The Seventh Day
GEORGE BURNSIDE
1. Because God Himself Kept The Bible Sabbath
God made a sufficient proof of His regard for the true Sabbath by resting the very first seventh day that ever came to this earth:
God rested on the seventh day. Genesis 2:2.
God rested on the seventh day. Exodus 31:17.
God rested the seventh day. Exodus 20:11.
God did rest the seventh day. Hebrews 4:4.
Whereas:
The seventh day Is the Sabbath- Exodus 20:10.
The seventh day is the Sabbath. Leviticus 23:1
The seventh day is the Sabbath. Deuteronomy 5:14.
The seventh (day) Is the Sabbath. Exodus 31:15
The seventh day, which Is the Sabbath. Exodus 16:26. Therefore: It Is as plain as day the Bible teaches that. God himself kept the seventh day Sabbath.
My first reason for keeping the Bible Sabbath is sufficient in itself to settle the whole question now and forevermore. God Himself kept the seventh day Sabbath. That is conclusive evidence to substantiate and vindicate my keeping, your keeping, or any one else’s keeping of the seventh day Sabbath; for who could be wrong or even be accused of doing wrong when he follows the example of God Himself in keeping the very Sabbath day which God kept.
2. Because God Instituted It At Creation For Man To Keep.
“Thus the heavens and the earth wore finished, and all the host of them. 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: bemuse that In It He had rested from all His work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:1-3. “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord BLESSED the Sabbath day and HALLOWED It.” Exodus 20:11.
God BLESSED the seventh day. Genesis 23-3. The Lord BLESSED the Sabbath day. Exodus 20.11. God SANCTIFIED the seventh day. Genesis 2:1-3. The Lord HALLOWED the Sabbath day. Exodus 20:11. Please notice that God BLESSED and SANCTIFIED the seventh day Sabbath at the end of creation. The blessing and sanctification show it was instituted at that time for man to keep. “God BLESSED the seventh day.” Genesis 2:1-3. God has said: “I change not” (Malachi 3:6), and in Him there “is no variation, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17. Consequently when God blesses anything, the blessing cannot be “REVERSED” (Numbers 23:20), because when God BLESSES anything, it “shall be BLESSED FOREVER.” 1 Chronicles 17:27.
“God SANCTIFIED the seventh day.” Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11. According to Webster’s dictionary “sanctify” means “to set apart to holy use.” The Bible states: “God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. BECAUSE that in it He HAD rested” (showing the day had already past before He blessed and sanctified it). Therefore He blessed and sanctified the seventh days then future, answering to the seventh day which had just past on which He HAD rested. The above evidence clearly demonstrates the fact that God Himself has attached the utmost importance to the seventh day Sabbath by His personal blessing and sanctification, thereby definitely fixing the seventh day for all time as the only and true Sabbath. God is the giver of rest, for He says to all, “Come unto me and I will give you rest!’ Matthew 11:28; Exodus 33:14. God knows which is the right day on which to rest, and He has given man the seventh day Sabbath as a day of rest: “The seventh day thou shall rest.” Exodus 23:12.
“The seventh day thou shall rest!” Exodus 34:21. “The seventh day is the Sabbath of rest!” Exodus 31:15 “The seventh day is the Sabbath of rest.” Leviticus 23:3. God appointed the seventh day as a Sabbath to be the day of rest from secular work because that in it He Himself had rested from all His work. God’s rest was not made necessary by fatigue (Isaiah 40:28), but He rested on that day as an example to all men, thus making His rest on the seventh day a reason why men should rest on the seventh day-that man should do as God had done. Notice the, following texts which prove that God rested on the seventh day: God rested on the seventh day. Genesis 2:2. God rested on the seventh day. Exodus 31:17. God rested the seventh day. Exodus 20:11. God did rest the seventh day. Hebrews 4:4.
No wonder in the New Testament after the cross the followers of Christ “RESTED the Sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke 23:56. No wonder the book of Hebrews in the New Testament positively states “There remains therefore a REST (keeping of a Sabbath) to the people of God. Let us labor therefore to enter into that REST, lest any man fall after the same example of disobedience.” Hebrews 4:9, 11, margin.
So we can see that the seventh day Sabbath is not manmade but God-made. It is not only the oldest institution but also the first institution which God gave to man, it being older and as significant as the marriage institution. Since the setting apart of the seventh day as the Sabbath day was coincident with the ORIGIN of man, the observance of that seventh day as the Sabbath is to be coexistent and coextensive with the DURATION of man.
3. Because The Sabbath Was Made For Mankind.
Jesus said: “The Sabbath was made for MAN.” Mark 2:27. Man in this text means human being, mankind.” (Cf. Webster) Matthew 4:4; John 1:9. The Bible does NOT say: “The Sabbath was made for the JEWS. But it does say: “The Sabbath was made for MAN!” Mark 2:27. It also says: The woman was made for the MAN. 1 Corinthians 11:9. How could the Sabbath be made for the Jew only when it was Instituted at Creation (Genesis 2:13; Exodus 20:8-11) 2,500 years before a Jew existed? A Jew Is “a descendant of Judah,” according to Young’s Concordance.
Notice the Sabbath commandment itself. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy ... the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God [not Jew]. In it thou shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor THY STRANGER that is within thy gates.” Exodus 20:8-10. Please tell us to whom THY STRANGER refers if it does not refer to someone who is not a Jew. God has taken the most scrupulous precautions against such an idea by writing into the fourth commandment the term THY STRANGER, who is not a Jew. Cf. Exodus 12:49; Numbers 15:16, 29; Isaiah 56:6-8.
Those who contend that the Sabbath was made ONLY for the Jew will, by the force of their own consistency, have to admit the woman was also made ONLY for the Jew and the Jew is the only man who can have a wife, because the woman was made for the same MAN for whom the Sabbath was made. The Sabbath was given about the same time marriage was given, and it applies to all men the same as marriage applies. So we can see plainly that the Sabbath is no more exclusively for the Jew than is the marriage institution. The Sabbath is not man-made but God-made, and it was made for all men in all the world for all time.
“It was set apart before the fall, it was made for man, it was made for all.” -R. F. Cottrel.
4. Because God Commanded Man To Keep The Sabbath
Notice how many times the Bible repeats God’s command for man to keep the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day, to KEEP It holy.” Exodus 20:13. “Verily my Sabbaths you shall KEEP.” Exodus 31:13. “You shall KEEP my Sabbaths.” Leviticus 19:30. “You shall KEEP my Sabbaths.” Leviticus 26:2. “KEEP the Sabbath day!” Deuteronomy. 5:12. “KEEP my Sabbaths.” Leviticus 19:1
What stronger language could be used? The Sabbath which most men are forgetting, that very Sabbath, God says to “Remember.” God knew that man would forget His Sabbath. No wonder the fourth commandment, which deals with the Sabbath, is the only one of all God’s holy Ten Commandments which begins with “REMEMBER.” “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work: but THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD: In It thou shall not do any work!’ Exodus 20:8-10.
5. Because God Commands Man To Keep The Seventh Day
God does not say in His commandment that man is to keep A seventh day, or ANY seventh day, or YOUR seventh day. Nor did God say to keep the day of Christ’s birth, or the day of Christ’s death, or the day of Christ’s resurrection. The ONLY weekly day which God or the Bible definitely and distinctly COMMANDED should be kept is “THE SEVENTH DAY [which] IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD THY GOD” Exodus 20:10. How grandly simple the Bible makes this in the following texts:
THE SEVENTH DAY God ended His work. Genesis 2:1-3. THE SEVENTH DAY God rested. Genesis 2:1-3. THE SEVENTH DAY God blessed. Genesis 2:1-3. THE SEVENTH DAY God sanctified. Genesis 2:1-3. THE SEVENTH DAY God had rested. Genesis 2:1-3. THE SEVENTH DAY God told us to remember. Exodus 20:8. THE SEVENTH DAY God made the Sabbath day. Exodus 20:8. THE SEVENTH DAY God made holy. Exodus 20:13; Isaiah 58:13. THE SEVENTH DAY God told us to refrain from work. Exodus 20:10. THE SEVENTH DAY God made HIS Sabbath. Exodus 20:10. THE SEVENTH DAY God rested. Exodus 20:11. THE SEVENTH DAY God blessed. Exodus 20:11. THE SEVENTH DAY God hallowed. Exodus 20:11.
As there is only one day of American Independence, only one right day to celebrate the fourth of July, so THE SEVENTH DAY is the ONLY RIGHT SABBATH DAY for man to keep. Therefore every seventh day Sabbath should be underscored with red because it is God’s red-letter day of the week – “Day of all the week the best!”
6. Because The Seventh Day Sabbath Is The Lord’s Day
All through the Bible we are repeatedly told that the Lord has a definite and special day. The Lord’s regard for the Lord’s day is stressed in terms of possession. For example, as I would say of my hat: “Carl’s hat, hat of Carl, or my hat;” so the Lord shows His possession of His day by calling it: “The Lord’s day, day of the Lord, or my day.” Notice the following texts:
“The Lord’s day.” Revelation 1:10.
“Lord even of the Sabbath day.” Matthew 12:8. “Lord also of the Sabbath.” Mark 2.28; Luke 6:5. “My holy day.” Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 9:14; Exodus 31:15; Leviticus 19:3, 30. “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord.” Exodus 20:10. “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 5:14, Leviticus 23:1
Who can doubt the plain statement of the Holy Bible when it gives all these Scriptural witnesses to testify that the seventh day Sabbath is the Lord’s day?
7. Because The Sabbath Is The Sign Between God And His People
As most articles have their particular brand or trade-mark to establish their genuineness, as every policeman has a badge to vindicate his authority, as every official has his seal to ascertain his identification and power, so God has a visible mark or sign between Him and His people that forever distinguishes them. The Bible plainly states what this sign is:
“I gave them my SABBATHS, to be a SIGN between Me and them.” Ezekiel 20:12. “Hallow my SABBATHS; and they shall be a SIGN between Me and you.” Ezekiel 20:20. “My SABBATHS you shall keep: for It is a SIGN between Me and you.” Exodus 31:13. “It is a SIGN between Me and the children of Israel FOREVER.” Exodus 31.17.
8. Because The Sabbath Is God’s Flag.
God has a flag. I (God) will set up MY ensign. Isaiah 49:22. A flag is a sign: “They set up their ensigns for signs” Psalm 74:4. God’s sign is His Sabbath: “I gave them MY Sabbaths, to be a SIGN.” Ezekiel 20:12, 20. “It [my Sabbath] is a SIGN.” Exodus 31:13. “It [my Sabbath] is a SIGN forever.” Exodus 31:17. Since God has a flag. Isaiah 49:22, R. V. And a flag is a sign Psalm 74:4. And God’s sign is His Sabbath. Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
Therefore God’s FLAG IS HIS SABBATH. Things equal to the same things are equal to each other. God took of the fabric of time and made Himself an ensign for eternity. He made a unit of time by the rolling of a globe, and He called that unit day. He took a handful of days, seven, and made them a week. And of that week He took the last day, the seventh, and made it the Sabbath. -That Sabbath is His sign, His emblem, His FLAG. A flag is more than a mere piece of cloth. It is a special piece of cloth consecrated to the definite purpose of signifying all that a government is and has. So Is the Sabbath. It is more than merely a day. It is a special day. Like the cloth in a flag it Is a piece of time that has a special significance, being consecrated by God Himself to represent the government of God with all its power, purpose, and privilege. The Sabbath, therefore, Is as different from any other day as the flag is different from any piece of cloth.
Since the Sabbath is the flag of God’s Kingdom and I am a subject of God’s Kingdom, I want to see the HOME FLAG flutter because It speaks of the homeland. Just as Old Glory has gathered people out of all nations to America and it is a sign of America, so God’s flag reminds us that we are strangers and pilgrims in a foreign land (Hebrews 11:13), that our home is far away upon a golden strand.
The Sabbath is God’s flag all the way from Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained and under it will finally rally the faithful who will be gathered from earth’s remotest bounds. Isaiah 11:12. Since no flag could take the place of Old Glory to the true American; so no other day could take the place of God’s seventh day Sabbath to the true Christian. Any flag won’t do; neither will any day do. It is nothing short of high treason to disrespect God’s flag. Men have too long scuffed God’s Old Glory under their feet. It is high time to rally round the flag of God and let it wave as our standard forever at any cost, we must be as loyal to and true to Gods flag.
9. A Parallel To The Final Redemption Of Man Kind.
When Moses endeavored to persuade Israel in Egypt to keep the Sabbath, Pharaoh made a law against it. Exodus 5:5-9. Therefore God took Israel out of Egypt to keep the Sabbath:
“Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it ... the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; In It thou shall not do any work. And REMEMBER that thou was a servant In the land of EGYPT, and that the Lord thy God brought thee thence through a MIGHTY HAND and by a stretched out arm: THEREFORE the Lord Thy God COMMANDED thee to KEEP THE SABBATH DAY.” Deuteronomy 5:12-15; cf. Psalm 105:43-45.
We have every assurance that the Sabbath will play a prominent part in the final redemption of mankind in a manner that will be similar to and parallel to the Exodus. Notice the unmistakable evidence from the Bible. “And in THAT DAY there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ENSIGN [cf. No. 8] of the people; to It shall the Gentiles seek: and His REST [cf. Exodus 16:23; Hebrews 4:9 margin] shall be glorious. And It shall come to pass In THAT DAY, that the Lord shall set His hand again the SECOND TIME TO RECOVER THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE [first time at the Exodus, Deuteronomy 5:1215]. And He shall set up an ENSIGN [cf. No. 8] for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:10-12.
10. The Seventh Day Sabbath Before Sinai.
Since so many falsely believe that the Sabbath command did not exist before Sinai, this reason and proof is of profound significance to the sincere seeker of Bible Truth. Notice the Bible evidence which shows the Sabbath command existed before Sinai: “How long refuse you to keep My COMMANDMENTS AND MY LAWS? For the Lord hath given you the SABBATH!” Exodus 16:4, 28-29.
“This In that which the Lord hath acid, Tomorrow Is THE REST OF THE HOLY SABBATH.” Exodus 16:23. This Scriptural evidence showing the Sabbath commandment was in existence before Sinai Is highly creditable, open, aboveboard, and explicit. Notice the following lessons God taught His people there that day concerning the Sabbath:
What day it is Exodus 16:26.
What it is Exodus 16:23.
How to prepare for it Exodus 16:23. 26.
How It should be kept Exodus 16:30.
With what it Is associated Exodus 16:2S.
Who gave it to man Exodus 16:29.
