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Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

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Chapter 29<br />

The Sabbath: Guiding<br />

Principles in Sabbath<br />

Obervance<br />

The Sabbath a Sign to the World of<br />

Loyalty.—From the pillar of cloud Jesus “spake<br />

unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the<br />

children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye<br />

shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you<br />

throughout your generations; that ye may know<br />

that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you” (Exodus<br />

31:12, 13). The Sabbath is a pledge given by God<br />

to man—a sign of the relation existing between the<br />

Creator and his created beings. By observing the<br />

memorial of the creation of the world in six days<br />

and the rest of the Creator on the seventh day, by<br />

keeping the Sabbath holy, according to his<br />

directions, the Israelites were to declare to the<br />

world their loyalty to the only true and living God,<br />

the Sovereign of the universe.<br />

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