Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work.
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The seventh day Sabbath has always been, and will always be the memorial of God’s creation. It was so at creation, it was valid when Christ walked on this earth, and today, in 2025 the Sabbath is still fine and doing well. It will never be abrogated, deleted, and it will stand the test of time and eternity.
There is nothing that mortal man can do, and there is nothing satan and his minions can do to stop the original Sabbath from occurring and recurring every week, and in addition to this, there will always be a people upon the earth to worship God on His sacred day, and who will keep the memory of it alive.
The efforts being made by the man of sin to stymie the seventh day Sabbath is doomed to fail signally, and when the world, following in the footsteps of Rome, will seek to enforce Sunday as the official day of worship, there will be persons like the “Certain Jews” of ancient Babylon, who will never bow.
They may kill all they want, and they may attempt to starve persons into compliance, or they may remove all economic privileges, they may ostracize, criticize, penalize and disenfranchise but there will always be a faithful people upon the earth to worship The lord on His special day, and there is no one, and there is nothing that can stop it.
In the days of Mt Sinai, where many were seduced into bowing down to the golden calf, there were a faithful few who never bowed. In ancient Babylon, when Nebuchadnezzar instituted a false form of forced worship, there were a faithful few who never bowed.
Again, during the days of Ahab and Jezebel, when a deadly form of idol worship had spread across the land, there were at least 7001 faithful persons who never bowed. And during the dark ages, when Rome sought to extinguish the knowledge of the Sabbath, the Ethiopian Coptic church took up the slack, and there were many others who never bowed down.
This is what God says, and this is what He means as He declares that the Sabbath will remain, and exist throughout all generations, and into eternity. God says it we believe it, and that settles it. Let’s read:
Isaiah 66: 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
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, saith the Lord.
However, there are some taboos about the Sabbath and also about Sunday worship that must be made plain, or debunked where necessary so that persons who will be tasked with taking the final warning to earth’s inhabitants will have a clear understanding of the issues at stake, and thus, be equipped to give the trumpet a certain sound.
The reason why these taboos must be visited, and in some cases debunked is because there are things in the Scriptures that might not have been previously understood clearly. In addition to this, there’s a very serious statement, and caution made by the servant of The Lord, of which we all must be cognizant. Let’s read:
[Testimonies for the Church pp 707] I have been shown that many who profess to have a knowledge of present truth know not what they believe. They do not understand the evidences of their faith.
When the time of trial shall come, there are men now preaching to others who will find, upon examining the positions they hold, that there are many things for which they can give no satisfactory reason. Until thus tested they knew not their great ignorance.
And there are many in the church who take it for granted that they understand what they believe; but, until controversy arises, they do not know their own weakness.
When separated from those of like faith and compelled to stand singly and alone to explain their belief, they will be surprised to see how confused are their ideas of what they had accepted as truth.
Hence the reason why it’s important for us to revisit the taboos which over the years, may have come to be understood as truth, when in fact they are not to be found anywhere in the Scriptures.
Taboo [1] There is absolutely nothing wrong with refraining from work on Sunday. Refusing to work on Sunday in compliance with the law of the state, and federal law, whenever it does occur, does not constitute a violation of God’s law.
In the fourth commandment, God says six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of The Lord your God. This does not mean that persons are commanded to work six days of the week.
It just means that we have six available days to do our secular work, but if a person does not have to work on Sunday, that’s not a violation of God’s law. During Covid, many persons had to work shortened hours and days, and there are many who work from 9 to 5 five days a week.
Therefore, if one decides to refrain from working on Sunday when the mark of the beast is upon the land and when the laws forbid secular work on Sunday, it will not be a violation of God’s law to stop working.
In fact, if I we are alive during that time, and one of the brethren were to come by us to do an oil change on Sunday, we will have to gently rebuke you. Paul says to rebuke sharply, but he also says elsewhere to rebuke with all longsuffering.
So, our gentle rebuke will go something like this: My brother, why are you so disobedient? You know full well that it is the law of the land now to refrain from working on Sunday. Why then are you disobedient to the king? Let’s read:
Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same.
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that do evil.
5 Wherefore you must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
[Last Day Events pp 138] Those who compose our churches have traits of character that will lead them, if they are not very careful, to feel indignant, because, on account of misrepresentation, their liberty in regard to working on Sunday is taken away.
Do not fly into a passion over this matter but take everything in prayer to God. Walk not rashly. Let none boast unwisely of their liberty, using it for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God, “Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”
This advice is to be of real value to all who are to be brought into straitened places. Nothing that shows defiance, or could be interpreted as maliciousness must be shown.
