Seventh Day Baptist

This is one of the movements in Christianity that holds to observation of the Hebrew Sabbath as one of its major practices.

As the name provides, the Seven-Day Baptist is known for its belief of majority of the practices of other Baptists with difference of its hold to Sabbath rest and worship on the seventh day of the week that is identified as Saturday in Christian calendar.

History Of The Group

Seventh-Day Baptist started in England in 17th century Ad. The Baptists believe that the movement started in 1617 by the ministerial activities of John Trask and his wife.  Although, the records of this fact was alleged to been destroyed in an inferno but is widely believed as the real point of origin of the group.

The official record of the movement with regards to its formation accounted that the first Seven-Day Baptist meeting took place at the Mill Yard Church in London in 1651 under the leadership of  Dr. Peter Chamberlain.

The movement spread to USA through Stephen Mumford,, a Seventh-Day Baptist from England who arrived Rhode Island in 1665 and began to evangelize the tradition of Sabbath observation amongst the Baptist in the area. This attracted Samuel and Tacy Hubbard who were members of the First Baptist Church in Newport to join up Mumford and other members to commence Sabbath rest and worship, identifying themselves as the “Sabbatarian Baptists”.

The church spread to Penisylvania, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Carolina.  The movement later spread to Germany where it was incorporated in 1814 as the German Religious Society of the Seventh-Day Baptists.

The Seventh-Day Baptist General conference was convened in 1801. The group has extended its membership, conferences and associations to India, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Jamaica, Poland,Fiji, Argentina etc.

Influencing Factors Towards Formation

There were some influential factors that gave use to the formation of the Seven-Day Baptist movement during 1650s in England. Some of the factors include the publications of Sabbath rest and worship in English language at the early years of 17th century.

Another strong factors were the continuing Baptist Movements in England within that period and the relative freedom of religion from state control provided in the Oliver Growell's Commom-wealth.  Adherent to the conviction of Sabbath rest as part of the Hebrew and apostolic assembly boldly stood out without regard to the state punishment that associated such heroic attitude.

Doctrines And Practices

With exception of Sabbath rest and celebration, the Seventh-Day Baptists hold to majority of the traditions of other Baptists.

            Each church or association of the group has freedom to its statement of belief which represent the acts of the Conference of the U.S.A. and Canada.

The statement of belief commenced by an introduction as follows “Seventh-Day Baptists consider liberty of thought under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to be essential to Christian belief and practice. Therefore, we encourage the unhindered study and open discussion of scriptures. We uphold the individual freedom of conscience in seeking to determine and obey the will of God. The following statement is not intended to be exhaustive, but is an expression of our common belief, which derived from our understanding of scriptures”.

Other major doctrine of the movement is its believer's baptism of emersion.  The group share other doctrines of the mainline Christianity as the trinity, Bible as the final authority, belief of the priesthood of all believers, salvation through the atonement of the saviour whom it refers as Jesus Christ, church as the gathering of people of God joined together by the Holy Spirit, belief of eternal life that run through resurrection of all souls, judgment day, existence of heaven for believers and hell for unbelievers.

Other faiths include the existence of Satan and hosts of fallen angels, commemoration of the “Lord's Supper” and evangelism of souls to the messiah.

Leadership And Structure

The organization settings of the movement is headed by the Seventh-Day Baptists General Conference (U.S.A) and Canada) which is a member of the Baptist World Alliance.

The headquarter for the General Conference is at Janesville, Wisconsina, the Board of Christian Education has its offices at Alfred Station, New York.  The Missionary Society offices are in Westerly, Rhodes Island.

Conclusion

The Seventh-Day Baptists boasts of having many Baptists spread in twenty-two countries. These members as well as their associations seek for Yahosheanism through the Seventh-Day Baptist movement.

They are of the conviction that if a Baptist keeps Sabbath rest and celebration, he or she has fulfilled the required scriptures or conditions of Yahosheanism.

This conclusion differed with the view of the primitive as well as the continuing Yahosheanism that holds that Sabbath rest, emersion baptism and other religious practice of Hebrew tradition must be related to Yahweh and not Gods of nations as observed by the Seventh-Day Baptists. The entire assembly must lay allegiance to Yahoshea Meshiyach and not to idol names as Izeus  Soter, Jesus Christ, Yahshua the Messiah, Jeshue etc.

The true Baptists that are of Yahosheanism must accompany the rest of all approved festivals of Yahweh such as the New Year day of 31st March (1st of Abib) annually, the feast of Atonement on 10th Abib (April) the feast of Passover on the evening of 13th of Abib (April), Feast of First Fruits on 5th of the 3rd month (June) the Feast of Reconciliation 13th of the 4th Month (July) the Birthday Feast of Yahoshea Meshiyach on 2nd of 7th month (October) the Feast of Last Ingathering on 13th of 7th month (October) the Feast of the Tabernacle on 14th of 7th month (October), the Feast of the Comforter's Day on 28th of 7th month (October.

Majority of these feasts were observed by Hebrew nation and Yahoshea's assembly and currently restored by the continuing Yahosheanism.

Therefore, when a believer observes Sabbath rest, partakes in the Last Supper or Memorial feast of Yahoshea and observe believers baptism but worships or addresses the Grand Creator of the universe in an idol name, such one has missed his or her target. Such one remains unbeliever and a sinner seeking for redemption. So the Seventh Day Baptists cannot be viewed as the true sect that represent Yahoshea Meshiyach and his apostolic assembly because it holds to the doctrine of Baalim that the Roman Catholic Church cooked up in place of Yahosheaism.

Those who have ears should hear this well.