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Occasionally we all wish we could skip a day. Well now that wish is to come true for the people of Samoa. This week the tiny Pacific island nation is to bend time and will skip Friday altogether; Samoans will go to bed on Thursday night and wake up on Saturday morning. At the moment, Samoa is the last country in the world to see the sunset. Very soon it will become the first nation to welcome the new day. The move is not being done as a publicity stunt or to appeal to tourists wanting to be the first to see dawn. Rather, the time shift is being carried out because of economics. Currently Samoa is 10 hours behind London, five hours behind New York and, crucially, almost a day behind Australia and New Zealand. Given that most of the country's business is carried out with Australia and New Zealand, Samoa's government believes it makes good financial sense to be closer to them on the clock.
The fourth of the Ten Commandments requires that we keep holy the seventh day of the week--sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. It is sometimes called the test commandment, since God referred to it as such when He presented it to ancient Israel in Exodus16:4. Indeed, it remains a test of our commitment to obeying God. This is the commandment that those who are only "professing" Christians will almost always refuse to obey. Obeying this command often brings tests of faith, requiring sincere reliance on God. But it also supplies great blessings to those who keep it. It is a vital key to understanding God's word, because"a good understanding have all those who do His commandments" (Psalm 111:10) The Bible calls the Sabbath an identifying sign of God and His people (Exodus 31:16-17). It has enabled many Jews, descendants of the kingdom of Judah, to retain their identity. The "lost 10 tribes," on the other hand, neglected God's Sabbath, which proved to be a major factor in the loss of their true identity. To better understand this important commandment, be sure to download or request a copy of the booklet Sunset to sunset: Gods Sabbath Rest. Awareness of these threads running through the Bible will open the way to a better overall understanding of God's word. Because traditional churches have lost sight of so many of these, its no wonder they have fragmented into so many denominations, each holding a different view of what the bible says and all the while failing to understand much of its true message.
Originally posted by AQuestion
reply to post by Lee78
Dear Lee78,
Tradition says that the Jews are correct and the sabbath is Saturday. If you are a Christian, what does it matter? You are not bound by the law, you also don't have to circumcise your children. If you are a Christian, you are dead to the law and it is dead to you, worry about being of service if you are a Christian. Peace.
Originally posted by MysticPearl
The larger conspiracy, is why people like you still take the bible literally.
You're looking for conspiracies in the bible, when not just admitting the bible as a whole is one of the largest conspiracies ever perpetrated on humans?
Originally posted by Lee78
God's seventh-day Sabbath
Quoting from the piece i have infront of me here it is
Originally posted by MysticPearl
The larger conspiracy, is why people like you still take the bible literally.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by Lee78
God's seventh-day Sabbath
Quoting from the piece i have infront of me here it is
What 'piece' do you have in front of you? I'd like to know the title, author and publication place. Was it 7th Day Adventist? Those people go around saying everyone is going to hell if they don't go to church on Saturday instead of Sunday. They say that the Catholic Church is scheming to get everyone in hell by moving the sabbath to Sunday instead of Saturday. That's what the 7th Day Adventists around here say.
- Is what you are quoting from coming from the 7th Day Adventists?
Originally posted by MysticPearl
The larger conspiracy, is why people like you still take the bible literally.
There ya' go!
There was no 7 day creation.
There was no Adam and Eve.
There was no 'resting on the 7th day'.
Therefore, there really is no 'God's 7th Day Sabbath.
edit on 12/29/2011 by FlyersFan because: to add mysticpearl quote
Originally posted by Lee78
I quoted the above from a small publication from the United Church of God, an international Association.
What is so wrong with that?
And what is so wrong with believing in God.
The earth wasn't created in 7 days. There was no Adam and Eve.