylor did not want to be inaugurated on Sunday because of his religious beliefs but America cannot be without a president so what happened is the President Pro Tem of the Senate who was David Rice Acheson was the next in line to fill in as president but he had worked so hard in preparing for the final bills they had to get through Congress and wrapping things up from the polka Dennis tration that he was so exhausted Saturday night that when he finally fell asleep he slept for 20 hours sleeping through his entire presidency and snoring much of the time true story can you imagine being president for one day and missing it wouldn't that be sad he boasted the rest of his life he said I want you folks to know I had the most honest and economical administration of any president president for a day he was so tired he slept well we're gonna be dealing with some questions in our study tonight and first I want you to be thinking about something that's connected with what we discussed last night we talked about the cycles of prophecy and here's question number one in our presentation from where do we get a seven-day week you talked about the cycles of prophecy and we showed you all the cycles through Genesis all the way to Revelation you know what the Bible says second chapter Genesis chapter 2 you can read the first few verses it says thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the host of them and on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day because in it God he blessed the seventh day and he sanctified it because in it he rested from all the work that God created and that he made so Rama in the beginning of the Bible God creates the world in six days but how many days do we have in a week we have seven days in a week God made an extra day for a purpose of worship and it's interesting no matter where you go in the world right now you'll find that they've got a seven-day week I don't know if you caught something there in Genesis chapter 2 the first verse the first time you find any number mentioned three times in the Bible there's seven it says the seventh day the seventh day the seventh day there in the beginning of Genesis chapter two at the end of the Bible there's another number that stands out what number is that six six six seven is a number for God it's called the perfect number man was made on the sixth day it is a number man you'll notice it says in Revelation chapter 13 speaking of the mark of the beast and the number 666 it is says it is the number of a man so in the last days you have a conflict between worshipping God and worshipping man remember what Peter said we ought to would obey God rather than man and so this theme of this battle between good and evil the devil wanting worship and God saying you'll never be fulfilled unless you worship me you see it playing out now even in space you can understand why we have a year with about 364 1/4 days is because that's how long it takes the earth to make a circuit around the Sun right all of the empires of the world had a year with about the same amount of time because they could look up in the sky and see this pattern and virtually all of the ancient calendars had a month they had somewhere between 27 and 30 days because of the lunar cycle that's where you get the word month it's from moon and our day has 24 hours because it takes the date the earth 24 hours to rotate on its axis now here's your question all of the world today celebrates a seven-day week and it didn't just begin with the Jewish people where do we get a seven-day week from mathmatical there's nothing in the Sun Moon or stars it gives you a seven-day week only thing that the world can trace it to is in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and yet it carries on I worked with the Native Americans for about a year and a half and I remember some of my Sioux and Navajo friends say oh yeah long before the Bell Agana came the white men so we had a seven-day week if I'm so fascinating where do they get it only place you can trace it is back to the beginning requested number two did God make the Sabbath rest only for Israelites no there's a number of scriptures that bear this out for instance you can read where Jesus says in mark chapter 2 verse 2 he said the Sabbath was made for man now how do you spells you ma and no man means mankind and he went on to say not man for the Sabbath meaning man was made first and the Sabbath was made to be a blessing for man and then you can read again where it by the way you know I should probably pause here and mention why did God make another day he made everything in six days but we have a seven-day week why don't we have a six-day week because time is the stuff that life is made of it's not in the Bible that's Benjamin Franklin but it's true you cannot love without time all love relationships need time if people are not spending time together the relationship suffers you all still with me on that so after God makes man then he makes another day for what you call quality time and my dear wife sitting down front here will testify that quality time is different from time being in the same building sometimes I'll say dude we're not spending any time together also I was home all day yesterday sure you are in the office so I was here that's not the same thing we need to spend time together but you know what that means right communicating you can't love without knowing somebody you can't know somebody without talking to them then talking to you having experiences together time together you can't serve God if you don't love him you won't love him unless you have a relationship with him the whole purpose of that seventh day is about a love relationship with God and resting in the Lord and yet this is what you would call the gorilla in the room for Christianity it is something