Daniel 7:25 "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:"
The times and laws that this power would seek to change cannot be referring to human times or laws, as earthly rulers regularly do such things, and so this would have no significance. Since this is a religious power, it can only mean that this power would seek to change God's times and laws.
Has the Papacy tried to change God's laws?
Yes. In three different ways: In her catechisms she has (1) omitted the second Commandment against veneration of images, and (2) shortened the fourth (Sabbath) Commandment from 94 words to just eight. The Sabbath Commandment Exodus 20:8-11 clearly specifies Sabbath as the seventh day of the week. As changed by the papacy, the Commandment reads: "Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day." Written thus, it can refer to any day. And, finally, she (3) divided the tenth Commandment into two Commandments.
Has has the Papacy attempted to change God's times?
Yes again. In two ways: (1) She has changed the time of the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day. (2) She has also changed God's "timing" for the beginning and closing hours of the Sabbath. Instead of counting the Sabbath day from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night as God mandates in Leviticus 23:32, she adopted the pagan Roman custom of counting the day from midnight Saturday night to midnight Sunday night. God predicted these "changes" would be attempted by the beast/Antichrist.
Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism:
Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.
Catholic Catechism
Here are further Catholic statements:
"The Church is above the Bible and this transference of Sabbath observance from Saturday to Sunday is proof positive of that fact." Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1,1923
"Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act...And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things." H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons
"Protestants...accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change...But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that...In observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope." Our Sunday Visitor, February 15, 1950
In these references the Papacy is saying that its successful change of Sabbath observance to Sunday worship is proof that its authority is greater than, or "above", the Bible.
Tragically, both Catholicism and Protestantism stand guilty before the judgment bar of heaven for rejecting God's holy Sabbath, His sacred sign of identification, His "mark" or "seal".
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