Historical Sabbath Keepers

The Thread Never Broke

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God."

-- Exodus 20:8-10
2,000
Years Continuous
70M+
Sabbath Keepers Today
6
Continents
Unbroken
The Thread
Apostolic (31-100)
Early (100-500)
Medieval (500-1500)
Reformation (1500-1800)
Modern (1800-Now)
Martyrdom

The Pattern

Wherever people read Scripture without Roman interference, or where Rome's authority was weak, Sabbath-keeping appeared and persisted.

Ethiopia (never conquered). Transylvania (distant from papal center). Russia (Orthodox, not Catholic). Jamaica (enslaved people recognized Babylon). China (independent revelation). India (apostolic heritage).

Satan couldn't break the thread. Through 2,000 years of persecution (burnings, brandings, imprisonments, Inquisitions), someone always kept the Sabbath. The remnant endures.

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