The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[Inquisitor]

the jews did yes but what about the gentiles, what about now there is no temple no priests. This discussion is all about NOW not about 2000 years ago!

The Gentiles were never under the law and they were not the covenant people.

Jesus was not sent to the Gentiles only to the covenant Jews.

Gentiles were only ever under the law of Christ in the new covenant.

You need to sort your covenants out.

Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and daughters, the glory, the covenants,
the giving of the Law, the temple service, and the promises.

See Paul backs me up.

The covenants belonged to Israel alone.

 

[memberofthebride]

I do keep the Sabbath, but have nothing to do with SDA

I wonder if any have ever given any credence, any weight to the Fact --- The 7th Sabbath was made as the 7th act of creation, Right after man. it predate every thing that followed.

Logic and common sense tells me if God the Father and THE WORD made the Sabbath at the very beginning, day 7, -- it must be for a special purpose and reason.

Plus it IS, of the 10, the one most think is worthless, useless and antiquated

but, hey I am just another gullible moron.

 

[Inquisitor]

I do not sacrifice animals and yes I expect a reward and Jesus Christ stated HE is bringing it with HIM at His return, He will reward every man according to their work.

I realize there are many like you that believe the New Testament cancelled the Old, are you aware the New did not exist for over 300 years and even then it was not available to the public as the catholic church only allowed priest to read it for the next 1260 years ------ which means all those following Christ had was the OLD for 1600 years. yes they had the letter, which they used to search the Old Testament, as the letters had many quotes from the Old.

Have you ever read what Paul said? This was over 300 years before this letter was put in what we call the New Testament

2 Timothy 3
15 And that from a child thou hast known the “Holy Scriptures”, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 “All” scripture [is]
given by inspiration of God, and Thus the OLD is OF God
[is] profitable for doctrine, FOR DOCTRINE
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. ---“Good works”.

Regardless of the comprehension of the early Christians regarding the N.T.
Any letters that they had told them that Jesus Himself declared the new covenant
with the apostles before he was crucified.

Luke 22:20
And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you,
is the new covenant in My blood.

I think the gospels spread rapidly but so did some of Paul's letters.

The Lord stated the new covenant, the final covenant for humanity, and that is all that matters.

The new covenant included the Gentiles but the former covenant belonged to Israel.

Game over.

 

[Inquisitor]

I do keep the Sabbath, but have nothing to do with SDA

I wonder if any have ever given any credence, any weight to the Fact --- The 7th Sabbath was made as the 7th act of creation, Right after man. it predate every thing that followed.

Logic and common sense tells me if God the Father and THE WORD made the Sabbath at the very beginning, day 7, -- it must be for a special purpose and reason.

Plus it IS, of the 10, the one most think is worthless, useless and antiquated

but, hey I am just another gullible moron.

One correction, there is no mention of a sabbath in Genesis.

Second correction, there is no commandment regarding a sabbath in Genesis.

Third correction, your reading comprehension is flawed but you are not alone there.

Fourth correction, we are a new creation and we look forward to the reality of a new creation
to inhabit. Not backwards into an Old Testament into that Old Covenant.

Join us in reaching out to the fulfillment of everything including the creation itself found in Jesus Christ.

 

[Inquisitor]

I do keep the Sabbath, but have nothing to do with SDA

I wonder if any have ever given any credence, any weight to the Fact --- The 7th Sabbath was made as the 7th act of creation, Right after man. it predate every thing that followed.

Logic and common sense tells me if God the Father and THE WORD made the Sabbath at the very beginning, day 7, -- it must be for a special purpose and reason.

Plus it IS, of the 10, the one most think is worthless, useless and antiquated

but, hey I am just another gullible moron.

So you claim to obey the law?

I do keep the Sabbath, but have nothing to do with SDA

There you go boasting about your own righteousness.

The same boast that the SDA is so fond of.

You know that no one is righteous which means you are by nature a law breaker.

You think you obey it but in your mind you resent it and it's the thought life, that
will take you out every time.

You only ever have one boast and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ.

