08/07/2023
SEVENTH DAY THEOCRATIC WORLD CONGREGATION
POST OFFICE BOX OS 1436
OSU-ACCRA GHANA
8TH AB, 6020 ADULTS SABBATH LESSON
TOPIC: THE FEAST OF YAHWEH
OUR STUDY FOCUS
(1). JUDAIC FESTIVALS
(2). CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
(3). ISLAMIC FESTIVALS
INTRODUCTION: ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS HISTORY, JUDAISM IS THE OLDEST RELIGIOUS PRACTICE IN THE WORLD (1450 BC). IT IS FOLLOWED BY JUDAIC CHRISTIANITY IN THE 1ST CENTURY, THEN ROMAN CHRISTIANITY(4TH CENTURY), CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY (11TH CENTURY), GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY(12TH CENTURY) AND PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY (16TH CENTURY AD). THESE ARE THE FIRST 1500 YEAR RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS. JUDAISM IS THE OLDEST. THE SECOND RELIGION IS THE JUDAIC CHRISTIAN RELIGION. IT HAS EMERGED FROM THE JEWISH RELIGION IN THE FIRST CENTURY AD. THE THIRD IS THE ROMAN CHRISTIAN RELIGION, WHICH REPLACED JUDAIC CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE FOURTH CENTURY AD. THE FIFTH IS THE GRECIA CHRISTIAN RELIGION OF AD 1054, AND THE SIXTH RELIGION IS PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN RELIGION 0F THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY AD. THE ISLAMIC RELIGION WAS ESTABLISHED AT MECCA IN AD 622.
Q1. Who founded the Hebraic Religious System?
Neh 9:13-14
Response: Truthfully, God himself founded the Sabbatical Religious System. He blessed the Seventh Day at Creation that commemorated His creating work (Gen 2:1-3). Verily, Yahwah declared His Covenant at Mount Sinai which included His Seventh Day Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11). He commanded humankind to worship Him on the Seventh Day Sabbath that declared that Yahwah created the whole world in Six Days, and rested on the Seventh Day (Lev 23:3). Wonderfully, Yahwah established His Religious Liturgy through Moses the Prophet, which constituted Daily Prayers, Seventh Day Sabbath, New Month Sabbath, Feast of Passover, Feast of Weeks, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles to wilderness(Lev 23, Deut 28-29). Truly, King David inaugurated the Temple Service (1 Chro 23:25-32) and King Solomon built the Magnificent Temple of God which housed the Ark of the Covenant (2 Chro 2:3-4; 8:11-14).
Most Prophets and Kings of Israel and Judah had kept and promoted the Liturgical Year (2 Chro 31:1-3). In fact, Jews which returned from diaspora restored the Liturgical Worship ( Ezra 3:1-4; 6:19-22). It is worthy knowing that the established Worship Plan reconcile God Almighty and those who Worship Him on Earth (Ezekiel 45:17). Finally, the established Sabbatical Religious System shall be kept when Yahwah replace this world with the new world, according to Isaiah 66:22-24. Without theological controversy, Christ Jesus had kept the already established Liturgical Worship (Matt 5:17-20) which is confirmed by Apostle Paul in Romans 9:4-5 respectively.
Q2. Who founded the Roman Christian Religious System? Rom 9:4-5
Response: It is evidently established that the Judaic Christian Religion emerged from the Judaic Religious Covenant. Christ Jesus himself has confirmed the continuity of the Mount Sinai Religious Covenant (Matt 5:17-20). He had therefore kept Daily Prayers, Seventh Day Sabbath, New Months, Feast of Passover, Feast of Weeks, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles. If Christ Jesus kept Feast of Tabernacles(John 7), then offcourse, He had kept the whole Temple Ordinance because Tabernacles is last Feast of the Liturgical Year (Exodus 23:14-17, Deut 16:16-17). Throughout the Messianic Dispensation, followers of Christ Jesus have continuously kept Mount Sinai Religious Covenant (Acts 7:37-39).
Woefully, the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 and colonization of the Judea, Jerusalem and scattering of Jews by the Roman Empire, caused religious persecution which made keeping of the Sabbatical Religious Covenant extremely difficult for both Mosaic and Messianic Jews. However, both Mosaic and Messianic Jews had kept the Daily Prayers, Seventh Day Sabbath, New Months, Feast of Passover, Feast of Weeks, Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles. Woefully, the Roman Empire replaced the Hebraic Religious System during the Fourth Century AD, according to Daniel 8:11-12, which Christ Jesus also confirmed(John 5:43-47). Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great recognized the Roman Christian Church in AD 313, and replaced the Judaic Liturgy with the Roman Pagan Liturgy in AD 325. Thus Feast of Easter, Feast of Pentecost and Feast of Christmas replaced the feasts of Passover, Feast of Weeks and Feast of Tabernacles, between AD 313 and 337.
