Righteousness by Faith and the Sabbath

SPEAKER B Jesus promised his disciples in Acts One eight, you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and in all here and Samaria and to the end of the earth. Welcome to. You shall receive power. And here are your hosts, Ettienne McClintock and Colin Hone. SPEAKER B Welcome to the program. It's good to have your company again with us today as we continue our journey in this wonderful little book written by Pastor Dennis Smith, 50 Days Prayers and Devotionals to prepare for the latter rain and Christ's Return. Today we are looking at day 33 in the book and it's talking about righteousness by faith and the Sabbath. So let's look at the Sabbath and how important it is. But before we open God's word, let's do what we normally do and just ask God to guide and lead us as we open His Word so we can understand it effectively. Dear Father in Heaven, it's such a privilege again to open Your word, to read and to study, Father, to be led by Your Spirit. We don't make up the rules and the laws regarding the Gospel, regarding salvation, regarding worship, but we simply learn from you through the leading of Your Spirit. Father, lead us into all truth as You've promised. Baptize us afresh with Your Holy Spirit and give us understanding is our prayer in Jesus name. SPEAKER C Amen. Amen. SPEAKER B Right. So this is a very important topic regarding righteousness by faith. And does the Sabbath have any validity in regards to righteousness by faith? SPEAKER D It's a good question, Etienne. I mean, last, last session we looked at day 32, righteous by Faith and keeping God's commandments. We saw that God's commandments, jesus kept God's commandments and that if he lives in us, he'll seek to keep God's commandments. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D And we're talking specifically about the Ten Commandments. And the fourth commandment of those ten is to keep the Sabbath day holy. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D So I thought we would start straight away and saying there's many parallels between God's work of creation and his work of redemption in creation. We're told that God brought light to darkness, perfect form where there was chaos, life where there was no life, and he created man in his own image. And we can go right back to Genesis in the book of Genesis, and let's have a look at right at the beginning when God created the heavens and earth. In Genesis chapter two, verse one and. SPEAKER B Two, it says thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the hosts of them. And on the 7th day, God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the 7th day from all his work which he had made. SPEAKER D So the first thing is what God's created the heavens and earth, then he rested. So God worked and then he rested and find out. He rested on the 7th day yes. From all these works he had made. And we also read right at Genesis, what did he set aside the 7th day? What did he do? It says he sanctified it and hallowed it. What does the word sanctified mean? SPEAKER B Sanctified is to be set aside for a holy purpose. SPEAKER D So he set aside the 7th day for holy purpose. Was this before sin or after sin? SPEAKER B Well, sin had not entered men. God had just created Adam and Eve. They were perfect. Matter of fact, after Adam and Eve were created, he said that the whole creation, including man, was very good. SPEAKER D So the first question is whose idea was the Sabbath? SPEAKER B God's idea. SPEAKER D God created the Sabbath. He set aside it, made it holy. He's the one that sanctified it. So it's God that brought this. So because I've heard many people say the Sabbath was made for the Jews. SPEAKER B Well, there's no Jew around yet. Judah didn't even exist yet. SPEAKER D Israel didn't exist. This was before even this was just when Adam and Eve were on the that's right. SPEAKER B There's no Judah, there is no Jacob, there is no Isaac, there is no Abraham, there's even no Noah yet. So you can't say it was made for Judah and the Jews which come from Judah. SPEAKER D That's right. So that's the first thing we know. And in his redemption of mankind, he does a similar work. God does a similar work. He brings light to man dwelling in darkness. He brings life to those who are dead in their sins. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D He recreates man in his own image. Remember, God created man in his own image. He recreates. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER D So he's going to recreate man in his own image, and he'll restore mankind to their Adamic perfection. So now, when Jesus returns, we will get a new body, glorification new flesh. New flesh that will be made like Jesus flesh. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D Which like Adam's flesh that can live forever. And so we'll have access to the tree of life. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D And so we also see that the Gospel was taught in the creation story. Yes, in Genesis, we just read again. SPEAKER C Right. SPEAKER D He created and then rested from his work. And here we discover that God worked, then rested. SPEAKER B That's right. And it's interesting that the Sabbath comes after he rested, because it says there in verse three that then God blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it, because okay, so this is the reason for it, because in it, he rested from all his work which he had created and made. SPEAKER D Then it says, and he rested on the 7th day from all his work which he had made. So we discovered that the situation for Adam was just the opposite. First, he entered into God's rest, since the 7th day, sabbath was his first full day of life. First day of life. SPEAKER B So his first full day is a rest day. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D After entering God's rest, on the 7th day. He then worked. Okay. And the same sequence is true concerning man's redemption in Christ. God completed the work of redemption through his sinless life, death and resurrection. Man begins experiencing God's redemptive work in his life by resting in what God has already done for Him. We call that justification. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D We rest in what Christ has done for us. He rests in the fact that Jesus died for our sins. We rest in that fact. We rest in the fact that he's given us eternal life as a free gift. We rest in the fact that we have Christ's righteousness covering us. We also rest in the fact that at the cross, the power of our sinful nature was broken and we are now free to serve God. So we daily rest in the fact that Christ lives in us, and we live out his life in and through Him if he simply chooses to let Him in. And so once, as believers, we rest in these truths, he's able to then work or faithfully serve and obey God in life and ministry. We rest from what Christ has done. Remember, like Adam first day rest, then he worked. We rest from what Christ has done, and then we go to work for Christ. SPEAKER B I like the sequence here. SPEAKER C Beautiful. Yeah. SPEAKER D This rest is necessary for Him to faithfully serve God. By rest, what I mean is that we accept by faith what God has done for our redemption. We accept by faith what he has done for our redemption. Now we see a similar thing. In Hebrews chapter four, we find a similar description of the concept of rest. So, Hebrews chapter four, and we read in this chapter we read of Israel's failure to enter in God's rest during their wilderness journey. Then we're told in Hebrews chapter four, verse nine to eleven. Can you read that for us? SPEAKER B This is there remains therefore a rest for the people of God, for he who has entered his rest, that's the rest of God has Himself also ceased from his works as God did from his. SPEAKER D Go to verse eleven. SPEAKER B Verse eleven. SPEAKER C Okay. SPEAKER B Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall short according to the same example of disobedience. SPEAKER D So God's word is clear, very clear about the concept of rest. When we enter into God's rest, what do we do? We cease from our own efforts? SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Okay. We're told that this is important to seek into that rest in Hebrews. Otherwise we fail in our disobedience to God due to unbelief. That's what it just says. And so, as we have seen in the previous chapters, as we've discussed, the only way to victory over temptation and sin is to rest in the fact that Jesus abides in us and to allow Him to live out his life in and through us. It's christ in, sin out. