Here are the Discovery Rules. They are simple enough for anyone to follow:

Rule 1 - First, read through the entire list of 27 awards, listed in this tract, and select those books of the Bible in which you want to search for the missing text. The awards will be made by ShelterRock, Inc., a non-subsidiary non-profit organization, based on these eight Discovery Rules.

Rule 2 - Find the missing text ("text" is defined as one to three Bible verses together in sequence) which clearly states that the Bible Sabbath has been changed, by a direct command of God, from the seventh day of the week to the first day of each week. Not even a statement in the Bible, saying that the first day had been added as a second Sabbath, would be acceptable (although no such statement exists). This is an important search, since both historians and astronomers verify that the weekly cycle has never been changed from time immemorial. Our week today goes back beyond the time of Moses (who wrote the first books of the Bible) and beyond the time of Abraham (the first Jew). The seventh day is today called "Sabbath" in over half of the world’s languages (and "Saturday" in English); and the first day is called the "Sunday" in many languages, including English. (Ask us for a copy of "The Chart of the Week in 160 Languages," prepared over a hundred years ago by Dr. William Mead Jones in London.)

Rule 3 - You may look for this missing text in any Bible in any language,—but the text must be found in all standard English Bibles, including the regular King James Version. For this purpose, added notes or comments cannot be accepted.

Rule 4 - The text would have to be a direct statement that God had decreed such a change from Sabbath to Sunday. It could not be something that might be inferred or presumed. Only our Creator would have the authority to make the seventh-day Sabbath, and only He would have the authority to change it. So a direct statement would be required.

Rule 5 - "Sabbath" is defined as the weekly Sabbath of rest on the seventh day, which God commands that we keep holy. The word does not refer to yearly sabbaths or feast days (such as the Passover), which only occurred once a year and, each year, fell on different days of the week.

Rule 6 - "Week" is defined as the normal cycle of seven days, consisting of the first through the seventh days of each week. It is not a sequence of seven days that begins on any day of the week (Wednesday to Tuesday, etc.)

Rule 7 - "Day" is defined as the usual definition of the term: a 24-hour day (Gen 1:5, 8; Lev 23:32), not a 12-hour period of daylight.

Rule 8 - ShelterRock, Inc., is the sole arbitrator of whether a claim for an award agrees with the eight Discovery Rules.

Now that you know the rules, here is a list of the 27 awards. You will want to read it carefully—so you can decide which award you want to try for first. You will find this entire search to be interesting and, for each award you claim, rather profitable. There are no hidden gimmicks; this is a straight-forward offer. It is not gambling; for it is based on achievement, not chance; and more than one individual can fulfill the rather simple requirements, given above, for each award. We are not trying to mislead you. The descriptions below will explain some of the problems you are up against in locating the missing text. It is challenges which make life interesting. I believe you are ready for this one.

The Genesis Award. $6.5 million. Not only is Genesis the first book in the Bible, it tells the origin of many things, including the Bible Sabbath—which was given to mankind, as a memorial of Creation (Gen 2:1-3), 2,000 years before the first Jew (Abraham, Gen 11:26) was born. By observing it, we honor the Creator and acknowledge Him as our God. If you find the missing text in this chapter, you will earn the $6.5 million Genesis Award. Genesis 3:15 and 22:1-14 are the first comforting promises of a Saviour who would come to earth and die to save us from sin and enable us, by His grace, to live clean, honest lives. Some say that Genesis 2:1-3 is not a command for man to keep the Sabbath; and therefore we need not obey it. But Exodus 16 and 20 clearly show that man is commanded to keep that day holy.

The Exodus Award. $6.3 million. Exodus tells about the flight from Egypt (Ex 1-12) and the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai (Ex 20:3-17). God wrote these Ten Commandments with His own finger (Ex 31:18; Deut 9:10). He wrote them on the most enduring thing in the world, which is rock (Ex 31:18). He also wants to write them on our hearts (Heb 10:16; 8:10; Jer 31:33). Exodus is an important book because the moral law of Ten Commandments is the standard of human behavior—which, by the empowering grace of Christ, we are to obey today. In the Fourth Commandment, we are told to "remember the Sabbath to keep it holy" (Ex 20:8-11). We are not to forget it or set it aside for some other day of the week. We are not to decide which day of the week is to be kept holy unto God: He alone has the authority to do this. It is for Him to command; it is for us to obey. Some say that the Ten Commandments were only for the Jewish race. Are the rest of us permitted to lie, steal, cheat, and commit adultery? Are only the Hebrews to observe those ten moral principles? The reason for the commandment is the Creation of our world, not the founding of the Jewish race. And that is the reason given in the Fourth Commandment: "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth . . wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it" (Ex 20:11).

