AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The Ten Commandments
Sabbath” (Mark 2:27–28). Notice that Jesus said the Sabbath day
was “made.” Whatever was made has a Maker. Note also that
Jesus did not say that the Sabbath was made only for the Jewish
people, but for man—for all mankind, in other words. Then He
stated that He—Christ—is “Lord” of the Sabbath. In this statement,
He claims to be—not the destroyer—but the Lord of the
Sabbath. In His human life, Jesus kept the Sabbath, and many
verses in the four Gospels are devoted to His instructions to the
disciples in how it should be kept, and in freeing it from the traditions
that the Jews had added. But, before continuing, let us
answer the question: “Who made the Sabbath day?”
Who Made the Sabbath?
In understanding the command to remember the Sabbath day
and keep it holy, and in understanding who made the Sabbath in
the first place, we need to turn to an account of the very beginning
of God’s creation. The New Testament gives such an account
in the first chapter of the Gospel according to John. “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made
through Him; and without Him nothing was made that was made”
(John 1:1–3). Here we find Jesus Christ described as the “Word”
(or “Spokesman,” as the original Greek may more properly be
rendered). This passage reveals that Jesus has been with the
Father from the beginning, and that nothing was made without
Him—without Jesus Christ! As the second person in the
Godhead, the Father used Him as the instrument through whom
the creation was brought into being. The Apostle Paul was
inspired to speak of how God “created all things through Jesus
Christ” (Ephesians 3:9).
In Hebrews, we find Christ described as the Son of God,
“whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also
He made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:2). These and many other scriptures
show that He was the person in the Godhead who later
became Jesus Christ, who actually carried out the job of creation!
He was the one who said: “Let there be light,” and there was light.
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