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1 Corinthians 16:2: “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you
lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.…”
Often we see this text printed on the little offering envelopes in the pews of popular
churches, and we have been told that this text sets the first day of the week as the time
for taking up the church collection for the carrying on of God’s work, paying the minister, etc.
Let us begin with the first verse and really catch the true intended meaning of this verse.
“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,
as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”
This speaks of a collection—but for whom—for what? Note it! Not for the preacher
—not for evangelism—but “the collection for the saints.” The poor saints at Jerusalem
were suffering from drought and famine. They needed, not money, but food.
Notice Paul had given similar instruction to other churches.
Now observe his instruction to the Romans:
“But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them
of Macedonia and Achaia [where the Corinthian church was located] to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit,
I will come by you into Spain” (Romans 15:25-28).
Ah! Did you catch it? It was not money, but fruit that was being sealed for shipment to
the poor saints at Jerusalem! (The Greek word can also refer to grain, wine, and other
produce which can be stored a long time without spoiling.)
Now turn back to 1?Corinthians 16. Paul is speaking concerning a collection for the saints.
Upon the first day of the week each one of them is instructed to do what? Look at it!
Does it say drop a coin in the collection plate at a church service? Not at all!
It says, “[L]et every one of you lay by him in STORE.” Note it! Lay by! Store up!
Store up by himself—at home! Not lay by at the church house—lay by him—at home.
Now why? “[T]hat there be no gatherings when I come.” Men gather fruit out of the orchard
—they gather vegetables out of the ground, to be stored up. But putting coins in a collection
plate at church, or handing in your tithe envelope could not be called a gathering,
but an offering or collection.
Notice further: “And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,
them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. And if it be meet that I go also,
they [more than one] shall go with me” (verses 3-4).
Apparently it was going to require several men to carry this collection, gathered and stored up,
to Jerusalem. If it were tithe or offering for the minister or the spread of the gospel,
Paul could have carried the money alone.
a workday—a day for gathering fruit and food out of the orchards and
the fields and gardens, and storing it up. It was to be the first labor of the week,
hence the first day of the week, as soon as the Sabbath was past!
lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him.…”
Often we see this text printed on the little offering envelopes in the pews of popular
churches, and we have been told that this text sets the first day of the week as the time
for taking up the church collection for the carrying on of God’s work, paying the minister, etc.
Let us begin with the first verse and really catch the true intended meaning of this verse.
“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store,
as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”
This speaks of a collection—but for whom—for what? Note it! Not for the preacher
—not for evangelism—but “the collection for the saints.” The poor saints at Jerusalem
were suffering from drought and famine. They needed, not money, but food.
Notice Paul had given similar instruction to other churches.
Now observe his instruction to the Romans:
“But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them
of Macedonia and Achaia [where the Corinthian church was located] to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit,
I will come by you into Spain” (Romans 15:25-28).
Ah! Did you catch it? It was not money, but fruit that was being sealed for shipment to
the poor saints at Jerusalem! (The Greek word can also refer to grain, wine, and other
produce which can be stored a long time without spoiling.)
Now turn back to 1?Corinthians 16. Paul is speaking concerning a collection for the saints.
Upon the first day of the week each one of them is instructed to do what? Look at it!
Does it say drop a coin in the collection plate at a church service? Not at all!
It says, “[L]et every one of you lay by him in STORE.” Note it! Lay by! Store up!
Store up by himself—at home! Not lay by at the church house—lay by him—at home.
Now why? “[T]hat there be no gatherings when I come.” Men gather fruit out of the orchard
—they gather vegetables out of the ground, to be stored up. But putting coins in a collection
plate at church, or handing in your tithe envelope could not be called a gathering,
but an offering or collection.
Notice further: “And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters,
them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. And if it be meet that I go also,
they [more than one] shall go with me” (verses 3-4).
Apparently it was going to require several men to carry this collection, gathered and stored up,
to Jerusalem. If it were tithe or offering for the minister or the spread of the gospel,
Paul could have carried the money alone.
a workday—a day for gathering fruit and food out of the orchards and
the fields and gardens, and storing it up. It was to be the first labor of the week,
hence the first day of the week, as soon as the Sabbath was past!
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Rather you want to except this or not it was Pope Gregory Xlll with the invention of the Gregorian calandar 1582 widely used world wide today which was spawned from the Julian Calendar which neither is Gods calandar.