The book of Exodus also tells us about the giving of manna to the people (Ex 16). It is clear, from this incident, that the people already knew about the Sabbath and were keeping it before the Ten Commandments were given on Mount Sinai. For 40 years God provided a regular amount of manna on five days of the week, a double amount on the sixth day, and none on the seventh—proving that He wanted the people to keep the Bible Sabbath.

The seventh-day Sabbath is the Fourth Commandment, located in the heart of the moral law (Ex 20:8-11). God singles it out as extremely important—for the Sabbath symbolizes that the Lord is our Sanctifier (Ex 31:13). The Sabbath is also an unending covenant (Ex 31:16) and a sign that the Lord is our Creator (Ex 31:17; 20:8-11).

The Leviticus/Numbers Award. $5.9 million. These books contain additional ordinances and ceremonial laws which were abolished by the death of Christ. These ordinances were never equal in importance to the moral law of Ten Commandments. They were shadow laws which prefigured the death of Christ (Heb 10:1-4). Included in these two Biblical books is a list of the yearly sabbaths (such as the Passover). All of these occurred once a year; and, each year, they fell on different days of the week. These earthly "feasts" were abolished by the death of Christ (Col 2:14, 16-17). But the one weekly Sabbath was given at the Creation of our world to all mankind (Gen 2:1-3).

The Deuteronomy Award. $5.4 million. In this book, before his death (Deut 34:7), Moses repeated a number of the ordinances, including the basis of His covenant with us—the Ten Commandments (Deut 5:2-21).

The Joshua/Judges/Ruth Award. $4.8 million. We are here told the story of God’s people between the time of Moses’ death and the birth of Samuel. Do we find any change in the Fourth—the Sabbath—Commandment during this time?

The Samuel/Kings/Chronicles Award. $5.0 million. These six books provide us with the main history of the Old Testament, from the time of Samuel through to the captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. It is significant that God warned His people in advance (Jer 17:19-27) that, if they continued to break His Sabbath, their city would be destroyed and they would be taken into captivity. This prophecy was fulfilled (Jer 52:12-14; 2 Chron 36:13-21; especially note verse 21). It is a lesson for us today.

The Ezra/Nehemiah/Esther Award. $4.7 million. These three books provide us with the history of God’s people, from the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar to the time of Nehemiah and Esther. (Only one Old Testament book, Malachi, comes after that time.) After their return to Jerusalem, Nehemiah led the people in a solemn prayer to henceforth obey God’s Sabbath (Neh 9:14-19); but afterward he discovered that some of God’s people were still breaking it (Neh 13:15-22).

The Job Award. $4.2 million. Job lived in very ancient times, probably before Abraham was born. This book explains that it is Satan which causes our problems, not God. We should not blame our kind heavenly Father for our mistakes and the wickedness of those around us.

The Psalms Award. $5.7 million. This is the longest book in the Bible, full of encouragement and well-worth reading! Psalm 92 is "a song for the Sabbath." We are urged to obey God’s law over four dozen times in this book (examples would include Psalm 1; 19:7; 37:1; 40:8; 78:1-10; 89:30; 94:12; 105:8-10; 119:1-176).

The Proverbs/Ecclesiastes Award. $4.6 million. King Solomon wrote Proverbs before his apostasy; it is full of wise sayings. Ecclesiastes, which he wrote after years of sinful living, is a warning to everyone—that it is only in obedience to God’s moral law that we can find happiness. The last two verses in the book summarize his most important discovery: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.

The Isaiah Award. $5.8 million. Isaiah is another important book. He is often called the "gospel prophet" because of the sweet promises in the last 26 chapters of the book (Isa 40-66). Isaiah 58 is a special call to God’s people to sacredly keep the Bible Sabbath (Isa 58:1-14). In a similar urgent message, God clarifies that His people who should keep the Bible Sabbath includes both Jews and non-Jews (Isa 56:1-8). That is understandable, since Jesus said the Sabbath was given to man (Mark 2:27). It was given to all mankind at the Creation of our world (Gen 2:1-3). The promise is also given that the redeemed will keep the Bible Sabbath holy throughout all eternity to come (Isa 65:17, 21-22, 25; 66:22-23; Rev 22:14)!

The Jeremiah/Lamentations Award. $5.2 million. Earlier, we mentioned Jeremiah’s important prophecy: how the nation would be destroyed if its people did not keep the Bible Sabbath (Jeremiah 17:19-27). That prophecy was later fulfilled (2 Chron 36:21).

