"We have seen the Sabbath ordained of God at the close of the creation week.
The object of its Author is worthy of especial attention.
Q: Why did the Creator set up this memorial in paradise?
Q: Why did He set apart from the other days of the week that day which he had employed in rest?
A: "Because that in it," says the record, "he had rested from all his work which God created and made." (Gen.2:6)
A rest necessarily implies a work performed. And hence the Sabbath was ordained of God as a memorial of the work of creation.
And therefore that precept of the moral law which relates to this
memorial, unlike every other precept of that law, begins with the word, "Remember." (Ex.20:8)
The importance of this memorial will be appreciated when we learn from the Scriptures that it is the work of creation which is claimed by its Author as the great evidence of his eternal power and Godhead, and as that great fact which distinguishes him from all false gods. Thus it is written:
J.N. Andrews/Heb.3:4; Jer.10:10-12; Rom.1:20; Ps.33:9; Heb.11:3
The object of its Author is worthy of especial attention.
Q: Why did the Creator set up this memorial in paradise?
Q: Why did He set apart from the other days of the week that day which he had employed in rest?
A: "Because that in it," says the record, "he had rested from all his work which God created and made." (Gen.2:6)
A rest necessarily implies a work performed. And hence the Sabbath was ordained of God as a memorial of the work of creation.
And therefore that precept of the moral law which relates to this
The importance of this memorial will be appreciated when we learn from the Scriptures that it is the work of creation which is claimed by its Author as the great evidence of his eternal power and Godhead, and as that great fact which distinguishes him from all false gods. Thus it is written:
"He that built all things is God." "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens." "But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King." "He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion." "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead." "For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." Thus "the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."Such is the estimate which the Scriptures place upon the work of creation as evincing the eternal power and Godhead of the creator."
J.N. Andrews/Heb.3:4; Jer.10:10-12; Rom.1:20; Ps.33:9; Heb.11:3