WHO CHANGED THE
SABBATH?
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ORIGIN OF SABBATH
Who changed the Sabbath
is a question that any good Christian should ask himself. How was it changed is
another one. Then when was it changed should be the third and the last. Many
people do not know anything about this topic, only that they came into the
world and saw Sabbath changed and they relaxed and that’s alright with them. Now
let’s begin here with another style of questions.
Where’s the origin of
Sabbath? Who started it and when did it start? Sabbath was God’s brainchild and
it is not meant to be changed in any respect, because it was a day of rest to
the Lord Gen 2:1.2. God after creating the heavens and the earth within six
days, he rested on the seventh day, otherwise called “The Sabbath day rest”. When you make mention of Sabbath today, our
people remember no other thing or place than Israel. Even today they believe it
is an Israeli affair and that it does not involve them. We shall see how it shall affect the whole
world and Israel.
It may surprise you to read and understand from many of our
Professing Christians, including teachers and Pastors, who do not know how the
Church left the Sabbath day commandment to the Sunday worship. That God has not
changed the Sabbath day up till now. You may read from many titled men i.e
‘’the Bishops, the Rev Dr, the Right Rev. and so forth about the change of the
Sabbath. Many propose, suggest and
support Rome in changing the Sabbath day of the Lord. They join Rome having no
knowledge about Church history.
SABBATH DAY NOT CHANGED
Since everyone has the right to write about his or her
opinion, it becomes imperative that people should know the true scriptural view
about this article. Reading through all the scriptures, there is no Biblical
command for the change of the Sabbath. Instead the prophet Daniel had
prophesied that the Beast/horn would ‘’think to change times and law’’ Dan. 7:25. It is this
prophecy that has taken place and we have joined the Beast in his service and
change with our support.
It may interest you to know who the Beast is and how he would
make the change or bring about the change. Daniel had used figures in
describing the Beast/horn in Dan. 7:1-7. He used the exact figure as horn,
because this change came exactly within the time of the horns in power. And
the horn had actually changed the law and times but the Church refused to know
that the law and times has been changed and this is annoying.
If you have read my book of Rapture, you will discover that
these Beasts were in Dan. 7:1-7, which were 1. Babylon 2. Persia; 3 Greece and
4 Rome. These Beasts came together and
formed the Beast with seven heads and ten horns Rev. 13:1-2. See the full
details in the book of Rapture titled, ‘’Rapture: the Past, Present and What to
Expect in the Future’’ published by westbowpress, a Division of Thomas Nelson,
USA. A great and wonderful book yet hidden from many people.
Commenting on the book of Daniel he continued, ‘’that the
Beast shall think to change times and law’’.
Our so called Bishops, Right Rev Drs and so forth read these passages
but could not understand it properly.
Instead they agree with Rome and hold the Doctrines of the
Beast so tenaciously. Others who know about it ask, ‘’what shall we do’’ and
‘’how shall we change it’’? Then these things continue indefinitely to the end
of the world. It makes prophecy what it is and that what it says never fails to
come to pass, wonderful!
The Sabbath commandment was given first to Adam as I wrote in
the other blog where I said that ‘’Sabbath did not start with Israel’’. It was
reminded to Israel in Ex.20:8-11 when they came to the Wilderness as we see in
that book. But when Jesus came on board, he made an amendment to it by working
on the day of the Sabbath Jon Chapters 5 and 9. Even in Mark. 2, the Pharisees confronted him
about working on the day of Sabbath, he made it clear that the Son of man is
also Lord of the Sabbath.
With this statement
and action, an amendment had been effected to the day of Sabbath. Yes because
no one usually work on the Sabbath day before. We have seen an amendment by the
Lord himself. Having seen this amendment by the Lord, we could say that people
should do or go about their businesses after the Sabbath worship, and it does
not contradict any part of the scriptures.
But on the change from Sabbath to Sunday worship, there is no
scriptural command by the Lord or from any of his Apostles, or from the Holy
Spirit. The claim by some people that Apostle Paul suggested it in I Cor.16:1-2
is an indication that they lack the knowledge of scripture by the proponents. We
shall read that passage to clear the air very well about what had in mind or
what he wrote to the church.
