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Sabbath Observed by God's Creatures

Normally - all of the birds start chipping an hour before the day begins.

But today - only a few birds are making a sound from their usual time until sunrise.

Even the birds recognize the Sabbath Day - Praise the LORD!!!

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Decoding Isaiah 1:18

Isaiah 1:18  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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Decoding Ezekiel 27:6

Eze 27:6  Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

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Duty to Know Ourselves (brother Mel)

PERIODICALS
HR - The Health Reformer
August 1, 1866 Duty to Know Ourselves.

Many have inquired of me, "What course shall I take to best preserve my health?"

My answer is,
Cease to transgress the laws of your being; cease to gratify a depraved appetite;
eat simple food; dress healthfully,
which will require modest simplicity;
work healthfully; and you will not be sick.

It is a sin to be sick; for all sickness is the result of transgression.

Many are suffering in consequence of the transgression of their parents.

 They cannot be censured for their parents' sin; but it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain wherein their parents violated the laws of their being, which has entailed upon their offspring so miserable an inheritance; and wherein their parents' habits were wrong, they should change their course, and place themselves by correct habits in a better relation to health.

Men and women should inform themselves in regard to the philosophy of health.

 The minds of rational beings seem shrouded in darkness in regard to their own physical structure, and how to preserve it in a healthy condition. The present generation have trusted their bodies with the doctors, and their souls with the ministers. Do they not pay the minister well for studying the Bible for them, that they need not be to the trouble? and is it not his business to tell them what they must believe, and to settle all doubtful questions of theology without special investigation on their part? If they are sick, they send for the doctor--believe whatever he may tell, and swallow anything he may prescribe; for do they not pay him a liberal fee, and is it not his business to understand their physical ailments, and what to prescribe to make them well, without their being troubled with the matter?

Children are sent to school to be taught the sciences;
but the science of human life is wholly neglected.

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What is the Testimony of Jesus? Biblical Study Guide

How does one practically "keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ"?

Revelation 12:17  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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Sunday Worship vs. Sabbath: Historical Christian Perspective

All the early Christians had church on Sunday. Even in the book of Acts, we read on the first day, which is past the 7th day that would be on the Julian calendar, a Sunday, which is the first day of the week in the Jewish calendar.
Here we have a perfect example of first-century and third-century Christians after Christ, Christians who all had church on Sunday
Ignatius of Antioch (c. AD 107)
"...those who lived according to the old order have come to a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living according to the Lord's Day, on which also our life sprang up through Him..."
Didache (late 1st or early 2nd century)
The Didache says:

"On the Lord's own day gather together and break bread and give thanks..."

Justin Martyr (c. AD 150)
Justin gives the earliest detailed description of Christian worship:

"On the day called Sunday all who live in cities or in the country gather together in one place..."

Barnabas (c. AD 70–130)
The Epistle of Barnabas says:

"We keep the eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead."

The "eighth day" refers to the day after the Sabbath—Sunday.

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Does God Change His Mind? Biblical Truths Explained

If God can change His mind and since God is life and truth, then life with death will contently change and so what is true and false will constantly change. That is not our reality for sure and no one what's such a reality.

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(Duty) Calling People out from the sins and associations of Babylon

Colossians 4:15  Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 

This verse is specifically designed as a rebuke to the unfaithful watchman.

It is speaking about calling people out of the Judged churches - for they too have been paid by the blood of Christ and require sacrifices from the church to reach.

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(Keeping Sabbaths is Wrong?) God's Commandments & Requirements Regarding the Sabbath Day

Revelation 7:2-3  And 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 given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 

Isaiah 8:16,20  Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Psalms 119:105  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 

Leviticus 24:8  Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 

Exodus 31:16  Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 

Hebrews 4:4,6  For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. ... and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

Revelation 21:7-8  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

Revelation 22:14  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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