The Sabbath – For Eternity

KJV Bible References

Exodus 20:1 ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,

Exodus 20:8 REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.

Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day [is] the SABBATH of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:

Exodus 20:11 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. {The LORD God HALLOWED the SABBATH which means that He made it Holy and consecrated. That which is made Holy by God CANNOT be made un-Holy.}

Exodus 31:12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, VERILY MY SABBATHS YE SHALL KEEP: FOR IT [IS] A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS; THAT [YE] MAY KNOW THAT I [AM] THE LORD THAT DOTH SANCTIFY YOU.

Exodus 31:14 YE SHALL KEEP THE SABBATH THEREFORE; FOR IT [IS] HOLY UNTO YOU: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Exodus 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the SEVENTH [is] the SABBATH of rest, HOLY to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the SABBATH day, he shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the SABBATH, to observe the SABBATH throughout their generations, [for] a PERPETUAL COVENANT.

Exodus 31:17 It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel FOR EVER: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the SEVENTH DAY he rested, and was refreshed.

Exodus 31:18 ¶ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, WRITTEN with the FINGER OF GOD. {God wrote His Commandments with His Fingers – thus showing the longevity and importance of keeping these Commandments.}

Leviticus 26:3 ¶ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Leviticus 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

1 Kings 9:6 [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

1 Kings 9:8 And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

1 Kings 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

2 Kings 17:6 ¶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:7 For [so] it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

2 Kings 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

2 Kings 17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly [those] things that [were] not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kings 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

2 Kings 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as [did] the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

2 Kings 17:12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, [and by] all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Kings 17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kings 17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

2 Kings 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

2 Kings 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

Nehemiah 1:9 But [if] ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, [yet] will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

Proverbs 3:1 ¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 4:1 ¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Proverbs 4:3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:1 ¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Proverbs 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

John 14:15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; { the word “another” comes from the word Allos which means “of the same kind”. Christ was the Comforter in physical form; now He is “another Comforter” in spiritual form.}

John 14:17 [Even] the SPIRIT OF TRUTH; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for HE DWELLETH with you, and shall be IN YOU. {It is the Holy Spirit of God / Jesus that dwells within us as the SPIRIT OF TRUTH.}

John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL COME TO YOU. {Jesus confirms that HE will come to us. How? By Him sending His Holy Spirit, which He received from His Father, to dwell within us. By this act and since Pentecost, He has forfeited for ALL eternity future His Omnipresence.}

John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept MY FATHER’S commandments, and abide in his love. {Jesus confirms God as His Father in a singular context – no plural God.}

John 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.

John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Deuteronomy 4:1 ¶ Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Deuteronomy 4:2 YE SHALL NOT ADD UNTO THE WORD WHICH I COMMAND YOU, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH [OUGHT] FROM IT, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 6:16 ¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD YOUR GOD, as ye tempted [him] in Massah. [Matthew 4:7]

Deuteronomy 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD YOUR GOD, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Deuteronomy 6:18 And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 6:20 [And] when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD OUR GOD hath commanded you?

Deuteronomy 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

Deuteronomy 6:22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

Deuteronomy 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

Deuteronomy 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD OUR GOD, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as [it is] at this day.

Deuteronomy 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD OUR GOD, as he hath commanded us.

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:

Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations {Implying “never ending”.};

1 Chronicles 16:14 He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations; {Implying “never ending”.}

1 Chronicles 16:16 [Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

1 Chronicles 16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,

Psalm 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

Psalm 105:7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.

Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations. {Implying “never ending”.}

Psalm 105:9 Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Psalm 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a Law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

Psalm 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

SAMECH.

Psalm 119:113 I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Psalm 119:113 Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Psalm 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psalm 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Psalm 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.

Psalm 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Matthew 19:16 ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matthew 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Matthew 19:19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20; Romans 13:9]

Matthew 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.

Matthew 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them (with the first and second angel – {Ms1-1897}), saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
{Summary of the 3rd Angel’s Message: A world-wide final gospel of truth message proclaimed just before Christ’s Second Advent regarding the penalties for worshipping the beast and his image rather than giving the glory and your worship to God the Father – our Creator.
So, when we analysis the 3 Angel’s Messages we conclude that the central and most important theme that God requires us to do is to give GLORY AND WORSHIP TO GOD THE FATHER – our Creator.
Yes, we do this through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, but NEVER through any other source.}

Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

PERPETUAL and EVERLASTING COVENANTS

Genesis 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the EVERLASTING COVENANT between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth. {The (rain)bow was given just after the Great Flood of 2348BC. God has honoured this EVERLASTING COVENANT for over 4370 years. Why? Because, like the Sabbath, it is a perpetual / everlasting Covenant between God, who does not change, and man.} {The rainbow was the appropriate natural emblem of preservation from a flood; and the removal of the foreskin was the fit symbol of that removal of the old man and renewal of nature, which qualified Abraham to be the parent of a holy seed. As the former sign foreshadows an incorruptible inheritance, so the latter prepares the way for a holy seed, by which the holiness and the heritage will at length be universally extended. This was the sign in the Old Testament Church as baptism is in the New, and hence the covenant is called “covenant of circumcision” in Acts 7:8 and “sign of circumcision” in Romans 4:11.}

Genesis 17:1 ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [AM] THE ALMIGHTY GOD; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Genesis 17:2 And I will make MY COVENANT between ME and THEE, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:7 And I will establish MY COVENANT between ME and THEE and THY SEED after thee in their generations for an EVERLASTING COVENANT, to be a God unto THEE, and to THY SEED after thee. [Galatians 3:16] {The COVENANT was given by God to Abram/Abraham in 1897BC. God has honoured this EVERLASTING COVENANT for over 3920 years. Why? Because, like the Sabbath, it is a perpetual / everlasting Covenant between God, who does not change and man.}

Genesis 17:10 This [is] MY COVENANT, which ye shall keep, between ME and YOU and THY SEED after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the FLESH OF YOUR FORESKIN; and it shall be a TOKEN {sign} of the COVENANT betwixt ME and YOU. {The (rain)bow was given just after the Great Flood of 2348BC. God has honoured this EVERLASTING COVENANT for over 4370 years. Why? Because, like the Sabbath, it is a perpetual / everlasting Covenant between God, who does not change, and man.} {The rainbow was the appropriate natural emblem of preservation from a flood; and the removal of the foreskin was the fit symbol of that removal of the old man and renewal of nature, which qualified Abraham to be the parent of a holy seed. As the former sign foreshadows an incorruptible inheritance, so the latter prepares the way for a holy seed, by which the holiness and the heritage will at length be universally extended. This was the sign in the Old Testament Church as baptism is in the New, and hence the covenant is called “covenant of circumcision” in Acts 7:8 and “sign of circumcision” in Romans 4:11.}

Acts 7:8 And HE {God} gave him {Abraham} the COVENANT of CIRCUMCISION: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 4:11 And he {Abraham} received the SIGN of CIRCUMCISION, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Genesis 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and MY COVENANT shall be IN YOUR FLESH for an EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish MY COVENANT with him {Abraham’s son Isaac} for an EVERLASTING COVENANT, [and] with his seed after him.

Leviticus 24:8 Every SABBATH he {Aaron, the 3 year older brother of Moses} shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an EVERLASTING COVENANT.

2 Samuel 23:5 Although my {David’s} house [be] not so with God; yet HE {God} hath made with me {David} an EVERLASTING COVENANT, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow.

1 Chronicles 16:17 And {the LORD our God} hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an EVERLASTING COVENANT,

Psalm 105:7 He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.

Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered HIS COVENANT for ever, the word [which] HE COMMANDED TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS. {Implying “never ending”.}

Psalm 105:9 Which [COVENANT] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Psalm 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a Law, [and] to Israel [for] an EVERLASTING COVENANT:

Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. {The earth and world have a limited time left – because of man’s defilement.}

Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have TRANSGRESSED THE LAWS, CHANGED THE ORDINANCE, BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an EVERLASTING COVENANT with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.

Isaiah 55:4 Behold, I have given him {God’s Son Jesus} [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

Isaiah 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He {the Holy One of Israel – God’s Son Jesus} hath glorified thee.

Isaiah 61:7 ¶ For your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Isaiah 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an EVERLASTING COVENANT with them.

Isaiah 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.

Jeremiah 32:36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Jeremiah 32:37 Behold, I will gather them {God’s people} out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them {God’s people} one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an EVERLASTING COVENANT with them {God’s people}, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Jeremiah 32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them {God’s people} to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Ezekiel 16:60 ¶ Nevertheless I will remember MY COVENANT with thee {God’s people} in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Ezekiel 37:21 And say unto them {God’s people}, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

Ezekiel 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king {God’s Son Jesus} shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

Ezekiel 37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:24 And David MY servant {a term for God’s Son Jesus} [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in MY judgments, and observe MY statutes, and do them.

Ezekiel 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and MY servant David {a term for God’s Son Jesus} [shall be] their prince for ever.

Ezekiel 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an EVERLASTING COVENANT with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set MY sanctuary in the midst of them FOR EVERMORE.

Ezekiel 37:27 MY tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.

Ezekiel 37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when MY sanctuary shall be in the midst of them FOR EVERMORE.

