Let's decipher if the Sabbath begins at sundown/sunset, or midnight, or sunrise. Let's kickoff with the passage from the book of Mark in the New Testament, this will give us a hint.
Mark 15:42, "And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,"
Hint: "When the evening came, because it was the preparation before the Sabbath."
The question is: Do you have and evening preparation before the Sabbath if your Sabbath begins at sundown/sunset of Friday? No! The whole daytime on Friday is your preparation before the Sabbath, and you don't have an evening preparation, because your Sabbath begins at sundown/sunset.
Therefore, based on Mark 15:42: Sabbath that begins on the sundown/sunset of Friday is NOT the true Sabbath.
Is the Sabbath begins at sunrise or midnight? To give us Light to the true Sabbath, let's examine the Scripture.
The creation account:
YAH our Alahym first command at creation was, "Let there be Light". If "Light" was the beginning, therefore, "Light" is the beginning of a new day, the day begins with "Light". But one of the comments of the YouTube channel argued with me that "night" was the beginning because in Genesis chaper 1, verse 2 narration, it says that, "darkness was upon the face of the deep". If you examine the verse, there was no creation yet. The narration started with "the earth was without form, and viod"... nothingness, there was no "night" nor "day" yet! The actual creation started with "Light", it is the foundation of all things which our Heavenly Father had created in this world. And YAH created all things at daytime, "Light"!
Genesis 1:4-5, "{4} And Alahym saw the Light, that it was good: and Alahym divided the Light from the darkness. {5} And Alahym called the Light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
YAH our Alahym saw that the Light was good, again, the Light was good. He never mentioned that the darkness was good! And He called the Light day, and the darkness He called night. And the next statement is critical, many had gone wrong because of this one! "And the evening and morning were the first day". If you examing "evening" in Hebrew, it is called "ereb", meaning: night, evening, dusk, sunset, twilight; and "morning" in Hebrew is "boqer", meaning: sunrise, dawn, daybreak, or break of day, the beginning of day. YAH our Creator was simply narrating the first 24 hours of creation, where He created the Light and called it day (day time), then further narrated the beginning of darkness as dusk, sunset, twilight, night or evening, and the break of day, or sunrise, or the coming of Light, as the first day, the first 24 hours! 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, one day! Therefore, we can conclude that the beginning of the new day is at "sunrise", not midnight nor sunset.
Genesis 1:14-19, "{14} And Alahym said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: {15} And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. {16} And Alahym made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. {17} And Alahym set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, {18} And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and Alahym saw that it was good. {19} And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."
Let the "Lights" be for signs (eg: the sign of the coming of the Son of man, YAHUSHA's return - Light, because the day of great tribulation or the day of great wrath or the day of YAHUWAH is darkness.), and for seasons (the season starts with "Spring" - "the coming of Light", summer, autumn, winter), and for days (the sign of a new day - Light, sunrise), and years (the first day of the year, or the biblical New Year is on spring equinox or vernal equinox on March, the coming of Light). And YAH made two great lights; the greater light (sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (moon) to rule the night, and also made the stars. And YAH set them (the lights - He called sun, moon, and stars, "them", because these are angels) in the firmament of heaven to give light to the earth. From this passage, we see the lights - the sun, the moon, and the stars, were created for the earth, to give signs upon the earth. And, the "Light", to rule over they day and night, and to divide the Light from darkness: and YAH saw that it was good. And after YAH completed His work at daytime, He further narrated the "dusk" or "the coming of evening" (ereb) and morning (boqer), or the sunrise, or the coming of light, were the 4th day. The beginning or the start of "time keeping", the start of biblical calendar, and our "biblical New Year", or first of the year always falls on the 4th day or Wednesday. YAH is emphazing the importance of "Light", and even at night, there is "Light" from the moon and the stars (lesser lights)!
Jubilees 2:9, "And Alahym appointed the sun to be a great sign on the earth for days and for Sabbaths and for months and for feasts and for years and for sabbaths of years and for jubilees and for all seasons of the years."