Sadly we live in a secular world in a secular time to be on the correct time of hour,day,week,month,year has been lost to time which God already knows this for which we are forgiven for our lack of knowledge of the correct day. Today it's a matter of taking a day of rest which ever day of the week you can for some may work at Taco Bell on Saturday or Sunday may not be able to make it to church on those days. It's ok we're not held to the same standards of days of long long ago God understands.
Sadly we live in a secular world in a secular time to be on the correct time of hour,day,week,month,year has been lost to time which God already knows this for which we are forgiven for our lack of knowledge of the correct day. Today it's a matter of taking a day of rest which ever day of the week you can for some may work at Taco Bell on Saturday or Sunday may not be able to make it to church on those days. It's ok we're not held to the same standards of days of long long ago God understands.
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Welcome to CC
I do not think they changed the sabbath to sunday, They meet at church on Sunday.
Sabbath is a day of rest, I still rest on yesterday
I do not think they changed the sabbath to sunday, They meet at church on Sunday.
Sabbath is a day of rest, I still rest on yesterday
Hi EG-- Thanks for the welcome.
And now a bit of verifiable history: By the 3rd-4th centuries AD there were churches and groups all over the Empire, all calling themselves "Christian", yet varying so much in doctrine that they would actually take up arms against each other, even over the Sabbatarian question (many references in Gibbon's "The History... of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire"). This out-of-control discordance is what caused the Roman Emperor Constantine to order officials from all the different churches to a "Council" at Nicea in AD 325. They were ordered by the Emperor to compromise as necessary, reach and then publish an absolute agreement on "Christian beliefs and practices". From The CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1919 ed., article "The History of Christian Thought":
"...as to the outcome of the council, Constantine cared not. His goal was POLITICAL UNITY [emphasis mine] throughout the Empire..." He kept them all there for two years, until they reached a voluminous, compromised agreement. The delegates even voted on such questions as "Who is God", ultimately agreeing to teach that God's holy spirit/power/pneuma (Grk.)/ruarch (Heb.) was another personage... thus forming a "Trinity"... and many other such questions which completely contradicted the teachings of Christ.
Thus, the Roman Universal/Catholic religion was legislated into existence in AD 327. And today's "protestant" versions of Roman Catholicism still agree with about 95% of the Council's proclamations... just as prophesied in the Bible. jg
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Your knowledge of history has gaps. NEVER was the day of the week ever changed by anyone or any government. Such an impossible thing would derail / have derailed commerce and social schedules throughout the whole world. When the Gregorian calendar was adopted, the DATE was advanced by a specified number, but the day of the week progression was never changed. You might have gone to bed on Tuesday the 14th, and woke up on the 22nd, but the 22nd was still a Wednesday. You're welcome. You should have paid more attention in History 101. jg
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Glad to meet another biker, bikerchaz. I noticed the Swiss flag. I've been thru the Swiss-Italian Alps. Took my breath away. To my regret I did it in a rented Simca, not on my bike. My baby is a '91 Honda Nighthawk 750 - four cylinder, five speed, 72 honest Bhp. Can't stay w/modern supers, but will leave a Harley 1200 Sportster in the dust... which they deserve for selling nothing but a name )) We can get into whether God's holy spirit/power/ruach/pneuma is a "Person" at a later date. For now I'd like you to tell me about your ride - and why you love it. There is only so much we can handle at a given time. TTYS. jg
)) We can get into whether God's holy spirit/power/ruach/pneuma is a "Person" at a later date. For now I'd like you to tell me about your ride - and why you love it. There is only so much we can handle at a given time. TTYS. jgthe ten commandments were an intrinsic part of the covenant with Israel. They are the very basis of the covenant. They were not 'a spiritual law' . Your idea is a modern invention. The original covenant as given is Exodus 20.1-17. The remainder are additional covenants, explaining the detail behind the original covenant,
But the basic laws in the ten commandments, laws 6-9 were based on past laws which remain binding on us all. They were in existence LONG BEFORE the ten commands which came comparatively late. They were observed long before the ten commands. Do you really think that the world had no law before Moses? Read Genesis 26.5. Abraham had a host of God's commands, statute and laws.
But the basic laws in the ten commandments, laws 6-9 were based on past laws which remain binding on us all. They were in existence LONG BEFORE the ten commands which came comparatively late. They were observed long before the ten commands. Do you really think that the world had no law before Moses? Read Genesis 26.5. Abraham had a host of God's commands, statute and laws.
