[Christ Ahnsahnghong] Sabbath

 Christ Ahnsahnghong announced us the Sabbath that Jesus kept 2000 years ago.

The Sabbath is surely the teachings of the early church, But nowadays many churches doesn't keep the sabbath. The worship day is surely the Sabbath. Only World Mission society church of God keep the Sabbath. Let's find out the Origin, sincere meaning and  blessing of the Sabbath.

God’s children value the laws of God. Let us introduce the truths of the new covenant of the early Church, which were restored by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong.

The Church of God, that has received the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong, keeps the Sabbath on Saturday, according to the Bible. The seventh-day Sabbath is the day on which God rested from creating the heavens and the earth. Most Christians are mistaken as to what day the seventh-day Sabbath is, believing it to be Sunday, even though the Bible testifies that the Sabbath is Saturday. And they do not keep the Sabbath day, being bound to their customs, even though they realize that the Sabbath is actually Saturday. 

The Bible warns us not to add or subtract even the smallest letter from the Bible. 

  Rev. 22:18-19 『I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this 

  book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues 

  described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of 

  prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the 

  holy city, which are described in this book.』

The Day to Commemorate God the Creator

The Sabbath day is "a memorial day honoring the Creator, who made the heavens and the earth," and is also "a day of rest." God created the heavens and the earth in six days and then rested on the seventh day from all of His work, even blessing this day. 

  Gen. 2:1-3 『Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast 

  array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so 

  on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh 

  day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating 

  that he had done.』 

In the time of Moses, God commanded His people, in the fourth commandment of the Ten Commandments, to "remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy." God explained the purpose for keeping the Sabbath by saying, "In six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy" (Ex. 20:11). The seventh day was the day that God, the Creator, had blessed and it was the day that God's people were given to commemorate God's authority. God's people, who worshiped the Creator, kept the Sabbath day as their holy day. God gave His people the Sabbath as the sign by which God would recognize them as His people (Ezek. 20:11-17; Isa. 56:1-7). 

The Sabbath day is to be a day of worshiping and of offering sacrifices to God, rather than simply a day of rest. God blessed those who kept the Sabbath day and brought great punishment and disaster upon those who did not keep the Sabbath day. 

  Jer. 17:24-27 『"But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD...keep 

  the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,...this city will be inhabited 

  forever.... But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not 

  carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath 

  day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will 

  consume her fortresses."』 

The Sabbath Day Is Saturday

Today, we refer to the days of the week as 'Sundaay, Monday, Tuesday,' and no longer 'the first day, the second day, the third day.' Our present-day system was developed in Rome where people decided to call the first day of the week 'Sunday,' the second day 'Monday,' the third day 'Tuesday,' and the seventh day 'Saturday.' 

  1) A calendar week has seven days; Sunday is the first day and Saturday is 

      the seventh day. 

  2) Think about the word. "Weekend." Which day does the 'end' of the 'week' 

      indicate? 

  3) Even in the dictionary, Sunday is defined as 'the first day of the week,' and 

      Saturday as 'the seventh day of the week.'

  4) The Bible also testifies that the seventh day, the Sabbath day, is 

      Saturday. 

  Mark 16:9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week...

Jesus resurrected on the first day of the week. No one argues that Jesus resurrected on Sunday-the 'first day of the week'-which is why all Christians now celebrate Resurrection Day on Sunday. In the Good News Bible, this verse is written, 'After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday...' 

Since the first day of the week is Sunday, what day is the seventh day? Through the Bible, we can confirm that the Sabbath day is Saturday. 

Jesus and His Apostles Kept the Sabbath

The Old Testament is a shadow and a copy of the New Testament. Thus, the law of the Old Testament was a shadow of the good things that were to come in the New Testament times (Heb. 10:1). The Sabbath day in the Old Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jehovah" (Ex. 31:13; Ezek. 20:12), while the Sabbath day in the New Testament was called "the Sabbath of Jesus" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5). 

The Sabbath day, according to the Old Testament law, was only a copy; the Sabbath day of the new covenant, kept in Christ, is the reality. In the New Testament times, the apostles kept the Sabbath day by worshiping God in spirit and in truth, following Jesus Christ's example. Jesus kept the Sabbath as His custom. 

