The fact that God’s only begotten Son claims to be the “Lord of the Sabbath,” is the highest honor which could be conferred upon it. Some in these days greatly misunderstand and pervert this important fact. They would have us believe that because he is its Lord, therefore he might conclude to set it aside, change it, or abolish it altogether. A strange conclusion! Christ is Lord of his people. “You call me Master and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.” But we do not conclude, therefore, that he will destroy or abolish his people because he is their Lord. Sarah called Abraham lord. 1 Peter 3:6. She certainly did not have the remotest idea he would destroy her. We read of the House of Lords of England. This title of high honor does not signify that they are the destroyers of the people. The word rather implies a protector, a guardian, one who will defend the rights of those over whom he is lord. ChSa 37.2
The fact that the Son of God is Lord of the Sabbath implies that he understands its nature, origin, and rights better than any one else, and will guard them sacredly. And why should he not? Christ himself made the world. John 1:3; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2. He was present, and performed the very acts which laid the foundation of the Sabbath. He rested, therefore, himself from his acts of creation. He was also with the church in the wilderness when the commandments were spoken. Exodus 23:20, 21; Acts 7:37, 38; 1 Corinthians 10:4. The Sabbath is, then, the Lord’s day in a special sense. Thus we have traced the seventh day with an unvarying sanctity from creation to the crucifixion of Christ. ChSa 37.3