What does it mean to
“fabricate” the truth of a matter? It means to reconstruct the truth in any
manner that you desire it to be seen or accepted; “to make up something that is
not true” – Encarta Dictionary: English (North America). It doesn’t matter to
the “fabricator” whether or not the reality of a matter is realized or not; as
a matter of fact, they would rather the truth never surfaced; they just want
their version of the ‘truth’ to be accepted as the “real thing.”
Now let us define
training: the English (US) Thesaurus states it as; “teaching, guidance,
education, instruction, preparation.” Hence, when we put our title together –
fabricated training – we find that somebody has been “teaching a lie.”
It breaks my heart to
tell you that in the Christian church, there has been ‘fabricated training’
going on, ever since Constantine the Great joined the Christian church.
Many people fail to
realize that Christianity emerged after the Ceremonial laws (those dealing with
animal sacrifices) of Judaism were nullified. With the death of Christ, the
need to offer sacrifices for sin stopped! Jesus, the “Lamb of God” (John
1:29) died for the sins of all who were willing to accept Him as the
Messiah/Savior. The eleven disciples that were left (one disciple, Judas,
betrayed him and then hanged himself – Matthew 27:1-5),
along with some other disciples, amounting to 120 persons – Acts
1:12-15 – constituted the beginning of the church.
On
the day of Pentecost (Acts
2:1-4; 41)
3,000 more persons were added to the church, which grew the church immediately.
Then on a daily basis, God added to the church persons who sought for ‘truth’.
These people were mostly Jews from at least 17 different regions surrounding
Jerusalem (Acts
2:5-11). However, after other Jews, who opposed the teaching of
Jesus/Yashua as being the Messiah stoned a leading Jewish Christian to death,
by the name of Stephen (Acts
7:57-60), God chose a man named Saul, who changed his name to Paul, to
promote Christianity among non-Jews or gentiles (Romans
11:13).
Even during the life of
Saul, which was during the first century AD, there were those brethren in the
church, who opposed the truth about Jesus. Paul (II
Thessalonians 2:1-12) and the Apostle John (I John 4:3) called them “Anti
Christs”. The word ‘anti’ can be used in two ways: 1) to be against, or 2) to
be in place of – there were both kinds. However, the one who proved to be more
dangerous to the church was the one who was – in the place of.
Consequently, when
Constantine joined the Christian church, he called upon members in leadership
to make some changes to the things they were teaching, because they conflicted
with what he wanted to do. Instead of Constantine conforming to the teachings
of the church, as outlined by the apostles (Galatians
1:8-9), he wished to hold on to his pagan practices. He believed that he
had the power to change God’s law.
Therefore, wishing to
continue worshipping on the first day of the week, like his pagan practice had
him doing – venerating the sun – he told the Christian church to switch from
worshipping on the seventh-day of the week, and worship on the first. He
believed that if they did that, more pagans would join the Christian church
just as he had done.
Therefore, since he was
over the state, he could order the church to do whatever he wanted them to do.
Consequently, he ordered the following edict on March 3, 321 AD:
On
the venerable
day of the Sun let the magistrates
and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country
however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their
pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for grain-sowing
or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the
bounty of heaven should be lost. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Day#Origins_of_Sunday_worship-reference)
This will be continued,
in the next post. Until then, please investigate the following links:
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