The sun was appointed to be a great sign on the earth for days, and for Sabbaths (or weeks), and for months, and for feasts, and for years, and for Sabbath years (every seven years), and for Jubilees (every 49 years - 7 x 7), and for all seasons of the years. Everything started with "Light", it is the great sign on the earth, therefore, the beginning of a new day is at "sunrise", or the coming of "Light"! The first day of the year or the New Year is on "spring equinox", the coming of Light! The Sabbath must also begins at sunrise, it is based on the Scripture!
Now that we knew the importance of Light, we have to support our claim that the new day begins with sunrise. Let's examine the passage from the book of Matthew and the book of Luke in the New Testament.
Matthew 20:1-16, "{1} For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. {2} And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. {3} And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, {4} And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. {5} Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. {6} And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? {7} They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. {8} So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. {9} And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. {10} But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. {11} And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, {12} Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {13} But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? {14} Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. {15} Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? {16} So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen."
Let's examine Matthew 20:1-16 using our Modern Clock which begins at 12 midnight; the "Clock Since Creation" which begins at sunrise; and the Babylonian Clock which begins at sunset or sundown.
A.) Modern clock begins at Midnight; 12am is the 0th hour or 24th hour.
Working hours start at dawn and to the morning:
1. The 1st laborer was hired at 3rd hour or 3am modern clock
2. The 2nd laborer was hired at 6th hour or 6am modern clock
3. The 3rd laborer was hired at 9th hour or 9am modern clock
4. The 4th laborer was hired at 11th hour or 11am modern clock
B.) Clock since creation begins at Sunrise; 6am is the 0th hour or 24th hour
Working hours are all in day time: The normal working hours
1. The 1st laborer was hired at 3rd hour or 9am modern clock
2. The 2nd laborer was hired at 6th hour or 12pm modern clock
3. The 3rd laborer was hired at 9th hour or 3pm modern clock
4. The 4th laborer was hired at 11th hour or 5pm modern clock
B.) Babylonian clock begins at Sundown; 6pm is the 0th hour or 24th hour
Working hour are all in night time or dark hours:
1. The 1st laborer was hired at 3rd hour or 9pm modern clock
2. The 2nd laborer was hired at 6th hour or 12am modern clock
3. The 3rd laborer was hired at 9th hour or 3am modern clock
4. The 4th laborer was hired at 11th hour or 5am modern clock
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laborers complained because they worked for 9 hours, 6 hours, and 3 hours respectively, but the 4th laborer which was hired at 5pm or 11th hour and worked only for 1 hour received the same payment as theirs. And all the laborers worked up to 12th hours or 6pm in the evening. And the working hours during the time of our Savior YAHUSHA and the apostles is the same as our modern day working hours which begins at 9am in the morning and ends at 6pm at the evening.
Remember, they were working in the vineyard, and farmers don't work in dark hours or night time, and electricity is not available during their time! What is your take? The most logical answer is "sunrise"! The beginning of a new day is "sunrise". It is supported by the Scripture. If you insist the day begins in sunset or midnight, then support your claim with the Scripture.
Luke 23:44-46, “And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Yahusha had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
Using the biblical clock, "0th hour" or 00:00AM is at "sunrise", which is also equals to 6:00 AM in modern clock. Therefore, "6th hour" in biblical clock is equals to 12:00 PM modern clock, where darkness covered all over the earth or there was an eclipse. It lasted until the "9th hour" biblical clock or 03:00 PM modern clock, where the veil of the temple was rent in the middle and YAHUSHA gave up ghost or died at the cross. Most Christians and Catholic belief were true, YAHUSHA died at 3 o'clock in the afternoon which is exactly equals to "9th hour" in biblical clock. Therefore, the beginning of the new day is "sunrise", and it's biblical!
The account of YAHUSHA's ressurection: Proof that sunrise is the beginning of a new day!
Matthew 28:1, "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre."
"It began to dawn 'towards' the first day", the magic word is "towards", meaning: "papunta pa lang" or "approaching" to the first day of the week! It is still the Sabbath but at the tail end of it. Sunrise is the beginning of a new day!
John 20:1, "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."
"The first day of the week will come (cometh)", meaning: approaching or paparating pa lang, on the first day of the week, when it was yet dark, at dawn! Therefore, YAHUSHA's ressurection was still on the Sabbath day, at the tail end of it, at the dawn! That's why, the Son of man is called the "Lord or Master of the Sabbath"! "Sunrise" is the beginning of the new day!
