Sign of our Order
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In order that men might not forget the true God, Jehovah gave them
a memorial of His love and power—the Sabbath. He says: “Verily My
Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you.”
Exodus
31:13
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Concerning Israel, the Lord declared: “The people shall dwell
alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.”
Numbers 23:9
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To us as well as to ancient Israel these words apply. God’s people are
to stand alone. The observance of the seventh-day Sabbath is to be a
sign between them and God, showing that they are to be a peculiar
people, separate from the world in habit and practice. Through them
God will work to gather from all nationalities a people for Himself.
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