  Luke 4:16 『He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the 

  Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom....』 

In the New Testament times, the Sabbath day is referred to as "Jesus' [the Lord's] day" because the true Lord of the Sabbath is Jesus Christ. "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath" (Matt. 12:8; Luke 6:5). The apostles kept the Sabbath day as the "Lord's [Jesus'] day." 

  Rev. 1:10 『On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit...』 

As the times of the Old Testament passed away and the New Testament times began, the way in which God's people were to keep the Sabbath day was changed; however, the day the Sabbath was to be commemorated was never changed. (In the Old Testament times, God's people offered burnt offerings and could not even kindle a fire in their houses, while in New Testament times, people worshipped God in spirit and in truth.) The day itself could not be changed because it was on the seventh day that God had rested from all of His creating work. The apostles kept the Sabbath day as their custom, reasoning from the Scriptures as follows: 

  Acts 17:2 『As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three 

  Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures...』 

  Acts 20:6-7 『But we sailed from Philippi after the Feast of Unleavened 

  Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven 

  days. On the first day of the week we came together to break bread...』 

As it is written in the above verses, the apostles kept the Sabbath day. 

It is proven throughout the Scriptures that the Sabbath day?the seventh day, Saturday, Jesus' day?was kept until the apostolic age. So why do so many present-day Christians hold services on Sunday [the first day] and not on the Sabbath day? According to history, Sunday service originated from pagan sun-god worship. The Romans had been worshiping the sun god on the first day [Sunday], recognizing it as "the day of the sun," even before the birth of Jesus. 

The Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday

After the apostles died, Christianity spread to western regions, including Rome. The gospel was preached to sun-god worshipers, and in the early 4th century, even the Roman emperor had heard the message of Christ. The emperor happened to be a leader of the sun-god worshipers, and when he converted to Christianity, many sun-god worshipers began to attend Church. As time passed, the faith of the Christians weakened, and they began to accept the customs of the sun-god worshipers. During this turn-over, they even began to rest and to worship on the first day of the week [Sunday]. In A.D. 321, Constantine, a Roman emperor, decreed an edict: 

"All judges, city-people and craftsmen shall rest on the venerable day of the Sun." 

Some argue that the abolishment of the Sabbath compelled many people to convert to Christianity, but we must not forget that altering God's commandments was Satan's scheme. Satan, the devil, opposes God and has historically harassed God's people, using various methods. 

He tried to destroy the Church of God through severe persecution. But, taking a close look at history, the more that God's people were persecuted, the more that they depended on God. When Satan changed his methods of persecution, however, and praised the Church, he tempted the Christians to combine their faiths together. They were given back the properties that had been taken from them, ministers were exempted from military service, and the Church was even given the right to emancipate slaves. Through all of these outwardly positive changes to the Church, the Christians unwittingly fell into Satan's schemes and knelt down before him. They turned their backs away from God, like an ignorant bear who doesn't realize that his gallbladder is going to be stolen, only focusing on the sweet candy he is being tempted with. 

God clearly said that only he who does the will of God can enter the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 7:21-23). Which day should we worship God to please Him, Sunday which most people keep, or the Sabbath, Saturday, which God commanded His people to keep? It is unnecessary to reveal the answer, because the Sabbath day is clearly Saturday. 

The Church of God Established by God

The Church of God, established by God, does not follow man-made rules, only God's laws. They recognize that no one is able to give salvation except God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. Jesus already revealed that those who follow the laws of men cannot be saved. 

  Mark 7:6-9 『He [Jesus] replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about 

  you hypocrites; as it is written: "'These people honor me with their lips, but 

  their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but 

  rules taught by men.' You have let go of the commands of God and are 

  holding on to the traditions of men." And he said to them: "You have a fine 

  way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own 

  traditions!"』 

The Church of God was established on the foundation of the apostles who followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, and it has not changed since its inception. The true Church follows the laws which Jesus and the apostles observed. 

No matter how many members a church has, if the church has different doctrines than those of Jesus Christ, it could not have originated from Jesus. We keep the Sabbath day?the memorial day of the Creator?not observing the law of the Old Testament, but following the law of the new covenant which Jesus and the apostles obeyed.

The saints, who will be saved on the last day, the day of God's judgment, are those who follow in Jesus' footsteps. The Sabbath day, one of Christ's footmarks, is a very precious commandment of God. 

