Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
J. MARK MARTIN In his gospel, Mark describes the ministry of Jesus primarily to a Roman audience. Because his audience is Gentile, Mark is careful to explain the Jewish traditions […]
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Category: The Sabbath
The Covenants—The Continental Divide of Biblical Interpretation
DALE RATZLAFF Studying the covenants is like pouring one’s theological water jug out on the Continental Divide. In fact, this mountain of the covenants divides between the ocean of old […]
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The Great Controversy Requires Sabbath
DALE RATZLAFF The Adventist great controversy paradigm shaped by Ellen White’s (EGW) vision of the same name is built—not on Jesus the cornerstone—but on its own cornerstone of the law. […]
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Does the Manna Support Sabbath Keeping?
Sabbath is always the sticking point when people leave Adventism. In fact, Adventist teaching has so bound the day into the Adventist conscience that Adventists generally worry more about disrespecting […]
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27. Sunday-Keeping is Not the Mark of the Beast
“Sunday-keeping must be the mark of the beast.”—The Marvel of Nations, by U. Smith (page 183). “The seal of God is his holy Sabbath.”—Thoughts on Revelation (page 452). […]
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26. The Pope and the Sabbath
By constantly crying in the ears of the people: “Sunday is a heathen day; and all who observe it keep ‘the venerable day of the sun’” “The bishop of […]
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25. How the Lord’s Day Should be Observed
Since the rigorous, severe Sabbatical character of the Jewish Sabbath does not belong to the memorial day of the gospel, some have gone to the opposite extreme, […]
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24. The Lord’s Day Prefigured in the Old Testament
The great memorial day of the gospel seems to have been clearly prefigured in the law of shadows. The Feast of Harvest. “Speak unto the children of Israel, and […]
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23. Why Christians Keep the Lord’s Day
With the exception of a few small sects, Christians universally regard Sunday as a sacred day. This has been true down through the centuries from the days of the […]
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22. First Day Observance
Adventists are continually crying, “Sunday is the pope’s day.” They tell the people that it was the pope who started the observance of the first day of the week; […]
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21. The Great Memorial Day of the Gospel
There is nothing in the events of Saturday—the seventh day—to inspire a Christian under the gospel. Christ was in the tomb. A guard of Roman soldiers were carefully watching […]
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20. The Lord’s Day
While John was on the Isle of Patmos he testified, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10). This is the first place in the Bible […]
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19. The Old and New Sabbaths Contrasted
The shadowy Sabbath was the observance of every seventh day. “The seventh day is the Sabbath” (Exod. 20:10). The new-covenant Sabbath is not the observance of this particular day. “One […]
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18. The Gospel Rest
“Sabbath” means “rest.” Sabbatarians admit this. Hear Uriah Smith (leading Adventist), “The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest.’ That is the one sole idea it conveys, first, last, and all the […]
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Enjoy Sabbath Rest Today
SHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]
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