Observance of God’s Holy Sabbath
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and to a great extent they lost the knowledge of its sacredness. When
the law was proclaimed at Sinai the very first words of the fourth
commandment were, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”—
showing that the Sabbath was not then instituted; we are pointed back
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for its origin to creation. In order to obliterate God from the minds
of men, Satan aimed to tear down this great memorial. If men could
be led to forget their Creator, they would make no effort to resist the
power of evil, and Satan would be sure of his prey
The Blessings of Sabbath Observance
All heaven was represented to me as beholding and watching
upon the Sabbath those who acknowledge the claims of the fourth
commandment and are observing the Sabbath. Angels were marking
their interest in, and high regard for, this divine institution. Those who
sanctified the Lord God in their hearts by a strictly devotional frame
of mind, and who sought to improve the sacred hours in keeping the
Sabbath to the best of their ability, and to honor God by calling the
Sabbath a delight—these the angels were specially blessing with light
and health, and special strength was given them
Strict compliance with the requirements of Heaven brings temporal
as well as spiritual blessings
“Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth
hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil.” “The sons of the stranger, that join
themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the
Lord, to be His servants, everyone that keepeth the Sabbath from
polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; even them will I bring
to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer.”
Isaiah 56:1, 2, 6, 7
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
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Patriarchs and Prophets, 336
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Testimonies for the Church 2:704, 705
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Prophets and Kings, 546
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The Great Controversy, 451