Let’s read ‘’Now concerning the collection for the saints, as
I have given order to the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first
day of the week let everyone of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered
him that there be no gatherings when I come’’ I Cor. 16:1-2.
These are the verses which people suggest that Paul used to
change the Sabbath commandment of God.
May I inform you that Paul had no such thing in mind, not at all even to
command it to any one or to any Church. Paul
had earlier commanded the Church at Galatia to set some things aside (gifts or
money) as their own contribution to the saints at Jerusalem. This was to help
those in need at the headquarters. This distribution was put in place by the
early Church where food items were shared.
In Acts 6 the Bible said that in those days when the number
of the disciples increased, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the
Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration’’ Acts.
6:1-2. It was this daily distribution or ministration that Paul asked the
Church at Galatia and Corinth to contribute. This was done on the first day of
the week after the Sabbath worship.
When this problem arose in the Church, the disciples called
for a general meeting to solve the problem. Therefore an election was conducted
where people selected for this were 1. Philip 2. Stephen 3. Prochorus. 4
Nicanor etc Acts. 6:5.
The Apostles said it was not good for them to leave the
ministration of the Word and serve tables, and this saying pleased the church
at headquarters in Jerusalem. And so
these men were elected to take care of this daily distribution or ministration.
Paul writing to the Church at Corinth
instructed that they should join their brethren at Galatia to do this
contribution on the first day of the week.
The Church continued her weekly worship on the Sabbath day
but used the first day for breaking of bread or Holy Communion and other
businesses Acts. 20:7. In fact, I’m disturbed greatly when I discover that my
brethren do not understand what they say on these things. How could we
misunderstand Paul on many occasions? This is not the first place his writing
was misunderstood and misinterpreted. Yet many arrogate titles and titles upon
themselves.
Worship on the Sabbath
day was not changed before here and Paul on his own could not change the
Sabbath alone without the knowledge of the headquarters. He did not stand
without the headquarters and in fact he took instructions from there. The first
book of Corinthians was even written about AD 50-58 before the book of Acts of
Apostles. If Paul had written to the Corinthians about the Sabbath day change
earlier, and went ahead to worship on Sabbath days, it means he contradicted
himself by worshipping on every Sabbath Acts.18:1-4, because the book of Acts
was written about AD 63-68 before his death.
INAUGURATION OF THE CHURCH:
The Church truly was inaugurated on the first day of the week
according to Acts. 2. i.e exactly 50 days from the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This first day rise from the dead does not
suggest a change of Sabbath, no but it was in accordance with the Law of Moses,
read Lev. 25:8-10. Get more knowledge from my eBook on Rapture with title
‘’Rapture: the Past, Present and What to Expect in the Future’’.
Jesus rise on the first day as well as the coming of the Holy
Spirit on the first day of the week does not suggest a change of the Sabbath
day, no this is an assumption and we are not standing on assumption. There must
be a scriptural command for such a change. It is highly regrettable that our
brethren have joined those who changed the Sabbath to deceive the Church. If
the resurrection of Christ had fallen from Monday to Friday, or even on any
day, Christ would have risen on it. And if the 50 days coming of the Holy
Spirit had fallen on any day also, the Holy Spirit would come, because it was
in the Law of Moses.
Therefore it is very wrong to say that it was because of
Jesus’ rise on the first day. From the morning of his resurrection to the day
of his ascension was exactly 40 days Acts. 1:3,9-11. From this ascension day to
the day of the coming of the Holy Spirit was also ten days and it made it 50
days of Lev. 25:9-10 which was Jubilee or freedom. So what the record was after
was not whether it was the first day or not, but to get the number of days or
years commanded in the Law book of God written by his servant.
In Lev 25:8-10 read,
‘’and thou shall number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven
Sabbaths, and the space of the seven
Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shall thou
cause the Trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh
month, in the Day of Atonement shall ye make the Trumpet to sound throughout your
land.
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof, it shall be a Jubilee
unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession and ye shall return
every man unto his family’’ Jkv.
