30. Sabbath Rest
Sabbath Rest Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. —Genesis 2:1-2 Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, right? Actually...that's a presupposition. (Sneaky little devils, aren't they?) The Bible never says Adam and Eve lived there. It never says the garden belonged to them. In fact, it says the garden belonged to God and that Adam worked there. You were in Eden, the garden of God... — Ezekiel 28:13a The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it...no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty...all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God." —E zekiel 31:8-9. When God "rested" on the Seventh day, he was actually moving in, i.e. setting up residence in Eden, and making it His "dwelling place." [1] Note that the Bible uses dwelling and resting synonymously ...