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The Sabbath Memorializes a Literal Day, May 22
God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we
cannot comprehend.
Job 37:5
, NKJV.
When God spoke His law with an audible voice from Sinai, He introduced the
Sabbath by saying, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” He then declares
definitely what shall be done on the six days, and what shall not be done on the
seventh. He next gives the reason for thus observing the week, by pointing us
back to His example on the first seven days of time. “For in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” This reason appears
beautiful and forcible when we understand the record of Creation to mean literal
days.
The first six days of each week are given to us in which to labor, because God
employed the same period of the first week in the work of Creation. The seventh
day God has reserved as a day of rest, in commemoration of His rest during the
same period of time after He had performed the work of Creation in six days.
But the infidel supposition, that the events of the first week required seven vast,
indefinite periods for their accomplishment, strikes directly at the foundation of the
Sabbath of the fourth commandment. It makes indefinite and obscure that which
God has made very plain. It is the worst kind of infidelity; for with many who
profess to believe the record of Creation, it is infidelity in disguise. It charges God
with commanding us to observe the week of seven literal days in commemora-
tion of seven indefinite periods, which is unlike His dealings with us, and is an
impeachment of His wisdom....
The Word of God is given as a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path.
Those who cast His Word behind them, and seek by their own blind philosophy
to penetrate the mysteries of Jehovah, will stumble in darkness. A guide has been
given to mortals whereby they may trace His works as far as will be for their good.
Inspiration, in giving us the history of the Flood, has explained wonderful mysteries
that geology alone could never fathom.—
The Signs of the Times, March 20, 1879
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