Moses said to the people of Israel, you shall number or count
to yourselves the number of seven Sabbaths and multiply seven with seven to
give you forty nine years, i.e 7x7=49. Then
in the fiftieth year, it shall be a Jubilee unto you and you shall return every
man his property if it was sold and even if the person was sold due to poverty
to any one, he shall go free and return to his family in the fiftieth year.
This fiftieth year is Jubilee or a year of freedom to you throughout all your
land.
In the New Testament, these fifty years was represented with
a day for a year, read my book of Rapture.
And in Acts 1:3, after the resurrection, Jesus was with his disciples on
earth teaching and commanding them for forty days. These forty days represented
forty years in the book of Lev. 25:8-10. Now from that time he ascended to
heaven, and from the day of his ascension to the day the Holy Spirit came down
was another ten (10) making it fifty years (50) Acts 2.
The day which completed it to become fifty years was the
first day of the week, and the Holy Spirit descended, not to establish the
Sunday worship, no, not to inaugurate it in the Temple of Jerusalem, no, but at
the upper room Acts. 1:13. The Church continued with the Sabbath worship
till the day he commanded to separate Paul and Barnabas for the work which he
called them in Acts. 13.
And the Bible said Paul continued to worship God in every
Sabbath day with Barnabas, entering the Synagogue of the Jews on every Sabbath
day Acts. 13:4-5. The Jews never worship God on the first day of the week but
on every Sabbath. Paul went into their synagogue to preach the Word to them.
Paul and Barnabas coming from Salamis being led by the Holy Spirit came to the
Isle unto Paphos and was invited by the Deputy to hear the Word, and Elymas the
sorcerer tried to hinder them and was struck with blinded by Paul before the
deputy.
Again from Paphos they came to Perga in Pamphylia and from
there they came to Antioch. They entered
the Synagogue again and ministered the Word on the Sabbath day Acts.13:14. This
was on his first missionary Journey. When Paul was asked by the people to
preach, he made a very long display of understanding of the word with Power
which made the people to invite him and Barnabas to come again the next
Sabbath.
INVITATION TO PREACH
THE NEXT SABBATH:
On the next Sabbath
the people invited almost the whole City to come and hear the word of God from
Paul and Barnabas Acts. 13:42-44. The Church had stayed more than 40 years at
this time, and it was not on the first day but on the Sabbath day. All Apostles
did not even know that there is anything as the first day worship, because
Sunday or first day worship started lately after the exit of the Apostles.
How could Paul change the Sabbath with I Cor. 16:1-2? We have seen that we have made so many
mistakes both we and our leaders together. Apostle Paul was actually
misunderstood and misinterpreted on his instructions to the Church at Corinth.
He had earlier instructed the Church at Galatia to contribute to Jerusalem. He
had no other thing in mind having worshipped on every Sabbath.
When they left Antioch they came to Iconium and went into the
Synagogue of the Jews, and the Bible said a great number of the Jews and the
Greeks believed in the Lord Acts.14:1. This was still on the Sabbath day not on
the first day of the week, because the Jews for sure would not join the Sunday,
and at that time the Sunday worship had not been commanded, neither the
commander in place.
PAUL WAS SUBJECT TO THE
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHURCH:
Apostle Paul was not alone in his work even as he was an
apostle to the Gentiles. No one should think that Jesus gave him authority not
to obey or take instructions from the headquarters of the Church at Jerusalem. This
is one of the mistakes which many people make about him, he was not like that.
When some people came from James i.e from Jerusalem to
Antioch, they troubled the brethren there by teaching them that except they (the
Gentiles) get circumcised in accordance with the Law of Moses, that they could
not be saved Acts. 15:1. Paul and Barnabas argued against this concept strongly
and opposed it before the Church and before the brethren from Jerusalem.
Therefore the Church at Antioch sent Paul and Barnabas with others to Jerusalem
for this question.
At the headquarters the general council meeting was conveyed
to discuss this issue. Among those who gathered were the Elders, the Apostles
and the Pastor in-charge which was James. All the Apostles including Peter and
Paul were there Acts.15:12 and after the deliberations, the Pastor of the
Church at the headquarters had to rule.
