Does God mean when He says, Ye shall observe them “thruout your generations,” that these generations should extend down to the end of time? Why should these laws not be observed now the same as the Sabbath commandment? The same words are used in Ex. 31:16 of the Sabbath. The term “generation” is elastic; it would naturally refer to the life of the thing to which it is applied. “Thruout your generation,” pertaining to the sacrifices, would be just as long as the sacrifices were to be offered. When those sacrifices ended, as they did at the cross, when Christ, the Lamb of God died for the sins of the world, the typical service ended. In a clearer, larger sense the service was carried on, but not in that form. So much for the ceremonial observance. The Sabbath is found in God’s moral law, and is of an entirely different character, a memorial of God’s creative work. Just as long as He has creatures to revere and serve Him, which will be eternally, just so long the Sabbath is a memorial of that work. The former was fulfilled in Christ Jesus, the latter will continue for all eternity, sanctified by Christ. See Isa. 66:22, 23.