Chapter 2
“An Example of Rest”
“An Example of Rest”
In an effort to envision some rational treatment of this awkward matter of God’s having “restedâ€, it is at times said, and is commonly conjectured: “God is doing nothing more here than stagingâ€, and “setting ‘an example of rest’â€, which pious people should imitate, and practise on the sabbath.
“For everyone knows: ‘Rest’ is the sabbath’s purposeâ€. But while this intends to “explain†God’s “restâ€, it is as much heedlessness as explanation.
A. Just As Surely
For “resting†is not all, that God did the seventh day. Such is not his only seventh day diversion or agenda: Just as surely did he “blessâ€, and “make holy†“the sabbath dayâ€. He “hallowedâ€, “sanctifiedâ€, or “made holy†that day.
And “the sabbath day†and “seventh day†comprise the same day: They are simply different references to one, single day. And however God was occupied throughout “the sabbath day†must be how he was employed throughout “the seventh day†as well.
Thus if you conjecture, that God “set example†of “restingâ€, that eventuated on the seventh day, I to you will, then, tender, and render this response: He also “set example†of “sanctificationâ€.
He certainly “made holyâ€, or “hallowed†“the day of the sabbath†(deMSby Exodus 20:11). He certainly “made holyâ€, or “sanctified†the sabbath day. Which he certainly did not do, while he genuinely “set an example of restingâ€, which happened hypothetically throughout the seventh day.
For however God was occupied throughout “the sabbath day†must be how he was employed throughout “the seventh day†as well: If he “hallowedâ€, “made holyâ€, or “sanctified†“the sabbath dayâ€, he must have done the same throughout “the seventh dayâ€1 as well.
B. God Did Not “Restâ€
Which necessarily means, and undeniably means: God did not “rest†on either of these days. God couldn’t, and did not “rest†“the seventh dayâ€.
But here must the urgency of this be again emphasized, underscored, and vociferously expressed: I must here explain the importance of this, how important it is, and why all, that follows is a focus on this, which I Thessalonians 4:3 clarifies, and divulges why it important must be…
1But despite this conspicuous and rudimentary truth, all traditional versions are uniformly inconsistent and contradictory. Because: They persistently depict God, as follows (KJV Genesis 2:3):
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified itâ€.
Which God certainly could not do while he was at “restâ€, and doing thereby nothing.
Nevertheless say they: He concurrently and simultaneously “rested the seventh day†(KJV Exodus 20:11). And thus displayed is their inconsistence.
In an effort to envision some rational treatment of this awkward matter of God’s having “restedâ€, it is at times said, and is commonly conjectured: “God is doing nothing more here than stagingâ€, and “setting ‘an example of rest’â€, which pious people should imitate, and practise on the sabbath.
“For everyone knows: ‘Rest’ is the sabbath’s purposeâ€. But while this intends to “explain†God’s “restâ€, it is as much heedlessness as explanation.
A. Just As Surely
For “resting†is not all, that God did the seventh day. Such is not his only seventh day diversion or agenda: Just as surely did he “blessâ€, and “make holy†“the sabbath dayâ€. He “hallowedâ€, “sanctifiedâ€, or “made holy†that day.
And “the sabbath day†and “seventh day†comprise the same day: They are simply different references to one, single day. And however God was occupied throughout “the sabbath day†must be how he was employed throughout “the seventh day†as well.
Thus if you conjecture, that God “set example†of “restingâ€, that eventuated on the seventh day, I to you will, then, tender, and render this response: He also “set example†of “sanctificationâ€.
He certainly “made holyâ€, or “hallowed†“the day of the sabbath†(deMSby Exodus 20:11). He certainly “made holyâ€, or “sanctified†the sabbath day. Which he certainly did not do, while he genuinely “set an example of restingâ€, which happened hypothetically throughout the seventh day.
For however God was occupied throughout “the sabbath day†must be how he was employed throughout “the seventh day†as well: If he “hallowedâ€, “made holyâ€, or “sanctified†“the sabbath dayâ€, he must have done the same throughout “the seventh dayâ€1 as well.
B. God Did Not “Restâ€
Which necessarily means, and undeniably means: God did not “rest†on either of these days. God couldn’t, and did not “rest†“the seventh dayâ€.
But here must the urgency of this be again emphasized, underscored, and vociferously expressed: I must here explain the importance of this, how important it is, and why all, that follows is a focus on this, which I Thessalonians 4:3 clarifies, and divulges why it important must be…
1But despite this conspicuous and rudimentary truth, all traditional versions are uniformly inconsistent and contradictory. Because: They persistently depict God, as follows (KJV Genesis 2:3):
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified itâ€.
Which God certainly could not do while he was at “restâ€, and doing thereby nothing.
Nevertheless say they: He concurrently and simultaneously “rested the seventh day†(KJV Exodus 20:11). And thus displayed is their inconsistence.