11. Because The Ten Commandment Law Will Stand Forever
“The works of His hands are verity and judgment; all His COMMANDMENTS are sure. They STAND FAST FOREVER AND EVER.” Psalm 111:7, 8; cf. 119:152. To prove that “His commandments” in this quotation refer to the Ten Commandment Law which contains the Sabbath, we call to your attention the expression “works of His HANDS”. The only commandments which were the works of God’s hands and in fact the only thing that God ever wrote with His own hands according to the Bible, are the TEN COMMANDMENTS. Notice the following text: “He commanded you to perform, oven TEN COMMANDMENTS; and HE WROTE THEM upon two tables of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:13, cf. Exodus 31:18; 34:1.
12. Because God Would Not Change His Law
God would not change it: “I am the Lord, I change not.” Malachi 3:6.
God forbade man to change it: “You SHALL NOT ADD unto the word which I COMMANDED you, neither shall you, DIMINISH ought from It that you may keep the COMMANDMENTS of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 4:2; cf. 12:32.
Christ taught that the Law remained unchanged: “Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to ANNUL THE LAW. In truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, NOT THE SMALLEST LETTER, not a PARTICLE shall pass away from the Law until all has taken place.” Matthew 5:17, 18. Weymouth.
Paul, James, and John taught the Law remained unchanged: “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea we ESTABLISH THE LAW.” “The DOERS OF THE LAW shall be justified.” Romans 3:31, 2:13. “If you fulfill the royal law YE DO WELL For whosoever shall keep the WHOLE LAW, and yet offend in ONE POINT, he is guilty of all.” James 2:8-12; cf. I John 2:4-6. 5:1
13. He That Attempts To Change God’s Law Is Against God.
For any one to attempt to change God’s Holy Law, it would seem to the true Christian like the touch of a profane hand upon the ark of God. Through all the history of the world God has maintained the laissez faire theory in regard to His law-”Let well enough clone.” In spite of this, fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and man has attempted to change God’s law; notice what the Bible states concerning this lese majeste (high treason):
“And he shall speak great words AGAINST THE MOST HIGH, and ... think to CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS.” Daniel 7:25. “The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the LAWS, CHANGED the ordinance, BROKEN the everlasting (Exodus 31:161 covenant.” Isaiah 24:5; cf. Zephaniah 3:14; Ezekiel 22:26.
14. Because God Is Against Those Who Are Against His Law
“Therefore as the fire devours the stubble so their root shall be as rottenness because they have CAST AWAY THE LAW OF THE LORD.” Isaiah 5:24.
“Whoever therefore shall break ONE of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called LEAST In the Kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:19.
“He that turns away his ear from hearing the LAW, even his PRAYER SHALL BE ABOMINATION.” Proverbs 28:9; cf. Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 6:19.
15. The Ten Commandments Are God’s Character
Because the law which contains the Sabbath contains the same great eternal qualities of God Himself. The CLOSE RELATIONSHIP existing between God and His law is demonstrated below to a mathematical nicety:
No. | Attribute | God | Law |
1 | JUST | Romans 3:26 | Romans 7:12 |
2 | TRUE | John 3:33 | Nehemiah 9:13 |
3 | PURE | 1 John 3:3 | Psalm 19:7,8 |
4 | LIGHT | 1 John 1:5 | Proverbs 6:23 |
5 | FAITHFUL | 1 Corinthians 1:9 | Psalms 119:86 |
6 | GOOD | Nahum 1:7 | Romans 7:12,16 |
7 | SPIRITUAL | John 4:24 | Romans 7:14 |
8 | HOLY | Isaiah 6:3, 1 Peter 1:15 | Exodus 20:8, Romans 7:12 |
9 | TRUTH | John 14:6 | Psalms 119:142,151 |
10 | LIFE | John 14:6 | Matthew 19:17 |
11 | RIGHTEOUSNESS | Jeremiah 23:6 | Psalm 119:172 |
12 | PERFECT | Matthew 5:48 | James 1:25 |
13 | ETERNAL | John 8:35 | Psalms 111:7,8 |
14 | PEACE | Isaiah 9:6 | Psalm 119:165 |
15 | THE WAY | John 14:6 | Psalm 119:30-32 |
16 | SURE | 2 Timothy 2:19 | Psalm 19:7, 111:7,8 |
17 | UNCHANGING | Malachi 3:6 | Psalm 111:7,8 |
18 | SWEET | Psalm 34:8 | Psalm 19:10, 119:103 |
19 | WISE | Psalm 111:10 | Psalm 19:7 |
20 | MEDITATION | Psalm 63:6 | Psalm 1:2 |
21 | JUDGE | Psalm 50:6 | James 2:12 |
22 | ENLIGHTENMENT | Psalm 18:27 | Psalm 19:8 |
23 | LOVE | 1 John 4:7,8 | Romans 13:8-10 |
24 | CLEAN | Psalm 19:9 | Ezekiel 22:26 |
25 | BLESSED | Psalm 28:6 | Exodus 20:11 |
26 | DELIGHT | Psalm 37:4 | Psalm 1:2 |
27 | WONDERFUL | Isaiah 9:6 | Psalm 119:18 |
28 | LIBERTY | Isaiah 61:1 | James 1:25, Psalm 119:45 |
29 | COMFORT | Psalm 23:4 | Psalm 119:50 |
30 | OUR SONG | Revelation 15:3 | Psalm 119:54 |
31 | MERCIFUL | Exodus 34:5 | Psalm 119:58 |
32 | KNOWLEDGE | Isaiah 11:2 | Psalm 119:66 |
33 | HOPE | Psalm 130:7 | Psalm 119:74 |
34 | LIFE | Psalm 36:9 | Proverbs 3:1,2 |
35 | SOUND | Proverbs 8:13,14 | Psalm 119:80 |
36 | UNDERSTANDING | Psalm 147:5 | Psalm 119:99 |
37 | HAPPINESS | Psalm 146:5 | Proverbs 29:18 |
38 | JOY | Psalm 16:11 | Psalm 119:162 |
God’s 1aw manifests His qualities to such an extent that He Himself identifies Himself with His law by calling it the ROYAL LAW. James 2:8-12.
16. The Standard By Which True And False Religions Are Determined
“TO THE LAW and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it Is because THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM.” Isaiah 8:20.
17. The Standard By Which God’s Final Judgment Will Be Made
It is a cold fact; nevertheless it Is as true as the needle is to the pole that God’s law which contains His Sabbath will be the standard of His Judgment. Notice the following Biblical evidence:
“JUDGED BY THE LAW.” Romans 2:12. “JUDGED BY THE LAW.” James 2:8-13; cf. Ecclesiastes 12:12,13.
18. Because The Law Of God Is Not The Law Of Moses
God spoke the Ten Commandment Law with His OWN voice and wrote it with His OWN finger upon tables of stone (Deuteronomy 4:12, 13). Therefore there is no excuse for any one, be he priest, preacher, or prelate, to be so misinformed as to say that Moses gave and wrote the Ten Commandment Law.
The LAW OF MOSES is as carefully separated from the LAW OF GOD in the Holy Bible as the north pole is from the south pole. I have taken the time to trace through the entire Bible from beginning to end, from Genesis to Revelation, and I have found scores of passages that mention these two laws, but never are they confused. On the contrary the Bible carefully, clearly, and plainly distinguishes between the LAW OF GOD and the LAW OF MOSES, showing they are two separate and distinct laws. When the Bible separates these two laws, it is a good policy for man to do the same.
What the Constitution is to the United States, so God’s holy Ten Commandment Law is to His government. America may make covenants, codes, ordinances, and statutes, but never should she repeal or change the Constitution which is her basic law. The Law of Moses likewise contained codes, contracts, pledges, ordinances, and rites which were given and taken away, but not God’s holy basic Ten Commandment Law. It never was, is, or will be changed or repealed. How could God repeal such commandments as: “Thou shall not steal, murder, kill, etc?” Right in the very heart of such basic commandments is found the seventh day Sabbath commandment. No wonder the Bible says: “UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY. NOT THE SMALLEST LETTER, NOR PARTICLE SHALL PASS AWAY FROM THE LAW.” Matthew 5:18, Weymouth. That the LAW OF GOD is carefully separated from the LAW OF MOSES in the Scriptures will be demonstrated beyond all possibility of successful contradiction in the following table:
LAW OF GOD LAW OF MOSES
Called Royal Law. James 2.8. Called Law contained In ordinances. Ephesians 2:15.
Spoken by God. Deuteronomy 4:12. Spoken by Moses. Leviticus 1:1-3.
Written by God. Deuteronomy 4:13. Handwriting of ordinances. Colossians 2:14.
Written by God’s finger. Exodus 31:18. Written by Mows. 2 Chronicles 35:12.
Written on tables of stone. Exodus 24:12. Written in a book. 2 Chronicles 35:12.
Placed in ark. Exodus 40:20. Placed in side of ark. Deuteronomy 31:24-26.
Is Perfect. Psalm 19:7. Made nothing perfect. Hebrews 7:19.
Stands fast forever and ever. Psalm 111:7,8 Nailed to cross. Colossians 2:14.
Was not destroyed by Christ. Matthew 5:17-19 Was abolished by Christ. Ephesians 2:15.
Magnified by Christ. Isaiah 42:21. Taken out of way by Christ. Colossians2:14.
Gives knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20, 7:7 Instituted in consequence of sin. Leviticus 4-7.
19. Because The Patriarchs Kept The Ten Commandment Law
“Abraham KEPT MY LAWS and COMMANDMENTS!” Genesis 26:5. cf. 4:3 margin. Some seem to think the Ten Commandment Law or God’s law was not in existence before Sinai. The above text shows such an objection is not an explanation but merely an excuse a self-evident falsity. Such an opinion runs counter to facts. To those who question the existence of the TEN COMMANDMENTS in the PATRIARCHAL AGE we submit the following:
1. Genesis 14:19,20 17:1,9 35:2-4
2. Genesis 31:19,30-36 35:2,4
3. Jude 1:14,15 2 Pet 2:6-8
4. Genesis 2:1-3 Exodus 5:5
5. Genesis 9:22 22:7,8
6. Genesis 27:42 37:21; 4:8-12; 4:23,24; 6:11; John 8:44
7. Genesis 16:4,5 19:32-38 20:1-8 26:10,11 34:2-7; 39:9 2:21-25 Jude 1:7
8. Genesis 21:25
9. Genesis 20:1-8 12:18,19 27:24 34:13 37:30-33; 3:4,5 21:23 John 8:44
10. Genesis 30:1 John 8:44
20. Because The Bible Writers Upheld The Law
ABRAHAM: “Kept My commandments.” Genesis 26:5.
MOSES: Remember the SABBATH DAY to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8.
NEHEMIH: “Keep My commandments.” Nehemiah 1:9; 9:13,14.
JOB: “Receive the law.” Job 22:22.
DAVID: “I shall keep Thy law.” Psalm 119:34.44,55; 78:1.
SOLOMON: “Who so keeps the law Is a wise son.” Proverbs 28:7; 29:18.
ISAIAH: “Blessed Is the man that keeps the Sabbath.” Isaiah 56:2.
EZEKIEL: “They shall keep My laws and hallow My Sabbaths.” Ezekiel 44:24.
DANIEL: “Keep His commandments.” Daniel 9:4.
MATTHEW: “Keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17.
JOHN: “He that hath My commandments, and keeps them he loves Me!” John 14:21.
PAUL: “Keeping of the commandments.” 1 Corinthians 7: 19; Romans 3:31; 7:6,7.
JAMES: “Keep the whole law.” James 2:10.
CHURCH: “Keep the commandments!” Revelation 12:17; 14:12.
INTO HEAVEN: “Do His commandments!” Revelation 22:14.
ANGELS: “Angels do His commandments.” Psalm 103:20.
JESUS: “I have kept my Father’s commandments.” John 15:10.
CHRIST SAID: “If you love Me. keep My commandments.”
John 14:15. “Keep the commandments!” Matthew 19:17. Please notice the sum and substance of the whole matter as stated by the Bible itself: CONCLUSION: “Let us hear the CONCLUSION of the whole matter: Fear God, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: for this is the WHOLE duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13.
21. The Law Of God Is Endorsed By The New Testament
Some seem to think the New Testament does not endorse the Ten Commandments. Upon what grounds are such decisions based? The facts bear sufficient witness to prove beyond all reasonable doubt or question that the New Testament, as shown below, not only endorses the Ten Commandments, the fourth of which is the seventh day Sabbath, but repeats many of them verbatim.
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. Matthew 4:10.
Matthew 6:24 | Matthew 22:37 | Matthew 19:17 | Matthew 4:10 |
Matthew 14:33 | Matthew 10:37,38 | Matthew 10:32,33 | Matthew 6:33 |
Mark 12:24-32 | Mark 8:33 | Luke 2:14 | Luke 4:8 |
Luke 12:8,9 | Luke 1:16 | Luke 11:2 | Luke 12:31 |
John 19:15 | John 17:3 | John 11:25 | John 4:24 |
2. You shall not make any graven image
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. John 4:24
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Matthew 12:31, 32
Matthew 27:29 Matthew 6:9,10 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 12:31,32
Matthew 27:39-43 Mark 15:18,19 Mark 14:65 Mark 7:22
Mark 3:28,29 Luke 11:2 Luke 22:64,65 Luke 23:36,37
Luke 12:10 Luke 23:39 John 19:3
And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath. Mark 2:27-28.
Matthew 12:2 Matthew 12:5 Matthew 12:8 Matthew 12:10 Matthew 12:11 Matthew 12:12
Matthew 24:20 Matthew 28:1 Matthew 12:1 Mark 3:4 Mark 16:9 Mark 16:2
Mark 16:1 Mark 6:2 Mark 1:21 Mark 2:28 Mark 2:27 Mark 2:24
Mark 2:23 Mark 3:2 Mark 15:42 Luke 4:31 Luke 13:10 Luke 6:9
Luke 6:7 Luke 6:6 Luke 6:5 Luke 6:1 Luke 4:16 Luke 13:15
Luke 13:16 Luke 6:2 Luke 14:1 Luke 14:3 Luke 14:5 Luke 18:12
Luke 23:54 Luke 23:56 Luke 24:1 Luke 13:14 John 19:31 John 20:1
John 9:16 John 9:14 John 7:22 John 5:18 John 5:10 John 5:9
John 7:23 John 20:19
Matthew 19:18,19 Matthew 15:3,4 Matthew 12:31 Mark 10:19
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness. Matthew 19:18.
