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5. Shadows of Christ

April 10, 2025 Dale Ratzlaff Books, Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, Sabbath In Christ, The Sabbath

Things which are a shadow of what is to come The purpose of this chapter is to get an overview of the religious services connected with the Sinaitic Covenant, to […]

4. The Old Covenant

April 3, 2025 Dale Ratzlaff Books, Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, New Covenant, Sabbath In Christ, The Sabbath

So He declared to you His Covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments. The Concept of Covenant An understanding of the concept of covenant is fundamental […]

3. The Abrahamic Covenant

March 27, 2025 Dale Ratzlaff Books, Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, New Covenant, Sabbath In Christ, The Sabbath

The promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law. In our study of the Sabbath we will need […]

2. The Seventh-day in Genesis

March 14, 2025 Dale Ratzlaff Books, Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, New Covenant, Sabbath In Christ, The Sabbath

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the […]

1. Sabbath Questions

March 13, 2025 Dale Ratzlaff Dale Ratzlaff, Feature, New Covenant, Sabbath In Christ, The Sabbath

This is the first chapter of Dale Ratzlaff’s book, Sabbath In Christ. For the next 27 weeks we will be posting a chapter each Friday from this important book until […]

12. Isaiah, Revelation, and the Eternal Sabbath

July 11, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician A last Sabbath argument comes from the last chapter of Isaiah. In fact, the last few chapters are devoted to the promise of heavenly redemption, the New Jerusalem, […]

11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?

July 4, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]

10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows

June 27, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]

9. Romans On the New Covenant

June 20, 2024 Guest Gospel, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]

8. Colossians and the Law

June 13, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician The book of Colossians also has a purpose of refocusing the emphasis of these Gentile Christian churches back on the gospel from other elements that would lead them […]

7. Galatians and the Law

June 6, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Let’s move from here then to the book of Galatians whose stated purpose is to respond to “Judaizing Christians” who were urging traditional Jewish worship on the newly […]

6. What About Paul and the Sabbath?

May 30, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician In the past, as a Sabbath keeper, I used the argument that since Paul kept the Sabbath, that was evidence that we should too. However, the Bible does […]

5. The Law Fulfilled

May 23, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician So, I think you’ll agree that what Jesus is stating in Matthew 5:17 is that He has come to fulfill the entire Old Testament. Then in verse 18, […]

4. Jesus and Rituals

May 16, 2024 Guest Books, Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Should our desire to follow Jesus’ example translate into Sabbath-keeping? I’d like to highlight a couple of points about how Jesus related to the rituals of his day. […]

3. Israel Learns of the Sabbath

May 9, 2024 Guest Books, Doctrine, Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician There is no record of Joseph getting in trouble in Potiphar’s house or in jail for keeping Sabbath. No record of Pharaoh desecrating the Sabbath by making the Jews […]