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"By calculating the eclipses, it can be proven that no time has been lost and the
creation days were seven, divided into 24 hours each."—Dr. Hinkley,
The Watchman, July 1926 [Hinkley was a well-known astronomer].
"The human race never lost the septenary [seven day] sequence of week days and
that the Sabbath of these latter times comes down to us from Adam, though the ages,
without a single lapse."—Dr. Totten, professor of astronomy at Yale University.
"Seven has been the ancient and honored number among the nations of the earth.
They have measured their time by weeks from the beginning. The origin of this was
the Sabbath of God, as Moses has given the reasons for it in his writings."
—Dr. Lyman Coleman.
"There has been no change in our calendar in past centuries that has affected in
any way the cycle of the week."—James Robertson, Director American Ephemeris,
Navy Department, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1932.
"It can be said with assurance that not a day has been lost since Creation, and all
the calendar changes notwithstanding, there has been no break in the weekly cycle."
—Dr. Frank Jeffries, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Research
Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England.
There is no question about which day the seventh day of the week is.
The weekly cycle the break between the shift from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar?
There was a well known break of 10 days.
In 1582, please notice that Thursday the 4th was followed by Friday the 15th.
The weekly cycle was not interrupted. Now take a look at 1752, Wednesday
the 2nd was followed by Thursday the 14th. Again, the calendar had to be
adjusted to correct it to the seasons but the weekly cycle remained unchanged.
creation days were seven, divided into 24 hours each."—Dr. Hinkley,
The Watchman, July 1926 [Hinkley was a well-known astronomer].
"The human race never lost the septenary [seven day] sequence of week days and
that the Sabbath of these latter times comes down to us from Adam, though the ages,
without a single lapse."—Dr. Totten, professor of astronomy at Yale University.
"Seven has been the ancient and honored number among the nations of the earth.
They have measured their time by weeks from the beginning. The origin of this was
the Sabbath of God, as Moses has given the reasons for it in his writings."
—Dr. Lyman Coleman.
"There has been no change in our calendar in past centuries that has affected in
any way the cycle of the week."—James Robertson, Director American Ephemeris,
Navy Department, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., March 12, 1932.
"It can be said with assurance that not a day has been lost since Creation, and all
the calendar changes notwithstanding, there has been no break in the weekly cycle."
—Dr. Frank Jeffries, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Research
Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England.
There is no question about which day the seventh day of the week is.
The weekly cycle the break between the shift from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar?
There was a well known break of 10 days.
In 1582, please notice that Thursday the 4th was followed by Friday the 15th.
The weekly cycle was not interrupted. Now take a look at 1752, Wednesday
the 2nd was followed by Thursday the 14th. Again, the calendar had to be
adjusted to correct it to the seasons but the weekly cycle remained unchanged.
In the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel is an amazing prophecy picturing for 2,500
years into the future, from the day it was written, the course of the Gentile kingdoms.
Starting with the ancient Chaldean Empire of Nebuchadnezzar, this prophecy foretells
the successive world rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander’s Greco-Macedonian kingdom
with its four divisions, and finally, of the mighty Roman Empire.
Out of the original Roman Empire, symbolized by 10 “horns” growing out of the head
of a “beast,” are pictured the 10 resurrections of the Roman Empire that have continued
since its fall to the present, and are scheduled to continue until the coming of Christ.
Among these 10 kingdoms which have ruled in the Western world since the fall of Rome
to the present, appeared another “little horn,” whose “look was more stout than his fellows.”
In other words, another government, actually smaller, yet dominating over all the others.
Students of prophecy recognize this “little horn” as a great religious hierarchy. And in the
25th verse of this prophecy, it is stated that this hierarchy shall “think to change times and laws.”
How Time Was Changed
This same power is mentioned again in the 17th chapter of Revelation, here pictured
as ruling over the kings and kingdoms of the Earth, persecuting the true saints.
In every possible manner, this power has changed time!
God begins the days at sunset, but “the little horn” has changed it so the world now
begins the day in the middle of the night by a man-made watch.
God begins the week with the ending of the true Sabbath, the seventh day of the week,
but the world begins the working week in the middle of the night, the second day of the week.
