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Chapter IV
A. Days of Worship
for the Christian Church during the Millennial Reign of Jesus
Christ.
We
have seen what the early Church of God in Jerusalem, and then
the Judeo-Christians were like in their worship practices.
This final chapter is contained in three links.
First, what days of worship will the Church keep when
Jesus and the resurrected saints return to earth and rule
from Jerusalem? That
is a good question, and amazingly enough, one the Bible provides
a clear answer to, if you are willing to believe the Bible
and what it has to say on this subject.
The answer to that question is provided by the article
in this link: http://www.unityinchrist.com/kingdomofgod/mkg5.htm. This article ties together all the related prophecies
on this subject in a clear, honest and concise manner. This looks forward. Now a link that looks back.
B. Did A Remnant From These Sabbatarian Churches
of God Survive Constantine?
The
answer to that question is contained in a whole Church history
subsection on this website. To read an amazing history, a history put together
by this very group of Sabbatarian Churches of God, log onto
http://www.unityinchrist.com/history/revivals.htm. Now a link that looks to the present.
C. Resources:
"The Feast's
of the Lord" by Kevin Howard & Marvin Rosenthal,
$17.95, can be ordered by mailing to:
Zion's Hope, 1390 N. Hancock Road, Suite 201, Clermont,
Florida, 34711. See http://www.unityinchrist.com/messianicmovement/Daniel-Neb7.htm.
"In The Shadow of The Temple" by Oskar Skarsaune
"The Rise of Christianity" by Rodney Stark
"A History of Christianity" by Paul Johnson
"Nazarene Jewish Christianity" by Ray Pritz
"The Text of the New Testament: It's Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration",
by Bart D. Ehrman
D. Sabbatarian
Churches of God:
Sabbatarian Churches of God: What Are the Doctrinal
Distinctives of a Sabbatarian Church of God?
This is an
article which has been written to help define what the basic
Sabbatarian Church of God is. I was born-again and drawn to Jesus in
one, and attended that same Sabbatarian Church of God for
over 27 years. So I know a little bit about them. First I am going to explain a couple Messianic
Jewish terms that defines these groups and how they differ
from the rest of Gentile Christianity. All
the Sabbatarian Church of God denominations fit into the
first of these two categories, while one did come into the
second category, but did not remain a non-Torah observant
Sabbatarian Church of God for more than five to six years,
before becoming a Sunday observing church. So
here goes with those two Messianic terms or categories:
Definitions
Torah-observant: Torah-observant
believers in Jesus believe the Ten Commandment Law of God
including seventh day Sabbath, Holy Days of Leviticus 23
and dietary laws of Leviticus 11 are in full force for the
believer. They
often look at other (Sunday observing) believers as “false
Christians” from strictly a doctrinal belief point
of view, and not out of any hatred or dislike for Sunday
observers. As
such their doctrinal beliefs have separated them out from
active joint participation within the rest of the body of
Christ. They
still perform an active and important role in witnessing
to the carnal world, as the Lord directs them. Romans
14 warns, “who art thou that judgest another man’s
servant? To his
own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is
able to make him stand” (vs. 4). That “man”
in “man’s servant” is Jesus Christ, in
context with Paul’s epistle here. Having spent 27 years in one of these
Sabbatarian Churches of God, and having fellowshipped with
several others from time to time, I have witnessed the indwelling
Holy Spirit in many if not most of their membership.
Non-Torah observant: Non-Torah
observant believers in Jesus or Yeshua believe the New Testament “Law
of Christ” (9 of the 10 Commandments) to be in full
force for the believer. They believe “Days of Worship” have
been made an optional choice under the legislation found
in the New Testament (cf. Romans 14 and Acts 15). That
means “days of worship” are an optional choice,
left up to the believer and the denomination he or she attends. If
one does not agree with the choice of his or her denomination,
the individual is free to go to the one that matches his
or her choice in days of worship. Gentile Christian believers for almost
1700 years have chosen Sunday/Christmas/Easter as their primary
days of worship. Messianic
Jewish believers who are non-Torah observant choose the Sabbath
and Holy Days to worship on, and most also observe the dietary
laws of Leviticus 11, mostly out of ethnic cultural choice. But
rest assured, their Messianic Jewish observance almost matches
the observance of the Torah observant Sabbatarian Churches
of God, those days being previously ingrained in their cultural
upbringing for millennia. Romans
14:1-23 defines these freedoms of choice over days of worship,
while the actual legislation of them is recorded in Acts
15.