Matthew 21:38 Matthew 27:22,23 Matthew 27:20 Matthew 27:3-5 Matthew 27:1 Matthew 26:59
Matthew 5:21 Matthew 26:14-16 Matthew 26:4 Matthew 24:9 Matthew 27:35 Matthew 23:31
Matthew 26:66 Matthew 20:18,19 Matthew 17:23 Matthew 14:8,10 Matthew 11:12 Matthew 10:28
Matthew 10:21 Matthew 22:6 Matthew 19:18 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 23:34 Matthew 26:52
Mark 12:5 Mark 7:21 Mark 10:19 Mark 3:6 Mark 6:16 Mark 6:19
Mark 10:33,34 Mark 12:7,8 Mark 13:12 Mark 15:20 Mark 9:31 Mark 15:24
Mark 14:1 Mark 15:13-15 Mark 14:64 Mark 14:55
Mark 14:21 Mark 14:10,11 Mark 6:24-27 Luke 22:2
Luke 10:30 Luke 18:20 Luke 9:9 Luke 24:7
Luke 23:33 Luke 23:23 Luke 22:5,6 Luke 20:19
Luke 20:14 Luke 19:47 Luke 18:33 Luke 13:31
Luke 11:47-51 Luke 9:22 Luke 4:29 Luke 12:4,5
John 19:6,7 John 16:2 John 8:44 John 13:2
John 7:19,20 John 19:15 John 7:1 John 8:37
John 12:10 John 11:50
7. You shall not commit adultery
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness. Matthew 19:18.
Matthew 12:39 Matthew 19:9,18 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 5:27-32 Matthew 14:4
Matthew 5:8 Matthew 16:4 Mark 6:18 Mark 8:38 Mark 10:2-12
Mark 7:21 Mark 10:19 Luke 16:18 Luke 7:37 Luke 15:30 John 8:3,4
8. You shall not steal
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness. Matthew 19:18.
Matthew 19:18 Matthew 23:14 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 21:12,13
Matthew 6:19,20 Matthew 15:19 Mark 7:22 Mark 10:19
Mark 12:40 Mark 11:17 Luke 18:20 Luke 19:46
Luke 3:13 Luke 19:8 Luke 10:30 Luke 20:14
John 2:16
9. You shall not bear false witness
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness. Matthew 19:18.
Matthew 7:15 Matthew 27:63 Matthew 26:69-75 Matthew 26:34,35
Matthew 26:24,25 Matthew 26:14,16 Matthew 24:23,24 Matthew 28:13
Matthew 11:18,19 Matthew 27:12,13 Matthew 24:10,11 Matthew 26:59,60
Matthew 19:18 Matthew 5:11 Matthew 5:33 Matthew 15:19
Matthew 24:4 Matthew 26:48 Mark 13:21,22 Mark 10:19
Mark 13:22 Mark 3:22 Mark 7:22 Mark 13:12
Mark 14:1 Mark 14:10,11 Mark 14:21 Mark 14:30,31
Mark 14:41 Mark 14:66-72 Mark 15:3,4 Mark 14:56,57
Mark 13:5,6 Luke 22:5,6 Luke 22:54-62 Luke 19:8
Luke 20:20 Luke 6:22 Luke 22:21 Luke 21:16
Luke 6:16 Luke 7:33,34 Luke 11:15-20 Luke 21:8
Luke 22:34 Luke 23:2 John 3:19-21 John 13:2
John 8:44,55 John 10:20 John 18:25-27 John 6:71
John 18:17 John 13:38
10. You shall not covet
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. Mark 7:22
Matthew 26:14-16 Matthew 19:22 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 5:28
Mark 4:19 Mark 7:22 Mark 12:7,8 Mark 14:10,11
Mark 10:22 Luke 11:39 Luke 12:16-21 Luke 12:15
Luke 16:14 Luke 16:19-22 Luke 18:23 Luke 19:8
Luke 20:14 Luke 22:5,6 John 8:44 John 2:16
The Ten Commandments In The Book Of Revelation
Commandment 1.
Revelation 21:3 Revelation 22:9 Revelation 21:22 Revelation 13:4 Revelation 19:4,10 Revelation 4:8-11
Revelation 5:14 Revelation 7:13-17 Revelation 11:16 Revelation 22:3
Commandment 2.
Revelation 22:15 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 13:14,15 Revelation 14:9,11 Revelation 15:2 Revelation 16:2
Revelation 21:22 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 2:20 Revelation 19:20 Revelation 2:14 Revelation 20:4
Commandment 3.
Revelation 2:9 Revelation 13:1,5,6 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation 16:9 Revelation 16:11,21
Commandment 4.
Revelation 14:7
Commandment 5.
Revelation 12:17 Revelation 14:12 Revelation 22:14 (Matt 17:17-22)
Commandment 6.
Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 2:13 Revelation 6:8-10 Revelation 11:7 Revelation 12:4 Revelation
13:15 Revelation 18:24 Revelation 17:6 Revelation 19:2 Revelation 9:21
Commandment 7.
Revelation 2:14 Revelation 2:20-22 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 14:8 Revelation 17:15,16 Revelation 18:3,9
Revelation 19:2 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 21:2 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation 21:9 Revelation 21:8
Commandment 8.
Revelation 3:11 Revelation 9:21
Commandment 9.
Revelation 18:23 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 2:2 Revelation 20:3,8 Revelation
22:15 Revelation 3:9 Revelation 21:27 Revelation 20:10
Commandment 10.
Revelation 7:13-17 Revelation 18:9-19 Revelation 9:21
22. Because Jesus Christ Supports The Ten Commandments
The following evidence Is not only richly suggestive but affords striking testimony in favor of the seventh day Sabbath law. Christ came not to destroy the law. Matthew 5:17. Christ testifies to the perpetuity of the law. Matthew 5:17-19. Christ came to “magnify the law, and make it honorable.” Isaiah 42:21. Christ kept His “Father’s commandments:’ John 15:10. Christ is our example. We are to keep what He kept. I Peter 2:21. I John 2:6. Christ said: “If thou wilt enter Into life, KEEP THE [TEN] COMMANDMENTS.” Matthew 19:17-19.
Note: I wish to stress the fact that by their association together in the Bible, the New Testament as well as the Old Testament, the words LAW and COMMANDMENT are interchangeable and have the same meaning.
Cf. Genesis 26:5, Exodus 16.28; 24:12; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 17:37. 2 Chronicles 14:4; 19:10; 31:21; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 9:13, 29, 34; Proverbs 3:1, Matthew 19:17,18: Romans 13:8, 9: James 2:8-10.
23. The New Commandment Of Christ Leads Me To Keep The Sabbath
The New Commandment is worthy of attentive study and careful consideration. Here is Christ’s new
commandment: “That you love one another!” John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 3:23; 4:21. Far be it from me to give any one the impression that I believe the New Commandment does away with God’s Ten Commandments, because it does not, according to the Bible. Notice what the New Commandment leads the true Christian to do:
“Not as though I wrote a NEW COMMANDMENT unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning that WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER. And GOD IS LOVE, that we walk AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS.” 2 John 1:5,6. “We know that we love the children of God when we love God and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. For THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD, that we KEEP HE COMMANDMENTS and HIS COMMANDMENTS are not grievous.” 1 John 5:2, 3.
Jesus Himself did not teach the new commandment was the ONLY commandment that man should keep. Christ said:
“If you love me KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.” John 14:15. Of which commandments did Jesus speak? “Which? Jesus said,
THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER, THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL, THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER: and THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. Matthew 19:18, 19.
These commandments are contained in the TEN COMMANDMENTS which also contain the SABBATH. In this passage Jesus did not command the keeping of any of the first four commandments. Is that any reason for man to break them? Is that any reason for man to worship idols, curse God or break God’s Sabbath? “Is the silence of God’s New Testament servants in the valleys of Judea more weighty than the thundering of God himself on Mt. Sinai The answer is no. These with the other four are the commandments of which Jesus was speaking when He said: “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17-19; cf. Exodus 20.
Since God is love (1 John 4:8) and the whole gospel is based on love (1 Corinthians 13). Since Jesus has said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments,” we understand that love is the basic factor of Christianity and that Jesus, the founder of Christianity, stresses love In His New Commandment. No wonder the New Commandment, which is the real essence of the whole Ten Commandments, was given. This agrees with the following text:
“Love is the fulfilling (Greek, fullness) of the law.” Romans 13:10.
LOVE AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
“Love to God will admit no other God. Love will not debase the object it adores. Love to God will never dishonor His name. Love to God will reverence His day. Love to parents win honor them. Hate, not love is, is a murderer. Lust, not love, commits adultery. Love will give but never steal. Love will not slander nor lie. Love’s eye Is not coveting.”
D. L Moody
Thus it is as clew as day that love or Christ’s New Commandment does not do away with the Ten Commandments, but establishes them because: “Love is the FULNESS OF THE LAW.” Romans 13:10.
24. Jesus Christ The Son Of God Kept The Seventh Day Sabbath
If anybody would know which was the right Sabbath day to keep, surely It would be Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and He kept the seventh day Sabbath all His life:
“AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, He [Jesus] went Into the synagogue [church] on the SABBATH DAY, and taught them on the SABBATH DAYS.” Luke 4:16, 31.
The custom of the world is not the custom of Jesus. The custom of the world causes men to keep any day, but the custom of Jesus caused Him to keep THE Sabbath day-the very day that His Father kept at creation. Genesis 2:1-3. If it was good enough for Jesus, it Is good enough for me. I am confident of one thing and of this thing there can be no doubt or question: It was the CUSTOM OF JESUS TO GO TO CHURCH ON THE SABBATH DAY. Churches mentioned: Capernaum church. Mark 1:21. Nazareth church. Luke 4:16. His attendance: Matthew 12:9; Luke 13:10; 6:6, Mark 6:2.
Jesus Christ the founder of Christianity is the great example of every Christian. What He did they are supposed to do. Notice how plain the Bible makes this: “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an EXAMPLE, that you should
FOLLOW HIS STEPS.” He that said he abides in Him ought himself also so to walk, EVEN AS HE [CHRIST] WALKED.” I Peter 2:21; 1 John 2:6. Since Christ is our example and He kept the seventh day Sabbath, who dare aspire to the “scorner’s seat and hurl the cynic’s ban- and accuse any one who follows the example of God Himself (Genesis 2:10) and the Son of God Himself (Luke 4:16) in keeping the very Sabbath day which They kept?
25. Jesus Kept The Sabbath After Calvary
It is a matter of common knowledge that after the crucifixion, Jesus RESTED in the grave. God RESTED on the seventh day at creation, and Jesus, the Son of God, RESTED on the seventh day at redemption. Both in life and death Jesus honored the Sabbath. He lay there BEFORE THE SABBATH. Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:52-56. He remained there until AFTER THE SABBATH WAS PAST. Matthew 28: 1: Mark 16:1, Luke 24:4, 6.
Christ’s life climaxed in keeping the Sabbath. It was His custom to keep it all His life and it was the last thing He did before He arose from the grave and went to His Father. Since it was the last thing that Christ did, if it is the last thing we ever do, we should keep the Sabbath.
Christ, while on earth, always kept the seventh day Sabbath. It was His custom to do so. His first sermon was on the Sabbath. During His life’s record we have no mention of any other day but the seventh as the Sabbath.
It seems very significant that Jesus, during three years instructing His disciples, often discussing the Sabbath with them and freeing it from its false burdens, making it a day of rest rather than a day of arrest, never once alluded to any change of the Sabbath to Sunday. Moreover there is not the slightest intimation of any change during the forty days of His resurrection. There is not a hint in the whole New Testament to even suggest the sanctity of any day besides the seventh day Sabbath. Where the Bible is silent man ought to be silent.
It is strange that some would endeavor to change the Sabbath day after the death of Jesus, since the worst kind of fraud and forgery is that which changes a man’s will after He dies.
God has given man a memorial of Christ’s death and resurrection. We should seek to commemorate the death and resurrection of our Lord in the way of HIS OWN APPOINTING, namely, by means of the Lord’s supper and baptism. The Lord’s supper was given by Christ Himself to be a memorial of His death (1 Corinthians 11:26); and the sacred rite of baptism, to commemorate His resurrection. Colossians 2:12; Romans 6:3-5. Baptism, then, and not Sunday or any other day, is the Bible memorial of Christ’s resurrection. Since we are plainly told not to add or diminish from the Word of God (Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:6; Revelation 22:18), it seems that all real Christians would want to honor Christ’s resurrection the way He wanted us to do so-not by a day but by an institution-the ordinance of baptism.
26. Because Jesus Commanded Keeping The Sabbath After The Cross
Those who have the erroneous notion that Sunday should be kept after the cross may be sincere, but they are mistaken. While Jesus left no command or example for the observance of Sunday, the solid fact behind it all is He did leave a command and example for the observance of the seventh day Sabbath. Here is the Bible proof: Christ’s Example: “As His CUSTOM WAS. He [Jesus] went Into the synagogue [church] on the Sabbath day.” Luke 4:16.
Christ’s Command. He that said “GO YE’ also said “PRAY YE’ “Pray you that your flight be not in the winter, NEITHER ON THE SABBATH DAY.” Matthew 24:20.
Christ’s Command Obeyed: “They rested the Sabbath day according to the COMMANDMENT.” Luke 23:56. Why did Jesus say “neither on the Sabbath day”? Because He recognized and stressed the SANCTITY of the SABBATH with its keeping even at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, 70 AD, almost forty years AFTER the CROSS. This clears the air of any fog that might have settled over the minds of some who question whether Christ commanded the keeping of the Sabbath after the cross.
27. Because Christ’s Followers Kept The Sabbath After The Cross
It is highly significant that the Bible records the observance of the Sabbath by the followers of Christ after the death of Christ on the cross. If anybody ought to know about the proper Sabbath, it should be those who were instructed by Christ Himself. He kept it while He was with them and they kept it when He left them:
“They returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and RESTED the Sabbath day according to the commandment.” Luke 23:56.
As much as they loved Jesus, they would not desecrate the Sabbath even for Him. Cf. Luke 23:5256; 24:1; Mark 15:42-47; 16:1. Another notable feature about it all is that Christ was with them for over a month after His resurrection and nowhere or no place do we find any hint of His changing the Sabbath or of His correction for their keeping of the Sabbath after He died.
28. Because Paul Kept The Sabbath And Preached On It
The fact is irrefutable that Paul’s life-long manner or custom was to keep the very seventh day Sabbath that God kept at creation and Jesus kept at redemption:
“And Paul as his MANNER WAS, went In unto them, and three SABBATH DAYS reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.” Acts 17:2.
