Tag: Sabbath Day

  • Mile Posts to Heaven

    Mile Posts to Heaven

    Do you know where you are heading to?

    To find a right way to a direction, we often consult to the mile posts. When we follow the right mile posts, we can get to the place we started our journey for. It is the same with the way to heaven. How can we find the way to heaven? To get to heaven we have to consult to the spiritual mile posts?

    To lead us to heaven, God set up many mile posts throughout the bible. When we follow the mile posts in the bible, we can find the way to heaven. Today, there are many churches around the world with many different names. Then what is the true church that God established to lead us to heaven.

    To give us the right direction God gave us many mile posts in the bible. Let us find several of the mile post so that we may know what is the true church that we should go.

    First, the true church must have the feast of God, the Passover since Christ Jesus and his disciples including the members of the early churches kept it. (Matthew 26:26, Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 5:7)

    Second, the true churches kept the Sabbath Day, not the Sunday worship. (Luke 4:16, Acts 17:1)

    Third, the true churches had the veil regulations. (1 Corinthians 11:1~16)

    Fourth, the true churches had the truth of God the Mother. (Galatians 4:26, Genesis 1:26)

    Fifth, the true churches were called Zion, the city of God’s festivals. (Isaiah 33:20, Hebrews 12:22)

    Sixth, the Second Coming Christ would come with a new name, not with the name Jesus. (Revelation 2:17, 3:12)

    These are some of the mile post that we can find to lead us to heaven. There are many more in the bible, but these would be enough to lead us to the true church, World Mission Society Church of God, which Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Christ, established for our salvation. All the mile posts in the bible point to the Church of God or Zion as the true church that we should go to go to heaven.

  • Where are the Words of God Coming From?

    Where are the Words of God Coming From?

    What is the true commands of God?

    According to the bible, the most important characteristic of the saints of God in the last days is obeying the commands of God. For this reason, knowing the commands of God is critical for the salvation.

    Today there are so many churches teaching different doctrines. How can we know which is true and not true? Let us find answer for the question.

    Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

    Among many features of the 144000, the most important one is following the Lamb or the Christ wherever he is leading them to. This means that as sheep of God they listen to and obey the voice of God completely. In other words, they keep the commands of God with a complete obedience.

    Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.

    Here we can see again that the people of God follow the commands of God with adding to or subtracting from the words of God.

    Then how can we find out the true words or the commands of God among so many different teachings of the different people? The bible teaches us that we must go to Zion in the last days to learn the true words of God.

    Micah 4:1 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

    In this prophecy, God teaches us that we must go to Zion and Jerusalem for the law and the words of God in the last days, the time frame we are living in. Then why are the commands of God coming from Zion? What is Zion?

    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. 21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.

    In the Book of Psalm 132, God teaches that Zion is the dwelling of God chosen by God to be his dwelling forevermore. Since God is in Zion, we can be taught by God when we go to Zion. And in Zion, we can see Jerusalem, the source of the words of God in the last days.

    Then what is Zion? It is the place chosen by God to keep the festivals of God such as Sabbath, Passover, Feast of Weeks, and Tabernacles, etc.. When we go to Zion, we can meet God and receive the true teachings God grants to his people. Now, come to Zion and obey the commands of God by keeping the festivals of God. And then we can receive abundant blessings God allows through the festivals.

  • The Origin of the Names of the Days of the Week

    The Origin of the Names of the Days of the Week

    When is the First Day of the Week?

    Today, many people consider Monday as the first day of the week, and Sunday the last day. However, many times the first day of the week in the calendar is Sunday, and the last day Saturday. Because of this disagreement, people often get confused about the first day of the week. Is it Sunday or Monday?

    This is important in understanding the bible. According to the bible, the day of rest or the Sabbath is the 7th day of the week? Is the 7th day Saturday or Sunday? Or even another day?

    Ancient Diagram showingh the days and week

    The First Day of the Week in the Roman Calendar

    Since the calendar we use today originated from the Roman Calendar, more specifically the Gregorian Calendar, we can get the idea of when the first day of the week from the ancient Roman calendar. The Roman calendar was based on the Babylonian calendar, which divided the week into seven days and assigned each day with their own gods named after the planets around the earth.

    The Babylonians considered the Sun and the Moon the most important planets(?) and the first day was Sunday and the second day Monday. This practice was adopted by the Greeks and Romans, and later by Anglo-Saxon, which we use as the names for the days of the week today. The only difference was that each kingdoms changed the names of the week to suit the names of their own gods.

