The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 13 : Genesis 2:1-3 – Paragraph Seven: The Seventh Day

THE SEVENTH DAY – DID THE LORD FINISH ON THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH DAY? – IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD ‘RESTED’ BUT RATHER ‘HE DID NO WORK NOR DID HE ADD TO CREATION’ – THE ACTUAL WORDS ‘SABBATH DAY’ IS NOT USED HERE – THE BASIS FOR THE DECALOGUE SABBATH – THE POLEMIC NATURE OF THE SABBATH DAY – “A WELL SPENT SABBATH WE FEEL TO BE A DAY OF HEAVEN UPON EARTH.” (ROBERT MURRAY M’CHEYNE) – BRINGING THE SECTION TO THE CLOSE