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A Catholic Bishop Says that it is "Absolutely Essential" for us to Reclaim the "Temporal and Eternal" Sunday Sabbath Blessings
Bishop Reed said the following in part:
• "If we must live purposeful lives (and most of us must, to some extent), then it seems absolutely essential for us to reclaim the idea of Sabbath rest if we are to feel peaceful, well-adjusted and - dare I say it - sane."
• "We know that God rested after seven days of work, and God really did work quite extensively before resting. I mean, when was the last time you created a universe in a week?"
• "I suggest we Christians take a long hard look at the Sabbath, which for us is on Sunday. Whether you're single, or married with a family, young or old, living alone or with a roommate, woman, man, priest, bishop: We all need a day of rest."
• "Imagine Sunday as a day completely different from any other day of the week, a day to give glory to God and to worship him, a day to get to know and care for your family or your spouse or your neighbors or your roommates better, a day to rest and to think of other - otherworldly! - things!"
• "The Sabbath was made for us! It is a gift designed and ordered to our good. Let us find a way to embrace the gift, to take advantage of the temporal and eternal blessings of this weekly day of rest."
First of all, the First Angels' Message (Revelation 14:7) calls us to give glory to God and to worship Him by keeping the Sabbath of creation, which is the seventh day (Genesis 2:1-3). Secondly, God did not rest after seven days of work. God's law says that "in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it (Exodus 20:11). Thirdly, there are no "temporal" or "eternal" blessings that come from keeping Sunday holy. Isaiah 66:22-23 clearly tells us that in God's kingdom made new, those who receive eternal life will be keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, Saturday, throughout all eternity.
What's significant, though, is the part where Bishop Reed talks about the "temporal" blessings that come from keeping Sunday holy. That part is especially important because this is talking about reclaiming Sunday rest so that we can restore our personal well-being and stop all of the human misery and disasters that are happening on the earth. In other words, the spurious Sabbath must be exalted for the sake of "temporal" prosperity. The argument is being made that much of the suffering in the world is due to the fact that Sunday is not being observed as the day of rest. This is exactly what will be said during the final conflict when the mark of the beast is enforced:
"It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday-sabbath, that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced, and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity" (Great Controversy, p. 589, 590).
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