The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-19
SABBATH HAS NOT BEEN LOST
Day Of Rest VIII Continue to End Of
tss Time

Day Of Rest VIII Continue to End Of
Time.
Editor OF the Banner: The belief
OF many that the identity OF the Sab
bath day has been lost, is not accord
ing to the Scripture,
God commanded Remember the
Sabbath day to keep il holy Ex. POS,
and Christ said 1.-The Sabbath was
4made Tor man Mark, 2:27. Tle
word remember indicates its prev
ious existance.
The Sabbath is first mentioned in
Genesis 22-3. There II Is called the
seventh day, and 1t is said that God
blessed and sanct.fled II, thus making
it His holy day
7 Man and the Sabbath were both
made at the creation Of the world,
and the Sabbath was made for man,
1t is evident tlat il was TO continue
as long as man continues. 1t is ma
tural therefore, that God would pre-.
serve it.
Holy men OF God spoke as they
were moved by the spirit and holy
men of God wrote the Bib.e. Pet l;
q. also 2Tim 8; 49, Moses wrote the
first book OF the Bible. He knew the
Sabbath. for God gave the tables Of
the Law to aim. Exodus 20.l-1I), He
is true witness that the Sabbath
day was not lost in his time.
i In Cslrist's time the Jews disagreed
with Him about the manner Of keep
: ing the Sabbath, but there was no
question about the ident ty of the day.
AS Gods chosen people. from the time
OF Moses TO Christ. God entrusted TO
them the record OF the Scriptures
which naturally included the Sabbath.
Perhaps for little while few per-
sons might be forgetful OF a day OF
date but such would soon be remind
ed by those around them. Because
OF this fact II is impossible that the
whole Jewish nation could forget
which day was the Sabbath,
The witness of a nation Aga II.
Christ came four thousand years ar
ter creation, the time Wien the Sab
bath was made. He, the Son OF God,
kept the Sabbath as He found it
luke 4. i6), thereby witnessing that
the Jewish record Of the very day
was true. And from the time of
Christ to our time, the Jews, scatter
ed all over the word continue as liy-
ing witnesses OF the true day. They
all testify that Saturday is the
seventh day. and that it is the Bible
Sabbath.
In the Bible, the seventh day is
never called the Sabbath Of the Jews,
but Is called "the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God EXODUS 20; 100 The sew
enth day is the first seventh day af-
ter the first six days. In all the
Scriptures the seventh day is never
called a seventh day Later these
seven days were called week, No
history or encyclopedia says that the
week has ever been broken Nor
does the Bible record any loss OF the
weekly period. Why is this? Be
cause God in His perfect knowledge
OF things present and things to come
made the week perfect and per
manent period Of time that should
never be affected by change In the
calendars.
Let us connect with Bible history
two prophecies, one reaching to the
end of time, the other extending into
eternity The first prophecy de
scribes a people living near the close
Of the worlds history. We read,
Here are Chey that keep the com
mandments Of Cod Rev. l4:l2.
The commandments OF God include
the Ten Commandments. and ii would
not be true to say that they keep the
Commandments of God unless they
keep them all Therefore they will
keep the Sabbath commandment. In
the very last chapter OF the Bible
(Reyelation 22;14 it is SAID again,
blessed are they that do His Com
mandments that they may have a
right to the tree of life.
1 The second prophecy carries us in
to eternity. Speaking of the future
world, the prophet says, THE new
heavens and the new earth, which
will make. will remain before me
saith the Lord. ~. And 1t shall come
to pass. that. ... from one Sabbath
to another, shall all flesh come tc
worship before me, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 66:22.2S. This scripture re
fers to eternity. and it is evident that
when Christ said the Sabbath was
made for man, He meant that it wa
: made for humanity through time ant
: eternity. There Is, therefore, nc
truth in the statement that the Sab
bath was for only one dispensat!on
: II is for us today And for all eterni
. ty, 1t will endure Obedience to Coo
makes It imperative that we keep the
seventh day as the Sabbath.
1 A. NJ. Torrance.