The Rest of The Story

Gen 2:1-3
2 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

(from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C., Dallas, Texas, www.bible.org. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)

Creation is accomplished. He ceased His work on the seventh day. Looking at the creation story as a summation of all time and an indication of where we are headed, we find that the ending is only another beginning. The purpose of creation is that we enter into His timeless rest. That which was lost through disobedience will be regained through obedience, first by the one Who was able, Jesus, and all those who believe in Him and follow after Him.

Seven in the Bible usually represents completeness and perfection. The seventh day is blessed and made holy because His work has been done. We are part of that blessed and holy day.

He continues His work today, inviting all who will listen to eternal life in a world restored to its perfection. The Holy Spirit continues the witness and call of Jesus; “Come to me and I will give you rest”. He does that within us and through us. We find a rest in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that gives us faith and hope in the rest that is to come.

…that is the rest of the story.