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The Desire of Ages
“Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work;
I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.
O Lord, how great are Thy works!
And Thy thoughts are very deep.”
Psalm 92:4, 5
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And the Holy Spirit through the prophet Isaiah declares: “To whom
then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?
... Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you
from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of
the earth? It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens
as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.... To whom
then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift
up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that
bringeth out their host by number: He calleth them all by names by the
greatness of His might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou
not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the
Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? ... He
giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth
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strength.” “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I
am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will
uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” “Look unto Me,
and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is
none else.” This is the message written in nature, which the Sabbath is
appointed to keep in memory. When the Lord bade Israel hallow His
Sabbaths, He said, “They shall be a sign between Me and you, that
ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.”
Isaiah 40:18-29
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41:10
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45:22
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Ezekiel 20:20
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The Sabbath was embodied in the law given from Sinai; but it
was not then first made known as a day of rest. The people of Israel
had a knowledge of it before they came to Sinai. On the way thither
the Sabbath was kept. When some profaned it, the Lord reproved
them, saying, “How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and
My laws?”
Exodus 16:28
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