meals and drinks and divers washings.
Ver. 10. These ordinances of the first covenant were imposed upon them
until the time of reformation. We are to understand by this that at the
bringing in of the reformation they "vanished away." In the Colossian
letter he mentions those ordinances together with some others as being
blotted out at Calvary. We will quote his words: "Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us,
and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross." Col. 2:14. In the
sixteenth verse he tells us what ordinances were blotted out: "Let no man
therefore [since they are nailed to the cross] judge you in meat or in
drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath
days." The Jew was denied by the law the privilege of eating certain kinds
of meat. Such restrictions were nailed to the cross, and since Calvary
nothing is "common or unclean." Their holy days and solemn assemblies at
certain stages of the moon find no place in the New Testament. The keeping
of the Sabbath as commanded on the tables of stone was also nailed to the
cross, therefore let no man judge us or bind these things upon us.

The Sabbath of the ten commandments had its mission. It was a shadow of
good things to come. It was typical of the rest which is found in Jesus.
Of all the types and shadows of the Sinaitic covenant, none is more
beautiful than the keeping of the Sabbath. It foreshadows the rest or
peacefulness of Christ's kingdom. Jesus says, "Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your souls." Mat. 11:28, 29. The Old Testament prophets beheld
the rest that was to be obtained in Jesus: "And in that day there shall be
a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it
shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious." Isa. 11:10.

That the seventh-day Sabbath kept by the Jews is the Christian day of
worship is a heretical doctrine, being taught at the present day. To make
clear to your understanding that the Sabbath of the ten-commandment law is
not the Christian day of worship is our object in showing you it was only
a type. If it was a type then certainly when we have reached the antitype
the type has an end. Since the Word of God is so plain we feel confident
we can make it clear and comprehensive to yo