The Grange advance., 1876-07-26
The Original Jewish and Chris.
tian Sabbath.
No.. III.

NO. Ill.
Having established what the law
requires that the fifteenth and sixteenth
OF. Abb, the first and second days of
the feast of unleavened bread, should
annually fall on Saturday and Sunday,
from and after the year Of the exode
and that the latter was the appointed
day (atter reaching the land promised)
OF offering the sheaf of first fruits by
the priest, we proceed to the examina-
ton OF the next and connecting institu-
tlon, according to the calendar then
given by Moses: "And ye shall count
unto you from the morrow after the
Sabbath, from the day that ye brought
the sheaf Of the wave Offering; seven
Sabbaths shall be complete; even unto
the morrow after the seventh Sabbath
shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall
offer new meat Offering unto the Lord"
(Ex. xiii. Is, l6). This is the first
instance Of counting Sunday the first
day Of the week. Itresulted for typical
purposes, from the appointment of Sat,
urday, the sixth day of the week from
Adam, to be the Jewish Sabbath unto
Christ.
The above 'Ffifty days. it will be
perceived, both begin and end on Sun
day-"the morrow after the Sabbath"
Beginning on the sixteenth of Abb,
the first month Of the new year, to the
end of that month were fifteen days
thirty days for the second month made
the forty fifth day. Camping before
Sinai on the first day of the third month
(Ex. xix. l, p made it Wednesday the
10th day. Thursday, the 47th, Moses
received and reported words from the
Lord unto the people, verses ST..
Friday; the 49th, verses 10, II, Moses
was told to sanctify the people that day
and "to-morrow Saturday. the 10th,
and to be ready against the third day,
Sunday, the 5Cth day. on which the
original seventh day, the law that
killeth, was delivered. In memory of
which event, and foreshadowing the
things of the Spirit which giveth life,
the Jews were required, on the same
day of the week, and on the fiftieth day
from that Of Offering the wave sheaf to
keep the very significant and solemn
festival of Pentecost. Sec the fore
going paragraph.
This series Of types, fastened as i'm
movably to the days Of the week as to
days Of the month, in the calendar Of
the Jews given at their exodus, was
fulfilled by Christ On the corresponding
day of the week and Of the month. On
Monday, the 10th of Abb or Nissan,
Christ us Gods Lamb came into Jeru-
salem to be delivered up. john xii. !,
l2). On Friday, the l4th, he was
offered as our passover sacrifice. On
Saturday, the 18th, baing the Jewish
Sabbath Of types, Christ our sin offer
ing, was in the state Of the dead, blot
ting out the handwriting Of ordinances,
of meats and drinks, OF holy days, of
beginnings Of months, and OF Sabbaths.
And on Sunday the 10th, the S,bbath
of the law given to Adam, tae day of
offering the saelf Of first fruits, he
arose from the dead, the first fruit Of
the coming harvest, having taken away
the handwriting Ct ordinances, mailing
it to his cross. And on the tittleth day
thereafter, Icing Sunday, the day he
had blessed ami sanctiheI for man be-
fore the falI-the day on which, he had
delivered his holy, just and good law on
Sinai--rhe day Oil which, rs Lozd Of
the Sabbarh, I4e had rested from his
work Of redemption at the resurrection
on this, his own Sabbath day, he
blessed and sanctifeu it and his people
again, with that Holy Spirit Of promise
which is the earnest of our heavenly
inheritance. So much Importance do
the scriptures attach to the first Sab
bath-dav.
Yet a feeble attempt is often made
to save Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath
day, from giving place to the Lords
day at his resurrection as though
Paul did not include the Jewish Sab
bath-day, when he spake OF Christ
blotting out the handwriting Of ordin-
ances, in respect to meats and drinks,
and holy days, the new moonsor Sabbath
days. Also Sabbatarians will not con-
sent that Hosea, ii, II, included the
seventh dav Sabbath Of the Jews, in
the Lords threatening against the house
Of Israel II will! also cause all her
mir:h to cease, her feast days, her new
moons, and her Sabbaths. and a!l her
solemn teasts because, say they, the
prophet speaks Of her Sabbaehs, her
teasts, &C., forgetting that the same
Lord speaks Of the same Sabbatt!s,
feasts, Sc, Lev. xii. ,, &C., and says
Of tl:e whole, "TncSc are NY feasts."
The weekly Sabbath, then, first fol-
lows. Blu: attempts to steady the ark
of truth, in such ways, evidence !. fear
lest, if Saturday be given up, the
church will be without Il day Of rest.
This would be the case if their previous
assumption were true--that the seventh
day of the Jewish week, is the seventh.
day Of the week 81 iven to Adam. Tl:iS
they constantly assert, bu1 this they
constantly leave unpruveu The mere