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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
IAUA (ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly Sabbath. I pray this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of IAUA. This is the 9th day of the 2nd month of God's Sacred Calendar in the estimated year 6018 Anno Mundi. Pentecost is in 3 weeks and 5 days on the evening of the 6th day of the 3rd month (Wednesday, June 4th on the 2014, Gregorian Calendar, at sunset on Tuesday, June 3rd). The Sacred month begins on the world day after lunar conjunction and the sacred year begins with the Spring Passover Rule dates my research, and others, has determined for the Gregorian Calendar dates of God's Sacred Calendar. The Millerite Calendar (Spring New Moon Rule) is the same this year. The Calculated Rabbinical Calendar is the same in the spring this year but one day early in the fall.
There was a comment on the LinkedIn website in the E-ventist Network subgroup Three Angel's Message to a post I made with an excerpt of the 2014-04-25 Blood Moon newsletter.
Mario Petrovalle (2,000+) Founder at E-ventist Network ( LINKEDin group ) I am reminded of the booklet Baptized Paganism Here is one paragraph "At this point it should be evident that Heaven places no religious significance on Christmas or Easter. The selection of these days was based solely on pagan considerations men later contrived the means by which to incorporate them into the Christian religion. It is impossible simply to ignore the holidays that have become such a staple in our own culture, yet we should not invest them with a sacredness that they do not deserve. At least we may be thankful that these days to not seek to displace or nullify any part of God's holy law." Click here to read the short booklet http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/15/t/baptized-paganism.aspx
Frank T. Clark Website Writer/Developer at IAUA End Time Ministry The Baptized Paganism booklet is a very good read with valuable information and viewpoints but I disagree with some specific statements it makes such as this sentence in the quote. "At least we may be thankful that these days to (do) not seek to displace or nullify any part of God's holy law." This sentence is only true when you take a narrow viewpoint that the "Ten" Commandments is the limit of God's Law. What about this command of God? Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant... The Law of Moses clearly describes an entire calendar and holy days that are part of a "displace or nullify" by the pagan/Babylon/Catholic Gregorian calendar and its holidays. Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Some other interesting quotes from the booklet Baptized Paganism. "To spite the Jews whom they hated and to accommodate the legions of sun worshipers that were entering the "faithâ through conquest, church leaders very early presumed to transfer the sanctity of the Sabbath to the first day of the week. Sunday was proclaimed a holiday in honor of Jesus' resurrection, a cunning perversion that eventually brought scorn upon God's great moral law, the Ten Commandments. In time this master stroke also effectively obliterated the worship of God as the literal Creator of the universe, which in turn prepared a wide path for the emergence of evolutionary philosophy, centuries later." The first change to separate from Judaism may not have been over the weekly Sabbath observance. There was significant controversy over replacing Passover with Easter, which in its original apostate conception, was designed to fall on the Sunday after Passover Eve. You may refer to the SDA Bible Commentary and Catholic Doctrine to verify this fact. The intent was to attract pagans to an observance on Sunday with a "Christian" association. Sound familiar? This same observance was a way believers could move away from association with Jewish observance of God's Law as He specified. This was met with great resistance as documented in the alphabetical section "Easter Controversy" from the SDA Bible Student's Source Book which is also known as Volume 9 of the The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary. Continuing with another fascinating quote: "Today evolution is only the tip of a massive, many-headed iceberg. From the words we use down to the way we wear our clothes, our culture is thoroughly steeped in pagan traditions. Stripped of their original significance, however, many of these customs appear to be relatively harmless and some, updated with their Christian dressings, seem actually wholesome. But how should the Christian of today relate to Christmas, or Easter, or Sunday keeping? Not many people are really aware of the history of these things, so should we even be concerned?" Yes we should be concerned! "We must ask then, is there anything wrong with commemorating the birth and resurrection of Jesus? Of course not. These events are filled with deep meaning for every true Christian. The only problem is that neither the Bible nor history has preserved the dates of these events for us. Consequently, there is no biblical command to observe them on any particular day of the year. God in His wisdom left us free to remember them any and every day of the year, including December 25 and Easter Sunday." Here as in many places the article is strong to support the weekly Sabbath but complacent (Laodicean) about the yearly Sabbaths. Final quote: "There is a serpent hidden in the bundle of colorful customs handed to us from paganism. Satan well knows that sin is the only thing that can separate us from the joys of eternity with Christ, and thus he has laid his snare. Will we be taken in the net of our adversary? Or will our prayer, like David's, be "Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight"? Psalm 119:34, 35." There is a serpent indeed! When David said "law" he was referring to the Law of Moses with weekly and yearly Sabbaths plus more. The word "commandments" was not limited to "Ten" in David's mind. The depth of God's guidance of love goes far beyond only "Ten" Commandments. Do you recognize all the elements of Baptized Paganism? I pray we may all continue to seek love, peace, and unity in truth preparing for the soon coming of IAUShUO (ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Frank T. Clark Next: 2014-05-16 Holy Days vs Holidays |
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