Hear him, ‘’men and brethren, hearken unto me. Simon (Peter)
had declared how God at first did visit the Gentiles (Acts. 10) to take out of
them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets as it
is written ‘’after this will I return and will build again the Tabernacles of
David, which was fallen down: and I will build again the ruins thereof and I
will set it up. That the residue thereof might seek after the Lord. And all
Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these
things. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world Acts.
15:13-18.
WHEREFORE MY SENTENCE IS:
‘’Wherefore my sentence is that we trouble not them, which
from among the Gentiles are turned to God. But we write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things
strangled and from blood’’ Acts. 15:19-20.
This was the decision and ruling of the Pastor in-charge at
Jerusalem, and after this ruling, all strife ceased forthwith. Paul and Barnabas went back to Antioch with
this ruling and they were also happy about it. Now how could Paul on his own
change the Sabbath commandment without the knowledge of the head Church? If
Paul could make his own law, why did he go up to Jerusalem for this settlement?
He would have settled it by himself but he went to Jerusalem to consult the
headquarter Church.
Again if it was true that he commanded for the change of the
Sabbath, what did the council and headquarter Church say about it? If that was
true, he would have been called to question from Jerusalem because he was not
standing alone.
Have you seen now that those who propose and support the
Sunday worship in place of the seventh day do not really understand what the
Bible is talking on this article or subject? Neither do they know the source or
origin of Sunday worship.
Even in his second missionary Journey Paul continued to
worship God, preaching in the Synagogues and on every Sabbath day Acts.18:1-4.
Before his second missionary journey, the first book to the Corinthian Church
had been written. Paul was a Barrister at Law, how could he contradict himself as
sharply as people believe he did?
When people fail to
have the leading and interpretation from the Spirit, they say their mind and
put it to the people they are leading, and mislead them. But those who are wise
enough would go out and read other people’s book and compare articles with the
scriptures and balance what they take in finally. We should do what the Bible
is teaching us to compare scripture with scripture, how much more people’s
opinion and comments.
THE SABBATH WAS CHANGED
BY EMPEROR CONSTANTINE THE GREAT:
It is very important that we as the Church should know what
we do, claim, or believe. We have come of age and we should try our possible
best to correct anything wrong which is still going on at this stage. The
Church of Christ was inaugurated around AD 30-35 at the upper room in Jerusalem
on the day of Pentecost; every believer in Christ should know this, no doubt.
When the Church was established by the coming down of Holy Ghost,
there was nothing in existence in the world then as the church. The people of
Israel were on with their Judaism which they practiced in the Temple of
Jerusalem. And the Romans being the existing king in the world (Rev. 17:10) was
on with idolatry worship. It could be recalled that Jesus made mention of
establishing his church which the gates of Hell could not prevail before his
crucifixion and death Matt. 16:18.
This Church was on until after three hundred years before
Emperor Constantine the great won his battle, and declared himself a Christian,
(nominal). But before his enthronement, the church was seriously persecuted by
many Roman Emperors who eliminated all the Apostles including Peter and Paul
etc. Thus it was Emperor Constantine the
great who stopped the killing of the saints around AD 300-312. Every Emperor of Rome from Caligula who was
enthroned directly after Tiberius Caesar to Titus, a record of about ten
Emperors or horns which Daniel saw as the ten horns of the Beast had ruled and
killed the church by the scores. Prophet
Daniel saw this terrible Beast stamping the residue with the feet of it
Dan.7:7.
Thus Emperor Constantine stopped the killing of the members
of the Church but did the worst by imposing on the Church the Bishop from Rome.
I will talk more about the Bishops and the Pastors which is greater in the blog
for it. Many people do not know anything about the Bishops and the Pastors
which is greater.
Now Constantine the great after few years in office produced
another decree with which he established the Sunday worship in place of the
Sabbath day. Remember that Daniel said
that ‘’he shall think to change times and the law’’ Dan.7:25. We now listen to
motivational speakers who use secular systems in preaching to motivate us, but
at the end we lack the real knowledge or the real interpretation of the Word.
These people are
telling us how we can make it, that God shall position us where we ought to be,
that unless we are well positioned we won’t receive what comes to our position.
