The Washington herald., 1921-12-29
The First Sabbath.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
As we have seen in a previous
letter, it was 2.5l3 years from the
time that Adam was formed of the
dust of the ground and placed in the
garden to dress and to keep 1t: "On
MONTH" which corresponds to the
Gentle May 1S, God gave the man
na," which fell on this the first day.
beginning the first week of the Is
raelitish Economy. having its first
Sabbath on the seventh day follow
ing, namely, on May %. 1891 b. c.
EXODUS XvI:12-20).
This first day OF the first week
has more Importance to the world
at large than the sabbath which
came seven days later. Remember
that He who is greater" than Moses
(Heb. 1II:1-6), pointing to this as
type. said: II am that bread
of life" John VI:4S). No second
AIRY parsonage can be permitted to
6ecloud the glory of Him who was,
even before Abraham" the II Am"
(Ch. VIII: So.
But the children of Israel would
have law (Ex. XIX:8; XXIV:3); and
it came by the disposition of an
gels" (Acts VII:53); and as they
were charged by Stephen, have
not kept 1t" ". 59), for saying
which they stoned him to death,
thus proving themselves to be
transGressors; for the same law
said: Thou shalt not kill" Thus
they were convicted as murderers.
Can they then hope to be saved by
the law of Moses-can anyone be
il they cannot? and are they alone
in this conviction-are not the
Gentiles equally so. (See Rom. III:
1O?
But the Sabbath was given, and
the dispensational reason is also
stated as follows: And this shall
be sign between Me and the Chill
dSen of Israel forever lex. NXXI:
13-1O. By what right, then, can
any one assume this sign" as the
/ keystone of their religious arch,
not having any such definite. ex-
plict word for It. It belongs
alone to the Children Of Israel for
ever'-let them have it, and place
no law in their way to prevent them
from observing 1t - their day il
coming.
But Christianity did not come
, through Moses, but through a cru
cited Saw or, who was raised from
the dead, and who is even now "at
the right hand of the Majesty on
high" seated upon His Fathers
throne, from thence shall he come
to judge the quick Snd the dead
UI Tim. ~: -.
Everything of power and glory in
connection with Him as alive from
the dead. n Scripture, lis liaked
with the first day of the week." or
the eighth" which is also the
first" and is also a holy day. even
under the 1sraelitish economy.
The morrow after the Sabbath"
had its own distinct place. then
eek. XII: 16; Lev. xxi: 4. 1S); and
will also in their future days. when
both Judah and ,Ephraim are fe-
united in their God-given Holy
Land" Geek. XIII: I'D.
But the sabbath" or the "sev-
but the seventh" shall remain
always as sign" between Jeho-
yah. and the Children of Israel
forever,''i in which the Christian
Church, nor any little Gentle ma
ton. at present. has any part.
Yet 1t was upon one of the most
holy sabbath days that "the Apostle
and High Priest of our profession.
rChrist Jesus" CHeb. VII: -. was ly-
ing dead In the tomb of Joseph
of Arimathea." But death could not
hold him-He arose from the toni
on "the first day Of the week
which became, because Of this, this
first day" of a new era. The next
| first day, He appeared unto the
eleven as they sat at meat" Guks
xxIv:14-33; Mark xv.:). Again or
another first day, of the week, OF
the eighth" He anpAared TO then