that is being lost and people are suffering because of it and they're just working themselves to death it's called the Sabbath truth is the Sabbath just for Jews no you can read in Isaiah chapter 56 it says and also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord to serve Him and to love the name of the Lord them also I will to be his servants everyone that keeps the Sabbath from polluting it let's talk about the sons of the stranger these are people who are not jews that joined to the Lord that keep the Sabbath take hold of my covenant says even them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer for my house should be called a house of prayer for all nations for one nation remember when jesus drove the money changers out of the temple he quoted from this verse it's for everybody that's why it even says in the commandment that everybody supposed to rest says I'll bring them to my holy mountain this this world need some rest now you know stress is considered one of the most deadly things that is happening to our society I just had a few statistics here I thought I'd share with you 43% of all adults had me even in this room suffer adverse health effects from stress at least 75% of all physician office visits are attributed to stress-related ailments according to the American Psychological Association stress is linked to the six leading causes of death in the United States namely heart disease cancer lung ailments accidents cirrhosis of the liver and suicide and you know one of the number one selling medications are dealing with stress and digestion acid indigestion and all of this is often stress-related and maybe we forgot how to relax you know I heard one time about these two country towns decided to have a competition they each picked the strongest man and they had a wood cutting competition whichever man from sunup to sundown to cut the most wood that town was gonna win this bit I don't know what brought it all on but anyway so they went out to a piece of the woods and he's been sectioned off a piece of woods and they started early in the morning they blew the whistle they began to chop trees and cut wood and this is back before they had changed sauce and one man was working furiously all day long he was supposed to be full of energy and very strong and he was irritated because he saw his challenger sitting down several times eating lunch drinking water because at the end of the day he thought for sure he'd be way ahead and his challenger won he said how in the world could you win he said I worked straight through all day long without taking a break and he said you kept sitting down how he said well you thought I was just sitting down he said every time I sat down took a drink he said I sharpen my axe you know there's a scripture that says that if the axe is dull it causes more work and God designed you know you're a lot sharper after rest and you can get more done when you're rested and it's it's destroying families it's destroying health and relationships stress that's part of the reason for the Samba truth number three how is God honored this lost day of history by the way if you haven't figured it out yet when we talk about the last day of prophecy the last day of prophecy is connected with the Sabbath truth we showed you the Millennial Sabbath last night and how this all ties in you stay with his friends you're gonna hear some amazing things I promise you it will all be from the Bible it will change your life in a positive way so how does God honored this last day of history the answer he says and we'll read this right out of the Bible if you go in your Bibles to the book of Exodus I've been holding my Bible like a prop and I've not been reading to you from it because I got all the scriptures up on the screen Exodus chapter 20 is where you find the Ten Commandments you'll also find them in Deuteronomy chapter 5 and Jesus quotes various ones and Paul in the New Testament but if you look at verse 8 it says remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy six days you shall labor and do all of your work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Jews so Sabbath of the Lord your God in it you shall do no work you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your it doesn't matter what country they're from what nation your male servant or your female servant or your cattle God cares even about the cattle resting or the stranger the alien within your gates why for in six days the Lord made the heavens of the earth and the sea and all that is in them and he rested the seventh day therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath a neat holiday you notice he starts out and he says remember it meaning it existed before and keep it meaning it it's something he established he wants us to keep it if you come over to my house and it's wintertime and I said look I've got a run to town can you keep my fire going sure Doug and I take off counts 20 miles away and you go to check the stove and there's no coals there's no fire in the stove and you're thinking why did Doug tell me to keep the fire going there's no fire the very fact I say keep the fire going means I've got the fire going you just keep stoking it right so when God says keep the Sabbath day holy it's cuz back in Genesis he said I blessed it and I made it holy and he wants to keep that because man has a tendency to forget yes even his own people in the Old Testament and in the New Testament forget and when God tells us to remember it's because he knew we would forget and that's what's happened to our society again today alright let's get back on here with it so you heard me read that to you and so God did several things he rested on that day he blessed the Sabbath day and he made it holy he sanctified it now it's very important to remember because