Christ Ahnsahnghong our God, our Shepherd

Our Heavenly Father Ahnsahnghong has come to this earth a second time to give us Salvation Eternal Life, He let us know the true in the Bible, show us what we should do to enter to Kingdom of Heaven.

In this world Satan has deceived many people let them to follow the customs and rules made it by men, Satan has been taking a way the Commandments of God and place the rules of men, so we can Satan with out knowing it and walk in the way to destruction. For that reason Second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong has to come and show us the way so we not follow the way to destruction but the way to Eternal Life so now let us understand the Commandments of God and the rules of man (Satan).

Isaiah 29.13: The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.

God didn’t show us to follow Him by our own way, by our own way we never can enter to Kingdom of Heaven; we can get Eternal Life and know God only if we follow what God said. For the reason only those who do the will of God meaning keeping His commandments can enter to Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 7.21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Even if we go to church everyday or we are such a good people if we not follow God commands we never can know God and get Eternal Life, if we don’t know God and just following rules made it by men we will follow the way to destruction. That’s why we should lease what God command us to do and follow God up to end.

Christ Ahnsahnghong God almighty show us the truth the way to Eternal life, then lets hurry and see the way and follow it. The commandments of God are:

Exo.20.1: And God spoke all these words:

Exo.20.8: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy”. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

God command us to keep Sabbath Day Holy, Sabbath day is the 7th day = Saturday, and also he command us to keep the feast of God.

Lev.23.1 The Appointed Festivals

1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

(The Sabbath, The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, Offering the First fruits,The Festival of Weeks, The Festival of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement, The Festival of Tabernacles).

The 7 feast of God show us the way to Eternal Life, if we keep it we never can now God then where we can go and keep the Law of God and be 100% sure we have Eternal Life and Enter to Kingdom of Heaven.

Isaiah 33.20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.

Zion the city of God festivals, only in Zion we can received Eternal Life we can see God and know true God. World Mission Society Church of God is the spiritual Mount Zion where we can know God and follow the way to Eternal Life the way to Kingdom of Heaven. World Mission Society Church of God is the dueling place of true God almighty. 

Keep Sabbath Holy and Christ Ahnsahnghong

God's people must follow the words of God absolutely. We cannot take away or add anything to the word of God in the Bible If we do what will happen to us?


Rev 22.18-19: I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.


If anyone adds to the Bible, God will add to him the plagues and if anyone takes away from the Bible, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. So, we must not add to God's words or take away from them.


One of the teachings and Command from God is to Keep Sabbath Holy, Sabbath means rest and is the 7th day of the week which is Saturday, God establish that day for or own Salvation He either set a this Day from the creation.


Gen 2.1-3: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.


God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, so the seventh-day is the holy worship day. God separated this day for us to know God and God now His Children's this day is so important that God put it in the 10 commandment.


Ex 20:8-10: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.


The Seventh-day is Sabbath the commandment of God, He commanded us to Remember this day by keeping it holy, if any ones takes away the Sabbath or adds something different, he cannot be saved, Sabbath Day - the Seventh Day of the week - Saturday, is so important because in this day we received the sing between God and us.


Ex 31:13: “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.


The Sabbath-Saturday is a sing between God and His people, therefore, God's people must keep the Sabbath Day as God command. Some People say that the Sabbath was abolish in the New Testament times, but this is not true Jesus Him self set an example of keeping the truth.


LK 4:16: 16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

The Sabbath is Jesus' custom, which means a ceremony that is conducted regularly.Then many said "we don't keep the Sabbath Day - Saturday, and we keep Sunday because Jesus abolish it by the Crucifixion, but this also is not truth because Apostle Paul follow the example of Jesus Christ and Keep also Sabbath Day as his custom.

Ac 17.2-3: As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. ( Ac 18.4 Every Sabbath).

Apostle Paul kept the Sabbath even after the Crucifixion. So, it is wrong that the Sabbath Day - Saturday was abolished after the Crucifixion, and the New Testament never says that we should keep Sunday instead of the Sabbath. The Bible commands us to keep the Sabbath until the end of the age.

Mt 24.20: Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.

Jesus and his disciples set an example of Keeping the Sabbath, therefore we have to follow the example and keep Sabbath Day, if we don't follow God's command and don't keep the will of God we can never enter Kingdom of Heaven.