The Ezekiel/Daniel Award. $6.1 million. These are the last two large Old Testament prophetic books. Both contain important counsel and predictions. Ezekiel said that the Sabbath is a sign by which we can identify our Creator and our God (Eze 20:12, 20). Daniel predicted that a great power would arise in later centuries which would think to change the moral law of God—notably the "time" law—the Sabbath (Dan 7:8, 20-21, 25; 8:9-12). Daniel 7:25 is especially significant. Historians and Catholic and Protestant leaders agree that Sunday did not become the sacred day of Christians until several centuries after the last New Testament book was written (A.D. 95).

The Minor Prophets Award. $4.8 million. These eight small books include many helpful facts and predictions. Amos 8:4-7 says that those who forget God’s holy Sabbath are the ones likely to forsake the rest of the Ten Commandments. The last verses of the Old Testament call us to return to God’s holy law, otherwise the earth will be smitten by a curse (Malachi 4:4-6). Is not that a warning for us today?

The Matthew Award. $6.5 million. This is the first of the four Gospels. Surely, in the four Gospels we should find a direct statement by Christ, changing the sacredness of the Sabbath to Sunday. In this book, Jesus explains several things about the Sabbath. The law of God is unchangeable, and those who do not obey it are in serious trouble (Matt 5:17-19). In the Greek of Matthew 5:17, pleroo means to "make full,"—not "abolish." The same Greek word is used in the phrase, "that your joy may be full"—not destroyed, etc. (see John 15:11; 16:24; 1 John 1:4). Jesus said it is all right to do good on the Sabbath (Matt 12:12). Just before His death, He predicted the destruction of Jerusalem, 39 years later (in A.D. 79), and the end of the world (Matt 24); and He cautioned His followers to continue to carefully observe the Sabbath even when those terrible events should come to pass years and even centuries later (Matt 24:20). That statement is highly significant—for it is a command of Christ, to continue keeping the Sabbath after Calvary. We also learn that, after resting in the tomb on the Sabbath, Jesus rose the next day (Matt 28:1). Jesus said, "In vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men" (Matt 15:9).

The Mark Award. $6.1 million. This is the second Gospel. Jesus went to church on the Sabbath (Mark 1:21) and preached at church on the Sabbath (Mark 6:2). The Bible says to follow His example (1 Peter 2:21; 1 John 2:6). Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb 13:8). Jesus said the Sabbath was made for all mankind (Mark 2:27), so it was not made only for Jews. Jesus also said that He is the Lord of the Sabbath, so it is the Lord’s day (Mark 2:28). We learn that Jesus died the day before the Sabbath, rested in the tomb during the hours of the Sabbath, and then rose from the dead on the following day (Mark 15:42; 16:1-2). Those passages (plus Luke 23:54-24:2) clearly show that Christ taught His disciples to keep the Sabbath holy.

The Luke Award. $6.4 million. This is the third Gospel. Christ went to church and taught on the Sabbath (Luke 4:16, 31; 13:10). Jesus said it is all right to heal the sick on the Sabbath (Luke 13:14-16; 14:1-6). The disciples faithfully kept the Bible Sabbath, even after Jesus’ death (Luke 23:54-24:2). Throughout His ministry, Jesus carefully instructed His disciples to keep His day holy; and His followers faithfully kept it after His death (Luke 23:56) and later in their missionary work (Acts 13:14-16, 40-46; 16:12-15; 17:1-4).

The John Award. $6.2 million. This is the fourth and last Gospel. If Jesus taught His people to stop keeping the Sabbath, it would be in one of these four books. But nothing is said in the four Gospels about changing the sacredness of the Sabbath to some other day. While here on earth, Jesus gave us a careful example of obedience to the Sabbath day He had given mankind (Luke 4:16) and rebuked man-made changes in His laws (Matt 15:9, 6). He magnified the law and made it honorable (Isa 42:21). Once again, Jesus said we should care for the needs of others, even on the Sabbath (John 5:1-9; 7:23; 9:14).

The Acts Award. $6.6 million. This is the only inspired history of the early Christian church that we have. The Apostles declared that we ought to obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29). That is good advice; for God clearly commanded the Bible Sabbath, and He never changed it to another day. Paul consistently kept the Sabbath (Acts 13:14-16, 27, 40-46;15:21;16:12-15;17:1-4;18:4). In Acts 20:7-8, Paul spoke to the Ephesian leaders at night on the "first day." That would place that event on Saturday night; since, in Bible times, each new day began at sunset (Lev 23:32; Gen 1:5, 8). The next day, Sunday morning, Paul set out on foot, on a 28-mile journey to Assos, and told his fellow workers to go there by boat. As soon as they reunited, they set sail again (Acts 20:13-15). That Sunday was a regular work day for Paul and his fellow workers. In Acts 20:7-8, Paul preached on a Saturday night; and, a few verses later, he preached in the middle of the week (Acts 20:15-38). But that did not make that day any more sacred than the Sunday preceding it. Only a direct command from God can make a day holy. Acts is as silent on Sunday sanctity as is Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The Romans Award. $4.6 million. In this book, Paul could sincerely say about God’s moral law of Ten Commandments: "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law" (Rom 3:31). "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it" (Rom 6:12). "Sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). Paul also made the significant statement: "Whom ye obey, his servants ye are" (Rom 6:16).