God begins the months with the new moons, but this “little horn” has induced the world
to begin the months according to a clumsy man-made calendar of heathen origin.
years into the future, from the day it was written, the course of the Gentile kingdoms.
Starting with the ancient Chaldean Empire of Nebuchadnezzar, this prophecy foretells
the successive world rule of the Persian Empire, Alexander’s Greco-Macedonian kingdom
with its four divisions, and finally, of the mighty Roman Empire.
Out of the original Roman Empire, symbolized by 10 “horns” growing out of the head
of a “beast,” are pictured the 10 resurrections of the Roman Empire that have continued
since its fall to the present, and are scheduled to continue until the coming of Christ.
Among these 10 kingdoms which have ruled in the Western world since the fall of Rome
to the present, appeared another “little horn,” whose “look was more stout than his fellows.”
In other words, another government, actually smaller, yet dominating over all the others.
Students of prophecy recognize this “little horn” as a great religious hierarchy. And in the
25th verse of this prophecy, it is stated that this hierarchy shall “think to change times and laws.”
How Time Was Changed
This same power is mentioned again in the 17th chapter of Revelation, here pictured
as ruling over the kings and kingdoms of the Earth, persecuting the true saints.
In every possible manner, this power has changed time!
God begins the days at sunset, but “the little horn” has changed it so the world now
begins the day in the middle of the night by a man-made watch.
God begins the week with the ending of the true Sabbath, the seventh day of the week,
but the world begins the working week in the middle of the night, the second day of the week.
God begins the months with the new moons, but this “little horn” has induced the world
to begin the months according to a clumsy man-made calendar of heathen origin.
In the ancient world, ‘sun worship’ was one of the most common forms
of pagan idolatry. Immediately after Israel left Egypt,
God warned His people against being “driven to worship ... the sun.”
Deuteronomy 4:19.
Yet Israel later yielded to temptation, compromised with the nations around
them, and dedicated their “horses ... to the sun.” 2 Kings 23:11.
During a time of revival, King Josiah purged much of Israel and
“burned the chariots of the sun with fire.” 2 Kings 23:11.
Before the Babylonian captivity, many Israelite leaders rejected their Creator,
yielded again to idolatry, and “worshipped the sun toward the east.” Ezekiel 8:16.
At the same time, God declared that they “hid their eyes from My Sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 22:26.
Thus ancient Israel shifted from Sabbath keeping to sun worship.
In 1 Corinthians 10:1-11, Paul warned the Church against repeating
the sins of ancient Israel.
Sun worship, “the day of the sun,” and “Sunday”
The Romans called the sun god “Mithra” and “Apollo,” and they especially worshiped
the sun on “the first day of the week,” also called “Dies Solis” (Latin), which means,
“day of the sun.” The name “Sunday” was adopted “because this day was anciently
dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. The first day of the week.”
Webster’s Dictionary; 1929 edition.
of pagan idolatry. Immediately after Israel left Egypt,
God warned His people against being “driven to worship ... the sun.”
Deuteronomy 4:19.
Yet Israel later yielded to temptation, compromised with the nations around
them, and dedicated their “horses ... to the sun.” 2 Kings 23:11.
During a time of revival, King Josiah purged much of Israel and
“burned the chariots of the sun with fire.” 2 Kings 23:11.
Before the Babylonian captivity, many Israelite leaders rejected their Creator,
yielded again to idolatry, and “worshipped the sun toward the east.” Ezekiel 8:16.
At the same time, God declared that they “hid their eyes from My Sabbaths.”
Ezekiel 22:26.
Thus ancient Israel shifted from Sabbath keeping to sun worship.
In 1 Corinthians 10:1-11, Paul warned the Church against repeating
the sins of ancient Israel.
Sun worship, “the day of the sun,” and “Sunday”
The Romans called the sun god “Mithra” and “Apollo,” and they especially worshiped
the sun on “the first day of the week,” also called “Dies Solis” (Latin), which means,
“day of the sun.” The name “Sunday” was adopted “because this day was anciently
dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. The first day of the week.”
Webster’s Dictionary; 1929 edition.
A predicted “falling away” within the Church the bible records.
Through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, Paul discerned that a tragic “falling away”
from Jesus Christ and Bible truth would eventually occur within Christianity and that
“the man of sin” would arise. 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
This “man of sin” is the same power as the “little horn” with “eyes like the eyes of a man”
(Daniel 7:8), and “the beast” (Revelation 13). Even in his own day, Paul saw errors creeping
into the Church, and declared: “the mystery of iniquity doth already work.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7.
