And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so………………………. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing: so on the Seventh day He rested from all of His work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creating that He had done.
The Bible contains, at minimum God’s Laws and rules for human behavior, and is a compilation of stories about people and situations. The Bible also provides people with advice in the understanding of and the contending with, various issues of life’s circumstances. The Bible can be understood in some writings in a literal way. Other Bible writings are symbolic and/or are open to interpretation. As God is the eternal God of the universe, one day to God is most likely not one day to human beings (a 24 hours period of time). The above passage tells one that God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day. Seven days represent one week and the seventh day is the last day of the week. Worldwide, all populations of people regard Sunday as the first day of the week and Saturday as the last day of the week. It seems likely therefore that probably Saturday is the Sabbath day. In addition, since God is a living God and as Benjamin Franklin stated is “active in the affairs of men” combined with the added recognition that the first syllable of Saturday (Sat, ie: to sit or rest), also logically leads one to surmise that Saturday has been the day designated by God to be the Sabbath day.
Lesser laws stating what a person can and cannot do on the Sabbath Day to satisfy the requirement for a day of rest is likely determined by the conveniences in the society at a given time in history. What God and people considered to have been work 2500 years ago, has likely changed from what is considered to be work today. For example, one hundred years ago and before, doing the laundry was difficult work as it involved sometimes carrying water distances or bringing clothing to water sources where women vigorously scrubbed garments then hung these to dry. Today’s home washing machines and dryers have turned laundry day into an easy task for many. Also consider that lesser laws written in The Bible concerning the Sabbath Day for one example many times can be interpreted for today’s society such as one law that states not to gather firewood on the Sabbath Day as that was actual arduous work at that time. Perhaps we could reinterpret that lesser law at this time to understand that one should not cause consternation or arguments with others on this day. Clergy could likely shed additional light on this matter.
One has realized throughout the past recent times that much of what is taught, shown, and portrayed regarding Biblical Scripture is false or incomplete. It is recommended that all people read The Bible for themselves several times, to receive accurate information.