You are a legalist and the gospel was never about you or me but solely about the Lord.

Why the constant repetition of we obey what is wrong with you folk?

Boast in the Lord before your house of cards comes crashing down.

 

[memberofthebride]

One correction, there is no mention of a sabbath in Genesis.

Second correction, there is no commandment regarding a sabbath in Genesis.

Third correction, your reading comprehension is flawed but you are not alone there.

Fourth correction, we are a new creation and we look forward to the reality of a new creation
to inhabit. Not backwards into an Old Testament into that Old Covenant.

Join us in reaching out to the fulfillment of everything including the creation itself found in Jesus Christ.

comment

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

and what day is the seventh??

3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

sanctified - means set apart, consecrated --it is a special day

genesis 26
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

in verse 5 the English word law is Torah #8451, in the Torah is the command to keep the Sabbath. plus God, actually Christ commends Abraham for keeping MY Commandments.

Look I know there are a million ways to get round every word of God folks do not like. 40,000 flavors is proof.

bottom line; Jesus Christ is coming back in FURY, because of "Lawlessness" I wonder what laws He is Furious about?

 

[pinebeach]

I realize there are many like you that believe the New Testament cancelled the Old,

I realize there are many like you who try to besmirch others and accuse them of things they did not say. You seem to hope that if you say something often enough, it becomes the truth you believe.

Show me the post where I said the New Testament cancelled the Old Testament.

If you cannot find such a post, then you should apologize to me and everyone else that you keep falsely accusing.

Put up or go away.

 

[pinebeach]

comment

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

and what day is the seventh??

3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

sanctified - means set apart, consecrated --it is a special day

genesis 26
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

in verse 5 the English word law is Torah #8451, in the Torah is the command to keep the Sabbath. plus God, actually Christ commends Abraham for keeping MY Commandments.

Look I know there are a million ways to get round every word of God folks do not like. 40,000 flavors is proof.

bottom line; Jesus Christ is coming back in FURY, because of "Lawlessness" I wonder what laws He is Furious about?

Clanging symbols. You don't speak for Jesus

 

[pinebeach]

bottom line; Jesus Christ is coming back in FURY, because of "Lawlessness" I wonder what laws He is Furious about?

Spiteful ignorance with no regard for actual scripture. Keep going and you will answer your own question.

 

[pinebeach]

A critical error in the very early church because they were essentially not well educated.

Even today most Protestants would view the SDA as a Christian church.

Because they do not see the ten words as anything other than the eternal, moral law.

They look at the SDA as just having a problem with the fourth commandment.

When I first realized that the traditional church was under the Mosaic law I was devastated.

Augustine was the philosopher that provided the theological framework to divide the law.

Augustine divided the eternal, moral ten words from what he called the symbolic law of Moses.

That set in stone the ten words as moral and eternal.

Then along came the Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He would divide the Mosaic law
into moral, judicial, and ceremonial law. Hence, the Protestants see the Mosaic law as moral
and ceremonial. So the SDA are literally a daughter church of the Protestants.
The Protestants are quite literally a daughter church of the Catholics.

A minister I had 30 years ago mentioned Augustine as the main character in church history.
Responsible for introducing a type of Greek philosophy into the traditional church and the
division in the law. I knew he knew some of these problems with the traditional theology.
Though at the time I was not as immersed in the N.T as he was and did not fully understand
his argument.

This will haunt you unfortunately.

Sometimes I wonder if I should even mention any of this.

Traditional church. Much of what Paul wrote was to correct and or condemn the lies already proliferating almost the moment Jesus ascended back into heaven.

