The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

188the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHExodus 20:10-11But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thoushalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thymanservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that iswithin thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, thesea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore theLORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.Life Sketches, pp. 95-96Elder Bates was resting upon Saturday, the seventh day of the week,and he urged it upon our attention as the true Sabbath. I did not feel itsimportance, and thought that he erred in dwelling upon the fourthcommandment more than upon the other nine.But the Lord gave me a view of the heavenly sanctuary. The temple ofGod was open in heaven, and I was shown the ark of God covered withthe mercy seat. Two angels stood one at either end of the ark, with theirwings spread over the mercy seat, and their faces turned toward it. This,my accompanying angel informed me, represented all the heavenly hostlooking with reverential awe toward the law of God, which had beenwritten by the finger of God.Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I beheld the tables of stone onwhich the ten commandments were written. I was amazed as I saw thefourth commandment in the very center of the ten precepts, with a softhalo of light encircling it. Said the angel, "It is the only one of the tenwhich defines the living God who created the heavens and the earth andall things that are therein."When the foundations of the earth were laid, then was also laid thefoundation of the Sabbath. I was shown that if the true Sabbath had beenkept, there would never have been an infidel or an atheist. Theobservance of the Sabbath would have preserved the world from idolatry.The Review and Herald, May 11, 1876Another brother says it is only a few months since he has beenenlightened in regard to the truth by reading a Review. He received theSigns of the Times also; and became convicted through reading thesepapers that Saturday was the Sabbath of the Lord. He felt that he musthave something more than merely the light upon the Sabbath. He wantedto know some things for himself which had never been told him. Heoffered his first prayer forty miles from home while in camp. He soughtthe Lord then and there, and had come to this meeting to obtain furtherlight and to follow it. This brother received the ordinance of baptism, andfully identified himself with this people.SummationThe first Sabbath was not based on the phases of the moon. It was based uponthe fact that God rested on the seventh day of Creation. The moon was createdon the fourth day, so it cannot have any bearing on the Sabbath. Laura LeeJones has been deceived. Her teachings do not hold up to the Bible.Chapter conclusion