They convinced the early church that Sunday was the day of resurrection and that God's special Sabbaths and Feast Days had been done away with....nailed to the cross, so to speak. The people ignored their heritage and instead began to follow this insidious organization based upon falsehoods. The new doctrine became so convincing that even great reformers 1200 years later could not see the obvious error and felt no need....to again honor God and his Holy convocations.... continuing on with grievous error. Today... any Christian who celebrates the Sabbath is automatically dismissed as a screwball. Any Christian who observes God's Feast Days as well is thought to be enslaved to legalism.
The reasons for this continued Apostasy are many.....but mainly have to do with human traits. Man always seeks ways to get.....while God's ways are always based upon giving. The Church has always been intent on power and control..... and keeping it.
In this thread we have seen how seven simple words (on the first day of the week) mistranslated.... have altered and changed the intent of God's plan for mankind. To say it is not the work of Satan would be the epitome of naivete'.