what he did with that day he wants to do with us now let me show you what I mean by that Jesus says in Matthew chapter 19 whosoever I'm sorry Matthew 5:19 whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these Commandments and teach men so he will be called least in the kingdom of heaven by the way Christ has been quoting in the Sermon on the Mount from the 10 commandments he said you've heard it said by them of old you shall not commit adultery what's he quoting 10 commandments and he quotes it in several places there and so he said whoever breaks one of the least of these Commandments and teaches men so they will be called or spoken of as the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever will do and teach them now friends if you say pastor Doug why are you talking about the Sabbath jesus said whoever does and teaches I will call great in the kingdom of heaven so I hope you're not offended but I'm just trying to do what Jesus tells me to do he wants us to do it he wants us to teach it we should never be ashamed of talking about the 10 commandments kind of sad that in Christian churches today that people in some churches are uncomfortable talking about this subject because it's been neglected but it's one of the 10 commandments and it's hurting us that we're forgetting about it number four of what two precious things does God say that the Sabbath is a sign now here's from Ezekiel 20 verse 12 it says I gave them my Sabbath's to be a sign between me and them that they might know that I am the lord that sanctifies them now do we still need sanctifying today all right so he gives it to us for that reason is that still important furthermore it says in Exodus chapter 31 it says it will be a sign between me and the children of Israel forever for in six days the Lord made it's a sign of his creative ability do we still need the Lord to create within us new hearts so it's a sign of his ability to just sanctify it's a sign of his ability his power to create a lot of people in the world today doubt that God created I still believe what the Bible says that the Lord created I don't think that the whole universe is an accident there'd be no purpose to life every Sabbath were remembering the divine creation says it's the same number five which day did Jesus keep now what is a Christian is a Christian a follower of Christians is a Christian a follower of churches or is a Christian a follower of Christ so what's the example of Jesus if you do what Jesus does you're safe can you say Amen what day did he keep is holy you can read in Luke chapter 4 verse 16 he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custom was what's a custom something you do once or twice in your life or as a regular pattern as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and he stood up to read the scriptures now Jesus from his youth he went to church every week and he read the Bible and this was his custom and that was the practice in the Old Testament and in the New Testament number six what was Paul's custom we're gonna look at some of the other great leaders in the Bible Paul wrote almost half of the New Testament so what was his practice you can read here it says in Acts chapter 17 verse 2 as his what's word his custom was it says he went to them three sabbath days and a reason with them out of the scriptures matter of fact if you look in the book of Acts chapter 9 when Paul begins before he's converted Paul's name was Saul and he goes to hunt down Christians how many of you knew that in the Bible do you know where he goes to look for them he goes into the synagogue so look from why because that's where they were meeting and that was open on Sabbath so the early Christians they never understood there was anything other to do even keep the day that Jesus kept and that was given back to man in the beginning you know the Bible says the Sabbath was made for man what else was made for man God said it's not good that man should be alone therefore I will make woman do we still need women do we need what God made for men now maybe we still need the Sabbath too so I got you all wrapped up in that one didn't I all right number eight I did I read all those verses here let me say 18 and he reasoned with them in the synagogue every sabbath and persuaded not just Jews Jews and Greeks who were Greek there means Gentiles or non-jews next question did the Apostles also meet with Gentiles some people say well yeah they were going to the synagogue because they were trying to convert the Jews but the New Testament says that it was their practice not just Paul but Peter James John all of them they met with Jews and Gentiles did the Apostles just speak to Gentiles on the Sabbath answer in Acts chapter 13 verse 42 it says and when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath and what happened as a result of that it says in the next Sabbath the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God it's not just talking about Jews all of them came wherever the Christians went through the first centuries they met every Sabbath day it was very clear Acts chapter 13 verse 44 and on the next Sabbath day almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God I guess I shared that one number eight did Jesus intend for his people to keep the Sabbath after he died for their sins well you look at the prophecies that Jesus gives about the second coming and he says pray that your flight be not in the winter neither on me so why did he say that looking down in time Christ knew he said pray it's not the winter because if they had to flee out into the wilderness there's not much in the fields there's no harvest going on it's gonna be especially cold and hard and obviously fleeing for your life you wouldn't want to be doing that on the Sabbath day and so he expected his people to be