It’s true that there are many pagan traditions that have been mixed in with Christianity, but what’s worse is the fact that they have been exchanged for Yahweh’s true Holy Days. Whereas the pagan traditions have no meaning or value (such as coloring eggs, or putting an evergreen tree in your living room), the Holy Days of Yahweh tell his entire plan of salvation. It is so sad that most professing Christians do not even know what these days are. When questioned, most will say “You mean the Jewish Holy Days,” and I will properly respond “NO, Yahweh’s Holy Days.”

Leviticus 23:1-2 “And Yahweh spoke unto Moses saying, speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, concerning the feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be Holy convocations, even these are MY FEASTS.”

Did you get that? They are not the Jews’ feasts, but Yahweh’s feasts. They are days that explain the very redemptive work He is doing on earth through the saving blood of His Son Yahshua. Notice that the feasts are for all the children of Israel, not just for the Jews. Abraham had Isaac as his son; Isaac had Jacob (whose name was later changed to Israel). Israel (Jacob) had 12 sons; one of those sons was named Judah (the Jews). The Jews (or tribe of Judah) make up only a twelfth of Israel. As a matter of fact, the first time the word Jew is even mentioned in the scriptures is (2nd Kings 16:5-6), where Israel is fighting with the Jews. The other 11 children of Israel are as follows, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamin. With Judah (the Jews), they are the 12 sons of Israel (Jacob). David, of the tribe of Judah, was king over all Israel. Each tribe had its own land. Any good bible will have a map of Israel in the back showing which land belonged to which son or tribe.

After David’s death his son Solomon took over as king. Yahweh blessed Israel much at that time. Solomon was the richest man who ever lived. He had about a third of the wealth of the whole world. You can read about it in the book of Ecclesiastes in your bible. But Solomon turned away from Yahweh. Guess how? By marrying pagan wives and following pagan customs and holy days. Yahweh took the throne away from him for that. You can read the account in:

1st Kings 11: 1-13 “And king Solomon loved many foreign women, even the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,  Hittites;  of  the nations which Yahweh said to the sons of Israel, you shall not go in to them, and they shall not go in to you; surely they shall turn aside your heart after their gods. Solomon clung to these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.  And it happened, at the time Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his Elohim, like the heart of his father David. And Solomon went after Ashtoreth (Easter), goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcolm, the abomination of the Ammonites; and Solomon did evil in the sight of Yahweh, and did not go fully after Yahweh like his father David. Then Solomon  built  a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech (Baal), the abomination of the sons of Ammon; And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. And Yahweh was angry with Solomon, for his heart had bent away from Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had given a charge to him concerning this thing, not to go after other gods; And he did not keep that which Yahweh commanded. And Yahweh said to Solomon, because this has been done by you, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes that I charged upon you, I shall surely tear the kingdom from you and shall give it to your servant. Only, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I shall tear it out of the hand of your son. Only, I will not tear away all the kingdoms; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

Wow, some heavy words! So, for leaving the word of Yahweh and following pagan gods and customs, the kingdom was ripped away from Solomon (Judah), and after Solomon died the kingdom was divided. The ten brothers of Israel were given the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was king over Judah and Benjamin. The land of Benjamin went right through Jerusalem, so they stayed with Judah. Later, due to false worship, Levi (the priests) came to dwell in Judah. Levi was never given any land of inheritance because they were priests. They had cities in each of the other tribe’s lands.

The tribe of Joseph was split into the two tribes of his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, but the ten brothers also rebelled against Yahweh. They worshipped under paganism!