Another very striking proof of Paul’s observance of the Sabbath is found in Acts 18:4 where it states: “And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue [church] EVERY SABBATH.”
The Bible says Paul knew “the DOCTRINE OF THE LORD,” (Acts 13:12), arid In the same chapter he PREACHED IT: “Preached to them the next SABBATH.” Acts 13:42.
Other verses showing Paul kept and preached on the Sabbath: Acts 13:44; 16:13; 13:14.
Those who contend that nobody but Jews kept the Sabbath are parting company with the facts given in the Bible. Notice the textual evidence showing others besides Jews kept the Sabbath:
“And when the JEWS were gone out of the synagogue, the GENTILES besought that these words might be preached to them the next SABBATH.” “The GENTILES HEARD!” Acts 13:42,48. According to the above scripture, the Gentiles asked Paul to meet with them on SABBATH. No other day is mentioned. Paul did not change the appointment, because the next Sabbath “the Gentiles heard!” Sufficient evidence to prove that Paul preached to a non Jewish audience on a Sabbath by their own appointment.
“And he [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue EVERY SABBATH, and persuaded the Jews and the GREEKS.” Acts 18:4.
With the above evidence at hand showing Gentiles and Greeks kept the Sabbath, the theory that only Jews kept it has gone into hopeless bankruptcy.
29. Because The Apostolic Church Kept The Sabbath After The Cross
Any one who thinks the Bible teaches that any other day besides the seventh day was observed as the Sabbath after the cross is asked to examine carefully the following texts:
Texts Church Date Number
Acts 13:14, 42-44. Antioch 45 AD. 2 meetings
Acts 16:12, 13. Philippi 53 AD. 1 meeting
Acts 17A, 2. Thessalonica 53 AD. 3 meetings
Acts 18:1A, 11. Corinth 54 AD. 78 meetings
Here is listed a total of eighty-four meetings on Sabbath. So we can easily see that nothing is more certified than the fact that the apostolic church kept the Sabbath after the cross.
30. Because The Sabbath Has Been Kept To The Present Time
It is a fact, obvious to any student of history, and the proofs are plentiful to furnish substantial evidence, that there have always been faithful seventh day Sabbath keepers from the time of Christ to the present age.
A. D. 75 - FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS:
“For there Is not any city of the Greeks, nor any of the barbarians, nor any nation whatsoever, whither our custom of resting on THE SEVENTH DAY hath not come!” -Flavius Josephus Against Apion from “The Works of Flavius
Josephus,” p. 925.
A. D. 250 - ORIGEN, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA:
“Let us therefore no longer keep the Sabbath after Jewish manner. . . . But let every one of you KEEP THE
SABBATH after spiritual manner, rejoicing in meditation on the law.” -Epistle to the Magnesians, Chap. lx.
A. D. 350 - ATHANASIUS:
“We are assembled on the day of the SABBATH, not because we are Infected with Judaism, . . . but we approach
the SABBATH to adore Christ, the Lord of the Sabbath.” --The Signs of the Times,” Jan. 17, 1933, p. 13.
A. D. 400 -AUGUSTINE:
“On this day, which is THE SABBATH, mostly those ore accustomed to meet who are desirous of the word of
God.” -”Augustine’s Sermon,” 128, tom. 7, p. 629.
A. D. 450 -SOCRATES:
“Almost all of the churches throughout the world celebrate the sacred mysteries on the SABBATH of every week.” -
”Socrates,” Book v, chap. 22.
A. D. 590 -POPE GREGORY I:
“It has come to my ears that certain men of perverse spirit have sown among you some things that are wrong and
opposed to holy faith, so as to forbid any work being done on the SABBATH DAY.””Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers,” Vol. 13, bk. 13, epist. I, p. 336.
A. D. 791-COUNCIL OF TRIAU: (In Italy)
“Further, when speaking of that SABBATH which the Jews observe, that last day of the week, and which also our
peasants observe.” – “13th Canon of the Council of Triau!”
11TH CENTURY - SCOTLAND:
“They worked on Sunday, but kept SATURDAY In a Sabbatical manner.” “History of Scotland.” Andrew Long,
Vol. 1, page 96.
14 TH CENTURY - ABYSSINIA:
“It Is not therefore, In imitation of the Jews, but in obedience to Christ and His holy apostles that we observe that
day [Sabbath].” -Reason for keeping Sabbath, given by Abyssinian legate at the court of Lisbon (1534) In “Church.
History of Ethiopia,” by Michael Geddes, pp. 87. 88.
AD 1576 -WALDENSES:
“They were called Inzabbatt, not because they were circumcised, but because they kept the SABBATH according to
the Jewish law.” “They kept the Sabbath day.” “Deuteche Biographie,- Art., “Goldast.” Godstus, historian.
AD 1653 - GOA, INDIA:
“They keep Saturday holy, nor esteem the Saturday fast lawful, but on Easter even. They have solemn service on
Saturdays.” – “History of the Sabbath,” J. N. Andrews, p. 569.
AD 1665 - SIANFU, CHINA:
Stone tablet unearthed dating before the eighth century: “On the seventh day we offer sacrifice. after having purified
our hearts and received absolution for our sins.” Id., Page 565.
AD 1738 - COUNT NICOLAUS VON ZINZENDORF:
He was the founder and first bishop of the Moravian church. “The days which we keep are Sunday as the Lord’s
resurrection day. and the SABBATH or the REAL REST DAY OF OUR LORD!” Id., 753.
AD 1844 - MRS. ELLEN G. WHITE:
“In the autumn of 1846 we began to observe the BIBLE SABBATH. And teach and defend It.””Testimonies.”
Volume 1, page 75.
31. God’s Church In The Last Days Will Keep The 10 Commandments
And the dragon [Satan, cf. Revelation 20:2] was wroth with the woman, [God’s church, cf. Jeremiah 6:2; 2 Corinthians 11:2] and went to make war with the remnant [last or remaining part. cf. Exodus 26:12] of her seed which KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS [10 commandments. cf. Matthew 19:17-19] of God.” Revelation 12:17, 14:12.
32. Because The Other Churches Say I Am Right
A man may rub his eyes in amazement when he sees the following quotations. These have been selected from the writings of reputable Sunday-keeping authors. While I have the deepest veneration for their sincerity, yet I with Job cannot help but say: “Your own mouth condemns you and not I. Your own lips testify against you.” Job 15:6. LUTHERAN:
“The observance of the Lord’s day (Sunday) Is founded not on any command of God but on the authority of the church.” -”Augsburg Confession of Faith,” as quoted In Cox’s “Sabbath Manual.” p. 287.
EPISCOPAL:
“We have made the change from the seventh day to the first day, from Saturday to Sunday, on the authority of the one holy catholic, apostolic church of Christ.” – “Why We Keep Sunday.” by Bishop Seymour.
METHODIST:
“It is true there is no positive command for Infant baptism. Nor is there any for keeping holy the first day of the week.” -”Theological Compendium,” 1902, by Revelation Amos Binney, pp. 180. 181.
BAPTIST:
“There was and Is a commandment to ‘keep holy the Sabbath day,’ but that Sabbath day was not Sunday. There is no Scriptural evidence of the change of the Sabbath Institution from the seventh to the first day of the week.” - Edward T. Hiscox, D. D., author of “The Baptist Church Manual.”
PRESBYTERIAN:
“The Christian Sabbath [Sunday] is not in the Scripture, and was not by the primitive church called the Sabbath.” – “Dwight’s Theology,” Vol. 4. p. 40 1.
CONGREGATIONAL:
“There Is no command in the Bible requiring us to observe the first day of the week as the Christian Sabbath.” – “Mode and Subjects of Baptism”, by Fowler.
CHRISTIAN:
“The first day of the week is commonly called the Sabbath. This is a mistake. The Sabbath of the Bible was the day Just preceding the first day of the week. The first day of the week is never called the Sabbath anywhere in the entire Scriptures. It Is also an error to talk about the change of the Sabbath. There never was any change of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. There Is not at any place in the Bible any Intimation of such a change.” – “First Day Observance.” pp. 17. 19.
CATHOLIC:
Cardinal Gibbons In the following statement hit the nail on the head. In this statement he is splendidly right. “But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you win not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday. a day which we never sanctify.” – “Faith of Our Fathers,” pp. Ill, 112.
“If the Bible Is the only guide for the Christian, then the Seventh-day Adventist Is RIGHT In observing the Saturday with the Jew.” The Question Box, Conway, p. 254.
33. The Calendar Has Not Lost The Seventh Day Sabbath
What higher authority could we cite than the Royal Astronomer of England and the Director of the
U. S. Naval Observatory? Notice what these authorities state concerning the change of the calendar and the altering of the weekly cycle. F. W. Dyson, Astronomer Royal, Greenwich, London, in 1932 stated: “As for as I know, In the various changes of the Calendar there has been no change in the seven day rotation of the week.”
James Robertson, Director American Ephemeris, U. S. Naval Observatory:
“We have had occasion to investigate the results of the works of specialists in chronology and we have never found one of them that has ever had the slightest doubt about the continuity of the weekly cycle since long before the Christian era. There has been no change In our calendar In past centuries that has affected in any way the cycle of the week.”
The change from old style to new style did not Interfere in any way with the free-running week. The change was made on Friday. October 5. 1582. Ten days wore made up by calling the 5th of October the 15th of October. This is all that was done.
The various changes of the calendar affected the days of the month and not the days of the week, hence no time has been lost. Consequently the Sabbath day is still the seventh day of the week or SATURDAY.
34. Keeping The Commandments Will Be A Passport Into Heaven
A passport is something that gives a person a RIGHT TO GO SOMEWHERE. The commandment KEEPERS and DOERS have the RIGHT TO ENTER INTO the city of God which is in heaven. Galatians 4:26. “Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have RIGHT to the tree of life, and may enter In through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14. It is admitted man cannot do this In his own strength but he can do it THROUGH CHRIST. “I can do all things THROUGH CHRIST which strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13.
35. The New Testament Characters Kept The Sabbath
PERSON BIBLE TEXT DATE - A.D.
Matthew Matthew 5:17-19 27
Mark Mark 2:27, 28 27
Luke Luke 23:54 31
John John 14:15 31
Jesus John 15:10 31
Paul Romans 7:12 40
James James 2:8-12 50
Jerusalem Council Acts 15:20, 21 48
Lydia Acts 16:13 49
Silas Acts 17:1-4 50
Acquila Acts 18:1-5, 11 51
Timothy Acts 18:1-5, 11 51
Simeon Acts 13:14, 15 46
Lucium Acts 13:14, 15 46
Maraen Acts 13:14, 15 46
Gentiles Acts 13:42 46
Ephesians Ephesians 6:1-4 46
Hebrews Hebrews 4:4-9,8:8-10 64
Jude Jude 1:14,15 66
Saints Revelation 12:17 2006
Saints Revelation 14:12 2006
Saints Revelation 22:14 2006
Antiochians Acts 13:14,15 42
Phillipians Acts 16:13 63
Corrinthians Acts 18:1-5,11 55
Thessalonians Acts 17:1-4 50
36. The Sabbath Is The Seal Of The Living God
Revelation 7:1-3 The Seal of God 14:9-11 Mark Of The Beast 14:12 Seal of God to the commandment keepers Romans 4:11 Sign = Seal Exodus 31:13,17 Sign = Sabbath Day Ezekiel 20:12,20 Sabbath = True Sign Revelation 7:1-3 Sealed in the forehead Exodus 13:9 Sealed by the 10 Commandments Deuteronomy 6:8 11:18 Isaiah 8:16 Seal the Law Ephesians 1:13 Sealed by the Holy Spirit
4:30 Hebrews 8:8-10 The New Covenant Jeremiah 31:31-33 John 14:15 Keep the Commandments Hebrews 4:4-10 The Sabbath remains today
37. God's Law Is Eternal
Old Testament References
Blessed [is] the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper. Psalm 1:1-3.
The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes. Psalm 19:7-8.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psalm 40:8.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children. That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born. Who should arise and declare [them] to their children. That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments. Psalm 78:1-7.
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. Psalm 111:7, 8.
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Psalm 103:18-20.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant. Psalm 105:8-10.
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Psalm 119:126,150.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105.
Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Psalm 119:115.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. Psalm 119:165, 174.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Isaiah 8:16.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them. Isaiah 8:20.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, said the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, said the LORD. Isaiah 66:22-24.
New Testament References
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-19.
And he said unto him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness. Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 19:17-19.
3. Jesus is our example and He kept the law of God.
If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10.
And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment. Luke 23:54-56.
For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Romans 2:13.
You therefore which teaches another, teaches you not thyself? You that preaches a man should not steal, do you steal? Thou that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You that abhors idols, do you commit sacrilege? You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonors God? For the name of
God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. Romans 2:21
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Romans 3:31
Because the law works wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Romans 5:13-15.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. Romans 7:7.
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Romans 7:12.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:25.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1-4.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans 8:7.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, Thou shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Romans 13:8-10.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 1 Corinthians 7:19.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. And did all eat the same spiritual meat. And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. There remains therefore a rest [Greek - Sabbath] to the people of God. Hebrews 4:4, 9.
For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, said the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, said the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Hebrews 8:8-10.
But they who look into the perfect law of liberty, and continue therein, they being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:25.
If you fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, you do well. But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak you, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. James 2:8-12.
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But who so keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 1 John 2:3, 4.
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 1 John 3:22, 24.
Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3:4.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:2, 3.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. And there were lightning, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail. Revelation 11:19.
And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: Revelation 15:5.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17.
Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie. Revelation 22:15.
38. The Ten Commandments Are In The Book Of Revelation
Revelation 21:3 Revelation 22:9 Revelation 21:22 Revelation 13:4
Revelation 19:4,10 Revelation 4:8-11 Revelation 5:14 Revelation 7:13-17
Revelation 11:16 Revelation 22:3
Revelation 22:15 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 13:14,15 Revelation 14:9,11
Revelation 15:2 Revelation 16:2 Revelation 21:22 Revelation 21:8
Revelation 2:20 Revelation 19:20 Revelation 2:14 Revelation 20:4
Revelation 2:9 Revelation 13:1, 5, 6 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation.16:9
Revelation 16:11,21
Revelation 14:7
Revelation 12:17 Revelation 14:12 Revelation 22:14 (Matthew 17:17-22)
Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 2:13 Revelation 6:8-10
Revelation 11:7 Revelation 12:4 Revelation 13:15 Revelation 18:24
Revelation 17:6 Revelation 19:2 Revelation 9:21
Revelation 2:14 Revelation 2:20-22 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 14:8
Revelation 17:15,16 Revelation 18:3,9 Revelation 19:2 Revelation 22:15
Revelation 21:2 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation 21:9 Revelation 21:8
Revelation 3:11 Revelation 9:21
Revelation 18:23 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 21:8
Revelation 2:2 Revelation 20:3,8 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 3:9
Revelation 21:27 Revelation 20:10
Revelation 7:13-17 Revelation 18:9-19 Revelation 9:21 188
39. The Ten Commandments Before Mount Sinai
Many Christians today are saying that the Ten Commandments did not exist before the birth of Moses and are therefore not eternal. They assert that the commandments were only meant for the Jews and ended at Calvary. They further claim that the Sabbath commandment is not eternally binding and ceased 2,000 years ago. Does the Bible teach that the Ten Commandments were in existence before Moses? Were all people from Adam to Moses to be judged by the Decalogue?
