Sun Worship, Sunday Sacredness, and the Trinity Connection

Yes, sun worship, Sunday sacredness, and the trinity doctrine are fundamentally interconnected through a historical process of religious amalgamation and apostasyEVRR94+4.

The Babylonian Origins of Sun Worship

Sun worship is the most widespread and ancient form of idolatry, originating in the original Babylonian empire founded by NimrodEVRR624+2. This system of worship was essentially the worship of the power of reproduction in nature, symbolized by the sun as the chief deityAMS June 4, 1896, page 177.6+2.

• Nimrod and Semiramis: These figures initiated sun worship, which then spread throughout the inhabited world after the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-9EVRR624.

• A Universal System: From Babylon, this paganism flowed into Egypt, Phoenicia, Rome, and even into the practices of ancient IndiaFACC 309.2+2.

• Trinitarian Connections: The number 666, which is the master summary number of Babylonian astrology and paganism, sums up the thirty-six gods associated with the sun worship systemEVRR428. This pagan system is also linked to the concept of a three-person Godhead or trinityEVRR440+1.

The Transition to Sunday Sacredness

The "venerable day of the sun" was the specific day devoted to these solar deities and their wild revelriesRCASDA 130.2+2. When Christianity began to degenerate, it assumed the forms of the pagan errors surrounding it, leading to the adoption of Sunday as a "Christian" holidayFACC 326.2+1.

• Paganizing the Church: Bishops in the early centuries multiplied rites and adopted heathen festival days, such as Sunday and Christmas, to make Christianity more appealing to pagansSOOCC 101.1+2.

• The Influence of Constantine: Emperor Constantine, a devotee of the sun-god Apollo, issued a Sunday edict to enforce the observance of the day of the sun, which the apostate church accepted to gain political protectionSITI March 25, 1886, page 185.6+2.

• The Displacement of the Sabbath: This transition effectively replaced the divinely appointed seventh-day Sabbath with a memorial of idolatryChSa 102.1+2.

The Role of Rome and the Trinity

The church of Rome served as the primary vehicle for blending these Babylonian mysteries with Christian professionEVRR62+2.

• Amalgamation: As early as the second century, the apostate church began to amalgamate with Mithraism, a form of sun worship from Persia that shared Babylonian rootsEVRR456.

• The Man of Sin: This compromise resulted in the development of the "man of sin" who exalts himself within the church, posing as God 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4EVRR62.

• The Number of the Name: The number 666 is identified as the master number of this system, applying to the papacy as the disguised high priest of a position that originated in Babylon Revelation 13:17-18EVRR428+1.

• Spiritual Babylon: Modern spiritual Babylon continues these traditions, having departed from the authority of the Bible to embrace doctrines like Sunday sacredness and the trinity which have no scriptural authorityEVRR456+2.

The historical record confirms that these elements are all links in a single chain of apostasy designed to counterfeit the true faithEVRR94+2. The call remains for people to come out of this confusion and return to the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Revelation 14:12+1EVRR62+1.