APPENDIX V
THE
COVENANTAL SABBATH
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST DISTINCTION
BETWEEN MORAL AND CEREMONIAL LAW
Yost ("Doctrine, etc., p. 16) has
drawn up the following distinctive table: —
"Comparison
of the two laws"
Moral
Law |
|
Law
of Ordinances |
Ex. 32:16; Deut.
4:13; 9:10; 10:1-4 |
Authorship |
Deut.
31:24. |
Ex. 20:1, 19 |
By Whom
Spoken |
Ex. 21:1; 24:3. |
Deut. 10:4 |
Contents |
Ex. chaps. 21
to 23; Lev. chaps. 1 to 7, 11 to 27; Neh. 8:1-3,
13-15; 9:3. |
Ex. 31:18; 32:16;
Deut. 9:10; 10:4 |
Material
of Record |
Ex. 24:4-7;
Deut. 31:26. |
Deut. 10:5; I Kings
8:9 |
Place
of Preservation |
Deut. 31:26. |
Eccl. 12:13;
Rom. 7:7-10; James 1:22-25; 2:8-12 |
Purpose |
Heb. 9:6-15;
John 1:36; Col. 2:16, 17. |
Ps. 19:7; 89:34;
119:172; Rom. 7:12, 14 |
Character |
Heb.
7:16, 19, 28; 9:10; 10:1; Eph. 2:15. |
Ps.
111:7-9; Matt. 5:17-19; Rom.3:31; James 2:10-12 |
Duration |
Heb. 7:12, 18;
Acts 15:5, 19, 20; Heb. 9:9, 10; Col. 2:13-17." |
It follows from this, that, apart from
any other even deeper considerations, the (weekly) moral sabbath
as part of the moral law is distinct from the ceremonial sabbath
as part of the ceremonial law.
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