 

[pinebeach]

“The New Covenant has replaced the Old Covenant. “

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake

( he’s describing Mount sinia when they received the Ten Commandments)

but ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, ( now he’s talking about the gospel and what Jesus was preaching a kingdom of God in heaven ) and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:18-24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

There’s a new covenant indeed it’s not according to the old that israel broke


“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:31-32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It was always the promise

We have new covenant blood

“Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

New covenant word

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭

“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
‭‭John‬ ‭12:48-50‬ ‭KJV‬‬

We have new covenant preisthood and high priest not Aaron like the old but Jesus in the order of melchezidek who was before the levites of Aaron’s order when the law came later because of sin

“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭8:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬

theres even new people created by God by the power of the gospel to transform sinners into children of God beloved and redeemed

You’re absolutely correct the Old Testament wasn’t actually replaced but it was fulfilled as the curse wortten in it when it was broken and a new covenant was made . All I mean is it didn’t fail or not come to pass it was fulfilled according to what it said about obedience and disobedience

It was always this

“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: and thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭28:1-2, 9-11, 13-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

and it was always this

“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭28:15-16, 20-21, 24, 26, 33-

many people never read the old covenant so they think it’s some sort of unconditional promise but throughout the law constantly it’s given to them just like above a blessing if they obey everything he told them constantly but a certain and deadly curse if they turn away and don’t obey and worship other gods . They chose the latter form of fulfillment that’s what led to 70 ad and the destruction of Jerusalem it’s temple which is required for the old covenant to be operated by the old priesthood and to the exile of Jews from thier land. It was written in the covenant if they broke it it would come to pass as a great and terrible curse . That was fulfilled and the lord came making the new covenant promises in the law and prophets

Whatever they are, they don't care. They ignore certain scripture that does not fit their narrative and double down on mashups and personal interpretations.

They don't care

 

[pinebeach]

“After Christ has returned to earth as KING of Kings, and the third Temple is built, animal sacrifices will be re-established.”

“but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men….. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. ….looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:7, 10, 12-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭65:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21:1‬ ‭

“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21:22‬ ‭

there’s no need for a temple or animal sacrifices those things were only a pattern of what Jesus did

“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:1-2, 9-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;( animal sacrifice ) but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ( Christs body and blood ) For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; ( that’s what the man made temple was there’s no need for a pattern anymore we have the reality ) but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:23-26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:10‬ ‭

There’s not going to be a temple or animal sacrifices in eternity Jesus blood covers all the needs of sacrifice the one time he did it . Behavior is what matters now not making animal sacrofices or adhering to Moses words

Again, they do not care. They look forward to a vengeful and angry Jesus who is going to send us to hell. I saw the website. If you think the posts here sound like crack on steroids, you should have seen all they believe.

 

[pinebeach]

Sorry, I believe the Word of God.

Not all of it as you consistently evidence. You do not believe that the New Covenant is THE covenant and neither does your pal or any others of your persuasion.

The op names the 10 commandments as THE covenant. It is not.

 

[Inquisitor]

Again, they do not care. They look forward to a vengeful and angry Jesus who is going to send us to hell. I saw the website. If you think the posts here sound like crack on steroids, you should have seen all they believe.

Sunday church folk are, the worst of the worst, they have the mark of the beast in the end times.

The mark of the beast is that Sunday worship.

How they got that from 'a mark on the right hand' I will never know but that is what they believe.

Jesus hates Sunday worship because it is an abomination and so is worship. On every other day
of the week except the seventh day after the new moon.

Jesus started his investigative judgement 150 years ago and it's ongoing. How many commandment
breakers has He on his list so far?

The SDA is the true church and all the other churches do not have Ellen White and they will burn.

 

[Mem]

I do wonder, if the SDA will ultimately be found to have E.G. White on their face? (Was that bad or what? )

 

[Inquisitor]

comment

1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

and what day is the seventh??

3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

sanctified - means set apart, consecrated --it is a special day

genesis 26
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

in verse 5 the English word law is Torah #8451, in the Torah is the command to keep the Sabbath. plus God, actually Christ commends Abraham for keeping MY Commandments.

Look I know there are a million ways to get round every word of God folks do not like. 40,000 flavors is proof.

bottom line; Jesus Christ is coming back in FURY, because of "Lawlessness" I wonder what laws He is Furious about?

The seven days your quoting from is the week of creation in Genesis.

That creation week was only one week long and is not a calendar week, it was a special week.