    If you look at the table below, you can easily know how the names of the week changed throughout the history.

     

    1st Day

    2nd Day

    3rd Day

    4th Day

    5th Day

    6th Day

    7th Day

    Babylonians

    Sun (4th planet from the earth)

    Moon (1st planet from the earth)

    5th planet from the earth

    2nd planet from the earth

    6th planet from the earth

    3rd planet from the earth

    7th planet from the earth

    Greeks

    Sun

    Moon

    Ares

    Hermes

    Zeus

    Aphrodite

    Kronos

    Romans

    Sun

    Moon

    Mars

    Mercury

    Jupiter

    Venus

    Saturn

    Anglo-Saxon

    Sun

    Moon

    Tiw (The god of war)

    Wodan (The god of wisdom)

    Thor (The god of thunder)

    Frigg (The goddess of beauty)

    Saturn

    Today

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Saturday

    Monday as the First Day of the Week

    Through the history of the change of the names, we can see that the first day of the week was always Sunday, not Monday, and the last and 7th day of the week was Saturday, not Sunday. Then when did the custom of considering Monday as the first day of the week start?

    As the time goes by, the world has become more and more smaller due to the technological development in the communication and transportation. Industrialization and globalization made it necessary to standardize the time and dates more strictly to synchronize the work schedule throughout the world.

    For this reason, the International Standardization Organization or ISO unified the concept of measuring the time and date. Today according to ISO, the days of the week is stated as “the weekday number, from 1 through 7, beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday”.

    The message in this statement is quite clear that the week is made up of 7 days and the first day is Monday and the last day Sunday. This kind of the concept of the week days was first regulated in ISO around 1988 and later it was more updated.

    Jewish Calendar

    Conclusion

    Through this we can understand the convention of the Sunday as the last and 7th day of the week started quite recently. Originally, Sunday was the first day of the week and Saturday the last and 7th day of the week. Therefore, it is quite natural to say that the first day in the bible is Sunday and the last and 7th day Saturday. The biblical Sabbath is Saturday, not Sunday.

  • Those who have “Understanding”

    Those who have “Understanding”

    The bible teaches us that we should have understanding for our salvation. Then why is it important to have understanding?

    Knowing the Savior Through Understanding

    The bible teaches that we can know our Savior when we have understanding, which means we cannot know who our Savior is without understanding.


    1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.


    According to this verse, we can know the reason why God gives us understanding. Through the understanding God gives us, we can know the Christ or the Savior and receive eternal life through him. This means that without the understanding we cannot know or recognize the Savior and receive salvation.


    How to Have Understanding


    Keep the Laws of God


    Therefore, it is of uttermost importance to have understanding for our salvation. Then how can we have the understanding and recognize the second coming Christ?


    Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.


    Wisdom Through the Laws of God


    To have good understanding the bible teaches us to follow the commands of God. When we keep the laws of God, we can have understanding and open our spiritual eyes and know the Christ who can save us.


    Psalm 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous.


    The writer of Psalm clearly states that the laws of God gives wisdom and opens our spiritual eyes that we can have understanding to know the Savior. Let us take the law of Sabbath for example.


    Law of Sabbath and Understanding


    Why did God give his people the law of Sabbath? All the laws of God has God’s promise in it which God gave for our blessings. Then what is the blessings that we can receive by keeping the Sabbath day.


    Exodus 31:12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 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.


    Blessings Promised on Sabbath


    God says that we can receive a lot of blessings through the Sabbath Day. On this day, we can take a rest and we can be made holy on this day. One of the blessings of keeping the Sabbath Day is that we can know God the Savior through the Sabbath Day.


    Those Who Keep the Laws of God and Those Who Don’t


    That is why Jesus Christ kept reminding us of the importance of keeping the laws of God by saying, “If you love me, keep my commands”. Apostle John also confirms this again.


    1 John 2:3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.


    Only those who keep the command of God can come to know God. All those who do not keep the laws of God cannot know. If they say they could, they are lying. This is the conclusion God gives through the bible.


    Laws of God and Traditions of Man


    Then let us think about the situations of the Christians today. They do not keep the laws of God such as Sabbath and the Passover. Instead, they are keeping pagan traditions such as Sunday worship, Christmas, and Easter. And they say that they know the Christ and the Christ in them and they are in Christ. Can this be true? Definitely, not. Because God teaches that we should keep the laws of God to have wisdom to know the Christ.


