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The Sabbath is God’s Mark, August 26
Hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you,
that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 20:20
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The Israelites placed over their doors a signature of blood, to show that
they were God’s property. So the children of God in this age will bear the
signature God has appointed. They will place themselves in harmony with
God’s holy law. A mark is placed upon every one of God’s people just as
verily as a mark was placed over the doors of the Hebrew dwellings, to
preserve the people from the general ruin. God declares, “I gave them my
sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I
am the Lord that sanctify them.”
Every soul in our world is the Lord’s property, by creation and by
redemption. Each individual soul is on trial for his life. Has he given to God
that which belongs to Him? Has he surrendered to God all that is His as
His purchased possession? All who cherish the Lord as their portion in this
life will be under His control, and will receive the sign, the mark of God,
which shows them to be God’s special possession. Christ’s righteousness
will go before them, and the glory of the Lord will be their rereward. The
Lord protects every human being who bears His sign.
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the
children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign
between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that
I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.... Six days may work be done; but
in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth
any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the
children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout
their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the
children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
This recognition of God is of the highest value to every human being.
All who love and serve Him are very precious in His sight. He would have
them stand where they are worthy representatives of the truth as it is in
Jesus.
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