GOD'S SABBATH AND THE REAL TRUTH OF COL 2:14-17 WHO DO WE BELIEVE GOD or MAN?
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How is YAHWEH the god of the Jews, a national god, the same as Buddah and Allah are national gods, the creator of the universe? The creation account does not mention Yahovah.
RED: they are the ones who imposed the Sabbath along with the rest of the rituals, and you want me to follow them. Come on!
RED: they are the ones who imposed the Sabbath along with the rest of the rituals, and you want me to follow them. Come on!
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17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:17-19
The verse - Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
The law here is a reference to to the Torah, the first five books of the bible.
Likewise the prophets that foretold of the coming Messiah.
The law of Moses which was always temporary, and was only in effect until the Seed should come, has been nailed to the cross.
Today, we do not keep the Sabbath according to the law of Moses, whereby people are put to death if they violate.
[FONT="]You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for [/FONT][FONT="]it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Exodus 31:14
Once we agree on this point, then there is room for discussion.
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Matthew 5:17-19
The verse - Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
The law here is a reference to to the Torah, the first five books of the bible.
Likewise the prophets that foretold of the coming Messiah.
The law of Moses which was always temporary, and was only in effect until the Seed should come, has been nailed to the cross.
Today, we do not keep the Sabbath according to the law of Moses, whereby people are put to death if they violate.
[FONT="]You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for [/FONT][FONT="]it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Exodus 31:14
Once we agree on this point, then there is room for discussion.
justpassinthrough
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Mk 16:9
9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
KJV
Ac 20:7
7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
KJV
LORD'S DAY
LORD'S DAY
(he kuriake hemera ): Formerly it was supposed that the adjective kuriakos (translated "the Lord's") was a purely Christian word, but recent discoveries have proved that it was in fairly common use in the Roman Empire before Christian influence had been felt.
1. Linguistic: In secular use it signified "imperial," "belonging to the lord" - the emperor-and so its adoption by Christianity in the sense "belonging to the Lord" - to Christ-was perfectly easy. Indeed, there is reason to suppose that in the days of Domitian, when the issue had been sharply defined as "Who is Lord? Caesar or Christ?" the use of the adjective by the church was a part of the protest against Caesar-worship (see LORD ). And it is even possible that the full phrase, "the Lord's day," was coined as a contrast to the phrase, "the Augustean day" he sebaste hemera ), a term that seems to have been used in some parts of the Empire to denote days especially dedicated in honor of Caesar-worship.
2. Post-Apostolic: "Lord's day" in the New Testament occurs only in Rv 1:10, but in the post-apostolic literature we have the following references: Ignatius, Ad Mag., ix .1, "No longer keeping the Sabbath but living according to the Lord's day, on which also our Light arose"; Ev. Pet., Per 35 , "The Lord's day began to dawn" (compare Mt 28:1); verse 50 , "early on the Lord's day" (compare Lk 24:1); Barn 15 :9, "We keep the eighth day with gladness," on which Jesus arose from the dead." I.e. Sunday, as the day of Christ's resurrection, was kept as a Christian feast and called "the Lord's day," a title fixed so definitely as to be introduced by the author of Ev. Pet. into phrases from the canonical Gospels. Its appropriateness in Rv 1:10 is obvious, as John received his vision of the exalted Lord when all Christians had their minds directed toward His entrance into glory through the resurrection.