Mt 7.21-23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

The purpose of our faith is to enter Kingdom of Heaven, according to the Bible, He who does the will of God can enter to kingdom of heaven and those who don't never will enter. God will is the Sabbath Day not Sunday as Satan made us believe all this time since 325 AD when Satan change Sabbath Day the commandments of God and place instead Sunday which is the Day of the pagan Sun god.Though all this time we been living in darkness keeping Satan law which is the law of death, God second coming Christ is so merciful that He came again to reveal the truth and show us the way of Salvation the Law of God which is the law of Eternal Life.

Heb 9.28: so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Christ Ahnsahnghong Second Coming Christ came to this earth again to reveal the truth, show us the way of Salvation, so now we can know what is the truth and false, the light and darkness. Then, let's truly believe in our savior in this age, second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong and keep the law of Eternal Life, only World Mission Society Church of God is the true Church where Law of God is kept, the place where true God Almighty duels.

Sabbath Day

In this post I would like to discuss the misunderstandings people have about the Sabbath Day. There is several arguments people make to excuse why they do not keep the Sabbath as God commanded, let us see what they are:

• The Sabbath Day was made at the creation of the world, meaning that it was created for all of humanity. God made it for everyone even before the law was given to Moses.
• The Fact that Sunday service cannot be based on the Bible, then it automatically it makes it a rule made by man, and is adding to the teachings of Bible.
• As seen in the Books on the Video, even the Catholic priests admit that Sunday service is not based in the Bible. So what is the excuse of Bible based Christians for not keeping the Sabbath day?
• When God says He is the first and the last, He is no talking about the days of the week. please do not add your own interpretation to the Bible.
• “One day out of the seven–that is the way we take our Sabbath rest.” Some people use this excuse to disobey God and not keep the Sabbath. But the Sabbath day is not YOUR Sabbath, God said is His Sabbath, and He designated the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. You cannot just pick any day of the week and make it a Sabbath.

Ezekiel 20:20 – Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.


If God does not care about what day we worship Him; then why would He bother to set a day aside at the creation of the world, and why would He bother to put it in the 10 commandments?
Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.


Because Jesus Resurrected on a Sunday it does not mean that the day of worship changed to Sunday. This excuse is like saying that since I was born on a Tuesday, every Tuesday is my birthday. Resurrection Day is one Sunday a year, The Seventh day Sabbath is every week. They are two different celebrations.
Service on Sunday cannot be proven to be approved by God through the Bible, however Christians have misused some bible verses to try to prove Sunday service is OK in the eyes of God.

Christ Ahnsahnghong established true Sabbath day

I am so excited as I am getting ready to go to my first Sabbath day service. I cannot wait until tomorrow for this great day on which I can receive blessings, rest and be made holy. Now that I know the true sabbath day according to the bible is saturday I will make every effort to go every saturday.

This day is so amazing because right after creation God rested, blessed, and made the 7th day holy.


Genesis
2:1-3 If you think about it, does God almighty who created the heavens and the earth need rest? No, does God need to be blessed? No, does God need to be made Holy? No. I know I need these things, God made this for us. Since the creation God has set aside a specific day for us to receive rest, blessing, and be made holy. This sounds very important.

Exodus
20:8-11 It is so important that is part of the 10 commandments. If you believe would you follow these 10 commandments. According to the 10 commandments the 7th day is a Sabbath to the Lord our God. Sabbath – a day of rest and worship. We know the the 7th day is the day of rest but how can we determine what is the 7th day.

Let us look at a calendar which we use in our daily life.  By looking at the calendar we know that Sunday is the first day of the week and saturday is the 7th day of the week. To confirm even more let us go to another source. The Dictionary.

Using the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Sunday: First day of the week Saturday: Seventh Day of the week. Dictionary is a very reliable source would you deny definitions? But all of these are man-made, I want to know what is the 7th day of the week according to God. As we we know many Christians celebrate easter which also known as Easter: a feast that commemorates Christ’s resurrection and is observed with variations of date due to different calendars on the first Sunday after the paschal full moon. As we know easter always falls on a sunday which represents resurrection of Christ. So let us see according to the bible what day did Jesus ressurect.

Mark
16:9 Jesus rose on first day of the week, which is sunday. NLT: ⁹ After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning. We can see through the bible that sunday is the first day of the week but lets confirm.

Mark 
16:1-2 When the Sabbath (saturday) was over, very early on the first day (sunday) of the week. We can see through the bible that Saturday is the 7th day of the week. That is why Church of God World Mission Society keep the Sabbath on the true worship day Saturday. It is so important for us to keep the day according to God not ourselves because we all sinners.

