The Al-Aqsa (pronounced Al, like the name Al. Aqsa is pronounced like ack-suh). The Al-Aqsa mosque is considered to be the most sacred mosque in all the world. It is the largest mosque in the world and is located in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca. Now put your thinking cap on for a minute. What do you think would happen if a gay couple, obviously foreigners, wearing shorts and tank tops entered that mosque and began passionately kissing one another? They would, of course, be brutally killed. In order not to desecrate the mosque any further, they might be yanked out of the mosque precincts first, but there is no doubt they would be slaughtered within minutes.
I learned a long time ago that minds already made up, holding preconceived ideas are almost impossible to penetrate with the truth. The truth can be presented in the most convincing fashion, scripture after scripture can be cited, examples and testimonials can be given, logical reasoning can be employed. All to no avail.
The temple in Jerusalem was the most sacred site to the Jew. Still is. Now put your thinking cap on for a minute. What do you think would have happened if our Lord’s apostles, let’s say starting with Peter, had stood up in the temple precincts and declared that God’s eternal holy sabbath had been suddenly abolished with no warning given. What if Peter had gone on to say, “Sunday is now the Eternal’s sacred time and day of rest from all labor!” (Remember Sunday was a pagan holy day, a day that for centuries was dedicated to the worship of the Sun!) How many priests do you think would have said “Praise God,” and come on over to the Christian camp? My educated guess would be ZERO! In fact, I have no doubt Peter would have been dragged out of the temple precincts and beaten to death forthwith.
But wait, doesn’t scripture say “a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith?” It most certainly does say that. (See Acts 6:7). But back up and carefully read the preceding five chapters. Nowhere is there given even the slightest hint that “the faith” preached by Peter included the abolishing of the sacred sabbath day. That is an invention of men and A LIE of Satan! “Oh,” but some would argue, “keep reading and you will find in Acts Chapter 20 that Christians had abandoned the sabbath and were keeping Sunday holy.” No, you won’t. You better read Acts 20 again and a bit more slowly. Nothing in that chapter says anything about the sabbath being abandoned and that believers met each and every Sunday from then on and every where they might be found. These are not mere human arguments I present, friend. It is God’s sacred Word to which I look for the truth. May I suggest you do the same?
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley