THE LAW OF GOD by George B. Thompson

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1892

THE LAW OF GOD.

By George B. Thompson

BY ELDER GEORGE B. THOMPSON.

THIS is the greatest document ever committed to mortals. It is summarily contained in the ten commandments, written by the finger of Omnipotence upon two tables of stone.

When God had delivered his chosen people from beneath Egyptian bondage, and had led them out into the wilderness, in order that they might sense more fully the sacred character of his law, he proclaimed it orally, and wrote it upon the imperishable agate of the mountain. How sublime the scene! He commanded Moses to set bounds about the mount. This done, the third day the Maker of the universe, Jesus, the Son of God, in sovereign majesty, amid fire and smoke, and glory unapproachable, descended, and, in tones which caused this solid earth to quake, he thundered forth to quailing humanity the principles of his own loving perfection. Such a scene the world had never before witnessed. It never will again, until Jesus shall arise from the mediatorial throne, lay aside his priestly robes, and, in "all the glory of his Father," and a retinue of holy angels, come the second time to vindicate his insulted authority, by saving those who kept his law, and visiting everlasting destruction upon its transgressors.

This law is but a reflection of the character of God, and is no more subject to change than its Author. It is the foundation of God's government, and all the intelligences in the eternal domain, from blazing sun to glimmering nebula, are amenable to its everlasting principles.

When Moses was commanded to erect a sanctuary in the wilderness, he was shown a pattern, and the sanctuary, with all the instruments, was made after the pattern. Ex. 25: 9, 40. Among other things made was the "ark of the testimony." This was placed in the sacred apartment, or most holy place of the sanctuary, and in it was placed the ten commandments. This, too, was a "pattern of things in the heavens."

The seer of Patmos, when beholding things in the heavens, saw among other things the great original from which this was fashioned. "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament." Rev. 11: 19.

From this it is clearly demonstrated that the law of God and its sacred coffer are in heaven, and that the copy given to Moses was but a transcript of the great original. Upon this citadel of truth the fragile arguments of Antinomianism are as nothing. Conscious of the impregnable character of the fortress, they but rarely attack it. Not until man can ascend into the third heaven, rush into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary, take Jehovah from his place between the two cherubim, burst open the "ark of the testament," and, seizing with his wicked hands the code of heaven, grind it to atoms, can he change a jot or tittle of these immutable precepts. Let Antinomianism ponder well this fact, and behold the everlasting pillars that support the law of the mighty God. It has been truly said that long should pause the erring hand of man ere it seeks to chisel with human philosophy a single iota from these ten words.

Springfield, Ill.