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| DESIRE OF THE AGES - THE SABBATH |
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The Sabbath was hallowed at the creation.
As ordained for man, it had its
origin when "the morning stars sang together, and
all the sons of God
shouted for joy." Job 38:7.
Peace brooded over the world; for earth was in harmony
with heaven. "God
saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was
very good;" and He
rested in the joy of His completed work. Gen. 1:31.
Because He had rested upon the Sabbath, "God blessed
the seventh day,
and sanctified it,"--set it apart to a holy use.
He gave it to Adam as a day of
rest. It was a memorial of the work of creation, and
thus a sign of God's
power and His love.
The Scripture says, "He hath made His wonderful
works to be remembered."
"The things that are made," declare "the
invisible things of Him since the
creation of the world," "even His everlasting
power and divinity." Gen. 2:3;
Ps. 111:4; Rom. 1:20, R. V.
All things were created by the Son of God. "In
the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God. . . . All things were made
by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was made." John
1: 1-3. And since the
Sabbath is a memorial of the work of creation, it is
a token of the love and
power of Christ.
The Sabbath calls our thoughts to nature, and brings
us into communion
with the Creator. In the song of the bird, the sighing
of the trees, and the
music of the sea, we still may hear His voice who talked
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in Eden in the cool of the day.
And as we behold His power in nature we find comfort,
for the word that
created all things is that which speaks life to the
soul. He "who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ." 2 Cor. 4:6.
It was this thought that awoke the song: "Thou,
Lord, hast made me glad
through Thy work; I will triumph in the works of Thy
hands. O Lord, how
great are Thy works! And Thy thoughts are very deep."
Ps. 92:4,5. |
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