I
prefer these Messianic terms over others, as they are totally
non-derogatory and lack the slanderous connotation of other
terms that define these two groups of believers.
Part I, Torah-observant Sabbatarian Churches of God
As you will
notice, it is the
“Days of Worship” which define the Sabbatarian
Churches of God. In their obedience to the biblical Christian
standards Christ gave to the Church, they are in more or
less harmony with the rest of Gentile Christianity. It
is in days of worship where they differ. Their
church life revolves around the Sabbath and Holy Days, especially
in what these days symbolically represent in Scripture. We
will see that what they believe in this area almost totally
matches what the Messianic Jewish believers believe. And
God has just restored the Jewish branch of the body of Christ
within 37 short years, so taking a closer look at our Sabbatarian
Church of God brothers wouldn’t be a bad idea. First
they base their belief in the Old Testament Law of God still
being in full force by a simple interpretation of Matthew
5:17-19, which states, “Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfil. For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all
be fulfilled…” Now
here is an important point in their theology. Have heaven and earth passed? No they haven’t. Even though others argue that Christ fulfilled
them, it can be pointed out that he expects us to follow
his example, which was one of obedience to God’s law. Also,
in Scripture we can see when heaven and earth do pass away,
and that is in Revelation 20:14-15 and Revelation 21:1 “And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.” Also
see 2 Peter 3:10-13 where Peter graphically describes this
event. So “till heaven and earth pass” puts
a time element for the law of God remaining intact, a time
element which is often ignored by Gentile Christians who
try to use only part of this verse to prove their point. Continuing
in verse 19 of Matthew 5, “Whosoever therefore shall
break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men
to do so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall
be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Then
Jesus goes on in Matthew 5 to define the spirit of the 10
Commandment Law of God. So
this passage is the bedrock of the Sabbatarian Churches of
God’s belief in the Old Testament 10 Commandment Law
of God being for Christians. As
I stated before, the major difference is in the days of worship
they observe. But
it is important to also see what they see in these days. So
let’s take a look.
The Holy Days of Leviticus
To learn
the biblical historic and prophetic significance of God’s
Holy Days, believed by both the Sabbatarian Churches of God
and all Messianic Jewish believers in Yeshua, log onto the
following link and read the whole file: http://www.unityinchrist.com/messianicmovement/Holydayshadows.htm . The
Holy Days and what they represent, when properly understood,
appear to have far more significance in explaining the whole
of God’s redemptive plan of salvation for mankind than
the Gentile Christian days. Few
understand this important point, because few look beyond
the actual days and into what they represent. So
be very sure to log onto that link above and read that file
before continuing. There is tremendous meaning in the historic
and prophetic symbolism of the Holy Days of Leviticus 23
which most Sunday observing Christianity is almost totally
ignorant of.
The Sabbath: A careful
reading of Leviticus 23 will show the seventh day Sabbath
is also listed as a Holy Day (Leviticus 23:1-3). Hebrews
shows the actual physical Sabbath represents the spiritual
rest we have in Christ by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
within believers. This rest is experienced in reality 24/7. But
just because we are living the reality does not make it wrong
to observe the shadow of that reality. Read Hebrews 4:1-11. Verse 10 is a direct reference to God
taking rest in Genesis right after the creation, which created
the Sabbath by the very fact that God rested. The
Jews, Messianic believers and Sabbatarian Churches of God
feel this is significant in that the Sabbath wasn’t
created at the time of Moses, but predates the Law being
given to Moses right back in Genesis at the creation of man. Each group, Sunday and Sabbath observing
see the argument for their practice within this chapter. But the proofs lie elsewhere and are not
the subject of this article. It
is just important to see the significance of what they see
in the Sabbath. Another symbolic meaning which some say
can be seen in the Bible is that mankind has been allocated
6,000 years for his governments, and that after the 2nd coming
of Jesus Christ, God rules over mankind for one thousand
years of peaceful existence—and that the Sabbath typifies
or symbolizes the last 1,000 years of God’s redemptive
plan for mankind in Revelation 20, 1 Corinthians 15 and Ezekiel
37:1-14. This is a viable argument which does have
Scriptural backing, even though Jesus’ exact return
has gone beyond the actual 6,000 year allotment of time (but
didn’t Jesus say people would be saying “He delayeth
his coming”?). Irenaeus,
a disciple of Polycarp recorded in his works that this was
a held doctrine of the early apostolic Church. He
lived around 178AD.