3. In the New Testament: This "first day of the week" appears again in Ac 20:7 as the day on which the worship of the "breaking of bread" took place, and the impression given by the context is that Paul and his companions prolonged their visit to Troas so as to join in the service. Again, 1 Co 16:2 contains the command, "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store," where the force of the form of the imperative used (the present for repeated action) would be better represented in English by "lay by on the successive Sundays." Worship is here not explicitly mentioned (the Greek of "by him" is the usual phrase for "at home"), but that the appropriateness of the day for Christian acts involves an appropriateness for Christian worship is not to be doubted. Indeed, since the seven-day week was unknown to Greek thought, some regular observance of a hebdomadal cycle must have been settled at Corinth before Paul could write his command. Finally, the phrase, "first day in the week" is found elsewhere in the New Testament only in Mt 28:1; Mk 16:2; Lk 24:1; Jn 20:1,19. The word in all passages for "first" is poor Greek (
mia
, "one," for
prote
, a Hebraism), and the coincidence of the form of the phrase in Ac 20:7 and 1 Co 16:2 with the form used by all four evangelists for the Resurrection Day 'is certainly not accidental; it was the fixed Christian base, just as "Lord's day" was to the writer of Ev. Pet.
4. Origin: The hebdomadal observance of Sunday points back of Corinth to Jewish-Christian soil, but it is impossible to say when the custom first began. Not, apparently, in the earliest days, for Ac 2:46 represents the special worship as daily. But this could not have continued very long, for waning of the first enthusiasm, necessity of pursuing ordinary avocations, and increasing numbers of converts must soon have made general daily gatherings impracticable. A choice of a special day must have become necessary, and this day would, of course, have been Sunday. Doubtless, however, certain individuals and communities continued the daily gatherings to a much later date, and the appearance of Sunday as the one distinctive day for worship was almost certainly gradual.
5. Sunday and the Sabbath: Sunday, however, was sharply distinguished from the Sabbath. One was the day on which worship was offered in a specifically Christian form, the other was a day of ritual rest to be observed by all who were subject? the Law of Moses through circumcision (Gal 5:3; compare Ac 21:20). Uncircumcised Gentiles, however, were free from any obligation of Sabbath observance, and it is quite certain that in apostolic times no renewal of any Sabbath rules or transfer of them to Sunday was made for gentile converts. No observance of a particular "day of rest" is contained among the "necessary things" of Ac 15:28-29, nor is any such precept found among all the varied moral directions given in the whole epistolary literature. Quite on the contrary, the observance of a given day as a matter of Divine obligation is denounced by Paul as a forsaking of Christ (Gal 4:10), and Sabbath-keeping is condemned explicitly in Col 2:16. As a matter of individual devotion, to be sure, a man might do as he pleased (Ro 14:5-6), but no general rule as necessary for salvation could be compatible with the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. Evidently, then, the fact that the Christian worship was held on Sunday did not sanctify Sunday any more than (say) a regular Wednesday service among us sanctifies Wednesday, noting especially that the apostolic service was held in the evening. For it was felt that Christian enthusiasm would raise every day to the highest religious plane, the decay of that enthusiasm through the long delay of the Parousia not being contemplated.
(from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
KJV
Ac 20:7
7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
KJV
LORD'S DAY
LORD'S DAY
(he kuriake hemera ): Formerly it was supposed that the adjective kuriakos (translated "the Lord's") was a purely Christian word, but recent discoveries have proved that it was in fairly common use in the Roman Empire before Christian influence had been felt.
1. Linguistic: In secular use it signified "imperial," "belonging to the lord" - the emperor-and so its adoption by Christianity in the sense "belonging to the Lord" - to Christ-was perfectly easy. Indeed, there is reason to suppose that in the days of Domitian, when the issue had been sharply defined as "Who is Lord? Caesar or Christ?" the use of the adjective by the church was a part of the protest against Caesar-worship (see LORD ). And it is even possible that the full phrase, "the Lord's day," was coined as a contrast to the phrase, "the Augustean day" he sebaste hemera ), a term that seems to have been used in some parts of the Empire to denote days especially dedicated in honor of Caesar-worship.