Paul warned that after his death, from among “the elders of the church,” men would “arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” Acts 20:17, 30.
This apostasy would result in a departure from God’s Word and the original faith as taught
by Jesus Christ. See 1 Timothy 4:1. Other New Testament writers warned that deceptions
were entering the Church. See 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:18-19; Jude 1:3-4.
Through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, Paul discerned that a tragic “falling away”
from Jesus Christ and Bible truth would eventually occur within Christianity and that
“the man of sin” would arise. 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
This “man of sin” is the same power as the “little horn” with “eyes like the eyes of a man”
(Daniel 7:8), and “the beast” (Revelation 13). Even in his own day, Paul saw errors creeping
into the Church, and declared: “the mystery of iniquity doth already work.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7.
Paul warned that after his death, from among “the elders of the church,” men would “arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” Acts 20:17, 30.
This apostasy would result in a departure from God’s Word and the original faith as taught
by Jesus Christ. See 1 Timothy 4:1. Other New Testament writers warned that deceptions
were entering the Church. See 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:18-19; Jude 1:3-4.
The Catholic Encyclopedia reported:
“Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible,
and this tranference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.”
Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.
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On 7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine I and Christianity),
decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of rest:[5]
On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest,
and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture
may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day
is not so suitable for grain-sowing or vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment
for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost
“Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible,
and this tranference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.”
Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.
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On 7 March 321, Constantine I, Rome's first Christian Emperor (see Constantine I and Christianity),
decreed that Sunday would be observed as the Roman day of rest:[5]
On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest,
and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture
may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day
is not so suitable for grain-sowing or vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment
for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost
some wrightings about "the lost century in church history"
as Edward Gibbon wrote in
The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
"The scanty materials of ecclesiastical history seldom enable us to dispel
the cloud that hangs over the first age of the church .
Jesse Lyman Hurlbert in
The story of the christian church
the age just after the book of acts he calls "..the age of shadows.."
"of all the periods in the churches history, it is the one about which we know
the least about. For fifty years after St. Paul's life a curtain hangs over the church,
through which we strive vainly to look;
William McLaughlin in
The Course of Christian History
"But Christianity itself had been in the process of transformation as it progressed
and at the close of the period was in many respects quite different from the apostolic
Christianity."
Samuel G. Green in
A handbook of church History
"The thirty years which followed the close of the New Testement canon and the
destruction of Jerusalem, are in truth the most obscure in the history of the church.
When we emerge in the second century, we are to a great extent in a changed world."
William fitzgerald in
lectures on ecclesiastical History
"over this period of transition, which immediatly succeeds upon
the era properly called apostolic, great obscurity hangs."
Philip Schaff in
History of the Christian Church
"The remaining thirty years of the first century are involved in mysterious darkness,
illuminated only by the writings of John. This is a period of church history about which
we know least and would like to know most."
"Simon Magus unquestionably adulterated Christianity with pagon ideas and practices
and gave himself out for an emanation of God."
"This heresy in the second century spread over the whole church, east and west,
in the various schools of agnosticism."
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--Satan was doing everything he could to destroy the Work of God, and in
little more than two decades, God’s people were turning to another gospel.
-this was the time of the Roman Empire , and in around 117 AD, at its greatest extent.
streched from Britian clear to modern day Turkey, and it ruled with the rod of iron.
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you
into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years
I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
as Edward Gibbon wrote in
The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
"The scanty materials of ecclesiastical history seldom enable us to dispel
the cloud that hangs over the first age of the church .
Jesse Lyman Hurlbert in
The story of the christian church
the age just after the book of acts he calls "..the age of shadows.."
"of all the periods in the churches history, it is the one about which we know
the least about. For fifty years after St. Paul's life a curtain hangs over the church,
through which we strive vainly to look;
William McLaughlin in
The Course of Christian History
"But Christianity itself had been in the process of transformation as it progressed
and at the close of the period was in many respects quite different from the apostolic
Christianity."
Samuel G. Green in
A handbook of church History
"The thirty years which followed the close of the New Testement canon and the
destruction of Jerusalem, are in truth the most obscure in the history of the church.
When we emerge in the second century, we are to a great extent in a changed world."