remembering this on through time question number 9 does the Bible teach that God's endtime people would also be keeping what we call the seventh-day Sabbath holy you can look here in Revelation chapter 12 verse 17 it says the dragon was wroth with the woman and he went to make war with the remnant of her seed and there's two outstanding characteristics in the last days of God's people in Revelation 12:17 she keeps the commandments of God this is the woman is a symbol for the church the dragon is a symbol for who the devil the dragon is angry with this woman that means this is anyone the devil's man that is good he's angry with this woman and why is he angry she keeps the commandments of God and has the testimony of Jesus that's the law on the prophets that's the Old Testament ended Moses and Elijah the law on the prophets still believes in the commandments of God you know why this is important friends you're gonna find in the last days and I'm gonna repeat this a few times there's going to be a battle over who you worship right back in the beginning with Cain and Abel they both claim to worship the same God Abel did it the way God told him he brought a lamb Cain modified things and he brought the fruit of the ground Abel tried to reason with his brother and said you need to obey God and he said look I can do my own thing it's a small detail God accepted Abel's sacrifice he did not accept Cain's sacrifice they both were brothers and they claimed to worship the same God but Cain killed his brother you've got the one that both worshiping the both ostensibly worshiping the same God but the one who is worshiping correctly is persecuted by the one who compromises you got man-made worship and this is what's happening in Revelation those who do not worship the Beast the way they're told are persecuted and they can't buy or sell and ultimately there's a death penalty see it happening all through the Bible but now I'm getting ahead of myself because I'm gonna be talking more about that tomorrow alright so another one revelation 14:6 similar to Revelation 12:17 it said I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation tribe tongue in people this is the gospel going in the last days the everlasting gospel saying with a loud voice fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come this is something that happens just before the end and it says worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs or the fountains of water you know that's an exact quote from the Sabbath commandment for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth and the sea it's saying it's calling us in Revelation back to the worship of the beginning the worship of the first believers they're God's original plan the worship that God designed the Sabbath truth has been lost sytem and these angels and notice what happens right after that in Revelation chapter 14 verse 12 it says here is the patience of the saints here are those that keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus again right after it talks about this principle of worshipping creator who made every Sabbath when it says remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy it said why for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth and the sea it's calling us back to remember our origin what right does he have to ask us to worship Him he owns you by creation and he owns you by Redemption he owns you cuz he made you and then he bought you back again after we were kid man and so when he says worship me and he tells us when to worship Him you know I think it's it's odd yeah I just want you to know friends I should make it very clear right here I believe that there are good spirit filled godly loving people in many different churches and there are people who maybe don't understand this truth and they're gonna be in heaven because they walked in the light that they had but God wants us to know you know Bible talks about the light that girls buy a brighter and brighter as the day approaches God wants us to know the truth I preached in Baptist churches Methodist churches Church of Christ Assembly of God Nazarene Foursquare I can't count hundreds of different churches and I know there are godly Christian people I've got friends from many different persuasions I could name several of the evangelical leaders and we know each other on a first-name basis and did people love the Lord there's heaven is gonna be full of people that maybe didn't understand the sabbath truth but you know as we get near the end of time the lord is calling his people to return to the faith that was once delivered to the Saints he wants to have his people come together on Bible religion and some things have been lost sight of and every truth that we lose sight of we suffer for and that's why he wants us to know these things that we might be blessed here is the patience of the saints revelation 22:14 last chapter in the Bible what does it say blessed are those who do His commandments that they might have a right to the Tree of Life and enter in through the gates of the city blessed are those who keep why am i sharing this with you because to bring a curse or to bring a blessing I was doing a seminar like this once several years ago and and a lot of people in a community were coming and one pastor was there and this I could see he was visibly upset by what I was saying and I've been sharing this for 30 years and more I read the Bible more convinced I am it's biblical that's all I want to know is why am i following Jesus is it biblical and he interrupted the program he stood up he said brother Doug says I just can't see it here he says you're putting these people under a burden of works and I knew his name it's a brother why are you saying that he says because you're telling them to keep the Sabbath and now you said