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| Samoa on the Globe (by TUBS) |
and New Zealand since these countries are now “increasingly important trading partners.”
Although this time shift will be marked by prayer services and the ringing of church bells throughout the “devoutly Christian nation” of Samoa, not all churches are in favor of skipping a Friday. The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Samatu “has
indicated a major problem for its congregation” because Friday night is when its Sabbath begins. If Friday were to suddenly become Saturday, then Saturday would just as suddenly become Sunday. The Sabbath would therefore be observed on a Sunday rather than on a Saturday.
The “Fundamental Beliefs” section of Adventist.org, the “official website of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” states this: The beneficent Creator, after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God’s unchangeable law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath.
No mention of “Saturday” here…
However, the “What Adventists Believe” section of the same website had this to say: God loves you, and
wants to spend time with you personally, one on one, as two close friends… The seventh day (Saturday) is an extra-special part of the relationship. The Bible, from Genesis through Revelation, describes the seventh day as the one day God has set aside for focused fellowship with His people. God has named that day “Sabbath” and asked us to spend it with Him.
Note that God has named that day “Sabbath” rather than “Saturday”…
Nevertheless, a controversy exists amongst churches (as well as amongst denominations and religions) as to which day is the “real” Sabbath. After this latest calendar adjustment, Seventh-day Adventists in Samoa
will be divided as to when the Sabbath will be honored. Some will adhere to their traditional Saturdays, whereas many will change over to Sundays.
Resources
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/29/samoa-and-tokelau-to-skip-december-30/
http://www.samoanews.com/?q=content/seventh-day-adventists-samoa-will-have-two-sabbaths-dateline-change
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line
http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/
http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html
Copyright December 30, 2011 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
shalom,
ReplyDeleteThe Irony of all is this is this.....
The Bible 7th day Sabbath was, and orginally still is...THE 7TH DAY AFTER THE NEW MOON, IT IS NOT FRIDAY, SUNDAY, AND NIETHER SATURDAY
Jewish Encyclopedia....
GRACE AMADON.....google my name...
the day in which one worships...dictated by the Calendar one uses....reviels the Diety and G-d of THAT DAY ....
The calendar today in Somoa is CATHOLIC...
ALL churches worship under Her Calendar....
My creators Calendar is in the heavens which no man can touch...not even the devil...
the sabbath is a sign....and ye shall see the signs in the heavens....not on your refrigerator.
Friday, Sunday, and Saturday are the mark of the Beast....thinking to change time (calendar) and laws (the sabbath)
Moses used a lunar solar calendar....not this pagan papal, solar calendar.....
This is the shaking.....of the Sabbath....this topic will send a shock wave through out the world.....and everyone will choose...either worship under the papal roman catholic CALENDAR,
or Under the CREATORS CALENDAR WHICH IS IN THE HEAVENS....FROM ONE NEW MOON, TO ANOTHER, AND FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER SHALL ALL FLESH COME AND WORSHIP ME....ISA 66;23 Amoos 8;5 Ezek.46:1
psalm 81:3
come out of her my people.....!!!
and all them that dwell upon the earth worshipped and wondered after the beast...
Grace Amadon.....
shalom
shalom
>> Note that God has named that day “Sabbath” rather than “Saturday”… Nevertheless, a controversy exists amongst churches ... as to which day is the “real” Sabbath. ... Some will adhere to their traditional Saturdays, whereas many will change over to Sundays. <<
ReplyDeleteTrue, the name is "Sabbath", but the day is neither Saturday nor Sunday: The Bible Sabbath is based upon an entirely different calendar, which is not affected by the International Date Line or related to the modern Gregorian Calendar. The original calendar described by Moses was based upon the phases of the Moon, not a continuous weekly cycle. This Lunar Calendar was used for all the feast days, including the weekly Sabbath.
The Biblical calendar starts every month on New Moon Day, and the Sabbaths are always in the same place: The 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th of the month. This is why the feast days in Leviticus 23 have a Sabbath on the 15th of the month, and why the words "New Moon" and "Sabbath" often occur together in Scripture.
Today's calendar comes straight from Rome:
In AD 321, Constantine created a big compromise. He blended the Hebrew idea of a seven day week with the Julian concept of a continuous weekly cycle, and added the veneration of the "Sun God" from Mithrasim to create the Roman calendar used today. He enforced his calendar upon the entire Roman Empire with military power.
Constantine's calendar was modified slightly by Pope Gregory into the calendar used today. Therefore, neither Saturday nor Sunday is the Biblical Sabbath.
http://sda-samoa-dateline-sabbath.info