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All right, all right. Good day, everyone, and welcome back to the Bright Line podcast. Old friend, Once again, I'm your host S Bright and initially and categorically I. I want to give. I want to say, dear Father, all praises, glory, honor and worship to the most high. Our God that can keep our mind from not wandering into distractions that waste precious time and energy. Our God that can keep us, O Lord, from putting our foot in our mouth. Loose lips sinks chips in the book of Proverbs, chapter 13, verse 3. He that keepeth, keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life. But he that open wide his lips shall have destruction. Dear Lord, fill our minds with expectation. Give us X ray vision for our adversaries. That way we can look inside their minds and see their plans. Plans to steal, kill and destroy. We glorify your holy name, Lord. We pray that you give us the victory. And we do so by the way of the King of Kings, the lamp of the law in which the world blissfully calls Jesus to Christ, that he's on the main line and we can call him up and tell him what we want. Amen. All praises, all praises. The topic we have today is the Sabbath. So if you read in the book of Siroc, chapter 43, verse 6 through 7, in the GNT, the good news translation, verse 6. There's also the moon marking the passage of time, an internal sign of the changing of seasons. Verse 7. The moon determines the holy days. It light grows full and then grows dim. Now let's read that in the King James version of ecclesiastics. Sirach, chapter 43, verse 6, verse 6 He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times and a sign of the world. Verse 7. From the moon is the sign of feast. Is saying in the gmt from the moon is how you get the feast days. I like that. Decreases in her perfection. Perfection means complete. The moon has a cycle. It completes its cycle once it's dark again. So it's saying in the kjv, it reaches its perfection, then it's dark. And if it grows full, then. Then grows them to end the cycle. That means it first has to start dark and then end dark. If you start in dark, it's a new moon. So it says in the gmt, from the moon is how you get the feast days. So we have. So what we have to go off of is not what is most comfortable. It's not what is most convenient. Some brothers and sisters do this just out of convenience. But if we're going to talk about what's right and wrong, we need to be accurate in that that is what the Bible says and it's what the Bible gives us. Verse 8. The moon is called after a name, increasing, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven. In the Book of Amos, chapter eight, it says, you can't buy and sell on a new moon. This is just something to think about. Isn't it ironic that every single time in the Bible when they had, except for one exception, that was in Leviticus 23, with the days of atonement, there were specifically told to keep the Sabbath a day in advance, because the day of atonement, every single time you see the Sabbath being kept in the Bible, except for that one day, is kept on the 1st, the 8th, the 15th, or the 22nd. Why is that? Every single time? Huh? Let that sink in. In the Book of Romans, chapter 7, verse 12, Paul says, verse 12. Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good. So if the law is what tells us what is right, then violating it is the opposite of that would be bad or wrong. So how we define it is with the law of the Most High, even before the Mosaic Law, we get the ordinance of the sun and the moon and stars, and we see that. We see what they are. For in the Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 14, verse 14. Let there be light to divide the day from the night, and let them be for time, days and seasons. Now, according to the calendar, what day of the week is Saturday on? According to the calendar that we Use today. What day of the week is Saturday on? I mean, if you open up your calendar, the first day is Sunday, the second day is Monday, the third day is Tuesday, the fourth day is Wednesday, the fifth day is Thursday, the sixth day is Friday, and the seventh day is Saturday. Very compelling. Now let's go to. Let's say, let's go to China and see if Saturday is the seventh day there. Oh, Saturday is the sixth day in China. Wonder why. Okay, this is the Gregorian calendar that America is using. The Gregorian calendar goes back to the Julian calendar, which goes back to the Roman calendar. So this is not a Hebrew calendar. This is something that the colonialists already had in existence. Now, I want to. Now you want to hear something crazy? This is crazy. There is a stick calendar from 79 A.D. to 81 A.D. look it up. A stick calendar. This thick calendar was found at the base of Titus from 79 AD to 81 AD. On the left side of the scroll. It's on the screw. The skit. Stick calendar is on the scroll. So on the left side of the scroll you have the days of the month in Roman numerals, and on the right side as well, the days of the month. That adds up to 30 days. And okay, so now in the center are the 12 months of the year. And across the top of this scroll there are the days of the month and appear seven pagan Romans, which is synonymous with today. That represents each day of the week. So the first day of the week is the God who harvests agriculture. And this guy has a sickle in his hand, a circle in his hand. Get guess what God this is. He's the God of Saturn, the God of Saturday. First of all, if Saturday is the seventh day, while back in, in 79 and 81 AD, this doggone day was the first day of the week. Now go to the God of Saturn image and you. And once you pull it up, you'll see that he's known for. For having a sickle and eating babies. This would be the personification of Saturn, also known as Saturday. So when we go back to the stick calendar from 79 to 81 AD, you have Saturday as the first day of the week. So what does this prove that you can't, with all due respect, believe in a weekly uninterrupted cycle since the beginning of time. When you go to the source, it provides further proof that neither the biblical Sabbath or the day of Christ's resurrection can ever be found using the Julian