AboutSal Expertise I am privileged to be able to offer an alternative insight into the complicated world of Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) theology. I will rely heavily on the Bible, but will also consider history and use logic in exposing deficiencies in SDA teachings. I would ask anyone who is considering becoming a SDA or if you are already in the SDA church, but are searching for the truth, to please allow me to offer a different explanation for the claims of the SDA. Remember : "The truth will set you free" (John 8:32). I can answer your questions pertaining to the beliefs and history of the SDA. I am not able to answer questions concerning spirituality or church discipline.
Experience I have extensively studied the theology of the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) for a number of years. I have many books and tape sets produced by experts in this field of study. I have debated current members of the SDA church. I have a great desire to help these people see the truth.
Education/Credentials M.S. degree in Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics
I agree with your assessment of the Sabbath and it being given to Israel at Horeb. I can’t find mention of anyone observing a Sabbath in Genesis.
My wife is an SDA and tells me that God blessed the seventh day and made it holy so we are to keep it holy by worshiping on the seventh day. When God finished his work on the seventh day, and blessed it and made it holy, what significance did that have for Adam, Eve, their descendents, and us today?
God Bless!
David
Answer Hello David:
The short answer to your question is that it has no significance for Adam and Eve or us Christians today. Genesis 2:2-3 is a description no a command. It simply says that God ceased from creating at that time. In other words, God had created all that He wanted to create and stopped. The text says nothing about God creating the Sabbath and Adam and Eve never knew of nor observed a Sabbath in their long lives. The Sabbath was first given to Israel in the desert in Exodus 16. It was placed in the center of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. It was then made the special sign of the covenant between God and Israel in Exodus 31. Why is it in the Ten Commandment document? Because the Ten Commandments were the covenant document or contract between God and Israel. Such contracts of the time had a ceremonial sign usually placed in the center of the covenant document as does the contract between God and Israel.
