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im asking what is the purpose of god resting? resting implies that your strength/power is exhaustable.

if you had infinite power/strength you would have no need for rest.

2007-07-05 06:46:29 · 19 answers · asked by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Very good point! Questions such as that are the main reason I don't believe in organized religion. You know if it doesn't make sense and isn't logical than why in the hell would you believe it.

2007-07-05 06:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by TanTom 3 · 2 2

Chippy, like a lot of other things in Scripture, it is definitely a figurative statement.

God "created" over the course of six days in a week under the Creation account in Genesis 1 (this sort of leaves out what many scholars consider a SEPARATE creation account in Genesis 2... but I digress...) The idea of God resting on the last day (the Sabbath) is a symbol to the Hebrews of the day of the importance of sabbath rest in Jewish religious observance. If God did it, so should you, basically.

So the idea is again just symbolism. God could have created the world in a day or a week or over billions of years, depending on whatever view you subscribe to. And of course, God IS omnipotent and doesn't need to "rest" any more than He "needs" to appear in a burning bush to talk to Moses, create plagues on Egyptians to free the Israelites, speak through angels or almost anything else in Old or New Testament times (perhaps even today...). Believers see these things through the eyes of faith to understand God's ultimate purposes for His people in a particular point in time and attempt to act on them for a greater good.

I'm guessing you probably don't see it that way....

2007-07-05 07:01:25 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan A 3 · 0 0

The difference is that God did not HAVE to rest, he CHOSE to rest. You can rest anytime you want, even if you are not tired, exhausted, etc. God "resting" does not imply that he was tired.

This was in preparation of the Mosaic law that would come into effect concerning the Sabbath day of worship (day of rest).

God did not rest as one weary, but as one well pleased.

2007-07-05 06:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by TG 4 · 0 0

Obviously, you misread the answer.
-He rested, not as one weary, but as well pleased with the fruits of His wisdom and goodness and the manifestations of His glory. After Creating the world in 6 days, He rested on the seventh day(sabbath=Saturday). God sanctified it, or set it apart, as a day of rest for man.
Following the example of the Creator, man is to rest like God rested. God was never tired, He created the world with the command of His voice. The purpose of 'resting' is to set an example of what we must do as a remembrance of the fact that He is our Creator and rightful Sovereign.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge."

2007-07-05 07:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by delmar 3 · 0 0

The definition of the word "rest" does NOT include any word that indicates a need to rest. It merely means to stop. This in no way diminishes the power of God.

2007-07-05 06:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Because God is omnipotent, there’s no doubt He could have created the universe and its contents in no time at all, or six seconds, or six minutes, or six hours—after all, ‘with God nothing shall be impossible’ (Luke 1:37).

Why did God take so long? Why as long as six days?’ The answer is given in Exodus 20:11, and that answer is the basis of the fourth commandment:

‘For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and sanctified it.’

The seven-day week has no basis outside of Scripture. In this Old Testament passage, God commands His people, Israel, to work for six days and rest for one—that is why He deliberately took as long as six days to create everything. He set the example for man. Our week is patterned after this principle.

2007-07-05 06:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by Paul V 4 · 1 1

Go did not NEED to rest. The Bible does not say that God NEEDED to rest. It sets a good example, to work hard and then take a rest.

2007-07-05 14:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by The Daughter of the King, BaC 6 · 0 0

This is yet another nail in the coffin of God. It is so OBVIOUS that Man created God and placed in God our own traits, such as requiring rest after working hard to create something....


Im still trying to figure out how an omniscient God REGRETS drowning the very creations that he allegedly KNEW would require extermination in the first place...

2007-07-05 06:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 3 2

You are correct.

Such must bring into question the concept of an "All Powerful" being.

It must also make one wonder how many other times has "god" rested?

was he resting while Hitler killed 6,000,000 Jews?

Was he resting during the Crusdaes?

Was he napping during the bombing of Hiroshama and Nagisake?

Did he fall asleep and then awaken to wonder where the hell all those dinosaurs went?

Good quesiton, thanks.

2007-07-05 06:53:45 · answer #9 · answered by Big Bill 7 · 0 3

when it says, and he rested on the seventh day, it was an analogy to keep that day holy. Man did wrote the book.

2007-07-05 06:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by susan h 2 · 0 0

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