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D We must rest in that truth through belief and not hinder God's work of redemption in our life by trying to work or exert our own efforts to obey. When we try that, we're going contrary to resting in Christ's works. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER B Because really what rest means is full, abiding confidence in God and believing what he says he will do and letting Him do what he says he would do. If we now start reviving our own selves and we want to go and try and do what God said he would do, we try and do it. That's actually an act of unbelief, because God has said we can't do it, and then we go and try to do it, which means we don't really believe God, but God said he would do it if we would just only let Him and get out of the way. And if we don't accept that while we try and do it ourselves, that's really we're contradicting God in that sense as well. So we can't enter God's rest. SPEAKER D That's right. So what's our part? Our part is to believe and choose to let Christ or Jesus live out his obedient life amen. In us. We are to rest in his completed work. So let's talk about the Sabbath rest. As 7th day Adventists, we highly regard the 7th day Sabbath, hence it's in our name. Yes, 7th Day Adventists. And Adventists is about. We are waiting for the second coming of Jesus, the advent of Jesus Christ. We say we believe that we are to rest on that day. And hopefully from what has been presented in this chapter, you can see that God's command for us to rest from our labors every 7th day is a type of our rest in Him from our redemption for our redemption. The Sabbath rest is symbolic of resting completely in Christ for our deliverance from temptation and sin. We are resting in God's completed works as Creator and as our Redeemer. And in the Old Testament, we are told that the Sabbath is a memorial of two things. Number one, it's a memorial of God creating this earth and all that it's in it. Let's read Exodus Chapter 20, verse eight to eleven. It's a memorial of creation. SPEAKER B It starts with the word Remember. Now, it's interesting. All the other commandments actually start with the word you shall. Either you shall not or you shall. And here we have a commandment which is different. It's remember this one? The Fourth Commandment. And the Fifth commandments are only ones that doesn't start with the word you shall or you shall not. The Fifth Commandment, of course, honor your father and your mother. So it starts with honor. But the fourth commandment in verse eight there of Exodus 20 says, remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work, you nor your Son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested the 7th day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. SPEAKER D So he blessed it and hallowed it. Here's a repeat of Genesis, isn't it? SPEAKER B That's right, yeah. Because it says that because the reason why it's to be kept holy is because God created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rested on the 7th day. And because he'd rested, it says he. SPEAKER D Blessed it and hallowed it and sanctified it, which he set it aside for holy purposes. So God is just repeating exactly what he said at creation. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER D And so we read also it's also a memorial of God's redemptive work in our lives. The Sabbath is a memorial of God's redemptive work in our lives. SPEAKER B It's interesting when the Law is repeated a second time in the book of Deuteronomy, you know the word duet or dual, you're the duel between two people. Due means two and nomos means law. So Deuteronomy is the law repeated a second time. But in Deuteronomy, chapter five, where the Ten Commandments is repeated in regards to the Sabbath commandment, in Deuteronomy, chapter five, verse twelve, it says, observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. That the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work. You, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servants and your female servants may rest as well as you. So here the word rest comes in there again. And then it says, and remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. So in Exodus 20, God talks about because he had created and he rested. Therefore, the Sabbath is to be observed. But in Deuteronomy, when he repeats the Ten Commandments, it tells us to observe the Sabbath because they are to remember that they were slaves in the land of Egypt. And the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore, the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. So the Sabbath was commanded because of a memorial of creation, but also a memorial of being taken out of slavery, out of Egypt. SPEAKER D And what does Egypt REPT spiritually in the Bible? SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER B Well, it represents sin, doesn't it? Enslavement to sin. SPEAKER C Sin. SPEAKER D So God is leading us out of sin, and it's a memorial of the. SPEAKER B Redemption of redemption as well. That's right, yes. SPEAKER D So again, in Ezekiel, chapter 20, verse twelve, he says, moreover, I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign. And I want you to just park that to be a sign between me and them. And the word sign can be interused with the word seal. SPEAKER B Absolutely. SPEAKER D That they may know that I am the Lord. That what that sanctifies them, that sets them aside for holy purposes. So every week when we rest on the 7th day Sabbath, we're celebrating God's work of redemption in our life. He's led us out of sin, out of bondage to sin. However, if we have not entered the rest of redemption by accepting by faith what God has done for our redemption, we're not truly entering into the meaning of Sabbath rest. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D If we are seeking to obey God by our own efforts, not trusting fully in Christ to do the work, we fail to experience the Sabbath rest that God attends us to celebrate. And it can become a burden. For many people, the Sabbath is a burden, gets in the way of what they want to do. Yes, the things that I want to do. But if you truly understand the meaning and purpose of the Sabbath, that it is a memorial of two things again, it's a memorial of God creating this earth and all that is in there. It's a more of Him as the Creator. Isn't that funny that the whole world is moving towards what, evolution? SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Denying creation. The Creator of God. That's why God said, remember, it's the only commandment. He said remembered, isn't it? It remembers who God is as the Creator and what he created. And so every week we rest on the 7th day Sabbath. We're celebrating God's work of redemption in our life. Hence, abiding in Christ. And the Sabbath rest are closely related. Remember Abiding in Christ. