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History of the Sabbath by J.N Andrews2. That Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul, the other sacred writers who mention the day, use noother designation for it than first day of the week, a name to which it was entitled as one ofthe six working days. Yet three of these writers mention it at the very time when it is said tohave become the Lord's day; and two of them mention it also some thirty years after thatevent.3. That while it is claimed that the Spirit of inspiration, by simply leading John to use the termLord's day, though he did in no wise connect the first day of the week therewith, did design tofix this as the proper title of the first day of the week, it is a remarkable fact that after Johnreturned from the isle of Patmos he wrote his gospel; 77 and in that gospel he twice mentionedthe first day of the week; yet in each of these instances where it is certain that first-day isintended, no other designation is used than plain first day of the week. This is a mostconvincing proof that John did not regard the first day of the week as entitled to this name, orany other, expressive of sacredness.4. What still further decides the point against the first day of the week is the fact that neitherthe Father nor the Son have ever claimed the first day in any higher sense than they have eachof the six days given to man for labor.5. And what completes the chain of evidence against the claim of first day to this title is thefact that the testimony adduced by first-day advocates to prove that it has been adopted by theMost High in place of that day which he once claimed as his, having been examined, is foundto have no such meaning or intent. In setting aside the third answer, also, as not being inaccordance with truth, the first day of the week may be properly dismissed with it, as havingno claim to our regard as a scriptural institution. 78That the Lord's day is the Bible Sabbath, admits of clear and certain proof. The argumentstands thus: When God gave to man six days of the week for labor, he did expressly reserveunto himself the seventh, on which he placed his blessing in memory of his own act of restingupon that day, and thence forward, through the Bible, has ever claimed it as his holy day. Ashe has never put away this sacred day and chosen another, the Sabbath of the Lord is still hisholy day. These facts may be traced in the following scriptures. At the close of the Creator'srest, it is said:"And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he hadrested from all his work which God created and made." 79After the children of Israel had reached the wilderness of Sin, Moses said to them on the sixthday:"To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord." 80In giving the ten commandments, the Law-giver thus stated his claim to this day:"The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. . . . For in six days theLord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested theseventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." 81He gives to man the six days on which himself had labored; he reserves as his own that dayupon which he had rested from all his work. About eight hundred years after this, God spokeby Isaiah as follows:102
Chapter Eleven – The Sabbath During the Ministry of the Apostles"If thou turn away thy foot from THE SABBATH, from doing thy pleasure onMY HOLY DAY, . . . then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I willcause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth." 82This testimony is perfectly explicit; the Lord's day is the ancient Sabbath of the Bible. TheLord Jesus puts forth the following claim:"The Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath." 83Thus, whether it be the Father or the Son whose title is involved, the only day that can becalled "the Lord's day" is the Sabbath of the great Creator. 84 And here, at the close of theBible history of the Sabbath, two facts of deep interest are presented:1. That John expressly recognizes the existence of the Lord's day at the very close of the firstcentury.2. That it pleased the Lord of the Sabbath to place a signal honor upon his own day in that heselected it as the one on which to give that revelation to John, which himself alone had beenworthy to receive from the Father.1 See chap. iii.2 Matt.5:17-19.3 Eph.2:13-16; Col.2:14-17.4 Matt.28:19,20; Mark 16:15.5 Dan.9:24-27; Acts 9; 10; 11; 26:12-17; Rom.11:13.6 1Cor.11:25; Jer.31:31-34; Heb.8:8,12; Dan.9:27; Eph.2:11-22.7 Matt.5:17-19; 1John 3:4,5; Rom.4:15.8 Heb.9:1-7; Ex.25:1-21; Deut.10:4,5; 1Kings 8:9.9 Heb., chaps. 7-10; Lev.16.10 Heb.8:1-5; 9:23,24.11 Rev.11:19.12 Ex.25:21,22.13 Rom.3:19-31; 5:8-21; 8:3,4; 13;8-10; Gal.3:13,14; Eph.6:2,3; James 2:8-12; 1John3:4,5.14 Ex.19; 20; 24:12; 31:18; Deut.10.15 Lev.16.16 Rom.3:19-31; 1John3:4,5;17 Ps.40:6-8; Heb.10.18 Heb.9; 10.103
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