Mark 2:27-28 KJV, "And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath."
The Sabbath was specially made for men not Yashar'al alone. Therefore, YAHUSHA must be at the center of our worship and our relationship with Him. For He holds the Supreme Authority over our Sabbath, or the Master or Lord of the Sabbath, He instituted it on the 7th day of creation. And among the commandments, Sabbath was considered to have passed away! But why? YAHUSHA declared Himself as the Master (Lord), or "Surpreme in Authority over our Sabbath", then He abolished it, it really make no sense! Sabbath is the day of "rest" created for men! And it was man who abolished His authority on the Sabbath and declared Him Lord over their Sunday worship, the Lord's Day, which YAHUSHA never instituted! Not even His disciples, apostles or early ekklesias have the authority to change the day of worship which YAHUSHA declared Himself as the King, Master (Lord), and Sole Authority over our Sabbath worship. He is on the top of our Sabbath worship because He is the Light of Creation, He created us male and female and rested on the 7th day of Creation, and He died at the cross to save us from sins, and His resurrection was at dawn, on the tail end of the Sabbath, prior to the first day of the week. Sunrise is the beginning of a new day, a biblical Clock Since Creation. This is rebuking Sunday as the day of YAHUSHA's resurrection where most churches celebrated it as Easter Sunday! A pagan holiday celebrating the goddess Ashtaroth, Astarte, Ishtar, ISIS, Esther (which became the statue of Mary). We must celebrate day of YAHUSHA's death and resurrection, starting at the feast of the "Passover" which coincides with the 1st day of the seven (7) days feast of the "Unleaven Bread", as a Sabbath day, the Feast Sabbath, a day of rest.
The importance of the seventh day, the Sabbath:
Genesis 2:2-3, "{2} And on the seventh day Alahym ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. {3} And Alahym blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Alahym created and made."
On the seventh day of creation, YAH rested from all His works and sanctified it. He set the day as a memorial that He rested from all His works and separated it, set it apart, from all the days of His creation, and He made it Holy. The Creator of all things, YAH, made the seventh day Sabbath a special day to all His creations. And we treated the Sabbath as nothing today! We have been deceived by the power of the evil ones! They are the ones who instituted Sunday as the day of worship!
Jubilees 2:1, "And the Angel of the Presence spake to Moses according to the word of YAHUWAH, saying: Write the complete history of the creation, how in six days YAHUWAH Alahym finished all His works and all that He created, and kept Sabbath on the seventh day and hallowed it for all ages, and appointed it as a sign for all His works."
The angel of YAH's presence narrated to Moses (Mashah in original text in Hebrew) the complete history of the creation (at Mt Sinai where the angel and Mashah wrote the book of Jubilees or the book of Yashar, or the Bible called it Jasher; and the book called Jasher is a fraud): How YAHUWAH our Alahym did all His work on the six days, and on the seventh day Sabbath, He rested and hallowed it for all ages, from the beginning (creation) up to the very end of ages (the end times, Sabbath never passed away), and appointed it as a "sign" or a "seal" for all His works. We must remember the Sabbath as a sign or a seal that we are YAH's creation, and that, we didn't evolved from cosmic dust (evolution)! The Sabbath was appointed to all at creation, not just Yashar'al alone! By the way, the book of Jubilees (the book of Yashar) was among the scrolls found in Qumran (ancient place called Bethabara) including the book of 1st Enoch (2nd, 3rd, and 4th Enoch are occult books), the book of 1st and 2nd Esdras (Esdras in Greek, Ezra in Hebrew), the book of Tobit, a complete set of the books in the Bible (old Testament), the writings and commentary of the Levite priests (the sons of Zadok) and John the Baptist, "excluding the book of Esther". When the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the wilderness of Qumran in 1947, the "voice of the one crying in the wilderness" was heard again, to pave the way for the second coming of YAHUSHA ha Mashiach (our Messiah). And the evil ones are playing deception at Qumran, they tried to connect the scrolls to the Essence, where the sect headquater (archeological evidences) were found in Ein Gedi (more than 30 kms south of Qumran) with countless of occults writings and occult signs! Don't believe in their lies! It was the sons of Zadok, the Levite priests, and John the Baptist, who kept the scrolls, and set it as time capsules to be ready in the last days.