1. Genesis References
The book of Genesis contains numerous references and allusions to the Ten Commandments. In Exodus 5:5 Moses told the children of Israel to rest. The word rest is the Hebrew word shabath which according to Strong's Hebrew Dictionary means to keep the Sabbath. The fact that they were known before Sinai shows that the patriarchs knew and kept them.
2. The Fall of Lucifer and Adam
According to Ezekiel 28:15 Lucifer was perfect when God created him. The Bible defines sinless perfection as perfect conformity to the Ten Commandments (1 Kings 8:61, 1 Kings 11:4,5, Psalm 19:7, Jam 1:25). Lucifer choose to sin while in heaven (1 John 3:8-10, Isaiah 14:12-15) and rebel against the law of God's government. Sin itself is the breaking of the Ten Commandments (1 John 3:4). Baal worship was Satan's religion which typifies hatred and disobedience to the law of God while the Hebrew worship was the exact opposite. From his fall until his destruction in the lake of fire Lucifer never changes from being a liar and a deceiver (John 8:44, Rev 20:13). His religion has always attacked the law of God (Genesis 3:1-10, 2 Kings 17:16, Jeremiah 2:8, 7:9).
1. Isaiah 14:12-15 Matthew 4:8-10 Leviticus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:17 Psalm 106:37 Judges 2:13
1 Kings 16:31 Jeremiah 7:9
2. Isaiah 14:12-15 Leviticus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:17 2 Chronicles 11:15 Psalm 106:37 1 Kings 3:2 Jeremiah 7:9
3. Isaiah 14:12-15 John 10:33 Leviticus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:17
4. Leviticus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:17
5. Isaiah 14:12-15
6. Psalm 106:37 Jeremiah 7:9 John 8:44 John 13:2 Revelation 2:10, 12:7-10
7. Leviticus 17:7 Jeremiah 7:9
8. Jeremiah 7:9 Luke 8:12 Revelation 12:7-10
9. John 8:44 Revelation 12:7-10 Revelation 20:10 Jeremiah 7:9
10. John 8:44 Isaiah 14:12-15 John 13:2
Were the Ten Commandments in heaven right from the beginning? The heavenly sanctuary contains the original Ark of The Covenant which house the Ten Commandments. This temple is God's throne (Ps 11:4, Isaiah 6:1, Revelation 4:10,11) which has certainly existed since the days of Adam even from eternity (Psalm 45:6, 93:2).
Text Attribute
Psalm 9:7 Throne of Judgment
Psalm 47:8, Proverbs 20:8 A Throne of Holiness
Psalm 89:14, Proverbs 20:28 A Throne of Justice, Judgment, Mercy and Truth
Psalm 97:2, Proverbs 16:12 A Throne of Righteousness, Judgment
Psalm 103:19,20 A Throne of His Commandments
Proverbs 29:14 A Throne of Faithfulness
These attributes of God's throne are also attributes of God's eternal holy law:
Text Attribute
James 2:8-12 Judgment
Exodus 20:8, Romans 7:12 Holiness
Romans 7:12 Justice
Psalm 119:58 Mercy
Nehemiah 9:13 Truth
Psalm 119:172 Righteousness
Deuteronomy 10:1-5 Commandments
Psalms 119:86, Rom 3:31 Faithfulness
The New Testament books of Hebrews and Revelation picture Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary where the Ark of the Covenant and the Ten Commandments are now present. Revelation 15:5 mentions the phrase 'tabernacle of the testimony' which according to the Old Testament was the place where the Decalogue was housed (Exodus 26:33,34; 30:6; Deuteronomy 10:1-5, 31:9) The word testimony used in verse 5 is referring to the eternal law of God (Exodus 25:16, 21, 22, 31:18, 32:15, 34:29, Psalm 19:7, Psalm 78:5, Psalm 81:3,4, Isaiah 8:16,20 ). The ark still contained the Testament Law when John was in vision in 96 AD. This phrase is found in the OT referring to the Tables of Law in the Mosaic sanctuary (Exodus 26:30-35; 27:21; 30:26,36; 31:7; 38:21; 39:35-3 ; 40:3-5,19-21; Leviticus 24:3).
In Hebrews 8:8-12 the apostle Paul states that God will write the law in our minds. Paul in the book of Romans uses the same language to describe the Decalogue as a guide for right thinking (Romans 7:23,25; 8:7). This text in Hebrews is borrowed from the book of Jeremiah (31:31-34) where the Old Testament prophet is clearly outlining obedience to the Decalogue. The phrase in Hebrews and Jeremiah is very similar to many others in the OT referring to having the Ten Commandments written in the mind (Deuteronomy 30:10; Joshua 22:5; 2 Kings 10:31, 23:25; 2 Chronicles 21:31; Ezra 7:10; Job 22:22; Psalm 37:31).
The book of Hebrews closely parallels that of Revelation in the layout and functioning of the heavenly sanctuary. Both base their ideas on those originally laid out in the OT books of Exodus and Leviticus. In Hebrews chapter 8 we are clearly told that Christ is the High Priest in the heavenly Temple and then in chapter 9 we are shown how the layout of the earthly temple is a guide to that of the one above.
Hebrews | Feature | OT Equivalent |
8:5 7:15 | The Heavenly pattern | Exodus 25:9,40 |
9:2 1:12,13 4:5 | Lamp Stands | Exodus 25:37 |
9:2 6:9 8:3 | Altar Table | Exodus 27:1-8 |
9:4 8:3-5 | Golden Censor | Leviticus 10:1 |
9:4 11:19 15:5 | Ten Commandments | Deuteronomy 10:1-8 |
Revelation 4:4,10 | 24 Elders | 1 Chronicles 24:1-19 |
Revelation 4:6-10 | 4 Senior Elders | 1 Chronicles 24:1 |
3. The Prophet Enoch
The prophet Enoch was a man who walked with God (Genesis 5:22-24) and was taken to heaven without dying (Hebrews 11:5). What does it mean to walk with God? In Psalm 119 we are told that the right way to walk in is the keeping of God's commandments (Psalm 119:1,9,29-32). The Bible also uses the word path to describe the keeping of the commandments:
Psalm 23:3 The path of righteousness Psalm 25:8-10 Those who keep His covenant and testimonies Psalm 119:35,105 The path of your commandments Proverbs 2:1,8,9 Hide my commandments with you Isaiah 2:3 The law of Zion Isaiah 58:12,13 The Sabbath way Micah 4:2 The path of the law Isaiah 30:9-11 states that the wicked hate the path of God's law and turn aside form obeying it. When Enoch walked with God he was walking in the way of the Ten Commandments. Enoch was the first prophet mentioned in the Bible (Jude 1:14,15, Luke 1:70). Before sending the flood God would send a message of warning to the world as He does nothing without revealing his secrets unto the prophets (Amos 3:7). The Bible clearly shows that God only reveals His will to prophets who obey the Ten Commandments. Proverbs 29:18 Only visions to the obedient Jeremiah 26:4-6 The law and prophecy go hand in hand Lamentations 2:9 By forsaking the law prophets loose the vision Ezekiel 7:26 The law and the prophets go together Ezekiel 20:3,7,8,12,13 God withholds the visions form the lawless ones
In Jude 14 and 15 we are told that the prophet Enoch prophesied concerning Christ's second coming to judge the ungodly. The word ungodly means those who reject God's commandments as the text below clearly say. The flood was sent to destroy mankind because they had become so evil in their behavior. The Bible presents their evil deeds as violence, immoral, blasphemers.
2 Chronicles 19:2 Hate God Psalm 1:1 Hate God's law Psalm 43:1 Deceitful and unjust Psalm 73:3-12 Violence, Covetous, Blasphemy, Liars 1 Timothy 1:9 Lawless, Murderers, Disobedient to parents, Whore mongers, Homosexuals, 2 Peter 2:5,6 Sodomy
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah presents to us God's judgments against those who would break His holy law and sin so wickedly. The Sodomites practiced vile and unnatural sexual perversions condemned in the Decalogue. In 1 Kings 14:24 we are told that the sin of the sodomites was the same as those sins practiced by the Philistine nations.
Genesis 13:13, 18:20-26, 19:1-28 Jude 1:7,8 Deuteronomy 29:21-28 Isaiah 1:9,10, 23:12,14 Luke 17:29 2 Peter 2:6-8 Revelation 11:8 1 Kings 14:24 Leviticus 18:1-30 Incest, Adultery, worship devils, Homosexuality, Bestiality. Deuteronomy 18:9-12 Divination, Astrology, Seances, Witches, Psychics Deuteronomy 20:18, 32:16 Worshipping the Devil and pagan gods
Deuteronomy 29:17 Worshipping the idols of paganism 2 Kings 16:3 Worshipping the idols of paganism In 2 Peter 2:8 we are told that the men of Sodom were destroyed by God for being lawless in their deeds. What is lawlessness? In 1 Timothy 1:9 we are told that Lawlessness is - Murderers, Disobedient to parents, Whoremongers, Homosexuals, Liars etc.
In Romans 5:12-14 it is stated that sin existed from Adam to Moses. What is sin? In 1 John 3:4 as well as many other places we are told that sin is breaking God's holy law. Therefore because these people were sinners they were law breakers. The apostle Paul tells us that the law defining sin is the Ten Commandments (Romans 7:7). In Romans 5:12 we are told that Adam introduced sin into the world and then in verse 13 we are told that sin only exists where the is God's law. It is obvious that Adam sinned by breaking God's holy law and believing the lies of the Devil. How did people of that era determine what was right and wrong if there was no law? The fact is that people of that time knew of sin and its definition which is impossible if there was no standard to define it by. What did Noah and Enoch preach to the people of their day if they did not know right from wrong. If someone had gone up to them and asked is it wrong to lie, steel, murder etc would Noah have said “Well I don't really know because God hasn't set any rules yet.”? This doctrine teaches that for 2,500 years nobody on earth knew right from wrong yet the Bible states that Abraham and Job knew God's law (Genesis 26:5, Job 22:22).
Perfect
Noah - Genesis 6:1, Abraham - Genesis 17:1 Definition 1 Kings 8:61, 1 Kings 11:4,5, Psalm 19:7, James 1:25
Corrupt Genesis 6:11,12
Definition Exodus 32:7,8, Deuteronomy 4:16,25, Judges 2:19, Ezekiel 16:47
Sin Genesis 4:7, 18:20, 20:9, 31:36, 39:9, 42:22, 50:17. Definition Romans 3:20, 5:13, 7:7, James 2:9-12, 1 John 3:4
Evil Genesis 2:9,17, 3:5,22, 6:5, 8:21, 44:4,5, 48:16, 50:15-20 Definition Psalm 119:101, Proverbs 6:23,24 Wickedness Genesis 6:5, 13:13, 18:23,25, 19:7, 38:7, 39:9 Definition Psalm 119:53, 61, 95, 110, 119, 155
Iniquity Genesis 15:16, 19:15, 44:16 Definition Psalm 119:133-136
The Bible states that different people in the book of Genesis were righteous (Noah - Genesis 7:1, 2 Peter 2:5, Abel - Hebrews 11:4 and Lot 2 Peter 2:7,8). The Bible defines Righteousness as obedience to God's law - Psalm 1:5,6 , 19:9 , 119:105-106, 137-138, 164-165.
One day everybody will stand before the great judgment seat of God (Romans 14:10, Revelation 20:11-15). All mankind is to be judged by the Ten Commandments. Therefore all people from Adam to Moses will be judged by the same great standard. There will be only one standard for everybody in that day. People from all ages will have one code to be judged by and not different codes for different ages.
1 John 3:4 Transgression of the law James 2:8-11 The only standard to be judged by Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14 The only standard of right and wrong Romans 2:13 Doers of the law justified Romans 3:20 Definition of sin Romans 3:31 Establish the law Romans 4:15 The Law is the only definition of transgression Romans 5:13 Only definition of sin Romans 7:7 Sin defined by the law Romans 7:12 Law is Holy, Just and Good Romans 7:25 The Law of God Romans 8:1-4 Right doing is defined by the Law Romans 8:7 Opposite of Sin Romans 13:8-10 Opposite of hate and disobedience
If the Sabbath was only for the Jews God would not have made it at creation week but rather after the birth of Moses like the Aaronic priesthood. The Bible says that the Sabbath was made for man (Mark 2:27) and that woman was created for man (1 Corinthians 11:9). Were woman only created for Jews? God created the Sabbath 2,000 years before Abraham was born (Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11, 31:15-18). The Sabbath was created before sin existed as part of Paradise and is therefore eternal as paradise. Isaiah 66:22-24 portrays the Sabbath being kept in the new paradise on earth that will last an eternity. The Garden of Eden was God's plan to make heaven on earth (Genesis 1,2 Revelation 21, 22). What God made in the garden was to be as eternal as heaven itself. The word Eden is Hebrew and means pleasure.
Attribute Eden Heaven
Man's Dominion Genesis 1:28 Revelation 21:7
Man's Diet Genesis 1:29 Isaiah 65:21-23, Revelation 22:2
Man's Occupation Genesis 2:15 Isaiah 65:21-23
The Sabbath Genesis 2:1-3 Isaiah 66:22-24
Paradise Garden Genesis 2:8,9 Isaiah 35:1, Revelation 21:1
The River of Life Genesis 1:10-14 Revelation 22:1,2
Gold & Precious Stones Genesis 2:11,12 Revelation 21:17-20
Marriage Genesis 2:18-25 Revelation 21:9
The Tree of Life Genesis 3:22-24 Revelation 22:2
Sinless Perfection Genesis 1:31 Revelation 21:3
At the Tower of Babel God created the language groups we have today (Genesis 11:5-9). From Babel the people spread out and covered the face of the earth. Many of these groups still retain stories of the creation week and Noah's flood. There are 105 ethnic groups that have had the same seven day week (Sunday to Saturday) as western Europeans have. Many of these groups had the seven day week without any contact with Europeans or Jews. This shows that they had it since Babel times. At least 85 of these groups call Saturday 'Sabbath' showing that a knowledge of the creation week was passed down since earliest times.
