The Jewish Sabbath

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 24, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 46.

The Jewish Sabbath

The Jewish Sabbath.—The sabbaths of Col. 2: 14-16, classed with feasts and holy days, are said to be "a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." The ministrations of the Levitical priesthood of each year typified the whole service of our Lord as priest. Each high priest in his yearly round of service, served as a type of Christ. The Passover met its fulfillment in the death of Christ. The Pentecost met its fulfillment in the pouring out of the Spirit and the ingathering of the first fruits of the Christian church. And thus with others. But none of these feasts or days typified, nor could they typify, in the very nature of the case, the weekly Sabbath. The weekly Sabbath is in no sense a type. It was given before sin entered, while all types came in because of sin and a remedial scheme. God's Sabbath is eternal.