Sabbath became our 4th commandment:
Exodus 20:8-11, "{8} Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. {9} Six days you shall labor and do all your work: {10} but the Seventh day is the Sabbath of YAHUWAH your Alahym. In it you shall do no work: you and your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. {11} For in six days, YAHUWAH made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore YAHUWAH blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it."
The only commandment that begins with the word "remember"! And why is it so? Because YAHUWAH knows that many will forget His Sabbath and will worship Him in a day instituted by His enemy, Sunday. This is exactly what is happening in the world today, most of us are blinded and totally forgot the worship which our Alahym instituted since creation, the Sabbath. And most of us worship the Father and the Son on Sunday, the Lord's day (or Baal's day), the day of YAHUSHA's resurection (based on the modern clock and modern calendar), and this is the main reason (deception made perfect) why they worship Him on Sunday. Sabbath day is very important to YAH our Creator, where He Himself kept it, He rested in the seventh day and sanctified it, and made it as a memorial to all His creation! Keeping the Sabbath is recognizing that we are YAH's creation! There is no separating the Sabbath from our Creator, YAH; who give us the "Breath of Life", UWAH (the cry of the newborn baby); His Name is YAHUWAH.
Jubilees 2:19-20, "{19} And He said unto us: "Behold, I will separate unto Myself a people from among all the peoples, and these will keep the Sabbath day, and I will sanctify them unto Myself as My people, and will bless them; as I have sanctified the Sabbath day and do sanctify it unto Myself, even so shall I bless them, and they will be My people and I shall be their Alahym. {20} And I have chosen the seed of Yacob from amongst all that I have seen, and have written him down as My firstborn son, and have sanctified him unto Myself for ever and ever; and I will teach them the Sabbath day, that they may keep Sabbath thereon from all work.""
And YAHUWAH separated a people from among all the peoples that will keep the Sabbath day, and He will sanctify them as YAH's people or Yahudym, and will bless them; as YAHUWAH sanctified the Sabbath day and the seed of Yacob from among all, and have written him down as His firstborn son, and have sanctified him (Yacob - the tribes of Yashar'al) unto Himself forever and ever! This is huge, because as tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (tribe of Yusap - the Philippines, Filipinos), the Sabbath is ordained to us by the Creator YAH Himself... and He will teach us the Sabbath, that all of us may keep Sabbath thereon and refrain from doing all the works on this special day! There is no separating the Sabbath to His people (both the tribes of Yashar'al and the gentiles, they that dwell among us!), because by keeping the Sabbath, we acknowledge that we are YAH's creation.
The Most High will give His Sabbath to His people.
Ezekiel 20:12, "Moreover also I gave them My Sabbath, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am YAHUWAH that sanctify them."
YAH will give His Sabbath to His people, the Yahudym, to be a "sign", or "mark", or "seal", or "ensign", or "banner", between He and us, that we may know that YAH had sanctified or hallowed us. And we acknowledge that we are YAH's creation. In the last days, the righteous with the seal of the living Aluah will be separated with the people who have the mark of the beast, and worship the beast on Sunday. This isn't just another prophecy that most wanted to neglect! It's talking about our relationship with our Creator, He who fashioned us, and created us male and female! And we recognized that we are His creation by worshipping the Father YAHUWAH and the Son YAHUSHA in a worship that goes all the way to creation! The first 7th day of creation! The Sabbath!
Not a single verse in the Scriptures that said, Sabbath had passed away, or Sunday replaced Sabbath as official day of worship when YAHUSHA died, or when the apostles were gone. It is really strange why most Christians believed that Sunday is the day of worship. I know it's not their fault, all are blinded and believed in the lies of emperor Constantine and the Holy Romam Empire, which became the Roman Catholic today!
