Genesis 2:2-3 Commentary
THOMAS SCOTT COMMENTARY
Verse 2. The Lord was pleased to complete his design, just when the sixth day ended and the seventh commenced; and then He rested from all His work; not that the exertion of creating power had caused weariness, or that his rest of inactivity; for he still upholds, preserves, renovates, and governs the whole: in which sense Christ says, “The Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” but he ceased from creating, and added no more; and He acquiesced with perfect satisfaction in the whole, as worthy of Himself, and expressive of His glory.
THOMAS HAWEIS COMMENTARY
Verses 2-3: The grand machine complete, and set in motion, by implanted virtue continues its appointed revolutions. And now the great Creator rested, not as weary, or exhausted, but with complacence and delight, in the contemplation of his own wisdom, power, and grace, thus gloriously manifested in all his works. Here upon he appoints a constant memorial of this great transaction, in the separation of a seventh day for his immediate service.
1. The Sabbath is of divine appointment. One day in seven God claims wholly for himself, to remember him in the works he hath wrought. Whether the day we observe answers exactly to that seventh which was at first appointed, is dubious; it does not, we know to the Jewish Sabbath; but this we know, that it is the day when the Redeemer entered into his rest, after perfecting the work of our redemption, and is now ordained to perpetuate not only the remembrance of the old, but also of the more glorious new creation.
“Twas great to raise a world from nought, But greater to Redeem.” WATTS
2. It is a holy day. Every day of our life should be devoted to God’s service; but one in seven is more peculiarly to be set apart for the Lord, to be withdrawn from worldly occupations, and to be spent in the delightful work of prayer and praise, of meditation and mutual conference, tending to raise up our minds to him, the great author of every blessing, and to prepare us for the rest, which remaineth in the eternal world for the people of God. –How impious then and profane, to pollute it with works of common labor? And how much more profane, to prostitute it to the purposes of pleasure, vain company, idle amusements, or works of wickedness? Shall he not visit for these things?
3. It is a blessed day. God will meet those who spend it with him, who call the Sabbath a delight, and fill them with his consolations. They will find it is good for them to be with him; and every such day spent on earth, will quicken their desires after, and increase their relish for, the eternal Sabbath, when he shall take them to himself, as his blessed children, to inherit the kingdom prepared for them before the foundation of the world. Note, As Sabbath –breaking is the door to all evil, so Sabbath –keeping is the way to never -ending blessedness.
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