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Which is righteous by faith, are closely related, because those who are ready to meet Jesus says, will be just like Jesus. They will have remember first John three, two says, those who are ready to meet Jesus will be just like Jesus. And so those who are ready to meet Jesus will have truly entered the Sabbath rest. They will not only be keeping the 7th day Sabbath holy, they'll be experiencing the true meaning of the rest of the Sabbath, of being led out of bondage, out of sin, and victory over sin. I believe in this part, there's a beautiful quote that Ellen White referred to when she described God's. People proclaiming the Sabbath more fully right at the very end of time. It's found from the book. Marinatha, page 170, says, at the commencement. SPEAKER B Of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost, and we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. SPEAKER D Yeah. So it says, at the commencement of the time of trouble we know there's a time of trouble coming. We're even seeing glimpses of it around the world today, aren't we? Yes. It's only thankfully, by God's grace that it hasn't got worse yet. You read in Revelations, chapter seven, verse one to seven. Revelations, chapter seven, verse one to seven, where it talks about these four angels that are actually holding back the winds of strife. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And it talks about these four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of earth. And what does winds represent in the Bible is strife. SPEAKER C Strife. That's right. Yeah. SPEAKER D That the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on the tree. And I saw another angel ascending from there. So this angel is actually holding back god's actually protecting, holding back. And it says, I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Remember, the seal and sign are intertwined. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER B Well, look, even in regards to the sign of circumcision that was given to Abraham, we can read in Romans chapter four and verse eleven, it says that Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith, which he had while yet uncircumcised. SPEAKER D So it was an external sign of righteous by faith, wasn't it? SPEAKER B That's right. And it's a seal of righteousness by faith, but external sign, like you're saying it was a sign and a seal. So it is interchangeable like you're saying. SPEAKER D That's right. And so it says, having the seal of the living God. This is back to Revelations, chapter seven, verse one, two, four. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. So here's these angels, this hurt the earth, saying, hurt not the earth, neither the sea nor the trees, till we have what sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Now, interesting, God wants to put a seal on our foreheads. Well, you go back and you also read back in Revelation chapter six, all right? In Revelation chapter six, there's this other picture where it says everybody is fleeing to the mountains, right, because of the seven plagues, the last seven plagues. And they're all hiding from those. In contrast, there's those who are why God's waiting to seal those before he releases those winds. SPEAKER B That's right, because it asked the question, for the great day of his wrath has come and who's able to stand? That's the verse just preceding that one in Revelation seven, verse one. So the ones who are able to stand are those who actually are sealed by the sealing message, and he wants. SPEAKER D To write something on our foreheads. Does that remind you somewhere else in the Bible where God wants to put something on our foreheads? SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D I mean, even in Revelations chapter 14, it says that this symbolic 144,000 of God's people write it in the last days. Okay. It says that they have the Father's name written in their foreheads. SPEAKER C Right. SPEAKER B You're 14, verse one. SPEAKER D So they have the Father's name. So where's the father's name? SPEAKER B It's in their forehead. So it's written in their minds. SPEAKER D Yeah. SPEAKER B And then, of course, what does the name represent in the Bible? SPEAKER D Character. SPEAKER C Character, that's right. SPEAKER D Isn't that when Moses cried out to God and he said, show me your glory, in Exodus? He says, Show me your glory. And God said, sure, I'll show you my glory, it's my name. SPEAKER B And he proclaimed the name of the Lord before him. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And then his character, I'm merciful, graceful. And then he gives him his Ten Commandments, which are a transcript of God's character or name. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D Interchangeable. Now, where is God's name found in the Ten Commandments? SPEAKER B Well, it's only found in the Fourth Commandment, his name, his title. Title and his jurisdiction. SPEAKER D Yeah. I'm the creator of the heavens, earth. This is what I've created, the earth. I'm the Creator. SPEAKER B Creator and the Lord your God. SPEAKER D Yeah, just like a seal in today's modern, in the ancient times, the Romans would put a seal down and would say, who what was being their seal? It was like this wax type of thing where they would seal an order or a scroll. You would seal it. SPEAKER B There were three things, weren't there? SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER B So the name of the person, so say it was Julius Caesar. SPEAKER D Yes. SPEAKER B And then it'll be, say, Caesar of Rome. So we'll give him his domain. SPEAKER D Yep. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER B And of course, the title was Caesar. SPEAKER D The Caesar. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER D And what about today in modern, say the USA president has his seal. What's on it? SPEAKER B It's got exactly those three items, the name. So now it will be Donald Trump, president of the United States. So that's his title. And of course, the United States is his authority. SPEAKER D That's his jurisdiction domain. Well, where do you find God's name and his authority and his jurisdiction? In the Fourth Commandment. SPEAKER B In the Fourth Commandment. That's right. SPEAKER D Yeah. SPEAKER B Now, it's also interesting that in the Old Testament, in that great book of Isaiah and I refer to Isaiah, and I'm not the first one to do it, but the book of Isaiah I call the Old Testament Gospel, but Isaiah, chapter eight and verse 16, it says the following. It says, Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples. So God is already saying there that he's going to take his law and seal it up amongst his disciples. SPEAKER D Seal and his sign. Yes. Also in other work uses a mark. SPEAKER B Well, that's right. SPEAKER D Yeah, it's his mark. It's his sign. So what does it say about it? SPEAKER B Yes, so it says, Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples, and I will wait on the Lord who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him, and here I am, and the children whom Lord has given me. So this is actually Macianic, whom Lord has given me. We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts