For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.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.for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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… your male servant or your female servant or your livestock or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. This is the word of the Lord. Let's pray together. Father, we thank you for this word. We thank you for this night where we are able to reflect on what you have given to us in the Lord's day in the Sabbath. I pray that we would all have teachable hearts to receive by your Spirit what you have for us this night from your word. We thank you for those who wrote the catechism and the helpful emphases it gives us for this day, and I pray that you would help us to receive these and to put them into our hearts, put them into our minds, put them into our practice. What a gift you have given us on the Lord's day to worship, to praise you, to rest from our works. What a gift you have given us to look forward to that eternal Sabbath, and we anticipate that on a day such as this. So give me clarity. May you give me also faithfulness to your word. We pray these things in Christ's name. …
six days you shall labor and do all your work. The seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord. For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth and he rested on the seventh. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and he hollered it. Now, when you read that God rested on the seventh day. I don't want you to get the idea that God was like pooped. Man, those elephants really took it out of me. Or, you know, working with those insects, you know, just my eyes are tired. It's not that kind of needing a break. It's the idea that he was done. It was enough. It was finished. He had no more to add. He did it all in six days, and it was enough. He could have kept working seven, eight, 10, 12, 145 days. But imagine how full the earth would be had he done that. So he did all that he needed to do in six days. That became the benchmark and the practice going forward. I have a question. Why did God make it a command? Why did God need to make it a command? …
… your male servant, your female servant, your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that's in them, and he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and he made it holy. So what we read in Genesis chapter 2 is the foundation for this commandment in Exodus chapter 20. To set aside one day out of seven to cease from work and to rest, which revolutionized history. Think about this with me. So much in our calendar revolves around what God reveals through nature, naturally. Like we have 24-hour days because of the earth's rotation on its axis. We have months that are more or less determined by the lunar cycle. We measure a year according to the earth's rotation around the sun. So scientific observation, as we've talked about, ordained by God, points to all these things. But why do we have seven days in a week? Why not eight or 12 or 20? …