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The Sabbath in the Hereafter, December 29
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name
remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 66:22, 23
.
In the beginning the Father and the Son had rested upon the Sabbath
after Their work of creation. When “the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them” (
Genesis 2:1
), the Creator and all heavenly beings
rejoiced in contemplation of the glorious scene. “The morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.”
Job 38:7
.... When there
shall be a “restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth
of all his holy prophets since the world began” (
Acts 3:21
), the creation
Sabbath, the day on which Jesus lay at rest in Joseph’s tomb, will still be a
day of rest and rejoicing. Heaven and earth will unite in praise, as “from
one sabbath to another” (
Isaiah 66:23
) the nations of the saved shall bow in
joyful worship to God and the Lamb.
The nations of the saved will know no other law than the law of heaven.
All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and
thanksgiving. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the
sons of God will shout for joy....
“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the Lord.” The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together.” “The Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring
forth before all the nations.” “In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a
crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people.”
So long as the heavens and the earth endure, the Sabbath will continue
as a sign of the Creator’s power. And when Eden shall bloom on earth
again, God’s holy rest day will be honored by all beneath the sun. “From
one sabbath to another” the inhabitants of the glorified new earth shall go
up “to worship before me, saith the Lord.”
Isaiah 66:23
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