Sabbath day is a sign between us and God Exodus 31:13 this will be a sign for generations to come so we should keep the Sabbath for we can have a sign between us and God. I am so excited that I will be keeping my first Sabbath in Church of God.

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How, as the royal priesthood and chosen people of God do we work in the sanctuary? In following the example of Jesus Christ who came as the high priest in the order of Melchizedek 

Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek

let's understand how we should worship. 

In John 4:23-24 it reads, Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and truth. 

How do we worship? In Spirit and in truth! Where do we worship? At home? at the beach? In the temple! But how do we truly worship in spirit and truth?The priesthood should follow the high priest no longer in the order of Aaron but in the order of the high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. The high priest is Jesus Christ! Let's see what example Jesus gave us.

 In Luke 4:16, it reads, He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.

 Here, Jesus Christ's custom was to go to the synagogue (church) on the Sabbath day. 

In verses17-18 "The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed....

Jesus Christ went to the synagogue every Sabbath as was his custom and read the scroll (scriptures) from the prophet Isaiah found in the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, it was really hard to keep the Sabbath day and therefore was not perfect. However, when Jesus Christ fulfilled the law, his example is to worship in spirit and in truth every Sabbath at church while reading from the Bible. How much mercy does God have on us. Nowadays, not many people keep the Sabbath day because of wordly obligations. However, God allows us the opportunity to repent and worship correctly as the example Jesus Christ showed us 2000 years ago. Thank you God for your boundless mercy and grace

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How difficult it was to keep the regulations for Sabbath that were required in the Old Testament! Then in the New Testament how did Jesus Christ complete the law? Just like in the Old Testament, the priests were the only ones allowed to work and their work was done in the sanctuary. Who, then are the priests in the New Testament?

In 1 Peter 2:9, But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. God said we are chosen! God said we are a royal priesthood! God said we are a holy nation! How are we made holy? By keeping the Sabbath day, Saturday, the 7th day of the week! 

If we continue in verse 10, Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God, once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

God allowed us so much mercy in keeping the Sabbath day as Jesus Christ taught us in the New Testament. God said we are a royal priesthood. Just like the priests who worked in the sancturay in the Old Testament, we as the royal priesthood also have to work. How do we work?

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Previously, we learned that in the Old Testament, the Sabbath was kept by not doing work and by bringing two perfect year lambs without defect Sabbath after Sabbath. There was another offering that the Israelites were to bring Sabbath after Sabbath. 


In Leviticus, 24:5:7 it reads, Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two tenths of an ephah for each loaf. Set them in two rows, six in each row, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. Along each row put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and to be an offering made to the Lord by fire.This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant.


The twelve loaves of bread were to be presented before the Lord in two rows, six loaves in each row every Sabbath. Therefore, to review, on the Sabbath day: one could not work or else he was put to death, the offering of two perfect year lambs without defect and twelve loaves of bread, six loaves in each row. If we think about the offerings that were made, it does require some type of work. However, if we recall previously, God said no work was to be done on the Sabbath day. Let's see who was to present the offerings.


In verse 9, It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy part of their regular share of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.


Aaron was the high priest in the Levitical priesthood who presented the offerings to the Lord. Aaron's sons were part of the Levitical priesthood. The priesthood always worked in the sanctuary. In the Old Testament, only the priests worked. In the New Testament, who are the priests?

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What does God consider work on the Sabbath day?

In Numbers 15:32-36, it reads, While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp." So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.


On the Sabbath day, a man was gathering wood and as a result God told the Israelites to stone him to death. If we think about the situation, the man may have been gathering wood to cook for his family or to start a fire in order to keep warm. However, God deemed it as work and the result was death. How difficult and strict was it to keep from doing any work? But because God said, it was necessary to follow. Not only could you not work on the Sabbath but there was another regulation in keeping the Sabbath.


In Numbers 28: 9-10, it reads, On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and grain offering of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil. This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. 


They were to bring two perfect lambs every Sabbath. In mathematical terms, 2 lambs every Sabbath multiplied by 52 weeks or Sabbaths in a year is 104 perfect one year lambs a year. How difficult! Not only did the lambs have to be without blemish but they also needed to be one year old and brought every Sabbath. We understand to this point that they couldn't do any work or be put to death and also two perfect year old lambs were to be brought every Sabbath. There was another offering....

