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71501 In Defense of the Faith, p. 112.3 (William Henry Branson)
… , or Sabbath day. Sabbath is a Hebrew word signifying rest. Hence, the Sabbath day of the Lord signifies the rest day of the Lord. Therefore, when God had rested …
71502 In Defense of the Faith, p. 112.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath it shall be opened.’ Ezekiel 46:1. Is it not also just as true now as it was then that the seventh day is God’s Sabbath day? Is it not still the day upon …
71503 In Defense of the Faith, p. 113.1 (William Henry Branson)
“The principle of every moral precept existed before the fall, and would have existed if man had never fallen. This is true of the Sabbath. But all ceremonial precepts were introduced after the fall, to shadow forth redemption....
71504 In Defense of the Faith, p. 113.2 (William Henry Branson)
“But the Sabbath was given before man sinned, and hence was not a typical or ceremonial institution. So we find that the Sabbath is a primary institution, all the reasons for which, like those for every moral precept, existed before the fall....
71505 In Defense of the Faith, p. 113.3 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath was founded did exist before man fell in Eden. Hence the record in Genesis 2:1-3, which says that God made, blessed, and set apart the Sabbath day in …
71506 In Defense of the Faith, p. 113.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath command is neither typical nor ceremonial, but is a great moral precept. Yet he later declares it to have been ceremonial and to have ended at the …
71507 In Defense of the Faith, p. 114.1 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath is declared to be a divinely appointed memorial of God’s great work of creation. Its importance cannot be overestimated. God instituted it for …
71508 In Defense of the Faith, p. 114.3 (William Henry Branson)
“‘Had all men properly kept the Sabbath, all would have known Jehovah and worshiped Him from the creation of the world to the present time, and idolatry never would have been practiced on the earth.’—Justin Edwards.
71509 In Defense of the Faith, p. 114.4 (William Henry Branson)
“The Sabbath, therefore, does have for its object the greatest of all moral principles, namely, the preservation in the earth of the knowledge of the true and …
71510 In Defense of the Faith, p. 114.5 (William Henry Branson)
“The fact that God Himself has associated the Sabbath with the moral precepts affords conclusive proof that it is a moral institution.
71511 In Defense of the Faith, p. 115.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. Now, we ask the reader, If the Sabbath was, unlike the other nine precepts, a mere ceremonial institution, why did God place it in the moral law? Why …
71512 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.1 (William Henry Branson)
“It is not a type. Types were given after the fall to shadow forth redemption; but the Sabbath points back to creation, not forward to redemption. (See Exodus 20:11 .)”—Ibid., p. 43.
71513 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.2 (William Henry Branson)
… this Sabbath day. It forbids our appropriating to our own use that which belongs to another, viz., to God. The right of property then, is recognized in this commandment …
71514 In Defense of the Faith, p. 116.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day,’ etc. Chap. 58:13. Again, the Lord says, ‘Verily My Sabbaths you shall keep.’ Exodus 31:13. And so the fourth commandment …
71515 In Defense of the Faith, p. 117.2 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath. He covets his neighbor’s property, that he may use it for his own selfish purposes; so he takes it without his consent. So a man covets God’s holy …
71516 In Defense of the Faith, p. 117.3 (William Henry Branson)
… -day Sabbath was placed in the moral law. Exodus 20:1-17. No others were. This is a stubborn fact which our opponents can never account for. If the Sabbath was a mere …
71517 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.1 (William Henry Branson)
… . The Sabbath grew out of the action of a holy and infinite God, but all festival days originated in some action of man himself. (See a complete list of these days …
71518 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.2 (William Henry Branson)
“All other holy days originated this side of the fall, after types and shadows were introduced. This marks them as shadowy and typical. But the Sabbath, as we have shown, was given in Eden before types were instituted....
71519 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.3 (William Henry Branson)
… holy Sabbath and all other holy days show that they are of very different natures,—the first was unchangeable, perpetual, and for all people; but the second …
71520 In Defense of the Faith, p. 118.4 (William Henry Branson)
… the Sabbath is an institution of the greatest importance to man physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. It has been plainly shown that men absolutely …