Adam needs to work for six days then take a seventh day rest. So Adam could not celebrate the
Lord's day of rest because he was created the day before. Wait a moment, Adam could not work for
six days because Eden did not require work to survive. Work was the punishment for disobedience
to the Lord's command, do not eat that fruit.

We know that the Roman world did not have a day off from work until Constantine in 321 AD.

Constantine enacted a day off but it was on a Sunday.

No Saturday's off for the Gentiles as they worked on Saturday.

As I have previously mentioned, Saturday as a day off from work only occurred in the
more advanced western society. Around the early to mid 20th century.

It is impossible for a Gentile to ever have practiced a sabbath day on Saturday until
the early to mid 20th century. Unless you are in a farming community and you can
negotiate with your boss to swap Sunday for Saturday. A city worker has zero chance
of swapping days.

So the claim that sabbath was practiced early in Christian history in the Gentile
world is historically not correct. The only country that ever had Saturday as a day
of rest is Israel.

I am babbling on so I give you a rest.

 

[Inquisitor]

Again, they do not care. They look forward to a vengeful and angry Jesus who is going to send us to hell. I saw the website. If you think the posts here sound like crack on steroids, you should have seen all they believe.

The Lord hates you all and even the SDA.

You and the SDA have no idea how many SDA will fail that investigative judgement.

They know that there are not many who will pass the test and it vexes them.

 

[Inquisitor]

I do wonder, if the SDA will ultimately be found to have E.G. White on their face? (Was that bad or what? )

Ellen is their prophet with authority and that is the 18th doctrine of the 27 SDA doctrines.

They also have their own version of the Bible called the Clear Word Bible.

If Ellen is wrong and the Clear Word Bible is incorrect then they are doomed.

Doom, doom, doom.

 

[mailmandan]

Ellen is their prophet with authority and that is the 18th doctrine of the 27 SDA doctrines.

They also have their own version of the Bible called the Clear Word Bible.

If Ellen is wrong and the Clear Word Bible is incorrect then they are doomed.

Doom, doom, doom.

The Clear Word Bible is a bad paraphrase. Adventists teach that observing the seventh-day Sabbath is the seal of God and will become the final test of loyalty to Christ for all Christians.

Genesis 2:2-3
KJV - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

CW - Then on the seventh day of creation week, God stopped to enjoy what He had made and to rest in the beauty of it all. So He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a day of spiritual refreshment and joy.

Note - The CW makes the seventh day part of "creation week" rather than the celebration of a finished creation.

Exodus 5:5
KJV -And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

CW - You've created enough problems by making them rest every week on your Sabbath.

Note - The CW describes the rest as occurring every week on the Sabbath, whereas in reality Moses requested an isolated three day period in which the Israelites could worship God (see verse 3 in the KJV).

Exodus 16:5
KJV - And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

CW - On the sixth day they should gather twice as much as on the other days so as to have enough for the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, the day I set aside for worship and rest.

Note - The addition "which is the Sabbath, the day I set aside for worship and rest," does not appear in any biblical manuscript.

Exodus 31:13-14, 16
KJV -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. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people ...Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

CW - Say to the people, "Most importantly, remember to keep the Sabbath holy because it is a very special day for me, and it's a day of rest for you. It's a sign between you and me for all time to show that you are the people whom I have chosen and set apart. The Sabbath is holy and anyone who desecrates it by working on that day will be put to death, since that would be an act of treason against God's government. My people are to keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a sign that they belong to me."

Note - The CW purposefully revises the text to make it appear that the Sabbath is intended for all people, not just for Israel, as the Bible teaches. In verse 13 it changes "children of Israel" to "people" and in verse 16 it changes "children of Israel" to "My people," and "a perpetual covenant" to "a sign that they belong to Me." To justify making the Sabbath observance a universal requirement it also adds, "Since that would be treason against God's government to verse 14.

Leviticus 23:3
KJV - Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

CW - There has always been the weekly Sabbath.

Note - The CW replaces the biblical institution of the Sabbath with the statement that the Sabbath has always existed.

