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Fred G. Zaspel states, “Perspectives on the Sabbath must be judged a success. Each of the contributors helpfully presents his case.” The book features four views: Seventh Day Adventist (MacCarty), “Christian Sabbath” (Pipa), confessional Lutheran (Arand), and “fulfillment view” (Blomberg). Zaspel expresses “sympathy with Blomberg,” who “understands the Sabbath as a type of the rest realized in Christ.” Blomberg’s “exegetical grounding is very clearly presented and… compelling,” showing Christ’s “rest… anticipated but not fully realized in the observance of a day.” Zaspel critiques MacCarty and Pipa, finding their “exegetical evidence… notoriously thin” and their arguments “lack compelling exegetical strength.” Arand’s chapter offers “merely an essay in historical theology.” Ultimately, “the weight of exegetical considerations… clearly favor the view that Christ soteriologically fulfills the Sabbath,” within a “pleasant tone.”