who dwells in Mount Zion. And then, of course, we know that one in verse 20. So only a few verses down, it says to the law and to the testimony, which is the ones that are to be sealed up amongst the disciples. If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. And dare I say it, it is not the sealing message either. SPEAKER D Wow. And so we also read in Isaiah chapter 58, verse 13 to 14, it says, the Sabbath is a delight and tells the Sabbaths to be restored in worshipping God before Jesus returns. In Isaiah 50 812, let's go to Isaiah 58, verse twelve to 14. SPEAKER B And it says, those from among you shall build the old waste places. So something is being rebuilt there's, something that's been wasted and now being rebuilt, broken. And you'll see, in the context of it all, it's referring to the Sabbath that has been lost sight of through the apostasy it took place during the Dark Ages, the falling away. It says, you shall build the old waste bases, you shall raise up the foundations of many generations, and you shall be called the repairers of the breach, the restorers of streets to dwell. In verse 13 if you turn away your foot from the Sabath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable and shall honor him not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight yourself in the Lord. And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. SPEAKER D So it implies that the Sabbath is to be restored and worshipping God just before Jesus returns. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D And I guess that goes with what in the book, Marinatha, page 170, where Ellen White has this vision right at the end, which he says, at the commencement of the time of trouble. And you know the time of trouble is when the seven plagues are about to be poured out. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Right. Which is? That's it. That's the end. We were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. And we also see it in Hebrews, chapter eight and ten. What is it that God wants to write on our minds, which is where our forehead and our hearts his Law. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D His law. SPEAKER B It's part of the covenant promise that God would made. SPEAKER D Yeah. SPEAKER B So the message of righteousness by faith and the sealing message go hand in hand because it actually restores back that sign, that seal, that is a symbol. That is God who makes us holy. It's God who redeems us. And the god that we worship is The Creator god. SPEAKER D That's right. And we also read in opposition to this that there's a worldwide power, political and religious powers that unite together. And we can read that in Revelations chapter 13. And it talks about in Revelations 13, verses eleven, it says, and it beheld another Beast coming out of the earth. And he had two horns like a lamb. So it's these two horns reckon are powers, two different powers of a lamb. And he speaks as a dragon. So he's speaking more like Satan. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D And he exercised all the power of the first Beast before him and causes the earth that dwell in him to worship the first Beast whose deadly wound was healed. And it says that he goes on that they receive the Mark of the Beast. SPEAKER B Well, Colin, look, we're into some very interesting topics here regarding the Sabbath and the importance of it, but let's just take our break and then what we'll do is we'll come back right after this break to unpack this a little bit further. Stay tuned. SPEAKER A Whatever may be our situation, we have a guide to direct our way. Whatever our perplexities, we have a sure counselor. Whatever our sorrow bereavement or loneliness, we have a sympathizing friend, christ's object Lessons, page 173. SPEAKER B Welcome back to the program. Just before the break, we were talking about the seal of God and contrasting that with the Mark of the Beast. Colin, so there's some interesting thoughts that are coming together here. So what you were saying basically you were telling us that the seal of God and the sealing message of God includes the Sabbath and then the Mark of the Beast is actually a contrast or opposing ideology or theology to the seal of God message which includes the Sabbath. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER D So we want to find out what the seal of God is and what the Mark of the Beast is. Because obviously the Mark of the Beast, you don't want to receive the Mark of the Beast in Revelations 13. SPEAKER B Definitely don't. SPEAKER D And there's a message to go out in Revelations 14 that tells people not to receive the Mark of the Beast, because if you receive the Mark of the Beast, you receive the seven last plagues of God. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And you are lost. SPEAKER B Look, no great I've never seen any greater message of urgency and warning go out than the third angel's message we find in Revelation chapter 14 from verse nine, where it says if anyone worships the Beast and his image and receives his mark on their foreheads or in their hand. Now, the forehead is interesting. The seal of God is placed in the forehead of the 144,000, but here these people receive the Mark of the Beast in their foreheads. So if the mark or the name of Christ or the name of the Father is written in the minds of those who are redeemed, reflecting his character, you must be seeing their character reflected of this antichrist power, this Beast power in those who. Worship him as well. And it says, if they receive his mark in their foreheads or in their right hand, they themselves will also drink of the wine of the wrath of God. And it is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. And then they are tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. SPEAKER D So it's pretty important to find out what the seal of God is. And we've just unpacked a little bit. The seal of God is his law, his character, his name, and at the heart of that is the 7th day Sabbath. Amen is the seal. And just to want to make a few quick points about the Sabbath in the New Testament, we obviously know that Sabbath is right through the Old Testament, but in the New Testament, Jesus said in Mark 227 that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. So the Sabbath was made for man. SPEAKER B It doesn't say it's made for the Jews there, does it? SPEAKER D Yeah, it was to be a blessing to the human family. Jesus showed by his man of observing the Sabbath that is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day. He says we to do good works on the Sabbath day, and obviously on the Sermon on the Mount as well. So nowhere in the New Testament is there at least indication that God's holy Sabbath day was set aside. Even in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus left no doubts as to his position related to the Ten Commandments. You just read Matthew, chapter five, verse 17 and 19. Now, do Christ have anything to do with making the Sabbath? Well, yes, we read in John chapter one, verse three, Colossians 116 and Hebrews chapter one, verse two, that all things were made by Him and without Him was not anything that was made. Since Christ was the active agent in creation, the Sabbath was made by Him. At the end of a creation week, God made it. SPEAKER B So yeah, when it says God rested, we know specifically the active person of the Godhead, the one that everything was made through was Jesus Christ. So he's the one that actually rested there. So the Sabbath is actually his day. Now, you quoted