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Does the Bible anywhere establish Sunday as the Lord's Day, or was Saturday given for the
Jewish people only while Christians are commanded to keep Sunday as the Lord's Day? Why all
the confusion?

Has anybody ever stopped and asked: Is it just possible that both sides in this controversy
could be wrong? How do we know the present weekly cycle is the same that God established back
in Genesis 1 and 2, and then re-revealed to the Israelites in Exodus 16 after they left Egypt for the
Promised Land?

A Bold Assertion?

In a booklet first published by the Worldwide Church of God in 1952, this bold assertion is
made:

Is it possible to know? YES! -- you can be sure -- you can PROVE -- which day of the
week today, is the same seventh day God rested on, blessed, and set apart at Creation!
Here is the PLAIN TRUTH -- seven separate proofs -- each conclusive and irrefutable.
Yes, you can be SURE!

The author, Herbert W. Armstrong, goes on to say:

Granted, the Bible says the SEVENTH day is the SABBATH OF THE LORD THY
GOD. Granted that God did, at creation, make the seventh day HOLY TIME, and that He
has commanded us to KEEP it holy. But how can we know, today, WHICH day is the
true seventh day God blessed and made holy at CREATION? Has time been lost? Has the
calendar been CHANGED? (Has Time Been Lost, p.5)

In the booklet, Biblical Holy Days, Yesterday -- Today -- Forever we read: "The seventh
day is special to Yahweh and His chosen. It is a day we spend in close communion with Him. Be-
cause the Sabbath comes around every week, the Fourth Commandment is one of the most ignored
and broken of all. Keeping any day other than the seventh is nowhere sanctified in the Bible. Sun-
day was brought into churchianity by the influence of pagan sun worshipers who observed 'sun-
day' in honor of the sun deity. The Roman church hated anything 'Jewish,' and was more than happy
to accomodate the pagans" (p. 12).

Reflects Herbert W. Armstrong: "Would God set apart a certain day, put His blessing on it
(Genesis 2:1-3), make it HOLY TIME, command that it be KEPT HOLY FOREVER, and then let
that holy time become so lost we cannot tell when to keep it? TIME LOST? If so, then you and I
are LOST, for it is SIN to profane God's Sabbath!" (Has Time Been Lost?, pp.21-22 )

These are valid questions and statements. But can we be sure, beyond a reasonable doubt,
that the day of Saturday in our Roman (Gregorian) calendar is the SAME day that God blessed in
Genesis 2:3? And, is it the same day that God went to great lengths to reveal to the Israelites after
the Exodus? Has time indeed been lost? How can we know? We need to be sure -- our very life
depends on it!

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