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Profane to Divine: Does God Drag You Through the Church Doors—or Do You Drag Your Feet?
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Thank you for conceding that there is not a verse that says there is a transfer from Sabbath to Sunday. Praise God, I agree.
But there is not silence on the Sabbath, its all throughout the entire word of God. From the beginning Exo20:11 to the end Isa66:22-23 and everywhere in between.
But lets look at Hebrews 4 for example.
There are two different rests being referred to in this passage, not one, and we can see this plainly in verse 10.
But lets start with this verse
Heb 4: 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
Where was the "He has spoken" in a certain place of the seventh day in this way referring to?
Only the 4th commandment.
Exo 20:1 And God spoke all these words, saying:
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
I am not going to go through the other verses in this passage because it speaks of the rest we enter through faith, which is different than the Sabbath rest, which God said is the seventh day, why He spoke this way of the seventh day.
I can go through the other verses later if you want and show by the original Greek word its a different rest than the Sabbath-rest or commandment.
Verse 10 really shows these two different rests...
Heb 4:10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also (so those who enter His rest do something in addition- ALSO) ceased from his works as God did from His.
When did God cease from His works- we do not need to guess because the Scriptures literally tells us in this passage
Heb4:4 “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works which is a quote from the 4th commandment Exo20:11 and Creation when the Sabbath started Gen2:1-3
So those who have entered His rest ALSO ceased from their works as God did on the seventh day, which the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord they God. Exo20:10
Why if we look at verse 9....the rest in this verse literally means- keeping the Sabbath
Heb4:9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
sabbatismos: Sabbath rest
Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.
And if we go to the next verse...
Heb 4:11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Which sounds like a commandment to me. The Sabbath commandment never ended, it was transferred from tables of stone to tablets of the heart Heb8:10 2Cor3:3, just like the rest of God's commandments and Testimony Deut4:13 Exo31:18 why the Sabbath is being kept faithfully by everyone we are told to follow. The whole Bible is about the testimony of God through His prophets and disciples. John5:39 Out of all the people who testify of God who would have the greatest testimony man or God? I hope you say God Exo 31:18 Deut4:13. Why the entire Bible hangs on these two commandments (the greatest commandments summed up by God's law Rom13:9 Deut6:5 after repeating Deut 5) which show us how to love God, how to love man interweaved all throughout the entire Bible.
Let me know if this makes sense. I appreciate your openness to listen.
God bless!
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Over 80 faith leaders urge Trump to address Syrian Christians with al-Sharaa: 'Impending catastrophe'
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More than 80 Christian leaders signed a letter to President Donald Trump ahead of his historic White House meeting Monday with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, urging him to remember the plight of persecuted Christians, Druze and other religious minorities in Syria.
"With the visit of Syria's new President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, scheduled for November 10, 2025, we urge you to address directly the massacre of Christians, Kurds, Druze, and Alawites in Syria, notably in the greater Suwayda area," said the Nov. 7 letter, which can be read on the website of the advocacy group Save the Persecuted Christians.
Dede Laugesen, president of the Colorado-based organization, wrote the letter to Trump, describing him as “the only major world leader fighting for religious freedom” and highlighting his recent attention to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
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"With the visit of Syria's new President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, scheduled for November 10, 2025, we urge you to address directly the massacre of Christians, Kurds, Druze, and Alawites in Syria, notably in the greater Suwayda area," said the Nov. 7 letter, which can be read on the website of the advocacy group Save the Persecuted Christians.
Dede Laugesen, president of the Colorado-based organization, wrote the letter to Trump, describing him as “the only major world leader fighting for religious freedom” and highlighting his recent attention to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
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Over 80 faith leaders urge Trump to address Syrian Christians with al-Sharaa: 'Impending catastrophe'
More than 80 Christian leaders signed a letter to President Donald Trump last week, urging him to remember the plight of persecuted Christians, Druze and other religious minorities in Syria ahead of
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Supreme Court hears case of Rastafarian forced to shave dreadlocks
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday for a case involving whether Louisiana prison officials must pay damages to a former inmate who had his hair forcibly shaved in violation of his religious beliefs.
The case centers on Damon Landor, a Rastafarian who was handcuffed to a chair and forcibly shaved at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, ignoring his religious objections.
The question before the high court is whether Landor can demand damages from individual government employees under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
During the oral arguments, Zachary Tripp, an attorney for Landor, argued that if damages cannot be awarded under RLUIPA, then “officials can literally treat the law like garbage.”
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The case centers on Damon Landor, a Rastafarian who was handcuffed to a chair and forcibly shaved at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, ignoring his religious objections.
The question before the high court is whether Landor can demand damages from individual government employees under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
During the oral arguments, Zachary Tripp, an attorney for Landor, argued that if damages cannot be awarded under RLUIPA, then “officials can literally treat the law like garbage.”
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Supreme Court hears case of Rastafarian forced to shave dreadlocks
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments on if Louisiana prison officials owe damages to a former inmate who had his hair forcibly shaved in violation of his religious beliefs
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Woman on trial for pastor's murder claims he seduced her during counseling session
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Pastor’s mistress LaToshia Daniels is found guilty of second-degree murder
LaToshia Daniels, the former social worker mistress of the late Pastor Brodes Perry of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee was spared having to spend the rest of her life in
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Anglicans meet in India to tackle modern slavery: 'Church cannot remain passive'
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Anglicans met in the Diocese of Durgapur in north India for a conference aimed at tackling human trafficking and slavery. The conference was run by the diocese in conjunction with the missionary organisation United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG).
The Diocese of Durgapur has been praised for its long-running anti-trafficking program, which is operated in partnership with USPG.
It is estimated that nearly 50 million people around the world are living in a form of modern slavery; of these, 11 million are estimated to live in India, making the country the slavery capital of the world.
Criminal profits generated from forced labor are estimated to be around $236 billion per year across the globe.
The Rev. Canon Peniel Rajkumar, global theologian and director of global mission at USPG, said, "These are not distant statistics: they are real people created in God’s image, with inherent worth, dignity, and value, regardless of status or circumstance. Because of this, the Church cannot remain passive.
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The Diocese of Durgapur has been praised for its long-running anti-trafficking program, which is operated in partnership with USPG.
It is estimated that nearly 50 million people around the world are living in a form of modern slavery; of these, 11 million are estimated to live in India, making the country the slavery capital of the world.
Criminal profits generated from forced labor are estimated to be around $236 billion per year across the globe.
The Rev. Canon Peniel Rajkumar, global theologian and director of global mission at USPG, said, "These are not distant statistics: they are real people created in God’s image, with inherent worth, dignity, and value, regardless of status or circumstance. Because of this, the Church cannot remain passive.
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Anglicans meet in India to tackle modern slavery: 'Church cannot remain passive'
Anglicans recently met in the Diocese of Durgapur in north India for a conference aimed at tackling human trafficking and slavery
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