Old Testament and New Testament Sabbath 2

Since the priesthood changed from the order of Aaron to the order of Melchizedek, what else changed? 

In Hebrews 7:12, it reads, For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law.

 As we can see, something changed not abolished. When we can think about the word "order" as in the order of Melchizedek, what does it signify? Basically, the way or manner it which something was kept from the Old Testament to the New Testament. In order to understand the change, we need to understandhow it changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Then, in order to understand how Sabbath is kept in accordance with the example that Jesus Christ taught us, we need to understand how it was kept in the Old Testament.

In Exodus 31:12-13, it reads, Then the Lord said to Moses, Say to the Israelites, you must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between you and Me for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.

 At this time, Jehovah God gave the Israelites a command. God did not suggest or ask for them to observe His Sabbaths but He said you Must observe Sabbaths. Why? By keeping God's Sabbaths we get a sign between God and us. Recalling God's messsage in Genesis 2:1-3, God promised rest, blessings and holiness on the 7th Sabbath (Saturday). How amazing because we also realize that God also promised a sign between us and Him by observing the Sabbath. God acknowledges us on the Sabbath day! If we continue in verses 14-15, it reads,

Observe the Sabbath becuase it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death;whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from His people. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.

In verse 14,anyone who desecrates the Sabbath, is put to death.

In verse 15, whoever works on the Sabbath day is put to death. Hence, to desecrate the Sabbath is to work on the Sabbath. However, what is work? If I move a pencil from one end of the table to the other end, is that what God considers work? Although it does not require a lot of effort, we need to understand and accept God's viewpoint on what work is.

Old Testament and New Testament Sabbath 1

Jesus Christ, 2000 years ago, showed us Christians many examples as He said in John 13:15, I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. In one of my first blogs, we saw thru the Bible, that the Sabbath day not Sunday is the true day of worship. God's promises rest, blessings and holiness on the the 7th day (Saturday) as mentioned in Genesis 2:1-3. However in keeping the Sabbath day, many think that it was abolished by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. We have to get confirmation thru the Bible if Jesus abolished the Sabbath or did He do somthing else.


In the book of Matthew 5:17-18 it reads, Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 


Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them. The Law and the Prophets is found in the Old Testament. He didn't come to abolish the Old Testament but fulfill it. 


Therefore, the status of the Old Testament was unfulfilled, incomplete and imperfect. When Jesus Christ came, He came to fulfill, complete and make perfect the law in the New Testament. We need to understand what happened to the law of the Sabbath. 


In Hebrews 7:11, it reads, If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood( for on the base of it the law was given to the people) why was there still need for another priest to come-one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?


 In the beginning of this verse, we see a condition, IF. The Levitical priesthood found in the Old Testament was given through the order of Aaron , the high priest and the law was given to the people. 


However, if the Levitical priesthood was not perfect, then what happened? Another priest came not in the order of Aaron but in the order of Melchizedek. Then, who came as the the high priest in the order of Melchizedek?

Church of God World Mission Society Keeps the Biblical Sabbath & Passover

Church of God World Mission Society Follows the Biblical Sabbath and Passover.

2,500 years ago, the prophet Daniel foretold that the day of worship and the holy laws of God would be changed.

“He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time” (Daniel 7:25).

Then in 321 and 325 A.D. Roman Emperor Constantine made this change during the Counsel of Nicaea. At that time the Roman Organization that he was a part of insisted that he had authority to change God’s laws. How can a man, a mere creature of God, dare to change the perfect laws established by God the Almighty? No one except God, the Lawgiver, has the authority to change the divine laws. The Bible testifies that the one who tries to change God’s laws must be an anti-Christ. In church history, we can confirm that the laws of God were changed by the Roman Emperor and the church that he belonged to.

The Biblical Sabbath is Saturday. And Christ’s Passover is celebrated once a year, first month, 14th day, at twilight according to the sacred calendar (Exodus 12).

In these last days it is the Spirit: Christ AhnSahngHong and the Bride: Heavenly Mother Jerusalem that have told us about the changes that were made at the brink of the Dark Ages. They have come as prophesied to shine Their light upon all the world. It is only the Church of God World Mission Society that keeps these laws (among all the others as well). Please look into these matters deeply. Please continue to seek this site as a source of truth into all matters of the Bible.