THE TRUE DAY OF REST AND THE PROPER WAY TO KEEP THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH HOLY (First Part) When and how did the Biblical Sabbath day start? The true Sabbath day in the Bible began since the time of creation. It says, “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Gen. 2:2-3; Deut. 5:12-15. What is God’s purpose in giving the Sabbath to man? 1. To make it a sign of God to his people (Ezekiel 20:20). God’s messenger says, “As the Sabbath was the sign that distinguished Israel when they came out of Egypt to enter the earthly Canaan, so it is the sign that now distinguishes God’s people as they come out from the world to enter the heavenly rest. The Sabbath is a sign of the relationship existing between God and His people, a sign that they honor His law. It distinguishes between His loyal subjects and transgressors. (Exodus 31:13); 6T 349-350. 2. To be the seal of God. “Those who desire to have the seal of God in their foreheads must keep the Sabbath of the fourth commandment.” 7BC 981. 3. To be a test of loyalty of God’s people to Him. (2TT 180-184). 4. To be able to recognize the professed and the true believer of God. “Not all who profess to keep the Sabbath will be sealed. There are many even among those who teach the truth to others who will not receive the seal of God in their foreheads. They had the light of truth, they knew their Master’s will, they understood every point of our faith, but they had not corresponding works.” 5T 213, 214. What will man receive from God if he will keep the Sabbath day holy? He will become blessed, Isa. 56:2. God said, “Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
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