January - February 2002 The Sabbath Sentinel

Years ago (when I had time on my hands), I did a study on the Book of Mormon. One thing I found out was that it is a Sabbatarian book. Here are four quotes from the book of Mormon which indicate support only for the seventh-day Sabbath.

Jarom 1:5: "...the people of Nephi waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme..." [Interesting that keeping God's laws and the Sabbath is linked to a time when God "blessed" the Nephites. Also "the law of Moses" is affirmed--the modern LDS Church keeps neither the Sabbath nor the law of Moses! The only "sabbath day" connected to the Law of Moses is the 7th day.]

Mosiah 18:23: "And he [Alma] commanded them that they should observe the sabbath day, and keep it holy, and also every day they should give thanks to the Lord their God."

Mosiah 13:16-19: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, not thy cattle, nor any stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." [It is intriguing to me that the Book of Mormon has "King James English" language structures even though Moroni (who theoretically gave the book to Joseph Smith) likely did not speak like a 17th century Englishman. Nevertheless, if the Book of Mormon is to be "scripture" to a person, it is clear that he is commanded to keep the seventh-day Sabbath.]

III Nephi 18:14: "Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments." [The "law of Moses" would include keeping the Sabbath, and this also enjoins the observation of "the statutes and judgments" of the law.]

So, the Book of Mormon requires the reader to keep the seventh-day Sabbath and the Law of Moses. Interesting! Modern Mormons keep neither. By keeping Sunday, Easter, Xmas, etc.; the modern LDS church is proclaiming its submission to the Babylonian Church and the Popes of Rome instead of to the Book of Mormon.

TSS

January - February 2002 The Sabbath Sentinel