you're putting them under a bondage of works I said wait a second I'm telling them remember the Sabbath and to rest you're telling them don't remember you're telling him to work I said you're putting him under works I'm telling him to rest he said we're under the new covenant now we don't need to keep the Ten Commandments anymore I said let me just get that straight do you believe God wants us to keep the content Commandments and he said no and some people gasps and he hurt him because there are members of his church because you know don't kill don't lie don't steal that's okay now and he said well yes and then he realized well that would include the Sabbath and they said nine of them this really happened and he said brother so you're telling me the one commandment you think we should forget is the only one that begins with the word remember that's hard for me to understand because when I first learned these things I was upset when I first came to Lourdes I went to church and Sunday never heard about the Sabbath truth and you know let's face it a lot of people they come out of church on Sunday they're mad if the preacher goes long because they're gonna miss the football game and there's a sale at the mall and they got them all their lawn even people that recognize Sunday don't really keep it as the Sabbath anymore not too many there are some and I could go to just about any Church in this city or around North America and I could preach on your father and mother and they don't say Amen some might be convicted but they'd agree and I could say don't commit adultery in several be convicted that they'd agree it's in the Bible it's still a teaching and I could go through all of the commandments and they'd say Amen and then I could say and remember the Sabbath day keep it holy seventh day is the Sabbath and the Hugo Old Covenant works what I don't understand that and this is that's a relatively new reaction it's just happened in the last couple hundred years all right let's keep going here I want to quote something to you from Dwight Moody to prove what I was just saying Dwight Moody in his book Wade and one team page 46 he said I honestly believe that this commandment speaking of the fourth commandment is this binding today as it ever was I've talked with men who say it was abrogated but they've never been able to point to any place in the Bible where God repealed it when Christ was on earth he had nothing to say he said did nothing to set it aside Moody was very clear it's one of the Ten Commandments and it should still be kept he just thought it was a different day but recently churches are not only saying that you shouldn't keep the Sabbath saying yes Saturdays a Sabbath but we don't really need to keep a Sabbath anymore and we're suffering from that bad theology if you don't mind my saying so number 10 well all of the saved keep the Sabbath in heaven it says that in the Bible you can read in Isaiah chapter 66 verse 22 for as the new heavens and the new earth that I will make shall remain before me says the Lord so shall your seed and your name remain and it will come to pass it from one Sabbath to another all flesh will come to worship before me all flesh all Jews sauron everybody will come to worship before him and who do you think the preacher is gonna be me Jesus now I want you to notice that in the time of Adam God establishes the Sabbath is made for man then you've got during the time of Moses we know that they kept it there then of course Christ and the Apostles kept the Sabbath says we're gonna keep it in heaven why would God not think that we need rest now and a special blessed time for worship why would he change it what was wrong with that day it doesn't make any sense when I first learned these things you know what convinced me about the Sabbath truth I went to when I first learned this I went to several of my friends I went to church on Sunday actually worship with several different groups I was so hungry I went to church several times a week prayer meetings home meetings that was just I'd stay up all night so I can go to an early morning the home meeting they thought it was very holy because I'd be there at 5 in the morning I just been up all night and otherwise I never would have made it but I mean I just was eaten up all the Christian teaching I could get when I learned about the Sabbath and I went to my pastors and I asked 10 pastors why don't we keep the Sabbath anymore and I got 11 different answers and they contradict each other they'd say things like well God we're not under the law now we're under grace and so I said what does that mean we don't keep the Ten Commandments and they said well we just keep the ones that are mentioned in the New Testament and the Sabbath's not repeated and I studied the Bible I found out that's a myth the commandment that is not repeated in the New Testament is the third commandment thou shall not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain that's not mentioned in the New Testament does that mean we can take God's name in vain of course it says in the Lord's Prayer Halle would be thy name that's close enough for me and but the Sabbath is mentioned many times in the New Testament there's like one of those myths that you repeat it and people and so that was one then someone said well we keep Sunday now and honor the resurrection so that's a beautiful thought where's the scripture what we don't really have a scripture that commands us we have a long-standing tradition and then another guy was really creative he said back in the days of Joshua there was this battle and Joshua prayed in the Sun Stood Still and Saturday turned into Sunday I throw that's clever but they still kept it on Saturday for another 1,400 years so odd doesn't make sense and the more I asked and I got all these different answers