Sabbath by over-legalizing it. But legalistic excesses never justify licentious extremes. In the Millennium, the Sabbath will again be observed on the seventh day (Ezek. 44:24; 45:17; 46:1, 3–4, 12). Why? That question is not easy to answer. We could say simply (as some interpreters do) that in the Millennium, now-converted Israel will again become the vehicle for God’s revelation—largely by a new temple and its rituals. But even aside from the fact that this response does not address the central
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