Typical sermons given by a viable
Sabbatarian Church of God during the Days of Unleavened
Bread.
First, most
Sabbatarian Churches of God keep an ancient Christian Passover
that Polycarp and Policrates (disciples of John) kept in
Asia Minor (100’s AD through 250AD).
Passover service: This following link goes to an article showing
how this Christian Passover service is currently being observed
(and is the way we believe John, Polycarp and Policrates
observed it). Log onto: http://www.cbcg.org/passover_ceremony1.htm and http://www.cbcg.org/passover_ceremony2.htm . I
have an article on this website which shows the last six
days in the life of Jesus Christ before and going through
his crucifixion at this link. It
was taken from the Sabbatarian Church of God I spent 27 years
in, and many of you have been logging onto it and reading
it every year in the spring. It’s at: http://www.unityinchrist.com/lamb/lastsix.htm .
Typical sermon for the First and Last Days of Unleavened Bread
Log onto
the link below and see the significance of how these churches
use these days of worship to teach powerful biblically redemptive
themes about Christian growth and sanctification, using each
Holy Day to teach both New and Old Testament lessons of redemption
in Christ (and our part in the process). See http://www.unityinchrist.com/messianicmovement/Leaven.htm. The
Christian Biblical Church of God is a Torah-observant
Sabbatarian Church of God, as all Sabbatarian Churches of
God are. I used
them here, because they are the most grace oriented of all
the Sabbatarian Churches of God, with members who are for
the most part filled with the indwelling Holy Spirit. If
you desire to know more about this group of Sabbatarian Churches
of God, be sure to look them up and read further at http://www.cbcg.org and http://www.biblicaltruthministries.org . I
use these folks as an example, not because they are the best
organized or biggest and shiniest of the Sabbatarian Churches
of God, but in my personal estimation, they are the most
grace-oriented and spiritual of the groups, and as such deserve
mention. The best mention I could give them is
to use them as a central example of a Sabbatarian Church
of God. Another fairly large Torah observant Sabbatarian
Church of God is the United Church of God, which is a modern-day
version of the Torah observant Churches of God as they marched
through church history. Their
link is at: http://www.ucg.org. [The United Church of God’s Good News Magazine, although its slant on obedience to God’s Laws is
Torah-observant, is an excellent source for articles dealing
with prophecy, current events and the prophetic meaning of
God’s Holy Days. Back issues can be found at http://www.gnmagazine.org. Their series on Biblical archeology and
the Bible is amazing, and well worth the read.]
Some
might be led to think the Torah observant variety of Sabbatarian
Churches of God are sort of dying out after the massive split
in the Worldwide Church of God during the 1990s. Not
so. There are now over 374 separate
“denominations” of Torah observant Sabbatarian
Churches of God in existence right now.
Also,
many of you may be wondering at this point, especially since
most Messianic Jewish believers are non-Torah observant,
are there any non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Churches of
God? To answer
that, read through the next part of this article.
Part II: Non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Churches
of God
It is historically
believed by recent church historians that most of the early
Judeo-Christian churches were non-Torah observant Sabbatarian
Churches of God (after 50AD) in Asia Minor during the first
300 years of the Christian church’s history. Proof of this is contained at the following
link and won’t be covered in this “Part II”. (see http://www.unityinchrist.com/history2/index3.htm for
more about early non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Judeo-Christians.) As you will read, for 1700 years a non-Torah
observant Sabbatarian Church of God hasn’t existed, except for a very brief period,
from 1995 to about 2001. (There
is one minor exception to this rule, which was the Sabbatarian
Churches of God first in England, and then in Rhode Island
during the 17th century. But
even they leaned toward being Torah-observant for their own
members. To read
about how the Sabbatarian Churches of God came to America,
log onto http://www.unityinchrist.com/history/historycog1.htm.) Want to learn more? Read on.