there, Mark chapter two, verse 27. It says that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. That's what Jesus said. And then in the next verse, verse 28 of Mark, chapter two, it says therefore the Son of man, which is a name that Jesus used for himself, the Son of man is also Lord of the Sabbath. SPEAKER D Now, it's interesting referring to the 7th day Sabbath, the 7th day Sabbath. SPEAKER B So Jesus is Lord of the 7th day Sabbath. So which day is the Lord's day. SPEAKER D Then is the 7th day Sabbath? SPEAKER B It has to be the 7th day Sabbath, not any other day, because as many other people would refer to the first day of the week as the Lord's day. But there's nothing in the scripture that has only been handed down as a tradition. Tradition, thank you. SPEAKER D Now, did Christ have anything to do with making the Sabbath? We just found that he did, yeah. Upon which day did Christ worship? Well, we read in Luke, chapter four, verse 16, it says he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up, and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. SPEAKER B Okay, that was his custom, to go to synagogue on the Sabbath. SPEAKER D Now, did Christ expect the Sabbath to be abolished? Many people say that it was, but let's have a listen to Matthew, chapter 24, verse 20. Okay, he recognized that it would still be in existence long after his ascension. He comes and says, but pray that your flight not be in winter, neither on the Sabbath day. He's talking about when the temple would be destroyed. And that was a prophecy that was fulfilled in 70 Ad at the siege of Jerusalem. And he's saying, hey, listen, we see the army surrounded get out of Jerusalem. SPEAKER B This is 38, 39 years earlier that Jesus makes this prediction. And he's not talking to people just say, oh, he's just talking to the Jews. He's talking about the believers who received them as the Messiah. He's talking to the Christian church there because we know that over a million Jews perished in that siege. But God's people who received this warning in the prophecy of Jesus in Matthew 24, they all escaped. And we know that even in the book written by Alan White and the great controversy, not one Christian lost their life during that siege. SPEAKER D Jesus made a prophecy and they recognized his prophecy and they got out. Now, which day comes before the first day of the week? In the end is the Sabbath. It began to dawn. The first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to the salt. So we know that Jesus was in the tomb on the Sabbath, on the. SPEAKER B Sabbath day, referring to the book of Acts there, the last. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER D Well, Matthew 28, verse one, when she came at the end of the Sabbath day, early in the first day of the week, that would have been Sunday morning. SPEAKER C Yeah, that's right. SPEAKER D So which day of the week did the woman keep after the crucifixion? Well, we read Luke, chapter 23, verse 56. It says, and they return and prepare spices anointment and rest of the Sabbath day according to the commandment. So even after crucifixion they kept the Sabbath? SPEAKER C Yes, they did. SPEAKER D Now what was Paul's example? Now this is many years after it, the early Christian church. What was Paul's example? Which day did he observe on the Sabbath? Well, you read Acts, chapter 13, verse 14, acts, chapter 13, verse 14, and verse 42, and Acts chapter 16, verse 13. And it says, but when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia and went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. 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 on the Sabbath we went out of the city. And then another time it says, and on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside where prayer was want to be made, and we sat down and spoke in the women which resort to that. So they kept the Sabbath many years after that's right. SPEAKER C As well. SPEAKER B The interesting thing is, if there's a testament, and we talk about the testament or the covenant of God, if a testament is changed, it can only be changed while the person is still alive. No one can change the testament of a person after they've died. Now, people might attest or they might go to court because they disagree with it if there's some adverse conditions. But you cannot change the will of a person once they're dead. Now, if Jesus wanted to change the Sabbath from the 7th day of the week to say, the first day of the week, he would have had to change that before his death. Because after his death you cannot change the covenant. SPEAKER D That's right. And so what did Paul do on the working days as compared to the Sabbath? Well, you read in Acts chapter 18, verse three to four, and because he was of the same craft, he was a tent maker, he abode with them and wrought by their occupation, they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Paul manor, as well as Christ's custom, was to worship on the 7th day Sabbath. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D Now on which day was John in the Spirit? In Revelation, chapter one, verse ten. Right. John, who wrote the book of Revelation? Well, he was inspired to write the book. Yes, Jesus actually told him to write these things down. It says in Revelation, chapter one, verse ten, it says, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet. Now, this expression, the Lord's day, points to the 7th day Sabbath in both the Old and New Testament, because he says, but the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in Exodus 2010. SPEAKER B So the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God, that is the Lord's day. SPEAKER D Very clear in Isaiah 58, he says he calls the Sabbath day my holy day. The Lord's day is the day of which Christ is the Lord. Remember in Jesus he says he is the Lord of the Sabbath. So that means he is what the Lord's day is the Sabbath. SPEAKER B Crystal clear. SPEAKER D That's in Matthew twelve, verse eight, and Mark, chapter two, verse 28, and you can even read Exodus 2011. Basically the conclusion is Christ did all he could to restore the Israel to the biblical Sabbath as it was given to them. It was intended to be a blessing rather than a burden. Christ attempted to show that the Sabbath's real purpose was doing good, healing the sick and performing acts of mercy. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And the book of Hebrew mentions the 7th day Sabbath. God did rest the 7th day from all his works in Hebrews chapter four, verse four. And he that entered in that rest, he also ceased from his own works as God did from his look. SPEAKER B It's very clear if you look at the way the Jews in Jesus day were keeping the Sabbath, they'd taken something that was to be a delight and turn it into a burden with all their arbitrary rules and laws. And that was really just a legalistic approach to it. Because if your heart's not in it, if the law of God's not written in your heart and in your mind, you're going to find the Sabbath not the delight that God intends it to be. That memorial of creation, that memorial of redemption, that memorial that hears the God that does the works and sanctifies it, and that we are saved by entering into his rest. SPEAKER D It's interesting that the Sabbath and the first day of the week are both mentioned in the New Testament. However, the names of the days such as Saturday or Sunday are never mentioned because at the time of the New Testament was written, these names had not even been given to these days. Yes, each time the Sabbath is mentioned it has reference to the 7th or Saturday. That was a given. