God's Sabbath

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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

and to the gifted scientists who designed the spacecraft. Scarcely a word, if any, is spoken in recognition and appreciation of God’s vital role in the whole mission. People fail to realize that all the knowl edge of scientific law, the powers which were placed at the scientists’ command, and the utter consistency of the forces which propelled the space vehicle on its way, came

from a loving Creator’s hand. Were there any prayers uttered in quest of divine guidance and protection? Few, if any, of the sci entists or the astronauts considered themselves as co-workers with the Divine. The entire emphasis in human education is also self-centered. During the years spent in school, the student is continually ex posed to influences which exalt the achievements of human be ings—great inventors, mighty conquerors, powerful rulers, wise statesmen, brilliant scholars, virtuoso musicians, talented art ists, strong athletes, and so on. We are taught by direct and in direct influences to believe that men have shaped human desti ny, that God is not a force to be reckoned with, and that human ity is elevating itself so successfully that it may eventually at tain equality with the Infinite. All this human “wisdom” is “foolishness” with God (see 1 Corinthians 1:20–21). Its effect is to replace a totally compe tent God with beings devoid of the wisdom to shape their own affairs. The end result is ruin and death. Jehovah mourns over this stupidity, but because He will never force the will of anyone, nor fight for His rights, He cannot compel people to follow Him.

A Safeguard

One of the most important safeguards that God introduced to furnish us with protection from separating from Him, was the Sabbath. The Creator knew that the Sabbath, which was a ne cessity even for unfallen man, was therefore much more essen tial for fallen man.