Matthew 5:17-18 KJV, "{17} Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. {18} For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
Our Savior YAHUSHA came not to destroy the law, or the prophets, He came not to destroy but to fulfil (accomplish, complete, satisfy) the law. When will the law be fulfilled? In the final day of judgment, when evil will be finally destroyed and there will be peace all over the land. Until heaven and earth pass or end, not one jot or not one tittle shall pass or end from the law! Looking at this passage, YAHUSHA is very clear in His declaration that, not a single law will pass, or be destroyed, or abolished, or end, until His second coming, where, He will make the law complete! And today, the Sabbath was forgotten and replaced it with Sunday! Not by YAHUSHA, but by the power of the evil ones lead by emperor Constantine and the elites of Holy Roman Empire, the true enemy of YAHUSHA up to this day... the Pharisees and Sadducees. Their remnants migrated to Europe and became the elites (the globalists; political elites, economic elites, and religious elites)! They held great power in Europe and the west.
We cannot downplay any of the commandments and just choose what commandments to follow. It's like saying, "it is the least commandment, it's ok not to keep it"! But transgressing one commandment is transgressing to all:
James 2:10, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
And Mark chapter 15 and verse 42 is supported by Nehemiah chapter 13 and verses 18 to 19.
Nehemiah 13:18-19, "{18} Did not your fathers thus, and did not our Alahym bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Yashar'al by profaning the Sabbath. {19} And it came to pass, that when the gates of Yerushalam began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day."
By profaning the Sabbath, you bring more wrath upon Yashar'al. Did not your fathers do this, and did not YAHUWAH bring all this evil upon us? And it came to pass, that when the gates of Yerushalam began to be dark before the Sabbath or the night before the Sabbath, I (Nehemiah) commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day. If you Sabbath begins at sundown or sunset, you can't have a "dark before the Sabbath" or "night before the Sabbath".
Since the beginning of a new day is sunrise, Sabbath begins at sunrise. It is fully supported by the Scriptures. By the way, there are two kinds of Sabbath: The "Weekly Sabbath" or "7th day Sabbath", and the "Feasts Sabbath" (which falls on weekdays, and not the 7th day).
Here are the Seven Feasts of YAHUWAH (celebrated as Feast Sabbath; a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work).
1. Feast of the "Passover" - on the 14th day of the 1st month (around the last week of March or the 1st week of April), the same day when YAHUSHA had His the last supper with His disciples, then at dawn, He was arrested by the soldiers sent by the Pharisees with the help of Judas (Yahudas)! Passover falls on Tuesday.
2. Feast of the "Unleaven Bread" - right after the Passover, on the 15th day to 21st day (seven days) of the 1st month is the Feast of Unleaven Bread. The Feast of Unleaven Bread begins at Evening which will coincide with the Feast of the Passover, then it will end on the 21st day of the 1st month. The Feast of Unleaven Bread is a seven days celebration which start on the last week of March or 1st week of April to the 1st week or 2nd week of April. Celebration begins on tne sundown on Tuesday then end up on the sundown of Tuesday, the week after. The 1st day and the 7th day is celebrated as Sabbath.
3. Feast of the "First Fruit Offerings" - right after the Unleaven Bread, on the 22nd day of the 1st month is the first fruit offerings. It falls on Wednesday, 1st week or 2nd week of April.
4. Feast of the "Covenant Renewal", or the "Pentecost", or the "Feast of Weeks", or "Shabu'ah", or "Shavuot" - after the First Fruit Offering, count 50 days, it will be the Feast of Weeks, or Shabu'ah, or Pentecost, in the 15th day of the 3rd month. This celebration falls on the last week of May or on the first week of June, and it always falls to Sunday. The same day as our Saviour YAHUSHA's Birthday! Not December 25!
5. Feast of the "Trumpets" - on the 1st day of the 7th Month. It falls on the 2nd week or 3rd week of September, and it always falls to Wednesday.
6. Feast of the "Atonement" - on the 10th day of the 7th Month. It falls on the last week of September or the first week of October, and it always falls to Friday. The day of Atonement begins at sundown on the 9th day of the 7th Month (sundown of Thursday) and end up at sundown of 10th day of the 7th Month (sundown of Friday). Celebrated as Feast Sabbath, NOT the 7th day Sabbath.
7. Feast of the "Tabernacle" - on the 15th day and up to the 22nd day of the 7th Month, an eight days feast. It falls on the 2nd week or 3rd week of October, and the 1st day and the 8th day are celebrated as Feast Sabbath and it falls on Wednesday.
(The reference of the Seven Feasts of YAHUWAH is the Bible.)
