r of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If
thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My
holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable;
and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own
pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in
the Lord."(766) This prophecy also applies in our time. The breach was
made in the law of God when the Sabbath was changed by the Roman power.
But the time has come for that divine institution to be restored. The
breach is to be repaired, and the foundation of many generations to be
raised up.

Hallowed by the Creator's rest and blessing, the Sabbath was kept by Adam
in his innocence in holy Eden; by Adam, fallen yet repentant, when he was
driven from his happy estate. It was kept by all the patriarchs, from Abel
to righteous Noah, to Abraham, to Jacob. When the chosen people were in
bondage in Egypt, many, in the midst of prevailing idolatry, lost their
knowledge of God's law; but when the Lord delivered Israel, He proclaimed
His law in awful grandeur to the assembled multitude, that they might know
His will, and fear and obey Him forever.

From that day to the present, the knowledge of God's law has been
preserved in the earth, and the Sabbath of the fourth commandment has been
kept. Though the "man of sin" succeeded in trampling under foot God's holy
day, yet even in the period of his supremacy there were, hidden in secret
places, faithful souls who paid it honor. Since the Reformation, there
have been some in every generation to maintain its observance. Though
often in the midst of reproach and persecution, a constant testimony has
been borne to the perpetuity of the law of God, and the sacred obligation
of the creation Sabbath.

These truths, as presented in Revelation 14 in connection with the
"everlasting gospel," will distinguish the church of Christ at the time of
His appearing. For as the result of the threefold message it is announced,
"Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
And this message is the last to be given before the coming of the Lord.
Immediately following its proclamation, the Son of man is seen by the
prophet, coming in glory to reap the harvest of the earth.

Those who received the light concerning the sanctuary and the immutability
of the law of God, were filled with joy and wonder, as they saw the beauty
and harmony