AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The Ten Commandments
prayer. Modern mankind desperately needs this period of time in
which to have real communion with its Maker and God. Taking
time to think about God and to worship Him, to pray, to study
and meditate upon the purpose for human existence, and upon
God’s revealed laws of life—all this adds great strength and meaning
to human life the other six days of the week. The Sabbath is
one of the greatest blessings that has ever been bestowed upon
the human family!
The Command Expounded
Understanding that the Sabbath command is just as binding as
the commandments against murder and adultery, let us proceed to
analyze and expound this commandment of God and its application
to our personal lives today. Except for the explanatory and
expository statements, the fourth commandment consists of two
basic injunctions: First, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy.” Second, “Six days you shall labor and do all your work.”
It is by the authority of God that the first six days of the week
are appointed for man’s business and labor. It is the will of God
that human beings should work and earn their daily bread. One
who continually idles away time in the six days is as equally
guilty in the sight of God as one who works on the seventh! The
idle person is ordinarily clothed with rags, and his idle mind and
hands lead him into many wretched vices and sins. This second
part of the Sabbath command is just as binding as the first! One
who never works is totally unfit for worship! The honest, purposeful
work of the six days is in itself an act of worship and obedience
to God. We are placed in a world that contains all that is
necessary for our physical being, but to obtain it we must work!
It is part of the original intention of God, for mankind was placed
in the Garden of Eden “to tend and keep it” (Genesis 2:15).
However, in like manner, one who never pauses from daily
business and pursuits, to worship as God has commanded on the
seventh day that He has made holy and set apart, is—through
lack of contact with his Maker—rendered incapable of the highest
potential achievement in work, in service and in the joy of
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