William fitzgerald in
lectures on ecclesiastical History
"over this period of transition, which immediatly succeeds upon
the era properly called apostolic, great obscurity hangs."
Philip Schaff in
History of the Christian Church
"The remaining thirty years of the first century are involved in mysterious darkness,
illuminated only by the writings of John. This is a period of church history about which
we know least and would like to know most."
"Simon Magus unquestionably adulterated Christianity with pagon ideas and practices
and gave himself out for an emanation of God."
"This heresy in the second century spread over the whole church, east and west,
in the various schools of agnosticism."
--
--Satan was doing everything he could to destroy the Work of God, and in
little more than two decades, God’s people were turning to another gospel.
-this was the time of the Roman Empire , and in around 117 AD, at its greatest extent.
streched from Britian clear to modern day Turkey, and it ruled with the rod of iron.
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you
into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years
I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Jesus Christ list things in the Olivet prophecy, that must come to pass before his return.
the [first one] that is over looked is religious deception , back then even was in the world.
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
-you could say that Constantine, ruler of the roman empire, that waged war on christions,
took Christs name and made christ-ianity, as most of the world knows it now today.
Why did John not wright about the olivet promise as others did ?
Johns virsion of the Olivet prophecy, Revelation,chapter 6. first four seals
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,the Root of David,
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof” (Revelation 5:5).
- this happened just after Christ returned to heaven
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow;
and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The first and most deadly horseman is religious deception!
The word conquer means “to come off with the victory” that
the largest organized religious “cult”on Earth today waged
the bloodiest battles ever, in the name of God. This horseman
has wreaked havoc on mankind with religious wars throughout history.
1. This white horse rider comes before the other white horse rider in Rev. 19:11-13
2. This First Rider sats upon a white horse [religious]
3. This First Rider had a bow (no arrows)
4. This First Rider a crown, or power was given unto him (made a king)
5. This First Rider went forth conquering and to conquer
6. This First Rider is the Antichrist type
Behold A White Horse:
1. This Second Rider comes after the First White Horse Rider in Rev. 6:2
2. This Second Rider is called Faithful & True
3. This Second Rider in righteousness he doth judge and make war
4. This Second Rider eyes were as a flame of fire
5. This Second Rider had on his head many crowns
6. This Second Rider and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
7. This Second Rider was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood
8. This Second Rider Name is called the Word of God
9. This Second Rider armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean
10. This Second Rider out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations
11.This Second Rider shall rule them with a Rod of Iron
12.This Second Rider he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
13.This Second Rider hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS
14. This Second Rider is Jesus Christ.
the [first one] that is over looked is religious deception , back then even was in the world.
4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
-you could say that Constantine, ruler of the roman empire, that waged war on christions,
took Christs name and made christ-ianity, as most of the world knows it now today.
Why did John not wright about the olivet promise as others did ?
Johns virsion of the Olivet prophecy, Revelation,chapter 6. first four seals
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,the Root of David,
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof” (Revelation 5:5).
- this happened just after Christ returned to heaven
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow;
and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
The first and most deadly horseman is religious deception!
The word conquer means “to come off with the victory” that
the largest organized religious “cult”on Earth today waged
the bloodiest battles ever, in the name of God. This horseman
has wreaked havoc on mankind with religious wars throughout history.
1. This white horse rider comes before the other white horse rider in Rev. 19:11-13
2. This First Rider sats upon a white horse [religious]
3. This First Rider had a bow (no arrows)
4. This First Rider a crown, or power was given unto him (made a king)
5. This First Rider went forth conquering and to conquer
6. This First Rider is the Antichrist type
Behold A White Horse:
1. This Second Rider comes after the First White Horse Rider in Rev. 6:2
2. This Second Rider is called Faithful & True
3. This Second Rider in righteousness he doth judge and make war
4. This Second Rider eyes were as a flame of fire
5. This Second Rider had on his head many crowns
6. This Second Rider and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
7. This Second Rider was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood
8. This Second Rider Name is called the Word of God
9. This Second Rider armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean
10. This Second Rider out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations
11.This Second Rider shall rule them with a Rod of Iron
12.This Second Rider he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
13.This Second Rider hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS
14. This Second Rider is Jesus Christ.
Germany’s Quiet Sundays’
For Germans, whether religious or otherwise, Sunday is a sacred day of rest.