Why Did We Leave Worldwide?
When the
Worldwide Church of God came into the New Testament understanding
of Romans 14 under Joseph Tkach Sr.---i.e that choice over
Days of Worship are an optional choice for believers---at
that point the Worldwide Church of God had just become what
the Messianic Jewish believers call a “non-Torah observant”
Sabbatarian Church of God, the very first of its kind in 1700 years. Most Messianic believers are non-Torah
observant, while up to this point in time (1995) all the
Sabbatarian Churches of God were Torah-observant. That
meant that any Christian church or Christian individual that
observed Sunday/Christmas/Easter instead of the Sabbath and
Holy Days of Leviticus 23 were regarded by them as “false
Christians.” But
for a very short span of time the Worldwide Church of God
was a
“non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God”,
which meant that even though they chose to observe the Sabbath
and Holy Days of Leviticus 23 voluntarily---they recognized the Sunday/Christmas/Easter
observing Christian churches as brothers in Christ, and also
as genuine parts of the body of Christ.
Very
sadly, Joe Tkach Sr. died of cancer in 1995, and just as
sadly, under the leadership of his son Joe Tkach Jr., the
Worldwide Church of God changed from being a “non-Torah
observant” Sabbatarian Church of God---the only one
of its kind since 325AD---to a Sunday/Christmas/Easter observing
Christian denomination. Result: Now those who are non-Torah observant
Sabbatarian Church of God believers are scattered all across
the Christian landscape. Some
of these believers dwell amongst the more spiritually alive
and on-fire Sunday observing churches and denominations,
while others have quietly gone back to fellowship and attend
some of the Torah-observant Sabbatarian Church of God denominations,
while still others like myself quietly fellowship amongst
the two groups, observing the Holy Days with the Sabbatarian
Churches of God and off and on again going to their Sabbath
services along with doing the same for the Sunday services. I
myself am such a believer. In a very real sense we’re
believers without a church. We find we have to be careful to not talk
amongst our “Torah-observant” Sabbatarian brethren
about our understandings of the freedoms we have, as explained
in Romans 14, and we’re often looked upon by our Sunday
observing brethren as being “Jewish”, “archaic”,
or as being “a touch legalistic” for preferring
the Sabbath and Holy Days of Leviticus 23 over Sunday/Christmas/Easter.
Why did we leave? The best way to explain
this is to refer you to some quotes of Rodney Stark, a sociologist
who wrote a stunning book titled The
Rise of Christianity. I made editorial remarks between quotes
I took from his book. The
first two pages apply very succinctly to this issue of why
we non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God believers
left the Worldwide Church of God, and it has nothing to do
with the fact that they are now a legitimate Holy Spirit
filled Sunday observing Christian church. What
forced us out? Why
were the changes from non-Torah observant Sabbatarian to
Sunday/Christmas/Easter too much for us? Maybe not many of
you who went through this looked at it this way, but this
is the real underlying reason we fled. I’ll
reproduce those two pages right here.
Quotes taken from Rodney Stark’s “The Rise of Christianity”, chapter 3, The Mission to the
Jews: Why It Probably Succeeded
These are
direct quotes from Rodney Stark’s book “The Rise
of Christianity”, chapter 3. Rodney Stark is a sociologist, not a historian,
but he brings a fresh perspective to church history and how
the early Church grew, from a sociologist’s perspective. He uses historic evidence very carefully
to back up his prognosis of early church growth patterns
and that the early church was indeed heavily Jewish both
ethnically and in worship practices.
“Granted, the received wisdom recognizes that Jews made up the
bulk of very early converts, as phrases such as “Jewish
Christianity” and “the Christian Synagogue” acknowledge. But
it is generally assumed that this pattern ended abruptly
in the wake of the revolt of 66-74, although some writers
will accept a substantial role for Jewish conversion into
the second century, regarding the Bar- Kokhba revolt as
the
“final straw” in Jewish-Christian sympathies.