Ezekiel 45:17
KJV - And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

CW - It will be his duty to provide these national offerings on all appointed festivals with their special Sabbaths, including the monthly festival of the New Moon. He is to bring grain offerings, whole burnt offerings and peace offerings for an atonement for the nation as a whole.

Note - The "feasts," "new moons," and "sabbaths" respectively signify the yearly, monthly, and weekly celebrations. The phrase is a virtual formula used in numerous places in the Old Testament in both ascending and descending order. In order to prevent the weekly sabbath from being associated with the whole sacrificial system done away with by the New Covenant, the CW destroys the word order to make sabbaths refer to the yearly feasts instead of the weekly.

Acts 20:7
KJV -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.

CW - After sundown on Saturday night, the believers got together for a fellowship meal and to say good-by to Paul. That evening he spoke to them until midnight, after which he hoped to get a few hours sleep before leaving early Sunday morning.

Note - The CW calls this a Saturday night meeting, changes "break bread", a term used by the early church for communion, to a fellowship meal and to say good-by to Paul. Such revision of Scripture completely changes the focus of this verse to fit Adventist theology.

Colossians 2:16
KJV - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.

CW - Don't let anyone control you life by giving you a set of ceremonial rules about what to eat, what to drink and what monthly festivals or special Sabbaths to keep. All these rules were given as a shadow of the reality to come and that reality is Jesus Christ.

Note - Colossians 2:16 is a very important verse in that it shows clearly that the Seventh-day Sabbath is only a shadow of Christ. This verse should be studied in its context and also compared to its Old Testament parallel, Ezekiel 45:17 (above) When the terms "festival (or equivalent), new moons and Sabbaths are used together in the Old Testament the word Sabbath always refers to the seventh-day Sabbath. Also, these terms are usually used in either ascending or descending sequence: festival (yearly) new moons (monthly) Sabbaths (weekly) or Sabbaths (weekly), new moons (monthly), festivals (yearly).

These two well established patterns make it certain that the seventh-day Sabbath is in view in Colossians 2:16 and this fact undermines the whole SDA emphasis on the seventh-day Sabbath. Note how the CB alters both Colossians 2:16 as well as the Old Testament parallel text.

Hebrews 4:4
KJV -For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

CW - That's why at creation He gave man the seventh-day Sabbath, not only as a reminder of creation week, but also as a symbol of spiritual rest. According to the Scriptures, God Himself rested on the seventh day and enjoyed this special time with man.

Note - The CW states "according to the Scriptures," but then adds to the Scriptures such phrases as the "symbol of spiritual rest" and the "special time with man."

Hebrews 4:9
KJV -There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

CW - So there still remains the offer of spiritual rest that God intends for each generation to have, of which the Sabbath is a symbol.

Note - The biblical manuscripts make no reference in this verse to spiritual rest or the Sabbath as a symbol.5

Revelation 1:10
KJV - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day.

CW - On Sabbath morning when I had gone to the rocky island shore to meditate and worship.

Note - The CW adds the concluding clause to reinforce Adventist liturgical practices.

PLUS MORE...

One can see by the examples listed above that The Clear Word Bible makes numerous deletions and additions, revising the Word of God to make the Bible teach what it does not teach: the Adventist doctrine of required universal observance of the seventh-day Sabbath for all peoples.

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Genesis 2:2-3
KJV - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

CW - Then on the seventh day of creation week, God stopped to enjoy what He had made and to rest in the beauty of it all. So He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a day of spiritual refreshment and joy.

Note - The CW makes the seventh day part of "creation week" rather than the celebration of a finished creation.

This prompted to think on that God ended his work which he had made, and rested from all his work... He blessed and sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his work... which reflects a declaration of "It is finished."

Although the Bible provides the specifics of the day man was created (the day before the seventh), it doesn't specify the day that he 'shall surely die' other than 'on that day that ye eat of the tree,' so I do wonder at the possibility that Adam died the same day that he and Eve were created, and the seventh day is the day after which God had made them skins to cover their nakedness.