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DAY of DESTINY DAY of DESTINY THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVENTH DAY By Carsten Johnsen 1982 Carsten Johnson Printed in USA by: US Business Specialties Yucaipa, California 92399 Preface This book was accepted for publication by Review and Herald Publishing Association more than a decade ago. In fact, its acceptance seemed enthusiastic and unanimous. But then, suddenly and unexpectedly, it was dropped. The only reason alleged by the Book Editor of those days, in a letter to the author, was the following: The book was too un-popular to guarantee the sale of at least 5000 copies within a limited period of time, necessary in order to "break even." A couple of years later the manuscript was accepted for publication by Andrews University Press, but again unexpectedly dropped. This time the reason given was: The book was too popular (not sufficiently academic, particularly in its style). The author happens to know some other reasons why the men whose verdict is decisive in matters of this order, will tend to go against the publication of such a book. And the reader will soon understand a good deal--and, by and by, more and more--of the great battle which is here going on. But the more urgent would it seem that the book be made available to a wide group of readers who will be greatly benefited, and pleased, to receive the unusual information it provides regarding some highly controversial topics. You may of course be among those disturbed by an increasing awareness that an unprecedented drama is in the process of shaking the very foundations of our lives in terms of having time-honored and long-cherished beliefs overthrown in circles of serious Bible students from whom you would never have expected it. In the present work both Sabbath-keepers and non-Sabbath-keepers will be confronted with that drama, seen from an angle they had hardly imagined. For so many years it has been a source of sadness to me that strong theologians in the Protestant world, even such as Robert Brinsmead, exerting a tremendous influence among us, did not have opportunity to become acquainted with the results of my research in this particular field. But now, whoever you are, please read my book with an open mind, and see for yourself if it has any worth-while answer to give to questions of the most crucial nature among us at a time of unprecedented crisis for both Sabbath- keepers and non-Sabbath-keepers. CHAPTER 1- DOES THE SABBATH MAKE REAL SENSE? Does the commandment regarding the 7th Day make sense in terms of a moral obligation? Or is it morally nonsensical? As far as I can see, this question has hardly ever been asked in a serious way by one particular group of experts who ought to have every reason to ask it. I am referring to the leading scholars of the present day in the field of Christian Ethics. Why has this topic been so utterly neglected? Ought it not to be a basic one? At least we should think the Sabbath presents aspects important enough not to be skipped so thoroughly as has been the case. Research today otherwise seems to proclaim the need of being both thorough and comprehensive, paying due attention to all fields of knowledge. In a particular way that ought to apply to our intensive scrutiny of the Bible's concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, ethics and anti-ethics. Nevertheless, the fact remains, indisputably: The Sabbath, as an ethical problem, seems to have been treated as a veritable taboo. This applies to the most respectable circles in Christian theology. To the best of my ability, I have tried to find out something in this field that I can rely on, as the result of accurate and tireless investigation. It seems fair that the Sabbath commandment should bear the same scrutiny, the same crucial test that was always kept in store for things that are to be accepted as meaningful or rejected as meaningless. From times immemorial one rule has appeared reasonable in all research on spiritual matters: Men must ask for meaning. This is a main concern of longing human hearts and truth-seeking human minds everywhere and at all times: Do things in our world make demonstrable sense? We are fully responsible creatures, endowed with intelligent minds and feeling hearts. So we cannot lean on hear-say, on mere human traditions, or some casual guess-work philosophy. We must know, with all the certainty available to human creatures. 1 The question about the meaningfulness or the meaninglessness of the Sabbath is one that has appealed to me as a human person and as a conscientious ethicist. My study has demanded an unflinching confrontation with even the apparently most abhorrent facts. I have felt in duty bound to give serious and faithful attention to every relevant facet of the issue at hand, in perfect harmony with the place it rightly deserves in contemporary theology and philosophy. To me it would seem a downright shame to go on pushing under the rug some obvious problems here facing the Christian world: Is it possible that some part of the Decalogue may prove to be entirely non-moral (a-moral) in its essence? And is the Sabbath that part? Personally, I must admit, I had hardly any idea to what startling findings my research venture in this field was to lead me. The road I had here launched out upon was a problem-studded one. But it also presented new perspectives, promising possible solutions. Considered from the view-point of Christian ethics my question would naturally take this form: Is there anything inherent in the very essence of the Sabbath Commandment making it morally binding upon a Christian to keep that day holy? Going contrary to a clearly moral obligation, must of course be a matter of serious concern to any person involved. But being under the oppressive yoke of a sham duty may be an equally crushing and tragic destiny to a human soul, born for freedom rather than for slavery. Is "sabbatarianism" freedom then, or is it slavery? It seems bound to be one or the other. Which of them, that is the great question. Now, do there exist, in basic ethics, any criteria apt to decide this question in a decisive way? Does Christian ethics dispose of any such criteria? Moral obligations always present themselves as something penetrating deeply into the sphere of personal relationships. Consequently, an investigation of this order is bound to be a matter we need to treat conscientiously in the highest degree. Thoroughness is a must. So I made up my mind to do thorough work, and to take my point of departure in a field of research where my qualifications seemed to be the best. I am referring to the history of ideas, and particularly the study of fundamental motifs in the Western World. At least I did, myself, feel that I had a fair knowledge of this research area. As a historian of ideas I had already marveled considerably at the mysterious inroads of platonic spiritualism into Christendom. But never before had I viewed this historical fact in any direct connection with the question of the Sabbath commandment, compared to the rest of the Decalogue, in terms of ethical relevancy. I started this book referring to the question for meaning. That is the personal individual's existential cry de profundis: Does my life have an intelligent purpose? That may be differentiated in terms of the triple question of the WHENCE and the WHY and the WHITHER: 1. Where do I come from? 2. Why am I here? 3. Where do I go from here? The last of those three is not the least important. Too many among my fellow travelers tell me that I am bound for a land of virtual nothingness. The only fate awaiting me at the other end of the road is the final wiping out of my very identity as a person. Now notice: This is not only the vague idea troubling the minds of the great majority of every-day materialists among us; that is, such who hardly possess any heart-felt religion or any deeper philosophy in their lives at all. No, it is also the firm conviction (or systematic ideology) of those having the only "religion"--or the only philosophy rather--which ever managed to penetrate the serious thinking of our Western culture, by and large, since the day of Plato; just as we may speak of the only "religion," the only philosophy, ever to exert a real impact on the Eastern World since the day of Boudd'ha. I am speaking about the pure-spirit-ism of pagan idealism, a formidable phenomenon whose nature most people among us are sadly ignorant about. Although this spiritualism is the one great Rival of Christianity in our world, even most genuine and otherwise most enlightened Christians seem to know next to nothing about that philosophical spiritualism. Here I ought to be among the first myself to plead guilty. The very profession I represent is to blame for that ignorance, maybe more than anybody else. In fact, you are hardly ever told, in plain and unambiguous terms, by your teachers of the history of ancient philosophy what Plato's famous doctrine of the Idea bluntly implies, regarding the "survival" of the human "Soul". And now, what about another branch of practically the same "guild"? Hardly ever are you plainly informed by the prophets of Eastern meditation philosophies, now spreading their "wisdom" like a prairie fire over Western lands, what meager hope they can actually give you for a survival that is here assumed to be the self-evident ideal.
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