29/12/2023
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"The biblical Creation story tells us why the Sabbath stands above all other days. The Sabbath makes it clear that we are not the result of a cosmic accident but rather children of a personal God. After God created Adam and Eve on the sixth day, all was doneβor so it seemed.
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morningβthe sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array (Genesis 1:31β2:1, NIV).
This verse states, βthe heavens and the earth were completed.β Adam and Eve did not say, βGod, You forgot somethingβa day is missing.β Creation, so it seemed, was complete. What followed was unexpected.
βThen God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had doneβ (Genesis 2:3, NIV).
Godβs blessing of the seventh day is a surprise. But God is a God of surprisesβgood surprises!"
(The Gift: What the Sabbath Means to Me)