Many years ago our Heavenly Father prepared a world for us to live in and at the end of this preparation YAH, established a period of personal reflection, recreation, worship, a time to spend in reverence and revelation of God’s great love. We honor that today when we honor and prepare our hearts, homes, lives to share in His glorious Sabbath day. May we all welcome The Holy Spirit: RUACH: Breath of God’s presence as we prepare and feast on God’s Word. God loves you, be blessed!

“And in (by) the seventh day Elohim completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And Elohim blessed the seventh day and set it apart, because on it He rested from all His work which Elohim in creating had made.” Berĕshith (Genesis) 2:2-3 TS2009 “Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens.” Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:16 TS2009

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Relative insight

Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And on: Gen 1:31; Exo 20:11, Exo 23:12, Exo 31:17; Deu 5:14; Isa 58:13; Joh 5:17; Heb 4:4

seventh day God rested: Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.

Gen 2:3 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.

blessed: Exo 16:22-30, Exo 20:8-11, Exo 23:12, Exo 31:13-17, Exo 34:21, Exo 35:2-3; Lev 23:3, Lev 25:2-3; Deu 5:12-14; Neh 9:14, Neh 13:15-22; Pro 10:22; Isa 56:2-7, Isa 58:13-14; Jer 17:21-27; Eze 20:12; Mar 2:27; Luk 23:56; Heb 4:4-10

created and made: Heb. created to make

MAN IN EDEN, INNOCENCE

The first paragraph belongs to the previous chapter, as is clear from the use of the same term for God-Elohim. God’s Rest was not from weariness, or exhaustion, but because His work of Creation was finished. He is ever at work, remember Joh 5:17. We enter into His rest, when we cease to worry, and trust Him in all and for all. In Gen 2:4, Moses incorporates another of those wonderful God-given narratives, which had been handed down from the lips of the patriarchs. It is marked by the use of another term for God-Jehovah Elohim. Every man is entrusted with a garden, that he may keep it. God’s goodness is no excuse for idleness. Whether your heart and life shall produce weeds, or flowers and fruits, depends on yourself. Ponder Pro 4:23; Pro 24:30-31.

Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

your light: Pro 4:18; Isa 58:8, Isa 60:1-3; Rom 13:11-14; Eph 5:8; Php 2:15-16; 1Th 2:12, 1Th 5:6-8; 1Pe 2:9; 1Jn 1:5-7

that: Mat 6:1-5, Mat 6:16, Mat 23:5; Act 9:36; Eph 2:10; 1Ti 2:10, 1Ti 5:10, 1Ti 5:25, 1Ti 6:18; Tit 2:7, Tit 2:14, Tit 3:4, Tit 3:7-8, Tit 3:14; Heb 10:24; 1Pe 2:12, 1Pe 3:1, 1Pe 3:16

and: Isa 61:3; Joh 15:8; 1Co 14:25; 2Co 9:13; Gal 1:24; 2Th 1:10-12; 1Pe 2:12, 1Pe 4:11, 1Pe 4:14

your Father: Mat 5:45, Mat 6:9, Mat 23:9; Luk 11:2

THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY

We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which exposes their misdeeds. They will tolerate you only so long as you leave them alone. But the universal testimony of those who have suffered thus is that the Son of man walks through the furnace beside His faithful martyrs. Our holy lives ought to act as salt to arrest the corruption around us. It is said that the presence of a child has arrested many a crime. A sudden silence should fall on certain kinds of conversation when we enter the room. But it is very easy to lose our saltness, as did Lot in Sodom and the seven churches of Asia. See also Eze 15:2-5. Our lives ought to serve also as light. The spirit of man is a candle. See Pro 20:27. We need to be kindled by the nature of God. Men light candles and God will light you. Let us burn and shine as John did, Joh 5:35. Beware of the bushel and ask God to choose your stand. E-Sword