[Last Day Events pp 139] Refraining from work on Sunday is not receiving the mark of the beast.... In places where the opposition is so strong as to arouse persecution, if work is done on Sunday, let our brethren make that day an occasion to do genuine missionary work.
If they should come here and say “You must close up your work and your presses on Sunday,” I would not say to you, ... “Keep your presses going,” because the conflict does not come between you and your God.
We should not feel it enjoined upon us to irritate our neighbors who idolize Sunday by making determined efforts to bring labor on that day before them purposely to exhibit an independence.
Therefore, the brother in question who would have come to do the oil change on Sunday, when the law of the land says no work should not be done, he will now have to go by Jiffy Lube instead. No love lost!
Taboo [2] There is nothing in the Bible, or the Spirit of prophecy that forbids anyone to preach, worship, or attend church services on Sunday.
Preaching on Sunday does not make that day holy. Not long ago we had an evangelistic crusade where the Pastor held church meetings on Sunday evening, as well as other days of the week. And, as far as we can remember, the Sunday evening meetings were very well attended.
The remnant people of God could hold meetings on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Holding religious meetings on any other day of the week, whether it be daytime or night time, is not a violation of God’s law.
Again, the same brother who had come for the oil change on Sunday, when the law of the land said no work must be done, may try to prevent us preaching or having religious services on Sunday. He may see something dangerous in what we are doing, but it may a be taboo that is driving his thoughts, and his actions.
And again, we would have to rebuke him gently by saying; Why are you so disobedient my brother? Did you read anywhere in the Bible where God forbids a preacher from preaching on Sunday? The Lord tells us to preach the word, in season and out of season, and on any day of the week, as The Holy Spirit will guide. Let’s read:
Acts 20: 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.
[Last Day Events pp 140] Sunday can be used for carrying forward various lines of work that will accomplish much for the Lord. On this day open-air meetings and cottage meetings can be held. House-to-house work can be done.
Whenever it is possible, let religious services be held on Sunday. Make these meetings intensely interesting. Sing genuine revival hymns, and speak with power and assurance of the Savior's love.
Taboo [3] The keeping of the Seventh day Sabbath is not a winning ticket to heaven, all by itself. The faith of Jesus has to be included because the Sabbath day does not save anyone. It never has, and it never will, for salvation comes through Jesus Christ alone.
Even though the seventh day Sabbath is the point of faith especially controverted by the man of sin, and also by apostate Protestantism, the keeping of the Sabbath, all by itself, without Jesus in the midst, will never save a single soul.
It is true that God is calling the attention of earth’s inhabitants to His downtrodden law, so that we may worship Him in spirit and in truth, and yes, because the mark of the beast centers around a false system of worship, we have to focus on the elephant in the room, by preaching the Sabbath.
But in doing so, let us never forget that the 7th day, in and of itself, cannot save anyone, because it is the shedding of Christ’s blood that opens up to all, the possibility of having eternal life, and therefore it is a combination of the keeping of the commandments, including the Sabbath, and the faith of Jesus, that The Lord will be looking for.
The faith of Jesus will inevitably lead every sincere- hearted person to do as Jesus did, for He exercised implicit faith in God, but He also kept all of God’s commandments. Thus, a heavy emphasis on the 7th day Sabbath must not be allowed to crowd out the blood of Jesus. Let’s read:
John 14: 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Revelation 14: 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
It is a solemn statement that is made that many of those who have kept the Sabbath in previous years will eventually take the mark of the beast whenever crunch time comes around, and the furnace heat is turned up several notches.
Remember sacred history, for those who lived in the days of Christ’s were keeping the Sabbath faithfully, while at the same time they were slaying Him. Also, the rich young ruler was a Sabbath keeper, but he refused the faith of Jesus, and the rest is history.
So, let us reemphasize the truths in the matter: Keeping the Sabbath, all by itself is not a winning ticked to glory. It never has been, and it never will be. Let’s read:
John 19: 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Matthew 19: 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou will enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honor thy father and thy mother: and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, all these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
It becomes obvious that there are taboos about the Sabbath and Sunday that may have been cherished without any Scriptural basis, and therefore, we must now investigate thoroughly, what are the real issues at stake.
Question: What is real issue at stake that is being referenced in Revelation chapters 13 and 14?
Answer: The real issue has to do with the manmade attempts to try to transfer the sacredness of the 7th day Sabbath, to the first day of the week. This can’t be done, and therefore, anyone who believes it can be done, after the outpouring of the latter rain, will, by their choice, be sealing their doom for eternity.
When God instituted the Sabbath in Eden, the Bible says that He rested “In” and He rested “On” the 7th day so that it was His presence that He inserted into the Sabbath day that makes it holy. Let’s read:
Genesis 2: 2 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.