Finally, Emperor, Theodosius nationalised Sunday Christian Religious System in AD 392(Rev 2:12-16). In AD 1054, the Roman Christian Church had broken into Roman Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox Church. In fact, Roman Catholic Church was attacked by Priest Dr Martin Luther, which established the Protestant Churches. In this wise, the Christian Religious System, between Fourth Century and Sixteenth Century had broken into Roman Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox Church and Protestant Churches, as predicted by Apostle John Zebedee in Rev 2:18-25.
Q3. Who founded the Islamic Religious System?
"This day have I perfected your Religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as as Religion Al Islam"
Quran 5:3
Historically, Islamic Religious System was founded by Prophet Muhammad in the Seventh Century AD. He was the Son of Abdullah of the Qureysh at Mecca.The Arabian Prophet Muhammad, also called Ahmed was born in AD 570. At 53 years old, he began preaching the oneness of Allah because Arabians had worshipped multiple of god's, about three hundred gods, which were housed in the Kabbah at Mecca before the advent of Prophet Muhammad. Adherents of Islam believed that Allah had revealed Himself to Muhammad (O Muhammad thou art Allah's Messenger, and I am Gabriel) whose wife was Khadijah. It believed adherents of Islam that Islam was the Religion of Patriarch Abraham and Ishmael in AD 622.
In the beginning, Prophet Muhammad accepted the practice of Judaism, believed Six Days Creation(Quran 11:7; 32:4), accepted the Seventh Day Sabbath(Quran 2:65; 16:124) and the Law of God (Quran 48:23), believed that Jesus is the Messiah (Quran 3:43-48), adherents of Christ Jesus will find compassion and mercy from Allah (Quran 52:27). He condemned Jews and Christians Religious misunderstanding(Quran 2:113) and taught authority of God, Christ Jesus and Holy Spirit (Quran 2:252-253). Unfortunately, when Medina Jews had found some distortion in the teaching of Prophet Muhammad, and subsequently rejected his Pophethood. Prophet Muhammad aggressively attacked Medina Jews, abandoned Judaism, and commanded Muslims to turn their face towards Mecca instead of Jerusalem in AD 624. He established a Five Pillar Islamic Religious System, being kept in the Islamic World (1) Declaration of Faith (Shahada) (2) Daily Prayer (3) Alms for the Poor (4 Fast During Hamadan (5) Hajj
Q4. Did Democratic World recognise the Hebraic Religious System? Rev 11:7-10
Response: Surprisingly, the Hebraic Religious System is unknown throughout the generations. Verily, King Pharaoh of Egypt had said he did not know Yahwah (Exodus 5:1-4). The people of S***m and Gomorrah practiced Homosexuality, the Roman Empire destroyed Jerusalem the City of God (Matt 5:33-35), also replaced the Hebraic Religious System with the Greco - Roman Pagan Religious System(Dan 8:11-12). In fact, 21st Century Democratic Governments recognised Christian Religion and Islam Religion, and celebrates their Annual Religious Festivals. In fact, both Religious and Secular World have stoutly rejected the Hebraic Religious Festivals, thus Anti -Judaism.
The Anti - Judaic activities in the World have fulfilled this statement of Christ Jesus "I have given them thy word; and the World have hated them, because they are not of the World, even as I am not of the World" John 17:14. Truly, Egypt symbolised the 21st Century, which had engaged Hebrews to working on the Seventh Day Sabbath. Likewise, the Democratic World Government will persecute those who Worship God and keep His Commandments (Rev 12:17).
Q5. Which World Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, would be practice in the New World? Isa 66:22-24
Response: Wonderfully, Hebraic Religious System will be gloriously kept in the New World. And that those who rejected the Law of God, which contained the Sabbath Observation, God will Judge. It is also stated in Al Quran 16:124 that God (Allah) will judge those who have rejected Hebraic Religious Covenant found in 2 Chro 2:3-4. Importantly, 70 African Theologians have confirmed that only Hebraic Religion would be celebrated in the New World. "In the New Heavens and the New Earth that God will establish, His Sabbaths and Religious Festivals will be celebrated joyously by all the true People of God" Africa Bible Commentary, page 878. Thus Roman Christian Religion and Islamic Religion would not be practice on the New World - Rev 14:6-12