Perhaps
only a sociologist would be foolish enough to suggest that,
contrary to the received wisdom, Jewish Christianity played
a central role until much later in the rise of Christianity—that
not only was it the Jews of the diaspora who provided the
initial basis for church growth during the first and early
second centuries, but that the Jews continued as a significant
source of Christian converts until at least as late as
the fourth century and that Jewish Christianity was still
significant in the fifth century.” [“The Rise
of Christianity”, p.49, par. 2-3, Rodney Stark]
Next is a
quote where Rodney gives a little social science which put
the historic evidence in a new light. The
bottom line of the social science here is “birds of
a feather flock together.”
“The second proposition is that People
are more willing to adopt a new religion to the extent
that it retains cultural continuity with conventional
religion(s) with which they already are familiar…As
Noch so aptly put it: “The receptivity of most
people for that which is wholly new (if anything is)
is small…” [ibid. p. 55, par 2&3]
And who did
the apostle Paul evangelize to, Gentiles? Or
was it to the Jews of the Diaspora, and the God-fearers within
the same synagogues? If so, what religious customs of worship
would have provided this continuity? It
wouldn’t be the Gentilized Christianity of today we’re
so familiar with. The continuity would have been found in
early Nazarene Jewish Christianity. Stark
further postulates:
“The principle of cultural continuity captures the human tendency
to maximize—to get the most for the least cost. In
the case of adopting a new religious outlook, cost can
be measured in terms of how much of what one already knows
and more or less accepts one must discard in order to make
the shift. To
the extent that potential converts can retain much of their
original cultural heritage and merely add to it, cost is
minimized (Stark and Bainbridge 1987)”
[ibid. p.55, par. 4]
And here
is an interesting modern proof of this principle. The
Worldwide Church of God, prior to coming into a better understanding
of the New Testament freedoms which allow for freedom of
choice in “days of worship” (cf. Romans 14),
were a Sabbath/Holy Day observing Sabbatarian Church of God. They were a true reflection of the early
Judeo-Christian Churches of God in their worship practices. Their members were spiritually brought
up in these “Jewish” days of worship, including
Levitical dietary practices. A few years after they accepted this New
Testament understanding of freedom in the area of days of
worship, they started gradually changing, congregation by
congregation, over to Sunday/Christmas/Easter observance
for their days of worship. From the period between 1995 and 2005
they lost a very large number of their members, merely because the cost of
accepting this new religion which went against their spiritual
cultural background was far to great. Where
that church had an estimated 150,000 members, it now numbers
in the mere few thousands, whereas the two major splinter
churches which broke off from them are healthy. I
am not trying to slam any of these churches, just making
a sociological observation that fits this
“social law” Rodney Stark brings out here. The
apostle Paul said the same thing when he said “Were
you born Circumcised (i.e. a Jew)? Remain
Circumcised (i.e a Jew). Were
you born uncircumcised (i.e a Gentile)? Remain
uncircumcised (i.e. a Gentile).” Paul
in no way meant that one should not accept Yeshua, Jesus,
only that if your background was Jewish, be a part of Jewish-Christianity,
not Gentile—don’t go against your cultural-spiritual
upbringing. Messianic
Judeo-Christianity did not go against Jewish cultural upbringing,
it only enhanced it. If
Paul’s major evangelism was within the Jewish synagogues
of the Diaspora, then the Judeo-Christian churches he was
founding observed Hebrew Old Testament Holy Days and Sabbath
as days of worship. Where
his converts were strictly Gentile (as a few were), he encouraged
them to chose days of worship conducive to their cultural
upbringing, as Romans 14 indicates….” Click
on this link to read the whole article: http://www.unityinchrist.com/history2/print/QuotesFromRodneyStarkpprt.htm. The mistake has been made. The article at that link defined it pretty
well. Too late
for those involved to correct it.
How many of us are there? I don’t honestly know
how many of us were slowly forced out of the Worldwide Church
of God when they started quietly shifting from Sabbath to
Sunday/Christmas/Easter observance, but my guess is that
it was multiple tens of thousands of us (45,000?). Now we’re scattered all over the
spiritual landscape, all over the body of Christ. When
I came into the New Testament understanding of Romans 14,
that choice of Days of Worship (and also dietary laws) was
totally optional for the believer (during the Church Age,
Acts 2 to 2nd Coming), I also came to recognize
the rest of the body of Christ, the Sunday/Christmas/Easter
observing part as being legitimately Christian as well. I developed a keen interest in learning
about them and their history, and also learning which groups
were genuinely spiritually alive, and which groups appeared
to be spiritually dead or dying. I
also found a few Christian denominations to be genuinely
false Christians, even though they may have genuine believers
in their midst.