In the Bible we are told that God will eradicate sin (Nahum 1:9) and make a new heavens and a new earth just like the garden of Eden (Isaiah 65:17,66:22,2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:1-5). The Old and New Testaments clearly portray this paradise as a place free of sin and lawlessness (Revelation 21:8).
The weekly cycle was well established before Sinai. The flood account mentions the weekly cycle five times. The book of Genesis makes clear references to calendars and chronological records right from the beginning showing that man knew how these worked from Edenic times. Calendars And Chronologies 1:14-19, 2:1-3, 4:3, 5:1-32, 7:11,17, 8:4,5,13 Weekly Cycle Genesis 7:4,10, 8:10-14, 29:27,28, 50:10 Exodus 7:25, 12:15,19, 13:6,7 Job 2:13
The book of Genesis reveals an elaborate system of worship and rituals set up by people living before Moses time to worship God. There were priests, offerings, tithing, circumcision, marriage, burial rites, visions etc. This shows that much information was revealed to people in visions not recorded in Genesis. Melchisedek was a priest of the Most High God and received tithes from Abraham. How did Abraham and Melchisedek know about tithing? It was revealed in visions not mentioned in the Bible. The Bible does not say God revealed this information even though He did. God walked with Adam and Eve in the garden and talked with them (Genesis 2:16-25, 3:8, Revelation 21:3) on a daily basis. God would have told them that He created the earth in six days and rested on the seventh day. If Adam had worked on the seventh day it would have been a sin. Priests Genesis 14:18-20 , Exodus 2:16, 3:1, Hebrews 6:20 Altars Genesis 8:20, 12:7,8, 13:4,18, 26:25, 33:20, 35:1,3, 35:7 Visions Genesis 4:6, 6:13, 7:9, 8:15, 9:1, 9:8,12,17, 17:1-9, 20:3,6, 21:12, Jude 1:14,15 Laws Genesis 26:5, Job 22:22
40. Ten Commandments In The New Earth
The Ten Commandments will be observed in the New Earth.
1. Revelation 22:3; Isaiah 66:22-24
2. Revelation 21:22; 21:8
3. Matthew 12:31, 32
4. Isaiah 66:22-24; Matthew 19:17 Revelation 22:14
5. Exodus 20:12; Matthew 5:5
6. Revelation 21:8
7. Revelation 21:8
8. Matthew 6:19, 20
9. Revelation 22:15
10. Isaiah 65:21-25
41. On Hundred Facts About The Seventh Day Sabbath
WHY keep the Sabbath day? What is the object of the Sabbath? Who made it? When was it made, and for whom? Which day is the true Sabbath? Many keep the first day of the week, or Sunday. What Bible authority have they for this? Some keep the seventh day, or Saturday. What Scripture have they for that? Here are the facts about both days, as plainly stated in the Word of God:
Sixty Facts About The Seventh Day Sabbath
60. Jesus severely condemned the Pharisees as hypocrites for pretending to love God, while at the same tune they made void one of the Ten Commandments by their tradition. The keeping of Sunday is only a tradition of men.
Forty Bible Facts Concerning the First Day of the Week
Here are one hundred plain Bible facts upon this question, showing conclusively that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord in both the Old and New Testament. Reprinted from a tract published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association about the year 1885.
42. One Hundred Questions About God’s Law
Many sincere People are being taught today that the Ten Commandment Law of God has been abolished; that God and His Son Jesus are responsible for its being “Nailed” to the Cross when Jesus died. Others say that the Commandments of God are still in force with the exception of one. Here are one hundred questions to ask yourself and to think care-fully about-one hundred questions about God and His Law.
If the Commandments have been abolished, how many verses in your Bible are meaningless and should be left out? As you ask yourself the following questions, please remember that your Bible says that God is Holy, Righteous, Perfect, Unchangeable, Just, Kind, and Good.
1. How could a perfect God (Matthew 5:48) do away with a perfect Law? Psalm 19:7.
2. How could a Holy God (Isaiah 6:3) do away with a Holy Law. Romans 7:12.
3. How could a Righteous God (Psalm 145:17) do away with a Righteous Law? Psalm 119:172.
4. How could God who is unchangeable (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8) change or do away with a Law that is unchangeable? Matthew 5:17-19; Psalm 111:7-8.
5. How could a God of Truth (John 14:6) abolish a Law that is the Truth? Psalm 119:142, 151.
6. How could a God who is Just (Acts 3:14; Deuteronomy 32:4) abolish a just Law? Romans 7:12.
7. How could a God who is Good (Psalm 34:8) abolish a Law that is good? Romans 7:12.
8. How could a Spiritual God (John 4:24) do away with a spiritual Law? Romans 7:14.
9. How could God do away with the Law that tells what sin is? 1 John 3:4; Romans 4:15; Romans 7:7.
10. How could God do away with the very Law that Christ came to magnify and make honourable? Isaiah 42:21.
11. How could God abolish a Law which He wrote on stone? Exodus 31:18. The fact that He wrote it on stone indicates that it was to last forever. How could God do away with the Law which tells what His will is? Romans 2:18; Matthew 7:21; Psalm 40:8.
12. How could God do away with the very Law that He commanded to be scaled among His disciples? Isaiah 8:16.
13. How could God abolish the Law that is not made void, but by the Christian’s Faith? Romans 3:31.
14. How could God do away with a Law that is “pure” and that “enlightens the eyes?” Psalm 19:8.
15. How could God abolish the Law that He told His people to remember and teach to their children and children’s children? Psalm 78:1-7.
16. How could God do away with the Law that the Christian should “meditate in day and night.” Psalm 1:1-3.
17. How could God abolish His holy Law that the wicked have turned away from and made void? Psalm 119:126, 150.
18. How could God do away with His Law which must be fulfilled in the life of the Christian who is led by the Spirit of God? Romans 8:3, 4.
19. How could God do away with His Law after promising a “woe” upon them that “cast away the Law of the Lord” and “call evil good, and good evil?” Isaiah 6:20-24.
20. How could God abolish a Law that enters into the very heart of an individual and condemns the secret sins of his life which he must in the judgement? Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.
21. How could God do away with His Law that makes people happy when they keep it? Proverbs 29:18.
22. How could a God of Peace destroy a Law that brings peace to troubled hearts? Psalm 119:165.
23. How could God abolish the very Law that Jesus has in His heart? Psalm 40:8.
24. How could God abolish His Law which is to be the standard by which men and women will be judged? Ecclesiastes 12:13. 14.
25. How could God do away with His Law which is to “stand fast forever?” Psalm 111:7, 8.
26. How could God do away with His Law after He said His people have forgotten His Law and are destroyed for lack of knowledge? Hosea 4:6, 7.
27. How could God abolish His Law after accusing the religious leaders of hardening their hearts against His Law, and deceiving the people? Malachi 2:7-9.
28. How could God abolish His Commandments when Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to those who would keep them? John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 5:32.
29. How could God have done away with His Law at Christ’s death, and then later be with Stephen as he was stoned for having told his murderers that they had not kept God’s Law? Acts 7:53-56.
30. How could God abolish the same Law that is to be the standard by which we measure the teachings of every teacher, and every preacher, and every church? Isaiah 8:20, Compare 1 Peter 4:11 and Acts 7:38.
31. How could God abolish the Law when Jesus suffered and died to redeem us from the curse of the Law?
Galatians 3:13. Jesus came to redeem them that were under the Law. Galatians 4:4, 5.
33. How could God abolish His Law when the Bible says “Where no Law in, there is no transgression?” Romans 4:15. Romans 5:13.
34. How could God do away with His Law when His followers delight in it? Psalm 1:1-3. Psalm 119:70, 77, 92, 174.
35. How could God have the commandments abolished at the cross when Jesus told His disciples to pray that they might be able to keep the Sabbath command forty years after the crucifixion? Matthew
24:20.
36. How could God abolish the commandment that says, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,” when Jesus said that He Himself was Lord of the Sabbath, and that it was made for man? Mark 2:27, 28.
37. How could God do away with the very Law that helps in converting the soul? Psalm 19:7.
38. How could God abolish the Law that helps a sinner to realise his need? When a sinner realises that death is the penalty for transgression, and in sorrow he comes to God for forgiveness, he receives a pardon through Jesus. That pardon is Grace. Would God abolish the very Law that Christ died for to make it possible to give grace to the sinner? If God abolished His Law there would be no transgression and therefore no need of forgiveness or grace. Grace is not something apart from the Law; it is necessary. Paul said to the Christians: “you are not under the law but under grace.” Romans 6:14. Then he said, “shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? God forbid.” Verse 15. In Galatians 3:21 Paul says “the law is not against the promises of God.” How could God abolish His Law and thus do away with Grace too?
39. How could God abolish the Sabbath command when Jesus said He Himself was Lord of the Sabbath? Mark 2:27, 28. And Jesus Himself made the Sabbath. John 1:1-3; Mark 2:27. And it was Christ’s custom to keep it. Luke 4.16.
40. How could Christ abolish His Law and the Sabbath that He made and not say a single word about it to His closest followers? At the same time of His death they kept the Sabbath according to the Commandment. Luke 23:55, 56. Compare Matthew 24:20.
41. How could God abolish the Sabbath when Jesus said: Mt is easier for Heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail?” Luke 16:17.
42. How could God abolish His Commandments when Jesus said that those who worship in vain have the commandments of men? Mark 7:7, 9. The worship which is accepted of God must be where the Commandments of God are taught and obeyed. John 14:21.
43. How could God forsake His Law when that is the very thing that the Bible says the wicked have done? Psalm 119:53.
44. How could God do away with His Law when the Bible says, “The way of transgressors is hard?” Proverbs 13:15. Where there is no law there is no transgression. Romans 4:15.
45. How could God do away with His Law when the Bible says, “He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination?” Proverbs 28:9.
46. How could God do away with His Commandments when the Bible says, “The whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His Commandments.” Ecclesiastes. 12:13, 14.
47. How could God do away with His Commandments after He promised to show mercy to all who would keep them? Psalm 103:18.
48. How could God abolish the Commandments that the angels keep? Psalm 103:20.
49. How could God do away with His Law which is so perfect and high that it points the believer to Christ as the end for righteousness-the very highest standard of a perfect sinless life? Romans 10:4. Compare Isaiah 51:7 and James 5:11.
50. How could God abolish His Law which gives comfort in affliction and trial? Psalm 119:92,
51. How could God do away with His Law which gives wisdom and understanding? Psalm 119:98, 100.
52. How could God do away with the very Law that the Righteous, who inherit the New Earth, will have in their hearts? Psalm 37:29-31.
53. How could God do away with the Law that Jesus said was more enduring than the earth itself? Matthew 6:17-19.
54. How could God do away with the Law that forbids murder and adultery? James 2:11, 12.
55. How could God abolish the Commandment that Jesus kept? John 15:10.
56. How could God abolish a Law which is so perfect and wonderful that even if you break any part of it, you are guilty of all? James 2:10-12.
57. How could God abolish the Law that Jesus referred to when He said: “Whosoever shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom?” Matthew 5:19.
58. How could God abolish His Commandment in order to make room for Tradition-the commandments of men? Matthew 15:3, 6, 9.
59. How could God abolish His Law which gives His people liberty when they obey it? James 2:10-12. It is the lawbreaker who Is put in Jail and who is in bondage.
60. How could God do away with the Law that helps a poor sinner to realise his condition? Romans 3:20. Romans 3:9, 23.
61. How could God do away with the Law that 411stops every mouth” and makes “all the world guilty before God?” Romans 3:19. Compare Romans 3:9, 23.
62. How could God do away with the Law that tells what sin is when the Bible says: “If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous?” I John 3:4 and I John 2:1. Why have an advocate if the law is gone?
63. How could God abolish the Ten Commandments, or Moral Law, at the same time that He abolished the ceremonial law which had to do with the offerings and sacrifices? Ephesians 2:16; Colossians 2:14-17. The Hand writing of Ordinances are not the Ten Commandments. The ceremonial law was instituted to show the people what to do when they broke the Moral Law. By their sacrifices they could show their faith in the great sacrifice which was to be offered on Calvary. All the Sacrifices and offerings pointed forward to Christ. When Jesus died the veil in the temple was rent signifying that the sacrificial or Ceremonial law had ended. Many people confuse the Ceremonial and Moral laws.
64. How could God abolish the Law that has the Sabbath command in it when God Himself ceased from labour and rested on the seventh day, and your Bible says that all who have entered into rest (spiritual rest too) with Him, have ceased from their own works as God did from His? Hebrews 4:4, 10. Read and re-read those two verses.
65. How could God do away with the very Law that His people are to keep in order to have works to show their faith? James 2:18. Read carefully James 2:10-12. The “works” here referred to are works of obedience as the verses plainly indicate. Paul says: “Do we make void the Law through faith? God forbid, we establish the Law.” Romans 3:31.
66. How could God do away with the Commandments that Jesus referred to when He said “whosoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Matthew 5:19.
67. How could God abolish the same Law that He promised to write in the heart of every Christian who is really under the New Covenant? Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:10.
68. How could God abolish His Law when only those who keep it can have justification? Romans 2:13;
69. How could God abolish the Law that the carnal of sinful mind refuses to obey? Romans 8:7.
70. How could God destroy the very same Law that Jesus said He came not to destroy? Matthew 5:17-19.
71. How could God do away with the commandments, the same commandments that Jesus said hung on the two Great Commandments of Love to God and Love to Man? Matthew 22:36-40. The first four commandments show our relation to God; the last six show our relation to Man. Thus they all hang on the two principles of love to God and to man.
72. How could God do away with the same commandments that Jesus told the young ruler to keep if he wanted to enter into life and be saved? Matthew 19:17. Compare Revelation 22:14.
73. How could God abolish His commandments when they give a good understanding to all who keep them? Psalm 111:10.
74. How could God do away with His commandments which are the foundation of sound doctrine? Proverbs 4:2.
75. How could God make void His Law when Jesus condemned the Scribes and Pharisees for making void the Law of God by their tradition? Matthew 15:3, 6.
76. How could God do away with His Commandments when Jesus told His disciples to keep them if they loved Him? John 14:15. How much do we love Him?
77. How could God have abolished His Law when the curse of God rests upon the world because the inhabitants have transgressed His Law? Isaiah 24:3-6.
