Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

Spirit on the Lord's day" (Rev. 1:10). In the Bible,
however, the only day referred to as the Lord's
special possession is the Sabbath. Christ stated,
"The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your
God" (Ex. 20:10); later calling it "My holy day"
(Isa. 58:13). And Christ called Himself "Lord of
the Sabbath" (Mark 2:28). Since, in the Scripture,
the only day the Lord calls His own is the seventhday
Sabbath, it seems logical to conclude that it
was the Sabbath to which John was referring.
Certainly there is no Biblical precedent to indicate
he would apply that term to the first day of the
week, or Sunday.[14]
Nowhere does the Bible command us to
observe any weekly day other than the Sabbath. It
declares no other weekly day blessed or holy. Nor
does the New Testament indicate that God has
changed the Sabbath to any other day of the week.
On the contrary, Scripture reveals that God
intended that His people should observe the
Sabbath throughout eternity: "'As the new heavens
and the new earth which I will make will remain
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