While most people seem to believe that the International Date Line was created by the 1884 Meridian Conference, and that it has something to do with the 180-degree meridian, history seems to indicate that there is no truth in either of these assumptions. Rather, it appears that our IDL is merely the latest development of an ancient day line. What is the nature of this day … Continue reading –>
Since December 29th 2011, Samoa’s change from American to Asian Time has created confusion for Samoan Seventh-day Adventists (SDA’s) because they were told by the Seventh-day Adventist South Pacific Division (SPD) that after December 29, 2011, the 7th-day Sabbath is Sunday, the 1st day of the week. I believe that is not correct and that the 7th-Day Sabbath is still Saturday. Nowhere in God’s Word … Continue reading –>
Family members of Tua’oima’alii Numera and Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath keepers gathered at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2012, at the morgue of the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Moto’otua for a short service, before accompanying the body of their fellow Sabbath keeper for his final service and burial at Samatau. The short service was led by Tapunu’usa Pr. Sioeli Puni, from Los Angeles, USA … Continue reading –>
A number of arguments have been presented to make it appear that after the December 2011 dateline realignment in regard to Samoa, the genuine Sabbath would fall on the day that is generally known as Sunday, or the day before Monday. We shall examine each argument individually. Is the Dateline Realignment a Calendar Change? Argument: The change of the IDL in Samoa is a calendar … Continue reading –>
We believe it was a mistake for the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists to recommend keeping Sunday as Sabbath, and it was a mistake for the Samoa-Tokelau Mission of Seventh-day Adventists to implement that recommendation.1 The Sabbath has always been and could only be the day between Friday and Sunday anywhere in the world. Sabbath is the Day between Friday and Sunday According to … Continue reading –>
For most of my life I have said that if anybody wants to argue the Sabbath with an Adventist they really should do it on the basis of the dateline, not on the Bible. 1After all, Sabbath is the day between Friday and Sunday according to all four gospels. Now we have a disagreement between ourselves as to which day is the true Sabbath of … Continue reading –>
In response to the Discipleship and the Persecution articles mentioned in our newsletter and the “The Next Step—Discipleship” post, one writer referred to a story in Scott Adams’ book, God’s Debris, about some bees that landed on the stained glass window of a cathedral. A bee that had landed on a piece of red glass described the inside of the cathedral to another bee that was … Continue reading –>
Last week I received an e-copy of the General Conference BRI Newsletter (April Edition, 2012) and an e-copy of the Leadership Development Journal of the Trans-European Division of the General conference (April Edition, 2012). I must say that, after reading both, I have now taken a different view to the Sabbath dilemma in Samoa. In short, circumstances surrounding the Samoa Sabbath dilemma have come together … Continue reading –>