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D And each time the first day is mentioned is referenced to the day known as Sunday. When they said, oh, on the first day it was referenced to the Sunday, they didn't even have those names. So how many times does the first day mentioned the New Testament? Well, the first day of the week is mentioned eight times. Yes, but at no time is it called the Sabbath. And you can read that. Here's a text matthew 28 one Mark 16, verse one, or two mark chapter 16, verse nine, luke 24 verse one, john chapter 20, verse one, john chapter 20, verse 19, Acts 20, verse seven and one Corinthians 16, verse two. And then not once was it ever mentioned as called the Sabbath on the first day of the week. So how did basically a change come? Because most of the Christian world worship come together and worship on Sunday. So how does this happen, seeing there is no way in the Bible of the first day being called the Lord's day or the Sabbath. Well, and we look at and read in Exodus 28, we know the Sabbath commandment is so plain. So why do so many believe in the Bible kit entirely different day from the one that god mentions in his commandments. It's a truly puzzling thing. Many claim that Sabbath was changed by Christ when he was crucified, and the new Sabbath was established by this same event. We ought to know now how the change was brought about. We can know what the Bible says concerning this question on the Sabbath day. Read Psalms 119, verse 18, okay? It just says it. But upon what day is our duty worship God? Right through the Bible? It says the Sabbath day. There is no mention of a change. So, did Christ change the Sabbath? Well, what did Jesus say in Matthew, chapter five, verse 1718? Think not that I come to destroy the Lord or the prophets. SPEAKER C Prophets, yes. SPEAKER D I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D For very low say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one Jot, or like Tittle, will not pass from the well. Is heaven and earth still here? SPEAKER B Heaven and earth? Last time I looked, and that was not too long ago, you were outside. SPEAKER D That's right. So, did the apostles make the change on the 7th day? Well, maybe the apostles made the change. Well, the Bible records them as always keeping the same 7th day Sabbath that the Jews observe. You can read that in Acts, chapter 13, verse 14, verse 42, verse 44, acts, chapter 17, verse one to three. And Acts 18, verse four. So the disciples kept the Sabbath day holy. And so did God know that a power would rise that would claim the right to change his law? Do you think God would know something like that? SPEAKER B God knows the end from the beginning. It's very clear. So I think he would know about it. SPEAKER D Well, guess what he did. He even prophesied in the Bible, in the book of Daniel, in chapter seven, verse 25, he prophesized and said that God's law would be changed by this beast power, this little horn power spoken in Daniel that came out of the Roman Empire, okay? A religious, political power that came out of the Roman Empire that would think to change God's times and law. Let's read that prophecy in Daniel, chapter seven, verse 25, it says, and he. SPEAKER B Shall speak pompous or great words against the Most High. So this is a power that speaks against God. He shall persecute the saints of the Most High. So it's a persecuting power he shall intend, or as the King James says, he shall think to change times and laws. SPEAKER D I like the way think, because you know what? What's your birthday? Idian, when is your birthday? SPEAKER B It is on the 11 August. SPEAKER D Now, I can say your birthday is on the 7 March. I can think to try and change it, but I can't change your birthday, can I? SPEAKER B My birth certificate says otherwise, Colin. So you can call it whatever you like, but the birth certificate says I. SPEAKER D Can think to try and change it. SPEAKER B That's right, change it. SPEAKER D So keep going. SPEAKER B It's interesting that it talks about connecting times and laws there. So it will be a law in regards to time. And it says, and then the saint shall be given into his hand for a time, times and half a time, and it says, but the court will be seated and they will take away his dominion to consume and destroy it. So the court so that the judgment when God sits in heaven and the judgment starts, it's through this judgment process that this little horn power who opposes God, who opposes his law or elements of his law in regards to time and persecutes God's people, the saints of the Most High. This is how he loses his authority. Because he loses it through the court sitting. And that is during the judgment. As we read in Revelation, chapter 14, the hour of his judgment has come, and we are called to worship God. Not according to the way that this antichrist power wants us to worship God, but according to the way God has said it through the gospel, through the commandments of God, that we are to worship Him. Through the sign, the seal, the symbol that represents God as the one who makes us holy, the one who redeems us and the one who's created us. SPEAKER D So we need to know who this little horn is that Daniel says would think to change God's times and laws. And we know that the only part of time in his law is the 7th day. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D In the Ten Commandments. So the prophet was shown three characteristics of this power and the length of time. It would be supreme, this power. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Okay. Its characteristics, it would speak great words against God, which is blasphemy. SPEAKER B Blasphemy. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D Now, blasphemy is saying that you are in place of God. So it has to be a religious power that says that we are representatives of God, that I am the God on this earth. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Okay. And so it would have a title of being place, taking the place of Almighty God. Okay. It would wear out God's people. So it's a persecuting power. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D So it would be persecuting God's people, it would think to change times and laws and disregard. So it would change God's law from Sabbath that's right. To Sunday. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D All right. The length of time allotted to this power to be screen was a time times and the dividing of time. Well, that means that it's three and a half years. SPEAKER B Three and a half years, that's right. SPEAKER D 1260 days. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D Now, we also know that in Revelation twelve six, it says 1203 score days. Since this is a prophetic time, we apply the principle of prophetic interpretation. And Ezekiel, chapter four, verse six, says that we allot one day for a year. When we do that, this persecuting power who would change God's law, say that he was God on earth, would be in power for 1260 years. We also know this power was to arise after 538 Ad. All right. This little horn would arise then after the Roman Empire, which was the fourth kingdom in Daniel. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER B So what happens is this little horn grows out of the fourth beast of Daniel, chapter seven. That fourth beast is the fourth kingdom, which is Rome. Then there's a dividing of the kingdom on the western side, where the seat was, where the head of the beast was, which is Rome. So in Europe, there was a dividing into ten kingdoms. