Many are surprised to know that over 500 denominations keep the true Sabbath today and the number is growing. Why are whole chains of Churches changing to the true Sabbath? The Bible tells us in Daniel that a persecuting power would change God's laws and this fact has gone unnoticed by the majority.

 So what is the real Sabbath truth? Could the majority have it wrong as they did in the days of Noah? Why did so many people die for keeping the Seventh day Sabbath? Many say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in honour of the resurrection and others say it was nailed to the cross. Others will tell you any day can be kept as the Sabbath just as long as you keep one. And still others say as long as you do everything to the glory of God the Sabbath commandment can be ignored. And yet still others call keeping this day of blessings legalism. Please read on if you would like to know the real Sabbath truth according to the source we can always trust – the Holy Word of God.

Here are some important facts:

1) There is abundant proof that the Bible Sabbath is on Saturday, while Sunday is “the first day of the week.”

2) The Bible Sabbath is not Jewish. It belongs to God.

3) Yeshua kept the Sabbath and taught much about the Sabbath, and clearly stated that He is “Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Luke 4:16; Matthew 12:8.

4) Yeshua never mentioned “the first day of the week” even one time He taught nothing about it!

5) The New Testament itself says nothing about Sunday being set aside in honor of the resurrection.

6) The Sabbath continues after the cross and was kept in the Book of Acts by both Jews and Gentiles. Luke 23:54-56; Matthew 24:20; Acts 13:42-44; 16:13.

7) There is no Biblical authorization for the change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.

8) Bible Prophecy and history both testify to the fact that the Roman Catholic Church changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.. Daniel 7:25.

9) God made the Sabbath to be a blessing to all people. It is His special sign that He is the Creator of heaven and earth. Isaiah 56:2,6-7; 66:22-23;

Ezekiel 20:12.

10) Rediscovering the Sabbath of Yeshua is part of Bible Prophecy in the end-times.

The Truth About The Sabbath
Yeshua kept the Sabbath

“As his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day.” Luke 4:16. Yeshua kept over 1000 Sabbaths. Christians should “walk, even as he walked.” 1 John 2:6. Yeshua is our “example.” 1 Peter 2:21.
The Sabbath Remains after the Cross

After Yeshua died, His followers “rested on the sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke 23:56. Thus the commandment was still there after the cross. Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD., forty years after Yeshua died. Looking down to that time, Yeshua said to His disciples, “pray ye that your flight be not in winter, neither on the sabbath day.” Matthew 24:20. Many years after the resurrection Luke wrote, “And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river.” Acts 16:13. The Sabbath will continue into eternity. In “the new earth ... from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” Isaiah 66:22-23.
Being “Saved by Grace” and the Sabbath

We are “saved by grace.” Ephesians 2:8. Saved from what? “Yeshua ... shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21. What is sin? “Sin is the transgression of the law.” l John 3:4. What law? Paul wrote, “I had not known sin, but by the law.” Then he quotes the Tenth Commandment, “Thou shalt not covet.” Romans 7:7. Yeshua “died for our sins” (1 Corinthians 15:3), one of which is Sabbath-breaking. “All have sinned” and are “guilty before God” for breaking “the law.” Romans 3:19,23. Therefore we cannot be justified or saved by our works of keeping the law. Romans 3:20. When we confess our sins, Yeshua grants us “the forgiveness of sins” by “his grace.” Ephesians 1:7. Then says, “if you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15.


After the cross, Christians “rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke 23:56.

SEVEN BIBLICAL FACTS


1) Sunday is simply called, “the first day of the week.”

2) Yeshua Himself never mentioned Sunday keeping even one time!

3) Not once is Sunday set aside as a Holy Day in honor of the resurrection.

4) In Matthew, Mark and Luke, Sunday always comes “after the Sabbath.”

5) The Holy Spirit comes to teach only what Yeshua taught. John 14:26; 16:13-14.
Because Yeshua never mentioned Sunday, the Holy Spirit will not teach it.

6) The apostles were to teach only what Yeshua “commanded.” Matthew 28:20.
Because Yeshua never mentioned Sunday, the apostles could not have taught it.

7) Sunday cannot be part of the New Covenant because it began after the blood was shed. Mat. 26:28. [b]After death, you cannot add to a covenant[/b].

Gal. 3:15.


“Saved by Grace” Gentiles kept the Sabbath in Antioch

The “facts” from “Acts” are shocking. In Antioch, Paul “went into the synagogue on the sabbath day.” Acts 13:14. Jews and Gentiles were there. Verses 16,26. After preaching about Yeshua, “the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.” Verse 42. Thus these Gentiles were Sabbath-keepers who received Christ. They wanted to hear more about Yeshua the next Sabbath. Paul did not tell them that Sunday was now the Lord's Day. But, “speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.” Verse 43. These Sabbath-keeping Gentiles were now “in the grace of God.”

Paul told them to “continue” in this grace. They did all week. Then “the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.” Verse 44. Paul preached only the word of God, not the traditions of men. The sabbath was still there, and the Gentiles in Antioch were keeping it.