And we are jumping up and down without knowing the Word.
WHAT IS SUNDAY OR
SUN-DAY?
Daniel said ‘’he shall think to change times and law’’. To whom
was Daniel referencing in that prophecy? Rome or the terrible Beast Dan.7:7. Go
to ‘’the formation of the Beast’’ in my book of Rapture to learn more about
this Beast. Constantine the great fulfilled this prophecy of the prophet
Daniel. Though he was not in the list among them, but he was a member from the
kingdom of the beast. Of course some people sometimes voluntarily decide to
fulfill the Bible whether negative or positive, and whichever side you fulfill,
you belong there. But I will like to
fulfill the positive side of the Bible.
THE SUN WORSHIP
The Romans used to worship the Sun on the first day of the
week. In fact their god was the Sun-god. Therefore to arrogate more glory to
the sun god over the God who owns the Church, a decree was established which
commanded everybody in the world including the Church to worship on the first
day. Whosoever does not worship on the first day was put to death. The Roman
army which was known for brutality was used to hunt for rebels as they were
branded as at that time.
When Constantine the great established that decree, some
people objected to it and he enforced the decree of ‘’whoever refuses to
worship God on the first day shall be put to death’’. Many people were killed
with that decree. This was the decree that changed the Sabbath day to Sunday
worship. Now why did he do so? The Romans were known then as idolatrous people,
they had not known anything as Church until about 300 years after the
establishment of the Church of Christ.
Therefore to gain more ground over the Church of Christ, a
decree would force the saints to submission. Remember that the Roman army was
known for brutality, that’s the meaning of ‘’stamping the residue with the feet
of it’’ Dan.7:7. This decree produced the period known as ‘’the Dark Age’’ a
period when the Church of Christ was no more in existence, having eliminated
those stood for their faith. This period lasted over a thousand years, and the
Church of Rome took over.
Do not forget however that Jesus having seen these things
ahead of time declared ‘’I will build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not
prevail against it’’ Matt. 16:18. The killing of the Church of Christ was
performed by Rome. Rome therefore went ahead till about the 15th
Century when God opened the eye of one of their Rev. Fathers in the person of
Dr. Martin Luther. Jesus said ‘’the gates of Hell shall not prevail’’. Therefore Rome was the gate of Hell, no doubt
about it.
The testimony of Dr Luther which converted him to the lord is
that ‘’the just shall live by his faith’’ in Rom.1:17. This was the verse of scripture which Martin
Luther read and the Spirit stopped him to meditate upon this verse. The prophet
Habakkuk spoke that verse in his prophetic ministry Hab. 2:4; which was also
referenced by Apostle Paul in Rom. 1:17.
When the Church of Christ was no more in place, the Romans
took over and began to claim that the Roman Catholic Church was the first
Church. Many of them just believe in
that old lies. The Church was first mentioned by Jesus Christ. The law of first
mention says, ‘’you must make mention about the one who first established or
invented a thing before others could improve on it’’. Prophet Isaiah said the
mouth of the Lord shall mention it first, i.e changing the Mosaic faith to a
more advanced name called Church, which would include the Gentiles at the end.
Let us now read it again ‘’for Zion’s sake I will not hold my
peace and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof
go forth as brightness, and the Salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And
the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness and all the kings thy glory. And thou
shall be called by “a new name” which the mouth of the Lord shall name’’ Isa.
62:1-2. Jesus fulfilled this prophecy in Matt.16:18.
This was the prophecy
that brought up the Church from the mouth of the Lord now in Mathew 16:18. It
is good to interpret scripture in its true sense. The Gentiles by this
profession have become God’s children given to Abraham Gen. 12:3. Peter said
‘’no part of the scripture is of any private interpretation’’ 2Pt. 1:20. It
means you don’t have your own word to preach, but you must interpret the
scriptures to where they actually belong by the inspiration of the Spirit.
It could be recalled that the Religion of the people of
Israel were at first known as ‘’the Religion of the Hebrews’’ or ‘’the Hebrews
Religion’’. But when Israel was divided into North and South, the North
continued with the name (Northern Israel) while the South which was (Judah and
Benjamin) changed their name to ‘’The Jews’’.