2. Post-Apostolic: "Lord's day" in the New Testament occurs only in Rv 1:10, but in the post-apostolic literature we have the following references: Ignatius, Ad Mag., ix .1, "No longer keeping the Sabbath but living according to the Lord's day, on which also our Light arose"; Ev. Pet., Per 35 , "The Lord's day began to dawn" (compare Mt 28:1); verse 50 , "early on the Lord's day" (compare Lk 24:1); Barn 15 :9, "We keep the eighth day with gladness," on which Jesus arose from the dead." I.e. Sunday, as the day of Christ's resurrection, was kept as a Christian feast and called "the Lord's day," a title fixed so definitely as to be introduced by the author of Ev. Pet. into phrases from the canonical Gospels. Its appropriateness in Rv 1:10 is obvious, as John received his vision of the exalted Lord when all Christians had their minds directed toward His entrance into glory through the resurrection.
3. In the New Testament: This "first day of the week" appears again in Ac 20:7 as the day on which the worship of the "breaking of bread" took place, and the impression given by the context is that Paul and his companions prolonged their visit to Troas so as to join in the service. Again, 1 Co 16:2 contains the command, "Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store," where the force of the form of the imperative used (the present for repeated action) would be better represented in English by "lay by on the successive Sundays." Worship is here not explicitly mentioned (the Greek of "by him" is the usual phrase for "at home"), but that the appropriateness of the day for Christian acts involves an appropriateness for Christian worship is not to be doubted. Indeed, since the seven-day week was unknown to Greek thought, some regular observance of a hebdomadal cycle must have been settled at Corinth before Paul could write his command. Finally, the phrase, "first day in the week" is found elsewhere in the New Testament only in Mt 28:1; Mk 16:2; Lk 24:1; Jn 20:1,19. The word in all passages for "first" is poor Greek (
mia
, "one," for
prote
, a Hebraism), and the coincidence of the form of the phrase in Ac 20:7 and 1 Co 16:2 with the form used by all four evangelists for the Resurrection Day 'is certainly not accidental; it was the fixed Christian base, just as "Lord's day" was to the writer of Ev. Pet.
4. Origin: The hebdomadal observance of Sunday points back of Corinth to Jewish-Christian soil, but it is impossible to say when the custom first began. Not, apparently, in the earliest days, for Ac 2:46 represents the special worship as daily. But this could not have continued very long, for waning of the first enthusiasm, necessity of pursuing ordinary avocations, and increasing numbers of converts must soon have made general daily gatherings impracticable. A choice of a special day must have become necessary, and this day would, of course, have been Sunday. Doubtless, however, certain individuals and communities continued the daily gatherings to a much later date, and the appearance of Sunday as the one distinctive day for worship was almost certainly gradual.
5. Sunday and the Sabbath: Sunday, however, was sharply distinguished from the Sabbath. One was the day on which worship was offered in a specifically Christian form, the other was a day of ritual rest to be observed by all who were subject? the Law of Moses through circumcision (Gal 5:3; compare Ac 21:20). Uncircumcised Gentiles, however, were free from any obligation of Sabbath observance, and it is quite certain that in apostolic times no renewal of any Sabbath rules or transfer of them to Sunday was made for gentile converts. No observance of a particular "day of rest" is contained among the "necessary things" of Ac 15:28-29, nor is any such precept found among all the varied moral directions given in the whole epistolary literature. Quite on the contrary, the observance of a given day as a matter of Divine obligation is denounced by Paul as a forsaking of Christ (Gal 4:10), and Sabbath-keeping is condemned explicitly in Col 2:16. As a matter of individual devotion, to be sure, a man might do as he pleased (Ro 14:5-6), but no general rule as necessary for salvation could be compatible with the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. Evidently, then, the fact that the Christian worship was held on Sunday did not sanctify Sunday any more than (say) a regular Wednesday service among us sanctifies Wednesday, noting especially that the apostolic service was held in the evening. For it was felt that Christian enthusiasm would raise every day to the highest religious plane, the decay of that enthusiasm through the long delay of the Parousia not being contemplated.
(from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
that is because Paul or anyone else in the N.T. did not say it. the sda/ Hebrew roots cults twist and turn and blend and stretch to make it appear that it does, but straight forward Bible reading does not say it.
and, many of them say that Paul contradicts Christ, and do not take his letters as authoritative Scripture.
and, many of them say that Paul contradicts Christ, and do not take his letters as authoritative Scripture.
