You’ve all heard about the creation story. God created the universe in 6 days and then he rested on the 7th day.
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Genesis 2: 2-3, ESV , the description of the 7th day of creation.
I believe that every word in the Bible is important. The words that are not there are important too. Did you notice anything peculiar about day 7? ……..anything different from the first six days of creation? I’m 71 years old. I have read or heard this verse a hundred times and I just noticed it today. The description of days 1-6 all end the same:
And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day. (or fifth day, etc.)
Each of the first 6 days ends with a statement that indicates that the day was complete…….that the day was over.
There is no such “completion statement” at the end of day seven.
Let that sink in.
For a little background, you might want to read my post on earth days, galactic days, and God’s day.
I believe that the absence of a “completion statement” after the description of day 7 is important. What if day seven isn’t over? What if we are living in day 7. That means that we live in a time that God has blessed and made holy. Maybe God is resting between his creation and the “re-creation” of his world. That means that every day of our life is a Sabbath…….a day given to the Lord.
I’m not saying that God is taking a nap……that he is on “sabbatical.” There is plenty of evidence for God’s active presence in the world today. It’s all relative. God was extremely active and involved in the 6 days of creation. He will be extremely active and involved in the end times as described in Daniel and Revelation.
He is relatively less active today. And we are a bit adrift. It was hard to ignore God when he was a cloud over the temple or a pillar of fire before Pharoah’s army. It will be hard to ignore him during the plagues of the end times. It’s much easier to dismiss him……to ignore him today……while he is resting.
But, we do so at our peril.
Sorry Neitzche……..God is not dead……..he may just be resting……….before his final act.
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
Revelation 1:7, ESV