ENDNOTES
(1) All Scripture references are Authorized King James Version.
(2) Lev. 23:1-3 ("And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings"). See B'NAI B'RITH The Jewish Holidays, www.bnaibrith.org/caln.html. As used herein, the terms "sabbath", "God's sabbath", "God's holy sabbath day" and "Saturday sabbath" all mean the sabbath as observed by Jews, i.e., Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown.
(3) Only God the Father knows the day and the hour of Christ's return to earth. Mark 13:32.
(4) See also, Lev. 23:32, ("It [Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement] shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath"). See also, B'NAI B'RITH, The Jewish Holidays, http://www.bnaibrith.org/caln.html, p. 1 of 2, ("SHABBAT - The Sabbath; every week from Friday Evening to Saturday evening; one of the holiest days in the calendar").
(5) The Bible text itself does not use the terms "Ten Commandments" and "Fourth Commandment". Unless otherwise noted herein, "Ten Commandments" refers to those commandments given by God on mount Sinai to the Israelites as recorded in Exodus 20:1-17. The term "Fourth Commandment" refers to the sabbath day commandment as recorded in Exodus 20:8-11.
(6) Compare Ex. 16:1, 5, 23 (manna) to Ex. 19:1, 20:1-17 (Ten Commandments).
(7) "What Think Ye of Rome? Part Three: The Catholic-Protestant Debate on Biblical Authority," Norman L. Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie, Christian Research Journal, Spring/Summer 1994, p. 24, ____; http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0172a.txt (p. 2 of 15)(hereinafter cited as "CRJ," at internet address page number).
(8) Catholic faithful who deliberately do not participate in the eucharist every sabbath Sunday (with certain exceptions), commit a "grave sin". Catechism No. 2181, http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/comm2.html.
(9) For ease of reference, protestant as used herein refers to all organized denominational non-catholic churches that believe in the Holy Trinity, the resurrection, ascension and promised return of Jesus Christ, Son of God, as set forth in the New Testament of the Bible. The Seventh Day Adventists are excluded from discussion herein, as they are the only protestant denomination known to this author that observe the seventh day sabbath.
(10) Catholic Mirror, as reprinted in Mary Online, Issue Date, March 1998, http:// www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline/html/apologetics.html. (The "E-zine" Mary Online is a sub-directory of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of God, A Catholic Christian Resource, http://www.immaculateheart.com).
(11) Acts 3:25, ("Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed").
(12) Jesus' statement, The sabbath was made for man, also refutes the assertion that the sabbath was just for the Jews. Jesus said it was made for man, all man, not just the Jews. See Section VII.A., "GOD'S SEVENTH DAY SABBATH IS NOT 'JUST FOR THE JEWS'".
(13) Jesus' second great commandment, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, incorporates all that is within the last six of the Ten Commandments: (5) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee; (6) Thou shalt not kill; (7) Thou shalt not commit adultery; (8) Thou shalt not steal; (9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour; and (10) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Ex. 20:12-17.
(14) The promises God made to Abraham are stated in Section VII.A., "GOD'S SEVENTH DAY SABBATH IS NOT 'JUST FOR THE JEWS'".
(15) See Isaiah 29:13-16, ("Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: [14] Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. [15] Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and thy say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? [16] Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"). See also, Isa. 64:8, ("But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand".) See also, Rom. 9:20-21, ("Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? [21] Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonour?).
(16) Apostolic Letter Dies Domini Of The Holy Father John Paul II To The Bishops, Clergy and Faithful Of The Catholic Church On Keeping The Lord's Day Holy, May 31, 1998, http://www.cin.org/jp2/diesdomi.html (hereinafter "Dies Domini"). All citations to Dies Domini are: "Dies Domini, p. of , (see endnote 16)". The pages cited are to this author's downloaded and printed letter from the internet address given. Unless otherwise indicated, all endnotes herein to Dies Domini quotations are not original to Dies Domini, and have been added by this author for discussion purposes. All scripture quotations within the endnotes are taken from the Authorized King James Version. Endnote citations original to Dies Domini are not set forth herein unless specifically identified as such in this author's endnotes to Dies Domini. Dies Domini with its original endnotes is available for download at the internet website address given. See Appendix B for a scriptural analysis of Dies Domini.
(17) Endnote 29 to Dies Domini states: "(29) Thus in English "Sunday" and in German "Sonntag".
(18) Jn. 9:1-7, ("And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. [2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? [3] Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. [4] I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. [5] As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. [6] When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, [7] And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing").
