No Shadow | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 13.

No Shadow.

"LET no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come." Col. 2 : 16, 17. No; we haven't time to chase shadows. The shadows ceased when the body (Christ) appeared. The shadowy dispensation is in the past. But what of the things which are not shadows? They must be substantial realities, and therefore enduring. The seventh day, the Sabbath of the Lord, is one of the substantial things. God's holy day, the memorial of creation, it stands in the bosom of that law of which Christ said: "It is easier for Heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail." Luke 16 : 17. It is one of those things of which David says: "They stand fast forever and ever." Ps. 111 : 8. Consequently it will be kept in the immortal state. Isa. 66 : 22, 23. For a list of the sabbaths which were shadows, see Lev. 23, and note especially the distinction which is made in verses 37, 38 between these shadowy sabbaths and the Sabbath of the Lord.