Thus the heavens and the
earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so
on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 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.
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「第七日」似乎是特別的一日,因為上帝經過六日的創造,將「天地萬物都造齊了」,在原來的希伯來文意思是「完成全地的爭戰」,也就是說上帝的創造如同戰爭一般,因為祂不願意「地是空虛混沌,淵面黑暗」!這正如上帝不喜歡人是在滅亡的狀態,總要拯救人進入永生,因為上帝喜愛祂所創造的,看為美好!
上帝經過六天的爭戰,就是創造天地萬物,是耗費了許多力氣,雖然祂是全能的上帝,這樣的爭戰對祂算不得什麼!但是,祂要成為人的榜樣,讓人知到安息的重要,所以「就在第七日歇了他一切的工,安息了」。你是不是像上帝一般看重「安息」嗎?
上帝不僅看重「安息」而且接這一天分別出來,好好的慶祝與享受!所以,祂也盼望祂所愛的人,能夠在第七天分別出來,與祂一同歡樂與慶祝,讚嘆祂創造的偉大!所以,守安息日不只是一種規矩,更是一種享受!
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