(19) Jn. 1:1-14, ("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men. [5] And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. [6] There was aman sent from God, whose name was John. [7] The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. [8] He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. [9] That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. [11] He came unto his own, and his own received him not. [12] But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: [13] Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. [14] And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth").
(20) Endnote 107 of Dies Domini, p. 37 of 39, states: ("Cf. The Edict of Constantine, 3 July 321: Codex Theodosianus II, tit. 8, 1, ed. T. Mommsen, 12, p. 87; Codex Iustiniani, 3, 12, 2, ed. P. Krueger, p. 248").
(21) The Book of Acts The Foundation for the Context of the Epistles, Jim Searcy, http://gvtc.com/~jsearcy/acts.htm (hereinafter cited as "The Book of Acts, Searcy").
(22) 2 Cor. 5:17, ("Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new").
(23) Acts 1:11, ("He came unto his own, and his own received him not"); 1 Th 4:13-18, ("But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words").
(24) Rev. 21:5 is after Armageddon and the Millennium that follows, after "the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever", Rev. 20:10, the second resurrection and great white thrown judgment. Rev. 21:5, ("And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful").
(25) Ps. 118:24, ("This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it").
(26) Mk. 16:2, ("And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun").
(27) Lk. 24:32,35, ([32]"And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"; [35] "And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread").
(28) Jn. 20:19-23, ("Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. [20] And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. [21] Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. [22] And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: [23] Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained").
(29) 1 Cor. 15:14, ("And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is alsovain").
(30) Mk. 16:2,9, ([2] "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun".... [9] "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils").
(31) Lk. 24:1-3, ("Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. [2] And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. [3] And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus").
(32) Jn. 20:1, ("The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre").
(33) Jn. 20:19, 26, ([19] "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you"....[26] "And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you").
(34) Acts 2:1, ("And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place").
(35) Lk. 24:49, ("And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high").
(36) Acts 1:4-5, ("And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. [5] For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence").
(37) Acts 2:41, ("Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls).
(38) 1 Cor. 16:1-2, ("Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. [2] Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come").
(39) Acts 20:7-12, ("And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted").
(40) Rev. 1:10-11, ("I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, [11] Saying, I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last;: and, What thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea").
(41) Phil. 2:9-11 ("Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which isabove every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father").
(42) Acts 2:36, ("Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ").
(43) 1 Cor. 12:3, ("Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost").
(44) See Section V, "THE EVERLASTING SABBATH COVENANT" and Section VII.A., "GOD'S SEVENTH DAY SABBATH IS NOT 'JUST FOR THE JEWS'".
(45) Iniquity means, "gross injustice, wickedness", "a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin". Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, 1994, p. 732.
(46) Endnote 20 to Dies Domini states, ("Cf. ibid. In reference to Pliny's letter, Tertullian also recalls the coetus antelucani in Apologeticum 2, 6:CCL 1,88; De Corona 3: CCL 2, 1043).
(47) This passage in Luke is after the resurrection. Jesus was walking with two Emmaus disciples, who did not know Jesus, and told Him of His resurrection. Luke 24:25-27, ("Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? [27] And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he [Jesus] expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself"). Luke 24:44-48, ("[44] And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. [45] Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, [46] And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: [47] And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. [48] And ye are witnesses of these things").
(48) See endnote 16 for complete citation, including internet address of website for Dies Domini.
(49) Cult: "a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies." Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, 1994, p.353.
(50) Catholics and Lutherans call the Fourth Commandment (Remember the sabbath, to keep it holy) the Third Commandment.
(51) Eschatology: "any system of doctrines concerning last or final matters, as death, the judgment, the future state, etc". Webster's at p. 486.
(52) Jn. 20:19-23, ("Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. [20] And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. [21] Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. [22] And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: [23] Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained").
(53) Rom. 8:22, ("For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain togetheruntil now").
(54) Rom. 8:14-17 ("For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. [15] For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. [16] The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: [17] And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together").
(55) Gal. 4:6-7 ("And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. [7] Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ").
(56) Precept: "a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct". Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, 1994, p. 1130.
(57) 2 Cor. 4:6, ("For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ").
(58) This author is not versed in Latin. According to Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. (1979). "Dies" is defined as day and "Dominical" denotes the Lord's day, or Sunday. The phrase "dies Domini" probably translates to Day of the Lord or Lord's Day. It is presumed that Christi is Latin for Christ. So this author's best guess is that the pope said, "the day of the Lord becomes the day of Christ".
(59) Gen. 2:1-3, ("Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made").
(60) Ex. 20:8-11, ("Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: [11] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it").
(61) Dt. 5:12-15, ("Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. [13] Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: [14] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. [15] And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day").
(62) Eph. 1:10, ("That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him:").