    Wisdom to Know the Second Coming Christ


    The Bible teaches us that the Christ will come again for the second time for our salvation. (Hebrews 9:28) At that time, only those who keep the commands of God will have wisdom and spiritual eyes to know and recognize the second coming Christ. And they will be ones who can receive salvation.


    The First Coming Christ and Those Who Rejected Him


    2000 years ago, even though there were many who claimed to have faith in God and know God. However, when their Savior came to them in the name of Jesus, they did not recognize him and rejected him. They could not receive salvation. It was because they did not keep the laws of God, but the traditions of man. Because of the lawlessness, they did not have wisdom or understanding to correctly know the Savior.


    Mark 7:6 He 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. 7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ 8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”


    The Result of Following Man’s Tradition


    And Prophet Isaiah said that those who keeps the command of man cannot have wisdom and understanding to know God.


    Isiah 29:11 For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.” 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. 14 Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.”


    Conclusion


    Again and again, God teaches us that we can have wisdom and understanding to know God only through the laws of God. The laws of God opens our spiritual eyes and gives us wisdom to know God. Therefore, it is not too much to say that our salvation depends on the laws of God.


    If we want to know the Spirit and the Bride in the last day who give the water of life and receive the living water from them, first we have to keep the laws of God such as baptism, Sabbath, Passover, etc. Then God will open our eyes and we will know and receive the Savior in the last days.

  • Following Christ’s Examples

    Following Christ’s Examples

    People’s Craze for the Things they Like

    BTS and Movie “Parasite”

    Today BTS has become a great fad around the world. The members of ARMY the BTS fan club try to follow what the idol group does. They try to resemble the idols they love, eating the same food, going to the same movie, imitating the same gestures such as fingerhearts and some dance moves, and most of all they try to resemble the personality or life attitudes of the idols.

    Also recently a movie called “Parasite” became a great sensation by being nominated as Oscar Award and receiving the awards in 4 major areas of the award. Along with the popularity, one food has become popular too—“Jjapaguri” which is a mixture of two different Korean noodles, Neoguri and Jjapaghetti. After it was known through the movie “Parasite”, many tried their own Jjapaguri and many restaurants—even in hotels—added the new menu to catch up with the craze.

    All these things shows that people have natural inclination to follow or imitate the things or people they like. They try the same clothes and looks as their idols. They do the same gestures and actions. And also they try to learn some life lessons from them by imitating their attitude and viewpoints toward the world around them.

    Jjapaguri used in the movie “Parasite”

    God as Our Example

    Then how much should the people of God try to follow and resemble God? According to the bible, the people of God are those who follow God and walk the path of life as God has laid out for them without missing anything.

    Jesus Christ’s Examples for Us to Follow

    2000 years ago Jesus Christ came and set examples for us to follow through his actions and teachings. Therefore, whatever written in the bible is a lesson that we have to learn and follow to be the people of God.

    John 13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

    All the things that Jesus did were given to us as examples that we should follow as Jesus did before us. That is why Apostle Paul emphasize again and again that we have to follow the examples of Jesus just as he did.

    1 Corinthians 11:1 1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

    1 Thessalonians 1:6  You became imitators of us and of the Lord

    Repeatedly he admonishes that we should follow the example of Christ or his examples since he is following Christ’s examples. By following his examples, actually we come to follow Christ’s examples.

    Christ’s Examples in the Bible

    Therefore, it is quite obvious that we should follow examples of Christ and they should be no other contention about this. Then what we should know is what is the examples of Christ that we should follow? Many churches practices different customs for different aspects of faith in God. Since Christ has shown one example to follow, one church must be practicing the examples of God and all other churches which practices different customs are practicing what is not the examples of Christ.

    Baptism

    For example, let us think about one act of faith that is “baptism”. There are so many different practices of baptism among the churches. Some says that we don’t have to be baptized, and others say that we should. And some says sprinkling water is enough, but others say that our whole body should be drenched with water. Also some says that we have to delay the baptism until we have faith in God, and others say we should get baptized immediately.