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER B So what happens once these ten kingdoms are established and the disintegration of Rome and the Western Empire was at 476 Ad when that took place. It says this little horn will grow up among them. So you got expected to grow up amongst the ten kingdoms out of Rome. Very clear. It can't be a grecian power. It cannot be entire epiphanies. So once it's grown up out there, it uproots three empires, three of those ten. So they are taken off the face. SPEAKER D Of the we know that in history that this power came into power after storing three Aryan powers named the Herali, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. Yes. And we know that that happened. And then we know that the authority was given in 530 Ad. This is a history. We haven't got time to cover that today, but we can maybe do that in another segment. So if we go from 538 to 1260 years, that takes us to 1798. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Now, interesting, in 1798 sorry. We know that the Napoleon was marching across Europe, and we know the General Bertha went to Rome and took the Pope prisoner. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D Okay. And there was no Pope for two years, even though another Pope was elected in 1800, yet she had been diverse out of her civil power, and there, from that day to her power to persecute has not been restored. John speaks about then Revelations 13, one where this Beast power would be what would receive a wound. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D But it said it would be healed. And so I guess it points out that the Papacy is this power in the Bible, and all Protestant religions believe that until just recently. Now, the question I want to ask is, does the Papacy claim that it had power to change the law of God and particularly the right to change the Sabbath day? Well, let's notice how the claims of the Papacy say question. There was a question asked to the Papacy, which is the Sabbath day, and they answered and said, Saturday is the Sabbath day. SPEAKER B The Roman Catholic Church is very clear in regards to what the Sabbath day is. SPEAKER D And the question was asked, well, why do you observe Sunday instead of Saturday? And here's what they said. It came out of the council. We observe Sunday. This is quoting we observe Sunday instead of Saturday because of the Catholic Church. In the Council of Laodicea in Ad 336, we transferred the solemnly from Saturday to Sunday. And that's from Reverend Peter Geyerman, the Converts catechism of Catholic Doctrine, page 52, d Edition 910. So basically they said we changed it. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D Three or 400 years later, after the early Christian Church. The question is, has the Catholic Church power to make any alterations and commandments of God? And this is what they said. This is their answer. Instead of the 7th day and other festivals appointed by the old law, the Church has prescribed the Sunday and Holy days to be set apart for God's worship. And these we are now obliged to keep in consequence of God's commandment instead of the ancient Sabbath. So they admit they changed it. Yeah. So they've changed it to Sunday. Now, I want to look at quickly what was God's sign or seal and what is the mark of the beast? Because it's going to be in contrast. SPEAKER C Good, good. SPEAKER D We know that Papacy changed God's law to Sunday, all right. With no evidence of the biblical evidence of having a reason to do that. Yes, they just did it by their own authority. So when we look at what God's seal is right. For century the great controversy in Christ and Satan has continued. And that controversy began in Heaven when Lucifer rebelled against God. We can read that in Revelations twelve, verse seven and nine. And it's ever in these words of Jesus that Satan will be successful in leading nearly the whole world to follow him. Read Matthew, chapter seven, verse 13 to 14. However, a few will respond to God's invitation to fear God and give glory to Him and worship Him that made the heaven, the earth, the sea and the fountains of the water that's found in Revelations 14 seven, this call back to true worship. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D The three angels message the restorers of the breach. That's right. Also a warning mission not to receive the mark of the beast. So in whose image was man made? We know that we were made in God's image. We know that God's image is going to be restored. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D So what is the seal? Well, it's a device which reproduces an image as a soft substance, like a wax or a clay. Remember why we talked about ancient rulers had rings which were used as seals? They put their ring today's, most legal documents require the seal of a notary public to be binding. So there's a seal. Remember the president or whoever it is and who's doing this sealing? Well, in the Bible it says in Ephesians chapter one, verse 13, that after you believe, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit. And we read it under the new covenant, where is God's law placed? And it says in Hebrews, chapter eight, verse ten, this is the covenant I'll make. I will put my laws in their mind. Remember, on their forehead. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And write them in their heart. So God's seal is his law. On that, what condition will Christ produce in his church? Well, that we'll love one another will be the result of this, and I love it. Remember in John, chapter 14, it says that the 144,000 have the What Father's Name written on their foreheads in Revelation 14. SPEAKER B That's right, yes. SPEAKER D So the seal and the divine name cannot be separated. A seal on an object testifies to its ownership. We can read that in Two Timothy, chapter two, verse 19. This is the mark of the truth, the mark of God's approval. Those who are sealed are like Christ in character. And so we know that God's seal right, is the Sabbath, because that's where his name is in His Law. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And so it's his holy Sabbath day. Only the Sabbath commandment contains the essential elements of an efficient seal and gives authority to the Ten Commandments Law. It gives the name and title of God and shows his right to direct obedience to human race. You can read that in Exodus 20, verse eight to eleven. He says the name the Lord thy God, the title, creator of heavens and earth. So the Sabbath is a sign of God's creative total activity. And so the seal of God's approval, when placed on a person, will indicate he has the victory over sin. And it'll be evident that he belongs to God. Remember we talked about Revelation, chapter seven, verse one to three? We are living in the time of the sealing time. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D God's people were commandment keepers. The Sabbath is the outward sign, the mark or the seal, distinguishing them from those who do not obey or recognize the commandments of God. But to God's people, the Sabbath means sanctification. It means being made holy. It means sin. Jesus taking sin out of us. It is a sign between them and God that marks them as they belong to God. So this is what the seal is, is the Sabbath. And so the mark of the Beast, once we know who the beast is, will be in opposition of the Sabbath. It's a call to worship on a different day. