Genesis 2 does not tell us much more about the significance of this seventh day. But as we learn more about it from Scripture we realize that the “rest” involved was not a lazy rest. Rather, it was intended to be a day when the working man could enjoy the Creator as well as the creation. He could devote himself more directly to fellowship with God and the worship of His Name. This “sabbath,” or “rest-day,” was a further special blessing which God gave to man so he would be refreshed and strengthened, encouraged and heartened by contemplating all that God had done and stimulated to worship God in response.
Sinclair Ferguson

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Astronomy

Astronomy TOPICAL STUDY ASTRONOMY JOS 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said…

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Choice

Choice TOPICAL STUDY CHOICE DEU 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore…

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Creditor

Creditor TOPICAL STUDY CREDITOR EXO 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. EXO 21:3…

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Eternal punishment

Eternal punishment TOPICAL STUDY ETERNAL PUNISHMENT ISA 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. ISA 34:9 And…

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Friendship

Friendship TOPICAL STUDY FRIENDSHIP PRO 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. PRO 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:…

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Gospel

Gospel TOPICAL STUDY GOSPEL MAT 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end…

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Immortality

Immortality TOPICAL STUDY IMMORTALITY GEN 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2SA 12:23…

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Meekness

Meekness TOPICAL STUDY MEEKNESS GEN 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;…

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Parables

Parables TOPICAL STUDY PARABLES MAT 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a…

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