    Then what is the true example of Christ in the matter of baptism and how can we know what the custom of Christ and disciples of the early churches was? We can know the truth about baptism through the testimonies of the bible. We can see many descriptions in the bible about the baptism of Jesus and disciples baptizing the new believers of Christ. (Mt 3:13)

    If we look at the gospel work of Apostle Paul, we can see many occasions that the whole family members of the believers got baptized. Even a new born baby in the family received baptism even though they did not know about Christ. (Act 16:15, Act 16:33) A baptism was essential and immediate in their life of faith. Then what about us? Can we ignore baptism preferring over faith in God? What actually the bible teaches us is that we have to be baptized all the more because of our faith because we want to show our faith in God through our action.

    Synagogue or church in Capernaum in which Jesus attended and taught Jews. On what day did Jesus go to the church and teach the Jews? It was a Sabbath Day or Saturday, not Sunday.

    Sabbath Day

    Then what about the day of worship? Today, most of the Christian churches go to service on Sundays. Then are they following Christ’s example or following their own thoughts? According to the bible, the example Christ has shown us is the Sabbath worship by going to the church on Saturdays.

    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.

    Here we can see Jesus going to the church on the Sabbath Day, that is, Saturday, and teaching the words of God to the people in the synagogue. Following Jesus’ example, apostles and disciples too had worship services on the Sabbath Day.

    Acts 17:2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

    If we are believers of God and we truly love God, what should we do? Shouldn’t we follow the examples of God doing whatever Christ has done as examples to us.

    Christ's Examples that we should follow
    BTS Fan store: Those who like idols wants to follow everything related to the group they like.

    Conclusion

    Today, many churches practices custom which was never shown as examples by Christ or disciples such as Christmas or Sunday worship, and they call themselves as people of God who love God. What would God say to those who ignore his examples but follow different custom? Jesus clearly declares to them that they do not belong to him and he commands them to get away from him. (Mt 7:21)

    The bible teaches that the true people of God are those who follow Christ’s example without adding to or subtracting from the teachings of Christ in the bible.

    Revelation 14:4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

    Those who follow the Christ completely are the saints of God who God will give salvation in the last days. Therefore, we must not deceive ourselves with many excuses not to follow Christ’s examples. And we must not think that God will save us since we have faith in God. Rather listen carefully to the words of God and realize that the true faith always accompanies actions and the faith without deeds is dead. (Jas 2:17)

  • [WMSCOG] The Way to Know God, Keeping Festivals of God

    [WMSCOG] The Way to Know God, Keeping Festivals of God

    Hosea 6:3  Let us acknowledge the Lord, let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that waters the earth.

    Hosea says that we must have the knowledge of God and we must make every effort to have knowledge of God. When we know the time of God’s coming or his appearance, we can meet him and receive blessings from him, even the eternal life. Luckily, God comes at his appointed time just as the rise of the sun, or the coming of the spring and winter rain which comes at its appointed time. The bible teaches God is coming at his appointed time. Jesus’ coming was also a part of God’s appointed time, which was done according to the plan of God.

    Therefore, we must have knowledge of God’s appointed time so that we can meet God and receive salvation. Then what are God’s appointed time? God gave his appointed times according to days and seasons. Let us see when God’s appointed times are and have knowledge of God.

    First, there is a weekly appointed time of God we must keep every week, which is called Sabbath.

    Leviticus 23:1  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. “‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

    The appointed day of Sabbath is Saturday, not Sunday according to the present calendar. This is the day God gave us so that we can be blessed by God.

    Exodus 31:12   Then the Lord said to Moses, 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.

    Through the Sabbath, we can have knowledge on God and be made holy by receiving blessings from God. Without keeping the Sabbath, we cannot have knowledge of God or receive blessings from God. And also there are seven annual festivals of God grouped into 3 times, which are called seven feasts of three times.

    Leviticus 23:4   “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”

    The very first annual festival of God is the Passover; with the Passover the yearly festivals of God begins, which includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Firstfruits or the Day of Resurrection, the Feast of Weeks or the Day of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and finally the last festival of God the Feast of Tabernacles through which the yearly festivals of God end.

    Did you know that there is a festival of God kept by blowing the trumpets? Do you then that we must also keep this festival according to the new covenant?

    God gave us all these festivals through the Law of Moses and made complete through the Law of Christ. Even though we don’t have to keep these festivals by the sacrifice of animals according to the old covenant, but still we must keep these festivals according to the regulations of the new covenant which was established by the sacrifice of Father and Mother.