3 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.
The same issue of God’s presence is true concerning the burning bush that Moses saw, for prior to that, Moses had known that spot as just a regular place. But, when God’s presence is inserted into the time and place, it becomes holy. Let’s read:
Exodus 3: 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, here am I.
5 And he said, draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Joshua 5: 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Therefore, no man cannot transfer God’s presence to any other day, including Sunday, for if man can do so he will become greater than God, and this my friend is a non-starter. Hence the reason why the prophets point out the specifics of the issue, so that we may have it streamlined in our minds. Let’s read:
1st Thessalonians 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Daniel 7: 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Therefore, if anyone comes to the conclusion that a mere mortal man has the authority or the power to move God’s presence from one day to the next, that person will be designated as being deceived.
And if a change of heart and perspective does not occur, that person will eventually take the mark of the beast, because the number 666 is the number denoting man’s authority as being superior to God’s, or so they think.
Man was created on the sixth day of the week, and therefore, any system that has the three sixes at its core is representative of an attempt to eliminate God out of the human equation, and this is what will bring earth’s probation to a permanent, and irreversible close. Let’s read:
[Last Day Events pp 133>134] When our nation, in its legislative councils, shall enact laws to bind the consciences of men in regard to their religious privileges; Enforcing Sunday observance and bringing oppressive power to bear against those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath;
The law of God will, to all intents and purposes, be made void in our land, and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. It is at the time of the national apostasy when, acting on the policy of Satan, the rulers of the land will rank themselves on the side of the man of sin.
When Protestant churches shall unite with secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution then will the papal sabbath be enforced by the combined authority of church and state.
When the state shall use its power to enforce the decrees and sustain the institutions of the church—then will Protestant America have formed an image to the papacy, and there will be a national apostasy which will end only in national ruin.
Thus, according to what is written both in the Bible and also in the Spirit of Prophecy, the real issue has to do with the attempts to officially authorize the transfer of the sacredness of the 7th day Sabbath, to Sunday, a regular working day, and the consequent enforcement, coercing the people to work over the sacred hours.
If any person, for mere economic reasons decides to bow down, by accepting the sign of allegiance to a man instead of God, then, satan will never force you to go to church on Sunday. He will gladly permit you to stay at home, once you have your clearance from the authorities to buy and sell.
In fact, the devil couldn’t care less whether you go to church on Sunday or on Sabbath because in Islam Sunday is not a sacred day neither is the Sabbath, as Friday is to some extent, a day for prayer in Islam.
Therefore, once a person decides that come what may, they are going to retain all of their economic privileges, no matter what the cost, accepting the mark will inevitably be the next move.
The issue at stake for the remnant people of God is not really about not working on Sunday, or about if you preach or attend religious services on Sunday. It is about whether or not you would bow down to the powers that be, by working on, or violating the holy Sabbath that has been given to us in God’s law.
The truths, and the issues pertaining to the mark of the beast and also to the true worship of God on His holy day should be clear cut in our minds, for there will be many side orders and distractions that would cause some folk to fret unnecessarily over a nothing burger, as the case might be.
The three Hebrew worthies actually came up to the dedication of nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, for they had been commanded to do so, but that in and of itself did not constitute a violation of God’s law.
The violations of God’s law would have occurred if they had bowed down to the graven image contrary to that which is clearly written in the Decalogue, if, under pressure, they had decided to go that route.
In closing, it is of critical importance for the you and me in the here and now to exercise and practice the faith of Jesus, by obeying God’s law, and trusting in Jesus implicitly.
The little bow wows which occur in situations where we choose to work in secular fields just for the sake of some temporary gain, will eventually place us in a compromised position where we will become quite vulnerable to the assaults of the devil.
To put it plainly, we will have to practice not bowing when things are going smoothly, so that whenever the heat of the furnace is turned up several notches, we would have been in the habit of obeying God in good times and bad.
The three Hebrew boys practiced not bowing on the issue of diet and foods, and since the Bible says that he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much, they were primed for prime time when the big one came around.
Under no circumstances should you permit anyone to force you to do any secular work over the sacred hours, for if you do, you will become the sport of circumstances, and it will just be a matter of time before such persons buckle and fall.
God is willing and able to keep us from falling, but He does not bypass our freedom of choice to force us to do right. It’s always our own personal decision, and if we choose to willingly obey Him, He will grant us the needed strength to face any emergency.
We therefore end with a passage of scripture which certifies this sacred truth and we hope and pray that all of us would be found faithful, even as disturbing developments are looming on the horizon. Let’s read:
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than men.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
God Bless!