A question about the location of a verse in the Bible?

Question

I've been looking, but I can't seem to locate where it says that God resting on the seventh day wasn't because He was tired, it was because we are to follow His example in this.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

It doesn't actually say that. When you read and study the Bible and understand better the nature of God, you understand that it's merely the implication. Read for example Isaiah 40:28:

Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.

He neither faints nor is weary. That is the nature of God. His nature never changes.

Answer 2

Genesis 2:2 says;
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.

Exodus 16:16-26 says;
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

Exodus 20:8-11 says;
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.

That is enough for now.

grace2u

Answer 3

Deuteronomy 5:12 - "Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you."

Exodus 23:12 - "Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor in order that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves."

Shalom.

Answer 4

It doesn't say that hon, it just says that He rested on the seventh day.

Hey, I rest too, even when I'm not tired. I know when my body needs a break, and it's best to do it BEFORE you run out of steam, eh?

Answer 5

You are thinking of Hebrews, I think, which says christians can enter God's rest. The Sabbath is a symbol of the rest we can have in faith - resting from strenuous moral effort because our salvation is through Christ.

Hebrews chapter 4.

Answer 6

I suggest you read Genesis in the Bible.