When
I first started this website 12 years ago, the Lord inspired
me to reach out and try to nourish all believers within the
body of Christ, regardless of which denomination they came
from. But my
heart went out to and continues to go out to those scattered
non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God believers,
wherever they might be, with whomever they might be fellowshipping
with. I feel
their spiritual loneliness because I am one of them. This concludes the description about Sabbatarian
Churches of God, both Torah-observant and non-Torah observant
types. What follows
is a call to action. A
sad condition exists within the body of Christ right now,
one that calls for action. But first a believer has to understand
what is going on, and what the Lord has been up to for the
past 37 years.
Questions we should be asking ourselves
Was there
a purpose, did Jesus have a special purpose for preserving
the Torah-observant Sabbatarian Churches of God for 1700
years, since 300AD? Is
there a purpose for having non-Torah
observant Sabbatarian Churches of God today? Did God have a purpose in very painfully
bringing the Worldwide Church of God under Joe Tkach Sr.
to come to recognize the Biblical truth that choice of Days
of Worship are optional for the believer---thus making the
Worldwide Church of God a non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God, which it remained
for five to six years??? Was
there a Godly purpose to giving this church such a ground-shaking
revelation and proper understanding of Romans 14 and Acts
15? Here’s
a vital hint to the answer of that question. Let’s look at another incredible
miracle the Lord performed recently. Within
the past 37 years, from 1970 to now, 2007, God has supernaturally
and miraculously revived the Jewish branch of the body of
Christ. [see http://www.unityinchrist.com/messianicmovement/messianicmovement.htm.] Within that short span of time, it has
been estimated that God has called 500,000 Jews into belief
in Jesus Christ as their Messiah. But
the Gentile and Jewish branches of the body of Christ don’t
really get along that well. Being recent newcomers to the body of
Christ, the Jewish branch is often ignored, scorned or treated
with indifference. The Jewish believers have their own deep-seated
reasons for not even liking the name “Christian”. Most Gentile Christians don’t even properly
recognize that God has revived the Jewish branch of he body
of Christ! What an insult to God. There are a very few Messianic
Jewish and Gentile Christian ministries out there who are
trying to promote a form of unity and proper cooperation
between the two branches of the body of Christ, for we are
all one in Christ. But
as Paul advised early believers (and he was addressing believers
in Jesus) ‘Born circumcised (i.e. a Jew), remain circumcised
(i.e. a Jew). Born uncircumcised, don’t seek to
become circumcised (i.e. remain a Gentile believer).’ He
was saying this about their practices of worship and cultural
upbringing that didn’t go against the Word of God. So Paul wanted and preached for the two
branches of the body of Christ to remain separate and distinct
in worship practices, such as days of worship, yet teaching
that through the indwelling Holy Spirit, they are indeed
one. But wouldn’t
you think it would be the ultimate insult to God for him
to have called half a million Jews to believe in Jesus as
their Savior and then have the Gentile Christians ignore
and make light of this major revival? And yet that is exactly what happened. This revival was accomplished by God’s
indwelling Holy Spirit and not really any act of man. Most the leaders in this Messianic revival
state that as a fact. In
what you have just read here is a prime reason non-Torah
observant Sabbatarian Churches of God should exist.
If you want
to do something about it….if your desire is to
attend a non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God,
here’s an idea: If you are one of these displaced
non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God believers,
or merely an interested Evangelical Christian that desires
to help bridge this gap and help bring unity to the whole
body of Christ, read on. What follows is a description of what
a non-Torah observant Sabbatarian Church of God biblically
should be like, and some timely suggestions about how
to go about starting this rolling. This isn’t for everyone. It requires gutsy believers in Jesus who
are up to a challenge, understanding what God has recently
done, and wanting to help unify the body as a whole.
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