Remember the practices of Christmas, Easter and Halloween? They did not keep Yahweh’s holy Sabbaths. Remember, the Sabbaths were not just the weekly Saturday – Sabbath, they were also His annual Holydays of Leviticus 23. So Yahweh let them be taken into captivity, for this It is very important to know that these Sabbaths and Holydays were Yahweh’s, not the Jews’. They were and are holy time, revealing Him as the only true Creator (unlike the pagan days). They set Israel apart as a special people to Yahweh. Read about this in:

Ezekiel 20:2-24 “And the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, so says Yahweh your Elohim; Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, declares Yahweh your Elohim, I will not be inquired of by you. Will you judge them; will you judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers. And say to them, so says Yahweh your Elohim: In the day I chose Israel, and lifted my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob – and I was made known to them in the land of Egypt -when I lifted up My hand to them, saying, I am Yahweh your Elohim; in that day I lifted up My hand to them to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing  with  milk  and  honey, the glory of it is to all lands; then I said  to  them,  let each man cast away the filthy idols of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your Elohim. But they rebelled against Me, and would not listen to Me. They did not each man throw away the filthy idols of their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, I will pour out My fury against them, to fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. But I worked for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were, for I made Myself known to them in their eyes, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. So I made them leave from the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

And I gave them My statutes, and I made them known My judgments, which if a man does them, he will even live by them. And I also gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh, who sets them apart. But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes, and they despised My judgments; which if a man does them he will even live by them. And they greatly profaned My Sabbaths.

Then I said, I will pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. But I worked for My name’s sake that I should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, before whom I brought them out, in their eyes. And I also lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given, flowing  with milk and honey –  it  is the glory to all the lands; because they despised My judgments, and they did not walk in My statutes, and they profaned My Sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols. And My eye spared them from destroying them; and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. But I said to their  sons  in  the  wilderness, do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, and do not keep their judgments, and do not defile yourselves with their idols. I am Yahweh your Elohim. Walk in My statutes, and  keep My judgments, and do them. And keep My Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your Elohim. But the sons rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and they did not keep My judgments to do them; which if a man does them, he shall live by them. They profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them, to fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. But I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake,  that  I  should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, from whom I brought them out in their eyes. And I lifted up My hands to them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and sow them among the lands, because they had not done My judgments, and had despised My statutes, and had profaned  My Sabbaths; and  their eyes where after their fathers idols.

How important are Yahweh’s Sabbaths and Holy Days? A whole nation of His chosen people were dragged off into slavery for breaking them. Notice also how He calls them His Sabbaths (not the Jews’), and that they are a mark of identity of His true people. Only Yahweh can make something holy. Human beings cannot! We can only keep that which has been made holy by Yahweh, or we can profane it. He set the Sabbath apart from creation to show a world of pagan idolaters the One  and only true Elohim, and to sanctify (set apart for, a holy purpose) His chosen people. The Moslems honor Friday, to their false god Allah (Allah means curse); the Christians honor Sunday (as the pagans before them) to the false sun god Baal. Only the true spiritual seed of Abraham honor our Creator on Sabbath (Saturday), as the only true Elohim of the universe.

Genesis 2:2-3 “And on the seventh day, Elohim completed His work that He made, and He rested (in Hebrew it is Shabbath) on the seventh day from all His work, which He had made. And Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it (set apart for a holy purpose), because He rested from all His work on it, which Elohim created to make.”

Did you get that? He completed His work on the seventh day by resting! He literally created the Sabbath by the very act of resting. The work was not complete until the rest took place. Just as the work of creation, 6000 years are given to man, to make his own governments, schools, financial  systems. After 6000 years, Yahshua will return at a point when mankind is ready to destroy itself and save it from this destruction. Then you will have the true Sabbath, the last 1000 years of peace, with Yahshua reigning as King of Kings over all the earth. In the Holy Scriptures this is called the Millennium. Millennium means 1000 years.

Why do you think Yahshua called himself in Mark 2:27-28 Master of the Sabbath? Why do you think most of His healings were done on Sabbath days? Because it is a fore- shadow of the complete great healing during His earthly millennial reign.

The weekly Sabbath points to Yahshua as a Creator and Millennial King. This day was set apart at creation before there was an Abraham, an Israel, or a Jew. So it cannot be the Jewish Sabbath. But Yahweh says in Ezekiel 20, that He shared His Sabbath with Israel to sanctify them. It is something created.  No matter who you are, or what race you belong to, each week you are blessed with food, shelter, clothing and much more. So every seventh day you have the duty, or better, privilege to honor Yahweh and Yahshua as Creators of the world and everything you have been blessed with.

