Open Letter to Cristiano Ronaldo.
To the man who inspired billions of people all across the world, a beacon of Hope and an inspiration for generations. I am going to make this short.
You will forever be the Greatest Human to kick a ball and nothing will ever change that.
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The Sabbath and the first day of the week are not the same day. The Bible is very clear on that. Where things go off the rails is when people suggest that “God changed His mind” or “the Sabbath no longer matters.” The Bible never says that.
The Sabbath didn’t start with Moses. The Sabbath didn’t come from Judaism or Sinai. It started at Creation. Before there was sin. Before there were Jews. Before Moses was even born. Genesis says God blessed the seventh day and set it apart. That wasn’t written for Israel. It was written for humanity. Jesus later backed this up when He said, “The Sabbath was made for man,” not for Jews only. A command God gives at Creation doesn’t just expire unless He clearly says so. He never does.
The New Covenant doesn’t erase God’s law. The New Covenant promise isn’t that God throws out His law. It’s that He writes it on our hearts instead of stone. That’s straight from Jeremiah and Hebrews. If one commandment is removed, then the promise itself falls apart, because God said He would write His law, not a trimmed down version.
Sunday verses don’t make Sunday holy. Matthew 28 just tells you what day Jesus rose. It never says to worship on it.
Acts 20 talks about a farewell meeting that happened Saturday night, because Bible days start at sundown. That wasn’t a command or a new pattern.
First Corinthians 16 is about setting money aside at home so no collections were needed later. It’s not a worship service and it never calls the day holy.
Not one New Testament verse ever calls Sunday blessed, sanctified, holy, or commanded by God.
Paul didn’t cancel the Sabbath. Colossians 2 talks about food laws, feast days, new moons, and sabbaths that were shadows. The Law of God, in Exodus 20:11, that pertains to the Sabbath does not mention food or drink. Food and drink are Bible language for the yearly feast sabbaths tied to rituals, not the weekly Sabbath.
Leviticus itself separates those feast sabbaths from the Sabbath of the Lord.
Romans 14 is about personal opinion days, like fasting. Paul was settling cultural disputes, in the newly establish church he planted, over fasting days and eating meat offered to idols. Paul never treats murder, adultery, or Sabbath like optional personal choices.
What the apostles actually did matters. Paul and the other apostles kept preaching on the Sabbath, and not just to Jews. Gentiles asked to hear the Word on the Sabbath, and Paul gladly taught them. He never corrected them. He never said, “That day doesn’t matter anymore.” That silence says a lot.
God never announced a change. If God was going to move His holy day, that wouldn’t be done quietly through hints or tradition. He would say it plainly. God changes His law by speaking, not by letting people assume.
The bottom line is that the Sabbath is still the seventh day.
Sunday meetings happened, but Sunday was never made holy.
Grace doesn’t erase obedience. It gives us the power to live it.
The real question isn’t which days exist. It’s which day God blessed.
And the Bible is clear on that. God never changed it.
Ceremonial Law Vs. God's Law.
📖Ceremonial Law aka Sacrificial System.
Animal sacrifices (lambs, goats, bulls, etc.) for sin, peace, burnt offerings. (Leviticus 1–7)
Daily sacrifices (morning and evening). (Numbers 28:3-8)
Day of Atonement sacrifices. (Leviticus 16)
📍Priesthood Laws
Levitical priesthood rules (Exodus 28-29).
High priest garments and duties.
Only Levites could serve at the sanctuary.
📍Sanctuary Services
Feasts and holy days held at the sanctuary.
Ritual washings and cleansings. (Leviticus 14-15)
Shewbread, incense, lampstand, Ark of the Covenant.
📍 Feast Days (Ceremonial Sabbaths) (Leviticus 23):
Passover
Feast of Unleavened Bread
Feast of Firstfruits
Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
Feast of Trumpets
Day of Atonement
Feast of Tabernacles
📍Circumcision
Circumcision on the eighth day as a sign of the covenant (Genesis 17:10-14; Leviticus 12:3).
📍Purity Laws
Purification rituals after childbirth, leprosy, bodily discharges. (Leviticus 12-15)
Touching dead bodies made one unclean.
📍Vows and Nazarite Law
📍Special vows (Numbers 6, Leviticus 27).
When Jesus died on the cross, the veil of the temple was torn (Matthew 27:51), showing the ceremonial system was fulfilled and no longer needed.
Summary:
▫️Given through Moses. ▫️Written by Moses in a book (Deuteronomy 31:24-26).
▫️Placed beside the Ark (Deuteronomy 31:26).
▫️Included feast days, sacrifices, rituals, and ceremonial sabbaths.
▫️About food and drink offerings, purification, and symbolic rituals.
▫️Pointed forward to Jesus (Colossians 2:17).
▫️Was a shadow of things to come and ended at the cross when Jesus died (Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14).
▫️Temporary laws given to Israel for worship and teaching the plan of salvation.
📖God’s Law (The Ten Commandments)
Exodus 20:1–17 (NKJV).
📍 1. No other gods
“You shall have no other gods before Me” (v. 3).
📍 2. No idols
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image... you shall not bow down to them nor serve them” (v. 4-6).
📍3. Do not take God’s name in vain
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” (v. 7).
📍4. Remember the Sabbath day
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy... the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God” (v. 8-11).
📍5. Honor your father and mother
“Honor your father and your mother” (v. 12).
📍6. Do not murder
“You shall not murder” (v. 13).
📍7. Do not commit adultery
“You shall not commit adultery” (v. 14).
📍 8. Do not steal
“You shall not steal” (v. 15).
📍9. Do not bear false witness
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (v. 16).
📍10. Do not covet
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house... wife... or anything that is your neighbor’s” (v. 17).
Summary:
▫️Written by God Himself on stone (Exodus 31:18).
▫️Kept inside the Ark of the Covenant (Deuteronomy 10:2,5).
▫️Called “the law of liberty” (James 2:12).
▫️Shows us sin (Romans 7:7).
▫️Is eternal, unchanging, and a reflection of God’s character.
Now you know.
This is both sad and kind of hilarious. Just like the demons who couldn’t stand the presence of Jesus, some folks can’t stand truth when it’s clear, bold, and backed by Scripture. They talk tough until the Word shows up, then they flee. No debate. No correction. Just “goodbye.”
It is such an honor to stand on truth and expose the enemy’s lies. When people run at the mention of the Sabbath or sound doctrine, it only proves one thing, the truth hit a nerve.
And that’s how you know you're doing something right. Therefore, I will keep planting seeds. The Word never returns void.
I saw BP readings like 200/130, 190/100, and 170/90—not at an emergency room but during a community outreach.
The scary part?
Most were men and women in their 30s and 40s, walking around like nothing was wrong.
This isn’t just alarming. It’s a public health crisis.
Let’s talk.
Paul H. Douglas gives the digital mission formula for synergy: one plus one to the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do amazing things
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Jackie Chan and his daughter crying while watching some of his old movie scenes is the most wholesome thing you’ll watch today.
Thanks for our childhood legend ❤️