“And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even Ten Commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.” Deuteronomy 4:13.

The pope has changed the day of rest from the seventh to the first day. He has thought to change the very commandment that was given to cause man to remember his Creator. He has thought to change the greatest commandment in the Decalogue and thus make himself equal with God, or even exalt himself above God. The Lord is unchangeable, therefore His law is immutable; but the pope has exalted himself above God, in seeking to change His immutable precepts of holiness, justice, and goodness. He has trampled underfoot God’s sanctified day, and, on his own authority, put in its place one of the six labouring days. The whole nation has followed after the beast, and every week they rob God of His holy time. The pope has made a breach in the holy law of God, but I saw that the time had fully come for this breach to be made up by the people of God and the waste places built up. – Early Writings, p. 65.

In the time of the end every divine institution is to be restored. The breach made in the law at the time the Sabbath was changed by man, is to be repaired. God’s remnant people, standing before the world as reformers, are to show that the law of God is the foundation of all enduring reform and that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to stand as a memorial of creation, a constant reminder of the power of God. In clear, distinct lines they are to present the necessity of obedience to all the precepts of the Decalogue. Constrained by the love of Christ, they are to co-operate with Him in building up the waste places. They are to be repairers of the breach, restorers of paths to dwell in. See Isaiah 58:12. –Prophets and Kings, p. 678.

Questions to think about:

Did Satan during centuries try to change the greatest commandment of the Decalogue and thus make himself equal with God, or even exalt himself above God?

Has Satan trampled underfoot God’s sanctified day, and on his own authority, put in its place one of the six labouring days?

Will Christ at the time of the end restore every divine institution?