That’s what the Wall Street Journal said in its Life & Style section on March 23.
“Germany holds to much the same Monday-to-Friday workweek rhythm as the rest
of the world, but on Sundays it skips a beat,” wrote Frankfurt-based assistant news
editor Sarah Sloat in her article
From the WSJ Expat Blog: Germany’s Quiet Sundays - WSJ
She continues:
This uber-efficient country, which puts more restrictions on Sunday activities
than nearly all of its neighbors, nearly shuts down. …
Opening Sundays to shopping is fiercely resisted .… Efforts by retailers and businesses
to loosen the rules have also been unsuccessful. But a blanket prohibition was lifted in 2006,
when states were allowed to designate a certain number of Sundays as open for shopping.
In Hesse, where Frankfurt is located, four are permitted each year.
So normal labor and commerce are tightly restricted on Sundays. But what if residents
want to spend their Sunday doing yard work around their homes? Sloat answers this:
Laws regulating shopping hours and noise levels mean stores shut, lawnmowers fall silent,
and woe unto him who flips the switch on an electric tool. … Sonntagsruhe is one term
they use. It simply means “Sunday rest.”
Anyone considering undertaking outdoor chores or home improvements will be in
for a surprise. Regulations limit noise levels, forbidding the use of electric tools
like drills and leaf blowers, as well as hammering, sawing and loud music.
At recycling containers, it’s even prohibited to throw away glass jars and bottles
on Sunday because of the noise. Heavy trucks are banned from German roads on Sunday
… to relieve streets and cities of noise and traffic, and to give drivers a break.
The wsj article makes only a passing and vague mention of the influence of “churches”
on Germany’s reverence for Sundays. But there is one specific church which lies at
the very heart of why Germany “skips a beat” on Sundays: Roman Catholicism.
the Brussels-based European Sunday Alliance, a network of dozens of religious
and nonreligious organizations from 27 European nations whose purpose,
according to its website, is to “raise awareness of the unique value of synchronized
free time for our European societies.”
At the helm of these crusaders for Sunday rest is the Roman Catholic Church.
On March 3, the European Sunday Alliance met in Brussels with politicians from
all around the European Union for a “Call for Action” about banning Sunday work.
European Sunday Alliance - Time-conference to take place in Berlin
The press release for the meeting says:
Stop Sunday Work Now! … Europe is not only an economic but also a social and
cultural community. … The “economization” of Sundays and public holidays
deepens social divisions at the expense of workers and their families.
The common weekly day of rest is a clear and visible sign for the reconciliation
of personal, family and professional life. … We need a Europe-wide Sunday protection.
[T]he European Sunday Alliance draws attention to Sunday as the common weekly day
of rest which enables EU citizens to live their citizenship together.
Why does this Sunday alliance exist and work so arduously to influence Europe’s
labor laws? Why is the Catholic Church so adamant about instituting a Continent-wide
day of rest? And why must it be Sunday instead of another day of the week?
In large part, it is because it was the Catholic Church—in intentional violation
of biblical teachings—that appointed Sunday as a day of rest and worship.
For Germans, whether religious or otherwise, Sunday is a sacred day of rest.
That’s what the Wall Street Journal said in its Life & Style section on March 23.
“Germany holds to much the same Monday-to-Friday workweek rhythm as the rest
of the world, but on Sundays it skips a beat,” wrote Frankfurt-based assistant news
editor Sarah Sloat in her article
From the WSJ Expat Blog: Germany’s Quiet Sundays - WSJ
She continues:
This uber-efficient country, which puts more restrictions on Sunday activities
than nearly all of its neighbors, nearly shuts down. …
Opening Sundays to shopping is fiercely resisted .… Efforts by retailers and businesses
to loosen the rules have also been unsuccessful. But a blanket prohibition was lifted in 2006,
when states were allowed to designate a certain number of Sundays as open for shopping.
In Hesse, where Frankfurt is located, four are permitted each year.
So normal labor and commerce are tightly restricted on Sundays. But what if residents
want to spend their Sunday doing yard work around their homes? Sloat answers this:
Laws regulating shopping hours and noise levels mean stores shut, lawnmowers fall silent,
and woe unto him who flips the switch on an electric tool. … Sonntagsruhe is one term
they use. It simply means “Sunday rest.”
