The Sabbath and the Lord's Day

by Herbert M. Riggle

Publisher:

James L. Fleming

, 2005

Overview

From the Introduction: If a system of worship is wrong, then all the labor to build up a system is misdirected effort. We sincerely believe that the whole Sabbatarian contention is resting upon a wrong premise. After a most careful study of the question, we believe that the Scriptures do not support the observance of the seventh day under the Christian dispensation.

All truth runs parallel. Truth never contradicts. If we can adduce a single truth against the observance of Saturday-keeping under the gospel, then let it be borne in mind that every other truth is against it. If we can sustain our position by a single truth, then all truth upholds it. On this eternal principle we build our arguments. It is the truth we want. With open hearts let us carefully investigate the whole subject.

I kindly ask our Sabbatarian friends to go with me in the perusal of this important subject, and in our study together, may the Holy Spirit lead us into a correct knowledge of the truth.

Contents

• The Sabbath; When Originated and When First Enjoined Upon Man
• The Sabbath a Jewish Institution
• The Jewish Sabbath Ceremonial in Nature
• The Sabbath on a Round Earth*
• The Covenant from Sinai
• The Covenant from Sinai Abolished
• Smith's Two Covenants*
• The Law
• The Abolition of the Law
• Moses, the Mediator of the Law
• The Decalog
• The Seventh-Day Sabbath as Mentioned in the New Testament
• The Old Sabbath Repealed*
• The Jewish Sabbath Abolished
• The New Covenant
• The Law of Christ
• The Christian's Law
• The Old and New Sabbaths Contrasted
• The Lord's Day
• The Great Memorial Day of the Gospel
• First Day Observance
• Why Christians Keep the Lord's Day
• The Lord's Day Prefigured in the Old Testament
• How the Lord's Day Should Be Observed
• The Pope and the Sabbath
• Sunday-Keeping Is Not the Mark of the Beast

Top Highlights

“‘Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them)’ (Ezek. 20:10, 12). This text is conclusive.” (source)

“‘Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven … and makest known unto them thy holy Sabbath’ (Neh. 9:13-14).” (source)

“Says God, ‘I gave them the Jews my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them’ (Ezek. 20:12” (source)

“Two monuments have been erected in the Christian age to commemorate these events. They are ‘the Lord’s Supper’, and ‘the Lord’s Day.’ The first is in ‘remembrance’ of his death; the last commemorates his resurrection. The Lord’s Supper is to show his death ‘till he come’; the Lord’s Day is a day of holy convocation, a day of rejoicing and spiritual devotion, because ‘he is risen.’ Tertullian, one of the early Christian writers, says, ‘We celebrate Sunday as a joyful day.’” (source)

“The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day’ (Deut. 5:2-3).” (source)

Product Details

• Title: The Sabbath and the Lord's Day
• Author: Herbert M. Riggle
• Publisher: Gospel Trumpet
• Publication Date: 1918
• Pages: 157

About Herbert M. Riggle

Herbert M. Riggle is the author of The Sabbath and the Lord’s Day, Roman-Catholicism in the Light of Their Own Scriptures and Authorities, and Christ’s Kingdom and Reign.