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I will show you that God was speaking to them [the children of Israel] on a SABBATH. It
is evident that the Eternal (who, in human flesh later became Christ) first preached to men
on the FIRST SABBATH. Adam was created on the sixth day of the creation week. Evi-
dently he was created in the late afternoon, since the creation of man was the last act of
creation on that day. When the sun had set, immediately after Adam's creation, God
preached to him, offering him the GIFT of eternal life (through the tree of life), and warn-
ing [him] that the wages of sin is DEATH (Gen. 2:15-17).

And here God is again preaching to Israel, through Moses, ON THE SABBATH (Which
Day is the Christian Sabbath. Ambassador College Press. Pp. 30-31).

Now let's continue with the narrative in Exodus 16:

...and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp. And when the layer of dew lifted,
there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on
the ground. So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?"
For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the
Lord has given you to eat."

And now God starts to teach the Israelites about the Sabbath --

So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun
became hot, it melted. And so it was on THE SIXTH DAY, that they gathered TWICE
AS MUCH BREAD, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came
and told Moses. Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'TOMORROW IS
A SABBATH REST, A HOLY SABBATH TO THE LORD. Bake what you will bake to
day, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept un-
til morning!'" So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink,
nor were there any worms in it. Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath
to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. SIX DAYS YOU SHALL GATHER
IT, but on the SEVENTH DAY, which is THE SABBATH, there will be none."

As is normal with human nature, some of the Israelites went out on the seventh day looking
for the manna (bread) --

Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they
found none. And the Lord said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My command-
ments and My laws? See! For the Lord has GIVEN YOU THE SABBATH; therefore He
gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no
man go out of his place on the seventh day." So the people RESTED ON THE SEV-
ENTH DAY (verses 13-30).

We see here that, starting on the 15th day of the month, God provided food for all the Isra-
elites. Then, on the seventh day after the 15th, He did not provide any manna -- thereby showing
that this day (the 22nd day of the month) was a SABBATH. Obviously, if the 15th was seven days
before the 22nd, it too was a Sabbath day! This Herbert Armstrong clearly understood. We can see

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