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52161 In Defense of the Faith, p. 94.1 (William Henry Branson)
… abundance of proof that Saturday is the true seventh day from creation. Genesis 1 gives a concise history of the first six days of time. Chapter 2:1-3 says: ‘Thus …
52162 In Defense of the Faith, p. 95.1 (William Henry Branson)
… period of seven days, called a week, was the first step taken by mankind in dividing and measuring their time. We find, from time immemorial, the use of this period …
52163 In Defense of the Faith, p. 100.1 (William Henry Branson)
… last time it is named is in Revelation 1:10, 96 AD., which brings us to the close of the Bible and of the first century. Now we have spanned 4,100 years of the world’s …
52164 In Defense of the Faith, p. 100.2 (William Henry Branson)
… not time been lost since ‘the year 96 AD., perhaps during the Dark Ages? Let us see. At the time of Christ, and ever since, the Jews were and have been great sticklers …
52165 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.1 (William Henry Branson)
… required us to keep only the seventh day, not the seventh part of time. The day is to be reckoned from sunset to sunset. Genesis 1:5; Leviticus 23:32; Deuteronomy …
52166 In Defense of the Faith, p. 106.2 (William Henry Branson)
“Was not the Sabbath lost in changing from the Old Style to the New Style of reckoning time? No. It did not affect the Sabbath in the least, one way or the other. But what is Old Style and New Style? Let us see.
52167 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.2 (William Henry Branson)
… time into weeks of seven days each. All these days were the Lord’s; but He, in His benevolence and goodness, has given six of them to man to be properly used in his …
52168 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.4 (William Henry Branson)
… given us six days which we can freely use in an honorable manner; but the seventh day belongs to God. Thus the Lord says by the mouth of Isaiah: ‘If thou turn away …
52169 In Defense of the Faith, p. 117.2 (William Henry Branson)
… time to his own purposes. A man who knowingly appropriates God’s Sabbath to his own use is robbing God, and thus violating the very highest principle of morality …
52170 In Defense of the Faith, p. 119.3 (William Henry Branson)
… God’s time for his own work; hence he proceeds to take it and use it for himself, and he thus robs God. A man who will knowingly and deliberately use God’s holy …
52171 In Defense of the Faith, p. 120.1 (William Henry Branson)
… law of God pointing out his duty, with the eyes of Jehovah upon him, a man arises Sabbath morning and deliberately proceeds to use this holy time in his own business …
52172 In Defense of the Faith, p. 170.5 (William Henry Branson)
… law of the church at that time, but merely a civil law made by the ruling emperor, and it was made in the fourth century after Christ, too late, it seems to us, to deserve …
52173 In Defense of the Faith, p. 191.2 (William Henry Branson)
… interpretation of prophetic time, gives us 1260 years during which this power would hold sway in the world.
52174 In Defense of the Faith, p. 205.7 (William Henry Branson)
… speaks of time belts, or of keeping the Sabbath at the same identical moment of time. The Good Book tells us that we should keep the seventh day, and that we should …
52175 In Defense of the Faith, p. 221.1 (William Henry Branson)
… in us.” And that power is Christ in person of the Holy Spirit. Once again the apostle repeats it, this time in his letter o the Hebrews:
52176 In Defense of the Faith, p. 237.3 (William Henry Branson)
… , all of them, God’s sons. You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being slaves-a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have …
52177 In Defense of the Faith, p. 245.3 (William Henry Branson)
… all time.’ Chap. 12:12. ‘Let us not fear him who thinks he kills; for great is the trial of soul and danger of eternal torment laid up for those who transgress.’ Chap …
52178 In Defense of the Faith, p. 251.1 (William Henry Branson)
… tells us that Jesus comes into, or receives, His kingdom at the time of the judgment:
52179 In Defense of the Faith, p. 270.3 (William Henry Branson)
… for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall …
52180 In Defense of the Faith, p. 276.4 (William Henry Branson)
… . Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15, 16 .