The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

298THE PRESENT TRUTH - July, 1849.And the Lord {YAHWEH} said toMoses, How long refuse you to keepmy commandments and my laws?See, for that the Lord {YAHWEH}has given you the Sabbath. So thepeople rested on the seventh day.“ SeeEx. xvi: 22-30.The children of Israel departed fromEgypt on the fifteenth day of the firstmonth, and came to the wilderness ofSin on the fifteenth day of the secondmonth. Here GOD gives them breadfrom heaven, and reminds them of theSabbath. From the wilderness of Sinthey journeyed to Rephidim, and fromRephidim they came to the desert ofSinai, on the fifteenth day of the thirdmonth.Mark this; GOD gives them manna,reminds them of his Sabbath, and guardsit with miracles thirty days before theysaw Mount Sinai, and thirty-two daysbefore GOD spoke from the smokingmount, the ten commandments.We frequently hear the assertion,that the Sabbath is not mentioned in theBible, till after the law was given fromMount Sinai; therefore, the seventhday Sabbath is the Sabbath of the oldJews, and is abolished. Not long sincea second advent preacher made thisfalse statement to me. Another personrepeated this statement to me not twoweeks since. Now, I hope all who arelaboring under this mistaken view willlook again. Please read the history ofthe journey of Israel from Egypt toMount Sinai, found in Exodus.The Lord {YAHWEH} said toMoses, thirty-two days before hegave the law of commandments,„How long refuse you to keep MYCOMMANDMENTS and MY LAWS?See, for that the Lord {YAHWEH} hasgiven you the Sabbath.“ The Sabbath isnot mentioned here as a new institution,but an old one, that they had not keptwhile in bondage to the Egyptians.GOD brought Israel out of the houseof bondage to prove them, and see ifthey would keep his commandsments.They had been from Egypt but thirtydays when GOD reminded them of hisSabbath.„And you shall remember all the waywhich the Lord {YAHWEH} yourGOD led you these forty years in thewilderness, to humble you, and toprove you, to know what was in yourheart, whether you would keep hiscommandments, or no.“ Deut viii:2. They could not keep his Sabbathin Egypt. They could not keep it;neither can we keep it when boundby sectarian creeds. Therefore GODhas brought us out of the churches toprove us, to try us, to know what is inour hearts, whether we will keep hiscommandments. -The Sabbath a perpetual WeeklyMemorial.„Verily my Sabbaths you shall keep;for it is a sign between me an youthroughout your generations; thatyou may know that I am the Lord{YAHWEH} that does SANCTIFYyou.“ „Wherefore the children of Israelshall keep the Sabbath, to observe theSabbath throughout their generations,for a PERPETUAL covenant.“It is a sign between me and thechildren of Israel. FOREVER: FOR insix days the Lord {YAHWEH} madeheaven and earth, and on the seventhday he rested and was refreshed.“Ex. xxxi.: 13-17.