ceive glory and honor and power: for Thou hast
created all things."(729)

In Revelation 14, men are called upon to worship the Creator; and the
prophecy brings to view a class that, as the result of the threefold
message, are keeping the commandments of God. One of these commandments
points directly to God as the creator. The fourth precept declares: "The
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: ... for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed
it."(730) Concerning the Sabbath, the Lord says, further, that it is "a
sign, ... that ye may know that I am the Lord your God."(731) And the
reason given is, "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed."(732)

"The importance of the Sabbath as a memorial of creation is that it keeps
ever present the true reason why worship is due to God,"--because He is the
Creator, and we are His creatures. "The Sabbath, therefore, lies at the
very foundation of divine worship; for it teaches this great truth in the
most impressive manner, and no other institution does this. The true
ground of divine worship, not of that on the seventh day merely, but of
all worship, is found in the distinction between the Creator and His
creatures. This great fact can never become obsolete, and must never be
forgotten."(733) It was to keep this truth ever before the minds of men,
that God instituted the Sabbath in Eden; and so long as the fact that He
is our Creator continues to be a reason why we should worship Him, so long
the Sabbath will continue as its sign and memorial. Had the Sabbath been
universally kept, man's thoughts and affections would have been led to the
Creator as the object of reverence and worship, and there would never have
been an idolater, an atheist, or an infidel. The keeping of the Sabbath is
a sign of loyalty to the true God, "Him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters." It follows that the message which
commands men to worship God and keep His commandments, will especially
call upon them to keep the fourth commandment.

In contrast to those who keep the commandments of God and have the faith
of Jesus, the third angel points to another class, against whose errors a
solemn and fearful warning is uttered: "If any man worship the beast and
his image, and receive his mark in