and none of them agreed and they'd all sell that other pastors wrong this is I said something's something doesn't pass the sniff test about this it's really simple what's what the Bible says on this and when we go to church in heaven Jesus will be the preacher Amen number 11 what time of day this is Sabbath begin in end you can read in Leviticus it says from even unto even from sundown to sundown you will celebrate your Sabbath it's pretty clear you can read in Leviticus chapter are sorry mark 1 verse 32 and it says even when the Sun did set no it said sundown when the Sabbath began and some of you have maybe seeing Hebrew Vespers where they understand this number 12 can we be certain that the present seventh day of the week Saturday is the same Sabbath that Jesus kept holy you know maybe been calendar changes and so we can't be really sure look at these scriptures that I think make it clear Luke chapter 23 verse 54 and that day was the preparation Friday and the Sabbath drawn now in a few days they're gonna be celebrating what they call Good Friday in many of the Catholic churches the Sabbath drew on so it's a preparation day that's pretty clear and then it says and they returned and they prepared spices and ointments and they rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment now you notice this is written by Luke was Luca Jew or a Gentile Gentile he doesn't say according to the Jewish law Luke who's writing this you know 20 years after it all occurred he doesn't say this was the Jewish Sabbath it would have been a great time he could have said this is the old Sabbath he states it as a matter of fact that every Christian would understand and they rested according to the Sabbath it's a like it's a self-evident truth now friends did you catch that the apostles spent three and a half years listening to Jesus teach and when they took his body off the cross and the Sun was going down they looked among themselves and they said we are not going to be able to finish anointing his body before sundown the Lord would not be pleased they said we'll come back Sunday and finish Wow they would not even finish this labor of love because they knew what Jesus taught they never got the idea from Christ that it didn't matter Jesus had a lot of conflict with the religious leaders on the Sabbath not whether or not it should be kept but how it should be kept big difference he said it's better to do good on the Sabbath day it's ok to heal on the Sabbath day and we might answer some of your questions on that in a future presentation and then it says so that was sundown Saturday when he rose early the first day of the week mark 16:9 he appeared first to Mary Magdalene what day would that be it's what we call Sunday so you just kind of get the panorama here he dies on Friday called the preparation day he's you know realized Jesus even kept the Sabbath in his death he went to sleep Friday you know it's interesting they opened up his side and the blood and water came out the church was born Adam went to sleep on the sixth day of the week and God opened his side and his bride was born and they didn't Jesus went to sleep and rest and through the Sabbath and woke Sunday morning early to continue his work as our high priest as our intercessor before the Heavenly Father and so there's no question about which data is nobody has any problem figuring out what day Friday is Muslims all over the world they have special prayer on Friday when no one wonders which day sunday is until they hear the sabbath truth then they say the calendar has been changed we can't be too sure anymore no one is a problem about it until they hear the truth and you look in any dictionary or encyclopedia and say what is the seventh day say saturday what's the first day sunday matter of fact in over a hundred and five languages of the world the word for the seventh day of the week is Sabbath matter of fact they're gonna maybe splash some of those different languages up there on the screen those of you who speak Spanish kin aqui habla espanol cool Cuellar Saturday sabado russian-japanese my own um no school ruski it's sobota and Jewish is Shabbat and in many languages of the world even though they don't keep it in their country the word for the seventh day is Sabbath or day of rest there is some derivative of that some people say pastor Doug the calendar was changed so we're really not sure anymore which day is which they never raised that argument until they learned the sound of truth so we don't know what day it is anymore has the calendar been changed before yes does the calendar change ever affect the days of the week no here's an example of when the Julian calendar was transferred to the Gregorian calendar you can notice that they had to compensate and that's where we get leap here now and you got one two three four Thursday is the fourth then they added 10 days and the next day was the 15th it went from the fourth to the 15th did they change the calendar yes was Thursday still followed by Friday you know it tricks people because the days of the week are on the calendar they think that their inter woven cycles they're completely different cycles of time any change you make to the calendar never affects the weekly cycle that's why your birthday might be on a different day of the week every year and so people when they raise this argument about the calendars men change we don't know which the days of the week are that's a total myth someone wrote a letter years ago to the US Naval Observatory and in their response they said we've had the opportunity to examine chronology and we've not found one person that believes there's been any change in the calendar that has affected a continuity of the Christian of the weekly cycle since long before the Christian era you can also speak to the Observatory in