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D And we know that the Papacy changed that day. And Revelations, chapter 13 says that there will be a call. Right. A persecuting power will persecute God. And we can read that in Revelations twelve, verse 17. It says the dragon was ross with the woman which represents the church and went to make war with the remnant. This is God's last day church. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D Which have the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. So we know that also in Ezekiel, chapter 20, verse 20, God says, listen to what he says. Moreover, I also gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them. Remember that sign and seal are interchangeable. SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER D That they might know that I am the Lord who what sanctifies them. And hallow also Ezekiel 2020 and hallow my Sabbath. So there will be a sign between me and you that you may know that I am the Lord your God. So the Bible tells us this counterfeit of Christianity was to arise in two, Thessalonians, chapter two, verse three, doesn't it? SPEAKER C Yes. SPEAKER B Did right. SPEAKER D What does it say? It says that this Antichrist would rise and there would be a falling away amongst the Church and the mystery of iniquity. And it says it will rise. He who opposes and exalts him above that is called God or was worshipped. And the mystery Babylon, the Great, the mother of Harlots, abominations earth. So this religious political power rises around 538 Ad. Persecutes the saints right. And enforces worship. And it says it's going to repeat this in the last days. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER B And you're mentioning worship there. The word worship is actually mentioned a number of times in Revelation 13. Matter of fact, it's mentioned five times. Revelation chapter four says, so they worship the dragon who was a dragon. That's a devil who gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast. So there's worship mentioned twice. Worship the dragon, worship the beast. SPEAKER D And remember what the fourth beast was. If you go through the Book of Daniel, you have these four beasts. One is Babylon, then came meadow Persia, then came Greece, then came Rome, then the ten kingdoms that came out of Rome. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D Then it says a little horn comes up among them. All right? A religious, political little horn. And around that, 530 Ad. It came into power. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D Plucked up three of the other kingdoms and destroyed them. If you look at history, this is exactly what happened. SPEAKER B Exactly what happened. That's right. And then it says verse eight, and all who dwell on the earth will worship him. Now, that's the beast, the Antichrist, Prow or the dragon. So that's a third time as mentioned. And then in verse twelve, it says, and he exercised the authority of the first beast. So this is the second beast that comes from the Earth in his presence and causes the Earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wind was healed. So that's the fourth time it's mentioned. Then verse 15, it says, he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast. So now he's duplicating what the first beast was, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as not worship the image of. SPEAKER D The beast to be talking about another beast power rising up the earth. And that's a whole nother Bible study. SPEAKER B That's right. SPEAKER D But this other power, in the end time, a worldwide economic power, military power, last Dave is going to unite with this first beast papacy power to enforce the mark of the beast. SPEAKER C That's right. SPEAKER D And now we know what that mark is and the seal is absolutely. SPEAKER B Well, let's just. Go for a quick break to share our contact details and we'll be right back straight after this. Stay tuned. Thank you for joining us on You Shall Receive Power. If you would like more information about today's program or if you have any questions, please contact 3ABN Australia Radio by Phoning 024-973-3456. Or you can send an email to [email protected]. You can also contact us on our 3ABN Australia radio Facebook page. We look forward to hearing from you SPEAKER B Welcome back to you shall receive power. I hope you got those contact details down in case you have some questions, because Colin, you shared quite a few texts there for us to go through. And if people want to have a copy of their Bible study, they can get in touch with us here. So just to wrap it up, Colin, just give us a little bit of a summary of what we've just gone through. SPEAKER D Well, listen, we know that Satan hates God and he hates his Sabbath. Because the true meaning of the 7th Day Sabbath, we can see why Satan hates it. It's a memorial of God's work of redemption in the lives of his children. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER D Every week, Satan is confronted with a day memorializing, god's redemptive work, which will ultimately bring Satan's kingdom to an end. The rest of the Sabbath symbolizes the end of Satan's power in the lives of God's people. So everything about it is direct affront to Satan's effort to bring mankind under the power of his kingdom. This is why just before Jesus comes, before Jesus comes and puts an end to sin, satan will try to abolish the 7th Day Sabbath from off the earth. He's already trying to destroy marriage which was put into place at creation. And he's going to destroy the 7th Day Sabbath. He will have led the vast majority of earth inhabitants to disregard it and even consider those who are still keeping it as going against God's will. So just before Christ returns, SATA will inspire the powers of the earth to finally destroy those few who will keep the day he hates, hoping to be finally rid of any evidence of that one day. But we know that from prophecy that Satan's plan to destroy God's people will fail. Just as destruction is about to take place, jesus comes and delivers all who remained faithful to Him during the darkest hour. The Sabbath will not only have remained in this earth from creation to the second coming of Jesus, the good news is it will be kept by God's people throughout eternity in the new earth. And I just want to finish on this text in Isaiah chapter 66, verses 22 to 23, so that's Isaiah 66, verse 22 to 23, can you imagine what a day of rejoicing that will be? SPEAKER B For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come and worship before me, says the Lord. SPEAKER D So there's good news, isn't it? God created it at beginning, before sin even came into this earth. He kept it through the Old Testament, jesus, all the Old Testament prophets, jesus kept it. The new disciples, the early disciples, the early Christians kept it. And it wasn't until about 300 years later that this beast power would rise up and change God's law to another day as an affront to God. SPEAKER C Yeah. SPEAKER B And based on what you read, that was the council of Laodicea 336 Ad. That they changed. SPEAKER D And we also know that before Jesus returns, that God's law will be restored. This breach, the Sabbath will be restored, and the message of the three angels message will go out to the world to call people back to true worship of God in keeping his commandments and having the faith of Jesus. SPEAKER C Amen. SPEAKER B Dear listener, thank you for being on this journey with us. We pray that God will continue to bless you until we meet with you again. Next time. God be with you. . SPEAKER D You've been listening to a production of three ABN Australia radio.