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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 7, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 10.

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"It Shall Be Forever"

By M. S. Boyd

MRS. M. S. BOYD
The Holy Word very forcibly speaks of the enduring nature of God's works, in Eccl. 3:14, 15: "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past."
From a study of Gen. 2:2, 3, we find that when God had finished his creative works, he rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it, thus making each succeeding seventh day a Sabbath. This is plainly one of the works of the Creator. Inspiration emphatically states that "whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it." Then the first day of the week can not be added unto the Sabbath institution, nor the seventh day "taken from it."
God proclaimed from Mt. Sinai, "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." The same authority states, "That which hath been is now;" and again, "That which is to be hath already been." Isa. 66:22, 23, tells us that in the new-earth state all flesh shall come to worship the Lord from one Sabbath to another. Then the Sabbath that "is to be hath already been."
It is not left optional with us whether we keep this seventh-day Sabbath that was instituted at the close of creation week; for it is distinctly stated that "God requireth that which is past." A plain statement of these facts is made that "men should fear before him." What is this fear designed to lead men to do? "Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Eccl. 12:13, 14.
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia.