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Mark Finley

Seven Reasons Why Satan Hates the Sabbath

Far away, in the realms of eternity, there was a diabolical strategy session to destroy the Sabbath.

But thank God Satan's plans have not wholly succeeded.

Although he has obscured the truth about the Sabbath, God has sent an eternal, end-time message calling men and women back to the day that He established in Eden.

In my imagination, In the outer darkness of this world, I picture a diabolical scene.

Some place in the far reaches of space, a rebel angel meets with his demonic forces in a strategy session.

Now the forces of evil and darkness are eager to be successful in their devilish scheme.

In my imagination I see this committee meeting if you please, And the devil is discussing with his evil angels how best to undermine the authority of Christ.

Now to do this, they determine in that meeting to focus particularly on the Sabbath.

They'll attempt to discredit, destroy, and demolish God's symbol of creation, the Sabbath, in any way possible.

So they begin to discuss this, and in my imagination I hear them debating, and they decide on at least 5 major objectives.

First, the devil is going to lead millions of people to worship the object of creation, the sun, rather than the creator of creation.

He introduces in Egypt, for example, the sun god, Emon-Ra, and they worship the sun god.

He introduces in Babylon, Bel-Marduk, the sun God.

He introduces in Persia, Mithra, the sun god.

He introduces in Greece, Helios and Apollo, the sun gods.

And millions accept sun worship down through the centuries rather than Sabbath worship.

Then he proceeds to his second objective in the early Christian centuries.

And so the church and state unite in an honor of the resurrection, so called.

Sun worship comes into the church and begins to replace the Sabbath.

Now Satan doesn't care how he traps people as long as he traps them.

Some in future generations would be trapped in the scientific arguments that the world evolved on its own rather than any creator.

And millions would accept that deception.

For others, Satan would keep them so busy, so occupied with the things of time, they'd forget the things of eternity, and they would not keep the Bible Sabbath.

But then Satan would come up with 1 of his most brilliant deceptions, 1 of his most sophisticated deceptions for Christians.

He would say that if you are saved by grace, it's not necessary to keep God's law, therefore the law of God is irrelevant.

Satan would say that, and this probably would be his most dangerous argument for believers, he'd introduce the idea that a particular day makes no difference at all as long as you worship.

He would distort the gospel and make them believe that love does not require obedience.

Now all these deceptions would have the common purpose to discredit the Sabbath and discredit the Creator.

Why does the devil hate the Sabbath so much?

The devil hates the Sabbath because it's a memorial of creation And the devil hates Jesus, the creator.

So if you have your Bible, please take it and turn to Genesis, the second chapter.

Because he wants to undermine creation, and if he can undermine creation, he knows he can discredit Jesus.

And the reason the devil hates the Sabbath is because he hates the Creator and he hates Jesus.

And we're looking there at Genesis chapter 2, verse 1, 2, and 3.

Thus the heavens and the earth and all the host of them were finished.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had done.

And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done." Now notice carefully verse 3, God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.

So the Sabbath was set aside at creation as a memorial of God's love, as a symbol of God's care.

Now although the Godhead participated in creation, And you remember God says, let us make man in our image.

So the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit participated in creation.

But who was the active agent in creation?

Take your Bible and turn to Ephesians 3 verse 9.

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit participate together.

The Father is the active designer of the created world.

But Paul tells us that Jesus Christ himself was the active agent in creation.

If the devil hates Christ and if Christ is the creator and if the devil can undermine creation by undermining the Sabbath of creation, he can discredit Jesus.

So Ephesians 3 verse 9, to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God now what's the next phrase?

Who created all things through Jesus Christ.

So since Jesus is the active agent in creation, the Sabbath, don't miss this, is a monument or memorial to Jesus and to his creative power.

His supreme desire is to cast Jesus off his throne and rule the universe.

So by attacking the Sabbath, Satan attacks Jesus.

The evil 1 wants to destroy the Sabbath because he wants to destroy Christ.

This is precisely why God sends an eternal last day message to all humanity, calling them back to Sabbath worship.

Take your Bible and turn to Revelation chapter 14, verse 6 and 7.

Here is God's last day message to humanity.

Then I saw, Revelation 14, verse 6 and 7, then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven.

So here is a divine message that's to go to the ends of the earth just before Jesus comes.

I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven.

This is an urgent message for all Christians everywhere in all humanity.

Having the everlasting gospel to preach to those that dwell on the earth.

It goes to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people.

So nobody would forget it, so everybody would hear it.

Fear God, that is reverence God, respect God, obey God, give glory to Him for the hour of His judgment has come, so we're living in the judgment hour.

Now notice this phrase, worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of waters.

That expression, worship him who made heaven, earth, sea and the springs of waters, comes exactly from the fourth commandment, remember the Sabbath.

So who is the 1 that made heaven, earth, springs, and fountains of waters?

So here is a message in the last days of Earth's history, just before the coming of Jesus, that's a call to worship the Creator, Jesus Christ, by worshipping him on the Sabbath.

The 1 that made heavens and earth and the springs and waters, of course, is the Creator.

Revelation's final appeal takes us back to creation.

It reminds us that we're not here by accident.

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Seven Reasons Why Satan Hates the Sabbath

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