DAWN SABBATH HERESY EXPOSED
THE DAY BEGINS AT EVENING - NOT DAWN!
❌ THE FALSE TEACHING FROM STRAITISTHEGATE.NET
They claim the Sabbath "begins at dawn" - This is a COMPLETE PERVERSION of Yahuah's time-keeping system!
If they're keeping Sabbath from dawn Saturday to dawn Sunday, they're actually keeping PART OF SUNDAY as their "Sabbath"!
OVERWHELMING BIBLICAL PROOF: Days Begin at EVENING
GENESIS 1:5 - THE FOUNDATION
"And Elohim called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And THE EVENING AND THE MORNING were the first day."
NOTICE THE ORDER: EVENING comes FIRST, then morning! This pattern is repeated SIX TIMES in Genesis 1.
Not "morning and evening" but "EVENING AND MORNING"!
LEVITICUS 23:32 - EXPLICIT COMMAND
"It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month AT EVEN,
from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."
Yahuah EXPLICITLY states: "FROM EVEN UNTO EVEN" - Could it be any clearer?!
NEHEMIAH 13:19 - PRACTICAL PROOF
"And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark BEFORE the sabbath,
I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath"
Nehemiah shut the gates when it "began to be dark" - at SUNSET, not at dawn!
YAHUSHA'S DEATH PROVES EVENING RECKONING
MARK 15:42
"And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath"
They had to bury Yahusha BEFORE sunset because the Sabbath would begin at EVENING, not wait until dawn!
LUKE 23:54
"And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath DREW ON."
The Greek word means "dawning" or "beginning to shine" - referring to the first stars appearing at SUNSET!
COMPLETE TIMELINE COMPARISON
| Biblical Truth (Evening to Evening) |
Dawn Heresy (Dawn to Dawn) |
| Sabbath: Friday sunset to Saturday sunset |
ERROR: Saturday dawn to Sunday dawn |
| Matches Genesis creation account |
Contradicts "evening and morning" pattern |
| Yahusha rested in tomb full Sabbath |
Makes resurrection timeline impossible |
| Jews still keep it this way today |
No historical evidence EVER |
| Simple and clear |
Requires twisting Scripture |
WHY THE DAWN LIE IS SO DANGEROUS
🚨 THEY'RE ACTUALLY KEEPING SUNDAY! 🚨
If Sabbath runs from Saturday dawn to Sunday dawn, they're observing 12 HOURS OF SUNDAY as "Sabbath"!
- Saturday 6 AM to Saturday sunset = Actual Sabbath hours
- Saturday sunset to Sunday 6 AM = FIRST DAY (Sunday) hours!
They've been DECEIVED into Sunday worship while thinking they're keeping Sabbath!
MORE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE
EXODUS 12:18 - Feast Timing
"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month AT EVEN,
ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even."
JUDGES 14:18 - Common Usage
"And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down..."
They knew the day would END when the sun went down!
DEUTERONOMY 16:6 - Passover Timing
"But at the place which YAHUAH thy Elohim shall choose to place his name in,
there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun"
THE "DAWN" DECEPTION EXPOSED
📖 Where Dawn Actually Appears in Scripture:
- Dawn marks the END of night, not the beginning of a new day (Judges 16:2)
- Dawn is when work RESUMES after the night (Nehemiah 4:21)
- Dawn is for morning sacrifices, not day beginnings (2 Kings 3:20)
- The women came to the tomb at dawn on the FIRST day - Sabbath was already over! (Matthew 28:1)
HISTORICAL EVIDENCE DESTROYS DAWN THEORY
✓ EVERY Historical Source Confirms Evening Reckoning:
- Josephus (1st Century): "The Sabbath begins at sunset"
- Philo (1st Century): Describes evening as day's beginning
- Talmud: Extensive discussions about sunset timing
- Dead Sea Scrolls: Evening reckoning throughout
- Early Church Fathers: Debated WHICH day, never WHEN days begin
- ZERO historical sources support dawn-to-dawn reckoning!
ANSWERING THEIR TWISTED ARGUMENTS
Their Claim: "Light was created first, so day starts with light"
TRUTH: Yahuah EXPLICITLY states "evening and morning" - darkness existed BEFORE light! (Genesis 1:2)
Their Claim: "Morning sacrifices prove dawn beginning"
TRUTH: Morning sacrifices happened DURING the day, not at its beginning! Evening sacrifices marked the day's transition.
Their Claim: "Yahusha rose at dawn on the first day"
TRUTH: The women came at dawn and found Him ALREADY RISEN! He rose sometime after Saturday sunset.
THE CALENDAR CORRUPTION CASCADE
If days begin at dawn, EVERYTHING in Scripture breaks:
- Passover lamb would be killed in the MIDDLE of the 14th, not at its end
- Yahusha's "three days and three nights" becomes impossible
- Day of Atonement fasting gets shifted by 12 hours
- All feast day reckonings become corrupted
- The entire biblical calendar collapses
THE TRUTH: EVENING TO EVENING!
✓ THE BIBLICAL DAY - SIMPLE AND CLEAR
SUNSET → NEW DAY BEGINS
Night portion (evening to dawn)
Light portion (dawn to evening)
SUNSET → DAY ENDS
This has NEVER changed from Creation until now!
PSALM 104:19-23
"He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth...
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together...
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the EVENING."
Work until EVENING - because that's when the new day begins!
FINAL WARNING
ANYONE TEACHING DAWN-TO-DAWN RECKONING IS A FALSE TEACHER!
They cannot even understand Genesis 1:5 - the FOUNDATION of Yahuah's calendar.
If they corrupt the very definition of a "day," they corrupt EVERYTHING built upon it:
- Wrong Sabbath timing = Breaking 4th Commandment
- Wrong feast days = Missing appointments with Yahuah
- Wrong Passover = Misunderstanding Yahusha's sacrifice
- Wrong calendar = Wrong worship
ISAIAH 5:20
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness"
They LITERALLY put light (dawn) where darkness (evening) should be!