Eccl 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter (life). Fear Yahweh, and keep His commandments; For this applies to every man.

Keeping the commandments (all 10 and not 9) applies to everyone, not just the Jews. From creation,  it was wrong to lie, steal covet, commit idolatry, take Yahweh’s name in vain, commit adultery, worship idols, kill, dishonor your parents and also from creation it was sin to break the Sabbath day. I have heard every excuse in the world why people do not honor Yahweh, the Father and Yahshua His Son, every seventh day, Saturday, on his set-apart Sabbath day; from “we can honor Him every day,” to “that was nailed to the cross.” And we can and should honor Him every day, but only one day is holy and that is SABBATH (Saturday). (Actually sundown Friday to sundown Saturday-Leviticus 23:32). We need to work, cut the grass and do food shopping, and our Father knew that from creation. That is why he set up from creation that no matter how busy our week was, we would come every Sabbath and put all the fleshly and worldly cares aside and look forward to the true Sabbath rest of Yahshua’s millennium. Yes, they are shadows, and the reality is in Yahshua, but  Col 2:16-17 tells us that they remain shadows of coming things!

When Yahshua came to earth 2000 years ago He gave His body as the one-time, ultimate sacrifice for sin. But the plan is not over! Daniel 9:24 states that when Yahshua returns, He will put an end to rebellion, make an end of sins (completely), bring in everlasting righteousness and be anointed King. That has not happened. Remember, this prophecy is to the Israelite people and the city of Jerusalem. I have lived there on and off for the last 9 years, and I can tell you that it has not happened. There is much more to the plan! How could you think the plan is finished when over 2 million babies a year are aborted in America alone?

When half the world is starving and when child slavery is still rampant in Africa. The Kingdom (Millennium) will not start until the King (Yahshua) steps His feet on the Mount of Olives (Zech 14:4). You should also ask yourself this question; if the Sabbath was fulfilled in Yahshua and is no longer necessary, then why will all the earth come and worship before him every Sabbath during the millennium?

Isaiah 66:23 “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship  before  me, says Yahweh.”

Also ask yourself if all the holy days are done away with, then why will all the nations left after the battle of Armageddon come each year to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, or be plagued?

Zechariah 14:16,18 “ And it shall be, everyone who is left from all the nations which came up against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be whoever will not go up from the families of the earth to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, there shall be even no rain on them. And if the family of Egypt does not go up, nor come in, then the rain shall not be on them; but the plague with which Yahweh shall strike the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”

The truth of the matter is, these days were never done away with, as this world’s pagan corporate churches would have you believe. They were established at creation and what Yahweh creates, man cannot destroy.

Genesis 1:14 “And Elohim said let the lights be in the expanse for the heavens to divide between the day and the night. Let them be for signs, and for seasons, and days and years.”

The Hebrew word for season is “mowed” and it literally means an appointment or a festival (holy day). How awesome is that? Yahweh made time (sun and moon to show time) so that you would know exactly when to keep your appointment with Him. He is literally making an appointment with you every Saturday (Sabbath), and during each Holy Day during the year. In Leviticus 23:2, it states that these are holy convocations, and that word means assemblies and also means rehearsals. Since the Holy Days are all shadows of the plan of Salvation through Yahshua, we literally rehearse His arrival and Kingdom by gathering to worship on these days. How awesome! If Yahweh is making a personal appointment with you through these days, why on earth would you not want to honor Him as Creator and Savior and be there to observe them? Some of the days, like Passover, are memorials of the redemptive work of conquering sin, which Yahshua has already done; others, like Tabernacles, point to the wonderful millennium of peace just ahead. The Sabbath does both. It points to our spiritual rest from sin in Yahshua, but also to the ultimate rest of the world from sin in the millennium. That is why in Heb 4:9 it states:

Hebrews 4:9 “Therefore remains the keeping of the Sabbath to the people of Yahweh.”