78. How could God abolish the Sabbath commandment when He pronounced a blessing upon the man who would keep the Sabbath? Isaiah 56:2, 6.
79. How could God abolish the Sabbath commandment when He said that all who would take their foot off of the Sabbath, would be blessed in many ways, and would help to raise the foundations of generations, and be called to repairer of the breach? Isaiah 58:12-14.
80. How could God abolish the Sabbath Commandment when Jesus said that He Himself was LORD of the Sabbath? Matthew 12:8.
81. How could God abolish the Sabbath commandment when He said the Sabbath was a sign of sanctification? Ezekiel 20:12. Should not a sanctified Sabbath and a sanctified person he in harmony?
82. How could God turn away from His Law and abolish it when He has always been hurt when His people turned away from it? Jeremiah 16:10, 11, 16. Isaiah 58:1, 12-14.
83. How could God reject His Law and abolish it when He said He would bring evil upon those who rejected it? Jeremiah 6:19. Compare Jeremiah 6:4, 5.
84. How could God abolish the very Law that He says He has implanted in the hearts of those who “know Righteousness?” Isaiah 51:7.
85. How could God abolish His Law that some people “will not hear” and even tell their ministers not to preach? Isaiah 30:8-10. God calls them rebellious children.
86. How could God do away with His Commandments after promising peace and righteousness in abundance to those who “listened to His Commandments?” Isaiah 48:18.
87. How could God abolish the Sabbath Commandment when He gave the Sabbath to be a sign that He is our God? Ezekiel 20:20.
88. How could God abolish His Commandments which are called righteousness, Psalm 119:172 and also, “My Righteousness shall not be abolished?” Isaiah 51:6. He also said, “Listen unto me you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law.” Isaiah 51:7.
89. How could God abolish His Law after making the statement that some of the people would stop their cars and make their hearts like stone so they would not hear His Law? Zechariah 7:11, 12.
90. How could God do away with His Law after making the statement that the people have trespassed against His Law, and have “sown the wind and shall reap the whirlwind?” Hosea 8:1-7.
91. How could God abolish the Commandments which is the test by which we know that we know God? I John 2:3.
92. How could God abolish His Commandments and then later have John write that the man who claims to know God and does not keep God’s Commandments, is a liar? I John 2:4.
93. How could God abolish His Commandments, when Jesus kept them and we are told “to walk even as He walked?” I John 2:6.
94. How could God abolish His Commandments and also promise to hear the prayers of those who keep His Commandments? 1 John 3:22.
95. How could God abolish His Commandments and later have John write that those who love God and keep His Commandments will love the children of God? I John 5:2.
96. How could God have His Commandments abolished when it “is the love of God that we keep, His Commandments?” 1 John 5:3. Compare 2 John 1:6, and John 14:15.
97. How could God abolish His Law and the Sabbath after He says the “Priests have violated His Law and have hid their eyes from His Sabbath, and have showed no difference between the holy and the profane?” Ezekiel 22:26.
98. How could anyone accuse God of changing or abolishing His own perfect Law when the Prophet saw an
ENEMY POWER that would think to change it? Daniel 7:25. Read about the four beasts and the little “horn.” Daniel 7:1-8. Read verse 23-fourth kingdom (Rome). Little horn represents a power in Rome. Now read verse 25 again.
99. How could God have abolished His Commandments when it says that the last or remnant people of God will be keeping the Commandments just before Jesus comes to gather the harvest of the earth? Read carefully Revelation 12:17 and Revelation 14:12-16.
100. How could God abolish His Commandments and also promise that in the New Earth His People will be keeping the Sabbath? Isaiah 66:22, 23. The Sabbath Command is in the centre of His Law. The Sabbath is God’s mark or Sign of His Power and authority as the Creator. Exodus 20:8-11. The Sabbath has always been God’s test of obedience. Exodus 16:4, 23, 26-28. God’s Law is in His Heart. May we never wound His heart of love and insult His Grace. If God has abolished His Law then hundreds of texts in your Bible become meaningless and should be left out, for example:
1. All the texts that mention or refer to the Law.
2. All the texts that mention the Commandments of God.
3. All the texts that speak of SIN. (Sin is the transgression of the Law. I John 3:4).
4. All the texts that speak of obedience.
5. All the texts that speak of transgression.
6. All the texts that speak of repentance.
7. All the texts that speak of Jesus as the Saviour from sin.
8. Etc., etc., etc.
If God has abolished any part of His Law then texts that speak of The Law as Perfect, Holy, Unchangeable, etc., become meaningless. “Not one tittle of the Law shall fall.” If we offend in one point we are guilty of all. See James 2:10-12 and Matthew 5:17-19.
43. The New Testament Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:1-17
1. You shall have no other God’s before me.
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 2:2-3.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 4:10
Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. Matthew 6:33
But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 1:16
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Revelation 15:3,4
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Revelation 22:3
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 4:10-11
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, You art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For You have created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 15:3-4
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
2. You shall not make any graven images
You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them. For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:4-6.
In the Four Gospels
John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Romans 11:4
But what said the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
1 Corinthians 10:19-21
What say I then? That the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
Revelation 21:22
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and
makes a lie.
3. You shall not take the name of God in vain.
You shall not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. Exodus 20:7.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 27:29
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they
bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Matthew 12:31-32
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the world to come.
Luke 12:10
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemes
against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
John 19:3
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Romans 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
1 Timothy 1:20
Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy.
Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not
blasphemed.
Revelation 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of
names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Observed In Heaven
Matthew 12:31-32
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God. In it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger that is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.
Luke 23:54-56
And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on. And the women also, which came with him from
Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices
and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luke 24:1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Mark 2:27-28
And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of man is
Lord also of the Sabbath.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Acts 13:42-44
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And the next
Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down,
and spoke unto the women which resorted [thither].
Acts 17:2
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures.
Acts 18:4-11
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And he continued there a
year and six months, [78 Sabbaths] teaching the word of God among them.
Hebrews 4:4-9
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
There remains therefore a rest [Sabbath, Greek word for Saturday] to the people of God.
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city.
Observed In Heaven Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, said the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, [that] from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, said the LORD.
5. Honor your Father and Mother
Honor your father and thy mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you. Exodus 20:12.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the
death.
Matthew 19:19
Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness,
Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Ephesians 6:2
Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
You shall not kill. Exodus 20:13.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 19:18
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal,
Thou shall not bear false witness,
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness,
Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keeps the law? Why go you about to kill me?
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, Thou shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
James 2:10-11
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
1 John 3:15
Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Observed In Heaven
1 John 3:15
Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
commits adultery: and who so marries her which is put away does commit adultery.
Matthew 19:18
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal,
Thou shall not bear false witness.
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, and murders.
After The Resurrection of Christ
James 2:11
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whore mongers and adulterers God will judge.
Revelation 2:20-22
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou suffers that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
8. You shall not steal
You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 19:18
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal,
Thou shall not bear false witness.
Luke 3:13
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have
taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, Thou shall not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Romans 2:21
Thou therefore which teaches another, teaches thou not thyself? Thou that preaches a man should not steal, does thou steal?
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs.
Observed In Heaven
Matthew 6:19-20
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Exodus 20:16.
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 19:18
He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shall do no murder, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not steal,
Thou shall not bear false witness.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Mark 11:17
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But
you have made it a den of thieves.
John 8:44
You are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, Thou shall not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
10. You shall not covet
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor’s. Exodus 20:17
In the Four Gospels
Matthew 19:21-22
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou has, and give to the poor, and thou shall have
treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful:
for he had great possessions.
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in
his heart.
Mark 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the
things which he possesses.
After The Resurrection of Christ
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness,
Thou shall not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely,
Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? [is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known
lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet.
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous.
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints.
Observed In Heaven
Revelation 7:15-17
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
44. The Ten Commandments In Paul’s Epistles
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:6
Acts 24:14 Acts 27:23 Romans 1:21-32 Romans 1:9
Romans 3:30 Romans 3:18 1 Corinthians 14:25 1 Corinthians 8:4,6
1 Corinthians 10:20,21 2 Corinthians 6:15 Ephesians 4:6 Philippians 3:19
Philippians 3:3 Colossians 2:18 1 Thessalonians 1:9 2 Thessalonians 2:4
1 Timothy 1:17 1 Timothy 2:5 1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:4
Hebrews 12:28 Hebrews 9:14 Hebrews 3:12
2. You shall not make any graven images
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Acts 17:29
Acts 15:20,29 | Acts 19:35 | Acts 17:16,29 | Acts 21:25 |
Romans 2:22 | Romans 11:4 | Romans 1:23 | Romans 11:4 |
1 Corinthians 10:7,14 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 | 1 Corinthians 10:20,21 1 Corinthians 10:19 | |
1 Corinthians 5:10,11 | 2 Corinthians 6:16 | Galatians 5:20 | Ephesians 5:5 |
Colossians 3:5 | Colossians 5:21 | 1 Thessalonians 1:9 |
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3. You shall not take the name of the LORD in vain
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be
not blasphemed. Titus 2:5
Acts 18:6 Acts 26:11 Romans 2:24 Colossians 3:8
1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 1:20 2 Timothy 3:2
Titus 2:5
4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy
For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. There remains therefore a rest [Greek - Sabbath] to the people of God. Hebrews 4:4, 9.
Acts 13:42 Acts 18:4-11 Acts 17:2 Acts 16:13
Acts 13:44 Acts 13:27 Acts 13:14 Acts 15:21
Hebrews 4:4, 9
5. Honor your father and mother
Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise.
Ephesians 6:2
Romans 1:30 Ephesians 6:2 Colossians 3:20 1 Timothy 5:4
1 Timothy 3:12 1 Timothy 3:4 2 Timothy 3:2
6. You shall not kill
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
Romans 3:15 Romans 11:3 Romans 1:29 Romans 13:9
Galatians 5:21 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Timothy 1:9
7. You shall not commit adultery
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
Acts 15:20 Acts 15:29 Romans 1:29 Romans 2:22
Romans 7:2,3 1 Corinthians 5:11 1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 6:18
1 Corinthians 7:2 1 Corinthians 10:8,10 1 Corinthians 5:9 1 Corinthians 5:1
1 Corinthians 5:10 1 Corinthians 6:15 1 Corinthians 10:34 1 Corinthians 6:9
1 Corinthians 10:11,13 2 Corinthians 11:2 Galatians 5:19 Ephesians 5:3,5
Ephesians 5:23,33 Colossians 3:18,19 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 4:3
1 Timothy 3:2 1 Timothy 1:10 1 Timothy 3:12 2 Timothy 3:6
Titus 2:4,5 Titus 1:6 Hebrews 13:4 Hebrews 12:16
8. You shall not steal
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
Romans 13:9 Romans 2:21 Romans 2:22 1 Corinthians 6:8
1 Corinthians 7:5 1 Corinthians 6:10 2 Corinthians 11:8 Ephesians 4:28
1 Thessalonians 4:6 1 Timothy 1:10
9. You shall not bear false witness
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
Acts 13:6 Romans 3:4 Romans 3:13 Romans 13:9
Romans 1:25 1 Corinthians 6:8 2 Corinthians 11:13 2 Corinthians 11:31
2 Corinthians 11:3 Galatians 1:20 Galatians 1:6-8 Ephesians 5:6
Ephesians 4:25 Ephesians 4:14 Colossians 3:9 1 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Thessalonians 4:6 2 Thessalonians 2:11 1 Timothy 2:7 1 Timothy 4:2
1 Timothy 6:10,21 1 Timothy 1:10 2 Timothy 2:18 2 Timothy 4:4
2 Timothy 3:13 2 Timothy 3:3 Titus 1:2, 2:3 Hebrews 6:18
10. You shall not covet
For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, Thou shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
Romans 13:14 Romans 7:7 Romans 13:9 Romans 1:24
Romans 6:12 1 Corinthians 10:6 Galatians 5:16,24 Ephesians 2:3
Ephesians 4:19,22 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 2:5 1Timothyothy 3:3,8
1 Timothy 6:10 1 Timothy 6:9 2 Timothy 4:3 2 Timothy 3:6
2 Timothy 2:22 2 Timothy 3:2 Titus 2:12 Titus 3:3
45. The Ten Commandments Before and After Calvary
Commandment 1
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:1-3.
Before Calvary
Matthew 6:24 Matthew 22:37 Matthew 19:17 Matthew 4:10
Matthew 14:33 Matthew 10:37,38 Matthew 10:32,33 Matthew 6:33
Mark 12:24-32 Mark 8:33 Luke 2:14 Luke 4:8
Luke 12:8,9 Luke 1:16 Luke 11:2 Luke 12:31
John 19:15 John 17:3 John 11:25 John 4:24
After Calvary
Acts 24:14 Acts 7:7 Acts 27:23 Acts 7:42,43
Acts 5:29 Romans 3:30 Romans 1:9 Romans 3:18
Romans 1:21-32 1 Corinthians 8:4,6 1 Corinthians 14:25 1 Corinthians 10:20,21
2 Corinthians 6:15 Ephesians 4:6 Philippians 3:3 Philippians 3:19
Colossians 2:18 1 Thessalonians 1:9 2 Thessalonians 2:4 1 Timothy 1:3
1 Timothy 1:17 1 Timothy 2:5 2 Timothy 3:4 Hebrews 12:28
Hebrews 9:14 Hebrews 3:12 James 4:7 James 2:19
1 John 5:20,21
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 21:3 Revelation 22:9 Revelation 21:22 Revelation 13:4
Revelation 19:4,10 Revelation 4:8-11 Revelation 5:14 Revelation 7:13-17
Revelation 11:16 Revelation 22:3
Commandment 2
You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them. For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Exodus 20:4-6.
Before Calvary John 4:24
After Calvary
Acts 15:20,29 Acts 19:35 Acts 7:43 Acts 17:16,29
Acts 21:25 Romans 2:22 Romans 11:4 Romans 1:23
Romans 11:4 1 Corinthians 10:7,14 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 Corinthians 10:20,21
1 Corinthians 10:19 1 Corinthians 5:10,11 2 Corinthians 6:16 Galatians 5:20
Ephesians 5:5 Colossians 3:5 Colossians 5:21 1 Thessalonians 1:9
1 Peter 4:3 1 John 5:21
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 22:15 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 13:14,15 Revelation 14:9,11
Revelation 15:2 Revelation 16:2 Revelation 21:22 Revelation 21:8
Revelation 2:20 Revelation 19:20 Revelation 2:14 Revelation 20:4
Commandment 3
You shall not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. Exodus 20:7.