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Yes I agree, Christ is the "end" of the law to everyone who believes, but I'd better not think for a moment that this releases me to "sin". Sin is the transgression of the law, so, if I am transgressing the law, then I have to be led to Christ again, to receive His Forgiveness and Freedom, because when I sin, I put myself under a yoke of bondage and the law becomes bondage.
According to Christ we define love by the 2 great commandments, 1. Love God with all your heart, and 2. Love your neighbor as yourself, but if you want to better understand those two, then we go to the 10, which explain both in greater detail. So you can't get rid of the foundation upon which all the law and the prophets hang. If we were to take a magnifying glass and see what the result of love is, we would see that it is keeping God's commandments.
The world today uses it's own definitions to define love, but we must use the Bible's. If love is the fulfillment of the law, and we are to love God and love our neighbor, then if we are not doing these things then, ultimately we are not fulfilling the law. How do I know if I am loving God, and loving my neighbor? Back to the 10 commandments. Not just the 4th either!
According to Christ we define love by the 2 great commandments, 1. Love God with all your heart, and 2. Love your neighbor as yourself, but if you want to better understand those two, then we go to the 10, which explain both in greater detail. So you can't get rid of the foundation upon which all the law and the prophets hang. If we were to take a magnifying glass and see what the result of love is, we would see that it is keeping God's commandments.
The world today uses it's own definitions to define love, but we must use the Bible's. If love is the fulfillment of the law, and we are to love God and love our neighbor, then if we are not doing these things then, ultimately we are not fulfilling the law. How do I know if I am loving God, and loving my neighbor? Back to the 10 commandments. Not just the 4th either!
Not the Jesus created by the Mainstream Church of our time. But the Jesus of the Bible, the Word who became Flesh, The same God that created His instructions in the first place actually did say this.
Col. 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Paul said the same thing. "I was alive once then the law came and I died". In fact, it was for defiling the Sabbath, among other SINS, that Jesus had to forgive us for in the first place.
Ex. 31:12 And the LORD (Jesus, before becoming a man) spake unto Moses, saying,13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Jesus confirms this:
Mark. 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
The 7th Days is the Sabbath of Jesus, as it is written. Not sure why you would want to reject it given these Biblical facts.
Why did Jesus create the Sabbath? "To be a sign between His People and Him".
Therefore it is "Lawful" to do good on His Sabbath, and unlawful to do bad on His Sabbath. But to reject His Sabbath altogether, well He never did this, not did Peter or Paul or any of His Apostles.
Jesus warned about "lawlessness" or iniquity in a several places.
Matt. 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
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And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Breaking any of God's Commandments is the definition of sin. Rejecting God's Sabbath and creating our own is a sin according to the God of the Bible.
Matt. 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I'm not sure how you can say Jesus would never say such a thing as He did, both as God of the Old Testament, and the Christ of the New Testament.
Col. 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Paul said the same thing. "I was alive once then the law came and I died". In fact, it was for defiling the Sabbath, among other SINS, that Jesus had to forgive us for in the first place.
Ex. 31:12 And the LORD (Jesus, before becoming a man) spake unto Moses, saying,13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Jesus confirms this:
Mark. 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
The 7th Days is the Sabbath of Jesus, as it is written. Not sure why you would want to reject it given these Biblical facts.
Why did Jesus create the Sabbath? "To be a sign between His People and Him".
Therefore it is "Lawful" to do good on His Sabbath, and unlawful to do bad on His Sabbath. But to reject His Sabbath altogether, well He never did this, not did Peter or Paul or any of His Apostles.
Jesus warned about "lawlessness" or iniquity in a several places.
Matt. 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Breaking any of God's Commandments is the definition of sin. Rejecting God's Sabbath and creating our own is a sin according to the God of the Bible.
Matt. 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I'm not sure how you can say Jesus would never say such a thing as He did, both as God of the Old Testament, and the Christ of the New Testament.
