An Attempted Change in God’s Law

يوحنا 17:17

قدّسهم بحقّك، فكلمتك حقّ.

God’s word is truth.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Keep the truth as your very own, and don’t give it up.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

God (Jesus) does not change.

Psalm 89:34

My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My mouth.

God will not break his covenant (law).

Exodus 31:18

And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

The commandments were written with the finger of God.

Matthew 5:17,18

Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 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.

Jesus came to fulfill, not change, God’s law.

تكوين 2: 1-3

وهكذا أُكملت السماوات والأرض وكل جندها. وفي اليوم السابع، فرغ الله من عمله الذي عمل، فاستراح في اليوم السابع من جميع عمله الذي عمل. ثم بارك الله اليوم السابع وقدّسه، لأنه فيه استراح من جميع عمله الذي عمل الله خالقًا.

The Sabbath was hallowed, sanctified (made holy) and blessed in Eden.

لوقا 4: 16

فجاء إلى الناصرة حيث كان قد نشأ، ودخل المجمع كعادته يوم السبت وقام ليقرأ.

Jesus kept the Sabbath.

Acts 13:42-44

So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

Paul kept the Sabbath.

Acts 20:28-31

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

It was predicted that apostasy would come into the early Christian church.

دانيال 8: 12

بسبب المعصية، أُسْلِمَ جيشٌ للقرن ليُقَاوِم الذبائح اليومية، فأسقط الحقَّ على الأرض. وقد فعل كلَّ هذا ونجح.

The Truth is cast to the ground (disregarded, or distained).

دانيال 7: 25

فيتكلم بكلامٍ مُبالَغٍ فيه ضد العلي، ويضطهد قديسي العلي، وينوي تغيير الأوقات والشريعة. فيُسلَّم القديسون إلى زمانٍ وأزمنةٍ ونصف زمان.

An attempt is made to change God’s law.

Isaiah 8:16

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

The law was sealed (protected, maintained) among God’s disciples (true followers).

خروج 20: 8-11

اذكر يوم السبت لتقدسه. ستة أيام تعمل وتصنع جميع أعمالك، أما اليوم السابع فهو سبت الرب إلهك. لا تعمل فيه أي عمل، أنت وابنك وابنتك وعبدك وأمتك وبهيمتك ونزيلك الذي في أبوابك. لأن الرب في ستة أيام صنع السماء والأرض والبحر وكل ما فيها، واستراح في اليوم السابع. لذلك بارك الرب يوم السبت وقدسه.

The Sabbath contains the three elements of heaven’s official Royal Seal: God’s name (the Lord), His title (Creator), and His territory (the heavens, the earth and the sea).

Revelation 7:1-3

After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

God’s people will receive the seal of the Sabbath before the end.

Revelation 14:7,12

Saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water. Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

God’s last message calls us to worship the Creator and keep God’s commandments.