Greenwich England and they all say no there's been nothing that's changed the calendar that affects the days of the week and if nothing else will convince you there are 15 million Jews around the world and I can understand one Jewish family getting washed up on a deserted island and losing track of time and saying we don't know anymore what the Sabbath is but to suggest that the whole nation 15 million of them right now that they've all lost track of what their special sacred day is they've been keeping it ever since before the Exodus and they know as of other country so there's no question about what day the Sabbath is alright number thirteen have the Ten Commandments been changed answer no every word of God is pure the Bible says add not to his words lest he reprove you and you be found a liar and you can read in Daniel 7:25 one of the things the beast power does it says he will think to change times and laws that's why you need to come keep coming friend we're gonna be talking this week about the beast and the mark of the beast and things that are happening in the last days you don't want to miss this um number 14 this breaking just one of God's commandments really matter well you can read there in the book of James chapter 2 verse 10 for whoever will keep the whole law and yet stumbles in one point he is guilty of all you can't stand before the judge and say what now Your Honor I realize I'm guilty of murder but I want you to know I've never shopped lifted before and I've always been faithful to my wife and I don't use God's a name there's one little murder 90% how's that no hay God's not giving us a discount you notice they're not called the ten suggestions or the ten recommendations number fifteen did the Sabbath law exists before Mount Sinai that some people say well the Sabbath was created for the Jews and it's a special covenant with the Jews and me God gave it to and people sometimes pastors will say the Sabbath came from Moses like it was his idea and that's not at all true let me just take you through a little scenario in the Bible God talks to Moses at the burning bush right so let's go bring my people out of Egypt and he goes and he meets with the Pharaoh he and Aaron and before he meets with the Pharaoh did you notice there it says in Exodus chapter 429 Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel together they said God has visited us and he has a special plan he's going to redeem us from this place but we need to consecrate ourselves to him you working seven days a week you're not remembering the Lord you're starting to follow the gods of Egypt you need to return to the Lord and that included the Sabbath how do I know that when Moses in here and go to the Pharaoh and he says let my people go that they may serve me you know how the Pharaoh responds he said Behold the people of the land are many and you make them rest now you don't know the word there is in Hebrew for rest it says you make them shabbat you're making them keep Sabbath you're you're telling them they need to rest I'm not gonna let him rest in matter of fact now they're gonna have to make bricks without straw and you know that story he increased their work Lord to prevent that who does Moses represent he's Christ right the great Savior who does the Pharaoh represent devil Jesus is saying rest the devil say no work work work I'm gonna increase your work so you can think about God and that's what he's doing to the church in our society today people are got so many things and so many devices to keep us busy that there's no time to be still and know that I am God and it's all a trap Pharaoh said I'm not gonna even give you straw you can go gather it where you can he said go down now and there'll be no straw given to you and he increased their workload then you know you've got the Exodus stay with me God works the ten plagues and their parts the Red Sea and they come out of Egypt and their slavery before they get to Mount Sinai they got hungry and God says I've got a plan I'm gonna feed you with bread from heaven Exodus 16 what chapter did I say Exodus 16 all you got to remember is the number 16 there Moses said eat today what is here I'm gonna give you bread six days a week from heaven they'll be none on the seventh day which is the Sabbath they said and then you know you'll I'll make the bread you gather on the sixth day last through that day and it says some of the people didn't believe God and they went out looking for bread on the seventh day of the week and you know what God said how long will you refuse to keep my Commandments and my laws they haven't gotten to Mount Sinai yet you still with me what is he calling the Sabbath in a Mandana law and this is Exodus chapter 16 you don't get the Ten Commandments until you get the Exodus chapter 20 so the idea that Moses dreamed it up God said no it's he goes all the way back to the beginning Genesis chapter 2 it's made for man for mankind number 16 what blessings are promised by the Sabbath commandment for God's people well several he says in Matthew 11 you know this is the great invitation come unto me all you who are weary and heavy-laden and what does Jesus promise I'll give you rest now God not only wants us to have the letter of the law a physical rest he wants us to have the spirit of the law spiritual rest and Christ gives us both but we still need the the physical rest as well notice something in revelation about the the beast power it says that in Revelation chapter 14 verse 11 the smoke of their torment ascends up forever and ever and they have what no rest what's not on the screen yet sorry revelation 14:11 those who worship the Beast and His image have no rest and notice Jesus has come and I'll give you rest the beast power says no wrist Christ tells us in Exodus 33 14 my presence will go with you and I will