Ageed PS, but the reason that all days are not "holy" in the same way as the Sabbath is because God wants that 7th day for a relationship with us! He wants us to Himself on that day, and He wants us to sever our ties with secular selfish labor for ourselves, and rather spend it in laboring for others. The other six days are for secular work (like working at my job where I get paid). My focus needs to be completely on God and others on the 7th day, without normal everyday labor to interrupt it. The 7th is for Spiritual work and resting from our secular labor. That is why, yes, every day is important to live for God, but ultimately the 7th is time that God carved out for us to rest each week. He said a specific day too, and that's why it's so important. He blessed that day. Does it make a difference which day? You bet 
Cain offered vegetables, Abel offered a lamb. Are we going to do things God's way or our own. That's what this controversy is ultimately about, and why the 7th day is so important.
Cain offered vegetables, Abel offered a lamb. Are we going to do things God's way or our own. That's what this controversy is ultimately about, and why the 7th day is so important.What you say about Jesus is true. He is the true God, He is the I AM. He is the creator. But the Jews rejected Jesus and plotted against him. What were they doing? They were plotting against the Holy God. So who was their god? Jesus told them who their god was in John 8:44 when he said,
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ageed PS, but the reason that all days are not "holy" in the same way as the Sabbath is because God wants that 7th day for a relationship with us! He wants us to Himself on that day, and He wants us to sever our ties with secular selfish labor for ourselves, and rather spend it in laboring for others. The other six days are for secular work (like working at my job where I get paid). My focus needs to be completely on God and others on the 7th day, without normal everyday labor to interrupt it. The 7th is for Spiritual work and resting from our secular labor. That is why, yes, every day is important to live for God, but ultimately the 7th is time that God carved out for us to rest each week. He said a specific day too, and that's why it's so important. He blessed that day. Does it make a difference which day? You bet Cain offered vegetables, Abel offered a lamb. Are we going to do things God's way or our own. That's what this controversy is ultimately about, and why the 7th day is so important.
Cain offered vegetables, Abel offered a lamb. Are we going to do things God's way or our own. That's what this controversy is ultimately about, and why the 7th day is so important.
Absolutely,
And what was their sin? How do we know the Mainstream Preachers of Christ's time were actually deceived into serving satan? Jesus said it was because they "Taught for doctrines the Commandments of men". That they "Transgressed the Commandments of God by their own man made traditions". That they had God's Instructions, but chose to reject them and create their own, including God's Holy Sabbath, instead. Same thing Eve did.
So then, how can man do the same things today, create huge High Days, create their own images of God in the likeness of some long haired pretty boy, create their own Sabbaths, etc. etc. etc. and escape the same judgment Jesus declared on the Mainstream Preachers of His time?
And what was their sin? How do we know the Mainstream Preachers of Christ's time were actually deceived into serving satan? Jesus said it was because they "Taught for doctrines the Commandments of men". That they "Transgressed the Commandments of God by their own man made traditions". That they had God's Instructions, but chose to reject them and create their own, including God's Holy Sabbath, instead. Same thing Eve did.
So then, how can man do the same things today, create huge High Days, create their own images of God in the likeness of some long haired pretty boy, create their own Sabbaths, etc. etc. etc. and escape the same judgment Jesus declared on the Mainstream Preachers of His time?
Let me give you a hint. How many G/gods do you see here?
The first Yahweh says:
Jeremiah 7:21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.
Ezekiel 20:40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
The second Yahweh says:
In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers. 2 Chronicles 28:25
“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. (Isaiah 1:11)
Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. (Isaiah 1:13)
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. Deuteronomy 12:31
The first Yahweh says:
Jeremiah 7:21 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.
Ezekiel 20:40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
The second Yahweh says:
In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers. 2 Chronicles 28:25
“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. (Isaiah 1:11)
Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. (Isaiah 1:13)
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. Deuteronomy 12:31
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