Anyone considering undertaking outdoor chores or home improvements will be in
for a surprise. Regulations limit noise levels, forbidding the use of electric tools
like drills and leaf blowers, as well as hammering, sawing and loud music.
At recycling containers, it’s even prohibited to throw away glass jars and bottles
on Sunday because of the noise. Heavy trucks are banned from German roads on Sunday
… to relieve streets and cities of noise and traffic, and to give drivers a break.
The wsj article makes only a passing and vague mention of the influence of “churches”
on Germany’s reverence for Sundays. But there is one specific church which lies at
the very heart of why Germany “skips a beat” on Sundays: Roman Catholicism.
the Brussels-based European Sunday Alliance, a network of dozens of religious
and nonreligious organizations from 27 European nations whose purpose,
according to its website, is to “raise awareness of the unique value of synchronized
free time for our European societies.”
At the helm of these crusaders for Sunday rest is the Roman Catholic Church.
On March 3, the European Sunday Alliance met in Brussels with politicians from
all around the European Union for a “Call for Action” about banning Sunday work.
European Sunday Alliance - Time-conference to take place in Berlin
The press release for the meeting says:
Stop Sunday Work Now! … Europe is not only an economic but also a social and
cultural community. … The “economization” of Sundays and public holidays
deepens social divisions at the expense of workers and their families.
The common weekly day of rest is a clear and visible sign for the reconciliation
of personal, family and professional life. … We need a Europe-wide Sunday protection.
[T]he European Sunday Alliance draws attention to Sunday as the common weekly day
of rest which enables EU citizens to live their citizenship together.
Why does this Sunday alliance exist and work so arduously to influence Europe’s
labor laws? Why is the Catholic Church so adamant about instituting a Continent-wide
day of rest? And why must it be Sunday instead of another day of the week?
In large part, it is because it was the Catholic Church—in intentional violation
of biblical teachings—that appointed Sunday as a day of rest and worship.
The Vatican is proud of the success it had in this colossal feat, and Sunday rest
has become a mark of the Catholic Church’s authority.
This truth is best explained by the Vatican’s own:
¦“Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only
on Catholic principles. … From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage
that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first"
(Catholic Press, August 1900).
¦“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. … And the act is a mark of
her ecclesiastical authority in religious things” (letter from the office of Cardinal Gibbons,
Nov. 11, 1895).
¦“The church is above the Bible; and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday
is proof positive of that fact. Deny the authority of the church and you have no adequate or reasonable
explanation or justification for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday in the Third—Protestant Fourth—
Commandment of God” (The Catholic Record, Sept. 1, 1923).
¦“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the church ever did, happened in
the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday.
‘The day of the Lord’ (dies Dominica) [or “Sunday”] was chosen, not from any direction noted in
the Scriptures,but from the church’s sense of its own power. … People who think that the Scriptures
should be the sole authority, should logically … keep Saturday holy”
(Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995).
The March meeting, and the European Sunday Alliance’s ongoing efforts are bringing the
Vatican-influenced EU closer to declaring Sunday as the official Continent-wide day of rest.
Any steps in that direction should alarm religious liberty watchers, those concerned about a
failure to separate church and state, and anyone familiar with Catholicism’s violent history.
has become a mark of the Catholic Church’s authority.
This truth is best explained by the Vatican’s own:
¦“Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only
on Catholic principles. … From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage
that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first"
(Catholic Press, August 1900).
¦“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. … And the act is a mark of
her ecclesiastical authority in religious things” (letter from the office of Cardinal Gibbons,
Nov. 11, 1895).
¦“The church is above the Bible; and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday
is proof positive of that fact. Deny the authority of the church and you have no adequate or reasonable
explanation or justification for the substitution of Sunday for Saturday in the Third—Protestant Fourth—
Commandment of God” (The Catholic Record, Sept. 1, 1923).
¦“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the church ever did, happened in
the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday.
‘The day of the Lord’ (dies Dominica) [or “Sunday”] was chosen, not from any direction noted in
the Scriptures,but from the church’s sense of its own power. … People who think that the Scriptures
should be the sole authority, should logically … keep Saturday holy”
(Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995).
The March meeting, and the European Sunday Alliance’s ongoing efforts are bringing the
Vatican-influenced EU closer to declaring Sunday as the official Continent-wide day of rest.
Any steps in that direction should alarm religious liberty watchers, those concerned about a
failure to separate church and state, and anyone familiar with Catholicism’s violent history.
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