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and missionaries of the Roman Church to Ghana in the 15th Century. Ever since the arrival of these white missionaries, all white people have been called Kwasi Broni, ' Sunday whitemen'.
It is interesting to realise that every person of the world whether Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Moslem, agnostic or atheist is actually acknowledging God as the Creator and author of the Bible by using the seven day week. The account of Creation in the Bible is the only known origin for |
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our 7 day week. It is not based on the cycles of seasons or moon changes, or the sun or the year, and has not changed or had to be adjusted from the very beginning of time.
Attempts to change the week have been made by human beings, e.g. the 10 day week already spoken of, and possible proposals for a 14 day week. It has been subtly changed by business who begin the week on Monday, bringing the 7th day to Sunday, but this does not follow the pattern of the week that is universally known by our minds |
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and bodies too. God's original pattern cannot be broken. It can only be attempted.
How do we know for a fact that the seventh day is still the same seventh day as it used to be? The Jewish people have kept the Sabbath or seventh day as a holy day for thousands of years and if there had been changes, their Sabbath would have changed and would not still coincide with our seventh day or Saturday today. |
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| WHAT DOES THE WORD SABBATH MEAN? It means Rest. It comes from the Latin Sabbatum, from the Greek Sabbaton, and Hebrew Shabbath - rest. |
HOW DID THE WEEKLY CYCLE BEGIN? ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.' Genesis 1:1 In the same chapter God
We have been told that in parts of Ghana, West Africa, local people refer to Saturday as Memeneda. Literally the name means 'the day of the I AM'. It is also referred to as Memeneda Dapaa 'the good or precious day' God is referred to as Onyame Kwame, the God whose day is Saturday. On Memeneda personal and mundane activities are discouraged, e.g. funerals, and markets, and war cannot be declared or waged on that day. |
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