Before Calvary
Matthew 27:29 Matthew 6:9,10 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 12:31,32
Matthew 27:39-43 Mark 15:18,19 Mark 14:65 Mark 7:22
Mark 3:28,29 Luke 11:2 Luke 22:64,65 Luke 23:36,37
Luke 12:10 Luke 23:39 John 19:3
After Calvary
Acts 26:11 Acts 18:6 Romans 2:24 Colossians 3:8
1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 1:20 1 Timothy 1:13 2 Timothy 3:2
Titus 2:5 James 2:7 Jude 1:15
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 2:9 Revelation 13:1,5,6 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation 16:9,11,21
Commandment 4
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God. In it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger that is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11
Before Calvary
Matthew 12:2 Matthew 12:5 Matthew 12:8 Matthew 12:10
Matthew 12:11 Matthew 12:12 Matthew 24:20 Matthew 28:1
Matthew 12:1 Mark 3:4 Mark 16:9 Mark 16:2
Mark 16:1 Mark 6:2 Mark 1:21 Mark 2:28
Mark 2:27 Mark 2:24 Mark 2:23 Mark 3:2
Mark 15:42 Luke 4:31 Luke 13:10 Luke 6:9
Luke 6:7 Luke 6:6 Luke 6:5 Luke 6:1
Luke 4:16 Luke 13:15 Luke 13:16 Luke 6:2
Luke 14:1 Luke 14:3 Luke 14:5 Luke 18:12
Luke 23:54 Luke 23:56 Luke 24:1 Luke 13:14
John 19:31 John 20:1 John 9:16 John 9:14
John 7:22 John 5:18 John 5:10 John 5:9
John 7:23 John 20:19
After Calvary
Acts 13:42 Acts 20:7 Acts 18:4-11 Acts 17:2
Acts 16:13 Acts 13:44 Acts 13:27 Acts 13:14
Acts 1:12 Acts 15:21 Hebrews 4:4 Hebrews 4:9
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 14:7
Commandment 5
Honor your father and thy mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you. Exodus 20:12.
Before Calvary
Matthew 19:18,19 Matthew 15:3,4 Matthew 12:31 Mark 10:19
After Calvary
Romans 1:30 Ephesians 6:2 Colossians 3:20 1 Timothy 5:4
1 Timothy 3:12 1 Timothy 3:4 2 Timothy 3:2 1 Peter 1:14
Commandment 6
You shall not kill. Exodus 20:13.
Before Calvary
Matthew 21:38 Matthew 27:22,23 Matthew 27:20 Matthew 27:3-5
Matthew 27:1 Matthew 26:59 Matthew 5:21 Matthew 26:14-16
Matthew 26:4 Matthew 24:9 Matthew 27:35 Matthew 23:31
Matthew 26:66 Matthew 20:18,19 Matthew 17:23 Matthew 14:8,10
Matthew 11:12 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 10:21 Matthew 22:6
Matthew 19:18 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 23:34,35 Matthew 26:52
Mark 12:5 Mark 7:21 Mark 10:19 Mark 3:6
Mark 6:16 Mark 6:19 Mark 10:33,34 Mark 12:7,8
Mark 13:12 Mark 15:20 Mark 9:31 Mark 15:24
Mark 14:1 Mark 15:13-15 Mark 14:64 Mark 14:55
Mark 14:21 Mark 14:10,11 Mark 6:24-27 Luke 22:2
Luke 10:30 Luke 18:20 Luke 9:9 Luke 24:7
Luke 23:33 Luke 23:23 Luke 22:5,6 Luke 20:19
Luke 20:14 Luke 19:47 Luke 18:33 Luke 13:31
Luke 11:47-51 Luke 9:22 Luke 4:29 Luke 12:4,5
John 19:6,7 John 16:2 John 8:44 John 13:2
John 7:19,20 John 19:15 John 7:1 John 8:37
John 12:10 John 11:50
After Calvary
Romans 3:15 Romans 13:9 Romans 1:29 Romans 11:3
Galatians 5:21 1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Timothy 1:9 James 5:6
James 2:11 James 4:2 1 Peter 4:15 1 John 3:15
1 John 4:20 1 John 2:9 1 John 3:12
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 2:13 Revelation 6:8-10
Revelation 11:7 Revelation 12:4 Revelation 13:15 Revelation 18:24
Revelation 17:6 Revelation 19:2 Revelation 9:21
Commandment 7
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14.
Before Calvary
Matthew 12:39 Matthew 19:9,18 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 5:27-32
Matthew 14:4 Matthew 5:8 Matthew 16:4 Mark 6:18
Mark 8:38 Mark 10:2-12 Mark 7:21 Mark 10:19
Luke 16:18 Luke 7:37 Luke 15:30 John 8:3,4
After Calvary
Acts 15:29 Acts 15:20 Romans 2:22 Romans 1:29
Romans 7:2,3 1 Corinthians 5:9 1 Corinthians 10:34-39 1 Corinthians 5:10
1 Corinthians 10:8,10 1 Corinthians 7:2 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Corinthians 6:13
1 Corinthians 5:1 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 Corinthians 5:11 1 Corinthians 6:15
1 Corinthians 10:11,13 2 Corinthians 11:2 Galatians 5:19 Ephesians 5:23,33
Ephesians 5:3,5 Colossians 3:18,19 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 4:3
1 Timothy 3:12 1 Timothy 1:10 1 Timothy 3:2 2 Timothy 3:6
Titus 2:4,5 Titus 1:6 Hebrews 12:16 Hebrews 13:4
James 2:11 James 3:15 James 4:4 1 Peter 3:1,5,7
1 Peter 4:3 2 Peter 2:14 Jude 1:19 Jude 1:4
Jude 1:7
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 2:14 Revelation 2:20-22 Revelation 9:21 Revelation 14:8
Revelation 17:15,16 Revelation 18:3,9 Revelation 19:2 Revelation 22:15
Revelation 21:2 Revelation 17:1-5 Revelation 21:9 Revelation 21:8
Commandment 8
You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15.
Before Calvary
Matthew 19:18 Matthew 23:14 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 21:12,13
Matthew 6:19,20 Matthew 15:19 Mark 7:22 Mark 10:19
Mark 12:40 Mark 11:17 Luke 18:20 Luke 19:46
Luke 3:13 Luke 19:8 Luke 10:30 Luke 20:14
John 2:16
After Calvary
Acts 5:1-5 Romans 13:9 Romans 2:22 Romans 2:21
1 Corinthians 6:10 1 Corinthians 7:5 1 Corinthians 6:8 2 Corinthians 11:8
Ephesians 4:28 1 Thessalonians 4:6 1 Timothy 1:10 James 5:4
1 Peter 4:15
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 9:21
Commandment 9
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Exodus 20:16.
Before Calvary
Matthew 7:15 Matthew 27:63 Matthew 26:69-75 Matthew 26:34,35
Matthew 26:24,25 Matthew 26:14,16 Matthew 24:23,24 Matthew 28:13
Matthew 11:18,19 Matthew 27:12,13 Matthew 24:10,11 Matthew 26:59,60
Matthew 19:18 Matthew 5:11 Matthew 5:33 Matthew 15:19
Matthew 24:4 Matthew 26:48 Mark 13:21,22 Mark 10:19
Mark 13:22 Mark 3:22 Mark 7:22 Mark 13:12
Mark 14:1 Mark 14:10,11 Mark 14:21 Mark 14:30,31
Mark 14:41 Mark 14:66-72 Mark 15:3,4 Mark 14:56,57
Mark 13:5,6 Luke 22:5,6 Luke 22:54-62 Luke 19:8
Luke 20:20 Luke 6:22 Luke 22:21 Luke 21:16
Luke 6:16 Luke 7:33,34 Luke 11:15-20 Luke 21:8
Luke 22:34 Luke 23:2 John 3:19-21 John 13:2
John 8:44,55 John 10:20 John 18:25-27 John 6:71
John 18:17 John 13:38
After Calvary
Acts 6:13 Acts 5:3,4 Acts 13:6 Romans 13:9
Romans 3:13 Romans 3:4 Romans 1:25 1 Corinthians 6:8
2 Corinthians 11:13 2 Corinthians 11:31 2 Corinthians 11:3 Galatians 1:20
Galatians 1:6-8 Ephesians 4:14 Ephesians 5:6 Ephesians 4:25
Colossians 3:9 1 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Thessalonians 4:6 2 Thessalonians 2:11
1 Timothy 4:2 1 Timothy 1:10 1 Timothy 2:7 1 Timothy 6:10,21
2 Timothy 2:18 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Timothy 4:4 2 Timothy 3:3
Titus 1:2 Titus 2:3 Hebrews 6:18 James 3:14
1 Peter 3:16 2 Peter 2:18,19 2 Peter 2:13 2 Peter 2:1
2 Peter 3:17 1 John 4:20 1 John 5:10 1 John 4:1
1 John 1:10 1 John 2:4 1 John 2:27 1 John 2:21,22
1 John 1:6 1 John 4:6 2 John 1:7 Jude 1:16
Jude 1:10
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 18:23 Revelation 13:14 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 21:8
Revelation 2:2 Revelation 20:3,8 Revelation 22:15 Revelation 3:9
Revelation 21:27 Revelation 20:10
Commandment 10
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor’s. Exodus 20:17
Before Calvary
Matthew 26:14-16 Matthew 19:22 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 5:28
Mark 4:19 Mark 7:22 Mark 12:7,8 Mark 14:10,11
Mark 10:22 Luke 11:39 Luke 12:16-21 Luke 12:15
Luke 16:14 Luke 16:19-22 Luke 18:23 Luke 19:8
Luke 20:14 Luke 22:5,6 John 8:44 John 2:16
After Calvary
Romans 1:24 Romans 6:12 Romans 13:14 Romans 13:9
Romans 7:7 1 Corinthians 10:6 Galatians 5:16,24 Ephesians 4:19,22
Ephesians 2:3 Colossians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 2:5 1 Timothy 6:10
1 Timothy 3:3,8 1 Timothy 6:9 2 Timothy 4:3 2 Timothy 3:6
2 Timothy 3:2 2 Timothy 2:22 Titus 3:3 Titus 2:12
Hebrews 13:5 James 1:14,15 James 5:1-5 James 4:1,3
James 3:16 1 Peter 1:14 1 Peter 2:11 1 Peter 4:2,3
2 Peter 2:18 2 Peter 3:3 1 John 2:16,17 Jude 1:11
Jude 1:16,18
Book Of Revelation
Revelation 7:13-17 Revelation 18:9-19 Revelation 9:21
46. Ten Commandments References In The New Testament
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Matthew | 22.37 |
| 6.9 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 19.18 | 19.9 | 19.18 | 15.19 | 19.21 |
Mark | 8.33 |
| 3.28 | 2.28 | 10.19 | 10.19 | 7.21 | 7.22 | 7.22 | 7.22 |
Luke | 1.16 |
| 12.10 | 23:54-56 | 11.47 | 18.20 | 16.18 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 12.15 |
John | 17.3 | 4.24 | 19.3 | 9.14 | 15.10 | 8.44 | 8.4 | 2.16 | 8.44 | 2.16 |
Acts | 24.14 | 17.29 | 5.3 | 13:42-44 |
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| 15.29 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3-5 |
Romans | 1.20 | 11.4 | 2.24 |
| 1.30 | 13.9 | 2.22 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
1 Corinth | 10.20 | 10:19-21 |
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| 5.1 | 6.10 | 11.31 | 10.6 |
2 Corinth | 6.15 | 6.16 |
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| 5.20 | 1.8 |
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| 1.20 | 5.24 |
Ephesians | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.30 |
| 6.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.28 | 4.14 | 5.3 |
Philippians | 3.3 |
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Colossians | 1.16-18 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
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1 Thess | 1.9 | 1.9 |
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| 2.15 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
2 Thess | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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1 Timothy | 2.5 |
| 1.20 |
| 5.4 | 1.9 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 3.3 |
2 Timothy | 3.4 |
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Titus | 2.13 |
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| 1.2 | 3.3 |
Philemon | 1.3 |
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Hebrews | 3.12 |
| 12.16 | 4:4-9 | 12.16 | 11.4 | 13.4 |
| 6.18 | 13.5 |
James | 1.1 |
| 2.7 |
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| 2.10 | 2.11 | 5.4 | 3.14 | 1.14 |
1 Peter | 2.17 |
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| 1.14 | 4.15 |
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2 Peter | 3.18 |
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| 2.19 | 3.3 |
1 John | 1.3 | 5.21 |
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2 John | 1.9 |
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Jude | 1.4 |
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| 1.10 | 1.11 |
Revelation | 15:3,4 | 9.20 | 17.3 | 14.6 |
| 9.21 | 9.21 | 9.21 | 21.8 | 14.12 |
47. Because The Sabbath Will He Kept In Heaven By All Flesh.
This reason has the ring of finality in it because it leads to the inevitable conclusion that the Sabbath will be kept in heaven by ALI-Jew as well as Gentile. Every man that gets to heaven win keep the Sabbath there. Here is the Bible proof: “For as the NEW heavens and the NEW earth which I WILL make shall remain before Me said the Lord. So shall your seed and your name remain, and IT SHALL COME TO PASS, that from one new moon to another [cf. Revelation 22.2] and from one SABBATH to another, shall ALL flesh come to worship before Me said the Lord.” Isaiah 66:22. 23. Since the seventh day Sabbath was In the world before sin came, it will be in the world when sin is gone. Genesis 2:1-3; Isaiah 66:22, 23. Consequently the incident of sin in the history of our world has not, does not and will not make void the eternal claims of the seventh day as the Sabbath on this earth.
CONCLUSION:
The BIBLE CONCLUSION and the final analysis of the Sabbath leads us to the ultimate fact that beyond all doubt or question of uncertainty, the seventh day (Saturday) is the TRUE BIBLE SABBATH and all TRUE Christians ought to keep it. Notice the Bible conclusion: “There remains THEREFORE a keeping of a SABBATH to the people of God. Let us labor THEREFORE to enter into THAT REST, lest any man fall after the same example of disobedience.” Hebrews 4:9, 11 margin. “Let us hear the CONCLUSION of the whole matter. Fear God, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS [including the seventh day Sabbath]: for this is the WHOLE duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:12. Since GOD kept the seventh day Sabbath at CREATION and commanded man to keep it: Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11. Since CHRIST kept it at REDEMPTION and commanded man to keep it: Luke 4:16; Matthew 28: 1; 24:20. Since ALL THE SAINTS will keep it In heaven (Isaiah 66:22, 23), If we are going to keep it there, why not here? If we are going to keep it then, why not now?