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71701 In Defense of the Faith, p. 151.3 (William Henry Branson)
… , or Sabbath day, as Sabbath day means rest day. To illustrate: When a person is born on a certain day, that day thus becomes his birthday. So when God rested upon …
71702 In Defense of the Faith, p. 151.4 (William Henry Branson)
… God’s Sabbath day. Can you change your birthday from the day on which you were born, to one on which you were not born? No. Neither can you change God’s rest day …
71703 In Defense of the Faith, p. 151.7 (William Henry Branson)
6. He made it the Sabbath day in the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:1-3 .
71704 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.3 (William Henry Branson)
13. The Bible never calls it the Jewish Sabbath; but always, ‘the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.’ Men should be cautious how they stigmatize God’s holy rest day.
71705 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.4 (William Henry Branson)
14. Evident reference is made to the Sabbath all through the patriarchal age. Genesis 2:1-3; 8:10, 12; 29:27, 28, etc.
71706 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.7 (William Henry Branson)
17. The seventh-day Sabbath was commanded by the voice of the living God. Deuteronomy 4:12, 13 .
71707 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.11 (William Henry Branson)
21. God forbade work upon the, Sabbath, even in the most hurrying times. Exodus 34:21 .
71708 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.12 (William Henry Branson)
22. God destroyed the Israelites in the wilderness because they profaned the Sabbath. Ezekiel 20:12, 13 .
71709 In Defense of the Faith, p. 152.14 (William Henry Branson)
24. God promised that Jerusalem should stand forever if the Jews would keep the Sabbath. Jeremiah 17:24, 25 .
71710 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.1 (William Henry Branson)
29. God has promised to bless any man who will keep the Sabbath. Isaiah 56:2 .
71711 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.2 (William Henry Branson)
30. The Lord requires us to call it ‘honorable.’ Isaiah 58:13. Beware, you who take delight in calling it the ‘old Jewish Sabbath,’ ‘a yoke of bondage,’ etc.
71712 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.3 (William Henry Branson)
31. After the holy Sabbath has been trodden down ‘many generations,’ it is to be restored in the last days. Isaiah 58:12, 13 .
71713 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.7 (William Henry Branson)
35. Jesus was Lord of the Sabbath ( Mark 2:28 ); that is, to love and protect it, as the husband is the lord of the Wife, to love and cherish her. 1 Peter 3:6 .
71714 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.8 (William Henry Branson)
36. He vindicated the Sabbath as a merciful institution designed for man’s good. Mark 2:23-28 .
71715 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.9 (William Henry Branson)
37. Instead of abolishing the Sabbath, He carefully taught how it should be observed. Matthew 12:1-13 .
71716 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.10 (William Henry Branson)
38. He taught His disciples that they should do nothing upon the Sabbath day but what was ‘lawful.’ Matthew 12:12 .
71717 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.11 (William Henry Branson)
39. He instructed His apostles that the Sabbath should be prayerfully regarded 40 years after His resurrection. Matthew 24:20 .
71718 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.13 (William Henry Branson)
41. Thirty years after Christ’s resurrection, the Holy Spirit expressly calls it ‘the Sabbath day.’ Acts 13:14 .
71719 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.14 (William Henry Branson)
42. Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, called it ‘the Sabbath day’ in A. D. 45. Acts 13:27. Did not Paul know? Or shall we believe modern teachers, who affirm that it eased to be the Sabbath at the resurrection of Christ?
71720 In Defense of the Faith, p. 153.15 (William Henry Branson)
43. Luke, the inspired Christian historian, writing as ate as A. D. 62, calls it ‘the Sabbath day.’ Acts 13:44 .