Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] .. THE GAMRJ.E Discov~o;ay." 505
Now, the point of interest to us in the Sabbath queation,
bl"iefly stated, is thi~:-The Sabbath is a memorial and a
propht!t'Y uf a time when God will cease from the work of creation
in and through his people. Then will comt! the Sabbath of
eternal rest, the ,J n hi lee of jubilees, or the kingdom of God on
.earth. fur wbidt .J.-sns taught us tn pray. It will be observed,
that all through the prophecies ,the deliverance of Israel from
Egyptian bondage has been made a symbol of another deliver~
ant!e fi'Om the bonilage of all flesh in the service of mammon,
the thing~"~ of the world, generation, and of the bringing them
'into thP. S:tbbath of etet·nal re11t.
That Gutl ditl not ct·eate the world in six literal days and
fmm that ti111e rested from all his works, was plainly deolared
h_v the Lortl .Jesus when be said, in answer to the Jew's c.ritici:o~m
for wot·king on the seventh day : •• My Father worketh
J.itlwrto (np to now). and I work." 1f 4004 years after the
&c-s to all his pruphets. in the p~qt tense, becau.e his word .ia
thH t!reatur, an1l it was an accomplishetl flWt when be eent it
forth i ntu natm·e tt1 wot·k nut and ultimate his purpose; for
nothing c·an thwart hint ot· alter his plan, and it only remained
for all uatnre to uume into the form and order &nd coadition
wlaidt he h:L•l alt·ea.tl.Y created in the spirit of its energy. In an
e~peoial mannet· thi11 inclu•loo m:m's development to a point
whea·e- he i~ t!:&JULhle of receiving God's law in his heart and in
his lifp., and living in perfect harmon.v with it.
Some of the be.o;t Bihle stn•lent.~ of this century have seen
in the Sabbatical ~y11tem of sevens a means of reckoning time, or
a prophecy of a certain date when men will begin to awaken
apidtually, will begin to discern God's purpose, to understand
his laws and methods, and t;c, live in perfect harmony with
them. Before quoting from au authority that is at our comm~&nd,
we wish to call attentiun to one more fact ; which ie,
that the law of circumcision was made ~tlmost identical with
that of keeping the Sabbath.
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