Hebrews 13:20 Now the GOD of peace, that BROUGHT AGAIN FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the EVERLASTING COVENANT,

Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do HIS {God’s} will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in HIS {God’s} sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Spirit of Prophecy

I was shown that the law of God would stand fast forever, and exist in the new earth to all eternity. At the creation, when the foundations of the earth were laid, the sons of God looked with admiration upon the work of the Creator, and all the heavenly host shouted for joy. It was then that the foundation of the Sabbath was laid. At the close of the six days of creation, God rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made; and he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work. The Sabbath was instituted in Eden before the fall, and was observed by Adam and Eve, and all the heavenly host. God rested on the seventh day, and blessed and hallowed it; and I saw that the Sabbath would never be done away; but the redeemed saints, and all the angelic host, will observe it in honor of the great Creator to all eternity. {1SG 113.1 1858} Also {EW 217.2 1882} & {FLB 303.4 1958}

The foundation of the Sabbath was laid in Eden, and it is to be perpetuated through all time and eternity. The sin of Adam caused his expulsion from Eden. Fearful indeed was the curse pronounced upon the transgressor of the law of God. While we deplore the sin and fall of Adam, let us beware of following his example of disobedience. Thank God that the Sabbath institution was not included in the blessings lost with Eden. That sacred institution does not rest upon vain speculation; the authority and evidence sustaining it are strong and irresistible; Infidelity may assail it, yet it remains incontrovertible. {The Signs of the Times, February 28, 1878 paragraph 13}

Is it true that the end of all things is at hand? What mean the awful calamities by sea–vessels hurled into eternity without a moment’s warning? What mean the accidents by land–fire consuming the riches men have hoarded, much of which has been accumulated by oppression of the poor. The Lord will not interfere to protect the property of those who transgress His law, break His covenant, and trample upon His Sabbath, accepting in its place a spurious rest day. {5MR 15.1 1880} Also {Ms99-1902} & {LDE 27.4 1992}

The enemies of God’s law, from the ministers down to the least among them, have a new conception of truth and duty. Too late they see that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is the seal of the living God. Too late they see the true nature of their spurious sabbath, and the sandy foundation upon which they have been building. They find that they have been fighting against God. Religious teachers have led souls to perdition while professing to guide them to the gates of Paradise. Not until the day of final accounts will it be known how great is the responsibility of men in holy office, and how terrible are the results of their unfaithfulness. Only in eternity can we rightly estimate the loss of a single soul. Fearful will be the doom of him to whom God shall say, Depart, thou wicked servant. {4SP 457.2 1884} Also {GC88 640.1 1888}

Isaiah 58:8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

Isaiah 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

Isaiah 58:10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noon day:

Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Isaiah 58:12 And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Isaiah 58:13 ¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

Isaiah 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].

See Isaiah 58:8-14 {above}. Through Satan’s deceptions a breach has been made in the law of God; but God has a loyal people, few in number, who will not trample upon the Sabbath, who will build up the old waste places, and raise up the foundations of many generations, which is the memorial God has given for man to observe throughout time and throughout eternity. They work in Christ’s lines, “not speaking their own words, or doing their own pleasure on my holy day,” saith the Lord. They worship God on the holy Sabbath and God has written their names in heaven as repairers of the breach, the restorers of paths to dwell in. {Ms27-1894}

Satan has worked with all his power to abolish the Sabbath of the fourth commandment and place a common working day in its stead. But the Lord has sent men light on this point, so that none need be in ignorance. Those who have not received the light and have died, regarding the first day of the week as the Sabbath of the Lord, will not be held accountable for their mistake. Although the Lord has invested the seventh day with the sanctity of His blessing, he compels none to observe it. All who know the holy commandments and refuse to obey decide their destiny for eternity. Those who appreciate the great sacrifice made for them will not bow down to an idol sabbath, but will render obedience to the holy day which God has sanctified and blessed as the day of His rest. {Letter No. 100-1895}

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak ye also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily, My Sabbaths ye shall keep; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations: that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.” “Six days may work be done; but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy unto the Lord; whosoever doeth any work in the Sabbath of the Lord shall surely be put to death.” Has Satan succeeded in removing the sanctity from the day thus distinguished above all others? He has succeeded in putting another day in its stead, but never can he take from it the blessing of the Lord. “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a PERPETUAL COVENANT.” What can be more positive and clear than these words? And has God changed? He will remain the same through all eternity, but man “has sought out many inventions.” {Manuscript 22-1895} Also {Special Testimonies On Education (1897) 153.1 1897}

God rested on the seventh day, not merely to furnish an example to the Jews. The Sabbath commandment is obligatory upon all men to the end of time. And not only this, its observance is to be carried into the future world, to be perpetuated throughout eternity. {The Signs of the Times, July 29, 1897 paragraph 8}

