Sabbath Command Applies To All Ages

“A careful examination of the commandment will show that it is equally applicable to all nations in all ages. Read it carefully. ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.’ “Cannot Gentiles do that as well as the Jews? Can we not do it as well in America as in Asia?DOF 84.3

“‘Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work.’ Is not that enough for any man to work in any country or in any nation? Can the Gentiles endure to work more days than the Jews? ...DOF 85.1

“‘But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.’ Is not the seventh day God’s rest day now as truly as it, was then? Does it not remain a fact now that God did rest upon the seventh day? And as long as this continues to be a fact, will it not be true that the seventh day is God’s rest day? Certainly.DOF 85.2

“‘In it thou shall not do any work.’ We need a day of rest and worship now as much as then, the Gentiles as much as the Jews.DOF 85.3

“Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.’ Do not all these relations exist now among nations? Do they not all have sons and daughters, servants, and cattle? And do not all these need the rest of the Sabbath? Certainly.DOF 85.4

“‘For in six days the Lord made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.’ Is it not just as true now as it was then that God created all things in six days and rested the seventh day? Does not this remain a fact now?DOF 85.5

“‘Wherefore [that is, for this reason] the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.’ Why did the Lord bless he Sabbath day and hallow it? Because that in it He had rested from all His work.DOF 85.6

“As we have shown, the Lord set apart the seventh day s a memorial of creation. Who should observe that memorial? All who are interested in creation. Verily, are not the gentiles as much interested in the work of creation as the Jews ever were? As Paul significantly asks, ‘Is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.’ Romans 3:29. Was it not, then, true that God created the Gentiles as well as the Jews; and did not the Gentiles inhabit the earth which He there created? Are they not constantly enjoying the blessings which He there made for man? Certainly. Then why should they not be as much interested to commemorate this great work as were the Jews?DOF 85.7

“In short, there is not a single idea in the fourth commandment but applies equally well to all nations, in all countries, and at all times. Did the Jews need a day of rest? So do the Gentiles. Did the Jews need a day for religious worship? So do the Gentiles. The Jews kept the seventh day to commemorate creation; so should the Gentiles.” Pages 45-47.DOF 86.1