And why would he need a whole day to look at it?
If he can listen to billions of simultanious prayers and decypher all the gobbledy-goo that christians throw at him, shouldn't he be able to just instantly be aware of how good it was?
2007-03-22 01:03:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians will tell you that he was setting an example for us. Why the Bible doesn't say that, they won't answer. But pausing and resting are two different things; the bible doesn't say he paused, it says he rested. rest implies exerction, but an all-powerful being would be incapable of exerction. It's the same reason I wonder how Superman stays so fit and trim, considering how effortless everything is for him.
2007-03-22 01:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Someone's going to say I'm trying to dodge this, but I'm not.
Not EVERYTHING in the Bible is meant to be taken literally.
Christians believe (on basis of the Bible) that God is omnipotent, omnipresent, etc. So it's obvious that God did not have to take six days to make the earth, and rest for a whole day. He could have; but He probably didn't.
Here, God is setting an example for the Third Commandment: "Keep Holy the Sabbath." If God told us to do what He Himself didn't do, it would be the action of a hypocrite, and God isn't a hypocrite. Just as Jesus asked John the Baptist to baptize Him, even though, as John said, Jesus didn't need it, in Genesis, God was setting an example.
2007-03-22 10:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Terial 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for being offensive. Good to know that millions of believers are really just spewing "gobbledy-goo" at our God. Classy, dude.
In regards to your question, throughout the Bible, God models His truth for humankind through example. This is no more evident than in the life of Christ. So, when God created the earth, He was modeling the way that we are to work as well. No one can work continually, except God. So He teaches us to take a day of rest for our good, not because He needs it.
P.S. For those who say, "Why didn't God 'say' that he was teaching others by taking a rest?" ... He did. Check out the fourth (or third, if you're Lutheran) commandment. A day of rest has always been important to God. It's mentioned at length in both Testaments of the Bible.
2007-03-22 08:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I presume you are talking about when God rested on the sabbath or 7th day. First God NEVER gets tired or worn out, God was setting a type of the Milliennium & that 7th day is NOT 24 hours, But 1000 yrs, & so will the Milliennium be 1000 yrs. God Never needs rest.
2007-03-22 08:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not trying to be sexist, BUT...
I have noted that every male person I have ever known needs to take a break after every activities or chore.
So assuming God is male, it would only be the standard to rest and an entire day may have been needed after so much brain work.
2007-03-22 08:26:03 · answer #5 · answered by Nana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't that He needed to rest. He chose to kick back and just enjoy what He had created. Basically, He was setting an example for what His creation--specifically humans--was supposed to do, work for 6 days and then take a day to rest and rejuvenate. And I'm sure He was instantly aware of the goodness of His creation; He didn't need an entire day to realize it. He just took the day to enjoy it.
2007-03-22 08:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by Starfall 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe God is a creation of ours because our mind is not independent and needs someone to believe in. When you constantly tell yourself something and with full faith then probably that would happen. I think faith in God is faith in yourself.It makes you think positively and hence wonders happen.And all say God did it.
remember, you get fruit for what you do only and not more than that.You did something and you surely need to be rewarded.And if you got either more or less than your hard work then it is because people around you.
Now that explains everything.
2007-03-22 08:15:58 · answer #7 · answered by changing dreams to realities 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God rested on the seventh day to establish the Sabbath. We should rest from our labor on the sabbath as well. This gives our body and mind some meditation time. Our questions and answers on Yahoo would improve tremendously if we would practice this age old custom.
2007-03-22 08:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by mariselasman 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Another scripture misunderstood. He is not physically resting. He is resting in the sense of not creating anything new at the time. He will, in the future, again create new things.
Hannah J Paul
2007-03-22 08:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The concept of "resting" on the seventh day is more akin to ceasing than what we think of as resting. Think of it as in the phrase "the defense rests." The defense doesn't go to sleep, they just cease from their defense of their client.
2007-03-22 08:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by Biz Iz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