He had just gotten through explaining why the nation of Israel did not enter the Promised Land (type of millennium) because of lack of faith, and we are warned that we will not enter our promised land (millennium) for the same lack of faith. And since the millennium is not here, and we have not entered that rest yet, therefore remains the keeping of the Sabbath (shadow) to the people of Yahweh. The Sabbath is actually referred to as the faith commandment. Why? Because anyone can say they don’t lie, or steal or kill, but remember, the spirit of the law is in your heart. And who knows if someone in his heart is hating his brother or looking lustfully on a woman? But the Sabbath is known to all. You will stand out like a sore thumb when you do not work or do menial tasks each Saturday. Some will even lose their jobs. But being a Sabbath and Holy Day keeper for almost 27 years, I have never heard one bad result from the obedience to these days. On the contrary, I have heard story after story of people getting better jobs and being blessed tremendously for obedience to Yahweh. Remember Yahweh proclaims blessings for obedience and cursing for disobedience. It is Satan who will try to deceive you into disobedience, telling you obedience is “legalism.” That is the way he deceived Adam  and Eve  in the Garden of Eden and it is the way he has deceived many for almost 6000 years. You will never find one curse on anyone, in all the Holy Scriptures, for being obedient to the law of Yahweh.

We find just the opposite, faithful Abraham was blessed because of his obedience.

Genesis 26:5 “Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my Torah (Torah means laws in Hebrew).

One of those commandments (there are 10) was the Sabbath day, and the Holy days are called statutes. Don’t let Satan deceive you. Being nice is not enough. Yahweh expects us to be obedient to His word.

1st Samuel 15:22 “has Yahweh great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.”

Please write for a free tape How the Sabbath was Changed to Sunday. It was not changed by Yahweh but by the Catholic Church at the council of Nicea in 325 AD by a Roman emperor, Constantine.

The Sabbath actually tells us the timing of Yahweh’s plan for mankind. In Genesis we read that Elohim created the heavens and earth and all things in 6 days and rested on the 7th day, the Sabbath.

2nd Peter 3:8-9 tells us that “a day with Elohim is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day.”

Yahweh has given men 6000 years to make their own governments, schools, money and even churches. Then at the end of 6000 years (if you count the years from Adam to today we are just about there), Yahshua, Messiah will come back to earth for his 1000 year millennial Sabbath rest on earth. It will be rest from war, from famine, and most importantly from sin. The Sabbath not only points to Yahshua as Creator of all, but also as the soon coming ruler of the earth; as King of Kings. That is why he even called himself in Mark 2:28 “Master of the Sabbath”.

If you ask a Sunday keeper to show you where in Scripture the Sabbath was changed to Sunday, he will not have much to say. The only Scripture that they think even mentions about meeting on the first day of the week is a mistranslation. It is Acts 20:7, properly stated in the original Greek “and on one of the Sabbaths.” The word for Sabbath is 4521 in the Strong’s Concordance. Most translations erroneously translate this verse, as “the first day of the week.” That is why it is vital, if you truly want to learn Scripture, to get an Interlinear Bible with the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. Most translations today are greatly flawed, and most of the new translations, like the NIV, are horrendously inaccurate. When you bring up these facts, your average Pastor or Sunday keeper will tell you about the resurrection being on Sunday morning. We have already proven from history that it was not, rather it was late Saturday evening. However, this will never make them change, because they do not love truth but rather the traditions and praises of men.

Luke 16:15 “And Yahshua said unto them, ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but Yahweh knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of Yahweh.”

And even if one Scripture mentioned gathering on a different day, how would that annul the Sabbath? It is not logical. It’s like saying “since I’m meeting you on a Tuesday I can steal from you.” This reasoning is of the devil.

I would like to briefly show you the plan of Yahweh from the holy days of Leviticus 23, and show you the awesome plan that our heavenly Father and his only begotten son Yahshua are working out for mankind.

