Subject: Hank - Diet ??? |
Bible Note: Tim: No Tim ! Eary Church - meaning Roman Catholic Church - persecuted and killed 1000's of unconforming Christians. The Dark ages !!! They would not even allow people to have a copy of the Bible to judge the Truth for themselves. Now you mean early Church - the disciples and there "early" spreading to the Gentiles. Yes of course they were persecuted by Rome until Rome converted to Christianity. But there conversion was not to The Gospel that Jesus preached but was a conversion from paganism to paganized Christianity. Along with the this conversion was many, many , many pagan doctines into "so called" Chritianity" - Example Immortality of the Soul, Hell being "everlasting", Prophecy (expansion of 70 weeks of years to include a "gap" between 69th and 70th week) and the Sabbath. Sabbath is recognized worldwide as Saturday (7th) Changed by RCC even though the practise started soon after Jesus death. But Jesus predicted that false Christ's and teaching would arise soon after His death and the disciples were to be aware. Sabbaths - If you look at Lev. 22:32 - the same days called feasts are also called sabbaths. Remebers also that I beleive most times when the Bible refers to feasts and sabbaths being the same - they "sabbath" is not capitalized. But when referring to 7th day "Sabbath" it is capitalized. Another example is look at Lev. 23:3 and Lev. 25:2 - in comparion to the use of sabbath/Sabbath !!! Do not believe also that all sabbaths were also feasts. Look at Lev 23:26-32 - It was not a feast day but only a "extra" sabbath day !!! Now Tim - remember - the death of Christ relaced the ceremonial system - these feasts and sabbaths were a shaddow of the coming Christ. That is why WE do not keep these feasts now or sacrifice animals. We keep the Sabbath because it was institued in the the creation and that 7th day was made holy by God. No other day was made holy by God. Nowhere in any scripture is there any evidence that God made anyother day of the week Holy. It was Holy - Sanctified - "set-apart" so we would be able to not do any regular work and therefore use that time to worship God "convocation - gathering" and also do "good" as Jesus rubuked the Pharisees for not seeing His goods works on the Sabbath. Thanks Merv |