But the Jews developed their own Religion as ‘’Judaism’’ after their
return from exile. Judaism was the religion which they embraced after their
exilic return from the government of Persia under King Cyrus. And this Judaism was on till the birth of Christ.
So Jesus as ‘’the first and the last’’ Rev. 1:17 was the
first to mention the name “Church”. He saw it ahead of time that Rome would
kill the Church but he prophesied that they would not succeed entirely. So at
the appropriate time he raised the Church back from the Dead. But the injury
they had already inflicted on the Church was the Sabbath change, which the true
Church has accepted and fine tuned as God’s approved. And in fact, we have gone inside it so deeply
that the real worship day which is the Sabbath day now seems to us as fake.
The Sabbath day has not been changed and in fact it was the
Beast who changed it and the church has accepted it finally. Those who have the knowledge says ‘’how can we
do it because we have gone so deep into it’’? Others say ‘’we will accept it
that way’’. Many still say ‘’if we could
work out a stable platform which will be convenient to use, we could challenge
them and change it back’’. Yet more Pastors are asking this question saying
“Who shall begin it for us”? Some say “if we begin now to say it, our people
shall run away”. Brethren, till when?
SABBATH A MUST BEFORE
THE RAPTURE?
We should be careful in teaching about what the flesh wants
to hear instead of what God wants us to know. God has not changed the Sabbath
and in fact, there is no indication that God would even change it. While on
earth and during his teaching to his disciples about the events of the end, he
admonished them saying ‘’pray ye that your flight be not in the winter or on
the Sabbath day’’ Math. 24: 20. Why? Flight here is not talking about Airplane,
no. He was talking about the time we shall be running away from security
operatives to avoid being caught.
Winter is a weather
condition which is very tough to our flesh. Cold would not allow anyone to expose
his or her flesh open. And the period is a time the saints might be hiding
inside the bush, the Caves and from authorities because of our refusal to
comply with the directives from the world president at that time. In my book of
Rapture, go to ‘’windows old and new’’ to study about this event.
Winter period will cause many saints to give up their faith
to the Beast. This was the reason Jesus told us to pray so that the period of
this flight be not within the time of winter, for sure the great tribulation
would come first before the Rapture. If Jesus could teach us the truth like this,
how would one teach us the contrary as the true message of Rapture? Who knows
it better than him? Does he not love us
again? Let every believer in Christ crave for this message if you see it.
Again he said ‘’pray that your flight be not on the winter or
on the Sabbath day’’. Why? Flight here does not indicate aero plane, no. Flight
here means “Run”. It’s about the day Christians will run to the bush, caves and
into the mountains, because the Jews have rejected the man of sin in the
Temple, and he commands to kill all without his 1.mark, 2.his number and 3. The
name of the Beast on their forehead or hand Rev. 13:16-17.
The Sabbath day is his
day of rest. This day is ‘’Hallowed or
Sanctified’’ Gen, 2:1-2. Rapture as we all believe is still in the future to
come. If the day we run into hiding because of the Beast falls into the Sabbath
day, God might be taking his rest while the Beast deals worse to his Church. He
asked us to pray so that the day would change from being the day of Sabbath and
the period from being winter Matt.24:20.
I don’t to know what other people are teaching you, but if it
goes away from this teaching of the Lord, it might be dangerous to whoever
believes it. These are the reasons of the warning to pray. Could you now see
that Sabbath has not been changed? If the Lord could use the Sabbath day to
warn the Church for a period which is yet future, whoever is then teaching the
contrary, avoid such one or people. Another warning says ‘’whoever has ears let
him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches’’ Rev.3:22.
By now you have known about the true day to worship God. It
is not on the first day but the on the Sabbath day. If we are waiting on the
day the Church will gather everyone together and say, let us change the first
day to the seventh day, it may not be possible. But if we individually begin to
join the seventh day Adventists, gradually we might change over completely
before the day of Rapture.
Use what you learn to
keep your soul alive for yourself and for the Lord. If you are blessed, you
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God bless.
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