Not according to Jesus, after He healed a man on the Sabbath:
Jhn 5:16 ¶ And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath day. Jhn 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, (until the present time) and I work.
Jesus IS God incarnate and He has not yet rested. The Holy Spirit IS God and He is still working today. Can anyone explain WHY some teach that God has already rested?
Has God already rested?
Discussion in 'Creation vs. Evolution' started by BenWest, Nov 13, 2019.
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Scarlett O. ModeratorModerator
Of course God is still working. So is Christ Jesus. So is the Holy Spirit.
God rested in Genesis 1 on the seventh day from creation. He created everything there is in 6 days - even things we as humans know nothing of today. Every time something is "discovered" - a new animal, plant, or galaxy. It's not new, just new to humanity or portions of humanity.
God's work is from age to age.
God's Creation was from Day 1 to Day 6. God rested and is still at rest from creation. He is a work daily in ruling in sovereignty over that creation. -
YES! He rested each day after he created for the day.
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Rest does not mean God tires.
It doesn't mean he relaxed.To rest means God entered into his place of rule.
There is no disengagement implied with God resting.
It's a place where God orders and maintains what he established.God rests in his temple
Let us come to His dwelling,
Let us bow to His footstool.Rise, O LORD, to Your resting-place,
You and the Ark of Your strength.For the LORD has chosen Zion,
He desired it as His seat.This is My resting-place evermore,
Here will I dwell, for I desired it.
Psalm 136:7,8, 13,14 (Robert Alter 2019)
Ultimately we find our rest when we enter God's presence.
“Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:28–29, LEB)
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Well DavidTaylor, there is a bit of difficulty with it being a '24-hour day' in Hebrews 4... :Whistling ;)
“For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,” and in this passage again, ‘They will never enter into my rest.’ ” Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience, again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things. Consequently a sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.” (Hebrews 4:4–11, LEB)
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This also confirms what Young Earth Christians have been telling mankind, by FAITH, for thousands of years. In 6 of His Days, God works to bring to perfection His perfect Heaven. Then, and only then, He rests from ALL of His work of creating, on the 7th Day/Age which has NO ending. He rests or ceases to create when Heaven is made perfect. Otherwise, He wouldn't be the perfect God. Amen? -
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Scarlett O. ModeratorModerator
Genesis 2:2-3 does NOT say God rested from ALL his work. That's your statement. Not the Bible's.
The Bible says that God rested from CREATION alone.
Genesis 2:2-3 = "And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation." -
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Your view doesn't make sense at all. It doesn't make historical sense, it doesn't make biblical sense, it doesn't make textual sense. -
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The word "God" in Hebrew is Elohim and it is a plural name, showing the Trinity.
The word "Lord God" in Hebrew is YHWH and it is a singular name, the name of Jesus in the O.T. -
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