In Leviticus 23:4-8 we have the Passover and Unleavened Bread holy day season. First, Passover commemorates the beaten body and shed blood of Yahshua for the forgiveness of our sins, and also the rededication of our baptism commitment to accept his sacrifice, so that we can come under the covenant of grace through faith.

John 6:53-58 states that unless you eat the body of Yahshua and  drink his blood (Passover), you have no life in you. After this commitment to Yahweh to repent of our sins and live by true faith in Messiah, the 7 days of Unleavened Bread commemorate taking sin out of our lives. As leaven  puffs up so does sin and pride to a believer. Each year during the days of Unleavened Bread, a believer, before the Holyday starts, takes  all  leaven products out of his/her dwelling place, and as we clean the crumbs in the back of our cabinets, we reflects on hidden sins, not so easily seen.

Eating unleavened bread for 7 days, called in the Scriptures the bread of affliction, reminds us of the sacrifice that Messiah made for us and the hard, narrow road to salvation (Matthew 7:13-14). These practices were strictly followed by the Apostles and the early church after Yahshua’s death. 1st Cor 11:23-29, and 5:6-8  shows the Apostle Paul commands the observance of these days.

1st Cor 5:7 Then purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Passover was sacrificed for us.

1st Cor 5:8 So let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and of evil, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Leviticus 23:9-22 tells us of the next holy day season, Pentecost or in Hebrew, Shavuot. Pentecost reminds us of the giving of the Holy Spirit to the lst century church in Acts 2, and also of  the 2nd  Pentecost, when Yahweh will  again work with the children of Israel and give them a new heart, (Jer 31:31-34). That is why, when the omer (first ripe grain) was offered during Unleavened Bread (The Messiah was the fulfillment of that omer to Yahweh at the resurrection), it was made into two leavened loaves for Pentecost, which represented one loaf for the New Testament congregation (Sons of Ephraim) and one loaf for Israel (Jews). Jewish tradition states that the 10 Commandments where given on Pentecost (the letter of the law), and the Holy Spirit (spirit of the law) was also given on this day. The Apostles continued to keep this festival after the resurrection of Yahshua, 1st Cor 16:8.

That brings us to the fall holydays, which tell the fulfillment of the plan of Yahweh. Lev 23:23- 25 tells of the Feast of Trumpets, which pictures the return to earth of Yahshua our Messiah.

Revelation 11:15 ” And the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Master and His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever.”

In ancient Israel, a trumpet was blown to either alert people to war or to coronate a king. Yahshua will do both at His return. Then comes the fast Day of Atonement or at-one-ment, which pictures our being at one with Yahweh when the Messiah returns and abolishes sin. This is also most likely the day of the wedding supper of the lamb.

Revelation 19:7-9 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come and His wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb.”

Then comes the Feast of Tabernacles, Lev 23:33-44, a seven-day feast, which pictures the millennial rule of Yahshua and the completeness of the plan of Yahweh.

Isaiah 35:5-6 “Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.”

It will be a total healing. That is why Yahshua did so many healings on the Sabbath, because it pictures this time of the millennium in the near future.

Micah 4:3 “And He shall judge among the people, and rebuke strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”

It will be a time of total peace. Israel dwelled in tents during Tabernacles to show us humans how temporary we are. Yet, it is a great feasting time, and Yahweh commands us to rejoice and to be with brethren and share a foretaste each year for seven days of His kingdom. The day right after Tabernacles is called the Last Great Day and pictures  the great white throne judgment of all who ever lived (see Rev 20:11-15.) It will occur just like this holy day, directly after the millennium.

These holy days which are Yahweh’s, and not the Jews’ (Lev 23:2), are an annual reminder of Yahweh’s plan of redemption for mankind. That is why it states in:

Colossians 2:16-17 “Let no man judge you for keeping them because they remain a shadow of coming things.”

