Publisher's Synopsis
Dr. Prideaux, 'Doctrine of the Sabbath', is reproduced to help Christians who have been troubled by those seeking to bind them to the keeping of the Sabbath day as given by Moses. Since the Reformation there has been much debate and discussion on the subject of the Sabbath Day and Lord's Day and whether the 10 Commandments are the binding rule of conduct on all men. It is the view of the publisher that it is a mistake to divide the Law of Moses up in to moral and ceremonial parts and to classify the 10 commandments as moral and all other commandments as ceremonial. We do not accept that the 10 commandments were given to Adam as a covenant of works and binding upon all humanity. We do not believe this to be the case. We also maintain that the 10 commandments were not given as a covenant to all men, promising eternal life to those who kept them. We believe that scripture teaches the Law of Moses was given to the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai after their exodus from Egypt. This was the old covenant of works and binding upon all the natural seed of Israel who were required to be circumcised and keep the law. This was the Old Covenant and a covenant of works, with blessing and curses promised to all those under it. This is done away for all believers in Christ. We point out that we believe the Lord Jesus Christ came, in the fullness of time, to redeem those who were under the law. Galatians 3:14-29. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. That his atoning death of Christ was for all his chosen people throughout time, who consisted of both Jew and Gentile styled in scripture as the whole world and called the church. We maintain that the Lord Jesus fulfilled the Law with all its demands bringing it to a fulfilling end for all his elect when he died and rose again from the dead. It is also pointed out that Jesus spoke to a great company of people and women which bewailed him, saying, 'The days are coming, in which they shall say blessed are the barren, and the wombs, that never bare, and the pap's which never gave suck . Then shall they begin to say to the mountains fall on us; and to the hills cover us. For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry. Luke 23. 31. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Luke 21. 32. The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 A.D. was by the hand of the risen ascended Christ, as prophesied in the book of Revelation, As David Chiltern points out, "Scripture connects as one theological Event - the Advent - Christ's birth, life, resurrection, ascension, the outpouring of His Spirit upon the Church in A.D. 30, and the outpouring of His wrath upon Israel in the Holocaust of A.D. 66-70." (p. 285) (On Matthew 24:13) "We must remember that "the end" in this passage is not the end of the world, but rather the end of the age, the end of the Temple, the sacrificial system, the covenant nation of Israel, and the last remnants of the pre-Christian era." (Days of Vengeance, p. 89) "(The Book of Revelation) is about the destruction of Israel and Christ's victory over His enemies in the establishment of the New Covenant Temple. In fact, as we shall see, the word coming as used in the Book of Revelation never refers to the Second Coming. Revelation prophesies the judgment of God on apostate Israel; and while it does briefly point to events beyond its immediate concerns, that is done merely as a "wrap-up," to show that the ungodly will never prevail against Christ's Kingdom. But the main focus of Revelation is upon events which were soon to take place." (Days of Vengeance, p. 43) The passage in Rev 6:15-17) "Is not speaking of the End of the World, but the End of Israel in A.D.70." The Old Covenant as given by Moses has been fulfilled, it has vanished away, and the New Covenant has taken its place.