The Corinthians Award. $5.5 million. Sunday is never called sacred or holy anywhere in the Bible. It is never called the Sabbath or the Lord’s Day. Sunday, the first day of the week, is only mentioned in the Bible eight times. The first mention is the first day of Creation Week (Gen 1:5). The next five times refer to Jesus’ appearances on Sunday to His disciples after His rest in the tomb on the Sabbath (Matt 28:1; Mark 16:1-2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19). There is nothing in those verses about Sunday sacredness. In the preceding paragraph we mentioned the seventh first-day text, Acts 20:7-8, showing it did not prove Sunday sacredness either. The eighth and last "first day text" is in 1 Corinthians 16:1-2. Paul instructed the believers to do their bookkeeping at home on Sunday mornings and save up at home some money to be given him when he later passed through town, "so there would be no gatherings" when he came. The first working day of the week was a good day for personal bookkeeping, since on Friday they were too busy making preparations for the Sabbath. This is the only mention in all Paul’s writings of the first day of the week.

The Prison Epistles Award. $4.7 million. In Galatians, Paul reproves those Christians who wanted to return to the observance of the ceremonial laws. In Colossians we are told that the ceremonial "ordinances," or "shadow" laws (which prefigured the death of Christ till it occurred), were abolished by His death. We are not now to slay lambs (John 1:29; 1 Cor 5:7). Also included here were the yearly sabbaths, such as the Passover (Col 2:14, 16-17). In contrast with the weekly Sabbath, which was given us in honor of Creation, the yearly sabbaths did not begin until Moses. The ceremonial statutes have been done away with.

The Thessalonians/Timothy/Titus Award. $4.2 million. The attempt to change God’s law, and especially the "time law," was specifically predicted in Daniel 7:25. Only God can change the law; and so Paul predicted the rise of a man who, with boldness, would sit in the temple of God and call himself God (2 Thess 2:3-4). You see, it is like this: I acknowledge and honor God’s authority, when I obey His commands and encourage others to do likewise. I declare my independence of God when I set aside His law and refuse to keep it. But I set myself up as a rival god, when having set aside His law, I establish in its place a counterfeit and then require others to keep it in place of the law that God commanded.

The Hebrews Award. $5.9 million. We are here told that the Sabbath commandment, obeyed in the strength of Christ, continues in our time (Heb 4:3-9). We are also told that it is the "shadow" laws—the ceremonial laws, such as the Passover and sacrificial laws which prefigured the death of Christ—that ended at the cross (Heb 10:1-4).

The James/Peter Award. $5.4 million. The apostle James tells us that if we break any part of the moral law, we have broken it all (James 2:10-12). We cannot tear out the Fourth Commandment without setting aside the others as well. They all stand together, because the God of heaven put them together (Ex 20:3-17). The "perfect law of liberty" is a mirror revealing our sins (James 1:12-27). The law leads us to Christ, who alone can forgive and enable us to live clean, obedient lives. That is how law and grace work together. In our own strength, we cannot obey God’s holy law. We are to be "obedient children" (1 Peter 1:14), through Christ’s help, in resisting the devil (1 Peter 5:6-11) and climbing the Christian ladder (2 Peter 1:2-11).

The 1/2/3 John/Jude Award. $4.7 million. Only Christ can cleanse us from sin (1 John 1:9), and "sin is the transgression of the law" (1 John 3:4). Those who reject God’s law, reject Him (1 John 2:1-5; 5:1-5). Christ alone can keep us from falling (Jude 24).

The Revelation Award. $6.2 million. In this book we have a specific prediction that, in the last days, only a small number, a remnant, will keep both the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus (Rev 12:17; 14:12). Is not that what we find today? Elsewhere, the Bible predicts a return to the true Sabbath as God’s people rebuild the torn-out place in the law of God—by once again keeping His true Sabbath (Isa 58:13-14). And, thank God, the assuring prophecy is given, that the saved of all ages will keep the holy Sabbath of God for all eternity in the new earth (Isa 65:17, 21-22, 25; 66:22-23).

