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    THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE

    “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord bath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” “Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” Psalm 118:22-24, 26.RFOS 72.1

    Several passages of the New Testament apply this prophecy unmistakably to Christ; Mark 12:10, 11; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:4, 7, etc.; but none of these state, or even give the most distant intimation, that “the day” mentioned therein is the resurrection day, or the first day of the week, or a new Sabbath, or a day which should receive any more honor than other secular days. The best authority on the true meaning of a prophecy is the scripture in which is recorded its fulfillment. These scriptures are its inspired commentary, and we should not go beyond what is written.RFOS 72.2

    As the last words of this prophecy, “Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord,” were fulfilled at the time of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and before the resurrection, and evidently set forth some of the rejoicing prefigured in the prophecy, we give to the term day before us a broader scope than that given to it by some of our first-day friends. As an illustration, we refer to the declaration of Christ: “Abraham rejoiced to see my day.” John 8:56. In this day Simeon rejoiced, and in the same day the disciples rejoiced as Christ entered Jerusalem; and though their joy was taken away by the death of their divine Lord, yet it was revived by his resurrection, of which we have a fit and divinely appointed memorial in the ordinance of baptism. Romans 6:4, 5. Hence, there is no necessity of commemorating the resurrection by keeping the first day of the week.RFOS 72.3

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