God has given man six days in which to do his work, and carry on the usual business of life; but he claims one day, which he has blessed and sanctified. And he gives this to man as a day in which he can rest from labor and devote himself to the worship of his Maker. It is the grossest presumption for mortal man to venture upon a compromise with the Almighty in order to secure his own petty temporal interests. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,” was thundered from Sinai. No partial obedience, no divided interest, is accepted by him who declares that the iniquities of the fathers shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate him and that he will show mercy unto thousands of generations of them that love him, and keep his commandments. {The Signs of the Times, July 29, 1897 paragraph 9}

God is true. He reigns, and will reign, notwithstanding that the church and the world have entered into a confederacy to abolish His law. Age after age Satan has been blinding men by his wiles. He has co-operated with human agencies in an effort to make falsehood truth. He has worked with intensity to defy the God of heaven by making His law of none effect. But he has not done this; for in the ark of God in heaven are the tables of stone upon which are written the precepts that are the foundation of His government. And the Sabbath, which God declares to be the sign of the loyalty of His people, is placed in the bosom of the Decalogue. Its sanctity reaches into eternity; for God declares that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, His subjects shall come up to worship before Him in the earth made new. Mrs. E. G. White. {The Signs of the Times, April 7, 1898 paragraph 12}

The proclamation of the third angel’s message is our work. We are to present the truth in regard to the Sabbath of the Lord. God’s memorial of creation has been torn down, and in its place there stands a false sabbath. Satan has led men to declare that this is the true Sabbath, and in the belief of this delusion millions are passing into eternity. And the people to whom God has given his truth are hiding their light under a bushel, allowing the cares of this world to engross the time and attention that should be given to the Lord’s work. {Review and Herald, August 5, 1902 paragraph 6}

The command concerning the observance of the Seventh-Day Sabbath is still binding upon all the inhabitants of this earth. God has set apart this day as a sign between Him and His people of their loyalty. God’s commandments never change; they are as enduring as eternity. The Lord has His messengers whom He bids to proclaim His law as changeless in its character. Those who obey this law will bear the seal of the living God. There is no sanctity in the first day of the week. The Seventh Day was set a part as a memorial of the work of creation. Every one is to look to God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, for light and guidance, and Him alone are they to honor. {The Gospel Herald, April 1, 1905 paragraph 26}

Satan has tried, through the working of his deceptive powers, to cause the great humiliation of Christ to exalt sin and to invite rebellion in the world. He would have the cross of Calvary testify to a falsehood. The enemy has not gained his purpose. The truth stands fast forever. Read the twentieth chapter of Exodus. The law which God spoke in awful grandeur from the Mount will endure throughout eternity, despite the efforts of Satan to counterwork the work of God by instituting the observance of the first day in the place of the Sabbath of the Lord. {Letter No. 202-1907}

God gave the Sabbath to His people to be a continual sign of His love and mercy, and of their obedience. As He had rested upon this day and been refreshed, so He desired His people to rest and be refreshed. It was a continual reminder to them that they were included in His COVENANT of GRACE. Throughout your generations, He said, the Sabbath is to be My sign, My pledge, to you that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you; that I have chosen you, and set you apart as My peculiar people. {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 11}

When the Sabbath was changed {to the Sunday worship}, the seal was taken from the law. Now the disciples of Jesus are called upon to restore it, by exalting the Sabbath of the fourth commandment to its rightful position as the Creator’s memorial and the sign of His authority. The prophet Isaiah thus points out the ordinance which has been forsaken: “Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord.” {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 12}

This prophecy also applies in our own time. A breach was made in the law of God when the Sabbath was changed; but the time has come for that institution to be restored. The breach is to be repaired, and the foundation of many generations to be raised up. The Lord has His messengers, whom He bids to proclaim His law to be changeless in its character, as enduring as eternity. {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 13}

Thus the Sabbath is a token {sign} between God and His people. It is God’s holy day, given to man as a day on which to rest and reflect upon sacred things. God designed it to be observed through every age, as a PERPETUAL COVENANT. His people are to regard the Sabbath as a peculiar treasure, a trust to be carefully cherished. {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 14}

As we observe the Sabbath, let us remember that it is the sign Heaven has given to man that he is accepted in the Beloved; that if he is obedient, he may enter the city of God, and partake of the fruit of the Tree of Life. As we refrain from labor on the seventh day, we testify to the world that we are on God’s side, and are striving to live in perfect conformity to His commandments. Thus we recognize as our Sovereign the God who made the world in six days, and rested on the seventh. {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 15}

From beginning to end, God’s Law is a law of love. John says: “I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as tho I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after His commandments.” “Hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.” {The Signs of the Times, February 1, 1910 paragraph 16} {2 John 1:4-6 and 1 John 2:3-5a quoted.}

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