NOTE.—Who the “me” here spoken of is, the commandment itself does not state. Such a prohibition might come from any source. Any heathen could claim it as a command from his god, and, so far as the commandment itself goes, no one could disprove his claim. 5. Does the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth commandment indicate the author of the decalogue? No; none of them. NOTE.—The second commandment forbids the making of and bowing down to images, but does not in itself reveal who the true God is. The third commandment says, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,” but it likewise fails to reveal the true God and giver of the law. A worshiper of the sun might say he kept this commandment so far as it itself reveals what god is meant. So of the other commandments here referred to. In the last five commandments the name of God is not even mentioned. 6. Which commandment alone of the decalogue reveals the true God and Author of the law? “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days _the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is_, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Verses 8-11. NOTE.—The fourth commandment alone reveals the _name_, _authority_, and _dominion_ of the Author of this law. In six days, (1) the _Lord_ (name); (2) _made_ (office, Creator); (3) _heaven and earth_ (dominion). This commandment alone, therefore, contains “the _seal_ of the living God.” By what is revealed in this commandment is shown what God is referred to in the other commandments. By the great truth revealed here all other gods are shown to be false gods. The Sabbath commandment, therefore, contains the seal of God; and the Sabbath itself, the observance of which is enjoined by the commandment, is inseparably connected with this seal; it is to be kept in memory of the fact that God is the Creator of all things; and it is itself called a “sign” of the knowledge of this great truth. Ex. 31:17; Eze. 20:20. 7. What reason does God give for the Sabbath being an everlasting sign between Him and His people? “It is _a sign_ between Me and the children of Israel forever: _for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed_.” Ex. 31:17. NOTE.—The Sabbath is the sign, or mark, or seal, of the true God, the Creator. 8. Of what does God say the keeping or hallowing of the Sabbath is a sign?