    By keeping the festivals of God we can receive the blessings of God promised through those festivals. Even though once the festivals of God was abolished by the work of devil during the dark age, and Satan changed all the festivals of God to the manmade festivals such as Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc… But according to the prophecies of the bible it was restored by the second coming Christ Ahnsahnghong. Through the grace of God Elohim, Our Father Ahnsahnghong and Our Mother New Jerusalem, the appointed times of God are allowed again to God’s people so that they can meet God and receive abundant blessings from God. Let us keep the festival of God at its appointed time at God’s appointed place Zion.

    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.

    21
    There the Lord will be our Mighty One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
    No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship will sail them.

    22
    For the Lord is our judge,
    the Lord is our lawgiver,
    the Lord is our king;
    it is he who will save us.

    Let us give praise to God Ahnsahnghong for restoring us the festivals of God and keeps the festivals of God with thankful mind!!

  • Sabbath, The Day Of Rest

    Sabbath the day of rest
    Cano, Alonso; The First Labours of Adam and Eve; Glasgow Museums; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-first-labours-of-adam-and-eve-83489

    Adam was cursed by God because of his disobedience to the words of God and he was destined to eat out of the cursed ground which produces thorns and thistles through painful toil all the days of his life. The story of Adam was given to us to teach us our life on this earth. Just as King Solomon said in the book of Ecclesiastes our life is spent chasing after the wind to try to gain meaningless things. About the life of man on this earth, a writer of Psalms said:

    Psalms 90:3  You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
    4 A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.
    5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
    6 In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.
    7 We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
    8 You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your presence.
    9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.
    10 Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;
    yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

    Just as he said, our life is consumed in the anger of God and fly away among troubles and pains because of the sins we committed. In this restless life, God gave us the Sabbath, the day of rest so that we can be comforted for the hope of rest we will receive in heaven. After this short life of pain and sorrow is over, God has prepared eternal rest in heaven and Paul said that we must “make every effort to enter the rest” that remains for God’s people. Only those who obey the commands of God can enter the rest. Therefore, the 4th Commandment, “Remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy,” is one of the most important commandments. God gave us the Sabbath as sign between God and us so that we can be recognized as God’s people who will enter the rest.

    Then what day is the Sabbath? God commanded us to keep the Sabbath day holy. Therefore, without knowing the Sabbath day, how can we keep it holy? Today, most Christians take rest on Sunday. It was a custom originated from the Catholic Church, but even the Catholic admit that the Sunday worship was not originated from the bible, the true commands of God.

    “But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.”
    James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Fathers, 88th ed., pp. 89.

    The true Sabbath day in the bible is not Sunday the first day of the week, but the Saturday the seventh day of the week because God created everything from the first day to the sixth day and took a rest on the seventh day. The same priest of the Roman Catholic confirms the legitimacy of Saturday as the day of rest in his letter.

    “Is Saturday the seventh day according to the Bible and the Ten Commandments? I answer yes. Is Sunday the first day of the week and did the Church change the seventh day -Saturday – for Sunday, the first day? I answer yes . Did Christ change the day’? I answer no!
    “Faithfully yours, J. Card. Gibbons”

    He says that the Church that is Catholic Church changed the day of rest. Then does the Catholic Church have authority to change the command of God? He admits that this regulation was not instituted by Christ, but by the Church. But the bible does not allow anyone or any church to change the words of God in the bible.

    Revelation 22:18   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.

    God clearly commanded to everyone who reads the bible not to add or subtract anything to or from the words of God. But when Catholic changed the worship day from Saturday to Sunday, they were adding and subtracting, disobeying the words of God. They added Sunday and they took away the Saturday. The bible says those who changed the words of God will be cursed forever.

    Gal 1:6   6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

    A part of the true gospel preached by the Christ and Paul was the Sabbath and he clearly says those who change (pervert) the gospel of Christ will be condemned forever. To those who obey the Sabbath day is the day of rest which was given to them for the sign of eternal rest in heaven, but to those who do not obey the Sabbath day was given as curse to judge them of their disobedience and destruction.

    When nobody is doing the will of God, God came down again in the name of Christ Ahnsahnghong and he restored all the truth of the new covenant including the Sabbath. In this life of pain and sorrow which swiftly passes away, God restored the Sabbath Day to give us rest and hope for salvation. According to the commands of God the members of World Mission Society the Church of God keeps the Sabbath day holy on Saturday. And we are inviting all the peoples of the world to receive the gospel of the new covenant of the Passover as the sign of salvation. Give glory to God the Father and Mother!

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