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Adventistische Schriften über: "The institution of the Sabbath, the law to keep the seventh day of every week holy; biblical usage G4521 Sabbaton"
Answer
The quotations provided show that the Sabbath was instituted at creation, when God rested on the seventh day, blessed it, and sanctified it. The fourth commandment calls for the seventh day to be kept holy as the Sabbath of the Lord because it is a reminder of creation and a sign of faithfulness to God. Several authors emphasize that the Sabbath was not newly instituted at Sinai, but was merely proclaimed again there (“made known,” not “made”). The term “Sabbath” literally means “rest.” The specific Greek word form G4521 (Sabbaton) is not explicitly discussed in the quotations.
The Sabbath was sanctified at creation
»The Sabbath was sanctified at creation. As intended for humanity, it had its origin when “the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” … Because He rested on the Sabbath, “God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it” – set it apart for a holy use. He gave it to Adam as a day of rest. It was a memorial of the work of creation, and thus a sign of God's power and His love.«
God's rest on the seventh day laid the foundation of the Sabbath institution
»The great God concluded His six days' work of creating the world by resting on the seventh day of the first week of time, thereby laying the foundation of the Sabbath institution. The seventh day of the week thus became God's rest day, that is, Sabbath day; Sabbath means rest. One day of the week is therefore God's rest day because He rested on it, and no other can become such until His act of resting is repeated on another day. This, no one claims, has ever happened.«
The fourth commandment: The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
»“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work … For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” The Sabbath is not introduced as a new institution, but as established at creation. It is to be remembered and observed as a memorial of the Creator's work.«
God “made the Sabbath known,” He did not “make” it anew
»It is noteworthy that God is said to have made the Sabbath known when He thus came down upon the mount; for the children of Israel already possessed the Sabbath when they came to Sinai. This language must therefore refer to the full unfolding of the Sabbath institution given in the fourth commandment. And note the expression: “Madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath”; not made the Sabbath for them: language that clearly implies its prior existence and directs the mind back to the Creator's rest as the origin of the institution.«
The Sabbath institution is inseparably connected with the seventh day
»We maintain that God's blessing and sanctifying a particular day is precisely what constitutes the institution. … The word Sabbath is not translated from a Hebrew word, but is the Hebrew word itself, merely rendered in German … The actual translation of the word is rest. Now substitute the word rest for Sabbath, and how clear it becomes – “Remember the rest day, to keep it holy.” … Six days shalt thou labor … but the seventh day is the rest of the Lord thy God.«
The man of sin thought to change times and law
»God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh, sanctifying that day and setting it apart from all others as holy to Himself, to be observed by His people throughout all generations. But the man of sin, exalting himself above God, sitting in the temple of God and presenting himself as God, thought to change times and law. This power, intending to prove that it was not only equal to God but above God, changed the day of rest by putting the first day of the week in place of the seventh.«
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