cattle calendar in which we are in right now, today. Excuse me, Saturday was the first of the week, not the seventh. Is ancient archaeological history that cannot be debated. Transitional days in the Bible. Let's talk about that, about transitional days. We see transitional days in the Bible. We see traditional days. Even in archaeology. There is an administrative calendar from Judah, from about the 7th century BC and it has the days of the month on this stone, on the stone calendar. But it, it has traditional days on that, showing that we always knew this and we always kept it like this. And somebody said if you follow the new moon, then you lose track of the seasons. Every ancient calendar, even modern calendars, had it done that way, the Gregorian calendar would have leap years and we would add second adar. Second adult is a historical fact. If you do not add that 13 months within the years of the Jubilee, then everybody sees us and Passover will be in the winter time. You have to understand which year has 13 months in it. It'll have 13 moons. And that's how you know when to do second ADAR. This is called calendrical science. Say you were in Israel, right? In Israel right now, and you were keeping the Sabbath on a different day. So let me say it again. Let's say you were in Israel, right? And you were keeping a Sabbath on a different day. What would happen to you? You would be stoned to death. Now, there's a letter of the law and the spirit of the law. So if you're keeping it by the letter, yes, destruction. But if you're keeping it by the spirit, that means you're sincerely, sincerely doing it. Can we say for sure you have a judgment of destruction coming? I can't say for sure, but I can tell you what the Bible says. In the book of Isaiah, chapter 56, there's prerequisites for getting this salvation and is keeping the law, statues and commandments. It is a holy day. It is the Lord's day. There are prohibitions and restrictions for it. If you're breaking, breaking it on that day, it seems like you will have a price to pay. But then again, if you sincerely believe what you believe and your heart is right, it seems like you will pay a penalty. I don't know. The Bible does deal with mercy though. Even Christ said that in Matthew, verse 23, chapter 23. Some other waiter man. Weightier matters of the law of mercy and intent also has to get taken into account. For example, there's a scripture that says if you lay down with your woman, if you run a red light, that you're unclean. But there's another verse In Leviticus verse 20 says if you run a red light that you get put to death. Which one is it? Are you just unclean or do you get put to death? One is intent is you know your woman was on a cycle and you still ran the red light anyway. And another one is you didn't know. So maybe intent will be observed here. So, Lord, have mercy on us. Thanks for joining me and for our exodus. We say, bright lion, be a bold lion. Roar like a lion. Intense like a lion. Great like a line home like a lion. Trenches like a lion. Good night, everyone. SSG Bright until next time. Shalom.
Podcast: The Bright Lion Podcast
Host: SSG Bright
Episode: 10 — "The Sabbath: Remember the Sabbath"
Date: July 19, 2025
This episode dives deep into the biblical, historical, and spiritual significance of the Sabbath. SSG Bright challenges listeners to carefully examine the foundations for Sabbath observance, questioning commonly held beliefs about the day’s timing, origin, and practice according to scripture, archaeology, and intent of the heart. With references across ancient calendars and scriptural laws, the purpose is to inspire thoughtful, courageous, and faithful Sabbath keeping.
Explores Sirach 43:6-7 (GNT & KJV) and how the moon marks the passage of time and determines holy days, suggesting biblical feasts (and Sabbaths) are set by lunar cycles, not man-made calendars.
“From the moon is how you get the feast days. I like that. Decreases in her perfection. Perfection means complete. The moon has a cycle… It first has to start dark and then end dark. If you start in dark, it’s a new moon.” [03:10]
Emphasizes that accurate Sabbath keeping must not be rooted in comfort or convenience, but in scriptural truth.
Issues with Modern (Gregorian) Calendars
Archaeological Evidence: The Stick Calendar
Key takeaway: The biblical Sabbath cannot be accurately pinned to our modern Saturday using the Julian or Gregorian calendars.
Transitional Days and Leaps
Judah’s Administrative Calendar
Historical Consequence of Breaking the Sabbath
Mercy, Intent, and Biblical Nuance
On careful study and the challenge to convenience:
"So we have to go off of not what is most comfortable. It's not what is most convenient. Some brothers and sisters do this just out of convenience. But if we're going to talk about what's right and wrong, we need to be accurate in that..." [03:38]
On the calendar controversy:
"You can’t, with all due respect, believe in a weekly uninterrupted cycle since the beginning of time. When you go to the source, it provides further proof that neither the biblical Sabbath or the day of Christ’s resurrection can ever be found using the Julian calendar in which we are in right now, today." [09:52]
On intent, mercy, and judgment:
"I can't say for sure, but I can tell you what the Bible says… The Bible does deal with mercy though. Even Christ said that in Matthew… mercy and intent also have to get taken into account." [14:44]
With a strong, resonant delivery, SSG Bright combines scriptural depth with challenge and compassion, urging listeners to “be a bold lion, roar like a lion.” The episode closes with an exhortation to align both action and intention with divine law—while also remaining open to divine mercy.
"Bright lion, be a bold lion. Roar like a lion. Intense like a lion. Great like a line home like a lion. Trenches like a lion. Good night, everyone. SSG Bright until next time. Shalom." [16:10]
In summary:
This episode passionately unpacks Sabbath observance, encouraging listeners to question inherited practices, dig for original scriptural intent, and walk with both accuracy and heart. SSG Bright leaves listeners inspired to pursue biblical truth with courage and humility.