The Sunday Law: Is It Scriptural?

THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW: IS IT SCRIPTURAL

It is quite easy to dismiss the national Sunday law perspective as unscriptural simply because we do not see any mention of it in the Bible. It is on this basis that the detractors of the Sunday law prediction are treating it as patent falsehood. But does it necessarily mean that a lack of mention of the phrase ‘Sunday law’ in the Bible makes it falsehood to teach it as a doctrine or to treat it as an issue in end-time Bible prophecy?

If we should categorize a doctrine as false simply because the word or phrase that is used to describe it does not appear in the scriptures then we would have problems with doctrines such as the Millennium and the Rapture, words which has no mention in the Bible but yet are valid in relation to the teachings of the scriptures. If the national Sunday law is to be dismissed on the basis of a lack of mention, then we need to revisit every unmentioned word or phrase purporting to describe a doctrine and likewise treat them as falsehood.

Rather than making a mere lack of mention in the Bible a standard in determining the validity of a particular teaching we need to look at the Bible teaching to which it is associated and see if there is a correlation. This is not an easy task for the biased mind to undertake, especially where it has to do with the association of a national Sunday law with end-time Bible prophecy.

One of the strongest texts in the Bible validating the possibility of a national Sunday law is found in the book of Daniel. Speaking of the little-horn power that is to rise to world dominion after the fourth (Roman) kingdom was divided, it declares:

“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” Dan. 7:25

The “laws” that the little horn power will think to change could not be speaking of the Jewish ceremonial laws because when the Roman kingdom was divided these were already abolished (Eph. 2:15). Therefore, it should be referring to laws that are still binding, like the Ten Commandments (Exod. 20:1-17).

You may not even agree with that perspective, but there is another scenario where the apostle Paul declared that in the last days there will be a certain individual called the “man of sin” who will exalt himself above every god and all that is worshipped (2Thess. 2:3,4). If this is supposed to include the Almighty God of heaven, then this scripture is clearly implying that he will, among other things, attempt to supplant the Sabbath that is dedicated to the worship of God, and replace it with another day of worship, if it so be that he is exalting himself above God.

For me, one can hardly study the above mentioned prophecy without contemplating a satanic rebellion against the commandments of God. Does this have anything to do with a national Sunday Law? The Sunday issue is the subject of careful analysis in my e-book now available for download.

The Sunday Law: Is It Scriptural?