The Sabbath and the Lord’s Day

Sunday, not Sabbath, is, and has been, the traditional day of worship for the vast majority of Christendom. Because of this fact, numerous Christians—including many pastors—have just accepted this practice without careful study. This has played into the hands of sabbatarians. They have well-though-out arguments that are very compelling for those who are not thoroughly grounded in good biblical hermeneutics. The Sabbath and the Lord’s day, by HM Riggle shows convincingly that Seventh-day Adventist arguments for Seventh-day Sabbath keeping are not biblical. Of interest to our readers is the way Riggle clearly shows the difference between the Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant. You will not be disappointed with the biblical scholarship of this book. See also Sabbath in Christ.

Chapter Titles

The Sabbath; When Originated, and When First Enjoined upon Man

The Sabbath a Jewish Institution

The Jews Sabbath Ceremonial in Nature

The Sabbath on a Round Earth

The Covenant from Sinai

The Covenant from Sinai Abolished

Smith’s Two Covenants

“The Law” embraces the whole Mosaic law, moral, civil, and ceremonial

There was no such thing as two separate laws given to the Jews.

The ten commandments alone are never called “the law of the Lord” nor “the Law of God.”

The law was given by Moses, and the law of Moses includes the Decalog

The law was not given till the time of Moses and Sinai

Their fathers did not have the Decalog as worded on the tables.

The Law was given only to the children of Israel

The Gentiles did not have the law

The rewards and penalties of the law were all temporal

God’s eternal law of righteousness existed before the law of Sinai was given

The original law is superior to the law of Sinai

The Mosaic law was funded upon the higher and original law

The law of Sinai was given to restrain criminals who would only obey God through fear.

The letter of the law is not binding upon Christians as a coercive code.

The Abolition of the Law

Moses the Mediator of the Law

The Decalog

The Seventh-day Sabbath as Mentioned in the New Testament

The Old Sabbath Replaced

The Jewish Sabbath Abolished

The New Covenant

The Law of Christ

The Christian’s Law

The Gospel Rest

The Old and New Sabbaths Contrasted

The Lord’s Day

The Memorial Day of the Gospel

First Day Observance

Why Christians Keep the Lord’s Day

The Lord’s Day Prefigured in the Old Testament

How the Lord’s Day Should be Observed

The Pope and the Sabbath

Sunday-keeping Is not the Mark of the Beast