I will be discussing the kind of worship which the disciples, the apostles and the early ekklesia kept based on Bible's New Testament. Many have falled to their deceptions during the dark ages because the principalities hid truths, believers were persecuted and they changed the 'times' and 'laws'. Daniel 7:25, "{25} And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." And the dark ages didn't end up in 900 years, they just changed their narratives and continued it. A dark clouds covered the whole world and a light was found by the reformed Christians but not the light of Messiah but the light of this world. "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:" 2 Thessalonians 2:11. Religions were formed to give us false hope, where its teachings were mingled with the doctrines of this world. Although some Christian churches strived hard to preach what they know is the truth, it always fall short because of church practices and doctrines of men mixed into it. Doctrines of men are literally means doctrines created by men to put separation between believers and between churches. Deception was on play here because the doctrines of God, the doctrines of Messiah and His testimony are already written on the scriptures. If the true doctrines of Messiah is preach, there should be a unity among believers because believing in God is all about relationships! It's never an organizations nor denominations where the narratives and visions were designed to put limits and a boundaries imposed by the doctrines of men.
Matthew 5:17-20, "{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. {19} Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. {20} For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven." Did Messiah (Yahusha) destroyed the law, the commandments? No! Not any words of the scriptures said so. Messiah fulfilled the law! And looking at transliteration of "fulfil" in greek, it is "pléroó" which means "to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), verify (or coincide with a prediction), accomplish, (be) complete." So, what vocabulary that most Christians are using that says the laws had passed away coz the laws were fulfilled? They just streched out the bible interpretation, adding a leaven on it. The main purpose was to coincide their doctrines with interpertation of the laws that it is already "done" and "passed away". Thus, they singled out the Sabbath as the law that "passed away". Messiah declared Himself as the 'Lord of the Sabbath' then He completely abandoned what He said because the law is fulfilled, it really make no sense! Messiah fulfiled the law because He as God, then became a man like us, kept the law perfectly. Messiah was very clear in what He said, "till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law". Therefore, the laws are intact... the commandments are 10 not 9 or 8, or, they are just trying to squeeze it to coincide with their doctrines. They have a doctrines of Christ infused/mingled/mixed with the doctrines of men which are detestable to God (Elohim).
Messiah (Yahusha) was our creator! He was with the Father during creation. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last; Revelation 22:13. His first command at creation was "Let there be light" then "Light" or "Day" was the beginning and sunrise was the beginning of a "new day". And He instituted the Sabbath on the 7th day of creation, blessed it and sanctified it. He died at the cross and ascended into heaven on the Sabbath, at dawn prior to sunrise of the first day of the week to emphasized His authority over the Sabbath. He is the 'Lord of the Sabbath'. 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." 'In the end of the Sabbath', it was still a Sabbath but at the tail end of it. And the magic word here is "toward", meaning "approaching" or "moving toward" the first day of the week. 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 cometh', meaning "approaching or moving toward" or "paparating pa lang" into the first day. "It was yet dark", means at dawn and approaching towards sunrise of the first day... at the tail end of the Sabbath. Therefore, Messiah ascended into heaven at dawn, while still Sabbath but at the tail end of it. The bible is not hard to understand if you try to read it in context. And to declare Sunday, the Lord's day, as their worship because Messiah ascended on that day is completely a lie. They started keeping the 12 midnight clock as the start of a "new day" only in the 1st millennium (Dark Ages) in Europe and they kept it as a standard time. And the scriptures were even written far longer than the day they first instituted of the standard clock. This was part of their plan to declare Messiah's resurection on the first day of the week to deceived believers. And many have falled to their deception and their paradigm was accepted world wide by this present generation because we believe in their lies. And Paul prophesied that it's going to happen! 2 Thessalonians 2:11, "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:" There is a great deception at regilion that is happening now!
Matthew 11:28-30, "{28} Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. {29} Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. {30} For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light." If you read the scriptures in context, this sermon of Matthew chapter 11 progresses to chapter 12 and it was a Sabbath sermon. That is why Matthew chapter 12 verse 1 begins with the passage, "At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn". We see the progression here and that's the reason why Messiah (Yahusha) was discussing about 'rest' in chapter 11. That we may rest in Him, those who are heavy laden, that He may refresh our soul coz in Him, the burden is light. This is how we keep the Sabbath, we have to rest in Him from all our works and we will be refreshed and rejuvinated, and our burden or stress will be light through Him. The true 'rest' was given to each one of us that we may find joy and happeness in Him. Because He is the 'Lord of the Sabbath'! Mark 2:27-28, "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." Sabbath was especially made for men, not for Israel alone but to all! It was first instituted at creation, in a different place and Israel was not even a become a nation. As a man, we must kept the Sabbath and abide in His love and His authority over the Sabbath. Messiah never declared Sunday as His day or any other day!
Let's talk about Paul's teaching, he himself does't keep the Sabbath? That's a lie! If Messiah had abolished the Sabbath, we will find Paul and the Apostles after His ascension abandoning them. Acts 17:2, "And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures," What was the manner of Paul? He reason with disciples out of the scriptures every Sabbath. Acts 16:13, "And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither." It was the custom of Paul and the disciples to go out every Sabbath to pray and to preach. This was the pattern that the disciples and apostles were doing because they were bared in entering the temple at Jerusalem. This is no other temple of God on earth except the one in Jerusalem. The temple was desolated in 70 AD that's why our body becomes the temple of the holy spirit. Ekklesia were never a Church, it's a gathering of believers in a certain place or random places. The bible verses (NT) that refered to and translated to English as Churches are actually Ekklesias, a gathering of believers not a place of worship. Deception was on play in all of the churches! The pastors, the priests and believers knew nothing about it because the principalities added a leaven in all churches worship. That's why we have to get out of Babylon and established the true relationship with Messiah! And what worship did Paul and early Ekklesias kept? It's a Sabbath worship! Can't find any reference in the scripture that says Messiah, the disciples, the apostles and early ekklesia changed the worship to sunday!
John 14:15, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." A brief message from Messiah but a very powerful one! We can't claim that we love Messiah (Yahusha) but only keep 9 or 8 of His commandments. That is not keeping His laws. If it's alright to keep 9 or 8 commandments, then it's like saying, it's ok to kill someone coz I still kept the 9 commandments! Keeping His commandments isn't negotiable! We have to earn it all! Faith without works is dead! Paul nailed it! Because keeping all His laws requires works! I can't say I have faith in Christ and love Him but only keep 9 or 8 commandments. We have to be perfect in Him, we have to keep the 10 commandments! But not the 10 commandments of the Catholic, it's a fraud!
Revelation 14:7, "Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and "WORSHIP" him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." What "worship" should we keep in the final days ahead that goes back to creation? It is the Seventh day Sabbath worship! A day where God blessed it and sactified it! It's no brainer, it can't be Sunday or any other day!
And let's end this commentary with the Old Testament verse: Genesis 1:14, "And God 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:" God (Elohim) was talking about "lights" here. Let them (lights) be for signs, for season, for days and years. The light is a sign of a "new day". Therefore, sunrise is the start of a "new day", the biblical clock since creation! You just can't reason out anything to fit your own narratives! The bible is very clear as "day", as "light" and as "sun". We are the sons of light!
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