The Colossians, who came from a pagan gentile area were under pressure from surrounding people to keep the pagan traditions of men instead of the Yahweh-ordained holy days that the apostle Paul was teaching. It is not much different today. You may ask, “does it really make a difference?” But the whole world has gone to other gods because they lost the meaning of Yahweh’s plan through these days.

Genesis 1:14 states “Elohim made the lights in the firmament (moon, stars) for season and days.”

This literally means for holy days. If it was important enough for Yahweh, then it is important enough for us. John 4:24 says “We must worship Yahweh in spirit and in TRUTH.”

Christmas and Easter are lies. Yahshua was not born on December 25 and was not raised on Easter Sunday. The holy days of Lev 23 are TRUTH. They tell the beautiful plan that our loving Creator is doing with us. Through the holy days of Lev 23, that plan has not been lost for almost 6000 years to those who seek truth.

Did you know that the same word translated for “holyday” (Mowed) is also used for congregation? It actually means an appointment with the congregation. These days are setting apart (sanctifying) Yahweh’s congregation (appointed ones), from the Gentile world around them. We are to be in the world, but not of the world. How could Christians totally abandon these meaningful days that explain the plan of salvation and exchange them with such meaningless pagan customs, which are full of lies? Yahweh was actually setting the Sabbath as an identifying mark for His people, forever.

Exodus 31:12-18 “And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying: And you speak to the  sons  of  Israel,  saying, you shall surely keep My Sabbaths; for it is a sign between Me and you for your generations; to know that I am Yahweh your Sanctifier. And you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you; the profaners of it surely shall be put to death; for  everyone doing  work  in  it, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of His people. Work may be done six days, and on the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to Yahweh; everyone doing work on the Sabbath day surely shall  be put to death. And the sons of Israel shall observe the Sabbath, to do the Sabbath for their generations; it is a NEVER – ENDING covenant. It is a SIGN FOREVER between Me and the sons of Israel; for in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth; and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed. And when He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, WRITTEN BY THE FINGER OF YAHWEH.

Do you realize that mankind has literally written millions of books, but the Ten Commandments are the only things on record in mankind’s history which are written by the finger of Yahweh? It says that they are a never ending, perpetual covenant for all time. How could anyone be deceived that they are done away with or don’t matter? Some may say “but that is only for the children of  Israel.”  But as previously stated in Ecclesiastes  “It applies to all men.” Let us not forget that Yahweh has revealed Himself as the Elohim of Israel.

Zephaniah 2:9 “Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of hosts, the Elohim of Israel.”

The covenant was made with Abraham, as we will see in a later chapter.

Galatians 3:29 ” And if you be Messiah’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Gentiles get grafted into the tree of Israel; Yahweh did not become a Gentile God. Read Romans, the 10th and 11th Chapters. Also, consider this very interesting note on a fleshly basis. We have discussed the difference between the Jews (Judah and Benjamin) and the house of Israel (lost ten tribes). There has been  much evidence  unearthed  in  the past century which shows the migration of the lost ten tribes of Israel to modern day Western Europe and America.

Americans come from England who are Anglo-Saxons. The word I-saac or Sax-ons (sons of Isaac,) who was the father of Jacob (Israel). There is much information documenting these facts. You may request for a book I wrote on the subject entitled “The Chosen People.” So you may be more physically and spiritually tied to Israel than you know.

Romans 2:29 “But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of Yahweh.

Leviticus 24:22 “Ye shall have one manner of law, whether a Gentile or one born in the land. I AM YAHWEH YOUR ELOHIM.”

Yahweh is not a respecter of persons, the same law applies to both. Some will still go to Romans 14: 1-5 and state that Paul said that it does not matter which day you want to keep holy. They are twisting the scriptures to their own destruction. If one is honest with himself, Romans the 14th chapter never mentions the Sabbath at all. Food is the issue! Some Roman brethren were abstaining from meat from the local markets because it may have been sacrificed to an idol, so they had become vegetarians. Paul is stating, not to judge each other in matters that are not scriptural. In verse 5 it talks about one setting aside a day to fast, while others were not fasting. Paul explained that if you fast, you can also give the day to Yahweh. The Sabbath is never mentioned! As a matter of fact, this could never be referring to the Sabbath, because the Sabbath is a Feast day, not a Fast day. The Jews (according to law) would not ever fast on the Sabbath. Paul was never speaking against the Sabbath; on the contrary,

Acts 17:2 “And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them and three Sabbath days, reasoned with them out of the scriptures.

