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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 3, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 5.

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THE SABBATH.

By G. B. Thompson

1. FOR whom was the Sabbath made?
“And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2: 27.
2. When was it made?
“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.” Gen. 2: 2, 3.
3. Who made the Sabbath?
“All things were made by Him [Christ]; and without Him was not anything made that was made.” John 1: 3.
NOTE.—Christ being the one who created all things (Col. 1: 16; Heb. 1: 2), it is quite apparent that He made the Sabbath at the close of His work, and gave it to man as a sign of His creative power. Being the one who worked, He is the one who rested; the Sabbath is, therefore, His rest day.
4. Will the Lord ever change the Sabbath?
“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.” Ps. 89: 34.
5. Will the blessing ever be removed from the day?
“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.” Eccl. 3: 14.
6. Can man change the day?
“Behold, I have received commandment to bless; and He hath blessed; and I can not reverse it.” Num. 23: 20.
7. Did Jesus observe the Sabbath?
“I have kept My Father’s commandments.” John 15: 10.
“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and, as His custom was, He went into the synagog on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” Luke 4: 16.
“Leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.” 1 Peter 2: 21.
8. Did the holy women observe the day after the resurrection?
“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke 23: 56.
9. Which day is the Sabbath “according to the commandment”?
“But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Ex. 20: 10.
10. Which day did the apostles keep?
“And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.” Acts 17: 2.
11. Was the Sabbath binding at the destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70?
“But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.” Matt. 24: 20.
12. Was it observed by the revelator?
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” Rev. 1: 10.
13. Will the Sabbath be observed through eternity?
“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord.” Isa. 66: 22, 23.
G. B. THOMPSON.
Newburg, W. Va.