12. What does Creation have to do with worship?

The phrase “worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Revelation 14:7) finds its parallel in the language of the fourth commandment which points us to the purpose for worshiping God on His seventh-day Sabbath: “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.” God reminds our neo-Darwinian world that the seventh-day Sabbath is inextricably linked to a short Creation week and the final judgment message of Revelation 14. Worshiping God on the seventh-day Sabbath—the memorial of His literal Creation week—will then become the focus of this earth’s last great conflict. (See My Journey to Life: Step 5—The Sabbath)JTL12 7.6

Before this last great conflict which includes the seven last plagues (Revelation 16), a special message is to be given which calls the attention of the world to the Creator once more (Revelation 14:6, 7). Coming at a time when most humans have chosen the theory of natural selection over the special revelation of Scripture, this last message of loving entreaty includes a call to worship God on the day He has set apart to commemorate His creation, the seventh-day Sabbath.JTL12 7.7

The Bible is the authoritative Word of God, not merely mythical, metaphorical poetry, or a text to be approached with reader-response criticism. Creation texts such as Exodus 20:8-11, Psalm 19:1-6; 33:6, 9; 104, and Hebrews 11:3 should be taken as literal accounts of God’s brief, recent, compassionate Creation work. When God restores everything to His people, you and I and the entire universe will see that God is love.JTL12 7.8