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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. 2And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. 3So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
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Many have read this passage and seen it as a prescription for life....sabbath rest. I have heard of older people talk about how hard they "worked" at resting on the sabbath. When Luther spoke of the 3rd Commandment which calls us to remember the sabbath he reminds us that to make it holy is to faithfully use it for the use in which it was intended....to hear what God has to say to us and to hang out with him. In our fast paced world where we are so busy that we might remember that our busy-ness could not have been greater than God's busy-ness, but even he found time to rest....so he could chat with us and hang out with us. Not a bad way to spend the Sabbath!
Sabbath on a Sunday? God blessed the 7th day(Saturday) and then sat back, rested and revelled in all the greatness that he had created in the 6 days prior. I can just imagine all the angels in heaven singing praises to the glory of His greatness. The 7th day sabbath for man did not appear until Moses & the 10 Commandments in the Book of Exodus. The Sabbath(Sat) was for praising God & his creation. So when did this change from Saturday to Sunday? NEVER! Sunday is the Resurrection! The "Day of the Lord"! Yes, we should still continue to remember the Sabbath, the day of creation, but we are no longer bound to it. (Gal 4:9). We now have a new convenant & that is the redemption. A day to give thanks & praise for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. WOW, puts a whole new spin on it doesn't it when the truth of the gospel is exposed. Saturday is God's day, but Sunday is for the Lord Jesus Christ!
So my question is, why still refer to Sunday as the Sabbath since it never was and especially since that law of the old covenant was abolished with the resurrection of Christ? Wouldn't it be a more appropriate term to start a habit of referring it to as the "Lord's Day" as John did? (Rev 1:10)
And now the story of man really begins. I see verse 4 as the beginning of God's autobiography of all the generations. And not just that of man(Adam), but of the angels in heaven that came before man. Especially that of one wicked angel named Lucipher.
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