Acts 18:4 ” And he (Paul) reasoned in the synagogue EVERY Sabbath and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks (Gentiles).

That is very interesting! If the gentiles were observing Sunday, why would scripture tell us that they were observing Sabbath? Because the early congregation never worshipped on the sun – day (Baal’s day), but were commandment keepers, and honored our Creator on every Sabbath. You will find more about all of that in the next chapter on the history of the early congregation.

Very soon the world will be going through the worst time it has ever seen or ever will see. This is going to happen right before the return of Yahshua to the earth where he will start His millennial rule. He tells us all the signs of this near-future time. Read about it in the book of Matthew in the 24th chapter. Interesting enough in verse 20 He says:

Matthew 24: 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

Here it is,  a time yet in the future  and the Sabbath day still exists. It is one particular day (every seventh or Saturday)! Some people try to spiritualize away and claim that the Sabbath is every day. Yet we have shown the very clear scripture of Paul on keeping this one day (Saturday) as the true Sabbath. Matt 24:20, also states that our flight be not on the Sabbath. This day honors the only true Elohim and is so important because it does identify His chosen people. In Exo 31 it also says that it is “a sign.” A sign is an identifying mark of evidence. It truly shows the world who the true Creator and His people are. Unless you love the truth, these things will seem like foolishness to you.

1st Corinthians 2:14 “But the natural man receives not the things of the spirit of Yahweh; for they are foolishness unto him. Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But to the one seeking and loving truth, these are beautiful, wonderful words that open up the door to eternal life. It also opens up a deeper relationship with our Savior Yahshua. It does not come through the meaningless pagan traditions of men but through the spirit-breathed word of Elohim.

I would like to end this chapter with two scriptures from the book of Isaiah which show, out of Yahweh’s own mouth, that the keeping (observing) of Sabbath is “pleasing” to Him. It is both for Israel and also for the Gentiles joined to Israel, and the reward of it is to ride on high mountains (the kingdom), to have a new name and eternal life.

Isaiah 56: 1-7 “So says Yahweh: keep justice and do righteousness, for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO DOES THIS, and the son of man who lays hold on it; KEEPING SABBATH FROM DEFILING IT; and keeping his hand from doing every evil.  And do not let the son of the foreigner (Gentile) speak, he who joins himself to Yahweh, saying, Yahweh surely separates me from His people; and not so let the Eunuch say, Behold I am a dried tree. For so says Yahweh to the Eunuchs who KEEP MY SABBATH AND CHOOSE THINGS I AM PLEASED WITH, AND TAKE HOLD OF MY COVENANT: I even will give them in My house and in My walls a hand and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, which shall not be cut off. And the sons of the gentiles who join themselves to Yahweh to serve Him, and to love Yahweh’s Name, to be His servants, everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and takes hold of My covenant: even them I will bring to My holy mount and take them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you turn your foot away because of the Sabbath, from doing what you please on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, glorified to the holiness of Yahweh; and shall glorify it,  away from doing your own ways, from finding your own pleasure or speaking your word; then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh. And I will cause you to ride on the heights of the earth, and make you eat with the inheritance of your father Jacob. For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken”.

YOU HAVE THE CHOICE NOW! Will you continue to worship Yahweh in falsely-added man-made traditions?

Mark 7:7 “Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of Men.”

By obedience to His royal law and honoring His Holy Days, which are given by Yahweh in the Holy Scriptures, you will be set apart from the world.

Deuteronomy 12:32 Whatsoever thing I command you, observe to do it! Thou shalt NOT ADD thereto, NOR TAKE AWAY from it!

Remember, Yahweh does not change!