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| Chapter XV.—The false and the true Sabbath.
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Chapter XV.—The false and the true
Sabbath.
Further,1654
| 1654 Cod. Sin. reads “because,” but this is
corrected to “moreover.” | also, it is written
concerning the Sabbath in the Decalogue which [the Lord] spoke, face to
face, to Moses on Mount Sinai, “And sanctify ye the Sabbath of the
Lord with clean hands and a pure heart.”1655
And He says in another
place, “If my sons keep the Sabbath, then will I cause my mercy to
rest upon them.”1656
The Sabbath is
mentioned at the beginning of the creation [thus]: “And God made in
six days the works of His hands, and made an end on the seventh day, and
rested on it, and sanctified it.”1657
| 1657 Gen. ii. 2. The Hebrew text is here
followed, the Septuagint reading “sixth” instead of
“seventh.” | Attend, my children, to the meaning of
this expression, “He finished in six days.” This implieth
that the Lord will finish all things in six thousand years, for a day
is1658
| 1658 Cod. Sin. reads
“signifies.” | with Him a thousand years. And He
Himself testifieth,1659
| 1659 Cod.
Sin. adds, “to me.” | saying, “Behold,
to-day1660
will be as a thousand years.”1661
Therefore, my children,
in six days, that is, in six thousand years, all things will be finished.
“And He rested on the seventh day.” This meaneth: when His
Son, coming [again], shall destroy the time of the wicked man,1662
| 1662 Cod. Sin. seems properly to
omit “of the wicked man.” | and judge the ungodly,
and change the-sun, and the moon,1663
and the stars, then shall He truly rest on the seventh day.
Moreover, He says, “Thou shalt sanctify it with pure hands and a
pure heart.” If, therefore, any one can now sanctify
the day which God hath sanctified, except he is pure in heart in
all things,1664
| 1664 Cod. Sin.
reads “again,” but is corrected as above. | we are
deceived.1665
Behold,
therefore:1666
| 1666 Cod. Sin.
has, “But if not.” Hilgenfeld’s text of this confused
passage reads as follows: “Who then can sanctify the day which God
has sanctified, except the man who is of a pure heart? We are deceived
(or mistaken) in all things. Behold, therefore,” etc. |
certainly then one properly resting sanctifies it, when we ourselves,
having received the promise, wickedness no longer existing, and all
things having been made new by the Lord, shall be able to work
righteousness.1667
| 1667 Cod. Sin.
reads, “resting aright, we shall sanctify it, having been
justified, and received the promise, iniquity no longer existing, but all
things having been made new by the Lord.” | Then we shall
be able to sanctify it, having been first sanctified ourselves.1668
| 1668 Cod. Sin. reads, “Shall
we not then?” | Further, He says to them, “Your new
moons and your Sabbath I cannot endure.”1669
Ye perceive how He speaks: Your present Sabbaths are not
acceptable to Me, but that is which I have made, [namely this,] when,
giving rest to all things, I shall make a beginning of the eighth day,
that is, a beginning of another world. Wherefore, also, we keep the
eighth day with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from
the dead.1670
| 1670
“Barnabas here bears testimony to the observance of the
Lord’s Day in early times.”—Hefele. | And1671
| 1671 We here follow the
punctuation of Dressel: Hefele places only a comma between the clauses,
and inclines to think that the writer implies that the ascension of
Christ took place on the first day of the week. | when He had
manifested Himself, He ascended into the heavens.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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