And it does the same for december 25 and easter and any other man made holy days..
If there is a church that observed His Sabbath on His calendar since January, they would have observed His Sabbath on lots of different gregorian days and not one ‘set’ day like the world says..
And it has only been ‘sunday’ for three weeks of gregorian 2014. You want to know why the church may have people demoralized or concerned about the ways of the world?
Because their entire work life and worship life is based on the counterfeit world and that counterfeit world’s counterfeit premises and only partially on His Word..
And we are told by scripture, who is the god of this world..
14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b]
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.[c]
Mathew 24:24
For there shall arise pseudo Christs, and pseudo prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Psuedo- counterfeit, imitation, phony, pretend, sham, lies...
Let me be a little more blunt..
The greco roman latin church has set itself up as the authority on all things of the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
In that process, they have counterfeited the Messiah of Israel with a greco roman latin savior with phony (sham, pseudo counterfeit) holy days that are not biblical, counterfeit sabbaths- that are not biblical, and have used the latest man made calendar, the pope gregory calendar, to drag all the world into their system of false premises and hide His true appointed times and set times for congregating- that even Israel misses...
That is quite a bang up job with one little timepiece.
The greco roman latin church has bluntly created a substitute messiah with a whole different set of observances to match sun god worship that scripture describes in bad terms, always... sometimes its called ‘weeping for Tammuz’ or having the priests at the sun rising facing towards the sun with their backs to His temple..
The substitute has all the words of the Messiah of Israel, without the genuineness of any of the worship..
A perfect counterfeit that seems to have come from a master counterfeiter.. just enough truth to get passed as genuine for anyone who hasn’t studied genuine..(which is why many jews reject the messiah to our amazement)
I struggled with this all until I saw even the greco roman latin name could be explained away as a substitute for a perfect English name, Joshua..- acts 7:45 and hebrews 4:8...
But that is for each believer to test and prove ALL things..I had no reason to doubt the church previously.. we all meet Him the same way
but Praise Yah, He doesn’t let us stay there if we study and ask, seek and knock..and I stopped letting others do my supposing for me...
Those early church fathers aren’t living in the times we are -we have incredible access to things they couldn’t only hope to have..
I have done that work with His Spirit as the witness to truth- we are to test all spirits and prove all things..
And it is not a flattering picture of the greco roman latin mother or her daughters, of which I was a part of...
We need His mercy and grace more than we can ever know in this life...and His Kingdom will restore all the things that satan has copied, counterfeited and hidden..and whatever three lumps we are apart of - 30 fold, 60 fold or 100 fold, will know all things.. but 1000 years is a longtime to live as rahab, the harlot..
She and her family were saved from destruction for hiding His messengers but she and her family was outside the camp as she was still a spiritual harlot..
that is a warning for all of us that believe.that is a picture of His Kingdom..
Those jews who accept and follow Torah but reject Messiah - are they less than those that accept the words of the Messiah (Torah in flesh that dwelt among us) but worship falsely other gods and goddesses, even in ignorance (like today being Thor’s day)?
Is our enemy ‘hands off’ in the church or is he pulling the strings in all parts of the world he rules?
We can’t possibly know it all, but those parables of the Kingdom are less a l mystery to me today like they were before.. I am seeing how we are being separated here, even further in the Kingdom to come - and we will all be presented to him after 1000 years as a spotless wise Bride.. we can read ahead and be prepared for what is coming without being ‘legalistic’- it is called obedience..
He obeyed His Father’s commandments, even in death, He rested on the Sabbath... If He is our example and leader and commander, what is it abut wanting to know all about Him, a bad thing?
The calendar is a piece that if seen, can unlock real Truths about Messiah’a His real birth day, His circumcision, His dedication in the temple, His baptism - and restoring what scripture tells us what occurred on passover, unleavened bread and first fruits..
And while observing it, it has revealed an absolute whitewashing of His New moons, Sabbaths and Feasts- all days the Messiah has fulfilled or will fulfill in His return- that would seem like homework that one would like to study.but each person has their own beliefs ad opinions..
We all have a journey to walk. And my walk has no more counterfeits in it..
And I can actually see how scripture is fulfilled when it says ‘Satan deceives the whole world’...
Each of us have to work out our salvation.. I am doing it with fear and trembling..because I know how deceived I was...
And I really worry about the church... I can’t emphasize that enough.. I think we have all been falling for the greatest lie, ever told..
A greco roman latinized copy of the greatest story ever told..
it isn’t one a believer can even fathom.. I didn’t until two years ago...
But we will all find out at some point. keep your lanterns and oil ready...
May He bless you all more than He has me!
HalleluYah