give you rest Jesus wants you to have peace he wants you to have rest in the Sabbath it's not a cursed day what did he do today he blessed him how many of you want a blessing people are missing in a blessing that is it's not from a church it's from the Creator and it's he's commanding it because He loves us and he knows what we need you know every one of the Ten Commandments is for your good how many do you believe that though not for your harm and yet some churches they're not sharing that truth again Hebrews 4 verse 5 they will enter into my rest Hebrews 4 verse 9 it says there remains therefore a rest this is New Testament there remains therefore a rest that word rest there Saba tea-smoked it's the Greek for Sabbath there remains for the people of God for those who say that the Sabbath's not mentioned in the New Testament here's as one of those many verses we still need it it remains and much of the church has forgotten what God wants us to enjoy and embrace and that's something we need Jesus said in John 14 if you love me do what you know I remember years ago there was a bumper sticker and it said if you love Jesus honk any of you remember then and one time I pulled up behind a car and I saw that bumper sticker on the car and and I gave it a little dude on my horn and the guy turned around and glared at me I think it must have been his wife's car then I saw another bunker bumper sticker after that it said if you love Jesus tithe anybody can hole get it Jesus if you love me keep my Commandments if we love him he doesn't say to honk your horn so if you'll up and give me your time you know the most precious thing you've got is your time my father was a millionaire and he never had any time for his kids because he was working all the time it was easier for him to give us money than it was to give us his time what does God want he want our offerings he wants her heart and you know the Lord says if you love me give any time for me or we're so busy remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy he's blessed this day and he wants it to be a blessing for you Jesus has given us the Sabbath truth as a sign of his power to create us to sanctify us and to recreate us and it's gonna be a special issue in the last days friends you might be surprised as you keep coming to learn this is the last day of prophecy this is going to be something that is going to be greatly disputed the law of God notice in the Book of Daniel there chapter 3 there's a government law and then there's a law that says you don't worship idols shadrach meshach and abednego have to decide which god they're going to serve the law of God or the law of man Daniel chapter 6 the King says don't pray to anyone but me for thirty days well first commandment says don't have other gods Daniel's got to decide am I gonna put the law of God above the law of the government and the law of men and then you go to the book of Esther those who did not bow down to Haman he built the gallows for them Mordecai I would not he had to make a decision I can obey the law of God or the law of men why would the church think that things have changed our faith is gonna be tested on this and many other fronts in the last days the bottom line is if you love Jesus he says keep my Commandments and you know he goes on and tells us in John chapter a first John chapter 5 he says and my Commandments are not a burden you know when we really surrendered to the Lord and we love the Lord it becomes a blessing it becomes a privilege to obey God and he wants you to experience that you know Jesus said in John chapter 13 verse 17 if you know these things blessed are happy are you if you do them not everyone that says unto me Lord Lord will enter into the kingdom but they that do the will of my father in heaven and maybe you've not thought about this before and you're learning some new things friends I'd like to just appeal to you I remember when I first heard this truth it kind of shook me up because I thought how come I never saw that how come so many other people don't see it this is what they said when Jesus was teaching if he's the Messiah how come all the religious leaders don't recognize it if you're waiting for the multitude to see the truth friends you may wait until it's too late Bible never promises that it's going to be the crowd that's on the narrow road to eternal life but you've heard the truth tonight and it's coming from the Word of God and I pray that you'll keep coming because I believe the Lord wants you to be blessed he wants you to have that peace and that rest how many of you would like to have peace and rest in your life Father in heaven Lord I pray that you'll be with each person that is here those that are watching we've learned some new things tonight I've tried to just pack so much information in a very little time and I just prayed that the Holy Spirit now we'll take these scriptures and these principles and help them settle into our hearts Lord ultimately I pray that each person will ask the question what does the word say will be willing to do your words I pray your blessing on each person be with them in their bodies their families help them to have peace and rest in Jesus we thank you and pray these things in Christ's name Amen all right friends I know that was a heavy topic tonight there's more to come our presentation tomorrow night we're gonna be talking about what the is in the golden arc you heard about the Ark of the Covenant you come you won't want to miss that now don't take off yet your group leaders have some other review information to share with you before you leave we look forward to seeing each of you tomorrow night during our presentation bring your friends god bless you and thank you so much [Music]

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Published: Tue Mar 22 2016