This book of the Bible speaks about the sealing (Rev 7:1-3). The Sabbath is the seal of the law and the sign that He is our Creator (Ex 31:17), our Redeemer (Eze 20:12), and that we belong to Him (Eze 20:20). "Seal the law among My disciples" (Isa 8:16). Only the Fourth Commandment reveals the name, authority, and dominion of the Author of this law. That makes it the seal of the law.

The last view of the redeemed is given us in Revelation 22:14. We are there told that only those who (by Christ’s enabling grace) have kept God’s commandments will enter the gates of the Holy City.

John saw Christ on the "Lord’s Day" (Rev 1:10); that is, the Day of the Lord. The Sabbath is the day unto the Lord (Ex 16:23, 25; 31:15; 35:2), the day of the Lord (Ex 20:10; Lev 23:3; Deut 5:4), and His own day (Isa 58:13). Jesus is the Creator, who gave us the Sabbath (Eph 3:9; John 1:3; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2; Gen 2:1-3); and John had heard Him call Himself, "the LORD of the Sabbath day" (Matt 12:8; Mark 2:28). John well-knew which day was the Lord’s Day. It is the Memorial Day of the Creator (Gen 2:1-3; Ex 31:17) and the Memorial Day of the Redeemer (Eze 20:12, 20). It is the Lord’s Day—a day that God wants to share with you right now. He plans to keep it with you through all eternity to come (Isa 66:22-23). Come, worship Him on the Best Day—His day—the only weekly worship day your God ever gave you. Contrary to what some say, we always gain when we obey God.

HAS THE WEEKLY CYCLE CHANGED?

The writings of historians, the records of chronographers, the languages of earth, the calendars of time, and the existence of the Jewish race—all testify to the fact that the weekly cycle on our calendars today is the same as in earlier centuries—going back to the time of Christ, to Moses, and beyond.

In the beginning, God gave us the weekly seven-day cycle, with the Sabbath as the last day. That pattern has never changed. The seventh day of the week today is the true Bible Sabbath. Our seventh day is the Sabbath which Jesus kept; it was the Sabbath in the time of Moses when the Ten Commandments were written down. Historians and scientists all agree that this is true.

If there had been any change in the weekly cycle, between the time of Creation and the time of Moses, a correction would have been made when the Ten Commandments were given to the Hebrews. From that time, on down to the present, there have always been Jews to testify as to the true Sabbath! It is the same seventh day of the week which is on our calendars. While other ancient races are now intermingled, the Jews have been kept separate so they could testify to the fact that our seventh day is the Bible Sabbath! They faithfully kept it, week after week for centuries.

The yearly (not weekly) cycle has been changed. In 1582, the length of the year was changed to include the leap year. This changeover resulted in October 1582 having only 21 days! But each week remained the same; each was seven days in length. Thursday, October 4, was followed by Friday, October 15. God has divinely protected the weekly cycle down through the ages. If He had not done this, it would be impossible to keep the Sabbath holy, as He has commanded. But, because He has, there is no excuse for disobedience. The seventh day is a holy day, made holy by the command of God. All calendars agree: The seventh day is the Sabbath. Sunday is the first day; the day called "Saturday" in the English language is the Sabbath.

However, in 108 of the 160 languages of mankind, the seventh day is called "the Sabbath"! Dr. William Mead Jones, of London, prepared a chart proving this. (A copy of this chart can be obtained free of charge from us. Ask for "The Chart of the Week." English is one of the few major languages in which the seventh day is not called "the Sabbath." (The word, "Sabbath," is a Hebrew word and means "rest.")

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Americans are anxious. They have nameless fears. They are eating more and putting on extra pounds. People are getting married before something unknown happens. Others who have quit smoking for months are taking up the habit.

They are staying home; and, when not riveted to the news, they are working on a sewing or craft project, to help them forget that news.

They are afraid to travel or fly. Many are afraid to go to the store. More people are attending church, and there is a renewed interest in religious things.

Most Americans suddenly feel the federal government can solve their problems. Many feel that religion can do it.

Soon they may put the two together—and decide that a National Sunday Law is the way to bring the nation together, solve its moral problems, and protect it from terrorists.

THE REAL CAUSE OF THE CRISIS—That very moral crisis is going to increasingly withdraw God’s protection from our nation. It is our rapid descent into immorality that is our real problem. Gambling, pornography, abortions, homosexuality; on all these points we have sunk terribly fast and terribly low in the past fifteen years.

Satan is hurrying Western civilization toward a moral collapse; and, eventually, a mandatory Sunday law will be seen as the final, desperate solution.