Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? Isaiah 40:28
"Thus the seventh day of the week became the rest-day of the Lord.
How remarkable is this fact!
He needed no rest; Why does not the record simply state the cessation of the Creator's work?
Q: Why did He at the close of that work employ a day in rest?
The answer will be learned from the next verse.
A: He was laying the foundation of a divine institution, the memorial of his own great work.
His resting upon it, then, was to lay the foundation for blessing and sanctifying the day.
His being refreshed with this rest, implies that he delighted in the act which laid the foundation for the memorial of his great work."
J.N.Andrews
"Thus the seventh day of the week became the rest-day of the Lord.
How remarkable is this fact!
He needed no rest; Why does not the record simply state the cessation of the Creator's work?
Q: Why did He at the close of that work employ a day in rest?
The answer will be learned from the next verse.
A: He was laying the foundation of a divine institution, the memorial of his own great work.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. The fourth commandment states the same fact: He rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Gen.2:3/Ex.20:11The blessing and sanctification of the seventh day were because that God had rested upon it.
His resting upon it, then, was to lay the foundation for blessing and sanctifying the day.
His being refreshed with this rest, implies that he delighted in the act which laid the foundation for the memorial of his great work."
J.N.Andrews
